Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 207 / Thursday, October 26, 2006 / Notices 62655 

Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on 

September 29, 2006. 

Francis A. Favara, 

Manager, Engine and Propeller Directorate, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 06–8890 Filed 10–25–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To 

Release Airport Property at the Seattle 

Tacoma International Airport, Seattle 

WA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request to release 

airport property. 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and 

invite public comment on the release of 

land at Seattle Tacoma International 

Airport under the provisions of Section 

125 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation 

Investment Reform Act for the 21st 

Century (AID 21), now 49 U.S.C. 

47107(h)(2). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 27, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

to the FAA at the following address: Mr. 

J. Wade Bryant, Manager, Federal 

Aviation Administration, Northwest 

Mountain Region, Airports Division, 

Seattle Airports District Office, 1601 

Lind Avenue, SW., Suite 250, Renton, 

Washington 98055–4056. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to The Mark 

Reis, Airport Director, at the following 

address: Mark Reis, Airport Director, 

P.O. Box 68727, Seattle, WA 98168. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

J. Wade Bryant, Manager, Seattle 

Airports District Office, Federal 

Aviation Administration, Northwest 

Mountain Region, Seattle Airports 

District Office, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., 

Suite 250, Renton, Washington 98057–

3356. 

The request to release property may 

be reviewed, by appointment, in person 

at this same location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

invites public comment on the request 

to release property at the Seattle Tacoma 

International Airport under the 

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

47107(h)(2)). 

On October 2, 2006, the FAA 

determined that the request to release 

property at Seattle Tacoma International 

Airport submitted by the airport meets 

the procedural requirements of the 

Federal Aviation Administration. The 

FAA may approve the request, in whole 

or in part, no later than November 27, 

2006. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the request: 

Seattle Tacoma International Airport 

is proposing the release of 

approximately .01 acres (507 square 

feet) of airport property so the property 

can be sold to the City of Seatac for a 

road improvement that benefits the 

Airport. The revenue made from this 

sale will be used toward Airport Capital 

Improvement. 

Any person may inspect, by 

appointment, the request in person at 

the FAA office listed above under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

In addition, any person may, upon 

appointment and request, inspect the 

application, notice and other documents 

germane to the application in person at 

Seattle Tacoma International Airport. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on October 

16, 2006. 

J. Wade Bryant, 

Manager, Seattle Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. 06–8892 Filed 10–25–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Exposure Map Notice for 

Honolulu International Airport, 

Honolulu, HI 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by State of Hawaii, 

DOT, Airports Division, for the 

Honolulu International Airport under 

the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501 et. seq 

(Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement 

Act) and 14 CFR Part 150 are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the 

FAA’s determination of the noise 

exposure maps is October 16, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Wong, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Honolulu Airports 

District Office, Box 50244, Honolulu, HI 

96850, Telephone: (808) 541–1225. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA finds 

that the noise exposure maps submitted 

for Honolulu International Airport are 

in compliance with applicable 

requirements of Part 150, effective 

October 16, 2006. Under 49 U.S.C. 

section 47503 of the Aviation Safety and 

Noise Abatement Act (hereinafter 

referred to as ‘‘the Act’’), an airport 

operator may submit to the FAA noise 

exposure maps which meet applicable 

regulations and which depict noncompatible land uses of the date of 

submission of such maps, a description 

of projected aircraft operations, and the 

ways in which such operations will 

affect such maps. The Act requires such 

maps to be developed in consultation 

with interested and affected parties in 

the local community, government 

agencies, and persons using the airport. 

An airport operator who has submitted 

noise exposure maps that are found by 

FAA to be in compliance with the 

requirements of Federal Aviation 

Regulations (FAR) Part 150, 

promulgated pursuant to the Act, may 

submit a noise compatibility program 

for FAA approval which sets forth the 

measures the operator has taken or 

proposes to take to reduce existing noncompatible uses and prevent the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the noise exposure maps and 

accompanying documentation 

submitted by the State of Hawaii, DOT, 

Airports Division. The documentation 

that constitutes the ‘‘Noise Exposure 

Maps’’ as defined in section 150.7 of 

Part 150 includes: Figure 4–1 ‘‘2003 

(Existing) Base Year Noise Exposure 

Map,’’ and Figure 5–1 ‘‘2008 (Forecast) 

Five-Year Noise Exposure Map—No 

Mitigation Scenario.’’ The Noise 

Exposure Maps contain current and 

forecast information including the 

depiction of the airport and its 

boundaries, the runway configurations, 

land uses such as residential, open 

space, commercial/office, community 

facilities, libraries, churches, open 

space, infrastructure, vacant and 

warehouse and those areas within the 

Yearly Day-Night Average Sound Levels 

(DNL) 55, 60, 65, 70 and 75 noise 

contours. Estimates for the number of 

people within these contours for the 

year 2003 are shown in Table 4–3. 

Estimates of the future residential 

population within the 2008 noise 

contours are shown in Table 5–5. Figure 

2–13 displays the location of noise 

monitoring sites. Flight tracks for the 

existing Noise Exposure Maps are found 

in Figures 2–9 and 2–10. The type and 

frequency of aircraft operations 

(including day and night operations) are 

found in Table 3–1 and Appendix E. 

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noise exposure maps and accompanying 

documentation are in compliance with 

applicable requirements. This 

determination is effective on October 

16, 2006. 

FAA’s determination on an airport 

operator’s noise exposure maps is 

limited to a finding that the maps were 

developed in accordance with the 

procedures contained in Appendix A of 

FAR part 150. Such determination does 

not constitute approval of the 

applicant’s data, information or plans, 

or a commitment to approve a noise 

compatibility program or to fund the 

implementation of that program. If 

questions arise concerning the precise 

relationship of specific properties to 

noise exposure contours depicted on a 

noise exposure map submitted under 

section 47503 of the Act, it should be 

noted that the FAA is not involved in 

any way in determining the relative 

locations of specific properties with 

regard to the depicted noise contours, or 

in interpreting the noise exposure maps 

to resolve questions concerning, for 

example, which properties should be 

covered by the provisions of section 

47506 of the Act. These functions are 

inseparable from the ultimate land use 

control and planning responsibilities of 

local government. These local 

responsibilities are not changes in any 

way under Part 150 or through FAA’s 

review of noise exposure maps. 

Therefore, the responsibility for the 

detailed overlaying of noise exposure 

contours onto the map depicting 

properties on the surface rests 

exclusively with the airport operator 

that submitted those maps, or with 

those public agencies and planning 

agencies with which consultation is 

required under section 47503 of the Act. 

The FAA has relied on the certification 

by the airport operator, under section 

150.21 of FAR part 150, that the 

statutorily required consultation has 

been accomplished. 

Copies of the full noise exposure map 

documentation and of the FAA’s 

evaluation of the maps are available for 

examination at the following locations: 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Community and Environmental Needs 

Division, APP–600, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Western-Pacific Region, Airports 

Division, Room 3012, 15000 Aviation 

Boulevard, Hawthorne, California 

90261. 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Honolulu Airports District Office, 300 

Ala Moana Blvd., Rm. 7–128, 

Honolulu, HI 96850. 

Stephen Takashima, Senior Planner, 

State of Hawaii, DOT, Airports 

Division, 400 Rodgers Blvd., Suite 

700, Honolulu, HI 96819–1880. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Issued in Hawthorne, California, on 

October 16, 2006. 

Mark McClardy, 

Manager, Airports Division, AWP–600, 

Western-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 06–8889 Filed 10–25–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

Solicitation of Applications for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2007 Motor Carrier Safety 

Assistance Program (MCSAP) High 

Priority and New Entrant Grant 

Funding 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that it has 

published an opportunity to apply for 

FY2007 MCSAP High Priority and New 

Entrant grant funding on the grants.gov 

Web site (http://www.grants.gov). 

Section 4101 of SAFETEA–LU (Pub. L. 

109–59, August 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 

1144) amends 49 U.S.C. 31104(a) and 

authorizes the Motor Carrier Safety 

Grants funding for FY2006 through 

FY2009. The authorized level of funding 

for MCSAP is $197,000,000 for FY2007, 

which includes up to $15,000,000 for 

High Priority grants and up to 

$29,000,000 for New Entrant Safety 

Audits. High priority funds are only 

available for activities conducted by 

State agencies, local governments, and 

organizations representing government 

agencies or officials that use and train 

qualified officers and employees in 

coordination with State motor vehicle 

safety agencies. States and local 

governments are eligible to apply for 

New Entrant funds. All applicants must 

submit an electronic application 

package through grants.gov. To apply 

using the grants.gov process, the 

applicant must be registered with 

grants.gov. To register, go to http:// 

www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp. The applicant must 

download the grant application package, 

complete the grant application package, 

and submit the completed grant 

application package. This can be done 

on the Internet at http:// 

www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

apply_for_grants.jsp. The CFDA number 

for MCSAP is 20.218. 

DATES: FMCSA will initially consider 

funding of applications submitted by 

November 30, 2006 by qualified 

applicants. If additional funding 

remains available, applications 

submitted after November 30, 2006 will 

be considered on a case-by-case basis. 

Funds will not be available for 

allocation until such time as FY2007 

appropriations legislation is passed and 

signed into law. Funding is subject to 

reductions resulting from obligation 

limitations or rescissions as specified in 

SAFETEA–LU or other legislation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Michael Lamm, Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, Office of Safety 

Programs, State Programs Division (MC–

ESS), 202–366–6830, 400 Seventh 

Street, SW., Room 8314, Washington, 

DC 20590. Office hours are from 7:30 

a.m. to 4 p.m., EST., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Issued on: October 19, 2006. 

John H. Hill, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E6–17967 Filed 10–25–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket Number 2006 26112] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Invitation for public comments 

on a requested administrative waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel 

MY WAY. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by Public Law 

105–383 and Public Law 107–295, the 

Secretary of Transportation, as 

represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. The complete application 

is given in DOT docket 2006–26112 at 

http://dms.dot.gov. Interested parties 

may comment on the effect this action 

may have on U.S. vessel builders or 

businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.-flag 

vessels. If MARAD determines, in 

accordance with Public Law 105–383 

and MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR 

part 388 (68 FR 23084; April 30, 2003), 


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