83_FR_47576 83 FR 47394 - Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; ExpressJet Airlines, Inc.

83 FR 47394 - Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; ExpressJet Airlines, Inc.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 182 (September 19, 2018)

Page Range47394-47395
FR Document2018-20401

This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, the FAA's exemption process. 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.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 182 (Wednesday, September 19, 2018)
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. 2018-11]


Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; ExpressJet 
Airlines, Inc.

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief 
from specified requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations. The 
purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and 
participation in, the FAA's exemption process. 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 and must be received on or before October 9, 2018.

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ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2018-0092 
using 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 to Docket Operations, M-30; U.S. 
Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room 
W12-140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket 
Operations 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.
     Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at 202-493-2251.
    Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 
from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts 
these comments, without edit, including any personal information the 
commenter provides, to http://www.regulations.gov, as described in the 
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 
http://www.dot.gov/privacy.
    Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at 
http://www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions 
for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations 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: Nia Daniels, (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 September 12, 2018.
Lirio Liu,
Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2018-0092.
    Petitioner: ExpressJet Airlines, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 121.137(b).
    Description of Relief Sought: ExpressJet Airlines Inc. requests an 
exemption from Sec.  121.137(b) to the extent necessary to dispatch a 
flight, or series of flights, with one inoperable electronic flight bag 
(EFB) back to a location with an operable EFB replacement. Dispatch of 
flights under this exemption would be contingent on weather conditions 
not requiring the use of Category II/monitored approach procedures. In 
addition, the flight or series of flights will not dispatch from 
special airports with all flight management systems (FMS) inoperable, 
without prior authorization from the director of flight operations or 
their designee.

[FR Doc. 2018-20401 Filed 9-18-18; 8:45 am]
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                                              provided that requests for exclusion                    Representative will make the                          characteristics: (A) A cell surface area
                                              should identify the particular product in               appropriate determination in due                      between 154 cm2 and 260 cm2,
                                              terms of the physical characteristics                   course.                                               inclusive, (B) no visible busbars or
                                              (e.g., dimensions, wattage, material                                                                          gridlines on the front of the cell, and (C)
                                                                                                      IV. Future Requests
                                              composition, or other distinguishing                                                                          more than 100 interdigitated fingers of
                                              characteristics) that distinguish it from                 At this time, USTR is not considering               tin-coated solid copper adhered to the
                                              other products that are subject to the                  additional requests for exclusion                     back of the cell, with the copper portion
                                              safeguard measures. USTR noted that it                  beyond those received as of March 16,                 of the metal fingers having a thickness
                                              would not consider requests that                        2018. USTR will monitor developments                  of greater than 0.01 mm;
                                              identify the product at issue in terms of               in the U.S. market for CSPV products                     (13) solar panels with a maximum
                                              the identity of the producer, importer,                 and, if warranted, provide an                         rated power between 320 and 500 watts,
                                              or ultimate consumer; the country of                    opportunity to submit additional                      inclusive, having the following
                                              origin; or trademarks or tradenames.                    requests for exclusion at a future date.              characteristics: (A) Length between
                                              Furthermore, USTR confirmed that it                                                                           1,556 mm and 2,070 mm inclusive, and
                                                                                                      V. Annex
                                              only would grant those exclusions that                                                                        width between 1,014 mm and 1,075
                                              do not undermine the objectives of the                     The following provisions supersede                 mm, inclusive, (B) where the solar cells
                                              safeguard measure.                                      those currently in the HTS and are                    comprising the panel have no visible
                                                 Pursuant to that notice, USTR                        effective with respect to articles entered,           busbars or gridlines on the front of the
                                              received 48 product exclusion requests                  or withdrawn from a warehouse for                     cells, and (C) the solar cells comprising
                                              and 213 subsequent comments                             consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m.,                  the panel have more than 100
                                              responding to various requests. The                     EST, on September 19, 2018. The HTS                   interdigitated fingers of tin-coated solid
                                              types of products for which USTR                        is modified as follows:                               copper adhered to the back of the cells,
                                              received an exclusion request generally                    (1) U.S. note 18 to subchapter III of              with the copper portion of the metal
                                              fall into seven categories: (1) Products                chapter 99 of the HTS is modified:                    fingers having thickness greater than
                                              that consist of attachments or other                       (a) By inserting the following new                 0.01 mm;
                                              parts that can be mounted to solar                      subdivisions in numerical sequence at                    (14) modules (as defined in note 18(g)
                                              products; (2) products that constitute                  the end of subdivision (c)(iii):                      to this subchapter) incorporating only
                                              72-cell or greater panels; (3) products                    ‘‘(7) off-grid, 45 watt or less solar
                                                                                                                                                            CSPV cells that are products of the
                                              with particular configurations for                      panels, each with length not exceeding
                                                                                                                                                            United States and not incorporating any
                                              additional performance; (4) products                    950 mm and width of 100 mm or more
                                                                                                                                                            CSPV cells that are the product of any
                                              with specialized functions; (5)                         but not over 255 mm, with a surface
                                                                                                                                                            other country.’’
                                              consumer and specialty products; (6)                    area of 2,500 cm2 or less, with a
                                              bifacial panels and bifacial solar cells;               pressure-laminated tempered glass                     Jeffrey Gerrish,
                                              and (7) solar cells without busbars or                  cover at the time of entry but not a                  Deputy U.S. Trade Representative.
                                              gridlines and panels containing these                   frame, electrical cables or connectors, or            [FR Doc. 2018–20342 Filed 9–18–18; 8:45 am]
                                              solar cells.                                            an internal battery;                                  BILLING CODE 3290–F8–P
                                                                                                         (8) 4 watt or less solar panels, each
                                              II. Exclusions From the Safeguard                       with a length or diameter of 70 mm or
                                              Measure                                                 more but not over 235 mm, with a
                                                 USTR has considered certain requests                 surface area not exceeding 539 cm2, and               DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                                              for exclusion of particular products and                not exceeding 16 volts, provided that no
                                              determined that exclusion of the CSPV                   such panel with these characteristics                 Federal Aviation Administration
                                              products described in subdivisions                      shall contain an internal battery or
                                              (c)(iii)(7) through (c)(iii)(14) of U.S. note           external computer peripheral ports at                 [Summary Notice No. 2018–11]
                                              18 to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the               the time of entry;
                                              HTS, as amended in the Annex to this                       (9) solar panels with a maximum                    Petition for Exemption; Summary of
                                              notice, from the safeguard measure                      rated power of equal to or less than 60               Petition Received; ExpressJet Airlines,
                                              established in Proclamation 9693 would                  watts, having the following                           Inc.
                                              not undermine the objectives of the                     characteristics, provided that no such
                                                                                                                                                            AGENCY: Federal Aviation
                                              safeguard measure. Therefore, USTR                      panel with those characteristics shall
                                                                                                                                                            Administration (FAA), DOT.
                                              finds that these CSPV products should                   contain an internal battery or external
                                              be excluded from the safeguard                          computer peripheral ports at the time of              ACTION: Notice.
                                              measure. Accordingly, under the                         entry: (A) Length of not more than 482                SUMMARY:   This notice contains a
                                              authority vested in the Trade                           mm and width of not more than 635 mm                  summary of a petition seeking relief
                                              Representative by Proclamation 9693,                    or (B) a total surface area not exceeding             from specified requirements of Federal
                                              the Trade Representative modifies the                   3,061 cm2;                                            Aviation Regulations. The purpose of
                                              HTS provisions created by the Annex to                     (10) flexible and semi-flexible off-grid
                                                                                                                                                            this notice is to improve the public’s
                                              Proclamation 9693 as set forth in the                   solar panels designed for use with motor
                                                                                                                                                            awareness of, and participation in, the
                                              Annex to this notice.                                   vehicles and boats, where the panels
                                                                                                                                                            FAA’s exemption process. Neither
                                                                                                      range in rated wattage from 10 to 120
                                              III. Past Requests Not Addressed in                                                                           publication of this notice nor the
                                                                                                      watts, inclusive;
                                              This Notice                                                                                                   inclusion or omission of information in
                                                                                                         (11) frameless solar panels in a color
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                                                 The Trade Representative has not at                                                                        the summary is intended to affect the
                                                                                                      other than black or blue with a total
                                              this time made a determination with                                                                           legal status of the petition or its final
                                                                                                      power output of 90 watts or less where
                                              respect to the requests for exclusion,                                                                        disposition.
                                                                                                      the panels have a uniform surface
                                              received as of March 16, 2018, that are                 without visible solar cells or busbars;               DATES: Comments on this petition must
                                              not addressed in the Annex to this                         (12) solar cells with a maximum rated              identify the petition docket number and
                                              notice. USTR will continue to evaluate                  power between 3.4 and 6.7 watts,                      must be received on or before October
                                              those requests and the Trade                            inclusive, having the following                       9, 2018.


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                                              ADDRESSES:   Send comments identified                   this exemption would be contingent on                 Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov; phone: 940–
                                              by docket number FAA–2018–0092                          weather conditions not requiring the use              594–5913.
                                              using any of the following methods:                     of Category II/monitored approach                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to                   procedures. In addition, the flight or                  OMB Control Number: 2120–0750.
                                              http://www.regulations.gov and follow                   series of flights will not dispatch from                Title: Commercial Air Tour Operator
                                              the online instructions for sending your                special airports with all flight                      Reports.
                                              comments electronically.                                management systems (FMS) inoperable,                    Form Numbers: There are no FAA
                                                • Mail: Send comments to Docket                       without prior authorization from the                  forms associated with this collection of
                                              Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of                    director of flight operations or their                information.
                                              Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey                   designee.                                               Type of Review: Renewal of an
                                              Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West                           [FR Doc. 2018–20401 Filed 9–18–18; 8:45 am]           information collection.
                                              Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC                   BILLING CODE 4910–13–P                                  Background: The FAA Modernization
                                              20590–0001.                                                                                                   and Reform Act of 2012 included
                                                • Hand Delivery or Courier: Take                                                                            amendments to the National Parks Air
                                              comments to Docket Operations in                        DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION                          Tour Management Act (NPATMA) of
                                              Room W12–140 of the West Building                                                                             2000. One of these amendments
                                              Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey                         Federal Aviation Administration                       required commercial air tour operators
                                              Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9                                                                          conducting tours over national park
                                              a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through                         Agency Information Collection                         units to report on the number of
                                              Friday, except Federal holidays.                        Activities: Requests for Comments;                    operations they conduct and any such
                                                • Fax: Fax comments to Docket                         Clearance of Renewed Approval of                      other information prescribed by the
                                              Operations at 202–493–2251.                             Information Collection: Commercial Air                FAA Administrator and the Director of
                                                Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C.                  Tour Operator Reports                                 the National Park Service (NPS).
                                              553(c), DOT solicits comments from the                  AGENCY: Federal Aviation                                Respondents: Approximately 75 air
                                              public to better inform its rulemaking                  Administration (FAA), DOT.                            tour operators.
                                              process. DOT posts these comments,                      ACTION: Notice and request for                          Frequency: Information is collected
                                              without edit, including any personal                    comments.                                             quarterly, or annually for park units
                                              information the commenter provides, to                                                                        with 50 or fewer tours per year.
                                              http://www.regulations.gov, as                          SUMMARY:    In accordance with the                      Estimated Average Burden per
                                              described in the system of records                      Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA                  Response: 11.66 hours.
                                              notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can                     invites public comments about our                       Estimated Total Annual Burden:
                                              be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/                      intention to request the Office of                    3,200 hours.
                                              privacy.                                                Management and Budget (OMB)                             Issued in Washington, DC, on September
                                                Docket: Background documents or                       approval to renew an information                      13, 2018.
                                              comments received may be read at                        collection. The commercial air tour                   Barbara L. Hall,
                                              http://www.regulations.gov at any time.                 operational data provided to the FAA                  FAA Information Collection Clearance
                                              Follow the online instructions for                      and the National Park Service will be                 Officer, Performance, Policy, and Records
                                              accessing the docket or go to the Docket                used by the agencies as background                    Management Branch, ASP–110.
                                              Operations in Room W12–140 of the                       information useful in the development                 [FR Doc. 2018–20397 Filed 9–18–18; 8:45 am]
                                              West Building Ground Floor at 1200                      of air tour management plans and                      BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
                                              New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington,                       voluntary agreements for purposes of
                                              DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday                   meeting the mandate of the National
                                              through Friday, except Federal holidays.                Parks Air Tour Management Act                         DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nia                    (NPATMA) of 2000.
                                              Daniels, (202) 267–7626, Office of                      DATES: Written comments should be                     Federal Aviation Administration
                                              Rulemaking, Federal Aviation                            submitted by November 19, 2018.
                                              Administration, 800 Independence                        ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA
                                                                                                                                                            Agency Information Collection
                                              Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591.                        at the following address: Barbara Hall,               Activities: Requests for Comments;
                                                This notice is published pursuant to                  Federal Aviation Administration, ASP–                 Clearance of Renewed Approval of
                                              14 CFR 11.85.                                           110, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort                     Information Collection: Fractional
                                                                                                      Worth, TX 76177.                                      Aircraft Ownership Programs
                                                Issued in Washington, DC, on September
                                              12, 2018.                                                  Public Comments Invited: You are                   AGENCY: Federal Aviation
                                              Lirio Liu,                                              asked to comment on any aspect of this                Administration (FAA), DOT.
                                              Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking.               information collection, including (a)                 ACTION: Notice and request for
                                                                                                      whether the proposed collection of                    comments.
                                              Petition for Exemption                                  information is necessary for FAA’s
                                                Docket No.: FAA–2018–0092.                            performance; (b) the accuracy of the                  SUMMARY:   In accordance with the
                                                Petitioner: ExpressJet Airlines, Inc.                 estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to                 Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
                                                Section of 14 CFR Affected:                           enhance the quality, utility and clarity              invites public comments about our
                                              121.137(b).                                             of the information collection; and (d)                intention to request the Office of
                                                Description of Relief Sought:                         ways that the burden could be                         Management and Budget (OMB)
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                                              ExpressJet Airlines Inc. requests an                    minimized without reducing the quality                approval for to renew an information
                                              exemption from § 121.137(b) to the                      of the collected information. The agency              collection. The Federal Register Notice
                                              extent necessary to dispatch a flight, or               will summarize and/or include your                    with a 60-day comment period soliciting
                                              series of flights, with one inoperable                  comments in the request for OMB’s                     comments on the following collection of
                                              electronic flight bag (EFB) back to a                   clearance of this information collection.             information was published on July 23,
                                              location with an operable EFB                           FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      2018. Each fractional ownership
                                              replacement. Dispatch of flights under                  Barbara Hall by email at:                             program manager and each fractional


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Document Created: 2018-09-19 02:55:44
Document Modified: 2018-09-19 02:55:44
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesComments on this petition must identify the petition docket number and must be received on or before October 9, 2018.
ContactNia Daniels, (202) 267-7626, Office of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591.
FR Citation83 FR 47394 

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