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A. Notice of Intent To Establish an 

Advisory Committee 

In accordance with the requirements 

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2), an agency of 

the Federal government cannot establish 

or utilize a group of people in the 

interest of obtaining consensus advice 

or recommendations unless that group 

is chartered as a Federal advisory 

committee. The purpose of this notice is 

to indicate the DOT’s intent to create a 

Federal advisory committee to make 

policy recommendations to Congress as 

directed in section 111142 of 

SAFETEA–LU. 

B. Name of Committee 

National Surface Transportation 

Infrastructure Financing Commission 

(‘‘the Financing Commission’’) 

C. Purpose and Objective 

The Financing Commission will 

analyze future highway and transit 

needs and the revenue sources of the 

Highway Trust Fund and shall make 

recommendations regarding alternative 

approaches to financing transportation 

infrastructure. 

The Financing Commission will not 

exercise program management or 

regulatory development responsibilities, 

and will make no decisions directly 

affecting the programs on which it 

provides advice. The Financing 

Commission will provide policy advice 

to the Secretary of Transportation, the 

Secretary of the Treasury, and the U.S. 

Congress from a knowledgeable and 

independent perspective. 

D. Balanced Membership Plans 

The Financing Commission shall 

consist of not more than 15 members, 

appointed by the Secretary of 

Transportation (in consultation with the 

Secretary of the Treasury), the Chair and 

Ranking Minority Members of the House 

Ways and Means Committee, and the 

Chair and Ranking Minority Members of 

the Senate Finance Committee, as 

required by Section 11142(c)(1)(A)–(E) 

of Public Law 109–59. Members are 

knowledgeable in the fields of public 

transportation finance or highway and 

transit programs, policy, and needs, and 

include representatives of interested 

parties, such as State and local 

governments, transportation providers, 

and the financial community. 

Commission meetings must be open 

to the public except where closed or 

partially-closed, as determined proper 

and consistent with the exemptions of 

the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c), as the basis for closure. 

Any member of the public is welcome 

to attend the Financing Commission 

meetings, and, as provided in FACA, 

may contact and communicate with the 

Financing Commission directly. Time 

will be set aside during meetings for this 

purpose, consistent with the Financing 

Commission’s need for sufficient time to 

complete its deliberations. 

E. Duration 

Not later than 2 years after the date of 

its first meeting, the Financing 

Commission shall transmit its final 

report to the Secretaries of 

Transportation and the Treasury, and to 

Congress, as required by Section 

11142(h) of Public Law 109–59. The 

Financing Commission shall terminate 

on the 180th day following the date of 

report transmittal. 

F. Notice of Establishment 

(Authority: Section 11142(a) of Pub. L. 

109–59) 

Mary E. Peters, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Danbury Municipal Airport, Danbury, 

CT; FAA Approval of Noise 

Compatibility Program 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings on the noise compatibility 

program submitted by the City of 

Danbury, CT under the provisions of 

Title I of the Aviation Safety and Noise 

Abatement Act of 1979 (Pub. L. 96–193) 

and 14 CFR part 150. These findings are 

made in recognition of the description 

of federal and non-Federal 

responsibilities in Senate Report No. 

96–52 (1980). On September 9, 2006, the 

FAA determined that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by the City of Danbury 

under part 150 were in compliance with 

applicable requirements. On February 

15, 2007, the Airports Division Manager 

approved the Danbury Municipal 

Airport noise compatibility program. All 

3 of the proposed program elements 

were approved. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the 

FAA’s approval of the Danbury 

Municipal Airport noise compatibility 

program is February 15, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Doucette, Federal Aviation 

Administration, New England Region, 

Airports Division, 12 New England 

Executive Park, Burlington, 

Massachusetts 01803, Telephone (781) 

238–7613. 

Documents reflecting this FAA action 

may be obtained from the same 

individual. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA has 

given its overall approval to the 

Danbury Municipal Airport, Danbury, 

CT noise compatibility program, 

effective February 15, 2007. 

Under Section 104(a) of the Aviation 

Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 

(hereinafter the Act), an airport operator 

who has previously submitted a noise 

exposure map may submit to the FAA 

a noise compatibility program which 

sets forth the measures taken or 

proposed by the airport operator for the 

reduction of existing non-compatible 

land uses and prevention of additional 

non-compatible land uses within the 

area covered by the noise exposure 

maps. 

The Act requires such programs to be 

developed in consultation with 

interested and affected parties including 

local communities, government 

agencies, airport users, and FAA 

personnel. 

Each airport noise compatibility 

program developed in accordance with 

Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR), part 

150 is a local program, not a Federal 

program. The FAA does not substitute 

its judgment for that of the airport 

proprietor with respect to which 

measures should be recommended for 

action. The FAA’s approval or 

disapproval of FAR part 150 program 

recommendations is measured 

according to the standards expressed in 

part 150 and the Act, and is limited to 

the following determinations: 

(a) The noise compatibility program 

was developed in accordance with the 

provisions and procedures of FAR part 

150; 

(b) Program measures are reasonably 

consistent with achieving the goals of 

reducing existing non-compatible land 

uses around the airport and preventing 

the introduction of additional noncompatible land uses; 

(c) Program measures would not 

create an undue burden on interstate or 

foreign commerce, unjustly discriminate 

against types or classes of aeronautical 

uses, violate the terms of airport grant 

agreements, or intrude into areas 

preempted by the federal government; 

and 

(d) Program measures relating to the 

use of flight procedures can be 

implemented within the period covered 


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by the program without derogating 

safety, adversely affecting the efficient 

use and management of the navigable 

airspace and air traffic control systems, 

or adversely affecting other powers and 

responsibilities of the Administrator as 

prescribed by law. 

Specific limitations with respect to 

FAA’s approval of an airport noise 

compatibility program are delineated in 

FAR part 150, Section 150.5. Approval 

is not a determination concerning the 

acceptability of land uses under Federal, 

State, or local law. Approval does not by 

itself constitute a FAA implementing 

action. A request for Federal action or 

approval to implement specific noise 

compatibility measures may be 

required, and an FAA decision on the 

request may require an environmental 

assessment of the proposed action. 

Approval does not constitute a 

commitment by the FAA to financially 

assist in the implementation of the 

program nor a determination that all 

measures covered by the program are 

eligible for grant-in-aid funding from the 

FAA under the Airport and Airway 

Improvement Act of 1982. Where 

Federal funding is sought, requests for 

project grants must be submitted to the 

FAA Regional Office in Burlington, 

Massachusetts. 

The Danbury Municipal Airport, 

Danbury, CT submitted to the FAA, on 

June 30, 2006 (revised September 6, 

2006), noise exposure maps, 

descriptions, and other documentation 

produced during the noise compatibility 

planning study conducted from 2002 

through 2006. The Danbury Municipal 

Airport, Danbury, CT noise exposure 

maps were determined by FAA to be in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements on September 9, 2006. 

Notice of this determination was 

published in the Federal Register on 

September 19, 2006. 

The Danbury Municipal Airport, 

Danbury, CT study contains a proposed 

noise compatibility program comprised 

of actions designed for implementation 

by airport management and adjacent 

jurisdictions from the date of study 

completion to beyond the year 2007. 

The Danbury Municipal Airport, 

Danbury, CT requested that the FAA 

evaluate and approve this material as a 

noise compatibility program as 

described in Section 104(b) of the Act. 

The FAA began its review of the 

program on September 6, 2006, and was 

required by a provision of the Act to 

approve or disapprove the program 

within 180 days (other than the use of 

new flight procedures for noise control). 

Failure to approve or disapprove such a 

program within the 180-day period shall 

be deemed to be an approval of such a 

program. 

The submitted program contained 3 

proposed actions for noise mitigation on 

and off the airport. The FAA completed 

its review and determined that the 

procedural and substantive 

requirements of the Act and FAR part 

150 have been satisfied. The Airports 

Division Manager therefore approved 

the overall program effective February 

15, 2007. 

Of the 3 proposed program elements, 

all were approved. All 3 program 

elements were administrative in nature. 

They included a Pilot Education 

Program, Community Outreach Efforts, 

and Future Updates of Noise Exposure 

Maps. Various noise abatement and land 

use measures from the 1987 NCP were 

restated in the Record of Approval, so 

that all measures now in effect would be 

documented in the most recent Record 

of Approval. 

FAA’s determination are set forth in 

detail in a Record of Approval endorsed 

by the Airport’s Division Manager on 

February 15, 2007. The Record of 

Approval, as well as other evaluation 

materials and the documents 

comprising the submittal, are available 

for review at the FAA office listed above 

and at the administrative offices of 

Danbury Municipal Airport, Danbury, 

CT. 

Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on 

February 15, 2007. 

LaVerne F. Reid, 

Manager, Airports Division, FAA New 

England Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2007–07] 

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 April 2, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

[identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 

FAA–2007–27290] 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–

001. 

• 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: 

Tyneka Thomas (202) 267–7626, Tim 

Adams (202) 267–8033 or Frances 

Shaver (202) 267–9681, 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 March 1, 

2007. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petitions for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2007–27290. 

Petitioner: Evergreen International 

Aviation, Inc. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

Appendix I to part 121 subsection V(A). 

Description of Relief Sought: To allow 

safety sensitive employees to transfer 

between Evergreen International 

Aviation, Inc., Evergreen International 

Airlines, Inc., Evergreen Air Center, 

Evergreen Helicopters, Inc., Evergreen 

Helicopters of Alaska, Inc., and 

Evergreen Helicopters International, Inc. 

without complying with preemployment drug testing. 

[FR Doc. E7–4305 Filed 3–9–07; 8:45 am] 

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