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expected to exceed the DNL threshold of 

65 dBA in nearby residential areas or 

exceed the 85 dBA noise threshold limit 

value recommended for workers in an 8- 

hour day. Noise produced from Falcon 

1 and Falcon 9 launch vehicles would 

be sufficiently reduced by the deluge 

system and would not be expected 

produce negative affects beyond those 

that have already been analyzed and 

experienced under ongoing launch 

activities. Impacts on humans from 

sonic booms would not be significant 

under the Proposed Action. 

Socioeconomics: Construction and 

refurbishment activities would result in 

a temporary and minor increase in the 

number of on-base personnel. This 

increase would not represent a 

significant increase in the population or 

growth rate of the region, since most of 

the construction crew already live and 

work in the area. 

The addition of up to 25 workers at 

CCAFS to support the Proposed Action 

does not represent a significant increase 

in the population or growth rate of the 

region. The Proposed Action would not 

significantly affect the local housing 

market or result in the need for new 

social services or support facilities. The 

Proposed Action would not generate 

negative socioeconomic impacts in the 

region. 

Environmental Justice: Environmental 

impacts generated by operation, 

construction, and refurbishment 

activities for the Proposed Action would 

not be significant and would not 

adversely affect minority or low-income 

populations or children. The operation 

and refurbishment of the Proposed 

Action would not cause any 

environmental justice impacts. 

Water Resources: Construction in the 

northeast quadrant of SLC 40 would not 

substantially alter the existing drainage 

course and adverse impacts to natural 

drainage would not be expected. A 

Storm Water Erosion and Pollution 

Prevention Plan would be developed 

and implemented to minimize impacts 

from erosion. SpaceX would obtain all 

necessary permits. Proposed 

construction and refurbishment 

activities would not be expected to 

disturb wetlands or affect any 

floodplains. 

No impacts on surface water quality 

would occur from industrial wastewater 

from the deluge water system. 

Significant impacts would not be 

expected on jurisdictional waters of the 

United States from inadvertent 

discharge of deluge wastewater. When 

the first stage splashes down in the 

ocean, approximately 5 gallons of RP–l 

would be expelled and would dissipate 

within hours and would not 

significantly impact water quality. 

Water demands for the Proposed Action 

would be supplied by existing water 

distribution systems at CCAFS, and 

wastewater would be processed through 

existing wastewater handling and 

treatment systems at CCAFS. Water 

demands would have a negligible 

impact on these existing systems, and 

local and regional water resources 

would not be affected. 

Cumulative Impacts: Cumulative 

impacts to biological resources, air 

quality, and water resources were 

considered in the Falcon Launch 

Vehicle Program EA. Some vegetative 

damage could occur from occasional 

brush fires and/or heat from the launch 

and acid deposition in the near-field 

areas. The loss of tree and shrub species 

and an increase of grass and sedge 

species could occur. Far-field vegetation 

should recover between launches since 

far-field deposition would not occur in 

the same area after each launch. There 

should be no significant impacts on 

terrestrial wildlife from the exhaust 

cloud because the cloud would remain 

in anyone area for only a short period 

of time. The implementation of a light 

management plan to reduce beach 

lighting during the nesting season 

should reduce adverse impacts to sea 

turtles. 

Because the atmospheric emissions 

associated with launch programs are 

brief and sporadic, the long-term 

cumulative air quality impacts in the 

lower atmosphere would not be 

expected to be significant. Short-term 

cumulative air quality impacts would 

not occur because launches for the 

various programs would not be 

conducted at the same time. The 

relatively small emissions associated 

with ground support operations would 

have little incremental and cumulative 

impact in an area that presently meets 

air quality standards. No long-term 

adverse air impacts would be expected 

from refurbishment activities. No 

cumulative impacts to water resources 

would be expected. 

Determination: An analysis of the 

Proposed Action has concluded that 

there would be no significant short-term 

or long-term effects to the environment 

or surrounding populations. After 

careful and thorough consideration of 

the facts herein, the undersigned finds 

that the proposed Federal action is 

consistent with existing national 

environmental policies and objectives 

set forth in Section 101(a) of the NEPA 

and other applicable environmental 

requirements and will not significantly 

affect the quality of the human 

environment or otherwise include any 

condition requiring consultation 

pursuant to Section I 02(2)( c) of NEPA. 

Therefore, an Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Proposed Action is not 

required. 

Issued in Washington, DC on: January 15, 

2009. 

George Nield, 

Associate Administrator for Commercial 

Space Transportation. 

[FR Doc. E9–1974 Filed 1–29–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

NextGen Mid-Term Implementation 

Task Force 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of NextGen Mid-Term 

Implementation Task Force meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of the 

NextGen Mid-Term Implementation 

Task Force. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

February 10, 2009 starting at 1 p.m. to 

4 p.m. 

ADDRESS: Discovery Ballroom, Holiday 

Inn Capitol, 550 C Street, SW., Corner 

of 6th & C Streets, SW., Washington, DC 

20024 (METRO: L’Enfant Plaza Station, 

Use 7th & Maryland Exit). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW., 

Suite 850, Washington, DC, 20036; 

telephone (202) 833–9339; fax (202) 

833–9434; Web site http://www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a) (2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is 

hereby given for a NextGen Mid-Term 

Implementation Task Force meeting. 

The agenda will include: 

• Opening Plenary (Welcome and 

Introductions). 

• NextGen Implementation Overview 

and Establishment of 

• NextGen Mid-Term Implementation 

Task Force. 

• NextGen Task Force Terms of 

Reference, Organization, and 

Leadership. 

• Closing Plenary (Other Business, 

Document Production, Date and Place of 

Next Meeting, Adjourn). 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

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listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. 

Members of the public may present a 

written statement to the committee at 

any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 22, 

2009. 

Francisco Estrada C., 

RTCA Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. E9–1976 Filed 1–29–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Placer Parkway Partially Revised Draft 

Tier I Environmental Impact Statement 

DATE: January 2009. 

AGENCY: United States Department of 

Transportation, Federal Highway 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of 

the Placer Parkway Partially Revised 

Draft Tier I Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS). 

SUMMARY: The Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) is issuing this 

notice to advise the public of the 

availability of a Partially Revised Draft 

Tier 1 EIS for the Placer Parkway 

Corridor Preservation Project, a 

proposed transportation corridor in 

western Placer and eastern Sutter 

Counties, California. Specifically, the 

action being considered and evaluated 

is to select and preserve a 500- to 1,000- 

foot-wide corridor in the project study 

area, within which the future four- or 

six-lane Placer Parkway may be 

constructed. Placer Parkway is intended 

to reduce anticipated congestion on 

both the local and regional 

transportation system and to advance 

economic development goals in south 

Sutter County and southwestern Placer 

County. 

Five corridor build alternatives and a 

no-build alternative are evaluated in the 

Draft Tier 1 EIS. Although the Parkway 

would be designed and constructionlevel impacts analyzed during Tier 2, for 

the purpose of the Draft Tier 1 EIS, 

several assumptions have been made 

about potential design and configuration 

concepts. These assumptions would be 

subject to further development and 

refinement, and specific decisions about 

design of the roadway would be made 

during the Tier 2 process. The Parkway 

would be a high-speed, limited access 

roadway. Conceptually, interchanges 

would be located at SR 70/99 (at onehalf mile north of Riego Road or at 

Sankey Road), one or two locations to be 

determined in southern Sutter County, 

Fiddyment Road, Foothills Boulevard, 

and SR 65 at Whitney Ranch Parkway. 

Access would be restricted for the 7- 

mile segment between Pleasant Grove 

Road and Fiddyment Road. The Draft 

Tier 1 EIS assumes no interchanges in 

this segment. 

Revisions to the Draft Tier 1 EIS and 

Additional Analyses in the Partially 

Revised Draft Tier 1 EIS: The Partially 

Revised Draft Tier 1 EIS serves as a 

supplement to the Draft Tier 1 EIS 

issued in June 2007, to reflect additional 

analyses developed since the 

publication of the prior draft. The 

Partially Revised Draft Tier 1 EIS 

provides revisions to the Draft Tier 1 

EIS, including updates to farmland 

classification data and greenhouse gas 

emissions. It also includes additional 

analyses of growth inducement, 

secondary and indirect impacts and 

cumulative impacts based on 

hypothetical future scenarios prepared 

for the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers. 

Public Review and Comment Period: 

Comments regarding the Partially 

Revised Draft Tier 1 EIS shall be 

accepted beginning on January 30, 2009 

and must be submitted in writing by 5 

p.m. on March 15, 2009 to Placer 

County Transportation Planning Agency 

(PCTPA) via regular mail to PCTPA, 

Attention: Celia McAdam, Executive 

Director, 299 Nevada St., Auburn, 

California 95603, or via e-mail to 

pctpa@pctpa.net. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Celia McAdam, Executive Director, 299 

Nevada St., Auburn, California 95603, 

or via e-mail to pctpa@pctpa.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded by using a 

computer, modem and suitable 

communications software from the 

Government Printing Office’s Electronic 

Bulletin Board Service at (202) 512– 

1661. Internet users may reach the 

Office of Federal Register’s home page at 

http://www.nara.gov/fedreg and the 

Government Printing Office’s Web page 

at http://www.access.gpo.gov.nara. 

Background: The FHWA, in 

cooperation with the California 

Department of Transportation (Caltrans), 

Sutter County, and the South Placer 

Regional Transportation Authority 

(SPRTA), prepared a Partially Revised 

Draft Tier 1 EIS on a proposal to select 

and preserve a corridor for the future 

construction of Placer Parkway, a new 

east-west roadway linking State Route 

(SR) 70/99 in Sutter County east to SR 

65 in Placer County. Placer Parkway is 

intended to reduce anticipated 

congestion on both the local and 

regional transportation system and to 

advance economic development goals in 

south Sutter County and southwestern 

Placer County. 

Specifically, the action being 

considered and evaluated by FHWA, 

Caltrans and SPRTA is to select and 

preserve a 500- to 1,000-foot-wide 

corridor in the project study area, 

within which the future four- or six-lane 

Placer Parkway may be constructed. 

Five or six interchanges are proposed, 

depending on the corridor alignment 

alternative. 

The proposed Parkway project is 

identified in the Sacramento Council of 

Government’s (SACOG) 2025 

Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) 

and the 2022 Placer County Regional 

Transportation Plan. The planning for 

Placer Parkway involves two phases: (1) 

The present action, selection of a 

corridor (titled the Placer Parkway 

Corridor Preservation Project), and (2) 

the future selection of a precise 

alignment within the corridor and a 

decision whether or not to build the 

Parkway. If a build alternative is 

selected and pursued after the second 

phase, the ultimate Placer Parkway 

project would be constructed and 

operated. Each phase will be subject to 

its own environmental review, a process 

known as ‘‘tiered’’ environmental 

review under both state and federal law. 

The selection of a corridor is the subject 

of the Tier 1 EIS. 

The Placer Parkway Corridor 

Preservation Draft Tier 1 EIS was 

completed on June 29, 2007. It was 

circulated for public comment on July 2, 

2007. The comment period ended on 

September 10, 2007. To the degree 

feasible, the Draft Tier 1 EIS reviewed 

the reasonably foreseeable 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the 

Parkway. Selection of a more precise 

alignment within the corridor, and 

construction and operation of the 

Parkway, will be the subject of a later 

Tier 2 environmental document. 

The Revised Draft Tier 1 EIS serves as 

a supplement to the Draft Tier 1 EIS 

issued in June 2007, to reflect additional 

analyses developed since the 

publication of the prior draft. The 

Revised Draft Tier 1 EIS provides 

revisions to the Draft Tier 1 EIS, 

including updates to farmland 

classification data, and greenhouse gas 

emissions. It also includes additional 

analyses of growth inducement, 

secondary and indirect impacts and 

cumulative impacts based on 

hypothetical future scenarios prepared 

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