Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 8, 2004 / Notices 71097

Issued in Forth Worth, Texas, November 

30, 2004. 

Naomi L. Saunders, 

Manager, Airports Division.

[FR Doc. 04–26850 Filed 12–7–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement and Hold Scoping 

Meetings for a Replacement General 

Aviation Airport at Mesquite, NV

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice to hold one (1) public 

scoping meeting and one (1) 

Governmental/Public Agency scoping 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that an 

Environmental Impact Statement will be 

prepared for the proposed release of 

federal grant-in-aid obligations for the 

existing Mesquite Airport and 

development of a replacement general 

aviation airport for Mesquite, Nevada at 

another site. To ensure that all 

significant issues related to the 

proposed action are identified, one (1) 

public scoping meeting and one (1) 

governmental and public agency 

scoping meeting will be held.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barry Franklin, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, San Francisco 

Airports District Office, Federal 

Aviation Administration, WesternPacific Region, 831 Mitten Road, 

Burlingame, California, 94010; 

Telephone (650) 876–2778, extension 

614. Comments on the scope of the EIS 

should be submitted to the address 

above and must be received no later 

than 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, 

February 20, 2005.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

will prepare an Environmental Impact 

Stateament for proposed release of 

federal grant-in-aid obligations at the 

existing Mesquite Airport and 

development of a replacement general 

aviation airport. The need to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

is based on the procedures described in 

FAA Order 5050.4A, Airport 

Environmental Handbook, information 

that indicates the site of the proposed 

replacement airport may contain desert 

tortoise (a federal listed species) and the 

proposed replacement airport 

development is likely to be 

controversial on environmental 

grounds. 

The city of Mesquite, as owner and 

operator of Mesquite Airport, has 

determined I would like to use the 

existing airport site for another land use 

and proposes to construct a replacement 

general aviation airport on Mormon 

Mesa to continue to provide access to 

the national air transportation system. 

The proposed federal actions are to 

release the city from its federal grant-inaid obligations at the existing airport 

and approve the Airport Layout Plan for 

the replacement airport. The existing 

Mesquite Airport was constructed in 

1990. The city proposes to construct the 

replacement airport without the use of 

federal funds and transfer the existing 

grant-in-aid obligations in the 

replacement airport site. The land 

proposed for the replacement airport 

has been made available to the city of 

Mesquite through The Mesquite Lands 

Act of 1999, as amended. The Lead 

Agency for the preparation of the EIS is 

the Federal Aviation Administration. 

The FAA proposes to evalaute the 

following development alternatives and 

the No Action Alternative in the EIS as 

described below. 

Alternative One: Construct 

Replacement General Aviation Airport 

at Mormon Mesa 

• Redevelop the existing airport site 

for a non-aviation use. 

• Acquisition of approximately 2622 

acres of land to accommodate the 

proposed replacement airport, airport 

access road and Runway Protection 

Zones. 

• Site preparation, grading and 

drainage for a replacement airport 

including a new runway not less than 

5,100 feet long by 75–feet wide and 

associated parallel taxiway system and 

aircraft parking apron, access road and 

other associated facilities. 

• Paving, lighting, and marking of the 

runway, taxiways, aircraft parking 

apron, access road. 

• Installation of utilities necessary to 

operate the airport. 

• Installation of navigational aids. 

• Development of appropriate 

instrument flight procedures for the 

replacement airport. 

Alternative Two: Construct the 

Replacement Airport in a Different 

Location 

This alternative includes all the 

features of Alternative 1. 

Alternative Three: Expand the Existing 

Airport 

Under this alternative, the existing 

airport, constructed on top of a mesa, 

would be expanded to the fullest extent 

possible to accommodate continued 

general aviation aircraft operations. 

Alternative Four: No action Alternative 

Under the alternative the existing 

airport would be retained with no 

improvements. The city would not 

change the land use of the existing 

airport and a replacement airport would 

not be constructed. 

Comments and suggestions are invited 

from Federal, State and local agencies, 

and other interested parties to ensure 

that the full range of issues related to 

these proposed projects are addressed 

and all significant issues are identified. 

Written comments and suggestions 

concerning the scope of the EIS may be 

mailed to the FAA informational contact 

listed above and must be received no 

later than 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, 

February 20, 2005. 

Public Scoping Meeting: The FAA 

will hold one (1) public and one (1) 

governmental agency scoping meeting to 

solicit input from the public and various 

Federal, State and local agencies having 

jurisdiction by law or having specific 

expertise with respect to any 

environmental impacts associated with 

the proposed projects. The public 

scoping meeting will be held on 

Thursday, January 20, 2005, at the 

Mesquite City Hall, 10 East Mesquite 

Boulevard, Mesquite, Nevada 89027. 

The meeting will be held from 5 p.m. to 

8 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST). A 

scoping meeting will be held 

specifically for governmental and public 

agencies the same day from 1 p.m. to 3 

(PST) in the same location as the public 

scoping meeting.

Issued in Hawthorne, California, on 

December 1, 2004. 

Mark A. McClardy, 

Manager, Airports Division, Western—Pacific 

Region, AWP–600.

[FR Doc. 04–26981 Filed 12–7–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2004–87] 

Petitions for Exemption; Summary of 

Petitions Received

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petitions for 

exemption received. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA’s rulemaking 

provisions governing the application, 

processing, and disposition of petitions 

for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code 

71098 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 8, 2004 / Notices 

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this 

notice contains a summary of certain 

petitions seeking relief from specified 

requirements of 14 CFR, dispositions of 

certain petitions previously received, 

and corrections. The purpose of this 

notice is to improve the public’s 

awareness of, and participation in, this 

aspect of FAA’s regulatory activities. 

Neither publication of this notice nor 

the inclusion or omission of information 

in the summary is intended to affect the 

legal status of any petition or its final 

disposition.

DATES: Comments on petitions received 

must identify the petition docket 

number involved and must be received 

on or before December 28, 2004.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

[identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 

FAA–200X–XXXXX] by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov.

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments on the DOT electronic docket 

site. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, 

Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 on 

the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

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

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL–

401 on the plaza level of the Nassif 

Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Adams (202) 267–8033, Sandy 

Buchanan-Sumter (202) 267–7271, 

Office of Rulemaking (ARM–1), Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85 and 11.91.

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 1, 

2004. 

Anthony F. Fazio, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petitions for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2004–19623. 

Petitioner: Kapowsin Air Sports, Ltd. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

119.1(e)(6). 

Description of Relief Sought: To allow 

Kapowsin Air Sports, Ltd., to conduct 

nonstop flights outside the 25-statutemile radius of the airport of takeoff 

carrying persons for the purpose of 

conducting intentional parachute 

operations. 

[FR Doc. 04–26867 Filed 12–7–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2004–88] 

Petitions for Exemption; Summary of 

Petitions Received

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA’s rulemaking 

provisions governing the application, 

processing, and disposition of petitions 

for exemption, part 11 of Title 14, Code 

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this 

notice contains a summary of certain 

petitions seeking relief from specified 

requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of 

this notice is to improve the public’s 

awareness of, and participation in, this 

aspect of FAA’s regulatory activities. 

Neither publication of this notice nor 

the inclusion or omission of information 

in the summary is intended to affect the 

legal status of any petition or its final 

disposition.

DATES: Comments on petitions received 

must identify the petition docket 

number involved and must be received 

on or before December 28, 2004.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 

FAA–2004–19520 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov.

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments on the DOT electronic docket 

site. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, 

Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 on 

the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

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

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL–

401 on the plaza level of the Nassif 

Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Linsenmeyer (202) 267–5174 or Susan 

Lender (202) 267–8029, Office of 

Rulemaking (ARM–1), Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85 and 11.91.

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

30, 2004. 

Anthony F. Fazio, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petitions for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2004–19520. 

Petitioner: UNISON Industries. 

Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

45.15(b). 

Description of Relief Sought: To allow 

the petitioner to use a catalog to record 

Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) 

eligibility information for all aircraft 

parts produced by UNISON Industries, 

instead of using a tag for the eligibility 

information.

[FR Doc. 04–26868 Filed 12–7–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket Nos. FMCSA–98–3637, FMCSA–

2000–7165, FMCSA–2000–7363, FMCSA–

2000–8203, FMCSA–2002–12294] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Vision

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of renewal of exemption; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes the 

FMCSA decision to renew the 

exemptions from the vision requirement 

in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations for 12 individuals. The 

FMCSA has statutory authority to 

exempt individuals from vision 

standards if the exemptions granted will 

not compromise safety. The agency has 

concluded that granting these 

exemptions will provide a level of safety 

that will be equivalent to, or greater 

than, the level of safety maintained 

without the exemptions for these