Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 134 / Thursday, July 14, 2022 / Notices 42261 

4 (See also id. at 5 (stating that Alltown’s charter 

services generate less than 7.8% of its aggregate 

annual revenue, with the interstate portion of those 

services accounting for less than 0.8%).) 

5The service areas of the Affiliate Regulated 

Carriers are in New England (regions of 

Massachusetts and New Hampshire) and the MidAtlantic (New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania). (Id. 

at 3–4.) 

states that Alltown: uses approximately 

462 school buses and approximately 325 

drivers in providing its services; holds 

interstate operating authority under 

FMCSA Docket No. MC–193112; and 

has a ‘‘Satisfactory’’ USDOT Safety 

Rating. (Id. at 5.) According to the 

application, all of the issued and 

outstanding shares of Alltown are held 

by the Seller, who does not own or 

control any interstate passenger motor 

carrier other than Alltown. (Id.) Van 

Pool represents that, through this 

transaction, it will acquire the issued 

and outstanding shares of Alltown, the 

effect of which will be to place Alltown 

under the control of Van Pool. (Id.) 

Under 49 U.S.C. 14303(b), the Board 

must approve and authorize a 

transaction that it finds consistent with 

the public interest, taking into 

consideration at least: (1) the effect of 

the proposed transaction on the 

adequacy of transportation to the public, 

(2) the total fixed charges that result 

from the proposed transaction, and (3) 

the interest of affected carrier 

employees. Van Pool has submitted the 

information required by 49 CFR 1182.2, 

including information to demonstrate 

that the proposed transaction is 

consistent with the public interest 

under 49 U.S.C. 14303(b), see 49 CFR 

1182.2(a)(7), and a jurisdictional 

statement under 49 U.S.C. 14303(g) that 

the aggregate gross operating revenues 

of the involved carriers exceeded $2 

million during the 12-month period 

immediately preceding the filing of the 

application, see 49 CFR 1182.2(a)(5). 

(See Appl. 7–12.) 

Van Pool asserts that the proposed 

transaction will not have a material, 

detrimental impact on the adequacy of 

transportation services available to the 

public. (Id. at 7–8.) Van Pool states that 

Alltown will continue to provide the 

same services it currently provides 

under the same name, but will operate 

as a subsidiary of Van Pool, which is 

experienced in passenger transportation 

operations. (Id.) Van Pool explains that 

it is experienced in the same market 

segments served by Alltown and that 

the transaction is expected to result in 

improved operating efficiencies, 

increased equipment utilization rates, 

and cost savings derived from 

economies of scale, all of which will 

help ensure the provision of adequate 

service to the public. (Id. at 8.) Van Pool 

also asserts that adding Alltown to its 

corporate family will enhance the 

viability of Van Pool’s organization and 

the Applicant Subsidiaries. (Id.) 

Van Pool claims that neither 

competition nor the public interest will 

be adversely affected by the proposed 

transaction. (Id. at 9–12.) Van Pool 

explains that the school bus 

transportation market is very 

competitive in northern Illinois; school 

bus services are often outsourced under 

contracts using competitive bidding 

processes, and there are many school 

bus services providers in that market 

area. (Id. at 11 (listing multiple 

competitors).) As to charter services, 

which represent ‘‘a very small portion of 

Alltown’s revenue,’’ Van Pool states that 

Alltown’s competitors include Aries 

Charter Transportation, Chicago Classic 

Coach, Culvers Transportation, Chicago 

Motor Coach, and several school bus 

transportation companies, as well as 

brokers for charter services that operate 

within the Service Area. (Id. at 11.) 4

Applicant further notes that all charter 

service providers, including Alltown, 

compete with other modes of passenger 

transportation, including rail and 

passenger transportation network 

companies. (Id. at 11.) Van Pool also 

notes that the Service Area of Alltown 

is geographically ‘‘dispersed’’ from the 

service areas of the Affiliate Regulated 

Carriers 5 and states that there is 

virtually no overlap in the service areas 

and customer bases among the Affiliate 

Regulated Carriers and Alltown. (Id. at 

12.) 

Van Pool states that the proposed 

transaction will increase fixed charges 

in the form of interest expenses because 

funds will be borrowed to assist in 

financing the transaction; however, Van 

Pool maintains that the increase will not 

impact the provision of transportation 

services to the public. (Id. at 8.) Van 

Pool also asserts that it does not expect 

the transaction to have substantial 

impacts on employees or labor 

conditions, and it does not anticipate a 

measurable reduction in force or 

changes in compensation levels or 

benefits at Alltown. (Id. at 9.) Van Pool 

submits, however, that staffing 

redundancies could result in limited 

downsizing of back-office or manageriallevel personnel. (Id.) 

The Board finds that the acquisition 

as proposed in the application is 

consistent with the public interest and 

should be tentatively approved and 

authorized. If any opposing comments 

are timely filed, these findings will be 

deemed vacated, and, unless a final 

decision can be made on the record as 

developed, a procedural schedule will 

be adopted to reconsider the 

application. See 49 CFR 1182.6. If no 

opposing comments are filed by 

expiration of the comment period, this 

notice will take effect automatically and 

will be the final Board action. 

This action is categorically excluded 

from environmental review under 49 

CFR 1105.6(c). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

It is ordered: 

1. The proposed transaction is 

approved and authorized, subject to the 

filing of opposing comments. 

2. If opposing comments are timely 

filed, the findings made in this notice 

will be deemed vacated. 

3. This notice will be effective August 

29, 2022, unless opposing comments are 

filed by August 28, 2022. If any 

comments are filed, Applicant may file 

a reply by September 12, 2022. 

4. A copy of this notice will be served 

on: (1) the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590; (2) 

the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust 

Division, 10th Street & Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20530; 

and (3) the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Office of the General 

Counsel, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

Decided: July 8, 2022. 

By the Board, Board Members Fuchs, 

Hedlund, Oberman, Primus, and Schultz. 

Kenyatta Clay, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2022–15044 Filed 7–13–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority 

(TVA). 

ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of 

information collection reinstatement 

approval request to OMB. 

SUMMARY: Tennessee Valley Authority 

(TVA) provides notice of submission of 

this information clearance request (ICR) 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The 

general public and other federal 

agencies are invited to comment. TVA 

previously published a 60-day notice of 

the proposed information collection 

reinstatement for public review (May 4, 

2022) and no comments were received. 


jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1
42262 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 134 / Thursday, July 14, 2022 / Notices 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments received on or before 

August 15, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments for the 

proposed information collection 

reinstatement should be sent within 30 

days of publication of this notice to 

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

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Type of Request: Reinstatement, with 

minor modification, of a previously 

approved information collection for 

which approval has expired. 

Title of Information Collection: 

EnergyRight® Program. 

OMB Control Number: 3316–0019. 

Current Expiration Date: May 31, 

2020. 

Frequency of Use: On occasion. 

Type of Affected Public: Individuals 

or Households and commercial 

businesses. 

Small Businesses or Organizations 

Affected: Yes. 

Federal Budget Functional Category 

Code: 455. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 33,500. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 8,650. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours per 

Response: 0.3. 

Need For and Use of Information: 

This information is used by distributors 

of TVA power to assist in identifying 

and financing energy improvements for 

their electrical energy customers. 

Rebecca L. Coffey, 

Agency Records Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–14972 Filed 7–13–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8120–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Exposure Maps for Jack 

Northup/Hawthorne Municipal Airport, 

Hawthorne, Los Angeles County, 

California 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of acceptance of Noise 

Exposure Maps. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by the City of 

Hawthorne for Jack Northup/Hawthorne 

Municipal Airport are in compliance 

with applicable requirements. 

DATES: The effective date of the FAA’s 

determination on the noise exposure 

maps is July 8, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David B. Kessler, AICP, Regional 

Environmental Protection Specialist, 

777 South Aviation Boulevard, El 

Segundo, California 90045. Telephone 

424–405–7315. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA finds 

that the noise exposure maps submitted 

for Jack Northup/Hawthorne Municipal 

Airport are in compliance with 

applicable requirements, effective July 

8, 2022. Under 49 U.S.C. 47503 of the 

Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement 

Act (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the 

Act’’), and Title 14, Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 150, an airport 

operator may submit to the FAA noise 

exposure maps which meet applicable 

regulations and which depict noncompatible 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 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 non-compatible uses 

and prevent the introduction of 

additional non-compatible uses. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the noise exposure maps and 

accompanying documentation 

submitted by the City of Hawthorne. 

The documentation that constitutes the 

‘‘Noise Exposure Maps’’ as defined in 

section 150.7 of part 150 includes: the 

radar flight tracks (Chapter 2; Exhibit 

2C); the existing and future consolidated 

arrival, departure, local and helicopter 

flight tracks (Chapter 2; Exhibits 2D, 2E, 

2F); the 2020 Noise Exposure Map 

(Introduction, Exhibit 1) and 2025 Noise 

Exposure Map (Introduction, Exhibit 2), 

both depicting the runway location, 

airport boundaries, and location of noise 

sensitive public buildings over a land 

use map of a sufficient scale and quality 

to discern streets and other identifiable 

geographic features; the location of the 

noise monitoring sites (Chapter 2; Table 

2H, Exhibit 2J); and the estimates of the 

number of people residing within the 

CNEL 65, 70, and 75 dB contours in 

2020 and 2025 (Chapter 3; Table 3B, 

Table 3D). The FAA has determined that 

these noise exposure maps and 

accompanying documentation are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements. This determination is 

effective on July 8, 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 

part 150. Such determination does not 

constitute approval of the applicant’s 

data, information or plans, or 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, under section 

150.21 of part 150, that the statutorily 

required consultation has been 

accomplished. 

Copies of the full noise exposure map 

documentation and of the FAA’s 

evaluation of the maps are available for 

examination online at https://

hawthornenoise.airportstudy.net/ as 

well as the following locations: 

Federal Aviation Administration, Los 

Angeles Airports District Office, 777 

South Aviation Boulevard, Suite 150, 

El Segundo, California 90045 

Hawthorne City Hall, 2nd Floor 

Engineering Department, 4455 West 

126th Street, Hawthorne, California 

90250 

Hawthorne Airport Administration 

Office, 12101 Crenshaw Blvd. Suite 

#300, Hawthorne, California 90250 


jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1