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DATES section of this notice. Federal, 

state, and local agencies and Native 

American Tribes are also invited to 

provide comments. Information about 

this project is available on the TVA web 

page at https://www.tva.gov/nepa, 

including a link to an online public 

comment page. Any comments received, 

including names and addresses, will 

become part of the administrative record 

and will be available for public 

inspection. 

EIS Preparation and Schedule 

After consideration of comments 

received during the scoping period, 

TVA will develop and distribute a 

scoping document that will summarize 

public and agency comments that were 

received and identify the schedule for 

completing the EIS process. Following 

analysis of the issues, TVA will prepare 

the draft EIS for public review and 

comment, expected to be released mid2024. TVA anticipates the final EIS in 

mid-2025. In finalizing the EIS and in 

making its final decision, TVA will 

consider the comments that it receives 

on the draft. 

Rebecca Tolene, 

Vice President, Environment and 

Sustainability. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20264 Filed 9–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8120–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[FAA Docket number: FAA–2023–1966] 

NextGen Advisory Committee; Notice 

of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the NextGen Advisory 

Committee (NAC). 

DATES: The date and time of the meeting 

is October 4, 2023, from 12 p.m.–4:30 

p.m. eastern time. If you wish to attend 

the meeting virtually, you must submit 

a request by September 26, 2023. If you 

need to request accommodations for a 

disability, you must submit the request 

by September 26, 2023. If you wish to 

make a public statement during the 

meeting, you must submit a written 

copy of your remarks by September 26, 

2023. For NAC member review prior to 

the meeting, you must submit your 

written statement no later than 

September 26, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting location is at 

the Federal Aviation Administration, 

800 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20591, with a virtual 

option. The FAA will post virtual 

meeting information to the NAC internet 

website at least one week in advance of 

the meeting. Information on the NAC, 

including copies of previous meeting 

minutes, is available on the NAC 

internet website at: https://www.faa.gov/ 

about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ 

ang/nac/. 

Members of the public who wish to 

observe the meeting virtually or in 

person must send the required 

information listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section to 9-AWA-ANGNACRegistration@faa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kimberly Noonan, NAC Coordinator, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, at 

Kimberly.Noonan@faa.gov or 202–267– 

3760. Submit requests or questions not 

regarding attendance registration to the 

person listed in this section. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Secretary of Transportation 

established the NAC under agency 

authority in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 

Public Law 92–463, 5 U.S.C. app. 2, to 

provide independent advice and 

recommendations to the FAA and to 

respond to specific taskings received 

directly from the FAA. The NAC 

recommends consensus-driven advice 

relating to Air Traffic Management 

System modernization for FAA 

consideration. 

II. Agenda 

At the meeting, the agenda will cover 

the following topics: 

• NAC Chair’s Report 

• FAA Report 

• NAC Subcommittee Chair’s Report 

Æ Risk and Mitigations update for the 

following focus areas: Data 

Communications, Performance 

Based Navigation, Surface and Data 

Sharing, and Northeast Corridor 

Æ Status Update on NAC Tasking 23– 

1: National Airspace System (NAS) 

Airspace Efficiencies 

• NAC Chair Closing Comments 

The FAA will post the detailed 

agenda on the NAC internet website at 

least one week in advance of the 

meeting. 

III. Public Participation 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Members of the public who wish to 

attend are asked to register via email by 

submitting their full legal name, country 

of citizenship, contact information 

(telephone number and email address), 

and name of their industry association 

or applicable affiliation, and if they 

would like to attend the meeting inperson or virtually. Please email this 

information to the email address listed 

in the ADDRESSES section. For foreign 

national in-person attendees, please also 

provide surname, given name, country 

of birth, country of citizenship, date of 

birth, title or position, and passport or 

diplomatic ID# and its expiration date. 

The FAA will confirm registration and 

provide the virtual meeting information, 

including the teleconference call-in 

number and passcode, to those 

registrants who requested to attend 

virtually. Callers are responsible for 

paying associated long-distance charges 

(if any). 

Note: Only NAC Members, NAC 

working group members, FAA staff who 

are providing briefings, and members of 

the public who registered and the FAA 

selected to make a public statement will 

have the ability to speak. All other 

attendees will be able to listen only. 

The U.S. Department of 

Transportation is committed to 

providing equal access to this meeting 

for all participants. If you need 

alternative formats or services because 

of a disability, please contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. 

The agenda allows a maximum of six 

minutes for oral comments from 

members of the public joining the 

meeting. To accommodate as many 

speakers as possible, each commenter 

may have limited speaking time. 

Individuals wishing to reserve speaking 

time during the meeting must submit a 

request at the time of registration, along 

with the proposed speaker’s name, 

address, organizational affiliation, and a 

written copy of the oral statement. If the 

number of registrants requesting to 

make oral statements is greater than the 

meeting allows, the FAA will select 

speakers in the order the FAA receives 

the requests. Speakers are required to 

submit a copy of their prepared remarks 

for inclusion in the meeting records and 

for circulation to NAC members to the 

person listed under the heading FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. The 

meeting record will include all prepared 

remarks submitted on time. 

Members of the public may submit 

written statements for inclusion in the 

meeting records and circulation to the 

NAC members. Members of the public 

must submit written statements to the 

person listed under the heading FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. NAC 

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comments received after the due date 

listed in the DATES section prior to the 

meeting. Any member of the public may 

present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Signed in Washington, DC. 

Kimberly Noonan, 

Manager, Office of Stakeholder Collaboration, 

Management Services Office, ANG–A, Office 

of the Assistant Administrator for NextGen, 

Federal Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20209 Filed 9–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[FHWA Docket No. FHWA–2020–0025] 

Surface Transportation Project 

Delivery Program; Florida DOT Audit 

#4 Report 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation 

Project Delivery Program, commonly 

known as the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) Assignment Program, 

allows a State to assume FHWA’s 

environmental responsibilities for 

review, consultation, and compliance 

for Federal highway projects. When a 

State assumes these Federal 

responsibilities, the State becomes 

solely responsible and liable for the 

responsibilities it has assumed, in lieu 

of FHWA. This program mandates 

annual audits during each of the first 4 

years to ensure the State’s compliance 

with program requirements. This is the 

fourth and final audit of the Florida 

Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) 

performance of its responsibilities under 

the NEPA Assignment Program. This 

notice finalizes the findings of the 

fourth and final audit report for FDOT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Marisel Lopez Cruz, Office of Project 

Development and Environmental 

Review, (407) 867–6402, marisel.lopezcruz@dot.gov, Federal Highway 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 400 W Washington 

Street, Room 4200, Orlando, FL 32801, 

or Mrs. Michelle Andotra, Office of the 

Chief Counsel, (404) 562–3679, 

michelle.andotra@dot.gov , Federal 

Highway Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m., e.t., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this notice may 

be downloaded from the specific docket 

page at: www.regulations.gov. 

Background 

The Surface Transportation Project 

Delivery Program, codified at title 23, 

United States Code (U.S.C.), section 327, 

commonly known as the NEPA 

Assignment Program, allows a State to 

assume FHWA’s responsibilities for 

environmental review, consultation, and 

compliance for Federal highway 

projects. When a State assumes these 

Federal responsibilities, the State 

becomes solely liable for carrying out 

the responsibilities it has assumed, in 

lieu of FHWA. Effective December 14, 

2016, FDOT assumed FHWA’s 

responsibilities for environmental 

review and the responsibilities for 

reviews under other Federal 

environmental requirements. 

Section 327(g) of Title 23, U.S.C., 

requires the Secretary to conduct annual 

audits to ensure compliance with the 

memorandum of understanding during 

each of the first 4 years of State 

participation and, after the fourth year, 

monitor compliance. The results of each 

audit must be made available for public 

comment. This notice finalizes the 

findings of the fourth audit report on 

FDOT participation in the program. A 

draft version of this report was 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 14, 2022, at 87 FR 76535, and 

was available for public review and 

comments. The FHWA received two 

responses to the Federal Register Notice 

during the public comment period for 

this draft report. One comment from the 

American Road and Transportation 

Builders Association voiced support for 

this program and another was made by 

a citizen. The citizen’s comment was 

unrelated to this report. 

Authority: Section 1313 of Public Law 

112–141; section 6005 of Public Law 

109–59; 23 U.S.C. 327; 23 CFR 773. 

Shailen P. Bhatt, 

Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration. 

FINAL 

Surface Transportation Project Delivery 

Program, FHWA Audit #4 of the Florida 

Department of Transportation, May 

2019 to April 2020 

Executive Summary 

This is a report of the fourth and final 

audit of the Florida Department of 

Transportation’s (FDOT) assumption of 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) responsibilities under the 

Surface Transportation Project Delivery 

Program. Under the authority of section 

327 of Title 23, United States Code 

(U.S.C.), FDOT and the Federal 

Highway Administration (FHWA) 

executed a memorandum of 

understanding (MOU) on December 14, 

2016, whereby FHWA assigned, and 

FDOT assumed, FHWA’s NEPA 

responsibilities and liabilities for 

Federal-aid highway projects and other 

related environmental reviews for 

transportation projects in Florida. 

The FHWA formed a team in January 

2020 to conduct an audit of FDOT’s 

performance according to the terms of 

the MOU. The team held internal 

meetings and reviewed FDOT’s 2019 

Project Development & Environment 

(PD&E) Manual and NEPA project files, 

FDOT’s response to FHWA’s pre-audit 

information request (PAIR), and FDOT’s 

NEPA Assignment Self Assessment 

Summary Report. The team presented 

initial project file observations to FDOT 

Office of Environmental Management 

(OEM) on June 26, 2020, and July 28, 

2020. The team conducted virtual 

interviews with FDOT, resource 

agencies, and prepared preliminary 

audit results from September 21–24, 

2020. The team presented these 

preliminary observations to FDOT OEM 

leadership on September 25, 2020. 

While FDOT continues to develop, 

revise, and implement procedures and 

processes required to carry out the 

NEPA Assignment Program, it is 

FHWA’s expectation that 

documentation to support a project’s 

decision will be included in the 

Statewide Environmental Project 

Tracker (SWEPT) system prior to project 

closeout. By addressing the observation 

in this report, FDOT will continue to 

assure a successful program. 

Overall, the team found that FDOT 

remains committed to delivering a 

successful NEPA Program. This report 

describes numerous successful 

practices, no observations, and one noncompliance observation. The FDOT has 

carried out the responsibilities it has 

assumed in keeping with the intent of 

the MOU and FDOT’s application. 

Through this report, FHWA is notifying 

FDOT of the one non-compliance 

observation that requires FDOT to take 

corrective action. The report concludes 

with the status of FHWA’s noncompliance observations from the first, 

second, and third audit reviews, 

including any FDOT self-imposed 

corrective actions. 

Background 

The purpose of the audits performed 

under the authority of 23 U.S.C. 327 is 

to assess a State’s compliance with the 

provisions of the MOU as well as all 


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