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need to relocate the existing terminal 

building and enhance airfield safety at 

Bob Hope ‘‘Hollywood Burbank’’ 

Airport including, but not limited to, 

the following: 

Replacement Passenger Terminal in 

the Northeast Quadrant—Sponsor’s 

Proposed Action: As described in detail 

above. 

Replacement Passenger Terminal in 

the Southeast Quadrant: Construction of 

a replacement passenger terminal in the 

Southeast Quadrant of the Airport. 

Replacement Passenger Terminal in 

the Southwest Quadrant: Construction 

of a replacement passenger terminal in 

the Southwest Quadrant of the Airport. 

Replacement Passenger Terminal in 

the Northwest Quadrant: Construction 

of a replacement passenger terminal in 

the Northwest Quadrant of the Airport. 

Construction of a New Airport: 

Construction of a new airport designed 

to meet all FAA standards. 

Construction of Remote Landside 

Facility: Construction of a remote 

‘‘landside’’ facility and an on-Airport 

‘‘airside’’ facility. Ground access, public 

parking, and terminal building facilities 

would be located off-Airport and 

connected to the aircraft parking 

positions and passenger holdrooms onAirport by a ground transportation link. 

Transfer of Aviation Activity to Other 

Airports: Transfer or shifting of aviation 

activity to another existing public 

airport (or airports) in Southern 

California. 

Use of Other Modes of 

Transportation: Use of other modes of 

transportation, including automobiles, 

buses, existing passenger trains, or 

proposed high-speed rail facilities. 

Airfield Reconfiguration: Relocation 

of the existing runways at the Airport to 

be away from the existing passenger 

terminal in an effort to comply with 

FAA standards. 

No Action Alternative: Under this 

alternative, the existing airport would 

remain unchanged. The Authority 

would take no action to develop a 

replacement passenger terminal. 

Public Scoping and Agency Meetings: 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to the proposed action is 

addressed and that all significant issues 

are identified, comments and 

suggestions are invited from all 

interested parties. Public and agency 

scoping meetings will be conducted to 

identify any significant issues 

associated with the proposed action. 

A governmental agency scoping 

meeting for all federal, state, and local 

regulatory agencies which have 

jurisdiction by law or have special 

expertise with respect to any potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

the proposed action will be held on 

Tuesday, January 29, 2019. This meeting 

will take place at 1:00 p.m. Pacific 

Time, at the Buena Vista Branch 

Library, 300 N Buena Vista Street, 

Burbank, California 91505. A 

notification letter will be sent in 

advance of the meeting. 

One public scoping meeting for the 

general public will be held. The public 

scoping meeting will be held from 6:00 

p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Pacific Time on 

Tuesday, January 29, 2019. The public 

scoping meeting will be conducted at 

the Buena Vista Branch Library, 300 N 

Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California 

91505. A legal notice will be also be 

placed in newspapers having general 

circulation in the study area. The 

newspaper notice will notify the public 

that scoping meetings will be held to 

gain their input concerning the 

proposed action, alternatives to be 

considered, and impacts to be 

evaluated. 

The FAA is aware that there are 

Native American tribes with a historical 

interest in the area. The FAA will 

interact on a government-to-government 

basis, in accordance with all executive 

orders, laws, regulations, and other 

memoranda. The tribes will also be 

invited to participate in accordance 

with NEPA and Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act. 

Issued in El Segundo, California, December 

12, 2018. 

Arlene Draper, 

Acting Director, Office of Airports, WesternPacific Region, AWP–600. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27373 Filed 12–17–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2018–0368] 

Hours of Service of Drivers: North 

Shore Environmental Construction, 

Inc.; Application for Exemption 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of application for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that it has 

received an application from North 

Shore Environmental Construction, Inc. 

(North Shore) for exemption from the 

hours-of-service (HOS) regulations for 

drivers engaged in providing direct 

assistance in environmental 

emergencies or potential environmental 

emergencies. The applicants request a 

five-year exemption from the ‘‘14-hour 

rule’’ for their drivers engaged in 

responding to environmental 

emergencies. FMCSA requests public 

comment on this application for 

exemption. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 17, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System Number FMCSA– 

2018–0368 by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. See the Public 

Participation and Request for Comments 

section below for further information. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 

140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. E.T., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Each submission must include the 

Agency name and the docket number for 

this notice. Note that DOT posts all 

comments received without change to 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information included in a 

comment. Please see the Privacy Act 

heading below. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to www.regulations.gov at 

any time or visit Room W12–140 on the 

ground level of the West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., ET, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. The on-line FDMS is available 

24 hours each day, 365 days each year. 

Privacy Act: 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 www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Richard Clemente, FMCSA Driver and 

Carrier Operations Division; Telephone: 

(202) 366–2722; Email: 

MCPSD@dot.gov. If you have questions 

on viewing or submitting material to the 

docket, contact Docket Services, 

telephone (202) 366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation and Request for 

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FMCSA encourages you to participate 

by submitting comments and related 

materials. 

Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

notice (FMCSA–2018–0368), indicate 

the specific section of this document to 

which the comment applies, and 

provide a reason for suggestions or 

recommendations. You may submit 

your comments and material online or 

by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but 

please use only one of these means. 

FMCSA recommends that you include 

your name and a mailing address, an 

email address, or a phone number in the 

body of your document so the Agency 

can contact you if it has questions 

regarding your submission. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

www.regulations.gov and put the docket 

number, ‘‘FMCSA–2018–0368’’ in the 

‘‘Keyword’’ box, and click ‘‘Search.’’ 

When the new screen appears, click on 

‘‘Comment Now!’’ button and type your 

comment into the text box in the 

following screen. Choose whether you 

are submitting your comment as an 

individual or on behalf of a third party 

and then submit. If you submit your 

comments by mail or hand delivery, 

submit them in an unbound format, no 

larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for 

copying and electronic filing. If you 

submit comments by mail and would 

like to know that they reached the 

facility, please enclose a stamped, selfaddressed postcard or envelope. FMCSA 

will consider all comments and material 

received during the comment period 

and may grant or not grant this 

application based on your comments. 

II. Legal Basis 

FMCSA has authority under 49 U.S.C. 

31136(e) and 31315 to grant exemptions 

from certain Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). FMCSA 

must publish a notice of each exemption 

request in the Federal Register (49 CFR 

381.315(a)). The Agency must provide 

the public an opportunity to inspect the 

information relevant to the application, 

including any safety analyses that have 

been conducted. The Agency must also 

provide an opportunity for public 

comment on the request. 

The Agency reviews safety analyses 

and public comments submitted, and 

determines whether granting the 

exemption would likely achieve a level 

of safety equivalent to, or greater than, 

the level that would be achieved by the 

current regulation (49 CFR 381.305). 

The decision of the Agency must be 

published in the Federal Register (49 

CFR 381.315(b)) with the reasons for 

denying or granting the application and, 

if granted, the name of the person or 

class of persons receiving the 

exemption, and the regulatory provision 

from which the exemption is granted. 

The notice must also specify the 

effective period (up to 5 years) and 

explain the terms and conditions of the 

exemption. The exemption may be 

renewed (49 CFR 381.300(b)). 

III. Request for Exemption 

North Shore Environmental 

Construction, Inc. (North Shore) seeks 

an exemption from the ‘‘14-hour rule’’ 

[§ 395.3(a)(2)] for its drivers engaged in 

responding to environmental 

emergencies. North Shore employs 12 

commercial driver’s license (CDL) 

holders, and its total number of 

commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) is 

15. North Shore is a member of the Spill 

Control Association of America. In 

responding to emergency incidents, 

North Shore’s technicians work 

alongside a mix of both private industry 

and public agencies, and their work 

often has a direct impact on protection 

of both public safety and the 

environment. North Shore advises that 

it is contractually required to provide 

direct assistance to responsible parties 

who are experiencing environmental 

emergencies or potential environmental 

emergencies. North Shore defines an 

environmental emergency as a sudden 

threat to the public health or the wellbeing of the environment, arising from 

the release or potential release of oil, 

radioactive materials, or hazardous 

chemicals into the air, land, or water. 

North Shore’s employees are hybrid 

driver/operator/technicians, so the total 

on-duty time can be a challenge, 

especially after normal work hours. 

Other job duties include industrial 

maintenance, spill response, sampling, 

lab packing and waste management. 

With the current driver shortage, 

obtaining qualified drivers with these 

additional skills and experience has 

become problematic. 

North Shore is requesting relief from 

49 CFR 395.3(a)(2), commonly known as 

the ‘‘14-hour rule.’’ North Shore states 

that the hours-of-service (HOS) rules 

have always been an issue for 

emergency response companies. The 

national shortage of drivers, and in its 

case, drivers with specialized safety and 

environmental training, has been 

worsening over the last few years, 

making this a critical issue. North Shore 

is requesting this exemption to allow 

the company to respond to a release or 

threat of a release of oil and other 

hazardous materials. North Shore is 

requesting relief from this regulation 

with the following conditions: 

• On-duty period will not exceed 4.5 

additional hours for initial response; 

• Any driver who exceeds the 14- 

hour period would in no case exceed a 

total of 8 hours drive time; 

• Drivers would not exceed 70 hours 

on duty in 8 days; 

• Drivers would be required to take 

10 hours off duty, subsequent to the 

duty day; and 

• All activities would be subject to 

the electronic logging device rule. 

According to North Shore, there 

would be a significant challenge in 

responding to environmental 

emergencies if the exemption was not 

granted. The initial response hours are 

the most critical in an environmental 

emergency and the ability to quickly 

respond is vital. North Shore believes 

that a tightly managed exemption 

actually provides a risk averse situation 

by discouraging potentially unmanaged 

risk taking. If the exemption is not 

granted, there could be a disruption of 

nation/regional commerce activities, 

including power restoration activities 

and protection of interstate commerce 

and infrastructure. Granting the 

exemption would mitigate public 

transportation disruptions, much as tow 

trucks do when moving wrecked or 

disabled vehicles under 49 CFR 

390.23(a)(ii)(3). 

IV. Method To Ensure an Equivalent or 

Greater Level of Safety 

North Shore believes that the 

proposed relief, and the parameters in 

which their drivers operate, would 

continue to provide the highest level of 

safety and compliance, while carefully 

responding to incidents that threaten 

public safety and the environment. 

Safety is always the primary objective 

and guiding principle of all of North 

Shore’s business activities as 

demonstrated by the following: 

• North Shore has specific policies on 

‘‘fatigue and transportation 

management.’’ 

• Health and safety is paramount for 

all operations dealing with 

environmental emergencies and would 

remain the case when utilizing the 

exemption. 

• Drivers who utilize this exemption 

may come back into compliance and 

restart the computation of maximum 

driving time only after 10 hours off duty 

which starts at the end of their extended 

hours period. 

• The exemption would not exempt 

drivers or the company from the 

requirements relating to the CDL, drug/ 

alcohol testing, hazardous materials, 

size and weight, or State/Federal 

registration and tax requirements. 


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• North Shore understands the 

concepts of risk management and 

mitigation. 

• North Shore maintains a multitude 

of safety, security, annual medical 

surveillance, and training plans, as well 

as comprehensive drug and alcohol 

programs compliant with multiple DOT 

departments. 

• North Shore has vigorous 

preventative maintenance programs 

specific to the equipment they own and 

operate. 

North Shore believes an equivalent 

level of safety will be achieved if their 

drivers are exempt from the 

requirements as described in this notice. 

The requested exemption is for 5 years. 

A copy of the application for exemption 

is available for review in the docket for 

this notice. 

Issued on: December 7, 2018. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27338 Filed 12–17–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2018–0312] 

Hours of Service of Drivers: American 

Bakers Association and International 

Dairy Foods Association; Application 

for Exemption 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of application for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that it has 

received a joint application from the 

American Bakers Association (ABA) and 

the International Dairy Foods 

Association (IDFA) requesting an 

exemption from the hours-of-service 

(HOS) regulations for drivers engaged in 

the delivery of baked goods and milk 

products during periods and in 

geographic areas reasonably anticipated 

to be impacted by an impending natural 

disaster or emergency situation. ABA/ 

IDFA requests a 5-year exemption from 

49 CFR part 395 for their drivers 

engaged in the delivery of essential food 

staples to extend their driving hours to 

help communities prepare for 

anticipated disaster conditions, such as 

extreme weather events, natural 

disasters, and other emergencies. The 

applicants state that the exemption 

would achieve a level of safety 

equivalent to, or greater than, the level 

that would be achieved absent the 

proposed exemption. FMCSA requests 

public comment on ABA/IDFA’s 

application for exemption. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 17, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System Number FMCSA– 

2018–0312 by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. See the Public 

Participation and Request for Comments 

section below for further information. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 

140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. E.T., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Each submission must include the 

Agency name and the docket number for 

this notice. Note that DOT posts all 

comments received without change to 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information included in a 

comment. Please see the Privacy Act 

heading below. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to www.regulations.gov at 

any time or visit Room W12–140 on the 

ground level of the West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., ET, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. The on-line FDMS is available 

24 hours each day, 365 days each year. 

Privacy Act: 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 www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information concerning this notice, 

please contact Mr. Richard Clemente, 

Transportation Specialist, FMCSA 

Driver and Carrier Operations Division; 

Telephone: (202) 366–2722; Email: 

MCPSD@dot.gov. If you have questions 

on viewing or submitting material to the 

docket, contact Docket Services, 

telephone (202) 366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

FMCSA encourages you to participate 

by submitting comments and related 

materials. 

Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

notice (FMCSA–2018–0312), indicate 

the specific section of this document to 

which the comment applies, and 

provide a reason for suggestions or 

recommendations. You may submit 

your comments and material online or 

by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but 

please use only one of these means. 

FMCSA recommends that you include 

your name and a mailing address, an 

email address, or a phone number in the 

body of your document so the Agency 

can contact you if it has questions 

regarding your submission. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

www.regulations.gov and put the docket 

number, ‘‘FMCSA–2018–0312’’ in the 

‘‘Keyword’’ box, and click ‘‘Search.’’ 

When the new screen appears, click on 

‘‘Comment Now!’’ button and type your 

comment into the text box in the 

following screen. Choose whether you 

are submitting your comment as an 

individual or on behalf of a third party 

and then submit. If you submit your 

comments by mail or hand delivery, 

submit them in an unbound format, no 

larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for 

copying and electronic filing. If you 

submit comments by mail and would 

like to know that they reached the 

facility, please enclose a stamped, selfaddressed postcard or envelope. FMCSA 

will consider all comments and material 

received during the comment period 

and may grant or not grant this 

application based on your comments. 

II. Legal Basis 

FMCSA has authority under 49 U.S.C. 

31136(e) and 31315 to grant exemptions 

from certain Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). FMCSA 

must publish a notice of each exemption 

request in the Federal Register (49 CFR 

381.315(a)). The Agency must provide 

the public an opportunity to inspect the 

information relevant to the application, 

including any safety analyses that have 

been conducted. The Agency must also 

provide an opportunity for public 

comment on the request. 

The Agency reviews safety analyses 

and public comments submitted, and 

determines whether granting the 

exemption would likely achieve a level 

of safety equivalent to, or greater than, 

the level that would be achieved by the 

current regulation (49 CFR 381.305). 


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