80 FR 22611 - Sunshine Act Meetings; Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 77 (April 22, 2015)

Page Range		22611-22611
FR Document		2015-09462

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 22611]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09462]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration


Sunshine Act Meetings; Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of 
Directors

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors 
Meeting.

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TIME AND DATE: The meeting will be held on May 7, 2015, from 12:00 Noon 
to 3:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time.

PLACE: This meeting will be open to the public via conference call. Any 
interested person may call 1-877-422-1931, passcode 2855443940, to 
listen and participate in this meeting.

STATUS: Open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board 
of Directors (the Board) will continue its work in developing and 
implementing the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement and to 
that end, may consider matters properly before the Board.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Avelino Gutierrez, Chair, Unified 
Carrier Registration Board of Directors at (505) 827-4565.

    Issued on: April 17, 2015.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015-09462 Filed 4-20-15; 4:15 pm]
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natural quiet, as described in this notice FAA and NPS Response: Currently, Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on March 19,
and in the response to the previous air tour operators can use allocations at 2015.
comment. QT aircraft must adhere to the any time throughout the year based on Glen A. Martin,
current route structure defined for air the demand for air tours and individual Regional Administrator, Western-Pacific
tour operations; no new areas of the business decisions. This incentive does Region, Federal Aviation Administration.
Grand Canyon will be opened to air not change that situation. The demand Issued in Lakewood, CO, on March 23,
tours under this incentive. The agencies for air tours is expected to remain 2015.
do not anticipate a significant increase highest in the peak season. Sue E. Masica,
in the number of air tours operated in Regional Director, Intermountain Region,
the winter months when tour demand is Comment: Commenters representing National Park Service.
low. The incentive should increase the recreational and environmental interests
[FR Doc. 2015–09380 Filed 4–21–15; 8:45 am]
proportion of QT aircraft used for air advocated a cap on operations.
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tours in the Dragon and Zuni Point FAA and NPS Response: Rather than
corridors and decrease the number of imposing a numerical cap, the statutory
louder non-QT aircraft. Air tour noise conditions effectively provide a DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
operators that convert or have converted limit.
to QT for the seasonal relief are Federal Motor Carrier Safety
anticipated to continue to operate those Comment: Commenters asserted that Administration
quieter fleets during the summer season. more frequent flights will produce more
Seasonal relief allows air tour operators air emissions. Sunshine Act Meetings; Unified Carrier
to save allocations that would have been FAA and NPS Response: FAA and Registration Plan Board of Directors
used in the first quarter of the year and NPS air quality specialists do not expect AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety
to use them during times of year when air tours to significantly affect air Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
air tour demand is higher; therefore, quality in national parks.
there may be increases in the number of ACTION: Notice of Unified Carrier
air tour flights at other times of year V. Implementation Steps Registration Plan Board of Directors
above the number that has been allowed Meeting.
The FAA and the NPS will use the
under the allocation system. If an
increase in the number of flights rises to quarterly reports that are currently TIME AND DATE: The meeting will be held
the level that results in a cumulative required to be submitted by the on May 7, 2015, from 12:00 Noon to
increase in noise, the seasonal relief operators to determine the number of 3:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time.
incentive will be modified to reduce QT flights flown during the first quarter PLACE: This meeting will be open to the
noise or will be discontinued. that will not count against their annual public via conference call. Any
Comment: Commenters suggest allocations. The FAA will implement interested person may call 1–877–422–
agencies mandate one ‘‘quiet day’’ per the incentive by amending the 1931, passcode 2855443940, to listen
month. operations specifications of commercial and participate in this meeting.
FAA and NPS Response: This air tour operators holding allocations in STATUS: Open to the public.
suggestion would presumably involve a the Dragon and Zuni Point corridors to MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified
prohibition on air tours for one day each allow them to conduct air tours with QT Carrier Registration Plan Board of
month, which is outside the scope of aircraft without using an allocation for Directors (the Board) will continue its
approved measures currently in place at such tours in the specified seasonal time work in developing and implementing
the park and is not a QT incentive. periods. The FAA and the NPS will the Unified Carrier Registration Plan
Comment: One commenter called for cooperatively ensure that the statutory and Agreement and to that end, may
assurance that incentives will not conditions protecting the park are met. consider matters properly before the
degrade substantial restoration of
Board.
natural quiet. VI. Environmental Considerations
FAA and NPS Response: The agencies FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
will ensure that this incentive does not This action involving the FAA’s Avelino Gutierrez, Chair, Unified
diminish substantial restoration of amendment of operations specifications Carrier Registration Board of Directors at
natural quiet as required by NPATMA. is categorically excluded from more (505) 827–4565.
detailed environmental review because Issued on: April 17, 2015.
Impact on air tour operations
it would not have a significant effect on Larry W. Minor,
Comment: Commenters representing the environment. The FAA and the NPS
recreational and environmental interests Associate Administrator for Policy.
have designed this incentive to ensure
suggest this is an attempt to increase [FR Doc. 2015–09462 Filed 4–20–15; 4:15 pm]
compliance with the statutory
number of operations by labeling them conditions that the cumulative impact
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as quieter. The air tour interests express of QT operating without allocations
concern that operators who have already does not increase noise and that the
converted to QT may not see a DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
incentive does not diminish the
permanent increase in their allocations.
statutory mandate to achieve the Maritime Administration
Commenters representing recreational
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substantial restoration of natural quiet at
and environmental interests noted that
they expected to see flights shift from the park. [Docket No. MARAD 2015–0049]
peak to off-peak as part of a QT Application of Cargo Preference
incentive. One commenter expressed Requirements to the Federal Ship
the view that the seasonal relief Financing Program
incentive will result in vigorous
marketing of air tours in January Maritime Administration,
AGENCY:
through March. MARAD, Department of Transportation.

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors Meeting.
Dates		The meeting will be held on May 7, 2015, from 12:00 Noon to 3:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time.
Contact		Mr. Avelino Gutierrez, Chair, Unified Carrier Registration Board of Directors at (505) 827-4565.
FR Citation		80 FR 22611

80 FR 22611 - Sunshine Act Meetings; Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of Directors

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 77 (April 22, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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