49556 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 162 / Thursday, August 21, 2014 / Notices 

Dated: August 14, 2014. 

Kelly Keiderling, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19900 Filed 8–20–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Rule on Change in 

Use of Aeronautical Property at 

Elizabeth City Regional Airport, 

Elizabeth, NC 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration is requesting public 

comment on a request by the Elizabeth 

City-Pasquotank County Airport 

Authority to change a portion of airport 

property from aeronautical to nonaeronautical use at the Elizabeth City 

Airport, Elizabeth City, North Carolina. 

The request consists of approximately 

0.396 acres. This action is taken under 

the provisions of Section 125 of the 

Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment 

Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR 

21). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 22, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Documents are available for 

review at the North Carolina 

Department of Transportation, Division 

of Aviation, 1050 Meridian Drive, RDU 

Airport, NC 27623; and the FAA 

Memphis Airports District Office, 2600 

Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Suite 2250, 

Memphis, TN 38118–2482. Written 

comments on the Sponsor’s request 

must be delivered or mailed to: Mr. 

Phillip J. Braden, Manager, Memphis 

Airports District Office, 2600 Thousand 

Oaks Boulevard, Suite 2250, Memphis, 

TN 38118–2482. 

In addition, a copy of any comments 

submitted to the FAA must be mailed or 

delivered to Mr. Philip Lanier, Airport 

Project Manager, NCDOT, 1560 Mail 

Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699– 

1560. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Tim Hester, Community Planner, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Memphis Airports District Office, 2600, 

Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Suite 2250, 

Memphis, TN 38118–2482. The 

application may be reviewed in person 

at this same location, by appointment. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

proposes to rule and invites public 

comment on the request to release 

property for non-aeronautical purposes 

at Elizabeth City Regional Airport, 

Elizabeth City, NC 27909. Under the 

provisions of AIR 21 (49 U.S.C. 

47107(h)(2). 

On August 14, 2014, the FAA 

determined that the request to release 

property for non-aeronautical purposes 

at Elizabeth City Regional Airport meets 

the procedural requirements of the 

Federal Aviation Administration. The 

FAA may approve the request, in whole 

or in part, no later than September 22, 

2014. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the request: 

The Elizabeth City-Pasquotank 

County Airport Authority is proposing 

to release approximately 0.396 acres at 

Elizabeth City Regional Airport. The 

change to non-aeronautical use is 

needed so the Airport Authority can 

grant additional right of way to the 

North Carolina Department of 

Transportation for the proposed 

widening of North Carolina 344 and the 

addition of a left turn lane at Stare Road 

1131 (Consolidated Rd.). The turn lane 

will improve safety conditions at this 

intersection and improve traffic flow to 

the airport and surrounding community. 

The Airport Authority Board has 

approved of this action and has agreed 

on a fair market value compensation of 

$17,125. 

Any person may inspect, by 

appointment, the request in person at 

the FAA office listed in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Issued in Memphis, TN, on August 14, 

2014. 

Phillip Braden, 

Manager, Memphis Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19885 Filed 8–20–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement: U.S. Route 121, Section II, 

Wise, Dickenson, and Buchanan 

Counties, Virginia 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Highway 

Administration is issuing this notice to 

advise the public of its intent to prepare 

a Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (SEIS), in cooperation with 

the Virginia Department of 

Transportation, for Section II of the 

proposed U.S. Route 121 (previously 

known as the Coalfields Expressway) in 

Wise, Dickenson, and Buchanan 

Counties, Virginia. The SEIS will 

evaluate an alternative that was not 

fully evaluated in the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement that 

was approved by FHWA in 2001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Simkins, Planning and Environment 

Team Leader, Federal Highway 

Administration, Post Office Box 10249, 

Richmond, Virginia 23240; email: 

John.Simkins@dot.gov; telephone: (804) 

775–3347. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

September 22, 2014. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Description of Proposed Action and 

Background: The Virginia Department 

of Transportation (VDOT) proposes to 

construct Section II of U.S. Route 121, 

a limited access roadway on new 

location for approximately 26 miles, 

which would be located to the north of 

and roughly parallel to Virginia Route 

83 (VA 83) between the Town of Pound 

and the U.S. Route 460 Connector in 

Buchanan County. 

The Federal Highway Administration 

(FHWA) approved a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 

in September 2001 and issued a Record 

of Decision (ROD) in November 2001 for 

the Coalfields Expressway Location 

Study, which evaluated alternative 

corridors for the new roadway, now 

designated as U.S. Route 121. The FEIS 

covered the full 59 miles of the 

proposed roadway in Virginia from U.S. 

Route 23 at the Town of Pound to VA 

Route 83 at the West Virginia state line. 

The ROD identified Alternative F1 as 

the selected alternative, and it also 

indicated that the project would be 

designed and constructed in numerous 

phases. 

In June 2012, FHWA approved for 

public availability an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) for Section II of the 

Coalfields Expressway/U.S. Route 121 

that evaluated an alternative that was 

not fully evaluated in the 2001 FEIS. 

The EA can be accessed at: http://

www.virginiadot.org/projects/resources/

Bristol/CFX_SectionII_Environmental_

Assessment_June2012.pdf. In August 

2012, public hearings were held to 

present the findings of the 

environmental studies and to receive 

comments on the EA. A large volume of 

comments were received on the EA, 

some which suggested the preparation 

of a Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement (SEIS). FHWA 

subsequently determined that a SEIS is 

necessary for Section II. 

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