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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 165 / Monday, August 30, 2021 / Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration Docket No. FAA20210067

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: High Density Traffic Airports; Slot Allocation and Transfer Methods.
Federal Aviation Administration FAA, DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget OMB
approval to renew an information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on March 16, 2021. The FAA collects information from U.S. and foreign air carriers holding or requesting a slot at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport DCA, John F. Kennedy International Airport JFK, and LaGuardia Airport LGA; operating or requesting scheduled flights at Newark Liberty International Airport EWR, Los Angeles International Airport LAX, OHare International Airport ORD, and San Francisco International Airport SFO; and conducting unscheduled operations at DCA and LGA. The
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information collected is necessary to support the advance management of air traffic demand by the FAA Slot Administration in an effort to reduce potential delays. The FAA proposes renaming this information collection to FAA Runway Slot Administration and Schedule Analysis to more accurately reflect the collection of information related to multiple airports subject to different FAA regulatory and voluntary processes under this program.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by September 29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting Currently under 30-day ReviewOpen for Public Comments or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew Gonabe, FAA Slot Administration, by email at:
matthew.gonabe@faa.gov; phone: 609
4859554.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of this information collection, including a Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for FAAs performance; b the accuracy of the estimated burden; c ways for FAA to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collection; and d ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of the collected information.
OMB Control Number: 21200524.
Title: High Density Traffic Airports;
Slot Allocation and Transfer Methods.
Form Numbers: There are no FAA
forms associated with this collection.
Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
Background: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on March 16, 2021 86 FR 14515. The FAA has implemented several initiatives to address air traffic congestion and delay at certain airports within the National Airspace System NAS. DCA slot rules are established under 14 CFR part 93, subparts K and S. The FAA has issued Orders limiting operations at JFK and LGA.1 These 1 Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International Airport, 73 FR 3510 Jan. 18, 2008, as most recently amended 85 FR 58258 Sep. 18, 2020; Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia Airport, 71 FR 77854 Dec. 27, 2006, as most recently amended 85 FR 58255 Sep. 18, 2020.

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Orders resulted from increasing congestion and delays at the airports requiring the FAA to allocate arrival and departure slots at JFK and LGA. In addition, the FAA has designated EWR, LAX, ORD, and SFO as Level 2
schedule-facilitated airports under the IATA Worldwide Slot Guidelines WSG
now known as the Worldwide Airport Slot Guidelines WASG.2 At Level 2
airports, the FAA seeks the cooperation of all carriers planning operations, on a voluntary basis, to maintain close communications on runway schedules and facilitate adjustments, as needed.
At DCA, U.S. and foreign air carriers, including commuter operators, must notify the FAA of: 1 Written consent and requests for confirmation of slot transfers; 2 slots required to be returned and slots voluntarily returned;
3 requests to be included in a lottery for the permanent allocation of available slots; 4 reports on usage of slots on a bi-monthly basis; and 5 requests for slots in low-demand hours or other temporary allocations. Operators must obtain a reservation from the FAA prior to conducting an unscheduled operation. At LGA, U.S. and foreign air carriers must notify the FAA of: 1
Written consent and requests for confirmation of slot transfers; 2 slots required to be returned and slots voluntarily returned; 3 requests to be included in a lottery for the permanent allocation of available slots; and 4
reports usage of slots on a bi-monthly basis. Carriers must also request and obtain a reservation from the FAA prior to conducting an unscheduled operation. At JFK, U.S. and foreign air carriers must notify the FAA of: 1
Written consent and requests for confirmation of slot transfers; 2
requests for seasonal allocation of historic and additional available slots;
3 reports on usage of slots on a seasonal basis; 4 the return of slots;
and 5 changes to allocated slots. At EWR, LAX, ORD, and SFO, all carriers are asked to notify the FAA of their intended operating schedules during 2 Notice of Submission Deadline for Schedule Information for OHare International, John F.
Kennedy International, and Newark Liberty International Airports for the Summer 2009
Scheduling Season, 73 FR 54659 Sept. 22, 2008;
Notice of Submission Deadline for Schedule Information for San Francisco International Airport for the Summer 2012 Scheduling Season, 76 FR
64163 Oct. 17, 2011; Notice of Submission Deadline for Schedule Information for Los Angeles International Airport for the Summer 2015
Scheduling Season 80 FR 12253 Mar. 6, 2015;
Notice of Change of Newark Liberty International Airport Designation, 81 FR 19861 Apr. 6, 2016.
The FAA most recently reaffirmed the Level 2
designations by 86 FR 24428 May 6, 2021. These designations remain effective until the FAA
announces a change in the Federal Register.

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