44304 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 144 / Wednesday, July 28, 2010 / Notices 

Public Access: The meeting is open to 

the public. (See below for registration 

instructions.) 

Public Comments: Persons wishing to 

offer written comments and suggestions 

concerning the activities of the advisory 

committee or Environment 

Subcommittee should file comments in 

the Public Docket (Docket Number 

DOT–OST–2010–0074 at http:// 

www.regulations.gov) or alternatively 

through the FAAC@dot.gov e-mail. If 

comments and suggestions are intended 

specifically for the Environment 

Subcommittee, the term 

‘‘Environment’’should be listed in the 

subject line of the message. To ensure 

such comments can be considered by 

the subcommittee before its August 10, 

2010, meeting, public comments must 

be filed by 5 p.m., Eastern Daylight 

Time on Monday, August 2, 2010. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

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

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 

2), we are giving notice of a meeting of 

the Environment Subcommittee of the 

Future of Aviation Advisory Committee 

taking place on August 10, 2010, from 

10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mountain Daylight 

Time, at Jeppesen Corporate World 

Headquarters, 2nd floor board room, 55 

Inverness Drive East, Englewood, 

Colorado 80112. The agenda includes— 

1. Presentations and discussion of 

operational and technology 

improvements, sustainable alternative 

fuels, and harmonized domestic and 

global efforts that can contribute to 

reducing aviation carbon emissions. 

2. Consideration of public comments. 

3. Identification of environmental 

presentations for the next meeting of the 

full committee. 

Registration 

The meeting room can accommodate 

up to 18 members of the public. Persons 

desiring to attend must pre-register 

through e-mail to FAAC@dot.gov. The 

term ‘‘Registration: Environment’’should 

be listed in the subject line of the 

message and admission will be limited 

to the first 18 persons to pre-register and 

receive a confirmation of their preregistration. All foreign visitors must 

provide their nationality when 

registering. 

Arrangements to attend by 

teleconference can be made by 

contacting the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

by 5 p.m. Monday, August 5, 2010. 

Minutes of the meeting will be taken 

and will be made available to the 

public. 

Requests for Special Accommodation 

The DOT is committed to providing 

equal access to this meeting for all 

participants. If you need alternative 

formats or services because of a 

disability, please send a request to 

FAAC@dot.gov with the term ‘‘Special 

Accommodations’’ listed in the subject 

line of the message by close of business 

Monday, August 5, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lynne Pickard, Deputy Director, Office 

of Environment and Energy, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington DC 20591; telephone (202) 

267–3577; fax (202) 267–5594; 

Lynne.Pickard@faa.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 23, 

2010. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Designated Federal Official, Future of 

Aviation Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2010–18514 Filed 7–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Noise Exposure Map Notice, Portland 

International Airport, Portland, OR 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by Port of Portland for 

Portland International 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. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the FAA’s determination on the noise 

exposure maps is July 21, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cayla Morgan, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Airports Division, 1601 

Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98057– 

3356, telephone (425) 227–2653. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA finds 

that the noise exposure maps submitted 

for Portland International Airport are in 

compliance with the applicable 

requirements of part 150, effective July 

20, 2010. Under 49 U.S.C. section 47503 

of 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 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 

the 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 the FAA approval which sets forth 

the measures the operator has taken or 

proposes to take to reduce the existing 

non-compatible uses and prevent the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the noise exposure maps and 

accompanying documentation 

submitted by Port of Portland for 

Portland International Airport. The 

documentation that constitutes the 

‘‘noise exposure maps’’ as defined in 

section 150.7 of Part 150 includes the 

following from the July, 2010, FAR Part 

150 Noise Exposure Map Update, 

Portland International Airport: 

• Existing 2008 Noise Exposure Map 

• Future 2017 Noise Exposure Map 

• Table 2–1, Average Daily Aircraft 

Operations by Type, Time of Day, and 

Stage Length, 2008 

• Table 2–2, Average Daily Aircraft 

Operations by Type, Time of Day, and 

Stage Length, 2017 

• Table 2–3, Runway Use Summary— 

2008 

• Table 2–4, Runway Use Summary— 

2017 

• Figure 2–1, Noise Exposure Map 

depicting estimated population, 

residential units and acres within DNL 

65, 70 and 75 noise contours, 2008 

• Figure 2–2, Noise Exposure Map 

depicting estimated population, 

residential units and acres within DNL 

65,70 and 75 noise contours, 2017 

• There are no properties on or 

eligible for inclusion in the National 

Register of Historic Places within the 65 

DNL contour 

• Appendix B—Evidence of Public 

and Stakeholder Involvement 

• Appendix C—Flight Track Data 

The FAA has determined that these 

noise exposure maps and accompanying 

documentation are in compliance with 

the applicable requirements. This 

determination is effective July 21, 2010. 

FAA’s determination of 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 


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1On July 14, 2010, MAL Railway amended its 

notice of exemption. 

2The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Section of 

Environmental Analysis (SEA) in its independent 

investigation) cannot be made before the 

exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any 

request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible 

so that the Board may take appropriate action before 

the exemption’s effective date. 

3Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

4MAL Railway states that, upon abandonment of 

the line, it proposes to effectuate an agreement with 

the Parks & Recreation Commission of West 

Bloomfield Township (WBPRC) whereby WBPRC 

has agreed to purchase the right-of-way for use as 

a recreational trail. 

not constitute approval of the 

applicant’s data, information or plans, 

or 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 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 are not changed in any 

way under Part 150 or through FAA’s 

review of noise exposure maps. 

Therefore, the responsibility for detailed 

overlaying of the 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. 

Copies of the full noise exposure map 

documentation and of the FAA’s 

evaluation of the maps are available for 

examination at the following locations: 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Seattle Airports District Office, 1601 

Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, 

Washington. 

Port of Portland, Portland International 

Airport, 7200 N.E. Airport Way, 

Portland, Oregon 97218. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual names above under the 

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, July 21, 

2010. 

Carolyn T. Read, 

Acting Manager, Airports Division, Northwest 

Mountain Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–18478 Filed 7–27–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 1053X] 

Michigan Air-Line Railway Co.— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Oakland 

County, MI 

Michigan Air-Line Railway Co. (MAL 

Railway), filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR pt. 1152 

subpart F–Exempt Abandonments to 

abandon approximately 2.37 miles of its 

line of railroad extending westerly from 

Engineer’s Profile Station 2250+20 at 

the west line of Arrowhead Road to 

Engineer’s Profile Station 2389+72 at 

the west line of Haggerty Road, in West 

Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, 

Mich.1 The line traverses United States 

Postal Service Zip Codes 48322 and 

48323. 

MAL Railway has certified that: (1) 

No local traffic has moved over the line 

for at least 2 years; (2) there is no 

overhead traffic on the line that has 

been or would need to be rerouted; (3) 

no formal complaint filed by a user of 

rail service on the line (or by a state or 

local government entity acting on behalf 

of such user) regarding cessation of 

service over the line either is pending 

with the Surface Transportation Board 

(Board) or with any U.S. District Court 

or has been decided in favor of 

complainant within the 2-year period; 

and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR 

1105.7 (environmental report), 49 CFR 

1105.8 (historic report), 49 CFR 1105.11 

(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 

agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 

Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 

91 (1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

employees, a petition for partial 

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received, this 

exemption will be effective on August 

27, 2010, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues,2

formal expressions of intent to file an 

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and 

trail use/rail banking requests under 49 

CFR 1152.29 must be filed by August 9, 

2010.4 Petitions to reopen or requests 

for public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by August 17, 

2010, with the Surface Transportation 

Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to MAL Railway’s 

representative: W. Robert Alderson, 

Alderson, Alderson, Weiler, Conklin, 

Burghart & Crow, L.L.C., 2101 SW., 21st 

Street, Topeka, KS 66604. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

MAL Railway has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report 

which addresses the effects, if any, of 

the abandonment on the environment 

and historic resources. SEA will issue 

an environmental assessment (EA) by 

August 2, 2010. Interested persons may 

obtain a copy of the EA by writing to 

SEA (Room 1100, Surface 

Transportation Board, Washington, DC 

20423–0001) or by calling SEA, 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), MAL Railway 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 MAL Railway’s filing of a 

notice of consummation by July 28, 

2011, and there are no legal or 

regulatory barriers to consummation, 

the authority to abandon will 

automatically expire. 


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