Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 96 / Thursday, May 17, 2001 / Notices 27543

ACTION: Notice of request to release

airport property.

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and

invites public comment on the release of

land at the University of Oklahoma

Westheimer Airport under the

provisions of Section 125 and 751 of the

Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment

Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR

21) and Section 352 of Public Law 106–

346 (FY–2001 Department of

Transportation Appropriation Act).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before June 18, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

to the FAA at the following address: Mr.

Edward Agnew, Manager, Federal

Aviation Administration, Southwest

Region, Airports Division, Arkansas/

Oklahoma Airports Development Office,

ASW–630, Fort Worth, Texas 76193–

0630.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Mr. David L.

Boren, President at the following

address: The University of Oklahoma,

Office of the President, 660 Parington

Oval, Evans Hall, Room 110, Norman,

OK 73019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Dave Hellen, Program Manager, Federal

Aviation Administration, Oklahoma

City Airports District Office, 5909

Phillip J. Rhoads Avenue, Oklahoma

City, Oklahoma 73008.

The request to release property may

be reviewed in person at this same

location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA

invites public comments on the request

to release property at the University of

Oklahoma Westheimer Airport,

Norman, Oklahoma under the

provisions of the AIR–21 and Public

Law 106–346.

On April 2, 2001, the FAA received a

proposal with supporting information

requesting release of property at the

University of Oklahoma Westheimer

Airport. The proposal meets the

requirements of section 751 of AIR–21

and section 352 of Public Law 106–346.

FAA may approve the request, in whole

or in part, at the conclusion of the

comment period.

The following is a brief overview of

the request:

The University of Oklahoma requests

the release of approximately 200 acres

of airport property identified as ‘‘Parcels

II, III and IV’’ from the terms and

conditions represented in Surplus

Property and Grant Agreements. The

release of property will permit the

University of Oklahoma to derive

proceeds from the use, operation and

disposal of the land to construct and

establish with the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration and the

National Weather Service a weather

facility.

Any person may inspect the

University’s request in person at the

FAA office listed above under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person by contacting the

University of Oklahoma.

Issued in Forth Worth, Texas on April 27,

2001.

Naomi L. Saunders,

Manager, Airports Division.

[FR Doc. 01–12487 Filed 5–16–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Associate Administrator for

Commercial Space Transportation;

Notice of Availability of a Draft

Environmental Assessment (EA) for

Proposed Issuance of a Launch

Operator License (LOL) or Launch

Specific Licenses to Sea Launch

Limited Partnership (SLLP)

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), Associate

Administrator for Commercial Space

Transportation (AST).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Executive

Order 12114, the implementation of

which is guided by the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the

FAA is initiating a 30-day public review

and comment period of a Draft

Environmental Assessment (EA) for

proposed issuance of a launch operator

license (LOL) or launch specific licenses

to Sea Launch Limited Partnership

(SLLP). If issued, the LOL would

authorize SLLP to conduct, within

certain launch parameters, up to eight

commercial launches per year for five

years without having to apply for a

separate license for each launch. These

launches would all be equatorial and

would use azimuths between 82.6° and

97.4°, inclusive, originating from the

SLLP Launch Platform (LP) at 0°

latitude and 154° West (W) longitude,

which is 425 kilometers (266 miles)

from Kiritimati (Christmas Island) in the

Kiribati Island Group in the Pacific

Ocean. This Draft EA also addresses the

proposed issuance of a launch-specific

license for the launch of a Galaxy IIIC

payload as well as other proposed

launch specific licenses within the

defined azimuth range and other

specified launch parameters should the

proposed LOL not be issued or be

delayed. As a foreign entity in which a

U.S. citizen has a controlling interest, in

order to conduct commercial launch

operations SLLP must obtain a license

from FAA. Copies of the draft document

are available through AST’s Website

(http://ast.faa.gov/) or by contacting Ms.

Michon Washington at the address

listed below.

DATES: The official comment period will

begin with publication of this Notice of

Availability. The comment period will

end June 18, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions about the license applicant’s

proposed action and the Draft EA may

be addressed to Ms. Michon

Washington, Office of the Associate

Administrator for Commercial Space

Transportation, Space System

Development Division, Suite 331/AST–

100, 800 Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC 20591; email

michon.washington@faa.gov or phone

(202) 267–9305. Written comments

regarding the Draft EA should be sent to

the same mailing address.

Additional Information: Under the

license applicant’s proposed action, the

FAA would issue a license to SLLP to

conduct (1) Up to eight launches per

year over a five-year period, for a

maximum of 40 launches; (2) from a

launch site at 0° latitude and 154° W

longitude; (3) within a range of launch

azimuths from 82.6° to 97.4°, inclusive;

(4) using a Zenit-3SL launch vehicle;

and (4) transporting specified classes of

payloads. The FAA is also evaluating

the possibility of issuing a launchspecific license to SLLP for the launch

of Galaxy IIIC, as well as other potential

launch-specific licenses (not to exceed

eight per year) as necessary should the

proposed LOL not be issued or be

delayed. The proposed launch-specific

licenses would authorize SLLP to

conduct specific launches (1) From a

launch site at 0° latitude and 154° W

longitude; (2) for a launch along an

azimuth of 90.0°; (3) using a Zenit-3SL

launch vehicle; and (4) transporting

specified classes of payloads.

The FAA is considering six

alternatives to the license applicant’s

proposed action. Three of these

alternatives were briefly considered and

dismissed as not fulfilling the purpose

and need of the proposed action. They

include: (1) Increasing the annual

number of launches to a range of up to

12 per year; (2) using a range of

azimuths from 70° to 110° (identified as

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possible azimuths for GSO launches);

(3) launching along a range of azimuths

between 82.6° and 97.4° but avoiding

specific azimuths within this range that

would overfly any nation’s National

Park or National Reserve. Two

alternatives were carried forward and

considered in detail in the Draft EA

including: (1) Launching along a range

of azimuths between 82.6° and 97.4° but

avoiding any azimuth that would

overfly any of the Oceanic Islands

(Galapagos Islands, Cocos Island, and

Malpelo Island) and (2) launching along

a range of azimuths between 82.6° and

97.4° but avoiding any azimuths that

overfly the Galapagos Islands. The No

Action Alternative was also considered

in detail. Under the No Action

alternative, FAA would not issue a LOL

to SLLP. SLLP would continue to

prepare and submit launch-specific

applications for individual licenses to

launch up to six satellites per year,

including appropriate environmental

analyses and documentation to support

launch-specific applications when

required.

Potential impacts of the license

applicant’s proposed action were

analyzed in the Draft EA. Potential

environmental impacts of successful

launch vehicle flight include impacts to

the geology, oceanography, atmospheric

processes, and biological communities

within the overflight and stage and

fairing deposition areas. Additionally,

possible impacts to commercial

activities in these areas were analyzed.

Potential environmental impacts of

three failed mission scenarios were also

considered including: (1) Possible

failure at the launch platform, (2)

possible failure during Stage I and Stage

II flight over open ocean, and (3)

possible failure during Upper Stage

flight over the ocean, Oceanic Islands,

or South America. Finally, potential

environmental impacts associated with

the avoidance of the Oceanic Islands

alternative and the avoidance of the

Galapagos Islands alternative were also

analyzed. The impacts of the No Action

Alternative would be the same as those

addressed in the FAA’s Final

Environmental Assessment for the Sea

Launch Project (February 11, 1999).

Potential cumulative impacts of each

phase of the launch operation associated

with eight SLLP launches per year for

five years, or a maximum of 40

proposed launches, over the broader

range of azimuths of the license

applicant’s proposed action are also

addressed in the Draft EA.

Based on the Draft EA, FAA will

determine whether there are potentially

significant impacts requiring

preparation of an Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) or whether to issue a

Final EA and Environmental Finding

Document finding no significant impact.

Dated: May 11, 2001.

Herb Bachner,

Manager, Space Systems Development

Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE–2001–38]

Petitions for Exemption; Summary of

Dispositions of Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of dispositions of prior

petitions.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA’s rulemaking

provisions governing the application,

processing, and disposition of petitions

for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this

notice contains a summary of

dispositions of certain petitions

previously received. The purpose of this

notice is to improve the public’s

awareness of, and participation in, this

aspect of FAA’s regulatory activities.

Neither publication of this notice nor

the inclusion or omission of information

in the summary is intended to affect the

legal status of any petitioner or its final

disposition.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Forest Rawls (202) 267–8033, Sandy

Buchanan-Sumter (202) 267–7271, or

Vanessa Wilkins (202) 267–8029, Office

of Rulemaking (ARM–1), Federal

Aviation Administration, 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591.

This notice is published pursuant to

14 CFR 11.85 and 11.91.

Issued in Washington, DC., on May 14,

2001.

Donald P. Byrne,

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Disposition of Petitions

Docket No.: 29725.

Petitioner: Federal Express Corporation.

Section 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR

121.417(c)(2)(i).

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition:

To provide FedEx relief from the requirement

that each flight crewmember perform handson emergency drills and operate certain

emergency equipment every 24 months

during recurrent training.

Denial, 04/30/2001, Exemption No. 7521.

Docket No.: FAA–2001–9228.

Petitioner: Bridger Aviation Services, Inc.

Section 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR

135.143(2)(2).

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition:

To permit Bridger to operate certain aircraft

under part 135 without a TSO–C112 (Mode

S) transponder installed in the aircraft.

Grant, 04/26/2001, Exemption No. 7519.

Docket No.: FAA–2001–8745.

Petitioner: Caribou Air Service.

Section 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR

135.143(c)(2).

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition:

To permit Caribou to operate certain aircraft

under part 135 without a TSO–C112 (Mode

S) transponder installed in the aircraft.

Grant, 04/26/2001, Exemption No. 7518.

Docket No.: FAA–2001–8743.

Petitioner: Beaver Air Taxi, LLC.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR

135.143(c)(2).

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition:

To permit Beaver Air to operate certain

aircraft under part 135 without a TSO–C112

(Mode S) transponder installed in the

aircraft.

Grant, 04/26/2001, Exemption No. 7517.

Docket No.: FAA–2001–9043.

Petitioner: Horizon Air Industries, Inc.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR

121.344(a)(14), (a)(29), (a)(33), (a)(40), (a)(44),

and (a)(54).

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition:

To permit Horizon and all similarly situated

air carriers to operate the Bombardier CL–

600–2C10 airplane without recording the

parameters listed in § 121.344(a)(14), (a)(29),

(a)(33), (a)(40), (a)(44), and (a)(54) within the

ranges, accuracies, resolutions, and recording

intervals specified in appendix M to part 121.

Denial, 04/27/2001, Exemption No. 7520.

Docket No.: 28855.

Petitioner: Offshore Logistics, Inc.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR

135.152(a).

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition:

To amend Exemption No. 6714, as amended,

which permits Offshore to operate certain

helicopters under part 135 without an

approved digital flight data recorder installed

on each helicopter. By (1) changing the name

of the exemption holder from Offshore

Logistics, Inc., to Air Logistics, L.L.C., and (2)

updating the list of helicopters covered by

the exemption.

Grant, 05/04/2001, Exemption No. 6714C.

Docket No.: FAA–2001–8738.

Petitioner: DHL Airways, Inc.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR

121.344(b)(3).

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition:

To allow DHL to operate two Airbus 300B4–

200 series airplanes (Registration Nos.

N367DH and N366DH) without installing in

each the airplane the required digital flight

data recorder.

Grant, 05/04/2001, Exemption No. 7522.

Docket No.: FAA–2000–8423.

Petitioner: Alaska Flying Network.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR

135.251, 135.255, 135.353, and appendixes I

and J of part 121.

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition:

To permit AFN to conduct no more than four

local sightseeing flights at an airport in the

vicinity of Kenai, AK, as part of a raffle to