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Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to applicants’ 

representatives: (1) Daniel G. Kruger, 

Attorney, Norfolk Southern Railway 

Company, Three Commercial Place, 

Norfolk, VA 23510; and (2) Lanny M. 

Van Daele, Corporate Counsel, Iowa 

Interstate Railroad, Ltd., 5900 6th Street, 

SW., Cedar Rapids, IA 52404. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemptions 

are void ab initio. 

Applicants have filed a joint 

combined environmental and historic 

report, which addresses the effects, if 

any, of the abandonment and 

discontinuance on the environment and 

historic resources. OEA will issue an 

environmental assessment (EA) by 

October 22, 2010. Interested persons 

may obtain a copy of the EA by writing 

to OEA (Room 1100, Surface 

Transportation Board, Washington, DC 

20423–0001) or by calling OEA, at (202) 

245–0305. Assistance for the hearing 

impaired is available through the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339. Comments 

on environmental and historic 

preservation matters must be filed 

within 15 days after the EA becomes 

available to the public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or trail use/rail banking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), NSR shall file a notice of 

consummation with the Board to signify 

that it has exercised the authority 

granted and fully abandoned the line. If 

consummation has not been effected by 

NSR’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by October 19, 2011, and 

there are no legal or regulatory barriers 

to consummation, the authority to 

abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: October 12, 2010. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26234 Filed 10–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Approval of Noise Compatibility 

Program for Chicago Executive 

Airport, Prospect Heights and 

Wheeling, IL 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings on the noise compatibility 

program (NCP) submitted by the 

Chicago Executive Airport Board of 

Directors for Chicago Executive Airport 

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501 

et seq. (the Aviation Safety and Noise 

Abatement Act, herein referred to as 

‘‘the Act’’) and 14 CFR part 150. On 

March 1, 2010, the FAA determined that 

the noise exposure maps submitted by 

Chicago Executive Airport Board of 

Directors for Chicago Executive Airport 

were in compliance with applicable 

requirements. On September 30, 2010, 

the FAA approved the Chicago 

Executive Airport noise compatibility 

program. Twenty-one of the twentyseven recommendations of the program 

were approved. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the FAA’s approval of the Chicago 

Executive Airport noise compatibility 

program is September 30, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Amy Hanson, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, CHI–603, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Chicago Airport District 

Office, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des 

Plaines, IL 60018. Telephone number: 

847–294–7354. Documents reflecting 

this FAA action may also be reviewed 

at this same location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA has 

given its approval to the Noise 

Compatibility Program for Chicago 

Executive Airport, effective October 1, 

2010. 

The Chicago Executive Airport Board 

of Directors for Chicago Executive 

Airport submitted to the FAA the noise 

exposure maps, descriptions, and other 

documentation produced during the 

noise compatibility study. The Chicago 

Executive Airport noise exposure maps 

were determined by the FAA to be in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements on March 1, 2010. Notice 

of this determination was published in 

the Federal Register on March 12, 2010, 

Volume 75, Number 48, pages 11990 

and 11991. 

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. 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 of 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 grants 

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 of navigable airspace and air traffic 

control systems, or adversely affecting 

other powers and responsibilities of the 

Administrator prescribed by law. 

The submitted program included 

twenty-seven proposed actions for noise 

mitigation on and off the airport, as 

applicable. The FAA completed is 

review and determined that the 

procedural and substantive 

requirements of the Act and FAR Part 

150 have been satisfied. 

On October 1, 2010, the FAA 

approved the Chicago Executive Airport 

noise compatibility program. Twentyone of the twenty-seven 

recommendations of the program were 

approved. 

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64394 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 201 / Tuesday, October 19, 2010 / Notices 

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 Chicago Airports 

District Office. 

These determinations are set forth in 

detail in a Record of Approval signed by 

Susan Schalk on October 1, 2010. 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 

Chicago Executive Airport. The Record 

of Approval also will be available online 

at: http://www.faa.gov/airports/ 

environmental/airport_noise/part_150/ 

states/. 

Issued in Des Plaines, IL, October 6, 2010. 

James G. Keefer, 

Manager, Chicago Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26324 Filed 10–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Buy America Waiver Notification 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

information regarding the FHWA’s 

finding that a Buy America waiver is 

appropriate for the use of non-domestic 

Steel Pipe; A53 Grade B, 26′′ OD, 0.375′′ 

wall for construction of a Recovery Act 

project on SR 60, Section A40, in 

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. 

DATES: The effective date of the waiver 

is October 20, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA 

Office of Program Administration, (202) 

366–1562, or via e-mail at 

gerald.yakowenko@dot.gov. For legal 

questions, please contact Mr. Michael 

Harkins, FHWA Office of the Chief 

Counsel, (202) 366–4928, or via e-mail 

at michael.harkins@dot.gov. Office 

hours for the FHWA are from 7:45 a.m. 

to 4:15 p.m., est., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded from the Federal 

Register’s home page at: http:// 

www.archives.gov and the Government 

Printing Office’s database at: http:// 

www.access.gpo.gov/nara. 

Background 

The FHWA’s Buy America policy in 

23 CFR 635.410 requires a domestic 

manufacturing process for any steel or 

iron products (including protective 

coatings) that are permanently 

incorporated in a Federal-aid 

construction project. The regulation also 

provides for a waiver of the Buy 

America requirements when the 

application would be inconsistent with 

the public interest or when satisfactory 

quality domestic steel and iron products 

are not sufficiently available. This 

notice provides information regarding 

the FHWA’s finding that a Buy America 

waiver is appropriate to use nondomestic Steel Pipe; A53 Grade B, 26′′ 

OD, 0.375′′ wall for a portion of sign 

support structure No. S–28760 proposed 

for Recovery Act project on SR 60 in 

Alleghany County, PA. 

In accordance with Division A, 

section 123 of the ‘‘Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2010′′ (Pub. L. 111– 

117), the FHWA published a notice of 

intent to issue a waiver on its Web site 

Steel Pipe; A53 Grade B, 26′′ OD, 0.375′′ 

wall (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ 

construction/contracts/ 

waivers.cfm?id=51) on July 16th. The 

FHWA received five comments in 

response to the publication. The five 

comments suggested different domestic 

manufacturers of Steel Pipe; A53 Grade 

B and opposed the approval of the 

waiver request. The PennDOT contacted 

the potential domestic manufactures 

Berg Steel Corporation, McJunkin Red 

Man Corporation, and Trinity Prod. Berg 

Steel corporation stated that they do not 

have inventory in the pipe size 

requested. McJunkin Red Man 

Corporation responded that their pipe 

size is only 24′′ OD and not up to 26′′ 

OD. Trinity Prod. indicated that it can 

make the pipe size up to 26′′ OD, but the 

required quantity is less than 600 tons 

which is required to establish a 

production run. During the 15-day 

comment period, the FHWA conducted 

additional nationwide review to locate 

potential domestic manufacturers for a 

Steel Pipe; A53 Grade B, 26′′ OD, 0.375′′ 

wall. Based on all the information 

available to the agency, the FHWA 

concludes that there are no domestic 

manufacturers of Steel Pipe; A53 Grade 

B, 26′′ OD, 0.375′′ wall. Given the lack 

of current availability for domestic steel 

for this particular application, the 

FHWA has discussed the need for 

PennDOT to consider alternate designs 

using domestic steel on future Federalaid projects. 

In accordance with the provisions of 

section 117 of the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 

Act: A Legacy for Users Technical 

Corrections Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110– 

244, 122 Stat. 1572), the FHWA is 

providing this notice as its finding that 

a waiver of Buy America requirements 

is appropriate. The FHWA invites 

public comment on this finding for an 

additional 15 days following the 

effective date of the finding. Comments 

may be submitted to the FHWA’s Web 

site via the link provided to the 

Pennsylvania waiver page noted above. 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 313; Pub. L. 110–161, 

23 CFR 635.410. 

Issued on: October 7, 2010. 

Victor M. Mendez, 

Federal Highway Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26299 Filed 10–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[FMCSA Docket No. FMCSA–2010–0247] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Diabetes Mellitus 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of final disposition. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its 

decision to exempt thirty-five 

individuals from its rule prohibiting 

persons with insulin-treated diabetes 

mellitus (ITDM) from operating 

commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in 

interstate commerce. The exemptions 

will enable these individuals to operate 

CMVs in interstate commerce. 

DATES: The exemptions are effective 

October 19, 2010. The exemptions 

expire on October 19, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Mary D. Gunnels, Director, Medical 

Programs, (202) 366–4001, 

fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA, Room 

W64–224, Department of 

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