Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 197 / Wednesday, October 14, 2009 / Notices 52837 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Meeting of the National Parks 

Overflights Advisory Group Aviation 

Rulemaking Committee 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) and the National 

Park Service (NPS), in accordance with 

the National Parks Air Tour 

Management Act of 2000, announce the 

next meeting of the National Parks 

Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG) 

Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). 

This notification provides the dates, 

location, and agenda for the meeting. 

DATES AND LOCATION: The NPOAG ARC 

will meet on November 4–5, 2009. The 

meeting will take place at the Dayton 

Aviation Heritage National Historic 

Park, Dayton, OH. The meeting will be 

held at the Wright-Dunbar Interpretive 

Center’s conference room located at 16 

South Williams Street, Dayton, OH 

45402. The phone number is (937) 225– 

7705. The meetings will be held from 

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on November 4th 

and from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on 

November 5th. This NPOAG meeting 

will be open to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barry Brayer, AWP–1SP, Special 

Programs Staff, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Western-Pacific Region 

Headquarters, P.O. Box 92007, Los 

Angeles, CA 90009–2007, telephone: 

(310) 725–3800, e-mail: 

Barry.Brayer@faa.gov, or Karen Trevino, 

National Park Service, Natural Sounds 

Program, 1201 Oakridge Dr., Suite 100, 

Fort Collins, CO 80525, telephone: (970) 

225–3563, e-mail: 

Karen_Trevino@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The National Parks Air Tour 

Management Act of 2000 (NPATMA), 

enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 

106–181, required the establishment of 

the NPOAG within one year after its 

enactment. The Act requires that the 

NPOAG be a balanced group of 

representatives of general aviation, 

commercial air tour operations, 

environmental concerns, and Native 

American tribes. The Administrator of 

the FAA and the Director of NPS (or 

their designees) serve as ex officio 

members of the group. Representatives 

of the Administrator and Director serve 

alternating 1-year terms as chairman of 

the advisory group. 

The duties of the NPOAG include 

providing advice, information, and 

recommendations to the FAA 

Administrator and the NPS Director on: 

implementation of Public Law 106–181; 

quiet aircraft technology; other 

measures that might accommodate 

interests to visitors of national parks; 

and at the request of the Administrator 

and the Director, on safety, 

environmental, and other issues related 

to commercial air tour operations over 

national parks or tribal lands. 

Agenda for the November 4–5, 2009 

NPOAG Meeting 

The agenda for the meeting will 

include, but is not limited to, final 

adoption of a Strategic Plan, update on 

ongoing Air Tour Management Program 

projects; and a discussion on the 

competitive bidding process. 

Attendance at the Meetings 

Although these are not public 

meetings, interested persons may 

attend. Because seating is limited, if you 

plan to attend please contact one of the 

persons listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT so that meeting 

space may be made to accommodate all 

attendees. 

Record of the Meetings 

If you cannot attend the NPOAG 

meeting, a summary record of the 

meeting will be made available under 

the NPOAG section of the FAA ATMP 

Web site at: http://www.faa.gov/about/

office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/

programs/air_tour_management_plan/

parks_overflights_group/minutes.cfm or 

through the Special Programs Staff, 

Western-Pacific Region, P.O. Box 92007, 

Los Angeles, CA 90009–2007, 

telephone: (310) 725–3808. 

Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on October 5, 

2009. 

Keith Lusk, 

Program Manager, Special Programs Staff, 

Western-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–24671 Filed 10–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35304] 

San Francisco Bay Railroad-Mare 

Island—Operation Exemption— 

California Northern Railroad 

San Francisco Bay Railroad-Mare 

Island (SF Bay-Mare Is.), a noncarrier, 

has filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1150.31 to operate 

approximately 8 miles of unmarked rail 

line (the line) owned by the City of 

Vallejo (the City) and Lennar Mare 

Island, LLC (LMI), in Vallejo, CA. There 

are no mileposts on the line; however, 

the track is described as extending from 

a junction located on the California 

Northern Railroad approximately 800 

feet north of Sereno Drive in Vallejo, 

CA, to the end of track just south of 

Detoro Way on Mare Island in the City 

of Vallejo, CA, and branching at A Street 

on Mare Island to the end of track at 

approximately L Street on Mare Island 

in the City of Vallejo, CA. SF Bay-Mare 

Is. states that it intends to interchange 

traffic with the California Northern 

Railroad at Flosden Acres, in Vallejo, 

CA. 

This transaction is related to a 

concurrently filed notice of exemption 

for David Gavrich to continue in control 

of SF Bay-Mare Is. upon SF Bay-Mare 

Is.’s becoming a Class III rail carrier. See 

David Gavrich—Continuance in Control 

Exemption—San Francisco Bay 

Railroad-Mare Island, STB Finance 

Docket No. 35303. 

SF Bay-Mare Is. is currently 

negotiating an operating agreement with 

the City. SF Bay-Mare Is. states that it 

intends to commence operations over 

the line as soon as authority is granted. 

SF Bay-Mare Is. 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. 

Pursuant to the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2008, Public Law 

110–161, § 193, 121 Stat. 1844 (2007), 

nothing in this decision authorizes the 

following activities at any solid waste 

rail transfer facility: collecting, storing 

or transferring solid waste outside of its 

original shipping container; or 

separating or processing solid waste 

(including baling, crushing, compacting 

and shredding). The term ‘‘solid waste’’ 

is defined in section 1004 of the Solid 

Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. 6903. 

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 October 21, 2009 

(at least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35304, 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 John F. 

McHugh, 6 Water St., New York, NY 

10004. 

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