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reproduction. Copies will also be kept 

on file for public inspection at the 

following locations: Tennessee Valley 

Authority, One century Place, 26 

Century Boulevard, Nashville, TN, (615) 

232–6070; Tennessee Valley Authority, 

1101 Market Street, Chattanooga, 

Tennessee, (423) 751–0011; and on the 

Web at http://tva.com/purpa. 

Dated: January 10, 2007. 

John P. Kernodle, 

Assistant General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 07–156 Filed 1–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8120–08–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of 

Noise Compatibility Program and 

Request for Review, Shreveport 

Regional Airport, Shreveport, LA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by Shreveport Airport 

Authority for the Shreveport Regional 

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. The FAA also 

announces that it is reviewing a 

proposed noise compatibility program 

that was submitted for the Shreveport 

Regional Airport under part 150 in 

conjunction with the noise exposure 

map, and that this program will be 

approved or disapproved on or before 

July 11, 2007. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the FAA’s determination on the noise 

exposure maps and of the start of its 

review of the associated noise 

compatibility program is January 12, 

2007. The public comment periods ends 

March 13, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Tim Tandy, Federal Aviation 

Administration, ASW–630, Fort Worth, 

TX 76193–0630 at (817) 222–5635. 

Comments on the proposed noise 

compatibility program should also be 

submitted to the above office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA finds 

that the noise exposure maps submitted 

for Shreveport Regional Airport are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements of Part 150, effective 

January 12, 2007. Further, FAA is 

reviewing a proposed noise 

compatibility program for that airport 

which will be approved or disapproved 

on or before July 11, 2007. This notice 

also announces the availability of this 

program for public review and 

comment. 

Under 49 U.S.C. 47503 (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 

non-compatible land uses as 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 Shreveport Airport Authority 

submitted to the FAA on May 21, 2004, 

noise exposure maps, descriptions and 

other documentation that were 

produced during 2004 FAR part 150 

Noise Exposure Maps Update, 

Shreveport Regional Airport. It was 

requested that the FAA review this 

material as the noise exposure maps, as 

described in section 47503 of the Act, 

and that the noise mitigation measures, 

to be implemented jointly by the airport 

and surrounding communities, be 

approved as a noise compatibility 

program under section 47504 of the Act. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the noise exposure maps and related 

descriptions submitted by Shreveport 

Airport Authority. The specific 

documentation determined to constitute 

the noise exposure maps includes the 

following from the 2004 FAR part 150 

Noise Exposure Maps Update, 

Shreveport Regional Airport: 

2004 Noise Exposure Map; 2009 

Unabated Noise Exposure Map; Exhibit 

1D, 2004 NEM Update Study Area; 

Exhibit 1E, Current Land Use; Table 2.2, 

Air Traffic Summary—Shreveport 

Regional Airport; Table 2.3, 

Summarized Activity at Shreveport 

Regional Airport; Figure 2.1, Shreveport 

Regional Airport total Operations 

(1975–2003); Figure 2.2, Shreveport 

Regional Airport Passenger 

Enplanements (1972–2003); Figure 2.3, 

Shreveport Regional Airport Air Mail 

(lbs); Figure 2.4, Shreveport Regional 

Airport Freight (lbs); Table 2.4, 

Commercial Air Carrier Operations 

Summary; Table 2.5, Commercial 

Arrivals at Shreveport Regional Airport; 

Table 2.6, Commercial Departures at 

Shreveport Regional Airport; Table 2.7, 

Commercial Carrier Aircraft Types; 

Table 2.8, Air Cargo Arrivals; Table 2.9, 

Air Cargo Departures; Figure 2–5, 

Commercial Jet Aircraft Approach 

Profiles; Figure 2–6, Commercial PropJet Approach Profiles; Figure 2–7, 

Freight Jet Aircraft Approach Profiles; 

Figure 2–8, Commercial Jet Aircraft 

Departure Profiles; Figure 2–9, 

Commercial Prop-Jet Aircraft Departure 

Profiles; Figure 2–10, Freight Jet Aircraft 

Departure Profiles; Figure 2–11, 

Commercial Jet Noise Levels—

Approach; Figure 2–12, Commercial Jet 

Noise Levels—Departure; Figure 2–13, 

Commercial Prop-Jet Noise Levels—

Approach and Departure; Table 4.1, 

INM Aircraft Identifiers; Table 4.2, 

Runway 14 Vectored Departure Flight 

Tracks; Table 4.3, Runway 32 Vectored 

Departure Flight Tracks; Table 4.4, 

Runway 05 Vectored Departure Flight 

Tracks; Table 4.5, Runway 23 Vectored 

Departure Flight Tracks; Table 4.6, 

Vectored Arrival Tracks; Table 4.7, 

Vectored Touch-and-Go Track—Runway 

14; Table 4.8, Commercial Air Carrier 

and Freight Arrivals; Table 4.9, 

Commercial Air Carrier and Freight 

Departures; Table 4.10, Commercial 

Carrier Departure and Freight Track 

Usage; Table 4.11, Commercial Carrier 

Departure and Freight Track Usage; 

Exhibit 4A, Flight Tracks; Table 5.5, 

INM 6.1 Modeled Daily Flight 

Operations; Exhibit 5A, 2004 Noise 

Contours and Airport/Political 

Boundaries; Exhibit 5B, 2004 Noise 

Contours and 1992 NCP; Exhibit 5C, 

Land Use Inside 2004 Noise Contours; 

Exhibit 5D, Land Use Inside 2004 Noise 

Contours (North End Detail); Exhibit 5E, 

Land Use Inside 2004 Noise Contours 

(Runway 05/23 Detail); Exhibit 5F, Land 

Use Inside 2004 Noise Contours (South 

End Detail); Exhibit 5G, 2009 Unabated 

Noise Contours and Airport/Political 

Boundaries; Exhibit 5H, 2009 Unabated 

Noise Contours and 1992 NCP; Exhibit 

5I, Land Use Inside 2009 Unabated 

Noise Contours; Exhibit 5J, Land Use 

Inside 2009 Unabated Noise Contours 

(North End Detail); Exhibit 5K, Land 

Use Inside 2009 Unabated Noise 

Contours (South End Detail); Exhibit 5L, 

Land Use Inside 2009 Unabated Noise 

Contours (Runway 05/23 Detail); Exhibit 


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5M, Comparison of 2004 and 2009 Noise 

Contours; Table 6–2, Summary of Noise 

Monitoring Date; Table 6–3, Noise 

Monitor Sites Ranked by Triangulated 

Distance from the Aircraft; Table 6–4, 

Noise Monitor Sites Ranked by Distance 

from the Ground Path of the Aircraft; 

Figure 6.2, Noise Monitoring Data vs. 

INM Prediction; Figure 6.3, Noise 

Exposure vs. Distance from Aircraft; 

Figure 6.4, Noise Exposure vs. Distance 

from Aircraft Ground Path; Table 6.5, 

Shreveport Regional Airport Air Carrier/ 

Air Taxi/Commuter Schedule; Table 6.6, 

Air Cargo Arrivals/Departures; Exhibit 

6A, Noise Monitoring Locations. 

The FAA has determined that these 

maps for the Shreveport Regional 

Airport are in compliance with 

applicable requirements. This 

determination is effective on January 12, 

2007. The 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 constitute 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 changed 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 § 150.21 of FAR part 150, that the 

statutorily required consultation has 

been accomplished. 

The FAA has formally received the 

noise compatibility program for 

Shreveport Regional Airport, also 

effective on January 12, 2007. 

Preliminary review of the submitted 

material indicates that it conforms to the 

requirements for the submittal of noise 

compatibility programs, but that further 

review will be necessary prior to 

approval or disapproval of the program. 

The formal review period, limited by 

law to a maximum of 180 days, will be 

completed on or before July 11, 2007. 

The FAA’s detailed evaluation will be 

conducted under the provisions of 14 

CFR part 150, § 150.33. The primary 

considerations in the evaluation process 

are whether the proposed measures may 

reduce the level of aviation safety, 

create an undue burden on interstate or 

foreign commerce, or be reasonably 

consistent with obtaining the goal of 

reducing existing non-compatible land 

uses and preventing the introduction of 

additional non-compatible land uses. 

Interested persons are invited to 

comment on the proposed program with 

specific reference to these factors. All 

comments, other than those properly 

addressed to local land use authorities, 

will be considered by the FAA to the 

extent practicable. Copies of the noise 

exposure maps, the FAA’s evaluation of 

the maps, and the proposed noise 

compatibility program are available for 

examination at the following locations: 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Louisiana/New Mexico Airports 

Development Office, Room 692, 2601 

Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 

76137–4298; Director of Airports, 

Shreveport Airport Authority, 5103 

Hollywood Avenue, Suite 300, 

Shreveport, LA 71109. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, January 12, 

2007. 

Kelvin L. Solco, 

Manager, Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–249 Filed 1–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2007–26825] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the 

information collection request described 

in this notice to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval of a new information 

collection. We published a Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day public 

comment period on this information 

collection on November 3rd, 2006. We 

are required to publish this notice in the 

Federal Register by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

February 21, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

within 30 days to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer. You 

are asked to comment on any aspect of 

this information collection, including: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways for the FHWA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

All comments should include the 

Docket number FHWA–2006–26825. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kenneth Petty, 202–366–6654, or Jody 

McCullough, 202–366–2825, Office of 

Planning, Federal Highway 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC, 20590. Office 

hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Transportation, Community, 

and System Preservation Program Grant 

Application. Transportation Planning 

Excellence Awards Nomination Form. 

Background: Transportation, 

Community, and System Preservation 

Program Grant Application: Section 

1117 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 

Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU) 

provides funding for the Transportation, 

Community, and System Preservation 

(TCSP) Program. The TCSP Program is 

a comprehensive initiative of research 

and grants to investigate the 

relationships between transportation, 

community, and system preservation 

plans and practices and identify sectorbased initiatives to improve such 

relationships. States, metropolitan 

planning organizations, local 

governments, and tribal governments 

are eligible for discretionary grants to 

carry out eligible projects to integrate 


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