59300 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 191 / Monday, October 4, 2004 / Notices 

commercial space transportation 

legislation, and an activities report from 

FAA’s Associate Administrator for 

Commercial Space Transportation. An 

agenda will be posted on the FAA Web 

site at http://ast.faa.gov. Meetings of the 

COMSTAC Working Groups 

(Technology and Innovation, Reusable 

Launch Vehicle, Risk Management, and 

Launch Operations and Support) will be 

held on Tuesday, October 26, 2004. For 

specific information concerning the 

times and locations of the working 

group meetings, contact the Contact 

Person listed below. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

need special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

inform the Contact Person listed below 

in advance of the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brenda Parker (AST–200), Office of the 

Associate Administrator for Commercial 

Space Transportation (AST), 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 331, 

Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 

385–4713; e-mail 

brenda.parker@faa.dot.gov.

Issued in Washington, DC, September 28, 

2004. 

Patricia G. Smith, 

Associate Administrator for Commercial 

Space Transportation.

[FR Doc. 04–22277 Filed 10–1–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: 

Etowah County, AL

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that an 

Environmental Impact Statement will be 

prepared for a proposed highway project 

in Etowah County, Alabama. This 

Notice of Intent (NOI) supersedes a NOI 

for this proposed project that was issued 

by the FHWA in the Federal Register

dated May 29, 2001 (Volume 66, 

Number 103) Public involvement and 

coordination activities on the original 

proposal have resulted in a change in 

the scope of the project that should 

better meet the needs of local 

community and impacted 

neighborhoods.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Joe D. Wilkerson, Division 

Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration, 500 Eastern Boulevard, 

Suite 200, Montgomery, Alabama 36117, 

Telephone: (334) 223–7370.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA, in cooperation with the State of 

Alabama Department of Transportation, 

will prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for Alabama Project 

HPP–1602 (539), old project number 

NHF–PE 94 (2). The proposal is to 

construct a limited access facility from 

the eastern terminus of Interstate 

Highway 759 (I–759) near George 

Wallace Drive to an interchange with 

U.S. Highway 431 and U.S. Highway 

278 in the city of Gadsden, Alabama. 

The project will be a multi-lane 

roadway on new location. The proposal 

will allow traffic from I–759 to flow 

through the city of Gadsden. 

Alternatives under consideration 

include (1) alternate route locations, (2) 

a no-action alternative, and (3) 

postponing the action. 

Letters describing the proposed action 

and soliciting comments will be sent to 

appropriate Federal, State, and local 

agencies and to private organizations 

and citizens that have previously 

expressed or are known to have an 

interest in this proposal. A public 

involvement meeting and a public 

hearing will be held in the city of 

Gadsden. Public notice with be given of 

the time and place for the meeting and 

hearing. A formal scoping meeting will 

not be held. 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to this proposed action are 

addressed and all significant issues 

identified, comments and suggestions 

are invited from all interested parties. 

Comments or questions concerning this 

proposed action and the EIS should be 

directed to the FHWA at the address 

provided above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Issued on: September 21, 2004. 

Joe D. Wilkerson, 

Division Administrator, Montgomery, 

Alabama.

[FR Doc. 04–22181 Filed 10–1–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Petition for Exemption from the 

Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; 

Nissan North America, Inc.

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Grant of petition for exemption.

SUMMARY: This notice grants in full the 

petition of Nissan North America, Inc., 

(Nissan) for an exemption of a high-theft 

vehicle line, [whose nameplate is 

confidential], from the parts-marking 

requirements of the Federal motor 

vehicle theft prevention standard. This 

petition is granted because the agency 

has determined that the antitheft device 

to be placed on the line as standard 

equipment is likely to be as effective in 

reducing and deterring motor vehicle 

theft as compliance with the partsmarking requirements of the Theft 

Prevention Standard. Nissan requested 

confidential treatment for the 

information and attachments it 

submitted in support of its petition. In 

a letter dated July 23, 2004, the agency 

granted the petitioner’s request for 

confidential treatment of most aspects of 

its petition.

DATES: The exemption granted by this 

notice is effective beginning with the 

[confidential] model year.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Rosalind Proctor, Office of International 

Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer 

Programs, NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20590. Ms. 

Proctor’s telephone number is (202) 

366–0846. Her fax number is (202) 493–

2290.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a 

petition dated June 23, 2004, Nissan 

North America, Inc. (Nissan), requested 

exemption from the parts-marking 

requirements of the theft prevention 

standard (49 CFR Part 541) for a vehicle 

line. The nameplate of the line and the 

model year of introduction are 

confidential. The petition has been filed 

pursuant to 49 CFR Part 543, Exemption 

from Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard, 

based on the installation of an antitheft 

device as standard equipment for an 

entire vehicle line. Based on the 

evidence submitted by Nissan, the 

agency believes that the antitheft device 

for the vehicle line is likely to be as 

effective in reducing and deterring 

motor vehicle theft as compliance with 

the parts-marking requirements of the 

theft prevention standard (49 CFR Part 

541).