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21. City of Hollywood, Hollywood 

City Hall, 2600 Hollywood Boulevard, 

Hollywood, FL 33020 (Telephone: 954–

921–3473). 

22. City of Dania Beach, Dania Beach 

City Hall, 100 W. Dania Beach 

Boulevard, Dania Beach, FL 33004 

(Telephone: 954–924–3600). 

23. Town of Davie, Davie Town Hall, 

6591 SW., 45th Street, Davie, FL 33314 

(Telephone: 954–797–1000). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

encourages all interested parties to 

provide comments concerning the scope 

and content of the Draft EIS. Comments 

should be as specific as possible. 

Comments should address the contents 

of the Draft EIS, such as the analysis of 

potential environmental impacts, the 

adequacy of the proposed action to meet 

the stated need, or the merits of the 

various alternatives. Reviewers should 

organize their participation to make it 

meaningful and effective in making the 

FAA aware of the viewer’s interests and 

concerns. Reviewers should use 

quotations, page references, and other 

specific citations to the text of the Draft 

EIS and related documents. This 

commenting procedure is intended to 

ensure that substantive comments and 

concerns are made available to the FAA 

in a timely and effective manner, so that 

the FAA has an opportunity to address 

them. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Virginia Lane, FAA Orlando Airports 

District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National 

Drive, Orlando, Florida 32822–5024. 

Telephone: (407) 812–6331, Fax: (407) 

812–6978. 

Issued in Orlando, Florida, on March 21, 

2007. 

W. Dean Stringer, 

Manager, FAA Orlando Airports District 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 07–1523 Filed 3–29–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice To Rescind a Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS): State Route 357 From 

Existing State Route 357 West of the 

Tri-Cities Airport to the U.S. 11E/19E 

U.S. 19E Intersection Near Bluff City, 

Sullivan County, TN 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that the 

Notice of Intent published on December 

7, 2005 to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed 

extension of State Route 357 in Sullivan 

County, Tennessee, is being rescinded. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Karen M. Brunelle, Planning and 

Program Management Team Leader, 

Federal Highway Administration—

Tennessee Division Office, 640 

Grassmere Park Road, Suite 112, 

Nashville, TN 37211. 615–781–5772. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA, in cooperation with the 

Tennessee Department of 

Transportation, is rescinding the notice 

of intent to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposal to 

provide an extension to State Route 357 

in Sullivan County, Tennessee. The 

proposed project was to involve 

extending State Route 357 from existing 

State Route 357 west of the Tri-Cities 

Airport to the U.S. 11E/19E-U.S. 19E 

intersection near Bluff City, Tennessee. 

The project was proposed to provide 

for existing and projected traffic 

demand on the surrounding 

transportation network. After nearly two 

years of public involvement, it became 

clear that there was not an urgent need 

for the extension to State Route 357. An 

extensive Context Sensitive Solution 

process with a local citizen team did not 

identify an immediate need for the 

extension project. The State Route 357 

Extension project is not currently 

included as a priority project by either 

the Kingsport Metropolitan Planning 

Organization (MPO) or the First 

Tennessee Regional Planning 

Organization (RPO). 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to this proposed action is 

identified and taken into account, 

comments and suggestions are invited 

from all interested parties. Comments 

and questions concerning the proposed 

action should be directed to the FHWA 

contact person identified above at the 

address provided above. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

proposed program.) 

Issued on: March 26, 2007. 

Karen M. Brunelle, 

Planning and Program Management Team 

Leader, Nashville, TN. 

[FR Doc. E7–5891 Filed 3–29–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[Docket No: FTA–2007–23697] 

Public-Private Partnership Pilot 

Program 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of extension of date by 

which FTA shall respond to public 

comments on the establishment and 

implementation of the Public-Private 

Partnership Pilot Program. 

SUMMARY: FTA is extending the date by 

which it indicated it would respond to 

comments received on the 

establishment and implementation of 

the Public-Private Partnership Pilot 

Program. 

DATES: FTA will respond to comments 

received on the establishment and 

implementation of the Public-Private 

Partnership Pilot Program no later than 

April 30, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David B. Horner, Esq., Chief Counsel, 

Federal Transit Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590–0001, (202) 366–4040, 

david.horner@dot.gov. Office hours are 

from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

22, 2006, FTA issued a notice soliciting 

comments and expressions of 

preliminary interest with respect to the 

Secretary of Transportation’s 

establishment and implementation of 

FTA’s Public-Private Partnership Pilot 

Program (the Pilot Program) (71 FR 

14568). FTA received comments from 

nineteen parties in response to this 

notice. On January 19, 2007, FTA issued 

a Notice of Establishment of PublicPrivate Partnership Pilot Program, 

which set forth the definitive terms of 

the Pilot Program and invited interested 

parties to submit applications to the 

Pilot Program by March 31, 2007 (72 FR 

2583). In this notice, FTA indicated that 

it would, by separate notice, summarize 

and respond to comments on the March 

22, 2006 notice no later than March 31, 

2007. 

The volume of work underway within 

FTA has prevented publication of 

response to comments by the date 

previously indicated. Therefore, FTA 

intends to summarize and respond to 

comments on the March 22, 2006 notice 

no later than April 30, 2007. 

This notice does not affect the 

application deadlines to the Pilot 

Program. Therefore, to be considered in 


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FTA’s first quarterly review of 

applications to the Pilot Program, 

applications must be received by FTA 

on or before March 31, 2007. 

Applications received by FTA between 

March 31, 2007, and July 1, 2007, will 

be reviewed in FTA’s second quarterly 

review of applications to the Pilot 

Program. 

Issued in Washington, DC, this 26th day of 

March 2007. 

James S. Simpson, 

Administrator, Federal Transit 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–5880 Filed 3–29–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2006–26275] 

Receipt of Petition for Rulemaking 

Classification of Polyurethane Foam 

and Certain Finished Products 

Containing Polyurethane Foam as 

Hazardous Materials 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice solicits comments 

on the merits of a petition for 

rulemaking filed by the National 

Association of State Fire Marshals 

(NASFM). The NASFM petitioned 

PHMSA to classify Polyurethane Foam 

and certain finished products 

containing Polyurethane Foam (PU) as 

hazardous materials in transportation in 

commerce, as a matter of safety for 

emergency responders and the public. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

June 28, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments: You may 

submit comments on this Notice 

identified by the docket number 

(PHMSA–2006–26275) by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments on the DOT electronic docket 

site. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management System, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, 

PL–402, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: PL–402 on the Plaza 

level of the Nassif Building, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number for this notice. Internet users 

may access comments received by DOT 

at http://dms.dot.gov. Note that 

comments received may be posted 

without change to http://dms.dot.gov 

including any personal information 

provided. If you believe your comments 

contain trade secrets or confidential 

commercial information, those 

comments or relevant portions of those 

comments should be appropriately 

marked. PHMSA procedures in 49 CFR 

part 105 establish a mechanism by 

which commenters may request 

confidentiality. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Helen Engrum or Susan Gorsky, Office 

of Hazardous Materials Standards (202) 

366–8553, Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In a letter dated October 31, 2006, the 

National Association of State Fire 

Marshals (NASFM) submitted a petition 

for rulemaking to the U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT) through the 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration (PHMSA) under the 

provisions of 49 CFR 106.31. The 

NASFM requested that the Hazardous 

Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR 

parts 171–180) be amended to classify 

Polyurethane (PU) Foam and certain 

finished products containing PU as a 

hazardous material for purposes of 

transportation in commerce. The 

NASFM is made up of senior-level 

public safety officials from the 50 States 

and the District of Columbia. The 

NASFM petition was received and 

acknowledged by PHMSA and assigned 

petition number P–1491; Docket No. 

PHMSA–2006–26275. 

Issuance of this Notice does not 

constitute a decision by PHMSA to 

undertake a rulemaking action on the 

substance of the petition. This Notice is 

issued solely to obtain comments on the 

merits of the petition to assist PHMSA 

in making a decision of whether to 

proceed with a rulemaking. Of 

particular interest are substantive 

comments that address the following 

items: (1) Estimated incremental costs or 

savings; (2) Anticipated safety benefits; 

(3) Estimated burden hours associated 

with the proposals related to 

information collection; (4) Impact on 

small businesses; and (5) Impact on the 

national environment. 

II. Petition P–1491 Is Quoted as Follows 

As a matter of safety for emergency 

responders and the public, the National 

Association of Fire Marshals petitions the 

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 

through the Pipeline & Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration (PHMSA), to classify 

polyurethane (PU) foam and certain finished 

products containing it as a hazardous 

material for purposes of transportation. 

NASFM consists of senior-level public safety 

officials from the 50 states and District of 

Columbia. 

The petitioners regard this proposal as 

critical to the safety of emergency responders 

and the public they are sworn to protect. The 

safety of emergency responders begins with 

information—at minimum, responders have 

the absolute right to know when they are 

dealing with hazardous materials, so they 

may take special precautions at incidents. 

The petitioners’ interest extends to ensuring 

that hazardous materials are used, stored and 

transported in safe ways. Regulations exist 

across agencies that regulate the use and 

storage of PU foam, but a gap exists in 

ensuring the safe transportation of this 

hazardous material. Because it is not 

officially classified as a hazardous material 

for purposes of transportation, the safety of 

emergency responders and the public is 

compromised. 

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s 

system of hazardous materials transportation 

placarding is critical to the safety of 

emergency responders and the public. 

Placards typically are the one source of 

information immediately available to 

responders as they determine the safest and 

most efficient means of suppressing fires and 

of rescuing persons trapped in vehicles. 

Placards provide information essential to 

knowing how fast a fire might spread, how 

difficult it might be to suppress, and how 

large and dangerous it may become. 

When hazardous materials are not properly 

placarded, the consequences to emergency 

responders could be injury or death. 

Obviously some shippers and transporters 

choose to violate the law by failing to 

properly placard when placarding is 

required. However, the DOT does not require 

placarding with some well-recognized 

hazardous materials. Such is the case with 

most grades of rigid and flexible PU foam and 

many of the finished products containing this 

highly flammable solid. 

PU foam, whether in bulk shipments or in 

finished products, is explicitly listed and 

controlled as a hazardous material in all 

phases of manufacturing, construction and 

more recently, consumer applications. As 

such, records pertaining to the hazardous 

nature of PU foam already are kept and 

reports are routinely issued by the producers 

of these materials. Ironically, when the risks 

are least manageable—in transportation—PU 

foam is not officially considered hazardous. 

This petition aims to correct this inadvertent 

oversight. 

Whether experienced in the real world or 

observed under scientific conditions, PU 

foam is a hazardous material. A significant 


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