54528 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 170 / Thursday, September 1, 2011 / Notices 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street, 

NW., Suite 910 Street, Washington, DC 

20036; telephone (202) 833–9339; fax 

(202) 833–9434; Web site http:// 

www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

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

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is 

hereby given for a RTCA Special 

Committee 217: Joint with EUROCAE 

WG–44 Terrain and Airport Mapping 

Databases meeting. The agenda will 

include: 

September 6th, 2011 

• Opening Plenary Session. 

• Chairman’s remarks and 

Introductions. 

• Housekeeping. 

• Approve minutes from previous 

meeting and RTCA paper No. 137–11/ 

SC217–025. 

• Review and Approve Meeting 

Agenda. 

• Schedule for this week. 

• PMC Meeting, September 28, 2011 

Discussion. 

• Action Item Review (looking for 

presentations). 

• Presentations (Not Liked to 

Working Group Activity). 

• Working Group Reports (Activity 

Status). 

September 7th, 2011 

• Terrain and Obstacle Working 

Group Report. 

• Other Working Group Reports. 

• New Working Group ASRN V&V 

Document (DO-xxx). 

September 8 th, 2011 

• Terrain and Obstacle Working 

Session. 

• ASN V&V Working Group. 

• LFV Presentations and/or 

Demonstrations. 

September 9th, 2011 

• Working Group Road Map Review. 

• Draft Terms of Reference Update for 

DO–272D and DO–291C. 

• Action Item Review. 

• Other Business. 

• Closing Plenary Session. 

• Joint RTCA SC–217/EUROCAE 

WG–44. 

• Adjourn. 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 26, 

2011. 

Robert L. Bostiga, 

RTCA Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2011–22447 Filed 8–31–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) 

of the Aircraft Certification Service 

(AIR) Process for the Sequencing of 

Certification and Validation Projects 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of and request for public 

comments on the Aircraft Certification 

Service (AIR) standard operating 

procedure (SOP) describing the process 

used to sequence certification projects 

that are anticipated to take more than 40 

hours of FAA involvement to complete. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 3, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send all comments on the 

SOP #: AIR–100–001; Standard 

Operating Procedure—Aircraft 

Certification Service Project Sequencing 

to: Federal Aviation Administration, 

Aircraft Certification Service, Aircraft 

Engineering Division, 950 L’Enfant 

Plaza, 5th Floor, SW., Washington, DC 

20024. Attn: Renton S. P. Bean, AIR– 

103. You may deliver comments to: 

Federal Aviation Administration, 950 

L’Enfant Plaza, 5th Floor, SW., 

Washington, DC 20024, or electronically 

submit comments to the following 

Internet address: 9–AWA–AVS–AIR– 

103–SOP@faa.gov. Include in the 

subject line of your message the 

following: SOP #: AIR–100–001; 

Standard Operating Procedure—Aircraft 

Certification Service Project 

Sequencing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Renton S. Bean, Senior Aerospace 

Engineer, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Aircraft Certification 

Service, Aircraft Engineering Division, 

Technical and Administrative Support 

Branch, AIR–103, 950 L’Enfant Plaza, 

5th Floor, SW., Washington, DC 20024. 

Telephone (202) 385–6301, FAX (202) 

385–6475, or e-mail at: 9-AWA-AVSAIR-103-SOP@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

You are invited to comment on the 

SOP for the sequencing of certification 

and validation projects listed in this 

notice by sending such written data, 

views, or arguments to the above listed 

address. Please identify ‘‘SOP #: AIR– 

100–001; Standard Operating 

Procedure—Aircraft Certification 

Service Project Sequencing,’’ as the 

subject of your comments. You may also 

examine comments received on the SOP 

before and after the comment closing 

date at the FAA’s Aircraft Engineering 

Division office located at, 950 L’Enfant 

Plaza, 5th Floor, SW., Washington, DC 

20024, weekdays except Federal 

holidays, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 

p.m. The Director of the Aircraft 

Certification Service will consider all 

communications received on or before 

the closing date before issuing the final 

document. 

Background 

In 2005, the Federal Aviation 

Administration instituted a project 

sequencing process to manage our 

limited resources to address both 

continued operational safety and 

certification project work. This SOP 

documents the process used for 

sequencing new certification and 

validation projects worked in its 

Aircraft Certification Offices (ACOs), 

Manufacturing Inspection District 

Offices (MIDOs), and Directorate 

Standards Staffs. All applications for 

new certification and validation projects 

requiring more than 40 hours of 

dedicated FAA work effort are 

prioritized, on a national basis, based 

primarily on the project’s impact on 

safety and availability of resources. The 

certification and validation programs 

include: Type certificate (TC), Amended 

Type Certificate (ATC), Supplemental 

Type Certificated ATC), Amended 

Supplemental Type Certificate (ASTC), 

Type Design Changes, Type Validation, 

when the FAA is the Validating 

Authority, and Parts Manufacturer 

Approval (PMA). Prior to 2005, the FAA 

accepted and committed to work all 

certification and validation projects in 

the order they were received, and 

frequently had to divert resources from 

activities supporting our safety mission 

to meet certification commitments. A 

means to manage resources such that 

applicants’ requests for services are 

properly balanced with the FAA’s 

primary mission of ensuring continued 

operational safety of the existing fleet is 

essential. The FAA is publishing the 

SOP to ensure transparency of the 

existing sequencing process and to 


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solicit feedback on how the process can 

be improved. 

How to Obtain Copies 

You can get an electronic copy of the 

SOP #: AIR–100–001; Standard 

Operating Procedure—Aircraft 

Certification Service Project 

Sequencing, via the Internet at http:// 

www.faa.gov/aircraft/draft_docs/, and 

then select Policy, or by contacting the 

person named in the paragraph FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 26, 

2011. 

Susan J.M. Cabler, 

Assistant Manager, Aircraft Engineering 

Division, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–22360 Filed 8–31–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice To Rescind a Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement: San Francisco County, CA 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice to rescind a Notice of 

Intent to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of the 

California Department of Transportation 

(Caltrans), announces this notice to 

advise the public of the rescinding of 

the Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

improvements that were proposed for 

the Bayview Transportation 

Improvements Project. The NOI was 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 2, 2004. This rescission is based on 

major changes in the scope of the 

project. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melanie Brent, Office Chief, California 

Department of Transportation, District 

4, Office of Environmental Analysis, 

P.O. Box 23660, MS–8B, Oakland, 

California 94623–0660, Telephone: 

(510) 286–5231, E-mail: 

melanie_brent@dot.ca.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective 

July 1, 2007, the Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) assigned, and 

the California Department of 

Transportation (Caltrans) assumed, 

environmental responsibilities for this 

project pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327. 

Caltrans as the delegated National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

agency is rescinding the NOI to prepare 

an Environmental Impact Statement for 

proposed roadway improvements in the 

southeast sector of San Francisco, 

California to facilitate truck traffic from 

U.S. Highway 101 to planned industrial 

development in the former Hunters 

Point Shipyard. The NOI is being 

rescinded because the land use plans for 

the former Hunters Point Shipyard have 

evolved to a broader mix of residential, 

commercial, research and development, 

and industrial activities and there is a 

need to connect Hunters Point with 

Candlestick Point, and other parts of the 

Bayview District and beyond. The 

rescoped project will: Emphasize 

transit, bikes, pedestrians, and autos 

rather than trucks; conform to the City’s 

‘‘transit first policy’’ as a means to 

reduce vehicular traffic on streets as 

well as on U.S. 101 and its interchanges; 

connect neighborhoods within the 

Bayview District through a new bus 

rapid transit (BRT) route (the ‘‘spine’’ of 

the proposed project); provide transfer 

points between the BRT line and other 

transit routes; construct a new transit 

center; facilitate bicycle and pedestrian 

movement on streets that are in need of 

improvement; and create a more 

sustainable and viable community. 

Given the changes in scope of the 

proposed action, Caltrans intends to 

prepare an Environmental Assessment 

to determine if the project has the 

potential to significantly affect the 

quality of the human environment. 

Dated: August 25, 2011. 

Gary Sweeten, 

Acting Director, Local Programs, Federal 

Highway Administration, Sacramento, CA. 

[FR Doc. 2011–22349 Filed 8–31–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Highway in California 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims 

for Judicial Review of Actions by the 

California Department of Transportation 

(Caltrans), pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327, 

and Other Federal Agencies. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of 

Caltrans, is issuing this notice to 

announce actions taken by Caltrans, and 

other Federal agencies, that are final 

within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 

139(l)(1). The actions relate to proposed 

highway improvements in Santa Clara 

County at the connection of the State 

Route 17, Interstate 280 and Interstate 

880 freeways in the City of San Jose, 

Santa Clara County, State of California. 

Those actions grant licenses, permits, 

and approvals for the project. 

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA, on 

behalf of Caltrans, is advising the public 

of 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 February 28, 2012. If the Federal 

law that authorizes judicial review of a 

claim provides a time period of less 

than 180 days for filing such claim, then 

that shorter time period still applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

Caltrans: Melanie Brent, Office Chief, 

Office of Environmental Analysis, 

Caltrans District 4, 111 Grand Avenue, 

MS 8B, Oakland, CA 94612, (510) 286– 

5231, Melanie_Brent@dot.ca.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective 

July 1, 2007, the Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) assigned, and 

the California Department of 

Transportation (Caltrans) assumed, 

environmental responsibilities for this 

project pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327. 

Notice is hereby given that the Caltrans 

has taken final agency actions subject to 

23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) by issuing licenses, 

permits, and approvals for the following 

highway project in the State of 

California: Highway Improvements to 

modify the State Route 17/Interstate280/Interstate-880 freeway-to-freeway 

interchange as well as the adjacent 

interchange at Interstate 88R0/Stevens 

Creek Boulevard. The purpose of the 

project is to improve operations and 

safety on the freeways and local 

roadways in the vicinity of these 

interchanges and to provide additional 

access between the Interstate 280/ 

Interstate 880 freeway corridors and 

nearby land uses. 

The actions by the Federal agencies, 

and the laws under which such actions 

were taken, are described in the Final 

Environmental Assessment (FEA) for 

the project. A Finding of No Significant 

Impact (FONSI) was approved on July 8, 

2011. The FEA, FONSI, and other 

project records are available by 

contacting Caltrans at the addresses 

provided above. The Caltrans FEA and 

FONSI can be viewed and downloaded 

from the project Web site at http:// 

www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/envdocs.htm. 

This notice applies to all Federal 

agency decisions as of the issuance date 

of this notice and all laws under which 

such actions were taken, including but 

not limited to: 

1. National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321–4351]; 

Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 U.S.C. 

109] and its regulations 23 CFR 772 


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