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1These designations remain effective until the 

FAA announces a change in the Federal Register. 

2The FAA generally applies the WSG edition 9 

to the extent there is no conflict with U.S. law or 

regulation. 

3Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy 

International Airport, 73 FR 3510 (Jan. 18, 2008), as 

most recently extended 85 FR 58258 (Sep. 18, 

2020). The slot coordination parameters for JFK are 

set forth in this Order. 

4For additional information on COVID–19 

impacts at designated IATA Level 2 and 3 airports 

in the United States and actions taken by the FAA 

to preserve stability through the Winter 2021/2022 

scheduling season, see FAA Notice of Limited, 

Conditional Extension of COVID–19 Related Relief 

for International Operations only for the Winter 

2021/2022 Scheduling Season, 86 FR 58134 (Oct. 

20, 2021). 

Agenda for the June 22–23, 2022 

NPOAG Meeting 

The agenda for the meeting will 

include, but is not limited to, an update 

on ongoing park specific air tour 

management plans or voluntary 

agreements, status of agency 

implementation of court approved plan/ 

schedule, update on environmental 

review process and special purpose law 

consultations, and public comment 

review process. 

Attendance at the Meeting and 

Submission of Written Comments 

Although this is not a public meeting, 

interested persons may attend. Because 

seating is limited, if you plan to attend 

please contact the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT so 

that meeting space may be made to 

accommodate all attendees. Written 

comments regarding the meeting will be 

accepted directly from attendees or may 

be sent to the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Record of the Meeting 

If you cannot attend the NPOAG 

meeting, a summary record of the 

meeting will be made available under 

the NPOAG section of the FAA ATMP 

website at: http://www.faa.gov/about/ 

office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/ 

programs/air_tour_management_plan/ 

parks_overflights_group/minutes.cfm or 

through the Special Programs Staff, 

Western-Pacific Region, 777 South 

Aviation Boulevard, Suite 150, El 

Segundo, CA 90245, telephone: (424) 

405–7017. 

Issued in El Segundo, CA, on May 13, 

2022. 

Keith Lusk, 

Program Manager, Special Programs Staff, 

Western-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10653 Filed 5–17–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Submission Deadline for 

Schedule Information for Chicago 

O’Hare International Airport, John F. 

Kennedy International Airport, Los 

Angeles International Airport, Newark 

Liberty International Airport, and San 

Francisco International Airport for the 

Winter 2022/2023 Scheduling Season 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation, 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). 

ACTION: Notice of submission deadline. 

SUMMARY: Under this notice, the FAA 

announces the submission deadline of 

May 19, 2022, for Winter 2022/2023 

flight schedules at Chicago O’Hare 

International Airport (ORD), John F. 

Kennedy International Airport (JFK), 

Los Angeles International Airport 

(LAX), Newark Liberty International 

Airport (EWR), and San Francisco 

International Airport (SFO). 

DATES: Schedules should be submitted 

by May 19, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Schedules may be 

submitted to the Slot Administration 

Office by email to: 7-AWA-slotadmin@

faa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al 

Meilus, Manager, Slot Administration, 

AJR–G, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone (202) 267–2822; email 

Al.Meilus@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document provides routine notice to 

carriers serving capacity-constrained 

airports in the United States, including 

Chicago O’Hare International Airport 

(ORD), John F. Kennedy International 

Airport (JFK), Los Angeles International 

Airport (LAX), Newark Liberty 

International Airport (EWR), and San 

Francisco International Airport (SFO). 

In particular, this notice announces the 

deadline for carriers to submit 

schedules for the Winter 2022/2023 

scheduling season. The FAA deadline 

coincides with the schedule submission 

deadline established in the International 

Air Transport Association (IATA) 

Calendar of Coordination Activities. 

General Information for All Airports 

The FAA has designated EWR, LAX, 

ORD, and SFO as IATA Level 2 

airports 1 subject to a schedule review 

process premised upon voluntary 

cooperation. The FAA has designated 

JFK as an IATA Level 3 airport 

consistent with the Worldwide Slot 

Guidelines (WSG), now generally 

known as the Worldwide Airport Slot 

Guidelines (WASG).2 The FAA 

currently limits scheduled operations at 

JFK by order that expires on October 29, 

2022.3 The Winter 2022/2023 

scheduling season is from October 30, 

2022, through March 25, 2023, in 

recognition of the IATA Northern 

Winter scheduling period. 

Notwithstanding that carriers may 

presently face uncertainty about their 

international operations in light of 

coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19), 

carriers should continue preparations 

for schedule facilitation at Level 2 

airports and an extension of slot 

controls at JFK during the Winter 2022/ 

2023 scheduling season and submit 

their schedule under the assumption 

that no relief will be granted at Level 2 

and Level 3 airports during the Winter 

2022/2023 scheduling season.4 The 

FAA and the Office of the Secretary will 

continue to monitor industry 

developments closely and will 

announce any possible COVID–19- 

related relief, if it is deemed necessary, 

in a separate notice. Any potential relief 

for the Winter 2022/2023 scheduling 

season and any potential action to alter 

the established rules and policies for 

slot management and schedule 

facilitation in the United States are not 

within the scope of this notice. 

The FAA is concerned primarily 

about scheduled and other regularly 

conducted commercial operations 

during designated hours, but carriers 

may submit schedule plans for the 

entire day. The designated hours for the 

Winter 2022/2023 scheduling season 

are: At EWR and JFK from 0600 to 2300 

Eastern Time (1100 to 0400 UTC), at 

LAX and SFO from 0600 to 2300 Pacific 

Time (1400 to 0700 UTC), and at ORD 

from 0600 to 2100 Central Time (1200 

to 0300 UTC). These hours are 

unchanged from previous scheduling 

seasons. The FAA understands there 

may be differences in schedule times 

due to U.S. daylight saving time dates 

and will accommodate these differences 

to the extent possible. 

Carriers should submit schedule 

information in sufficient detail 

including, at minimum, the marketing 

or operating carrier, flight number, 

scheduled time of operation, frequency, 

aircraft equipment, and effective dates. 

IATA standard schedule information 

format and data elements for 

communications at Level 2 and Level 3 

airports in the IATA Standard 

Schedules Information Manual (SSIM) 

Chapter 6 may be used. The WSG 

provides additional information on 

schedule submissions at Level 2 and 

Level 3 airports. Some carriers at JFK 

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5See FAA Notice of Limited, Conditional 

Extension of COVID–19 Related Relief for 

International Operations only for the Winter 2021/ 

2022 Scheduling Season, 86 FR 58134 (Oct. 20, 

2021). 

6The FAA typically determines an airport’s 

average adjusted runway capacity or typical 

throughput for Level 2 airports by reviewing hourly 

data on the arrival and departure rates that air 

traffic control indicates could be accepted for that 

hour, commonly known as ‘‘called’’ rates. The FAA 

also reviews the actual number of arrivals and 

departures that operated in the same hour. 

Generally, the FAA uses the higher of the two 

numbers, called or actual, for identifying trends and 

schedule review purposes. Some dates are excluded 

from analysis, such as during periods when 

extended airport closures or construction could 

affect capacity. 7 83 FR 21335 (May 9, 2018). 

assigned Slot ID numbers corresponding 

to an arrival or departure slot in a 

particular half-hour on a particular day 

of week and date. The FAA has a similar 

voluntary process for tracking schedules 

at EWR with Reference IDs, and certain 

carriers are managing their schedules 

accordingly. These are primarily U.S. 

and Canadian carriers that have the 

highest frequencies and considerable 

schedule changes throughout the season 

and can benefit from a simplified 

exchange of information not dependent 

on full flight details. Carriers are 

encouraged to submit schedule requests 

at those airports using Slot or Reference 

IDs. 

As stated in the WSG, schedule 

facilitation at a Level 2 airport is based 

on the following: (1) Schedule 

adjustments are mutually agreed upon 

between the carriers and the facilitator; 

(2) the intent is to avoid exceeding the 

airport’s coordination parameters; (3) 

the concepts of historic precedence and 

series of slots do not apply at Level 2 

airports; although WSG recommends 

giving priority to approved services that 

plan to operate unchanged from the 

previous equivalent season at Level 2 

airports, and (4) the facilitator should 

adjust the smallest number of flights by 

the least amount of time necessary to 

avoid exceeding the airport’s 

coordination parameters. Consistent 

with the WSG, the success of Level 2 in 

the United States depends on the 

voluntary cooperation of carriers. 

The FAA considers several factors 

and priorities as it reviews schedule and 

slot requests at Level 2 and Level 3 

airports, which are consistent with the 

WSG, including—historic slots or 

services from the previous equivalent 

season over new demand for the same 

timings, services that are unchanged 

over services that plan to change time or 

other capacity relevant parameters, 

introduction of year-round services, 

effective period of operation, regularly 

planned operations over ad hoc 

operations, and other operational factors 

that may limit a carrier’s timing 

flexibility. In addition to applying these 

priorities from the WSG, the U.S. 

Government has adopted a number of 

measures and procedures to promote 

competition and new entry at U.S. slotcontrolled and schedule-facilitated 

airports. 

Consistent with the limited, 

conditional extension of COVID–19 

related relief for the Winter 2021/2022 

scheduling season 5, slots or schedules 

operated as approved on a non-historic 

or an ad hoc basis in Winter 2021/2022 

will be given priority over new requests 

for the same timings in Winter 2022/ 

2023, subject to capacity availability 

and consistent with established rules 

and policies in effect in the United 

States. This priority applies to slot or 

schedule requests for Winter 2022/2023, 

which are comparable in timing, 

frequency, and duration to the ad hoc 

approvals made by the FAA for Winter 

2021/2022. This priority does not affect 

the historic precedence or priority of 

slot holders and carriers with schedule 

approvals, respectively, which met the 

conditions of the waiver during Winter 

2021/2022 and which seek to resume 

operating in Winter 2022/2023. The 

FAA may consider this priority in the 

event that slots with historic precedence 

become available for permanent 

allocation by the FAA. Foreign air 

carriers seeking priority under this 

provision will be required to represent 

that their home jurisdiction will provide 

reciprocal priority to U.S. carrier 

requests of this nature. Slot management 

in the United States differs in some 

respect from procedures in other 

countries. In the United States, the FAA 

is responsible for facilitation and 

coordination of runway access for 

takeoffs and landings at Level 2 and 

Level 3 airports; however, the airport 

authority or its designee is responsible 

for facilitation and coordination of 

terminal/gate/airport facility access. The 

process with the individual airports for 

terminal access and other airport 

services is separate from, and in 

addition to, the FAA schedule review 

based on runway capacity. 

Generally, the FAA uses average 

hourly runway capacity throughput for 

airports and performance metrics in 

conducting its schedule review at Level 

2 airports and determining the 

scheduling limits at Level 3 airports 

included in FAA rules or orders.6 The 

FAA also considers other factors that 

can affect operations, such as capacity 

changes due to runway, taxiway, or 

other airport construction, air traffic 

control procedural changes, airport 

surface operations, and historical or 

projected flight delays and congestion. 

Finally, the FAA notes that the 

schedule information submitted by 

carriers to the FAA may be subject to 

disclosure under the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA). The WSG also 

provides for release of information at 

certain stages of slot coordination and 

schedule facilitation. In general, once it 

acts on a schedule submission or slot 

request, the FAA may release 

information on slot allocation or similar 

slot transactions or schedule 

information reviewed as part of the 

schedule facilitation process. The FAA 

does not expect that practice to change 

and most slot and schedule information 

would not be exempt from release under 

FOIA. The FAA recognizes that some 

carriers may submit information on 

schedule plans that is both customarily 

and actually treated as private. Carriers 

that submit such confidential schedule 

information should clearly mark the 

information, or any relevant portions 

thereof, as proprietary information 

(‘‘PROPIN’’). The FAA will take the 

necessary steps to protect properly 

designated information to the extent 

allowable by law. 

EWR General Information 

Consistent with the WSG, carriers are 

asked for their voluntary cooperation to 

adjust schedules to meet the targeted 

scheduling limits in order to minimize 

potential congestion and delay. For the 

Winter 2022/2023 season, the voluntary, 

targeted hourly scheduling limit 

remains at 79 operations and 43 

operations per half-hour.7 To help with 

a balance between arrivals and 

departures, the targeted maximum 

number of scheduled arrivals or 

departures, respectively, is 43 in an 

hour and 24 in a half-hour. These targets 

are expected to allow some higher levels 

of operations in certain periods (not to 

exceed the hourly limits) and some 

recovery from lower demand in adjacent 

periods. Consistent with general 

established practice at EWR, the FAA 

will accept flights above the limits if the 

flights were operated as approved, or 

treated as operated, by the same carrier 

on a regular basis in the previous 

corresponding season (i.e., Winter 2021/ 

2022). 

Notwithstanding the targeted limits at 

EWR previously described, OST and the 

FAA have decided to reintroduce and 

reassign 16 peak afternoon and evening 

runway timings, which were historically 

approved for operation by Southwest 

Airlines, Inc. at EWR prior to the 

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8Reassignment of Schedules at Newark-Liberty 

International Airport, 86 FR 52285 (Sept. 20, 2021). 

See also Reassignment of schedules at NewarkLiberty International Airport, Docket DOT–OST– 

2021–0103 (Feb. 25, 2022). 

November 2019. 8 This proposed 

reassignment of schedule timings at 

EWR is an independent process outside 

of the FAA’s routine schedule review 

process. Once the reassignment 

proceeding is complete, the FAA will 

seek to work in coordination with the 

awarded carrier to adjust schedules 

within the peak afternoon and evening 

period, including minor changes 

between adjacent half hours, in the 

interest of optimizing efficiency and 

accommodating the carrier’s schedule 

plans, consistent with the usual Level 2 

process. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 13, 

2022. 

Virginia T. Boyle, 

Vice President, System Operations Services. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10740 Filed 5–16–22; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2022–0579] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of a Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Suspected 

Unapproved Parts Report 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 

invites public comments about our 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew an information 

collection. The information collected on 

the FAA Form 8120–11 is reported 

voluntarily by manufacturers, repair 

stations, aircraft owner/operators, air 

carriers, and the general public who 

wish to report suspected unapproved 

parts to the FAA for review. The report 

information is collected and correlated 

by the FAA Hotline Program Office, and 

used to determine if an unapproved part 

investigation is warranted. When 

unapproved parts are confirmed that are 

likely to exist on other products or 

aircraft of the same or similar design or 

are being used in other facilities, the 

information is used as a basis for an 

aviation industry alert or notification. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by July 18, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments: 

By electronic docket: 

www.regulations.gov (enter docket 

number into search field). 

By mail: Robert Franklin, Production 

and Airworthiness Systems, AIR–632, 

Aircraft Certification Service, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 950 L’Enfant 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Franklin by email at: 

Robert.franklin@faa.gov; phone: 202– 

267–1603. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0552. 

Title: Suspected Unapproved Parts 

Report. 

Form Numbers: FAA Form 8120–11. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: The information 

collected on the FAA Form 8120–11, 

Suspected Unapproved Parts Report, is 

reported voluntarily by manufacturers, 

repair stations, aircraft owner/operators, 

air carriers, and the general public who 

wish to report suspected unapproved 

parts (SUP) to the FAA for review. The 

report information is collected and 

correlated by the FAA Hotline Program 

Office, and used to determine if an 

unapproved part investigation is 

warranted. When unapproved parts are 

confirmed that are likely to exist on 

other products or aircraft of the same or 

similar design or are being used in other 

facilities, the information is used as a 

basis for an aviation industry alert or 

notification. Alerts are used to inform 

industry of situations essential to the 

prevention of accidents, if the 

information had not been collected. The 

consequence to the aviation community 

would be the inability to determine 

whether or not unapproved parts are 

being offered for sale or use for 

installation on type-certificated 

products. 

Procedures and processes relating to 

the SUP program and associated reports 

are found in FAA Order 8120.16A, 

Suspected Unapproved Parts Program, 

and Advisory Circular 21–29, Detecting 

and Reporting Suspected Unapproved 

Parts. When unapproved parts are 

identified, the FAA notifies the public 

by published Field Notifications, 

disseminated using Unapproved Parts 

Notifications, Aviation Maintenance 

Alerts, Airworthiness Directives, entry 

into an issue of the Service Difficulty 

Reporting Summary, a Special 

Airworthiness Information Bulletin, a 

display on an internet site, or direct 

mailing. Reporting of information is 

strictly voluntary. The information is 

requested from any individual or facility 

suspecting an unapproved part. Any 

burden is minimized by requesting only 

necessary information to warrant an 

investigation. 

Respondents: Anyone may fill out and 

send FAA Form 8120–11 to the FAA. 

Frequency: Whenever anyone 

discovers or suspects they have received 

an unapproved part. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: About 30 minutes to read and 

disposition each form. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: The 

FAA collects approximately 200 forms 

from the public per year. 

Issued in Des Moines, Washington, on May 

12, 2022. 

Michael A. Millage, 

Manager, Production & Airworthiness 

Systems, Policy and Innovation Division, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10619 Filed 5–17–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2021–0154] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Approval of a Renewal of a 

Currently-Approved Information 

Collection: Annual Report of Class I 

and Class II For-Hire Motor Carriers 

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 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. FMCSA requests approval to 

renew the previously approved ICR 


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