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participation in this Competition, or 

claims by the Federal Government for 

damage or loss to Government property 

resulting from such an activity. 

Competition winners should be 

prepared to demonstrate proof of 

insurance or financial responsibility in 

the event SBA deems it necessary. 

11. Record Retention and Disclosure: 

All submissions and related materials 

provided to SBA in the course of this 

Competition automatically become SBA 

records and cannot be returned. 

Contestants should identify any 

confidential commercial information 

contained in their entries at the time of 

their submission. 

Award Approving Official: 

Christopher L. James, Associate 

Administrator, U.S. Small Business 

Administration, 409 Third Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20416. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719. 

Dated: June 8, 2015. 

Christopher L. James, 

Associate Administrator, Small Business 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–14347 Filed 6–11–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: 

Norfolk International Airport, Norfolk, 

VA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public that an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be prepared for proposed 

improvements to the Norfolk 

International Airport (ORF). 

In October 2008, the Norfolk Airport 

Authority (NAA), owner and operator of 

ORF, prepared a Master Plan Update 

(MPU) to document changes occurring 

‘‘in Airport facilities and activity that 

have taken place since the 1995 Master 

Plan Update,’’ to ‘‘provide the Authority 

with a development plan for the Airport 

through 2024,’’ and to address 

compliance shortfalls with published 

safety standards. Following the MPU, 

NAA prepared technical documents that 

focused on the potential construction of 

a replacement secondary runway. The 

first was the December 2008 

Supplemental Technical Analyses for 

the Proposed Secondary Runway at 

Norfolk International Airport and the 

second was the December 2009 

Justification for Proposed Runway 5R/ 

23L. In 2008 NAA also developed an 

Airport Layout Plan (ALP) that 

evaluated and noted future development 

needs at ORF. The ALP included a 

Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for 

the Airport to address Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) design standards 

for the Airport’s existing crosswind 

Runway 14/32. During its planning 

process, NAA explored a number of 

alternatives to meet FAA design 

standards while also providing the 

flexibility needed to operate without 

interruption during various conditions. 

These alternatives included the 

potential construction of a replacement 

secondary runway as well as 

improvements to the existing crosswind 

Runway 14/32. The FAA will evaluate 

and consider the Airport’s MPU, ALP, 

and associated planning efforts when 

considering reasonable and feasible 

alternatives for the ORF EIS. 

Based on these previous planning 

efforts, the primary components of 

NAA’s proposed project at ORF include: 

• Decommissioning and demolition 

of Runway 14/32 

• Constructing a relocated secondary 

runway parallel to and separated by 876 

feet from the existing Runway 5/23. The 

proposed Runway 5R/23L would be 

6,500 feet long by 150 feet wide. 

The purpose of the proposed project 

is: 

• To meet relevant FAA airfield 

safety standards and enhance airfield 

safety without reducing runway 

availability. Relevant airfield safety 

standards include: 

Æ Runway Safety Area, which is 

designed to provide additional safety in 

the event an aircraft leaves the runway; 

Æ Runway Protection Zone, which is 

area at ground level prior to the 

threshold or beyond the runway end to 

enhance the safety and protection of 

people and property on the ground; and 

Æ Runway Object Free Area, which is 

designed to provide an area clear of 

objects surrounding a runway. 

• To enhance operational efficiency 

and maintain airfield utility while 

considering surrounding airspace and 

ORF’s critical design aircraft. 

• To provide a safe, efficient southern 

vehicular access, on Airport property, to 

the Airport’s terminal area. 

The proposed project is needed to 

address the following four primary areas 

of deficiency at ORF: 

• Runway 14/32 does not meet the 

FAA design standards discussed above 

for several reasons, including, but not 

limited to, the location of Robin Hood 

Road and Lake Whitehurst near the 

Runway 14 end. 

• The current airfield configuration 

limits operational efficiency, safety and 

flexibility due to secondary runway 

length and challenges in taxiing from 

the airfield layout. 

• Provide a flexible two-runway 

airfield system for aircraft operators and 

air traffic controllers. Incremental 

changes over time have severely 

decreased ORF’s ability to remain 

flexible with increasing airspace 

conflicts from surrounding military 

facilities. 

• Robin Hood Road, the secondary 

(southern) access to the Airport, has 

safety and functional deficiencies. 

Specifically, several curves in the onairport section of Robin Hood Road can 

be improved through a redesign of the 

roadway. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marcus Brundage, Project Manager, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Washington Airports District Office, 

23723 Air Freight Lane, Suite 210, 

Dulles, Virginia 20166. 

Telephone (703) 661–1365. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA, 

in consultation with the NAA, will 

prepare an EIS for the proposed project. 

The EIS will evaluate a range of 

alternatives to address FAA design 

standards for the secondary Runway 14/ 

32. The alternatives to be considered 

will include the No Build Alternative 

and a variety of build alternatives, 

including NAA’s proposed alternative 

as detailed in the 2008 Master Plan 

Update. The EIS would also evaluate 

any alternatives identified during the 

Scoping process to address the project 

need. 

The FAA intends to use the 

preparation of this EIS to comply with 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, 

Section 7 of the Endangered Species 

Act, and Section 404 of the Clean Water 

Act, and any other applicable laws that 

include public involvement 

requirements. 

The FAA intends to conduct a 

Scoping process to gather input from all 

interested parties to help identify any 

issues of concern associated with the 

proposed project. In addition to this 

notice, Federal, state, and local 

agencies, that have legal jurisdiction 

and/or special expertise with respect to 

any potential environmental impacts 

associated with the proposed project, 

will be notified by letter of an Agency 

Scoping Meeting to be held on July 22, 

2015 in Norfolk, Virginia. 

The general public will be notified of 

the Scoping process through a legal 

notice, describing the proposed project. 

The Notice will be placed in 

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newspapers that have general 

circulation in the project area. The 

newspaper notice will notify members 

of the public that open house style 

Scoping Meetings will be held to 

provide the opportunity for the public 

to offer its input concerning the 

proposed project. The Public Scoping 

Meetings are scheduled for the evenings 

of July 22 & 23, 2015 from 5 p.m. to 8 

p.m. at the following locations in 

Southside Hampton Roads: 

• July 22, 2015, 5 p.m.–8 p.m.: 

Bayside High School, 4960 Haygood 

Road, Virginia Beach, VA 

• July 23, 2015, 5 p.m.–8 p.m.: 

Holiday Inn Norfolk Airport, 1570 N. 

Military Highway, Norfolk, Virginia 

The Public Scoping Meetings will be 

open house format with project 

information displayed and 

representatives from the FAA and the 

Airport available to answer questions. 

Written and oral comments will be 

accepted at each of the meetings. The 

public comment period on this Scoping 

phase of the EIS will end on August 3, 

2015. 

The purpose of the Scoping Process, 

as stated above, is to receive input from 

the public, as well as from Federal, 

state, and local agencies, that have legal 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to any potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

the proposed project. During this 

process, questions regarding the scope 

and process related to the EIS will be 

answered. More information about the 

sponsor’s proposed project and the 

scoping meetings can be found at: 

www.orf-eis.com. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

listed contact person, or by email to orfeis@vhb.com. The Scoping comment 

period is from June 12, 2015 through 

August 3, 2015. 

Issued in Jamaica, New York, June 4, 2015. 

Eleanor Scorcia, 

Acting Manager, Planning and Programming 

Branch, Airports Division, Eastern Region. 

[FR Doc. 2015–14202 Filed 6–11–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Highway in Minnesota 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of limitations on claims 

for Judicial Reviews by FHWA. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces actions 

taken by FHWA and other Federal 

Agencies that are final in the meaning 

of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate 

to a proposed highway project corridor 

connecting Trunk Highway 169 and 

United States Highway 212 in the 

vicinity of Trunk Highway 41 in the 

Counties of Scott and Carver, State of 

Minnesota. The Federal decisions of a 

tiered environmental review process 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 4321–4351 

(NEPA), and implementing regulations 

on tiering, 40 CFR 1502.20 and 40 CFR 

1508.28, determined certain issues 

relating to the proposed action. Those 

Tier I decisions will be used by Federal 

agencies in subsequent proceedings, 

including decisions whether to grant 

licenses, permits, and approvals for 

highway project(s). 

DATES: By this notice, FHWA is advising 

the public of the final agency actions 

subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A claim 

seeking judicial review of the Federal 

agency actions on the highway project 

will be barred unless the claim is filed 

on or before November 9, 2015. If the 

Federal law that authorizes judicial 

review of a claim provides a time period 

of less than 150 days for filing such a 

claim, then that shorter time period still 

applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

FHWA: Philip Forst, Environmental 

Specialist, FHWA, Minnesota Division, 

380 Jackson Street, Suite 500, Saint 

Paul, MN 55101, phil.forst@dot.gov, 

Phone: (651) 291–6100. For the 

Minnesota Department of 

Transportation, Diane Langenbach, 

Project Manager, Minnesota Department 

of Transportation, Metro District, 1500 

West County Road B2, Roseville, MN 

55113, Phone: (651) 234–7721. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that FHWA has issued at 

Tier I Record of Decision (ROD) in 

connection with a proposed highway 

project in the State of Minnesota: 

Construction of a new Trunk Highway 

(TH) 41 Minnesota River crossing 

connecting Trunk Highway 169 and 

United States (US) Highway 212 in the 

vicinity of the existing Trunk Highway 

41. A modified Alternative C–2 corridor 

was the selected alternative in the Tier 

I FEIS. The selected alternative is an 

approximately 3 mile long, 300-foot 

wide corridor to accommodate a new 

four-lane east-west regional freeway 

connection between US 169 and US 212 

that will improve regional accessibility 

and alleviate traffic congestion. 

Approximately six corridor alternatives 

were evaluated in the Tier I process. 

The selected alternative is the only 

corridor build alternative to be carried 

forward into a future Tier II EIS. 

The Tier I final Federal agency 

decisions, and the laws under which 

such actions were taken, are described 

in the Tier I Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (FEIS), approved on 

November 12, 2014, in the Record of 

Decision (ROD) issued on March 16, 

2015, and in other documents in the 

project records. The FEIS, ROD, and 

other documents in the project file are 

available by contacting the Minnesota 

Division of the FHWA or the Minnesota 

Department of Transportation at the 

addresses provided above. The FEIS and 

ROD can be viewed on the project Web 

site at http://www.dot.state.mn.us/ 

metro/projects/hwy41bridge/ 

documents.html, or obtained by 

contacting the individuals listed above. 

This notice applies to all Federal 

agency decisions that are final in the 

meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) as of the 

issuance date of this notice and all laws 

under which such actions were taken, 

including but not limited to: 

1. General: National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321– 

4351]; Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 

U.S.C. 109 and 23 U.S.C. 128]. 

2. Land: Section 4(f) of the Department 

of Transportation Act of 1966 [49 

U.S.C. 303; 23 U.S.C. 138]. 

3. Historic and Cultural Resources: 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act of 1966, as 

amended [16 U.S.C. 470f]; 

Archeological Resources Protection 

Act of 1977 [16 U.S.C. 470aa– 

470mm]; Archeological and Historic 

Preservation Act [16 U.S.C. 469– 

469c]. 

4. Social and Economic: Farmland 

Protection Policy Act (FPPA) [7 

U.S.C. 4201–4209] 

5. Wetlands and Water Resources: Clean 

Water Act (Section 404, Section 

401, Section 319) [33 U.S.C. 1251– 

1387]; Land and Water 

Conservation Fund (LWCF) [16 

U.S.C. 4601–4604]; Wetlands 

Mitigation [23 U.S.C. 119(g) and 

133(b)(14)]; Wild and Scenic Rivers 

Act [16 U.S.C. 1271–1287]. 

6. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990 

Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 11988 

Floodplain Management; E.O. 

12898, Federal Actions to Address 

Environmental Justice in Minority 

Populations and Low Income 

Populations; E.O. 11593 Protection 

and Enhancement of Cultural 

Resources. 

(Catalog of 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.) 

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