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are in compliance with applicable 

requirements. 

DATES: This notice is effective August 

20, 2018, and applicable August 9, 2018. 

The public comment period ends 

September 10, 2018. 

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. Email: amy.hanson@

faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA finds 

that the updated noise exposure maps 

submitted for Chicago Executive Airport 

are in compliance with applicable 

requirements of14 CFR part 150, 

effective (Note 1). Under 49 U.S.C. 

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 and 

affected 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 FAA to be in compliance with 

the requirements of 14 CFR part 150, 

promulgated pursuant to the Act, may 

submit a noise compatibility program 

for FAA approval which sets forth the 

measures the operator has taken or 

proposes to take to reduce existing noncompatible uses and prevent the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the updated noise exposure maps and 

accompanying documentation 

submitted by Chicago Executive Airport. 

The documentation that constitutes the 

‘‘noise exposure maps’’ as defined in 

section 150.7 of Part 150 includes: 

Figure D3, Existing (2016) Noise 

Exposure Map; Figure D4, Future (2022) 

Noise Exposure Map; Table B2, 

Summary Annual and Aircraft 

Operations Forecast; Figure D1, Arrival 

Flight Tracks; Figure D2, Departure 

Flight Tracks; Table E1, Existing Land 

Use Within Existing Noise Contours, 

2016; and Table E2, Existing Land Use 

Within Existing Noise Future Noise 

Contours. 

The FAA has determined that these 

updated noise exposure maps and 

accompanying documentation are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements. This determination is 

effective on August 9, 2018. FAA’s 

determination on 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 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 with regard to the depicted 

noise contours, or in interpreting the 

noise exposure maps to resolve 

questions concerning, for example, 

which 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 the detailed 

overlaying of 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 updated noise 

exposure map documentation and of the 

FAA’s evaluation of the maps are 

available for examination, upon prior 

appointment during normal business 

hours, at the following locations: 

Chicago Executive Airport, 1020 

South Plant Road, Wheeling, Illinois 

60090. 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Chicago Airports District Office, 2300 E 

Devon, Suite 320, Des Plaines, IL 60018. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Issued in Des Plaines, IL, August 9, 2018. 

Deb Bartell, 

Manager, Chicago Airports District Office, 

FAA Great Lakes Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Washington County, Utah 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of the 

Utah Department of Transportation 

(UDOT), is issuing this notice to advise 

the public that an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) will be prepared to 

evaluate proposed courses of action to 

satisfy transportation and safety goals at 

Interstate 15 (I–15)/Green Spring Drive 

Interchange (Exit 10) and the 

surrounding roadway system in 

Washington City within Washington 

County, Utah. 

DATES: A scoping, purpose and need, 

and alternatives meeting is scheduled 

for August 28, 2018 from 4:30 to 7:30 

p.m. at the Washington City Community 

Center in Washington, Utah. A formal 

comment period will also be held from 

August 17 to September 14, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Washington City 

Community Center, 350 Community 

Center Drive, Washington, UT 84780. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elisa Albury, Environmental Program 

Manager, Environmental Services 

Division, UDOT 4501 South 2700 West, 

P.O. Box 148450, Salt Lake City, UT 

84114–8450; Telephone: (801) 834– 

5284, Email: ealbury@utah.gov. Kim 

Manwill, MP11 Environmental Study 

Project Manager, UDOT Region 4, 708 

South 100 West, Richfield, UT 84701; 

Telephone (435) 896–0733, Email: 

kmanwill@utah.gov. UDOT’s normal 

business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

(Mountain Standard Time), Monday 

through Friday, except State and 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

environmental review, consultation, and 

other actions required by applicable 

Federal environmental laws for this 

project are being or have been carried 

out by UDOT pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327 

and a Memorandum of Understanding 

dated January 17, 2017 and executed by 

FHWA and UDOT. UDOT, as the 

assigned National Environmental Policy 


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Act (NEPA) agency, will prepare an EIS 

for a proposal to satisfy transportation 

and safety goals at Interstate 15 (I–15)/ 

Green Spring Drive (Exit 10) Interchange 

and the surrounding roadway system in 

Washington County within Washington 

City, Utah. The proposed project study 

area extends east and west along I–15 

between the I–15/Green Spring Drive 

Interchange (Exit 10) and I–15/ 

Washington Parkway Interchange (Exit 

13). The extent of the proposed study 

area is generally bound by Buena Vista 

Boulevard to the north and Telegraph 

Street to the south. The proposed logical 

termini for this study are I–15 Exit 10 

and Exit 13, as well as Buena Vista 

Boulevard, and Telegraph Street. Each 

of these streets are major arterials that 

provide north-south and east-west travel 

within the study area. 

The environmental review process for 

this project began in the summer of 

2017. An information meeting was held 

August 29, 2017 to gather public input 

related to the transportation needs 

within the study area and inform the 

community of the environmental 

process. Based on community concerns 

regarding potential outcomes of this 

study, UDOT decided the appropriate 

level of environmental review needed 

for this project would be best provided 

by proceeding with an EIS. 

As part of the EIS, UDOT will 

consider a range of alternatives based on 

the purpose and need of the project and 

taking into account agency and public 

input. The currently contemplated 

alternatives include: (1) Taking no 

action (no-build); (2) making the 

existing system operate more efficiently; 

(3) adding capacity to the system; (4) 

dispersing of traffic more evenly 

throughout the system; (5) reducing 

traffic in the system; (6) combinations of 

any of the above; and (7) other 

reasonable alternatives if identified 

during the scoping process. Alternatives 

will be refined based on input from 

agencies and the public during the 

initial coordination/scoping period and 

agency and public involvement 

opportunities. Alternatives that do not 

meet the project purpose and need or 

that are otherwise not reasonable will 

not be carried forward for detailed 

consideration. 

A Coordination Plan is being prepared 

to define the agency and public 

participation procedure for the 

environmental review process. The plan 

will outline: (1) How agencies and the 

public will provide input during the 

scoping process; (2) the development of 

the purpose and need; and (3) 

alternatives development. 

Letters describing the proposed action 

and soliciting comments will be sent to 

appropriate Federal, State, Participating, 

and local agencies, Native American 

tribes, and to private organizations and 

citizens who have previously expressed 

or are known to have an interest in this 

proposal. A public scoping, purpose and 

need, and alternatives meeting is 

scheduled for August 28, 2018 from 4:30 

to 7:30 p.m. at the Washington City 

Community Center in Washington, 

Utah. Public notice will be given of the 

time and place of the meeting. 

Information regarding this meeting and 

the project may also be obtained 

through a public website maintained by 

UDOT at www.mp11.org. 

During the NEPA process, other 

public meetings may be held as 

appropriate to allow the public, as well 

as Federal, State, and local agencies, 

and tribes, to provide comments on the 

purpose of and need for the project, 

potential alternatives, and social, 

economic, and environmental issues of 

concern. In addition, a public hearing 

will be held following the release of the 

Draft EIS. Public notice advertisements 

and direct mailings will notify 

interested parties of the time and place 

of any public meetings and of the public 

hearing. The Draft EIS will be available 

for public and agency review and 

comment prior to the public hearing. 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to this proposed action are 

addressed and all significant issues 

identified, comments, and suggestions 

are invited from all interested parties. 

Comments or questions concerning this 

proposed action and the EIS should be 

directed to UDOT at the mail or email 

address provided above by September 

14, 2018. For additional information 

please visit the project website at 

www.mp11.org. Information requested 

or comments can also be provided by 

email to info@mp11.org. 

(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 

program.) 

Issued on: August 9, 2018. 

Ivan Marrero, 

Division Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration, Salt Lake City, Utah. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17895 Filed 8–17–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–RY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2018–0060] 

Petition for Approval 

Under part 211 of Title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), this provides 

the public notice that by a letter dated 

June 19, 2018, the East Penn, 

Middletown New Jersey, and Tyburn 

Railroads (Petitioners) petitioned the 

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 

seeking approval pursuant to 49 CFR 

220.307, Use of railroad-supplied 

electronic devices. FRA assigned the 

petition Docket Number FRA–2018– 

0060. 

Specifically, Petitioners seek FRA’s 

approval to allow an operating 

employee to use the camera on an 

authorized railroad-supplied electronic 

device (a camera phone) for authorized 

business purposes, such as 

photographing a safety hazard, 

mechanical, and/or track defects. A 

railroad operating employee may only 

use a railroad-supplied electronic 

device for an authorized business 

purpose, involving the taking of a 

photograph or video, as specified by the 

railroad in writing, if approved by FRA. 

See 49 CFR 220.307(a), General 

restriction. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov and in person at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 

(DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested parties desire 

an opportunity for oral comment and a 

public hearing, they should notify FRA, 

in writing, before the end of the 

comment period and specify the basis 

for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number and may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Website: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 


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