52608 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 172 / Wednesday, September 6, 2006 / Notices 

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 NEPA of 1969 and that 

it will not significantly affect the quality 

of the human environment or otherwise 

include any condition requiring 

consultation pursuant to Section 

102(2)(c) of NEPA. Therefore, an EIS for 

the proposed action is not required. 

Issued in Washington, DC on: August 29, 

2006. 

George Nield, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Commercial Space Transportation. 

[FR Doc. E6–14741 Filed 9–5–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement: West 

Bend Municipal Airport, West Bend, WI 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Issuance of notice of intent to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement and to conduct scoping 

meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be prepared to assess the potential 

impacts of proposed improvements at 

West Bend Municipal Airport. The FAA 

plans to hold scoping meetings to obtain 

input from Federal, State, local 

agencies, other interested parties, and 

the general public regarding the EIS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Daniel J. Millenacker, Program Manager, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Airports District Office, 6020 28th 

Avenue South, Room 102, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota, 55450–2706. Phone (612) 

713–4350. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA and the 

Wisconsin Department of 

Transportation (WisDOT), will prepare a 

joint EIS for proposed improvements at 

West Bend Municipal Airport. The lead 

agency for the preparation of the EIS is 

the FAA. The WisDOT will serve as a 

joint-lead (co-lead) agency with the 

FAA. The EIS will be both a Federal and 

State document prepared in accordance 

with NEPA and the Wisconsin 

Environmental Policy Act (WEPA). All 

portions of the document will apply to 

both statutes, unless otherwise noted in 

the text. Scoping meeting(s) will be 

conducted as joint FAA and WisDOT 

meetings. 

As presently conceived by the airport 

owner (The City of West Bend, WI) the 

proposed improvements include: 

Construction of a new 5,500 ft x 100 ft 

Runway 7/25 with full instrument 

landing system (ILS) having Category I 

(CAT I) capability and associated 

navigational aids (NAVAIDs); 

construction of a full parallel taxiway to 

new Runway 7/25; hangar area 

development; land acquisition; 

widening and rerouting of Highway 33 

around the north side of the airport 

between North Trenton Road and 4,000 

ft east of North Oak Road. 

A draft Final Environment 

Assessment (EA) was prepared in March 

2005 to assess the proposed 

improvements at West Bend Municipal 

Airport. Informal review of the draft 

Final EA resulted in a decision to 

proceed to an EIS. The need to prepare 

an EIS is based on the procedures 

described in FAA Order 5050.4B, 

‘‘National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) Implementing Instructions for 

Airport Actions,’’ and FAA Order 

1050.1E, ‘‘Environmental Impacts: 

Policies and Procedures.’’

The proposed improvements would 

involve discharges of dredged and fill 

material into waters of the United States 

which are regulated under Section 404 

of the Clean Water Act. The U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers St. Paul District 

(Corps) has the permitting responsibility 

for discharges into waters of the United 

States associated with the proposed 

improvements. The FAA will pursue an 

integrated NEPA/Section 404 permit 

process for this EIS in cooperation with 

the Corps. 

At a minimum, the Corps and the 

Federally Highway Administration 

(FHWA) will be invited to serve as 

cooperating agencies with FAA in 

development of this EIS. The FHWA 

involvement will focus on the road 

widening and rerouting aspects of 

Highway 33. The Corps, in its role as a 

cooperating agency, will use the EIS in 

making its decision on whether to issue 

a section 404 permit under the Clean 

Water Act. 

To the fullest extent possible, the EIS 

will be integrated with analysis and 

consultation required by the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Pub. L. 93–205; 16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.); the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, as amended (Pub. L. 94–265; 16 

U.S.C. 1801, et seq.), the National 

Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as 

amended (Pub. L. 89–655; 16 U.S.C. 

470, et seq.); the Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act of 1958, as amended 

(Pub. L. 85–624; 16 U.S.C. 742a, et seq. 

and 661–666c); and the Clean Water Act 

of 1977, as amended (Pub. L. 92–500; 33 

U.S.C. 1251, et seq.); and all applicable 

and appropriate Executive Orders. 

The EIS will include identification of 

the project’s purpose and need, the 

evaluation of the no action alternative 

and reasonable alternatives that may be 

identified during the agency and public 

scoping meetings. The EIS will also 

identify all environmental impacts as 

applicable, including but not limited to, 

noise impacts, impacts on air and water 

quality, wetlands, ecological resources, 

floodplains, historic resources, 

hazardous materials, and 

socioeconomics. 

Scoping Meetings: To ensure that all 

substantive issues related to the 

proposed action are identified, the FAA 

will hold two (2) governmental agency 

and one (1) public scoping meeting(s) to 

solicit input from the public, interested 

parties, and various Federal, State and 

local agencies having jurisdiction or 

having specific expertise with respect to 

any environmental impacts associated 

with the proposed improvements. The 

first governmental agency scoping 

meeting will be held from 9 a.m. until 

12 p.m. Central Standard Time (CST) on 

October 11, 2006, at the Clairemont Inn 

and Meeting Center located at 2520 

West Washington Street, West Bend, 

Wisconsin 53095. The public scoping 

meeting will be held from 4 p.m. until 

8 p.m. CST on this same date at this 

same location. The second 

governmental agency scoping meeting 

will be held from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. 

CST on October 19, 2006, at West Bend 

Municipal Airport, EAA Chapter 1158 

Building, 310 Aerial Drive, West Bend, 

WI, 53095. 

Comments and suggestions are invited 

from Federal, State, local agencies, other 

interested parties, and the general 

public to ensure that the full range of 

issues related to the proposed 

improvements are addressed and all 

substantive issues are identified. Copies 

of scoping documentation providing 

additional detail can be obtained by 

contacting the FAA representative at the 

address provided, above. Written 

comments and suggestions may be 

mailed to the FAA informational contact 

listed above and must be postmarked no 

later than November 13, 2006. 

Questions may also be directed to the 

FAA informational contact listed above. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 172 / Wednesday, September 6, 2006 / Notices 52609 

Issued in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 

August 25, 2006. 

Robert A. Huber, 

Manager, Minneapolis Airports District 

Office, FAA, Great Lakes Region. 

[FR Doc. 06–7460 Filed 9–5–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2006–26] 

Petitions for Exemption; Summary of 

Petitions Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petitions for 

exemption received. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA’s rulemaking 

provisions governing the application, 

processing, and disposition of petitions 

for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code 

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this 

notice contains a summary of certain 

petitions seeking relief from specified 

requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of 

this notice is to improve the public’s 

awareness of, and participation in, this 

aspect of FAA’s regulatory activities. 

Neither publication of this notice nor 

the inclusion or omission of information 

in the summary is intended to affect the 

legal status of any petition or its final 

disposition. 

DATES: Comments on petitions received 

must identify the petition docket 

number involved and must be received 

on or before September 26, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

[identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 

FAA–2006–25466] by any of the 

following methods: 

Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow 

the instructions for submitting 

comments on the DOT electronic docket 

site. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, 

Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–

0001. 

Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 on the 

plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL–

401 on the plaza level of the Nassif 

Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Adams (202) 267–8033, Sandy 

Buchanan-Sumter (202) 267–7271, or 

John Linsenmeyer (202) 267–5174, 

Office of Rulemaking (ARM–1), Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. This notice is 

published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85 and 

11.91. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 30, 

2006. 

Ida M. Klepper, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petitions for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2006–25466. 

Petitioner: Southwest Airlines 

Company. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

121.391(a) and 121.393(b). 

Description of Relief Sought: To 

permit the Southwest Airlines Company 

to reduce the number of required flight 

attendants onboard during the boarding 

and deplaning of passengers at 

intermediate stops. During the boarding 

process at intermediate stops, the 

petitioner is requesting to substitute a 

pilot qualified in emergency evacuation 

procedures for the forward flight 

attendant. During the deplaning process 

at intermediate stops, the petitioner is 

requesting to allow a reduced number 

(one) of flight attendants in the cabin. 

[FR Doc. E6–14734 Filed 9–5–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2006–29] 

Petitions for Exemption; Summary of 

Petitions Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA’s rulemaking 

provisions governing the application, 

processing, and disposition of petitions 

for exemption, part 11 of Title 14, Code 

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this 

notice contains a summary of a certain 

petition seeking relief from specified 

requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of 

this notice is to improve the public’s 

awareness of, and participation in, this 

aspect of FAA’s regulatory activities. 

Neither publication of this notice nor 

the inclusion or omission of information 

in the summary is intended to affect the 

legal status of any petition or its final 

disposition. 

DATES: Comments on petitions received 

must identify the petition docket 

number involved and must be received 

on or before September 26, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 

FAA–2006–25568 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments on the DOT electronic docket 

site. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, 

Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 on 

the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL–

401 on the plaza level of the Nassif 

Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Pellicano (770–703–6064), Small 

Airplane Directorate (ACE–111), Federal 

Aviation Administration, 901 Locust, 

Room 301, Kansas City, MO 64106; or 

John Linsenmeyer (202–267–5174), 

Office of Rulemaking (ARM–1) Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85 and 11.91. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 29, 

2006. 

Ida M. Klepper, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petitions for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2006–25568. 

Petitioner: Diamond Aircraft. 

Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

23.1419(a). 

Description of Relief Sought: To allow 

certification of the Diamond DA–42 

aircraft without meeting the 61 knot 

stall speed requirement in § 23.1419(a). 

Diamond states that the Model DA–42 

has compensating factors listed in 

paragraph 12 of Advisory Circular 

23.1419–2C, dated July 21, 2004, and 

that these factors should apply to 


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