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1The line is railbanked in accordance with the 

National Trails System Act, 16 U.S.C. 1247(d). See 

Greenville County Economic Development 

Corporation—Abandonment and Discontinuance 

Exemption—in Greenville County, S.C., Docket No. 

AB 490 (Sub-No. 1X) (STB served Oct. 12, 2005 and 

Nov. 13, 2006). 

security procedures for entering the 

Federal Aviation Administration 

building. 

• There is no Internet access. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Hamilton, Designated Federal 

Official, Future of Aviation Advisory 

Committee, 202–267–9677, 

FAAC@dot.gov. 

Issued on: August 9, 2010. 

Ray LaHood, 

Secretary of Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2010–19986 Filed 8–10–10; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35396] 

County of Greenville, S.C.— 

Acquisition Exemption—Greenville 

County Economic Development 

Corporation 

The County of Greenville, S.C. 

(County), a noncarrier political 

subdivision of the State of South 

Carolina, has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to 

acquire from Greenville County 

Economic Development Corporation 

(GCEDC) approximately 11.8 miles of 

rail line between milepost 0.0 in 

Greenville, S.C. and milepost 11.8 in 

Travelers Rest, S.C.1

Petitioners state that, as a result of the 

transaction, the County will acquire 

GCEDC’s interest in the line, including 

the residual common carrier obligation. 

GCEDC will assign its interest in a trail 

agreement reached with the Greenville 

County Recreation District (GCRD) on 

September 26, 2006, and the County 

will assume all of GCEDC’s rights and 

responsibilities under that agreement. 

GCRD will retain its leasehold interest 

in the line and will continue to be the 

trail owner and operator. The end result 

will be that all of GCEDC’s ownership 

rights and responsibilities in the line 

will be transferred to the County. 

According to petitioners, the proposed 

acquisition will not involve any 

provision or agreement between GCEDC 

and the County that would limit future 

interchange with a third-party 

connecting carrier. 

The transaction is scheduled to be 

consummated on or after August 25, 

2010 (30 days after the notice of 

exemption was filed). 

The County certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of this 

transaction will not exceed those that 

would qualify it as a Class III rail carrier 

and further certifies that its projected 

annual revenue will not exceed $5 

million. 

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 to stay must be 

filed no later than August 18, 2010 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35396, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy must be served on 

William A. Mullins, 2401 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 

20037. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: August 6, 2010. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–19792 Filed 8–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Public Availability of the 

Final Environmental Assessment (EA) 

and Finding of No Significant Impact/ 

Record of Decision (FONSI/ROD) 

Signed August 2, 2010, for the 

Evaluation of the Potential 

Environmental Impacts Associated 

With the Proposed Relocation of the 

Bowman County Airport (Airport) in 

Bowman County, ND. 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of a final 

EA and FONSI/ROD for the evaluation 

of the potential environmental impacts 

associated with the proposed relocation 

of the Bowman County Airport in 

Bowman County, North Dakota. 

SUMMARY: The FAA has made available 

the final EA and FONSI/ROD for the 

proposed relocation of the Bowman 

County Airport. The EA was prepared in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended, FAA Orders 1050.1E, 

‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures’’ and FAA Order 5050.4B, 

‘‘NEPA Implementing Instructions for 

Airport Actions.’’ 

Point of Contact: Ms. Patricia 

Dressler, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, FAA Bismarck ADO, 

Building 23B, 2301 University Drive, 

Bismarck, North Dakota 58504. 

Telephone number (701) 323–7380. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

has issued a final EA and FONSI/ROD 

that evaluated the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

the proposed relocation of the Bowman 

County Airport located in Bowman 

County, North Dakota. Based on the 

analysis contained in the final EA, the 

FAA has determined that the selected 

alternative has no associated significant 

impacts to resources identified in 

accordance with FAA Order 1050.1E, 

Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures and FAA Order 5054.4B, 

National Environmental Policy Act 

Implementing Instructions for Airport 

Actions. Therefore, no environmental 

impact statement will be prepared. The 

current Bowman County Airport has 

deficiencies in meeting current and 

future large aircraft demand (60, 000 

pounds or less with 75 percent of these 

large aircraft at 60 percent useful load), 

the Runway Protection Zone, Runway 

Objective Free Area, wind coverage, and 

surrounding incompatible land use. 

Eight alternatives were studied for 

airspace feasibility and meeting the 

purpose and need. Five of the eight 

alternatives (three on site and two new 

locations) were reviewed, analyzed, and 

discarded due to the degree of 

environmental impacts or not meeting 

airspace requirements. A detailed 

discussion is in the Alternatives 

Discarded Section of the FONSI/ROD. 

The selected alternative is one of three 

(a no action and two off site locations) 

considered in the final EA. The selected 

alternative consists of addressing the 

identified deficiencies and relocating 

the Bowman County Airport. The new 

airport location is approximately 3.5 

miles east of Bowman and just south of 

US Highway 12. The Bowman County 

Airport Authority will construct, 

operate, and maintain the new airport. 

Decommissioning of the existing airport 

will occur upon activation of the new 

airport. The selected alternative 

includes the: (1) Unconditional 

approval of the Airport Layout Plan 

(ALP) for the development listed in the 

EA and the decision document. (2) Issue 


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final airspace determinations for the 

development on the ALP. (3) Eligibility 

for Federal grants-in-aid funds for 

eligible items. (4) FAA Finding of ‘‘No 

Historic Properties Affected’’ for the 

proposed action. (5) FAA Finding of ‘‘No 

Effect’’ to threatened and endangered 

species. (6) FAA Finding of ‘‘No Impact’’ 

to floodplains. (7) Wetland finding that 

there is no practicable alternative to 

such construction and the proposed 

action includes all practicable measures 

to minimize harm to wetlands. (8) 

Environmental clearance for disposal of 

land no longer needed for airport 

purposes. (9) Appropriate permits and 

mitigation will be needed before 

disbursing Federal funds. 

These documents will be available for 

public review during normal business 

hours at Bldg. 23B, FAA Bismarck ADO, 

2301 University Drive, Bismarck, North 

Dakota, Bowman Regional Public 

Library, 18 East Divide Street, Bowman, 

ND 58623, and at the Bowman County 

Airport Authority, 14686 Highway 12, 

Bowman, ND 58623. 

Issued in Bismarck, North Dakota, August 

2, 2010. 

Steve Obenauer, 

Manager, Bismarck Airport District Office 

FAA, Great Lakes Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–19920 Filed 8–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2010–0035] 

America’s Marine Highway Grant 

Notice of Funding Availability 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Grant Notice of Funding 

Availability. 

SUMMARY: On October 28, 2009, the 

President of the United States signed the 

2010 National Defense Authorization 

Act (NDAA). Section 3515 of the NDAA, 

titled America’s Short Sea 

Transportation Grants for the 

Development of Marine Highways, 

amended Section 55601 of the 2007 

Energy Independence and Security Act, 

titled Short Sea Transportation Program. 

Section 3515 of the NDAA directs the 

Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) 

to establish and implement a short sea 

transportation grant program to 

implement projects or components of a 

project designated under subsection (d) 

of Section 55601. 

Marine Highway Projects are new 

waterborne transportation services, or 

expansions of existing services 

operating between U.S. ports or between 

U.S. ports and ports in Canada in the 

Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway. 

Projects are proposed by a project 

sponsor and formally designated by the 

Secretary under the America’s Marine 

Highway Program. Projects that reduce 

external cost and provide public benefit 

by transporting passengers and/or 

freight (container or wheeled) in 

support of all or a portion of a Marine 

Highway Corridor, Connector, or 

Crossing may receive support from DOT 

and are eligible to compete for Marine 

Highway grants under the program 

described in this notice. Marine 

Highway projects and their designation 

are described in detail in the final rule 

published on April 9, 2010, at 75 FR 

18095. 

It is neither the purpose nor the intent 

of these grants to shift passengers or 

freight currently moving by water to 

another water service, but rather to 

expand the use of marine transportation 

where landside transportation is 

currently being utilized and when the 

water option represents the best overall 

option. Therefore a project that directly 

competes with another, existing Marine 

Highway service will not be considered 

for a grant award. 

In order to receive a grant under the 

program, applicants are required to: 

submit an application to the Secretary 

in such form and manner, at such time, 

and containing such information as the 

Secretary may require, and demonstrate 

to the satisfaction of the Secretary that 

the project is financially viable, the 

funds received will be spent efficiently 

and effectively, and a market exists for 

the services of the proposed project as 

evidenced by contracts or written 

statements of intent from potential 

customers. Applicants are required to 

provide at least 20 percent of the project 

costs from non-Federal sources. In 

awarding grants under the program, the 

Secretary shall give preference to those 

projects or components that present the 

most financially viable transportation 

services and require the lowest 

percentage Federal share of the costs. A 

plan is financially viable upon 

demonstration to the Secretary of 

Transportation that the project will be 

sustainable in a specified and 

reasonable timeframe. The Maritime 

Administration’s Fiscal Year 2010 

appropriations, signed by the President 

of the United States on December 16, 

2009, included $7,000,000 to ‘‘designate 

and support specific projects that will 

create new or expanded services along 

designated Marine Highway Corridors.’’ 

Funds for this purpose will be allocated 

through the Marine Highway Grant 

Program established in the NDAA and 

set forth in this notice. 

This notice announces the availability 

of funding for Marine Highway grants, 

and establishes selection criteria and 

application requirements. 

Marine Highway Grants will be 

awarded to applicants to implement 

projects or components of projects 

designated under America’s Marine 

Highway Program as outlined in the 

final rule published on April 9, 2010. 

Eligible applicants must be sponsors of 

Marine Highway Projects formally 

designated by the Secretary. 

Sponsors of designated Marine 

Highway Projects are eligible to apply 

for a Marine Highway Grant as 

described in this notice. 

DATES: Grant applications must be 

received by 5 p.m., August 27, 2010. 

The Department of Transportation 

(DOT) will evaluate all applications and 

announce the projects that have been 

selected to receive grant funds as soon 

as possible after the Application 

Deadline. 

ADDRESSES: Grant applications must be 

submitted electronically through 

Grants.gov. Only applications received 

through Grants.gov will be deemed 

properly filed. Instructions for 

submitting applications through 

Grants.gov are included in Section IV 

(Submission of Applications). 

Paperwork Reduction Act: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35), the America’s Marine 

Highway (AMH) information collection 

was previously approved by the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) and 

was assigned the OMB control number 

2133–0541. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please contact the Marine Highway 

Grants program manager via e-mail at 

MH.Projects@dot.gov, or contact 

Michael Gordon at (202) 366–5468. 

Table of Contents 

I. Background 

II. Eligibility 

III. Selection Criteria 

IV. Submission of Applications 

V. Evaluation Process 

VI. Contents of Application 

VII. Grant Administration 

I. Background 

Three legislative actions in 

combination require implementation of 

a Marine Highway Program, including 

the designation of Marine Highway 

Projects, the authorization of Marine 

Highway grants, and the appropriation 

of funds for such grants. These are 

described below. 


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