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may concern the issues and agenda 

items mentioned above and/or 

additional issues that may be relevant 

for the U.S. commercial space 

transportation industry. Interested 

parties wishing to submit written 

statements should contact the person 

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CONTACT in writing (mail or email) 10 

working days in advance of the meeting 

so that the information can be made 

available to COMSTAC members for 

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the meeting. Written statements should 

be supplied in the following formats: 

One hard copy with original signature 

and/or one electronic copy via email. 

Portable Document Format (PDF) 

attachments are preferred for email 

submissions. A detailed agenda will be 

posted on the FAA website at https://

www.faa.gov/space/additional_

information/comstac/. 

James A. Hatt, 

Designated Federal Officer, Commercial 

Space Transportation Advisory Committee, 

Federal Aviation Administration, Department 

of Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08076 Filed 4–14–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Exposure Map Notice: Receipt of 

Noise Compatibility Program and 

Request for Review 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by the Duluth Airport 

Authority (DAA) for Duluth 

International Airport (DLH) under the 

provisions of the Aviation Safety and 

Noise Abatement Act and FAA 

regulations are in compliance with 

applicable requirements. The FAA also 

announces that it is reviewing a 

proposed noise compatibility program 

that was submitted for DLH in 

conjunction with the noise exposure 

map, and that this program will be 

approved or disapproved on or before 

October 8, 2022. 

DATES: The FAA’s determination on the 

noise exposure maps and of the start of 

its review of the associated noise 

compatibility program is effective April 

11, 2022. The public comment period 

ends June 10, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh 

Fitzpatrick, 6020 South 28th Avenue, 

Suite 102, Minneapolis, MN 55450, 

joshua.fitzpatrick@faa.gov, (612) 253– 

4639. Comments on the proposed noise 

compatibility program should also be 

submitted to the above office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA finds 

that the noise exposure maps submitted 

for DLH are in compliance with 

applicable requirements of 14 CFR part 

150, effective April 11, 2022. Further, 

FAA is reviewing a proposed noise 

compatibility program for that airport 

which will be approved or disapproved 

on or before October 8, 2022. This 

notice also announces the availability of 

this program for public review and 

comment. 

Under 49 U.S.C., section 47503 (the 

Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement 

Act, hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the 

Act’’), an airport operator may submit to 

the FAA noise exposure maps which 

meet applicable regulations and which 

depict non-compatible land uses as of 

the date of submission of such maps, a 

description of projected aircraft 

operations, and the ways in which such 

operations will affect such maps. The 

Act requires such maps to be developed 

in consultation with interested and 

affected parties in the local community, 

government agencies, and persons using 

the airport. 

An airport operator who has 

submitted noise exposure maps that are 

found by FAA to be in compliance with 

the requirements of Federal Aviation 

Regulations (FAR) part 150, 

promulgated pursuant to the Act, may 

submit a noise compatibility program 

for FAA approval which sets forth the 

measures the operator has taken or 

proposes to take to reduce existing noncompatible uses and prevent the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

The DAA submitted to the FAA on 

December 13, 2021, noise exposure 

maps, descriptions and other 

documentation that were produced 

during the 2020–2021 DLH part 150 

Noise Compatibility Program Update. It 

was requested that the FAA review this 

material as the noise exposure maps, as 

described in section 47503 of the Act, 

and that the noise mitigation measures, 

to be implemented jointly by the airport 

and surrounding communities, be 

approved as a noise compatibility 

program under section 47504 of the Act. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the noise exposure maps and related 

descriptions submitted by the DAA. The 

specific documentation determined to 

constitute the noise exposure maps 

includes: Exhibit 3–1 (Existing (2020) 

Baseline Noise Exposure Contour) and 

Exhibit 4–1 (Future (2026) Noise 

Compatibility Program—Noise Exposure 

Map). Chapters 3 and 4 of the DLH part 

150 update describe the baseline noise 

exposure maps and noise compatibility 

program in greater detail. The FAA has 

determined that these maps for DLH are 

in compliance with applicable 

requirements. This determination is 

effective on April 11, 2022. FAA’s 

determination on an airport operator’s 

noise exposure maps is limited to a 

finding that the maps were developed in 

accordance with the procedures 

contained in appendix A of FAR part 

150. Such determination does not 

constitute approval of the applicant’s 

data, information or plans, or constitute 

a commitment to approve a noise 

compatibility program or to fund the 

implementation of that program. 

If questions arise concerning the 

precise relationship of specific 

properties to noise exposure contours 

depicted on a noise exposure map 

submitted under section 47503 of the 

Act, it should be noted that the FAA is 

not involved in any way in determining 

the relative locations of specific 

properties with regard to the depicted 

noise contours, or in interpreting the 

noise exposure maps to resolve 

questions concerning, for example, 

which properties should be covered by 

the provisions of section 47506 of the 

Act. These functions are inseparable 

from the ultimate land use control and 

planning responsibilities of local 

government. These local responsibilities 

are not changed in any way under part 

150 or through FAA’s review of noise 

exposure maps. Therefore, the 

responsibility for the detailed 

overlaying of noise exposure contours 

onto the map depicting properties on 

the surface rests exclusively with the 

airport operator that submitted those 

maps, or with those public agencies and 

planning agencies with which 

consultation is required under section 

47503 of the Act. The FAA has relied on 

the certification by the airport operator, 


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under § 150.21 of FAR part 150, that the 

statutorily required consultation has 

been accomplished. 

The FAA has formally received the 

noise compatibility program for DLH, 

also effective on April 11, 2022. 

Preliminary review of the submitted 

material indicates that it conforms to the 

requirements for the submittal of noise 

compatibility programs, but that further 

review will be necessary prior to 

approval or disapproval of the program. 

The formal review period, limited by 

law to a maximum of 180 days, will be 

completed on or before October 8, 2022. 

The FAA’s detailed evaluation will be 

conducted under the provisions of 14 

CFR part 150, § 150.33. The primary 

considerations in the evaluation process 

are whether the proposed measures may 

reduce the level of aviation safety, 

create an undue burden on interstate or 

foreign commerce, or be reasonably 

consistent with obtaining the goal of 

reducing existing non-compatible land 

uses and preventing the introduction of 

additional non-compatible land uses. 

Interested persons are invited to 

comment on the proposed program with 

specific reference to these factors. All 

comments, other than those properly 

addressed to local land use authorities, 

will be considered by the FAA to the 

extent practicable. Copies of the noise 

exposure maps, the FAA’s evaluation of 

the maps, and the proposed noise 

compatibility program can be viewed 

online at the DLH website at https://

duluthairport.com/noise-study/ 

#documents. To review the documents 

in person, please contact the Airport by 

phone at (218) 727–2968 to set up a visit 

in their office at: Duluth Airport 

Authority, Attn: Tom Werner 4701 

Grinden Drive, Duluth, MN 55811. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Issued in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 

11, 2022. 

E. Lindsay Butler, 

Manager, Dakota-Minnesota Airports District 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08046 Filed 4–14–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

(DOT) 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Permanent Closure of the Public-Use 

of East Hampton Airport 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of closure of the publicuse of East Hampton Airport (HTO). 

SUMMARY: The FAA received written 

notice on January 20, 2022 from the 

Town of East Hampton, followed by an 

amended request on February 17, 2022, 

advising that effective May 17, 2022, the 

Town will be closing the public-use East 

Hampton Airport (HTO), East Hampton, 

New York. 

DATES: The closure of the public-use 

airport is effective as of May 17, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mahendra Raghubeer, Manager, Safety 

and Standards Branch, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 1 Aviation Plaza, 

Jamaica, NY 11434 Tel: 718–553–3352, 

email: Aea600@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HTO is a 

general aviation airport in the National 

Plan of Integrated Airport Systems 

(NPIAS). The Town of East Hampton 

has owned and operated HTO for 

several decades. HTO previously 

received federal grants-in-aid for airport 

development and was subject to 

statutory grant assurances, but the Town 

is no longer contractually obligated to 

continue operating HTO as a public use 

airport. On January 20, 2022, and 

amended on February 17, 2020, the 

Town of East Hampton notified the FAA 

that it seeks to deactivate HTO on May 

17, 2022 as a public-use airport and 

activate a new private-use airport, at the 

same location, on May 19, 2022. Section 

46319 of title 49 of the United States 

Code (49 U.S.C. 46319) provides that a 

public agency (as defined in 49 U.S.C. 

47102) may not permanently close an 

airport in the NPIAS without providing 

written notice to the FAA Administrator 

at least 30 days before the date of the 

closure. In this case, the public-use 

airport will be closed. The FAA 

recognizes the correspondence received 

on January 20, 2022 from the Town of 

East Hampton, followed by the amended 

request on February 17, 2022, meets that 

requirement. The FAA is publishing the 

Town of East Hampton’s notice to close 

the public-use of HTO in accordance 

with 49 U.S.C. 46319(b). 

Issued in Jamaica, New York on April 11, 

2022. 

David A. Fish, 

Director, Eastern Region Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08059 Filed 4–14–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2022–0002–N–5] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its 

implementing regulations, this notice 

announces that FRA is forwarding the 

Information Collection Requests (ICRs) 

abstracted below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. These ICRs 

describe the information collections and 

their expected burdens. On January 14, 

2022, FRA published a notice providing 

a 60-day period for public comment on 

the ICRs. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or May 16, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed ICRs 

should be sent within 30 days of 

publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find the particular ICR by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Hodan Wells, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer at email: 

Hodan.Wells@dot.gov or telephone: 

(202) 493–0440. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, 

44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, and its 

implementing regulations, 5 CFR part 

1320, require Federal agencies to issue 

two notices seeking public comment on 

information collection activities before 

OMB may approve paperwork packages. 

See 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8 

through 1320.12. On January 14, 2022, 

FRA published a 60-day notice in the 

Federal Register soliciting comment on 

the ICRs for which it is now seeking 

OMB approval. See 87 FR 2482. FRA 

received no comments in response to 

this notice. 

Before OMB decides whether to 

approve the proposed collections of 

information, it must provide 30 days for 

public comment. Federal law requires 

OMB to approve or disapprove 

paperwork packages between 30 and 60 

days after the 30-day notice is 

published. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b)–(c); 5 CFR 

1320.12(a); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983 


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