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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Membership in the National Parks
Overflights Advisory Group Aviation
Rulemaking Committee
Federal Aviation
Administration, Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) and the National
Park Service (NPS) are inviting
interested persons to apply to fill one
upcoming opening on the National
Parks Overflights Advisory Group
(NPOAG) Aviation Rulemaking
Committee (ARC). The upcoming
opening will represent commercial air
tour operator interests. The selected
member will serve a 3-year term.
DATES: Persons interested in applying
for the NPOAG opening representing air
tour operator interests need to apply by
August 26, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Keith Lusk, Special Programs Staff,
Federal Aviation Administration,
Western-Pacific Region Headquarters,
P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA
90009–2007, telephone: (310) 725–3808,
email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background
The National Parks Air Tour
Management Act of 2000 (the Act) was
enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law
106–181. The Act required the
establishment of the advisory group
within 1 year after its enactment. The
NPOAG was established in March 2001.
The advisory group is comprised of a
balanced group of representatives of
general aviation, commercial air tour
operations, environmental concerns,
and Native American tribes. The
Administrator of the FAA and the
Director of NPS (or their designees)
serve as ex officio members of the
group. Representatives of the
Administrator and Director serve
alternating 1-year terms as chairman of
the advisory group.
In accordance with the Act, the
advisory group provides ‘‘advice,
information, and recommendations to
the Administrator and the Director—
(1) On the implementation of this title
[the Act] and the amendments made by
this title;
(2) On commonly accepted quiet
aircraft technology for use in
commercial air tour operations over a
national park or tribal lands, which will
receive preferential treatment in a given
air tour management plan;

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they are not a federally registered
lobbyist.
Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on July 19, 2016.
Keith Lusk,
Program Manager, Special Programs Staff,
Western-Pacific Region.
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(3) On other measures that might be
taken to accommodate the interests of
visitors to national parks; and
(4) At the request of the Administrator
and the Director, safety, environmental,
and other issues related to commercial
air tour operations over a national park
or tribal lands.’’
The NPOAG ARC is made up of one
member representing general aviation,
three members representing the
commercial air tour industry, four
members representing environmental
concerns, and two members
representing Native American interests.
Current members of the NPOAG ARC
are as follows:
The current NPOAG consists of
Melissa Rudinger representing general
aviation; Alan Stephen, Mark Francis,
and Matthew Zuccaro representing
commercial air tour operators; Rob
Smith, Nicholas Miller, Mark Belles,
and Dick Hingson representing
environmental interests; and Leigh
Kuwanwisiwma and Martin Begaye
representing Native American interests.
Mr. Zuccaro’s 3-year membership
expires on September 9, 2016.
Selection
In order to retain balance within the
NPOAG ARC, the FAA and NPS are
seeking candidates interested in filling
Mr. Zuccaro’s soon to be expiring seat.
The open seat to be filled will represent
air tour operator interests. The FAA and
NPS invite persons interested in
representing air tour operator interests
on the ARC to contact Mr. Keith Lusk
(contact information is written above in
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Requests to serve on the ARC must be
made to Mr. Lusk in writing and
postmarked or emailed on or before
August 26, 2016. The request should
indicate whether or not you are a
member of an association or firm related
to the air tour industry.. The request
should also state what expertise you
would bring to the NPOAG ARC as
related to issues and concerns with
aircraft flights over national parks. The
term of service for NPOAG ARC
members is 3 years. Current members
may re-apply for another term.
On June 18, 2010, President Obama
signed a Presidential Memorandum
directing agencies in the Executive
Branch not to appoint or re-appoint
federally registered lobbyists to advisory
committees and other boards and
commissions. Therefore, before
appointing an applicant to serve on the
NPOAG, the FAA and NPS will require
the prospective candidate to certify that

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2016–0196]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension of an Approved
Information Collection Request:
Transportation of Hazardous Materials,
Highway Routing
FMCSA, DOT.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

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. The FMCSA requests
approval to extend an existing ICR
titled, ‘‘Transportation of Hazardous
Materials, Highway Routing.’’ The
information reported by States and
Indian tribes is necessary to identify
designated/restricted routes and
restrictions or limitations affecting how
motor carriers may transport certain
hazardous materials on their highways,
including dates that such routes were
established and information on
subsequent changes or new hazardous
materials routing designations.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before September 27, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket
Number FMCSA–2016–0196 using any
of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 20590–
0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–
140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
SUMMARY:

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Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and docket
number. For detailed instructions on
submitting comments and additional
information on the exemption process,
see the Public Participation heading
below. Note that all comments received
will be posted without change to http://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. Please
see the Privacy Act heading below.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov, and follow the
online instructions for accessing the
dockets, or go to the street address listed
above.
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 DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement for the Federal Docket
Management System published in the
Federal Register on January 17, 2008
(73 FR 3316), or you may visit http://
edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdfE8794.pdf.
Public Participation: The Federal
eRulemaking Portal is available 24
hours each day, 365 days each year. You
can obtain electronic submission and
retrieval help and guidelines under the
‘‘help’’ section of the Federal
eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you
want us to notify you that we received
your comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or
postcard, or print the acknowledgement
page that appears after submitting
comments online. Comments received
after the comment closing date will be
included in the docket and will be
considered to the extent practicable.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Vincent Babich, Office of Enforcement
and Compliance, Hazardous Materials
Division, Department of Transportation,
FMCSA, West Building 6th Floor, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
DC 20590. Telephone: 202–366–4871;
email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The data for the
Transportation of Hazardous Materials;
Highway Routing ICR is collected under
authority of 49 U.S.C. 5112 and 5125.
Specifically, 49 U.S.C. 5112(c) requires
that the Secretary, in coordination with
the States, ‘‘shall update and publish
periodically a list of currently effective
hazardous material highway route
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In 49 CFR 397.73, the FMCSA
requires that each State and Indian tribe,
through its routing agency, provide
information identifying new, or changes
to existing, hazardous materials routing
designations within its jurisdiction
within 60 days after their establishment
(or 60 days of the change). That
information is collected and
consolidated by FMCSA and published
annually, in whole or as updates, in the
Federal Register.
Title: Transportation of Hazardous
Materials, Highway Routing.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0014.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: The reporting burden is
shared by 50 States, the District of
Columbia, Indian tribes with designated
routes, and U.S. Territories including;
Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam,
the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin
Islands.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 57
[36 States and the District of Columbia,
with designated hazardous materials
highway routes + 20 States/U.S.
Territories without designated
hazardous materials highway routes + 1
Indian tribe with a designated route =
57].
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes.
Expiration Date: None.
Frequency of Response: Once every
two years.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 7
hours [57 annual respondents × 1
response per 2 years × 15 minutes per
response/60 minutes per response =
7.125 hours rounded to 7 hours].
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the performance of
FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways for
FMCSA to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the collected
information; and (4) ways that the
burden could be minimized without
reducing the quality of the collected
information. The agency will summarize
or include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87
on: July 21, 2016.
Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Transit Administration
Notice of Funding Opportunity for FY
2017 Positive Train Control Grant
Funds
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) and Federal
Transit Administration (FTA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This notice details the
application requirements and
procedures to obtain funding for the
installation of Positive Train Control
(PTC) systems required under the
Railroad Safety Improvement Act of
2008, as amended by the Positive Train
Control Enforcement and
Implementation Act of 2015. The
opportunities described in this notice
are available under Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance number 20.321,
‘‘Positive Train Control.’’
FRA will review applications for
funding under this NOFO and will
select the projects for funding. FTA will
award the grant funds and administer
and manage the grants after award. FRA
will help FTA monitor the PTC
implementation and progress of the
grantees. In addition, applicants should
contact FRA with PTC technical
questions.
DATES: Applications for funding under
this solicitation are due no later than
5:00 p.m. EDT, September 27, 2016.
Applications for funding received after
5:00 p.m. EDT on September 27, 2016
will not be considered for funding. See
Section 4 of this notice for additional
information on the application process.
ADDRESSES: Applications must be
submitted via Grants.gov. For any
required or supporting application
materials that an applicant is unable to
submit via Grants.gov (such as oversized
engineering drawings), an applicant
may submit an original and two (2)
copies to Ms. Amy Houser, Office of
Program Delivery, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Room W36–412,
Washington, DC 20590. However, due to
delays caused by enhanced screening of
mail delivered via the U.S. Postal
Service, applicants are advised to use
other means of conveyance (such as
courier service) to assure timely receipt
of materials.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have a PTC project related question,
you may contact Dr. Mark Hartong,
Senior Scientific Technical Advisor,
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