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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

Laverne Brunache (202) 267–3133 or 

Tyneka Thomas (202) 267–7626, 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 June 12, 

2009. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2009–0291. 

Petitioner: Embry-Riddle. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

141.77(c)(2). 

Description of Relief Sought: EmbryRiddle has petitioned the Federal 

Aviation Administration to permit 100 

percent of their students from their part 

142 training center to transfer to an 

equivalent curriculum under their part 

141 pilot school certificate. 

[FR Doc. E9–14233 Filed 6–16–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2009–22] 

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 

part 23, § 23.979(b)(2). 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. 

DATE: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number 

involved and must be received on or 

before July 7, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2009–0444 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 

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: Mr. 

Pete Rouse, 816–329–4135, Small 

Airplane Directorate, Aircraft 

Certification Service, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 901 Locust, Kansas 

City, MO 64106. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 11, 

2009. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2009–0444. 

Petitioner: Cessna Aircraft Company. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

23.979(b)(2) 

Description of Relief Sought: 

Petitioner requests relief from pressure 

fueling system requirements for its 

Cessna Model 525C airplane because its 

single point refuel/defuel system as 

designed offers a higher level of 

protection from potential ignition 

resources. 

[FR Doc. E9–14200 Filed 6–16–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2006–25755] 

Operating Limitations At Laguardia 

Airport 

ACTION: Notice of order to show cause 

and request for information. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing an order 

to show cause, which solicits the views 

of interested persons on the FAA’s 

tentative determination to extend 

through October 30, 2010, the December 

13, 2006, order limiting the number of 

scheduled and unscheduled operations 

at LaGuardia Airport during peak 

operating hours. The text of the order to 

show cause is set forth in this notice. 

DATES: Any written information that 

responds to the FAA’s order to show 

cause must be submitted by July 1, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

information, identified by docket 

number FAA–2006–25755, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments by mail to 

Docket Operations, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, M–30, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. Persons 

wishing to receive confirmation of 

receipt of their written submission 


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1Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia 

Airport, 71 FR 77,854 (Dec. 27, 2006); 72 FR 63,224 

(Nov. 8, 2007) (transfer, minimum usage, and 

withdrawal amendments); 72 FR 48,428 (Aug. 19, 

2008) (reducing the reservations available for 

unscheduled operations); 74 FR 845 (Jan. 8, 2009) 

(extending the expiration date of the December 

2006 order until October 24, 2009); 74 FR 2,646 

(Jan. 15, 2009) (reducing the peak-hour cap on 

scheduled operations to 71). 

2The FAA separately solicited comments on 

proposals to extend the January 15, 2008, order 

limiting scheduled operations at John F. Kennedy 

International Airport (JFK) and the May 15, 2008, 

order limiting scheduled operations at Newark 

Liberty International Airport (Newark). The public 

may file or review documents related to these 

proposals in Dockets FAA–2007–29320 (JFK) and 

FAA–2008–0221 (Newark). 

3 33 FR 17,896, 17,898 (Dec. 3, 1968); 34 FR 2,603 

(Feb. 26, 1969). 

4 49 U.S.C. 41715(a)(2). 

5 49 U.S.C. 41716. 

6 65 FR 69,126, 69,127–28 (Nov. 15, 2000). 

7 71 FR 51,360 (Aug. 29, 2006) (Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking); 73 FR 20,846 (April 17, 

2008) (Supplemental Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking). 

8 72 FR at 48,428. 

9 74 FR at 2,646. 

10 74 FR at 845. 

11 74 FR 22,717 (May 14, 2009). 

should include a self-addressed 

stamped postcard. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver comments to 

Docket Operations in Room W12–140 

on the ground floor of the West Building 

at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

• Facsimile: Fax comments to the 

docket operations personnel at 202– 

493–2251. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

that we receive, without change, at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information that you 

provide. Using the search function of 

the docket Web site, anyone can find 

and read the electronic form of all 

comments in any of our dockets, 

including the name of the individual 

sending the comment or signing the 

comment on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, or other entity or 

organization. You may review the DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register at 65 FR 19477–78 

(April 11, 2000), or you may find it at 

http://docketsinfo.dot.gov. 

Reviewing the docket: To read 

background documents or comments 

received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time and 

follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket; or go to Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 on the 

ground floor of the West Building 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: 

James W. Tegtmeier, Associate Chief 

Counsel for the Air Traffic Organization; 

telephone—(202) 267–8323; e-mail— 

james.tegtmeier@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Order To Show Cause 

The Federal Aviation Administration 

(FAA) has tentatively determined that it 

will extend through October 30, 2010, 

the FAA’s December 13, 2006, order 

limiting scheduled and unscheduled 

operations at LaGuardia Airport, as 

subsequently amended (December 2006 

order).1 This order to show cause invites 

air carriers and other interested persons 

to submit comments in Docket FAA– 

2006–25755 on this proposal to extend 

the duration of the December 2006 

order.2

As a result of the limited capacity of 

LaGuardia’s two-runway configuration, 

the airport cannot accommodate the 

number of scheduled and unscheduled 

flights that operators would like to 

conduct there without causing 

significant congestion-related delays. 

LaGuardia was one of the original U.S. 

airports at which the FAA capped the 

number of peak-hour operations under 

the High Density Rule.3 The High 

Density Rule limited the number of 

scheduled operations at the airport to 62 

per hour. 

In a statute enacted in April 2000, 

Congress began to phase out the High 

Density Rule at LaGuardia and other 

airports.4 Before fully extinguishing the 

High Density Rule at LaGuardia on 

January 1, 2007, the statute directed the 

Secretary of Transportation immediately 

to grant a number of exemptions from 

the High Density Rule for specific types 

of scheduled operations.5 Demand for 

exemptions to operate scheduled service 

at LaGuardia soared. By November 

2000, the debilitating delays that 

resulted from the surging demand 

required the FAA to roll back and limit 

the number of operations at LaGuardia.6

The FAA limited the peak-hour 

scheduled operations at a total of 75 

hourly departures and arrivals. 

In the ensuing years, the FAA 

examined and proposed various 

alternatives to the High Density Rule in 

an effort to control congestion at 

LaGuardia.7 When it became apparent 

that the FAA would not have a 

replacement rule in place before the 

High Density Rule expired at LaGuardia, 

and recognizing that LaGuardia is prone 

to overscheduling, the FAA issued the 

December 2006 order to limit the 

number of scheduled and unscheduled 

operations at the airport until the FAA 

could issue a final rule. During much of 

the time that the December 2006 order 

has remained in effect, the airport has 

continued to experience significant 

congestion-related delays. As a result, 

the FAA reduced the peak-hour limit on 

unscheduled operations from six to 

three.8 More recently, the FAA reduced 

the peak-hour limit on scheduled 

operations from 75 to 71.9

The FAA established the order’s 

October 2009 expiration date to permit 

time for a recently issued final rule to 

take effect to control congestion at 

LaGuardia.10 However, the rule was 

stayed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for 

the District of Columbia Circuit prior to 

the rule’s effective date, and the FAA is 

currently soliciting comments on a 

proposal to rescind the final rule.11 As 

a result of the FAA’s reconsideration of 

the rule, the court is holding in 

abeyance the briefing schedule in the 

rule’s associated litigation. 

In light of the events that have 

transpired since the December 2006 

order took effect, it is now unlikely that 

the FAA will have an effective final rule 

on the order’s current expiration date. In 

the absence of the FAA’s extension of 

the order, the FAA anticipates a return 

of the congestion-related delays that 

required the FAA to limit the number of 

operations at the airport. The hourly 

capacity at LaGuardia has not increased 

since the order took effect. Because the 

demand for operations at New York-area 

airports remains high, the FAA has 

determined that an extension of the 

December 2006 order appears to be 

appropriate while the FAA identifies 

the appropriate long-term solution to 

congestion at LaGuardia. 

Order to Show Cause: 

To prevent a recurrence of 

overscheduling at LaGuardia during the 

interim between the expiration of the 

December 2006 order on October 24, 

2009, and the effective date of a 

replacement rule, the FAA tentatively 

intends to extend the December 2006 

order. The order will continue to apply 

to both scheduled and unscheduled 

operations at the airport. Maintaining 

the existing order for an additional, 

finite period constitutes a reasonable 

approach to preventing unacceptable 

congestion and delays at LaGuardia 

until a long-term measure is 

implemented. The December 2006 

order, as extended, would expire on 

October 30, 2010. 

Accordingly, the FAA directs all 

interested persons to show cause why 

the FAA should not make final its 

tentative findings and tentative decision 

to extend the December 2006 order 

through October 30, 2010, by filing their 


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written views in Docket FAA–2006– 

25755. The FAA does not intend this 

request for the views of interested 

persons to address any issues related to 

the existing final rule or any future 

congestion management rule. Therefore, 

any submission to the current docket 

should be limited to the proposed 

extension of the December 2006 order. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 11, 

2009. 

Rebecca MacPherson, 

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations. 

[FR Doc. E9–14168 Filed 6–16–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

Surety Companies Acceptable on 

Federal Bonds: Termination—Lincoln 

General Insurance Company 

AGENCY: Financial Management Service, 

Fiscal Service, Department of the 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is Supplement No. 15 to 

the Treasury Department Circular 570, 

2008 Revision, published July 1, 2008, 

at 73 FR 37644. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Surety Bond Branch at (202) 874–6850. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the Certificate of 

Authority issued by the Treasury to the 

above-named company under 31 U.S.C. 

9305 to qualify as acceptable surety on 

Federal bonds is terminated effective 

June 30, 2009. Federal bond-approving 

officials should annotate their reference 

copies of the Treasury Department 

Circular 570 (‘‘Circular’’), 2008 

Revision, to reflect this change. 

With respect to any bonds, including 

continuous bonds, currently in force 

with above listed Company, bondapproving officers should secure new 

bonds with acceptable sureties in those 

instances where a significant amount of 

liability remains outstanding. In 

addition, in no event, should bonds that 

are continuous in nature be renewed. 

The Circular may be viewed and 

downloaded through the Internet at 

http://www.fms.treas.gov/c570. 

Questions concerning this notice may 

be directed to the U.S. Department of 

the Treasury, Financial Management 

Service, Financial Accounting and 

Services Division, Surety Bond Branch, 

3700 East-West Highway, Room 6F01, 

Hyattsville, MD 20782. 

Dated: June 11, 2009. 

Kent Kuyumjian, 

Comptroller and Deputy CFO. 

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