Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 178 / Friday, September 12, 2008 / Notices 53069 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Fifth Meeting, Special Committee 214: 

Standards for Air Traffic Data 

Communication Services, Working 

Group 78 (WG–78) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 214, Standards for Air 

Traffic Data Communication Services 

Working Group 78 (WG–78). 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a fifth meeting of 

RTCA Special Committee 214, 

Standards for Air Traffic Data 

Communication Services. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

September 22–26, 2008 from 9 a.m.–5 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Harris Corporation, Capital Gallery 

Place, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW., Suite 

850E, Washington, DC 20024. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a) (2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is 

hereby given for a Special Committee 

214 meeting. The agenda will include: 

Meeting Objectives 

• Agree the Draft Integrated SPR 

(including existing services 

Operational Service Description 

(OSD), updated Environment 

Document plus D–OTIS OSD) 

• Agree the D–TAXI OSD 

• Agree the D–FIS (D–OTIS based) 

Operational Safety Assessment 

(OSA) for Integration in the SPR 

• Progress CPDLC (ACL, ACM, AMC, 

DUG, DCL based) OSA 

• Agree the Operational Performance 

Assessment (OPA) approach 

• Progress the ATN, FANS and A623 

Interoperability Standards 

• Reach a consensus on the scope and 

timescales for the work remaining. 

Note: The term ‘‘Agree’’ in the objectives 

above means that the document is on track 

with no major changes expected. It does not 

mean formal approval by the Plenary. 

• September 22: 

Monday—Morning 

• Welcome, Review Status and Needs 

(aka Tutorials), Approval of 

Agenda, Approval of the Minutes of 

Plenary 4, RTCA Paper No. 163–08/ 

SC214–014 

• Review of the work so far 

• Approval of the updated SC–214/ 

WG–78 Operating Procedures (ref. 

POSPL Operating Procedures) 

• SC0124/WG–78 Work Plan and 

TORs. 

• SC–206/WG–76 Coordination 

• CPDLC for ATSA–ITP Standards 

Approach 

Monday—Afternoon 

• Subgroup Reports and Action Item 

Responses—SG–1, SG–2 and SG–3. 

• Documents Agreement: 

• D–FIS (D–OTIS) Safety Assessment 

(ref. DFIS–OSA) 

• September 23: Subgroup Working 

Sessions 

Tuesday—Morning and Afternoon 

• Subgroups Activity: Subgroups 

General, SG–1, SG–2 and SG–3 

• September 24: Subgroup Working 

Sessions 

Wednesday—Morning and Afternoon 

• Subgroups Activity: Subgroups 

General, SG–1, SG–2 and SG–3 

• September 24: Subgroup Working 

Sessions 

Thursday—Morning and Afternoon 

• Subgroups Activity: Subgroups 

General, SG–1, SG–2 and SG–3 

• September 25: Subgroup Working 

Sessions 

Friday—Morning 

• Subgroup Reports 

• General 

• SG–1 

• SG–2 

• SG–3 

• OPA Approach: Presentation and 

Agreement 

• Document Agreements: 

• Integrated Draft SPR (including 

existing services OSD, updated 

Environment Documents plus D–OTIS 

OSD) 

• D–TAXI OSD 

• Review Committee Plan—Master 

Schedule—Terms of Reference 

• Closing Session (Next Meeting 

Dates, Location and Agenda for 

Next Meeting) 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairmen, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 2, 

2008. 

Francisco C. Estrada, 

RTCA Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. E8–21186 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2008–41] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 

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 

the petition or its final disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number 

involved and must be received on or 

before October 2, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2008–0737 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 


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http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frances Shaver, (202) 267–9681, or 

Katrina Holiday, (202) 267–3603, Office 

of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 8, 

2008. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2008–0737. 

Petitioner: Light Aircraft 

Manufacturers Association. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 

§ 21.190(c)(2). 

Description of Relief Sought: The 

petitioner seeks relief to permit manual 

feathering of a propeller in an aircraft 

certificated as a Special or Experimental 

Light Sport Aircraft-Glider. 

[FR Doc. E8–21080 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2008–0009, Notice No. 3] 

Declaration of Emergency Events 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of declaration of 

emergency events. 

SUMMARY: On August 28 and September 

4, 2008, the Administrator of the FRA 

determined that the impending landfall 

of hurricanes Gustav, Hanna, and Ike 

and the related requests for Presidential, 

Federal Disaster Declarations from the 

Governors of the States of Texas and 

Louisiana, constituted emergency events 

as related to railroad operations. 

Accordingly, the Administrator 

activated the Emergency Relief Docket. 

This document provides notice of the 

Administrator’s determinations. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

28 and September 4, 2008, the 

Administrator of the FRA determined 

that the impending landfall of 

hurricanes Gustav, Hanna, and Ike and 

the related requests for Presidential, 

Federal Disaster Declarations from the 

Governors of the States of Texas and 

Louisiana, constituted emergency events 

pursuant to 49 CFR 211.45(c) and that 

public safety required the 

implementation of FRA’s emergency 

waiver rule directly related to those 

emergencies. Accordingly, the 

Administrator activated the Emergency 

Relief Docket (docket number FRA– 

2008–0009) and in accordance with 49 

CFR 211.45(g), petitions received in that 

docket pursuant to these emergency 

events will be handled according to the 

requirements of 49 CFR 211.45(g)–(j). 

Interested parties are reminded that 

the procedures in 49 CFR 211.45 

provide for expedited review and 

processing of emergency waiver 

petitions. Accordingly, in accordance 

with 49 CFR 211.45(h), any person 

wishing to comment on petitions for 

emergency waivers should submit their 

comments to the docket within 72 hours 

from the close of business on the day 

that the petition is posted in the public 

docket. Any person desiring a public 

hearing on any petition being processed 

in accordance with the emergency 

waiver procedures must notify FRA of 

such request in their comments 

submitted to the docket. 49 CFR 

211.45(i). 

Interested persons may submit their 

comments using any of the following 

methods: 

(1) E-mail to FRA at 

RRS.Correspondence@dot.gov; 

(2) Fax to FRA at: 202–493–6309; or 

(3) Hand deliver or expedited delivery 

to the Docket Clerk, Docket Operations 

Facility, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590 or electronically via the Internet 

at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All communications concerning any 

petition in the Emergency Relief Docket 

should identify the appropriate docket 

number (e.g., FRA–2008–0009). 

Privacy 

Anyone is able to search all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

665, Number 7, Pages 19477–78). The 

statement may also be found at http:// 

www.dot.gov/privacy.html. 

Issued in Washington, DC on September 8, 

2008. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E8–21336 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. FTA–2008–0040] 

Notice of Request for the Extension of 

a Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to 

request the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to extend the following 

currently approved information 

collection: 

49 U.S.C. Section 5316—Job Access and 

Reverse Commute Program 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

before November 12, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that your 

comments are not entered more than 

once into the docket, submit comments 

identified by the docket number by only 

one of the following methods: 

1. Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the U.S. Government electronic 

docket site. (Note: The U.S. Department 

of Transportation’s (DOT’s) electronic 

docket is no longer accepting electronic 

comments.) All electronic submissions 

must be made to the U.S. Government 

electronic docket site at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Commenters 

should follow the directions below for 

mailed and hand-delivered comments. 

2. Fax: 202–366–7951. 

3. Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Docket Operations, M–30, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Docket Operations, M–30, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number for this 

notice at the beginning of your 

comments. Submit two copies of your 

comments if you submit them by mail. 

For confirmation that FTA has received 

your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Note that 

all comments received, including any 

personal information, will be posted 

and will be available to Internet users, 

without change, to http:// 


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