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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 of 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 

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 power and 

responsibilities of the Administrator 

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 an 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. Where federal funding is sought, 

requests for project grants must be 

submitted to the FAA Regional Office in 

Kansas City, Missouri. 

St. Louis County submitted to the 

FAA on November 2, 2006, the noise 

exposure maps, descriptions, and other 

documentation produced during the 

noise compatibility planning study 

conducted from 2002 through 2006. The 

Spirit of St. Louis Airport noise 

exposure maps were determined by 

FAA to be in compliance with 

applicable requirements on December 

12, 2006. Notice of this determination 

was published in the Federal Register, 

Vol. 71, No. 242, on December 18, 2006. 

The Spirit of St. Louis Airport study 

contains a proposed noise compatibility 

program comprised of actions designed 

for phased implementation by airport 

management and adjacent jurisdictions 

from 2006 to the year 2011. It was 

requested that the FAA evaluate and 

approve this material as a noise 

compatibility program as described in 

section 47504 of the Act. The FAA 

began its review of the program on 

December 12, 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 or modified 

flight procedures for noise control). 

Failure to approve or disapprove such 

program within the 180-day period shall 

be deemed to be an approval of such 

program. 

The submitted program contained 

thirteen 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 

overall program, therefore, was 

approved by the FAA effective April 6, 

2007. 

Outright approval was granted for 

twelve of the specific program elements. 

The extension of the north runway was 

disapproved for lack of noise benefit to 

noncompatible land uses exposed to 

noise levels of DNL 65 dBA. 

These determinations are set forth in 

detail in a Record of Approval signed by 

the Central Region Airports Division 

Manager on April 6, 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 St. 

Louis County. The Record of Approval 

also will be available on-line at http:// 

www.faa.gov/arp/environmental/ 

14cfr150/index14.cfm. 

Issued in Central Region April 10, 2007. 

George A. Hendon, 

Central Region Airports Division Manager. 

[FR Doc. 07–1906 Filed 4–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Highway in Virginia 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims 

for Judicial Review of Actions by 

FHWA. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces actions 

taken by the FHWA that are final within 

the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The 

actions relate to a proposed highway 

project, Interstate 73 between Interstate 

81 near the City of Roanoke and the 

Virginia/North Carolina State line south 

of the Town of Martinsville, in Roanoke, 

Franklin, and Henry Counties and the 

City of Roanoke, State of Virginia. Those 

actions grant approvals for the project. 

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA is 

advising the public of final agency 

actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A 

claim seeking judicial review of the 

Federal agency actions on the highway 

project will be barred unless the claim 

is filed on or before October 15, 2007. 

If the Federal law that authorizes 

judicial review of a claim provides a 

time period of less than 180 days for 

filing such claim, then that shorter time 

period still applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Edward S. Sundra, Senior Street, 

Richmond, Virginia, 23219–4725 

telephone: (804) 775–3338; e-mail: 

Ed.Sundra@dot.gov. The FHWA 

Virginia Division Office’s normal 

business hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

(eastern time). You may also contact Mr. 

Bruce McAuliffe, Engineering Programs 

Supervisor, Virginia Department of 

Transportation, 1401 East Broad Street, 

Richmond, Virginia 23219; telephone 

(804) 786–6757; e-mail: Bruce. 

McAuliffe@vdot.virginia.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the FHWA has taken 

final agency actions by issuing 

approvals for the following highway 

project in the State of Virginia: Interstate 

73, between Interstate 81 near the City 

of Roanoke and the Virginia/North 

Carolina State line south of the Town of 

Martinsville, in Roanoke, Franklin, and 

Henry Counties and the City of 

Roanoke. The project covered by this 

notice will be approximately 116 km (72 

mi) long and consists of improvements 

to existing Interstate 581 and U.S. Route 

220 for approximately 9.7 k (6 mi) and 

construction on new location for 

approximately 106.3 km (66 mi). The 

project is part of the Interstate 73 high 

priority corridor that runs from 

Michigan to South Carolina, which was 

established by the U.S. Congress in 1991 

with the passage of the Inter-modal 

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act. 

The actions by the Federal agencies, and 

the laws under which such actions were 

taken, are described in the Final 

environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 


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for the project, approved on December 

1, 2006, in the FHAWA Record of 

Decision (ROD) issued on March 30, 

2007, and in other documents in the 

FHWA administrative record file are 

available by contacting the FHWA or the 

Virginia Department of Transportation 

at the addresses provided above. The 

FHWA FEIS can be viewed and 

downloaded from the project Web site at 

http://www.i73info.com/. 

This notice applies to all FHWA 

decisions and approvals as of the 

issuance date of this notice and all laws 

under which such actions were taken, 

including but not limited to: 

1. General: National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321–

4351]; Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 

U.S.C. 109]. 

2. Air: Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401–

7671(q). 

3. Land: Section 4(f) of the 

Department of Transportation Act of 

1966 [49 U.S.C. 303]; Landscaping and 

Scenic Enhancement (Wildflowers) [23 

U.S.C. 319]. 

4. Wildlife: Marine Mammal 

Protection Act [16 U.S.C. 1361], Fish 

Wildlife Coordination Act [16 U.S.C. 

661–667(d), Migratory Bird Treaty Act 

[16 U.S.C. 703–712]. 

5. Historic and Cultural Resources: 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act of 1966, as amended 

[16 U.S.C. 470(f) et seq.]; Archeological 

Resources Protection Act of 1977 [16 

U.S.C. 470(aa)–11]; Archeological and 

Historic Preservation Act [16 U.S.C. 

469–469(c)]; Native American Grave 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA) [25 U.S.C. 3001–3013]. 

6. Social and Economic: Civil Rights 

Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000(d)–

2000(d)(1)]; American Indian Religious 

Freedom Act [42 U.S.C. 1996]; Farmland 

Protection Policy Act (FPPA) [7 U.S.C. 

4201–4209]. 

7. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990 

Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 11988 

Floodplain Management; E.O. 12898, 

Federal Actions to Address 

Environmental Justice in Minority 

Populations and Low Income 

Populations; E.O. 11593 Protection and 

Enhancement of Cultural Resources; 

E.O. 13007 Indian Sacred Sites; E.O. 

13287 Preserve America; E.O. 13175 

Consultation and Coordination with 

Indian Tribal Governments; E.O. 11514 

Protection and Enhancement of 

Environmental Quality; E.O. 13112 

Invasive Species. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205 Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulation 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal program and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). 

Issued on: April 6, 2007. 

Edward Sundra, 

Senior Environmental Specialist, Richmond, 

Virginia. 

[FR Doc. 07–1914 Filed 4–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–RY–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2006–24646] 

Union Pacific Railroad Company; 

Notice of Public Hearing and Extension 

of Comment Period 

The Union Pacific Railroad Company 

(UP) has petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) seeking relief 

from the requirements of the Rules, 

Standards and Instructions found in 

Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) Section 236.586, Daily or aftertrip test. Specifically, UP is seeking to 

change the administration of the first 

sentence in paragraph (a) from 

‘‘intervals of not more than 2 months’’

to ‘‘intervals of not more than 92 days’’

for all cab signal devices on locomotives 

operated by UP. This waiver application 

is identified as Docket Number FRA–

2006–24646. 

FRA issued a public notice seeking 

comments from interested parties. After 

examining the carrier’s proposal and the 

submitted letters of protest from 

interested parties, FRA has determined 

that a public hearing is necessary before 

a final decision will be made on this 

proposal. Accordingly, a public hearing 

is hereby set for 9 a.m. on Thursday, 

May 31, 2007, at the Holiday Inn 

Express Hotel & Suites, 300 Holiday 

Frontage Road, in North Platte, 

Nebraska 69101. Interested parties are 

invited to present oral statements at the 

hearing. 

The hearing will be informal and will 

be conducted by a representative 

designated by FRA in accordance with 

Rule 25 of the FRA Rules of Practice (49 

CFR Section 211.25). The hearing will 

be a non-adversary proceeding and, as 

such, there will be no cross-examination 

of persons presenting statements. The 

FRA representative will make an 

opening statement outlining the scope 

of the hearing. After all initial 

statements have been completed, 

persons wishing to make brief rebuttal 

statements will be given the opportunity 

to do so in the same order in which they 

made their initial statements. Any 

additional procedures, if necessary, will 

be announced at the hearing. 

FRA is also extending the comment 

period to June 10, 2007. If information 

received at the public hearing warrants 

the need to extend the comment period 

further, a separate notice will be 

published indicating such extension. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number (e.g.), 

Docket Number FRA–2006–24646) and 

must be submitted to the Docket Clerk, 

DOT Docket Management Facility, 

Room PL–401 (Plaza Level), 400 7th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. All 

written communications concerning 

these proceedings are available for 

examination during regular business 

hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the above 

facility. All documents in the public 

docket are also available for inspection 

and copying on the Internet at the 

docket facility’s Web site at http:// 

dms.dot.gov. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). The 

Statement may also be found at http:// 

dms.dot.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC on April 12, 

2007. 

Michael J. Logue, 

Deputy Associate of Administrator for Safety 

Compliance and Program Implementation. 

[FR Doc. E7–7301 Filed 4–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket: PHMSA–98–4957] 

Request for Public Comments and 

Office of Management and Budget 

Approval of an Existing Information 

Collection (2137–0614) 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

PHMSA published a notice with request 

for comments in the Federal Register on 

February 12, 2007 (72 FR 6664) and 


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