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ACTION: Meeting notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 213, Enhanced Flight Vision 

Systems/Synthetic Vision Systems 

(EFVS/SVS). 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the twenty 

seventh meeting of the RTCA Special 

Committee 213, Enhanced Flight Vision 

Systems/Synthetic Vision Systems 

(EFVS/SVS). 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

November 5, 2014 from 2:30–5:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: https://rtca.webex.com/

rtca/j.php?MTID=m8c

15ab559c5c8380811759806531cae4. 

Meeting number: 684 099 495 

Meeting password: November 5 

Join by phone 

Dial: 1–888–481–3032 International: 

617–801–9600 Participant 

Passcode: 56022675 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Etherington, tjetheri@

rockwellcollins.com, (319) 295–5233 or 

mobile at (319) 431–7154, Patrick 

Krohn, pkrohn@uasc.com, telephone 

(425) 602–1375 or mobile at (425) 829– 

1996 and The RTCA Secretariat, 1150 

18th Street NW., Suite 910, Washington, 

DC 20036, or by telephone at (202) 330– 

0652/(202) 833–9339, fax at (202) 833– 

9434, or Web site at http://www.rtca.org. 

Additional contact information: RTCA 

contact is Jennifer Iverson, jiverson@

rtca.org, (202) 330- 0662. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

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

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of Special 

Committee 213. The agenda will include 

the following: 

November 5th 

Plenary Discussion 

• Introductions and administrative 

items 

• DO–315C FRAC Comment Review 

and Disposition 

• Approval of DO–315C to go to 

Program Management Committee 

• Administrative items (new meeting 

location/dates, action items etc.) 

• Adjourn 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

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 October 8th, 

2014. 

Mohannad Dawoud, 

Management Analyst, NextGen, Business 

Operations Group, Federal Aviation 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24537 Filed 10–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. 2014–0126] 

Request for Comments of a Previously 

Approved Information Collection: 

Procedures for Determining Vessel 

Services Categories for Purposes of 

the Cargo Preference Act 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below is being forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comments. A Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period soliciting comments on the 

following information collection was 

published on July 7, 2014 (Federal 

Register 38356, Vol. 79, No. 129). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 17, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dennis Brennan, 202–366–1029, Office 

of Cargo and Commercial Sealift, 

Maritime Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 

20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime 

Administration (MARAD). 

Title: Procedures for Determining 

Vessel Services Categories for Purposes 

of the Cargo Preference Act. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0540. 

Type of Request: Renewal of a 

Previously Approved Information 

Collection. 

Abstract: The purpose is to provide 

information to be used in the 

designation of service categories of 

individual vessels for purposes of 

compliance with the Cargo Preference 

Act under a Memorandum of 

Understanding entered into by the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, U.S. Agency 

for International Development, and the 

Maritime Administration. The Maritime 

Administration will use the data 

submitted by vessel operators to create 

a list of Vessel Self-Designations and 

determine whether the Agency agrees or 

disagrees with a vessel owner’s 

designation of a vessel. 

Affected Public: Owners or operators 

of U.S.-registered vessels and foreignregistered vessels. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

100. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 100. 

Annual Estimated Total Annual 

Burden Hours: 800/8 hours per 

Respondent. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

the burden estimate, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, to 

the Office of Management and Budget, 

Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of 

the Secretary of Transportation, 725 

17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

Comments are invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.93. 

Dated: October 9, 2014. 

Julie P. Agarwal, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24636 Filed 10–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket Number MARAD–2014–0132] 

Deepwater Ports License Application 

Process for Offshore Export Facilities 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed policy. 

SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration 

(MARAD) is seeking public comment on 

the agency’s proposed policy to accept, 

evaluate and process license 

applications for the construction and 

operation of offshore deepwater port 

facilities for the export of oil and natural 

gas from the United States to foreign 

markets abroad, and to use the existing 

Deepwater Port License regulations, 

cited at 33 CFR Parts 148, 149 and 150 

for such purposes. 

DATES: Written public comments 

regarding this notice of proposed policy 


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1With regard to exports from a State that are 

intended for non-United States markets, the 

Department of Energy is responsible for approving 

applications to export natural gas to Free Trade 

Agreement and Non-Free Trade Agreement nations. 

As a general proposition, the export of oil from the 

United States is restricted (see e.g., the Energy 

Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 or the Export 

Administration Act of 1979). 

should be submitted on or before 

December 15, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket Number 

MARAD–2014–0132 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Search MARAD– 

2014–0132 and follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Email: 

Rulemakings.MARAD@dot.gov. Include 

MARAD–2014–0132 in the subject line 

of the message. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, 

Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. 

If you would like to confirm that your 

comments reached the facility, please 

enclose a stamped, self-addressed 

postcard or envelope. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Docket 

Management Facility, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building, Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Management Facility is open 9:00 a.m. 

to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except on Federal holidays. 

Note: If you fax, mail or hand deliver your 

input, we recommend that you include your 

name and a mailing address, an email 

address, or a telephone number in the body 

of your document so that you can be 

contacted if there are questions regarding 

your submission. If you submit your inputs 

by mail or hand delivery, submit them in an 

unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 11 

inches, suitable for copying and electronic 

filing. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number. All comments received 

will be posted without change to the 

docket at www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the section entitled Public 

Participation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Yvette M. Fields, Director, Office of 

Deepwater Ports and Offshore 

Activities, Maritime Administration, 

telephone: 202–366–0926, email: 

Yvette.Fields@dot.gov. If you have 

questions on viewing the Docket, call 

Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone: 202–493– 

0402. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 20, 2012, the Coast Guard and 

Maritime Transportation Act of 2012 

(Title III, Sec. 312) amended Section 

3(9)(A) of the Deepwater Port Act of 

1974 (33 U.S.C. 1502(9)(A)) to insert the 

words ‘‘or from’’ before the words ‘‘any 

State’’ in the definition of Deepwater 

Port. This amendment grants MARAD, 

as delegated by the Secretary of 

Transportation, the authority to license 

the construction and operation of 

Deepwater Ports for the export of oil and 

natural gas from domestic sources 

within the United States.1 This 

amendment will be implemented in 

accordance with existing legislative and 

regulatory requirements pertaining to 

the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, as 

amended (the Act). The Coast Guard 

and Maritime Transportation Act of 

2012 provided no other amendments to 

the Act. 

The amended Act defines a 

Deepwater Port, in part, as ‘‘any fixed or 

floating manmade structure other than a 

vessel, or any group of such structures, 

that are located beyond State seaward 

boundaries and that are used or 

intended for use as a port or terminal for 

the transportation, storage, or further 

handling of oil or natural gas for 

transportation to or from any 

State . . . .’’ 

The Act grants the Maritime 

Administrator authority to license 

Deepwater Ports (by delegation from the 

Secretary of Transportation, published 

on August 17, 2012 [77 FR 49964]). 

Deepwater Port license applications are 

jointly processed by MARAD and the 

U.S. Coast Guard (Coast Guard) under 

delegations from, and between, the 

Secretary of Transportation and the 

Secretary of Homeland Security. In 

general, the Coast Guard is the lead 

agency for compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act and is 

responsible for matters related to 

navigation safety, engineering and safety 

standards, and facility inspections. 

MARAD is responsible for determining 

citizenship and financial capability of 

the potential licensees, and for 

preparing the project Record of Decision 

and issuing or denying the license. The 

various other responsibilities under the 

Act, including the duty of consultation, 

are shared by the Coast Guard and 

MARAD. Statutory and regulatory 

requirements for Deepwater Port 

licensing appear in 33 U.S.C. 1501 et 

seq. and in 33 CFR Parts 148, 149 and 

150. 

The Coast Guard has previously 

developed comprehensive regulatory 

guidance for Deepwater Port license 

applications and remains the Federal 

agency responsible for the promulgation 

of rules relating to the Deepwater Port 

license application process. Regulations 

detailing the requirements of the 

Deepwater Port license application 

process; design, construction and 

equipment; and port operations can be 

found in 33 CFR Parts 148, 149 and 150. 

These regulations pertain to the 

application review process, planning, 

environmental review, design, 

construction and operation of deepwater 

port facilities without specific regard to 

whether the facility imports or exports 

oil and/or natural gas products. With 

the addition of oil and natural gas 

exportation under the amendment to the 

Act, MARAD does not foresee any 

reason to alter the Deepwater Port 

licensing application process. As such, 

this notice is provided to inform the 

public that MARAD, with the 

concurrence of the Coast Guard’s 

Deepwater Ports Standards Division, 

intends to use the existing Deepwater 

Port regulations for the review, 

evaluation and processing of any 

Deepwater Port license application 

involving the export of oil or natural gas 

from domestic sources within the 

United States as provided for in 33 CFR 

Part 148, 149 and 150. 

Any proposed Deepwater Port 

involving the export of oil or natural gas 

from domestic sources within the 

United States will require the 

submission of an export-specific 

comprehensive license application 

conforming to all established and 

applicable Deepwater Port licensing 

requirements and regulations. The 

considerable technical, operational and 

environmental differences between 

import and export operations for oil or 

natural gas projects are such that any 

licensed Deepwater Port facility, or any 

proponent of a deepwater port that has 

an application in process, that proposes 

to convert from import to export 

operations will be required to submit a 

new license application (including 

application fee) and conform to all 

licensing requirements and regulations 

in effect at such time of application. For 

licensed deepwater ports, an application 

to convert from import operations to 

export operations will require, at a 

minimum: (1) Approval from the 

Department of Energy or other approval 

authority to export oil or natural gas to 

free trade and/or non-free trade 

agreement countries; (2) a new or 

supplemental environmental impact 

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Statement or Environmental 

Assessment—Finding of No Significant 

Impact) pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act that assesses 

the significance of the environmental 

impact of the proposed change in 

operations; and (3) a revised operations 

manual that fully describes the 

proposed change in port operations. 

Only after all required application 

processes are completed, and after 

consideration of the nine factors 

specified in the Act (33 U.S.C. 1503(c)), 

may the Maritime Administrator 

approve (or disapprove) an application 

to export oil or natural gas through a 

deepwater port. In the event the 

Maritime Administrator approves the 

application to convert to export 

operations, the applicant’s existing 

license shall be surrendered and the 

Maritime Administrator will issue a 

new license with conditions appropriate 

to all intended activities, including, if 

applicable, authority to engage in 

bidirectional oil or natural gas import 

and export operations. In all other cases, 

the Maritime Administrator will issue a 

new license with conditions appropriate 

to the applied for activity. 

This proposed policy will take effect 

upon the date of the final Federal 

Register Notice of Policy and will 

remain in effect until such time that 

additional or other related regulations 

are promulgated. As previously stated, 

all statutory provisions of the Deepwater 

Port Act of 1974, as amended, shall 

apply to the final authorization and 

licensure of export oil and natural gas 

Deepwater Ports. 

Public Participation 

Your comments must be written and 

provided in English. To ensure that your 

comments are correctly filed in the 

Docket, please include the docket 

number in your comments. MARAD 

encourages you to provide concise 

comments. However, you may attach 

necessary additional documents to your 

comments. There is no limit on the 

length of the attachments. Please submit 

your comments, including the 

attachments, following the instructions 

provided under the above heading 

entitled ADDRESSES. 

If you wish to submit any information 

under a claim of confidentiality, you 

should submit three copies of your 

complete submission, including the 

information you claim to be confidential 

business information, to the Department 

of Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, Office of Legislation 

and Regulations, MAR–225, W24–220, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. When you send 

comments containing information 

claimed to be confidential information, 

you should include a cover letter setting 

forth with specificity the basis for any 

such claim. 

MARAD will consider all comments 

received before the close of business on 

the comment closing date indicated 

above under DATES. To the extent 

possible, MARAD will also consider 

comments received after that date. If a 

comment is received too late for 

MARAD to consider in developing a 

final policy (assuming one is issued), 

MARAD will consider that comment as 

an informal suggestion for future policy 

action. 

For access to the docket to read 

background documents, including those 

referenced in this document, or to 

submit or read comments received, go to 

the Docket Management Facility, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, 

Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. 

The Docket Management Facility is 

open 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except on Federal 

holidays. To review documents, read 

comments or to submit comments, the 

docket is also available online at 

http://www.regulations.gov., keyword 

search MARAD–2014–0132. 

Please note that even after the 

comment period has closed, MARAD 

will continue to file relevant 

information in the Docket as it becomes 

available. Further, some people may 

submit late comments. Accordingly, 

MARAD recommends that you 

periodically check the Docket for new 

material. 

Privacy Act 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of 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 the DOT Privacy Act system of 

records notice for the Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) in the 

Federal Register published on January 

17, 2008, (73 FR 3316) at http:// 

edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8- 

785.pdf. 

Authority: 49 CFR 1.93. 

Dated: October 10, 2014. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator 

Thomas M. Hudson, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24609 Filed 10–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2014–0129] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel 

SEACLUSION; Invitation for Public 

Comments 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 

12121, the Secretary of Transportation, 

as represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2014–0129. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. You may also 

send comments electronically via the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments will become part of this 

docket and will be available for 

inspection and copying at the above 

address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

E.T., Monday through Friday, except 

federal holidays. An electronic version 

of this document and all documents 

entered into this docket is available on 

the World Wide Web at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Williams, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W23–453, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– 

366–0903, Email Linda.Williams@

dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described by the applicant the intended 

service of the vessel SEACLUSION is: 

Intended Commercial Use of Vessel: 

This small motor vessel will primarily 

be used for 6 or fewer passengers in the 

immediate vicinity of New Orleans on 

Lake Pontchartrain. The vessel will be 

used for sunset cruises, small group 

parties, and other miscellaneous charter 

work, as well as some limited 

recreational fishing. 


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