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project is considered necessary to 

achieve a transportation objective 

identified in Pinal County’s 2008 

Regionally Significant Routes for Safety 

and Mobility. The project would 

address current and future 

transportation needs in an area that 

currently exceeds existing road capacity 

and is expected to continue to worsen 

with the projected increase in traffic 

demand associated with regional 

growth. 

The proposed project evaluation will 

include, but not be limited to, potential 

impacts to adopted local and regional 

land use plans, Tribal lands, the existing 

and proposed Maricopa, Pinal, and 

Pima County regional transportation 

network, Central Arizona Project canals, 

railroads, residential and commercial 

development, cultural resources, 

Threatened and Endangered species, 

jurisdictional waters of the United 

States, air and noise quality, hazardous 

materials, and secondary and 

cumulative impacts. A full range of 

reasonable alternatives will be 

evaluated, including taking no action, 

using alternative transportation modes, 

making transportation system 

management improvements, a 

combination of arterial and freeway 

improvements, a new freeway, and 

combinations of these alternatives. 

The EIS will conform to the 

environmental review process 

established in Section 6002 of the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU). The Section 6002 

environmental review process requires 

the following activities: the 

identification and invitation of 

cooperating and participating agencies; 

the development of a coordination plan 

and management plan; and provision of 

opportunities for additional agency and 

public comment on the project’s 

purpose and need, alternatives and 

methodologies for assessing alternatives. 

Additionally, the public hearing 

following the release of the draft EIS 

will also be provided. Public notice 

advertisements and direct mailings will 

notify interested parties of the time and 

place of public meetings and public 

hearing. A formal agency scoping 

meeting is planned between federal, 

state, city, county, and Tribal 

stakeholders. 

Letters describing the proposed action 

and soliciting comments will be sent to 

appropriate Federal, State, and local 

agencies, including the U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, U.S. Department of the Interior 

Bureau of Reclamation, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, U.S. 

Department of the Interior Bureau of 

Land Management, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Federal Transit 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Energy Western Area Power 

Administration, Arizona Game and Fish 

Department, Arizona State Land 

Department, Arizona Department of 

Environmental Quality, Arizona State 

Parks, Arizona Department of 

Emergency and Military Affairs, Arizona 

Department of Public Safety, Arizona 

Department of Corrections, Arizona 

Attorney General’s Office, Gila River 

Indian Community, Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community, Ak-Chin 

Indian Community, Tohono O’odham 

Nation, Hopi Tribe, Pascua Yaqui Tribe, 

San Carlos Apache Nation, White 

Mountain Apache Tribe, YavapaiPrescott Indian Tribe, Yavapai-Apache 

Nation, Salt River Project, Phoenix-Mesa 

Gateway Airport Authority, Town of 

Florence, City of Coolidge, City of Eloy, 

City of Queen Creek, Town of Gilbert, 

City of Mesa, City of Apache Junction, 

City of Casa Grande, Town of Marana, 

Pima County, Maricopa Association of 

Governments, Pima Association of 

Governments, Pinal County, Central 

Arizona Project, and Central Arizona 

Association of Governments. Letters 

will also be sent to interested parties, 

including the Union Pacific Railroad, 

San Carlos Irrigation District and 

Resolution Copper Mining. 

To insure that the full range of issues 

related to this proposed action is 

addressed and all significant issues are 

identified, comments and suggestions 

are invited from all interested parties. 

Comments, suggestions, 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 No. 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 10, 2010. 

Kenneth H. Davis, 

Senior Engineering Manager for Operations, 

Federal Highway Administration, Arizona 

Division Office, Phoenix, Arizona. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23296 Filed 9–17–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2010–41] 

Petitions for Exemption; Summary of 

Petitions Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petitions for 

exemption received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition 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 October 12, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2010–0287 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

For more information on the rulemaking 

process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this document. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 


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Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan 

Thor, (425–227–2127), Standardization 

Branch, ANM–113, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 1601 Lind Avenue, 

SW., Renton, WA 98057–3356, or 

Katherine L. Haley, (202) 493–5708, 

Office of Rulemaking, ARM–203, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

15, 2010. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petitions for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2010–0287. 

Petitioner: Bombardier Aerospace. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 

25.981(a)(3). 

Description of Relief Sought: 

Bombardier requests relief from the fault 

tolerance fuel tank ignition prevention 

requirements of § 25.981(a)(3) for its 

Model CL–600–2E25 (CRJ1000) series 

airplanes allowing them to (1) 

demonstrate that the structural design 

provides two independent, effective and 

reliable means of lightning strike 

protection, and (2) demonstrate 

compliance with this requirement by 24 

months after type certification of the 

airplane. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23390 Filed 9–17–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[FMCSA Docket No. FMCSA–2010–0188] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Diabetes Mellitus 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of final disposition. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its 

decision to exempt twenty-one 

individuals from its rule prohibiting 

persons with insulin-treated diabetes 

mellitus (ITDM) from operating 

commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in 

interstate commerce. The exemptions 

will enable these individuals to operate 

CMVs in interstate commerce. 

DATES: The exemptions are effective 

September 20, 2010. The exemptions 

expire on September 20, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Mary D. Gunnels, Director, Medical 

Programs, (202) 366–4001, 

fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA, Room 

W64–224, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

You may see all the comments online 

through the Federal Document 

Management System (FDMS) at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and/or 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., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy Act: Anyone may search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of DOT’s dockets by 

the name of the individual submitting 

the comment (or of the person signing 

the comment, if submitted on behalf of 

an association, business, labor union, or 

other entity). You may review DOT’s 

Privacy Act Statement for the Federal 

Docket Management System (FDMS) 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316), or you 

may visit http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/ 

2008/pdf/E8-785.pdf. 

Background 

On July 21, 2010, FMCSA published 

a notice of receipt of Federal diabetes 

exemption applications from twentyone individuals and requested 

comments from the public (75 FR 

42477). The public comment period 

closed on August 20, 2010 and one 

comment was received. 

FMCSA has evaluated the eligibility 

of the twenty-one applicants and 

determined that granting the 

exemptions to these individuals would 

achieve a level of safety equivalent to, 

or greater than, the level that would be 

achieved by complying with the current 

regulation 49 CFR 391.41(b)(3). 

Diabetes Mellitus and Driving 

Experience of the Applicants 

The Agency established the current 

standard for diabetes in 1970 because 

several risk studies indicated that 

drivers with diabetes had a higher rate 

of crash involvement than the general 

population. The diabetes rule provides 

that ‘‘A person is physically qualified to 

drive a commercial motor vehicle if that 

person has no established medical 

history or clinical diagnosis of diabetes 

mellitus currently requiring insulin for 

control’’ (49 CFR 391.41(b)(3)). 

FMCSA established its diabetes 

exemption program, based on the 

Agency’s July 2000 study entitled ‘‘A 

Report to Congress on the Feasibility of 

a Program to Qualify Individuals with 

Insulin-Treated Diabetes Mellitus to 

Operate in Interstate Commerce as 

Directed by the Transportation Act for 

the 21st Century.’’ The report concluded 

that a safe and practicable protocol to 

allow some drivers with ITDM to 

operate CMVs is feasible. The 

September 3, 2003 (68 FR 52441) 

Federal Register notice in conjunction 

with the November 8, 2005 (70 FR 

67777) Federal Register notice provides 

the current protocol for allowing such 

drivers to operate CMVs in interstate 

commerce. 

These twenty-one applicants have had 

ITDM over a range of 1 to 34 years. 

These applicants report no severe 

hypoglycemic reactions resulting in loss 

of consciousness or seizure, requiring 

the assistance of another person, or 

resulting in impaired cognitive function 

that occurred without warning 

symptoms, in the past 12 months and no 

recurrent (2 or more) severe 

hypoglycemic episodes in the past 5 

years. In each case, an endocrinologist 

verified that the driver has 

demonstrated a willingness to properly 

monitor and manage his/her diabetes 

mellitus, received education related to 

diabetes management, and is on a stable 

insulin regimen. These drivers report no 

other disqualifying conditions, 

including diabetes-related 

complications. Each meets the vision 

standard at 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10). 

The qualifications and medical 

condition of each applicant were stated 

and discussed in detail in the July 21, 

2010, Federal Register notice and they 

will not be repeated in this notice. 

Discussion of Comment 

FMCSA received one comment in this 

proceeding. The comment was 

considered and discussed below. 

The Pennsylvania Department of 

Transportation stated that it had 

reviewed the driving record for Roy L. 

McKinney and was in favor of granting 

a Federal diabetes exemption to this 

individual. 


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