45294 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 155 / Monday, August 13, 2007 / Notices 

SUMMARY: The FAA is publishing notice 

of proposed release from aeronautical 

use of approximately 22,170 square feet 

of land at the Leesburg Executive 

Airport, Leesburg, Virginia to the Town 

of Leesburg. The release will facilitate 

the widening of Sycolin Road that will 

improve access to the airport and 

provide needed capacity of the road 

system. There are no impacts to the 

Airport and the land is not needed for 

airport development as shown on the 

Airport Layout Plan. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 10, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

in triplicate to the FAA at the following 

address: Terry J. Page, Manager, FAA 

Washington Airports District Office, 

23723 Air Freight Lane, Suite 210, 

Dulles, VA 20166. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Timothy 

B. Deike, Director, Leesburg Executive 

Airport, at the following address: Mr. 

Timothy B. Deike, Director, Leesburg 

Executive Airport, 1001 Sycolin Road, 

SE., Leesburg, Virginia 20175. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Terry Page, Manager, Washington 

Airports District Office, 23723 Air 

Freight Lane, Suite 210, Dulles, VA 

20166; telephone (703) 661–1354, fax 

(703) 661–1370, e-mail 

Terry.Page@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

5, 2000, new authorizing legislation 

became effective. That bill, the Wendell 

H. Ford Aviation investment and 

Reform Act for the 21st Century, Public 

Law 10–181 (Apr. 5, 2000; 114 Stat. 61) 

(AIR 21) requires that a 30-day public 

notice must be provided before the 

Secretary may waive any condition 

imposed on an interest in surplus 

property. 

Issued in Chantilly, Virginia, on August 6, 

2007. 

Terry J. Page, 

Manager, Washington Airports District Office, 

Eastern Region. 

[FR Doc. 07–3919 Filed 8–10–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Exposure Maps—Ronald Reagan 

Washington National Airport 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by Metropolitan 

Washington Airport Authority (MWAA) 

for Ronald Reagan Washington National 

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 compatibiity program 

that was submitted for Ronald Reagan 

Washington National Airport under Part 

150 in conjunction with the noise 

exposure map, and that this program 

will be approved or disapproved on or 

before February 2, 2008. 

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 August 6, 

2007. The public comment period ends 

October 5, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Mendelsohn, Eastern Region, 

Washington Airports District Office, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 23723 

Air Freight Lane, Suite 210, Dulles, 

Virginia 20166, Telephone: 703–661–

1362. 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 Ronald Reagan Washington National 

Airport are in compliance with 

applicable requirements of Part 150, 

effective August 6, 2007. Further, FAA 

is reviewing a proposed noise 

compatibility program for that airport 

which will be approved or disapproved 

on or before February 2, 2008. This 

notice also announces the availability of 

this program for public review and 

comment. 

Under 49 U.S.C., section 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. 

MWAA submitted to the FAA on 

August 2, 2007 noise exposure maps, 

descriptions and other documentation 

that were produced during Ronald 

Reagan Washington National Airport’s 

November 2004 noise compatibility 

study. 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 MWAA. The 

specific documentation determined to 

constitute the noise exposure maps 

includes: Exhibit V–1, ‘‘Noise Exposure 

Map—Existing Condition: and Exhibit 

VI–1, ‘‘Noise Exposure Map: 2009 with 

FAA TAF General Aviation Operations 

and Advanced Navigational Procedure.’’

The FAA has determined that these 

maps for Ronald Reagan Washington 

National Airport are in compliance with 

applicable requirements. This 

determination is effective on August 6, 

2007. 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 


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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 section 150.21 of FAR Part 150, 

that the statutorily required consultation 

has been accomplished. 

The FAA has formally received the 

noise compatibility program for Ronald 

Reagan Washington National Airport, 

also effective on August 6, 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 February 2, 

2008. 

The FAA’s detailed evaluation will be 

conducted under the provisions of 14 

CFR Part 150, section 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, 

Eastern Region—Airports Division, 1 

Aviation Plaza, Jamaica, New York 

11434 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Washington Airports District Office, 

23723 Air Freights Lane, Suite 210, 

Dulles, Virginia 20166 

Metropolitan Washington Airports 

Authority, 1 Aviation Circle, 

Washington, DC 20001 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Issued in Dulles, Virginia, on August 6, 

2007. 

Terry J. Page, 

Manager, Washington Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. 07–3920 Filed 8–10–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2007–28961] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Request for 

Extension of Currently Approved 

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) to 

renew an information collection. We 

published a Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day public comment period 

on this information collection on June 8, 

2007. We are required to publish this 

notice in the Federal Register by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

September 12, 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–2007–28961. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bobette Meads, 202–366–2881, Office of 

the Chief Financial Officer, Federal 

Highway Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, 

between 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Voucher for Federal-aid 

Reimbursements. 

OMB Control #: 2125–0507. 

Form #: PR–20. 

Background: The Federal-aid 

Highway Program provides for the 

reimbursement to States for expenditure 

of State funds for eligible Federal-aid 

highway projects. The Voucher for Work 

Performed under Provisions of the 

Federal Aid and Federal Highway Acts 

as amended is utilized by the States to 

provide project financial data regarding 

the expenditure of State funds and to 

request progress payments from the 

FHWA. Title 23 U.S.C. 121(b) requires 

the submission of vouchers. The 

specific information required on the 

voucher is contained in 23 U.S.C. 121 

and 117. Two types of submissions are 

required by recipients. One is a progress 

voucher where the recipient enters the 

amounts claimed for each FHWA 

appropriation, and the other is a final 

voucher where project costs are 

classified by work type. An electronic 

version of the Voucher for Work 

Performed under Provisions of the 

Federal Aid Highway Acts, as amended, 

Form PR–20, is used by all recipients to 

request progress and final payments. 

Respondents: 50 State Transportation 

Departments, the District of Columbia, 

Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, 

and the Virgin Islands. 

Estimated Average Annual Burden: 

The respondents electronically submit 

an estimated total of 12,900 vouchers 

each year. Each voucher requires an 

estimated average of 30 minutes to 

complete. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: Total estimated average annual 

burden is 6450 hours. 

Electronic Access: Internet users may 

access all comments received by the 

U.S. DOT Dockets, by using the 

universal resource locator (URL): 

http://dms.dot.gov, 24 hours each day, 

365 days each year. Please follow the 

instructions online for more information 

and help. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: August 8, 2007. 

James R. Kabel, 

Chief, Management Programs and Analysis 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E7–15824 Filed 8–10–07; 8:45 am] 

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