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The objective of this meeting is to 

review the progress of the Committee’s 

five subcommittees. The meeting is 

open to public participation through 

live stream at http://www.state.gov/s/ 

sacsed/c47725.htm. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 

16, 2012, from 12:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the U.S. Department of State, 2201 C 

Street NW., Washington, DC. 

Written comments may be submitted 

to Madeleine Ioannou via email to 

civilsociety@state.gov or facsimile to 

(202) 736–7880. All comments, 

including names and addresses when 

provided, are placed in the record and 

are available for inspection and copying. 

The public may inspect comments 

received at the U.S. Department of State, 

2201 C Street NW., Room 1317, 

Washington, DC 20520. Please call 

ahead to (202) 736–7824 to facilitate 

entry into the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Madeleine Ioannou, Committee 

Executive Secretary, U.S. Department of 

State, 2201 C Street NW., Room 1317, 

Washington, DC 20520; (202) 736–7308; 

civilsociety@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public and will 

be streamed live at: http:// 

www.state.gov/s/sacsed/c47725.htm. 

Agenda items to be covered include: (1) 

Introductions, (2) Presentations by the 

Chairs of the Subcommittees, (3) 

Discussion of any Public Submissions, 

(4) General Discussion, (5) 

Adjournment. Anyone who would like 

to bring related matters to the attention 

of the Committee may file written 

statements with the Committee staff by 

sending an email to 

civilsociety@state.gov. 

Dated: April 25, 2012. 

Madeleine Ioannou, 

Office of the Senior Advisor for Civil Society 

and Emerging Democracies, U.S. Department 

of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Twenty-First Meeting: RTCA Special 

Committee 203, Unmanned Aircraft 

Systems 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Meeting Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 203, Unmanned Aircraft 

Systems. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the twenty-first 

meeting of RTCA Special Committee 

203, Unmanned Aircraft Systems. 

DATES: The meeting will be held May 

22–25, 2012, from 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

RTCA, Inc., 1150 18th Street, NW., Suite 

910, Washington, DC, 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., 

Suite 910, Washington, DC, 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202) 

833–9434, or Web site at 

http://www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a) (2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of Special 

Committee 203. The agenda will include 

the following: 

May 22, 2012 Opening Plenary Session 

• Welcome/Introductions/ 

Administrative Remarks 

• Approval of Twentieth Plenary 

Summary 

• Chairperson/Leadership Updates 

• Designated Federal Official (DFO) 

Update 

• Schedule Status 

• Workgroup Updates 

• Plenary Adjourns 

Mid Morning/Afternoon 

• Workgroup Breakout Sessions 

• Systems Engineering Workgroup 

• C&C Workgroup 

• S&A Workgroup 

• Safety Workgroup 

Wednesday, May 23 

• All day-Workgroup Breakout Sessions 

Thursday, May 24 

• All day-Workgroup Breakout Sessions 

Friday, May 25 

• 8:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.—Workgroup 

Breakout Sessions 

• 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.—Plenary 

Reconvenes 

• Workgroup Back Briefs 

• Other Business 

• Closing Plenary Session 

• Other Business 

• Date, Place, and Time for Plenary 

Twenty-Two 

• Plenary Adjourns 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 24, 

2012. 

John Raper, 

Manager, Business Operations Branch, 

Federal Aviation Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement; 

Washington, DC 

AGENCY: U.S. Federal Highway 

Administration, District of Columbia 

Division; District of Columbia, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) in coordination 

with the District of Columbia 

Department of Transportation (DDOT) 

in Washington, DC is issuing this notice 

to advise agencies and the public that a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) will be prepared to assess the 

impacts of the proposed reconstruction 

of the Virginia Avenue Tunnel in 

Washington, DC. The tunnel is owned 

and operated by CSX Transportation, 

Inc. (CSX), and is an integral feature of 

CSX’s freight rail network that 

encompasses about 21,000 route miles 

of track in 23 states, the District of 

Columbia and the Canadian provinces 

of Ontario and Quebec. The tunnel’s 

reconstruction requires FHWA approval 

due to temporary construction impacts 

to the Southeast Freeway (I–695) and 

use of I–695 air rights. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Federal Highway Administration, 

District of Columbia Division: Mr. 

Michael Hicks, Environmental/Urban 

Engineer, 1900 K Street, Suite 510, 

Washington, DC 20006–1103, (202) 219– 

3513; or Mr. Faisal Hameed, Manager, 

Project Development & Environmental 

Division, Infrastructure Project 

Management Administration, District of 

Columbia, Department of 

Transportation, 55 M Street, SE., Suite 

500, Washington, DC 20003, (202) 671– 

2326. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

environmental review of the 

reconstruction of Virginia Avenue 

Tunnel will be conducted in accordance 

with the requirements of the National 

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Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4371, et 

seq.), Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) regulations (40 CFR parts 1500– 

1508), FHWA Code of Federal 

Regulations (23 CFR 771.101–771.137, 

et seq.), and all applicable Federal, 

State, and local government laws, 

regulations, and policies. 

The EIS will replace the 

Environmental Assessment (EA) 

currently being prepared by FHWA and 

DDOT for the proposed reconstruction 

of Virginia Avenue Tunnel. Engineering, 

environmental and public involvement 

work or activities associated with the 

EA preparation conducted to date will 

be incorporated into preparing the EIS. 

Cooperating agencies will be notified of 

FHWA’s intent to prepare an EIS for the 

proposed reconstruction of Virginia 

Avenue Tunnel. Notices will also be 

given to other agencies, private 

organizations, citizens, and interest 

groups that have previously expressed 

or are known to have interest in the 

project. Public input will continue to be 

solicited through the ongoing public 

involvement and outreach effort. 

Public Scoping Meetings: DDOT has 

solicited public and agency comments 

on the proposed action through public 

scoping, including public meetings held 

on September 14, 2011 and November 

30, 2011. To ensure that the full range 

of issues is identified early in the 

process, comments are invited from all 

interested and/or potentially affected 

parties. The location and time for any 

future public meeting will be publicized 

in at least one local daily newspaper. 

Written comments will be accepted 

throughout this process and can be 

forwarded to Faisal Hameed at the 

address provided above. Any future 

meeting will also be announced on the 

project Web site accessible at http:// 

www.virginiaavenuetunnel.com. 

Meeting materials will be available at all 

public meetings and after the meetings 

from the project Web site. At all future 

meetings, oral and written comments 

may be given. Comments may also be 

sent to Faisal Hameed at the above 

project Web site. 

Description of Primary Study Area and 

Transportation Needs 

Virginia Avenue Tunnel is located in 

the Capitol Hill neighborhood of 

Washington, DC beneath eastbound 

Virginia Avenue SE from 2nd Street SE 

(west portal) to 11th Street SE (east 

portal), a distance of approximately 

3,800 feet. This section of Virginia 

Avenue SE is adjacent to or in close 

proximity to the U.S. Marine Corps 

recreation facility, National Park Service 

properties, residences and a few 

businesses. The Southeast Freeway 

abuts the north side of Virginia Avenue 

SE throughout nearly all the project 

limits. 

In order to meet the freight 

transportation needs of the 21st century, 

the capacity and condition of freight rail 

infrastructure must keep pace. Overall 

freight tonnage is projected to increase 

by 50 percent in 2040 from 2010 levels, 

and freight rail is expected to 

accommodate a substantial share of the 

future increase demand for freight land 

transportation in the U.S. The current 

deficiencies of Virginia Avenue Tunnel 

prevent CSX from operating their freight 

rail network in the manner needed to 

meet the projected freight transportation 

demand through the District of 

Columbia. The interior height and width 

of Virginia Avenue Tunnel do not meet 

the needs of modern freight rail 

infrastructure due to its single track 

arrangement and the inability to 

accommodate double-stack intermodal 

container freight trains. The single-track 

presents a bottleneck in the system, 

preventing fluid operations along CSX’s 

mainline rail network. Built over 100 

years ago, the tunnel is nearing the end 

of its useful life and is subject to an ever 

increasing level of maintenance and 

repairs. During construction of the 

project, which may last approximately 

three years, CSX must be able to 

maintain freight transport through the 

District of Columbia. Determining how 

CSX will maintain their freight rail 

transport through the District of 

Columbia during reconstruction of the 

tunnel will be part of the environmental 

review for this project. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205 Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations and 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: April 30, 2012. 

Joseph C. Lawson, 

Division Administrator, District of Columbia 

Division, Federal Highway Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: 

Madison County, IL 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

notice of intent to advise the public that 

an Environmental Impact Statement will 

be prepared for a proposed 

transportation project in Alton and 

Godfrey, Illinois in an area bounded 

roughly by IL Route 3 on the south; 

Seminary Road on the east; Seiler Road 

on the north and US 67 on the west. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Norman Stoner, Division Administrator, 

Federal Highway Administration, 3250 

Executive Park Drive, Springfield, 

Illinois 62703, Phone: (217) 492–4640. 

Omer Osman, Deputy Director of 

Highways, Region 5 Engineer, Illinois 

Department of Transportation, 1102 

Eastport Plaza Drive, Collinsville, 

Illinois 62234, Phone: (618) 346–3110. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA, in cooperation with the Illinois 

Department of Transportation (IDOT) 

will prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for a project that 

involves improved transportation flow, 

safety and connectivity in Alton and 

Godfrey, Illinois. Improved connectivity 

will focus on IL Route 3 and IL Route 

255. Possible alternatives include: No 

Action, an upgrade of existing roadways 

and connections, or roadways on new 

alignment with new connections. 

IDOT has initiated a scoping process 

that involves all appropriate federal, 

state, and local agencies, consulting 

parties, private organizations and 

citizens who have previously expressed 

or are known to have interest in this 

proposal. Context Sensitive Solutions 

(CSS) is being used for this project and 

a Stakeholder Involvement Plan (SIP) 

has been developed. A public hearing 

will be held to present the findings of 

the Draft EIS. Public notice will be given 

regarding the time and place of the 

hearing. The Draft EIS will be available 

for public and agency review and 

comment prior to the public hearing. 

There are sensitive resources within 

the study area. These resources include 

schools, a Centennial farm, wetlands, 

Coal Branch Creek, the West Fork of 

Wood River, and areas with highly 

erodible soils. Sites within the study 

area listed on the National Register of 

Historic Places include the Benjamin 

Godfrey Mansion, Benjamin Godfrey 

Memorial Chapel, and Gilman Hall at 

Lewis and Clark Community College 

and Bierbaum Monument and Levis 

Tomb at Oakwood Cemetery. There is 

potential for archaeological sites within 

the study area. No formal neighborhood 

groups are within the study area. 

However, there are several residential 

subdivisions and cohesiveness and 

character of neighborhoods as well as 

noise impacts will need to be further 

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