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and railroad management, there are 

legitimate questions about whether it is 

being implemented in the most effective 

way, and whether it will have its 

intended effect. Further, even if C3RS is 

successful, it will be necessary to know 

if it is successful enough to implement 

on a wide scale. To address these 

important questions, the FRA is 

implementing a formative evaluation to 

guide program development, a 

summative evaluation to assess impact, 

and a sustainability evaluation to 

determine how C3RS can continue after 

the test period is over. The evaluation 

is needed to provide the FRA with 

guidance as to how it can improve the 

program, and how it might be scaled up 

throughout the railroad industry. 

Program evaluation is an inherently 

data-driven activity. Its basic tenet is 

that as change is implemented, data can 

be collected to track the course and 

consequences of the change. Because of 

the setting in which C3RS is being 

implemented, that data must come from 

the railroad employees (labor and 

management) who may be affected. 

Employees of selected railroad sites 

(pilot sites) will be asked to fill out a 

questionnaire which will be made 

available to them at their workplace and 

collected by BTS staff or BTS 

contractors. The questionnaire will 

request the respondent to provide 

information such as: (a) Beliefs about 

rail safety; (b) issues and personal 

concerns related to implementation of 

safety programs in their work 

environment; (c) knowledge and views 

on voluntary reporting of unsafe events; 

and (d) opinions and observations about 

the operation of C3RS at their work site. 

III. Request for Comments 

BTS requests comments on any 

aspects of these information collections, 

including: (1) The accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (2) ways to enhance 

the quality, usefulness, and clarity of 

the collected information; and (3) ways 

to minimize the collection burden 

without reducing the quality of the 

information collected, including 

additional use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Issued in Washington, DC on March 5, 

2010. 

Steven D. Dillingham, 

Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5417 Filed 3–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–HY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Chicago Executive Airports Noise 

Exposure Map Approval and Noise 

Compatibility Program Review 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by the Chicago 

Executive Airport Board of Directors for 

Chicago Executive Airport under the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501 et. seq 

(Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement 

Act) and 14 CFR Part 150 are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements. The FAA also announces 

that it is reviewing a proposed noise 

compatibility program that was 

submitted for Chicago Executive Airport 

under Part 150 in conjunction with the 

noise exposure map, and that this 

program will be approved or 

disapproved on or before October 1, 

2010. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the FAA’s determination on the noise 

exposure maps and of the start of its 

review of the associated noise 

compatibility program is March 1, 2010. 

The public comment period ends May 1, 

2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Amy Hanson, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, CHI–603, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Chicago Airport District 

Office, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des 

Plaines, IL 60018. Telephone number: 

847–294–7354. Comments on the 

proposed noise compatibility program 

should also be submitted to the above 

office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA finds 

that the noise exposure maps submitted 

for Chicago Executive Airport are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements of Part 150, effective 

March 1, 2010. Further, FAA is 

reviewing a proposed noise 

compatibility program for that airport 

which will be approved or disapproved 

on or before October 1, 2010. This 

notice also announces the availability of 

this program for public review and 

comment. Under 49 U.S.C. 47503 (the 

Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement 

Act, hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Act’’), 

an airport operator may submit to the 

FAA noise exposure maps which meet 

applicable regulations and which depict 

non-compatible land uses as of the date 

of submission of such maps, a 

description of projected aircraft 

operations, and the ways in which such 

operations will affect such maps. The 

Act requires such maps to be developed 

in consultation with interested and 

affected parties in the local community, 

government agencies, and persons using 

the airport. 

An airport operator who has 

submitted noise exposure maps that are 

found by FAA to be in compliance with 

the requirements of Federal Aviation 

Regulations (FAR) Part 150, 

promulgated pursuant to the Act, may 

submit a noise compatibility program 

for FAA approval which sets forth the 

measures the operator has taken or 

proposes to take to reduce existing noncompatible uses and prevent the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

Chicago Executive Airport Board of 

Directors submitted to the FAA on June 

18, 2009 noise exposure maps, 

descriptions and other documentation 

that were produced during noise 

compatibility planning study conducted 

from 2000 through 2009. It was 

requested that the FAA review this 

material as the noise exposure maps, as 

described in section 47503 of the Act, 

and that the noise mitigation measures, 

to be implemented jointly by the airport 

and surrounding communities, be 

approved as a noise compatibility 

program under section 47504 of the Act. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the noise exposure maps and related 

descriptions submitted by Chicago 

Executive Airport Board of Directors. 

The specific documentation determined 

to constitute the noise exposure maps 

includes: Exhibit S1, Exhibit S2, 

Chapters C–F, and the Supplemental 

Chapter of the Part 150 study 

document). The FAA has determined 

that these maps for Chicago Executive 

Airport are in compliance with 

applicable requirements. This 

determination is effective on March 1, 

2010. FAA’s determination on an airport 

operator’s noise exposure maps is 

limited to a finding that the maps were 

developed in accordance with the 

procedures contained in Appendix A of 

FAR Part 150. Such determination does 

not constitute approval of the 

applicant’s data, information or plans, 

or constitute a commitment to approve 

a noise compatibility program or to fund 

the implementation of that program. 

If questions arise concerning the 

precise relationship of specific 

properties to noise exposure contours 

depicted on a noise exposure map 

submitted under section 47503 of the 

Act, it should be noted that the FAA is 

not involved in any way in determining 


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1According to ABC & D, an agreement has been 

reached with O’Riley to lease and operate the 

railroad trackage owned by O’Riley. 

the relative locations of specific 

properties with regard to the depicted 

noise contours, or in interpreting the 

noise exposure maps to resolve 

questions concerning, for example, 

which properties should be covered by 

the provisions of section 47506 of the 

Act. These functions are inseparable 

from the ultimate land use control and 

planning responsibilities of local 

government. These local responsibilities 

are not changed in any way under Part 

150 or through FAA’s review of noise 

exposure maps. Therefore, the 

responsibility for the detailed 

overlaying of noise exposure contours 

onto the map depicting properties on 

the surface rests exclusively with the 

airport operator that submitted those 

maps, or with those public agencies and 

planning agencies with which 

consultation is required under section 

47503 of the Act. The FAA has relied on 

the certification by the airport operator, 

under section 150.21 of FAR Part 150, 

that the statutorily required consultation 

has been accomplished. The FAA has 

formally received the noise 

compatibility program for Chicago 

Executive Airport, also effective on 

January 26, 2009. Preliminary review of 

the submitted material indicates that it 

conforms to the requirements for the 

submittal of noise compatibility 

programs, but that further review will be 

necessary prior to approval or 

disapproval of the program. The formal 

review period, limited by law to a 

maximum of 180 days, will be 

completed on or before October 1, 2010. 

A public hearing was held on December 

4, 2007 at the Chicago Executive 

Airport. 

The FAA’s detailed evaluation will be 

conducted under the provisions of 14 

CFR Part 150, section 150.33. The 

primary considerations in the 

evaluation process are whether the 

proposed measures may reduce the level 

of aviation safety, create an undue 

burden on interstate or foreign 

commerce, or be reasonably consistent 

with obtaining the goal of reducing 

existing non-compatible land uses and 

preventing the introduction of 

additional non-compatible land uses. 

Interested persons are invited to 

comment on the proposed program with 

specific reference to these factors. All 

comments, other than those properly 

addressed to local land use authorities, 

will be considered by the FAA to the 

extent practicable. Copies of the noise 

exposure maps, the FAA’s evaluation of 

the maps, and the proposed noise 

compatibility program are available for 

examination at the following locations: 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Chicago Airport District Office, 2300 

East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, IL 

60018. 

Chicago Executive Airport, 1020 

South Plant Road, Wheeling, IL 60090. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Issued in Des Plaines, IL on March 1, 2010. 

James G. Keefer, 

Manager, Chicago Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5201 Filed 3–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35356] 

ABC & D Recycling, Inc.—Lease and 

Operation Exemption—a Line of 

Railroad in Ware, MA 

ABC & D Recycling, Inc. (ABC & D), 

a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice 

of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to 

lease from O’Riley Family Trust 

(O’Riley), and to operate 773 feet of rail 

line, located at milepost 12.8, in Ware, 

MA. The line is currently operated by 

the Massachusetts Central Railroad 

Corporation (MCER).1

ABC & D states that it has and intends 

to continue to handle construction and 

demolition debris, and that it obtained 

and continues to hold all state and local 

permits necessary in order to handle 

construction and demolition debris. 

ABC & D further states that if it wishes 

to handle solid waste, as defined in the 

Clean Railroads Act of 2008, it must: (1) 

Obtain all state and local permits 

necessary in order to handle such solid 

waste, or (2) obtain a land-use 

exemption from the Board for any 

permits that it is unable to obtain from 

the state or local government. 

ABC & D certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of the 

transaction will not exceed those that 

would qualify it as a Class III rail 

carrier, and further certifies that its 

projected annual revenues will not 

exceed $5 million. 

The transaction is expected to be 

consummated on March 26, 2010, the 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the exemption was filed). 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions for stay must 

be filed no later than March 19, 2010 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35356, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on Leonard M. 

Singer, Office of Leonard M. Singer, 101 

Arch Street, Ninth Floor, Boston, MA 

02110. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: March 9, 2010. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Andrea Pope-Matheson, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5445 Filed 3–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2010 0024] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Invitation for public comments 

on a requested administrative waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel 

ISLAND STYLE. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 

12121, the Secretary of Transportation, 

as represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. The complete application 

is given in DOT docket MARAD–2010– 

0024 at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Interested parties may comment on the 

effect this action may have on U.S. 

vessel builders or businesses in the U.S. 

that use U.S.-flag vessels. If MARAD 

determines, in accordance with 46 

U.S.C. 12121 and MARAD’s regulations 

at 46 CFR part 388 (68 FR 23084; April 

30, 2003), that the issuance of the 

waiver will have an unduly adverse 

effect on a U.S.-vessel builder or a 

business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in 

that business, a waiver will not be 

granted. Comments should refer to the 


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