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Thus, the subject area is inaccessible to 

aircraft. 

The 0.886 acres of land to be released 

was originally purchased as part of a 

60.000-acre parcel and 73.860-acre 

parcel with federal financial assistance 

through the AIP program under Grant 

Agreement 3–51–0069–06. As foreseen 

at the time of the execution of this Grant 

Agreement, the only portions of the 

60.000-acre parcel and 73.860-acre 

parcel that were required for 

aeronautical use are the portions of the 

parcels to the west of Aviation Way. 

Subsequent to the implementation of 

the proposed change in use, monies 

received by the airport from this 

property are considered airport revenue, 

and will be used in accordance with 49 

U.S.C. 47107(b) and the FAA’s Policy 

and Procedures Concerning the Use of 

Airport Revenue published in the 

Federal Register on February 16, 1999. 

The proposed use of the property will 

not interfere with the airport or its 

operation. 

Issued in Herndon, Virginia. 

Matthew J. Thys, 

Manager, Washington Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09614 Filed 5–4–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2022–0085] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Renewal of an Approved 

Information Collection: 

Acknowledgement of Use of COVID–19 

Emergency Declaration Relief 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, FMCSA announces its plan to 

submit the Information Collection 

Request (ICR) described below to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for its review and approval and 

invites public comment. This notice 

invites comment on the information 

collection titled ‘‘Acknowledgement of 

Use of COVID–19 Emergency 

Declaration Relief,’’ which is currently 

approved on an emergency basis and 

allows FMCSA to collect information 

from motor carriers engaged in 

providing direct assistance in response 

to certain emergency declarations issued 

by the Agency to provide regulatory 

relief for such carriers in continued 

support of the Nation’s coronavirus 

disease 2019 (COVID–19) recovery 

efforts. OMB approved this collection 

on an emergency basis and subsequently 

extended that emergency approval. The 

extension of the emergency approval 

expires on August 31, 2022. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received on or before July 5, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Docket 

Number FMCSA–2022–0085 using any 

of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Dockets Operations; U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001 between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m. E.T., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the Agency name and docket 

number. For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments, see the Public 

Participation heading below. Note that 

all comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading below. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to https://

www.regulations.gov, and follow the 

online instructions for accessing the 

docket, or go to the street address listed 

above. 

Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 

from the public to better inform its 

rulemaking process. DOT posts these 

comments, without edit, including any 

personal information the commenter 

provides, to www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy. 

Public Participation: The Federal 

eRulemaking Portal is available 24 

hours each day, 365 days each year. You 

can obtain electronic submission and 

retrieval help and guidelines under the 

‘‘FAQ’’ section of the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal website. If you want 

us to notify you that we received your 

comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard, or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting 

comments online. Comments received 

after the comment closing date will be 

included in the docket and will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Bannister, Office of Analysis, 

Research and Technology, DOT, 

FMCSA, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590–0001; 202–385–2388; 

William.Bannister@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background: FMCSA issued 

Emergency Declaration No. 2020–002 in 

response to the March 13, 2020, 

declaration of a national emergency 

under 42 U.S.C. 519(b) related to the 

danger COVID–19 presents to public 

health and welfare. FMCSA modified 

Emergency Declaration 2020–002 to 

expand and remove categories of 

supplies, equipment, and persons 

covered by the Emergency Declaration 

to respond to changing needs for 

emergency relief. The modified 

Emergency Declaration was 

subsequently extended on June 15, 

2020, August 15, 2020, December 1, 

2020, August 31, 2021, and November 

29, 2021, in accordance with 49 CFR 

390.25, because the Presidentially 

declared emergency remained in place 

and because a continued exemption was 

needed to support direct emergency 

assistance for some supply chains. 

In accordance with the expanded, 

modified Emergency Declaration No. 

2020–002, motor carriers and drivers 

providing direct assistance in support of 

relief efforts related to the COVID–19 

public health emergency are granted 

emergency relief from certain portions 

of 49 CFR parts 390 through 399 of the 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations, except as restricted in the 

Emergency Declaration. Direct 

assistance means transportation and 

other relief services provided by a motor 

carrier or its driver(s) incident to the 

immediate restoration of essential 

services (such as medical care) or 

essential supplies related to COVID–19 

during the emergency. The notice 

extending the declaration provides a list 

of relief services and essential supplies. 

Prior to September 1, 2021, neither 

the Emergency Declaration nor the 

regulations covering Emergency 

Declarations (found in §§ 390.23 and 

390.25) required that motor carriers or 

drivers operating under the Emergency 

Declaration report their operation to 

FMCSA. FMCSA determined that the 

unprecedented period when the 

expanded, modified Emergency 


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Declaration No. 2020–002 was in place 

required that FMCSA seek information 

on the number of motor carriers and 

drivers relying upon the emergency 

declaration in order to evaluate the need 

for additional extensions. 

The extension issued on August 31, 

2021, included a requirement for motor 

carriers to report, on a monthly basis, 

their reliance on the emergency 

declaration during operations. FMCSA 

established a website where motor 

carriers and drivers filled out fields for 

their USDOT number, the number of 

commercial motor vehicle trips that 

relied upon the emergency declaration 

in the preceding month (using a drop 

down menu), the commodities being 

transported (using a drop down menu), 

and a follow up for those listing more 

than one commodity to indicate which 

was transported the most (using a drop 

down menu). The November 29, 2021, 

extension continued the reporting 

requirement. OMB approved the 

reporting requirement on an emergency 

basis on August 30, 2021, and 

subsequently extended that emergency 

approval on February 14, 2022. That 

approval expires on August 31, 2022. 

FMCSA refined the burden estimates to 

reflect the average number of monthly 

submissions received from September 

2021 to February 2022. The carrier is 

reporting for the previous month, 

therefore October 2021 submitted 

reports consist of data for the month of 

September, and March 2022 submitted 

reports consist of data for the month of 

February. 

This resulted in a decrease in the 

number of reports estimated to be 

submitted each month, as the 

emergency ICR request used the total 

number of motor vehicles as a stand-in, 

and acknowledged that number was 

likely to be an overestimate. 

Title: Acknowledgement of use of 

COVID–19 Emergency Declaration 

Relief. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0074. 

Type of Request: Renewal of an 

approved emergency collection. 

Respondents: Motor carriers and 

drivers that operate under the terms of 

the extended COVID–19 Emergency 

Declaration No. 2020–002. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

477 per month. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes per response. 

Expiration Date: The emergency 

approval expires on August 31, 2022. 

Frequency of Response: Monthly. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

1,431 hours. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the performance of 

FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of 

the estimated burden; (3) ways for 

FMCSA to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the collected 

information; and (4) ways that the 

burden could be minimized without 

reducing the quality of the collected 

information. The Agency will 

summarize or include your comments in 

the request for OMB’s clearance of this 

ICR. 

Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87. 

Thomas P. Keane, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Research 

and Registration. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09641 Filed 5–4–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2006–24216] 

Petition for Extension of Waiver of 

Compliance 

Under part 211 of title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), this 

document provides the public notice 

that on March 31, 2022, the Sacramento 

Regional Transit District (SRTD) 

petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) for an extension 

of a waiver of compliance from certain 

provisions of the Federal railroad safety 

regulations contained at 49 CFR parts 

222, Use of Locomotive Horns at Public 

Highway-Rail Grade Crossings; 229, 

Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards; 

and 234, Grade Crossing Safety. The 

relevant FRA Docket Number is FRA– 

2006–24216. 

Specifically, SRTD requests a waiver 

extension from 49 CFR part 222; 

§ 229.125, Headlights and auxiliary 

lights; and § 234.105(c)(3), Activation 

failure, for its rail fixed guideway public 

transit system that shares limited 

connections in corridors with Union 

Pacific Railroad (UP). The relief from 

part 222 would apply to 17 highway-rail 

grade crossings SRTD shares with UP on 

SRTD’s Gold Line. The relief from 

§ 229.125 and § 234.105(c)(3) would 

apply to all crossings SRTD shares with 

UP on the SRTD Blue and Gold lines. 

STRD adds that, in August 2022, it will 

be receiving 28 of 76 new low-floor light 

rail vehicles from Siemens Mobility 

Inc., to replace its fleet of Siemens 

vehicles. SRTD states that it believes the 

waiver extension is consistent with 

railroad safety. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested party desires 

an opportunity for oral comment and a 

public hearing, they should notify FRA, 

in writing, before the end of the 

comment period and specify the basis 

for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number and may be 

submitted at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Communications received by June 21, 

2022 will be considered by FRA before 

final action is taken. Comments received 

after that date will be considered if 

practicable. 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of any written communications 

and comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

document, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), the U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT) 

solicits comments from the public to 

better inform its processes. DOT posts 

these comments, without edit, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

See also https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

John Karl Alexy, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, 

Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09603 Filed 5–4–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2022–0028] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

Under part 211 of title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), this 

document provides the public notice 

that in a letter dated September 17, 

2021, the Lake County Division of 

Transportation (LCDOT) petitioned the 


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