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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 Regulations (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 

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 

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 

For Worth, Texas. 

The City of Laredo submitted to the 

FAA on February 28, 2007, the noise 

exposure maps, descriptions, and other 

documentation produced during the 

noise compatibility planning study 

conducted from October 27, 2004, 

through December 18, 2006. The Laredo 

International Airport noise exposure 

maps were determined by FAA to be in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements on September 22, 2005. 

Notice of this determination was 

published in the Federal Register on 

September 30, 2005. 

The Laredo International Airport 

study contains a proposed noise 

compatibility program comprised of 

actions designed for phased 

implementation by airport management 

and adjacent jurisdictions from January 

4, 2007 beyond the year 2010. 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 

February 28, 2007, 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 

seven proposed actions for noise 

mitigation 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 June 22, 2007. 

Outright approval was granted for five 

of the specific program elements. One 

element was disapproved and one 

element was approved in part. The 

disapproved Element proposed to offer 

fee simple acquisition, or the purchase 

of an avigation easement from owners of 

vacant land in the squared off 65 DNL 

contour. 

Vacant land is considered a 

compatible land use and the City of 

Laredo has adequate controls in place to 

prevent noncompatible land use 

development. The disapprove in part 

element proposed to replace the noise 

contours in city Ordinance No. 94–0–

012 with worst-case scenario contours 

developed by the City. Replacement of 

the contours included in the City 

Ordinance with the contours shown in 

the 2010 Future Condition Noise 

Exposure Map With Program 

Implementation was approved. 

Replacement of Ordinance Contours 

with the worst-case scenario contours 

was disapproved for purposes of Part 

150. Three elements proposed fee 

simple acquisition, sound insulation, or 

purchase of an avigation easement in 

separate geographical areas around the 

airport. The three measures were 

approved. One of the remaining two 

elements proposed coordination with 

the Texas Real Estate Commission to 

gain approval of a modification to the 

Seller’s Disclosure form. The revision 

would require depiction of the property 

location within the boundaries of the 

Noise Exposure Map. The remaining 

element proposed an update to the 

Noise Exposure Maps and Noise 

Compatibility Program should noise 

levels significantly increase or decrease. 

Both elements were approved. 

These determinations are set forth-in 

detail in a Record of Approval signed by 

the Southwest Region, Airports Division 

Manager on June 22, 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 the 

Laredo International Airport. The 

Record of Approval also will be 

available on-line at http://www.faa.gov/ 

arp/environmental/14cfr150/ 

index14.cfm. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, July 3, 2007. 

Kelvin L. Solco, 

Manager, Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–3407 Filed 7–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Compatibility Program Notice; 

Shreveport Regional Airport, 

Shreveport, LA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings on the noise compatibility 

program submitted by the Shreveport 

Regional Airport Authority under the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. (the Aviation 

Safety and Noise Abatement Act, 

hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Act’’) and 

14 CFR Part 150. These findings are 

made in recognition of the description 

of Federal and nonfederal 

responsibilities in Senate Report No. 

96–52 (1980). On January 12, 2007 the 


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FAA determined that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by the Shreveport 

Regional Airport under Part 150 were in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements. On May 24, 2007, the 

FAA approved the Shreveport Regional 

Airport noise compatibility program. 

Four of the six recommendations of the 

program were approved in full, one was 

approved in part, and one was 

disapproved. 

DATES: Effective dates: The effective 

date of the FAA’s approval of the 

Shreveport Regional Airport noise 

compatibility program is May 24, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Tandy, Federal Aviation 

Administration, ASW–640, Fort Worth, 

TX 76193–0640 at (817) 222–5644. 

Documents reflecting this FAA action 

may be reviewed at this same location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA has 

given its overall approval to the noise 

compatibility program for Shreveport 

Regional Airport, effective May 24, 

2007. 

Under section 47504 of 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 Regulations (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 

disapproved 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 

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 

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 

Fort Worth, Texas. 

The Shreveport Regional Airport 

Authority submitted to the FAA on 

December 7, 2006 the noise exposure 

maps, descriptions, and other 

documentation produced during the 

noise compatibility planning study 

conducted from 2004 through 2006. The 

Shreveport Regional Airport noise 

exposure maps were determined by 

FAA to be in compliance with 

applicable requirements on January 12, 

2007. Notice of this determination was 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 22, 2007. 

The Shreveport Regional Airport 

study contains a proposed noise 

compatibility program comprised of 

actions designed for phased 

implementation by airport management 

and adjacent jurisdictions from 2007 to 

beyond the year 2012. 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 January 12, 2007 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 six 

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 May 24, 2007. 

Outright approval was granted for 

four of the specific program elements. 

Program Recommendation 1, 

designating a nose heading for all 

aircraft undergoing engine run-up 

exercises at the Continental Airlines 

Maintenance facility was disapproved, 

since the analysis neither identifies 

significant noise impacts associated 

with engine run-ups nor indicates that 

the proposed action would appreciably 

affect the Yearly Day/Night Average 

Sound (DNL) 65 and greater noise 

contours. Program Recommendation 3, 

involving acquisition of non-compatible 

properties and vacant lots located east 

of the airport was approved in part. 

Acquisition of vacant lots north of 

Hollywood Avenue not directly 

associated with residential properties to 

be purchased under this NCP was 

disapproved pending further 

documentation justifying their 

acquisition for improved marketability 

purposes or prevention of imminent 

noncompatible development. The 

following program recommendations 

were approved in full: Program 

Recommendation 2, involving 

soundproofing and/or sales assistance 

for noncompatible properties located 

north of the airport; Program 

Recommendation 4, involving 

soundproofing and/or sales assistance 

for noncompatible properties located 

south of the airport; Program 

Recommendation 5, involving fee 

simple acquisition of 22 noncompatible 

properties, and soundproofing and sales 

assistance for other noncompatible 

properties located south of the airport; 

and Program Recommendation 6, 

involving hiring a consultant to conduct 

and oversee the continued 

implementation of the non-expenditure 

land use management measures of the 

1992 NCP, which form the basis for the 

current NCP update. 

These determinations are set forth in 

detail in a Record of Approval signed by 

the FAA Southwest Region Airports 

Division Manager on May 24, 2007. The 

Record of Approval, as well as other 


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1A request for interim approval under 49 U.S.C. 

14303(i) was included in this filing (STB Docket 

No. MC–F–21022 TA). In a decision served on June 

25, 2007, temporary approval was granted, effective 

on the service date of the decision. 

2The verified application and request for interim 

approval was originally filed by Applicant. 

However, on June 26, 2007, Applicant filed a 

petition requesting that Hotard Travel, a Louisiana 

corporation formed by Applicant and Szeszycki 

(which does not require Board approval for this 

transaction because it will have minority control of 

Coaches), be permitted to substitute for Applicant 

as the purchasing party in this proceeding. Hotard 

Travel, as a noncarrier that does not control another 

carrier, does not require Board authority for this 

transaction. However, Applicant, who also controls 

Calco, requires Board approval to control Coaches 

(indirectly) through his control of Hotard Travel (by 

virtue of his majority interest in Hotard Travel). 

Accordingly, there is no need to substitute parties 

in this transaction. However, the notice reflects that 

the sale of Coaches’ stock will be made to Hotard 

Travel, and not directly to Applicant. 

3See Laidlaw Inc.-Intra-Corporate Family 

Transaction Exemption, STB Docket No. MC–F–

20998 (STB served Feb. 21, 2003). 

evaluation materials and the documents 

comprising the submittal, are available 

for review at the FAA office listed above 

and at the administrative offices of the 

Shreveport Regional Airport Authority. 

The Record of Approval also will be 

available on-line at http://www.faa.gov/ 

arp/environmental/14cfr150/ 

index14.cfm. 

Issued in fort Worth, Texas, July 3, 2007. 

Kelvin L. Solco, 

Manager, Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–3406 Filed 7–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. MC–F–21022] 1

Callen Hotard—Acquisition—Hotard 

Coaches, Inc. 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Notice Tentatively Approving 

Finance Transaction. 

SUMMARY: Callen Hotard (Applicant), a 

noncarrier individual, who is owner and 

president of Calco Travel, Inc. (Calco) 

(MC–161117), a motor passenger carrier, 

has filed an application under 49 U.S.C. 

14303 to acquire control of Hotard 

Coaches, Inc. (Coaches) (MC–143881), a 

motor passenger carrier, from 

Greyhound Lines, Inc. (Greyhound) (a 

regulated passenger carrier). Greyhound 

is a subsidiary of Laidlaw 

Transportation Holdings, Inc. (LTHI) (a 

noncarrier). Applicant proposes to 

acquire control via a stock purchase by 

Hotard Travel, Inc. (Hotard Travel) (a 

noncarrier), a corporation formed by 

Applicant and Szeszycki Hospitality, 

L.L.C. (Szeszycki) (a noncarrier).2

Coaches would continue to hold its 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration motor passenger carrier 

operating license. Persons wishing to 

oppose this application must follow the 

rules at 49 CFR 1182.5 and 1182.8. The 

Board has tentatively approved the 

transaction, and, if no opposing 

comments are timely filed, this notice 

will be the final Board action. 

DATES: Comments must be filed by 

August 27, 2007. Applicant may file a 

reply by September 11, 2007. If no 

comments are filed by August 27, 2007, 

this notice is effective on that date. 

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10 

copies of any comments referring to STB 

Docket No. MC–F–21022 to: Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, send one copy of comments to 

Applicant’s representative: Kenneth 

Siegel, Strasburger & Price, LLP, 1800 K 

Street, NW., Suite 301, Washington, DC 

20006–2225. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia 

M. Farr, (202) 245–0359. [Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the 

hearing impaired: 1–800–877–8339.] 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Applicant 

is owner and president of Calco, a 

subchapter S corporation incorporated 

under the laws of the State of Louisiana. 

Calco operates as a charter bus company 

providing both local and nationwide 

charter bus service. Hotard Travel is a 

Louisiana corporation formed by 

Applicant and Szeszycki for the 

purposes of completing this stock 

purchase transaction. Coaches is a 

Mississippi corporation that provides 

charter service in Mississippi and 

Louisiana. LTHI owns ten federally 

registered motor passenger carrier 

subsidiaries, including Greyhound and 

Coaches.3 Applicant states that 

Greyhound and its affiliates had gross 

revenues exceeding $2 million in during 

the 12-month period preceding the date 

of this application. 

The parties finalized a stock purchase 

agreement on June 7, 2007. The shares 

of Coaches will be transferred to an 

independent voting trust pending final 

Board approval to avoid unauthorized 

control. The Board’s Secretary provided 

the parties an informal, non-binding, 

opinion on the voting trust agreement in 

letters dated June 25, 2007, and July 6, 

2007. 

Under 49 U.S.C. 14303(b), the Board 

must approve and authorize a 

transaction found to be consistent with 

the public interest, taking into 

consideration at least: (1) The effect of 

the transaction on the adequacy of 

transportation to the public; (2) the total 

fixed charges that result; and (3) the 

interest of affected carrier employees. 

Applicant has submitted information, 

as required by 49 CFR 1182.2, including 

the information to demonstrate that the 

proposed transaction is consistent with 

the public interest under 49 U.S.C. 

14303(b). Applicant states that the 

proposed transaction will improve the 

adequacy of transportation services 

available to the public, that the 

proposed transaction will not have an 

adverse effect on total fixed charges, and 

that the interests of employees of 

Coaches will not be adversely impacted. 

Additional information, including a 

copy of the application, may be 

obtained from Applicant’s 

representative. 

On the basis of the application, we 

find that the proposed acquisition is 

consistent with the public interest and 

should be authorized. If any opposing 

comments are timely filed, this finding 

will be deemed vacated and, unless a 

final decision can be made on the record 

as developed, a procedural schedule 

will be adopted to reconsider the 

application. See 49 CFR 1182.6(c). If no 

opposing comments are filed by the 

expiration of the comment period, this 

notice will take effect automatically and 

will be the final Board action. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at: http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

This decision will not significantly 

affect either the quality of the human 

environment or the conservation of 

energy resources. 

It is ordered: 

1. The motion to substitute Hotard 

Travel, Inc., in place of Callen Hotard as 

the named applicant in this proceeding 

is denied. 

2. The proposed finance transaction is 

approved and authorized, subject to the 

filing of opposing comments. 

3. If timely opposing comments are 

filed, the findings made in this notice 

will be deemed as having been vacated. 

4. This notice will be effective on 

August 27, 2007, unless timely opposing 

comments are filed. 

5. A copy of this notice will be served 

on: (1) The U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590; (2) 

the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust 

Division, 10th Street & Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20530; 

and (3) the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Office of the General 

Counsel, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

Dated: July 6, 2007. 


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