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the project under the new NOI will also 

comply with the requirements of the 

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU) Section 6002 

environmental review process. All 6002 

procedures for the proposed project will 

be followed in the future as the project 

proceeds with a new scope and limits. 

Comments or questions concerning the 

rescission of this proposed action and 

the EIS should be directed to the FHWA 

at the address provided above. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Research, 

Planning, and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Issued on: October 7, 2010. 

Gregory S. Punske, 

District Engineer, Austin, Texas. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25972 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

International Standards on the 

Transport of Dangerous Goods; Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise 

interested persons that PHMSA will 

conduct a public meeting in preparation 

for the 38th session of the United 

Nations Sub-Committee of Experts on 

the Transport of Dangerous Goods 

(UNSCOE TDG) to be held November 

29–December 7, 2010, in Geneva, 

Switzerland. During this meeting, 

PHMSA is also soliciting comments 

relative to potential new work items 

which may be considered for inclusion 

in its international agenda. 

Information Regarding the UNSCOE 

TDG Meeting 

DATES: Wednesday, November 17, 2010; 

1 p.m.–3:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the DOT Headquarters, West Building, 

Conference Rooms 8, 9 and 10, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. 

Notification: Any person wishing to 

participate in the public meeting should 

send an e-mail to 

michael.stevens@dot.gov and include 

their name and contact information 

(Organization/Address/Telephone 

Number) no later than November 10, 

2010. Providing this information will 

facilitate the security screening process 

for entry into the building on the day of 

the meeting. 

Conference Call Capability/Live 

Meeting Information: Conference call-in 

and ‘‘live meeting’’ capability will be 

provided for this meeting. Specific 

information on call-in and live meeting 

access will be posted when available at 

http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/ 

regs/international. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Duane Pfund, Acting Director, Office of 

Hazardous Materials Technology or Mr. 

Shane Kelley, International 

Transportation Specialist, Office of 

Hazardous Materials Safety, Department 

of Transportation, Washington, DC 

20590; (202) 366–0656. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

primary purpose of this meeting will be 

to prepare for the 38th session of the 

UNSCOE TDG. The 38th session of the 

UNSCOE TDG is the last of four 

meetings scheduled for the current 

2009–2010 biennium. The UNSCOE will 

consider proposals for the 17th Revised 

Edition of the United Nations 

Recommendations on the Transport of 

Dangerous Goods Model Regulations 

which will come into force in the 

international regulations from January 1, 

2013. Topics on the agenda for the 

UNSCOE TDG meeting include: 

• Recommendations made by the 

Sub-Committee at previous sessions. 

• Explosives and related matters. 

• Listing, classification and packing. 

• Electric storage systems. 

• Electronic data interchange (EDI) 

for documentation purposes. 

• Cooperation with the International 

Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). 

• Global harmonization of transport 

of dangerous goods regulations. 

• Guiding principles for the Model 

Regulations. 

• Globally Harmonized System of 

Classification and Labeling of Chemicals 

(GHS). 

• Program of work for the biennium 

2011–2012. 

In addition, PHMSA is soliciting 

comments on how to further enhance 

harmonization for international 

transport of hazardous materials. 

PHMSA has finalized a broad 

international strategic plan and 

welcomes input on items which 

stakeholders believe should be included 

as specific initiatives within this plan. 

PHMSA’s Office of International 

Standards Strategic Plan can be 

accessed at: http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/ 

hazmat/regs/international. 

The public is invited to attend 

without prior notification. Due to the 

heightened security measures 

participants are encouraged to arrive 

early to allow time for security checks 

necessary to obtain access to the 

building. Following the 38th session of 

the UNSCOE TDG, PHMSA will place a 

copy of the Sub-Committee’s report and 

a summary of the results on PHMSA’s 

Hazardous Materials Safety Homepage 

at http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/ 

regs/international. 

Documents 

Copies of documents for the UNSCOE 

TDG meeting and the meeting agenda 

may be obtained by downloading them 

from the United Nations Transport 

Division’s Web site at: http:// 

www.unece.org/trans/main/dgdb/ 

dgsubc/c32010.html. PHMSA’s site at 

http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/ 

regs/international also provides 

additional information regarding the 

UNSCOE TDG and related matters such 

as summaries of decisions taken at 

previous sessions of the UNSCOE TDG. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 6, 

2010. 

Magdy El-Sibaie, 

Associate Administrator for Hazardous 

Materials Safety. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25913 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Seventh Meeting—Special Committee 

222: Inmarsat Aeronautical Mobile 

Satellite (Route) Services 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 222: Inmarsat Aeronautical 

Mobile Satellite (Route) Services 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

RTCA Special Committee 222: Inmarsat 

Aeronautical Mobile Satellite (Route) 

Services. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

November 3–5, 2010, Wednesday, 

November 3, 2010 from 1:30 p.m.–4:30 

p.m., Thursday, November 4, 9 a.m.– 

4:30 p.m., and Friday, November 5, 9– 

11:30 a.m.. Note that this meeting will 

conclude on Thursday if all the business 

has been concluded. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

RTCA Headquarters, 1828 L. Street, 

NW., Suite 805, Washington, DC, 20036. 

Dress: Business Casual. 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW., 

Suite 805, Washington, DC, 20036; 

telephone (202) 833–9339; fax (202) 

833–9434; Web site http://www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is 

hereby given for a Special Committee 

222: Inmarsat Aeronautical Mobile 

Satellite (Route) Services. The agenda 

will include: 

Agenda 

• Opening Plenary (Introductions and 

Opening Remarks). 

• Review and Approval of SC–222/ 

WP–051, Summary for the 6th Meeting 

of Special Committee 222 held at 

ARINC on August 3, 2010. 

• Review and Approval of the Agenda 

for the 7th Meeting of SC–222, WP–053 

(this document). 

• Old Business. 

• Review of/reports for the currently 

active Action Items regarding SBB 

Safety issues per the minutes of the 6th 

Plenary Meeting. 

• Release MASPS in Mid-August. 

• Create a summary table for 

interference from ATCt. 

• Confirm date and location for a 

November meeting of SC–222. 

• Working Papers and Discussions 

regarding SC–222 issues. 

• Status of ATCt filter development 

activities with ARINC AEEC discussions 

on this issue. 

• Discussion on new SBB 

documentation approach as presented 

in WP–047 at August meeting. 

• Status of LightSquared ATCt 

development and deployment. 

• Review, comment, discuss draft 

WP–052 DO–3xx SBB Safety Draft 1 

(This action is expected to take most of 

Wednesday and Thursday). 

• Review, comment, discuss draft of 

Appendix B, ATCt Interface Model. 

• Additional working papers as may 

be provided in advance of the meeting. 

• Additional working papers as may 

be provided at the meeting. 

• Other Business. 

• FAA request for information 

concerning spectrum usage. 

• Revision to Terms of Reference, if 

necessary after Agenda Item 5b. 

• Review of Assignments and Action 

Items. 

• Date and Location for the 8th 

Meeting of SC–222. 

• Adjourn (no later than 11:30 a.m. 

Friday). 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairmen, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 6, 

2010. 

Robert L. Bostiga, 

RTCA Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25981 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

notice is hereby given that the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) has 

received a request for a waiver of 

compliance from certain requirements 

of its safety standards. The individual 

petition is described below, including 

the party seeking relief, the regulatory 

provisions involved, the nature of the 

relief being requested, and the 

petitioner’s arguments in favor of relief. 

Utah Transit Authority 

[Supplement to Waiver Docket Number FRA– 

1999–6253] 

As a supplement to the Utah Transit 

Authority’s (UTA) petition for approval 

of shared use and waiver of certain FRA 

regulations (the original shared use 

waiver was granted by the FRA Railroad 

Safety Board on August 19, 1999, for the 

Sandy/Salt Lake TRAX Light Rail 

Transit line), UTA is amending the 

terms and conditions of the original 

waiver by constructing the Mid-Jordan 

LRT line extension of the current 

Sandy/Salt Lake TRAX LRT line. This 

extension will be urban rapid transit 

light rail, featuring some temporally 

separated shared trackage operation 

with the Bingham Branch of the General 

Railroad System. 

The Bingham Branch has two short 

line freight railroads; the Savage 

Bingham & Garfield Railroad Company 

and the Utah Railway Company. UTA 

respectfully requests an additional 5- 

year extension of the current waiver, 

and a modification of the current waiver 

to include the Mid-Jordan extension and 

its new fleet of Siemens S70 TRAX 

vehicles. UTA submits that the 

extension and modifications of the 

waiver sought herein are in the public 

interest and consistent with railroad 

safety because UTA will adopt specific 

policies and procedures that will 

provide a level of safety equivalent to 

that provided by full compliance with 

FRA regulations. UTA submits that this 

request is consistent with the waiver 

process for shared use. See Statement of 

Agency Policy Concerning Jurisdiction 

Over the Safety of Railroad Passenger 

Operations and Waivers Related to 

Shared Use of the Tracks of the General 

Railroad System by Light Rail and 

Conventional Equipment, 65 FR 42529 

(July 10, 2000); see also Joint Statement 

of Agency Policy Concerning Shared 

Use of the Tracks of the General 

Railroad System by Conventional 

Railroads and Light Rail Transit 

Systems, 65 FR 42626 (July 10, 2000). 

On August 19, 1999, UTA filed a 

petition for approval of shared use and 

waiver of certain FRA regulations 

pursuant to 49 CFR 211.7 for the Sandy/ 

Salt Lake TRAX Light Rail Transit line. 

FRA granted the waiver for a period of 

5 years until December 13, 2004. On 

August 12, 2004, UTA filed a petition 

requesting a 10-year extension of the 

waiver, and to additionally cover 

twenty-nine vehicles purchased from 

the Santa Clara Valley Transportation 

Authority (VTA). On December 20, 

2004, FRA granted an extension of the 

waiver, including the VTA vehicles, for 

a period of 1 year, effective through 

December 13, 2005. On June 3, 2005, 

UTA filed a petition requesting a 5-year 

extension of the waiver. On December 

15, 2005, FRA granted an extension of 

the waiver for a period of 5 years, 

effective through December 15, 2010. 

UTA is expanding its original Sandy/ 

Salt Lake TRAX LRT line by building 

the 10.6-mile Mid-Jordan LRT line 

extension, with temporally separated 

light rail and freight operations sharing 

track on the Bingham Branch. As part of 

this Mid-Jordan extension, UTA will 

reconstruct this existing Bingham 

Branch Track and add a new parallel 

track. This construction will allow that 

portion of the Mid-Jordan LRT line that 

runs on the Bingham Branch to utilize 

two tracks for light rail operations 

during the temporally separated 

passenger period from 5am-midnight 

daily, and all day Saturday and Sunday, 

with maximum authorized speed of 65 

mph. Lastly, UTA will buy a new fleet 

of Siemens S70 TRAX vehicles that will 

operate throughout the entire light rail 

system. In addition to the TRAX 

vehicles for which UTA has already 

received a waiver of certain FRA 

regulations (existing TRAX vehicles), 

UTA intends to add seventy-seven 

Siemens S70 light-rail vehicles to its 

fleet. The S70 vehicles are very similar 

in nature to the existing TRAX vehicles, 

with minor differences. 

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