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information that disabled and impaired

individuals utilize in making their

decisions to apply or not to apply for

benefits. The data will be used to

determine the appropriateness and

accuracy of the information provided to

potential applicants and to identify the

social networks through which

information about the disability

programs is disseminated.

Screener survey

Pilot

survey

Number of Respondents .. 1,000 200

Frequency of Response ... 1 1

Average Burden Per Response (minutes) .......... 12 60

Estimated Annual Burden

(hours) ........................... 200 200

Written comments and

recommendations regarding the

information collection(s) should be

directed within 30 days to the OMB

Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance

Officer at the following addresses:

(OMB), Office of Management and

Budget, OIRA, Attn: Laura

Oliven,New Executive Office

Building, Room 10230, 725 17th St.,

NW, Washington, D.C. 20503

(SSA), Social Security Administration,

DCFAM, Attn: Judith T. Hasche, 1–A–

21 Operations Bldg., 6401 Security

Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235

To receive a copy of any of the forms

or clearance packages, call the SSA

Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965–

4123 or write to her at the address listed

above.

Dated: April 3, 1997.

Judith T. Hasche,

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–8989 Filed 4–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4190–29–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Noise Exposure Map Notice; Receipt of

Noise Compatibility Program and

Request for Review; Naples Municipal

Airport; Naples, FL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) announces its

determination that the revised current

and future noise exposure maps

submitted by the City of Naples, Florida

for Naples Municipal Airport under the

provisions of Title I of the Aviation

Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979

(Public Law 96–193) and 14 CFR Part

150 are in compliance with applicable

requirements. The FAA also announces

that it is reviewing a proposed revised

noise compatibility program that was

submitted for Naples Municipal Airport

under Part 150 in conjunction with the

noise exposure maps, and that this

revised program will be approved or

disapproved on or before September 29,

1997.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The effective date of the

FAA’s determination on the revised

noise exposure maps and of the start of

its review of the associated revised

noise compatibility program is April 2,

1997. The public comment period ends

June 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Tommy J. Pickering, P.E., Federal

Aviation Administration, Orlando

Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine

National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando,

Florida 32822–5024, (407) 812–6331,

Extension 29. Comments on the

proposed revised noise compatibility

program should also be submitted to the

above office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice announces that the FAA finds

that the revised noise exposure maps

submitted for Naples Municipal Airport

are in compliance with applicable

requirements of Part 150, effective April

2, 1997. Further, FAA is reviewing a

proposed revised noise compatibility

program for that airport which will be

approved or disapproved on or before

September 29, 1997. This notice also

announces the availability of this

revised program for public review and

comment.

Under Section 103 of Title I of the

Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement

Act of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as

‘‘the Act’’), an airport operator may

submit to the FAA noise exposure maps

which meet applicable regulations and

which depict noncompatible 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 to 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 Federal Aviation

Regulations (FAR) Part 150,

promulgated pursuant to Title I of the

Act, may submit a noise compatibility

program for FAA approval which sets

forth the measures the operator has

taken or proposes for the reduction of

existing noncompatible uses and for the

prevention of the introduction of

additional noncompatible uses.

The City of Naples, Florida, submitted

to the FAA on February 13, 1997,

revised noise exposure maps,

descriptions and other documentation

which were produced during the Naples

Municipal Airport FAR Part 150

Revised program conducted between

March 23, 1995 and February 13, 1997.

It was requested that the FAA review

this material as the noise exposure

maps, as described in Section 103(a)(1)

of the Act, and that the noise mitigation

measures, to be implemented jointly by

the airport and surrounding

communities, be approved as a noise

compatibility program under section

104(b) of the Act.

The FAA has completed its review of

the revised noise exposure maps and

related descriptions submitted by the

City of Naples, Florida. The specific

maps under consideration are ‘‘1996

Existing Conditions Noise Exposure

Map’’ and ‘‘2001 Forecast Conditions

Revised Noise Exposure Map’’ in the

Revised Noise Compatibility Program

1996 submission. The FAA has

determined that these maps for Naples

Municipal Airport are in compliance

with applicable requirements. This

determination is effective on April 2,

1997. 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 103 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 107 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
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onto the map depicting properties on

the surface rests exclusively with the

airport operator which submitted those

maps, or with those public agencies and

planning agencies with which

consultation is required under Section

103 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.

The FAA has formally received the

revised noise compatibility program

1996 for Naples Municipal Airport, also

effective on April 2, 1997. Preliminary

review of the submitted material

indicates that it conforms to the

requirements for the submittal of noise

compatibility programs, but that further

review will be necessary prior to

approval or disapproval of the revised

program. The formal review period,

limited by law to a maximum of 180

days, will be completed on or before

September 29, 1997.

The FAA’s detailed evaluation will be

conducted under the provisions of 14

CFR Part 150, Section 150.33. The

primary considerations in the

evaluation process are whether the

proposed measures may reduce the level

of aviation safety, create an undue

burden on interstate or foreign

commerce, or be reasonably consistent

with obtaining the goal of reducing

existing noncompatible land uses and

preventing the introduction of

additional noncompatible land uses.

Interested persons are invited to

comment on the proposed revised

program with specific reference to these

factors. All comments, other than those

properly addressed to local land use

authorities, will be considered by the

FAA to the extent practicable. Copies of

the revised noise exposure maps, the

FAA’s evaluation of the maps, and the

proposed revised noise compatibility

program are available for examination at

the following locations:

Federal Aviation Administration,

Orlando Airports District Office, 5950

Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400,

Orlando, Florida 32822–5024, and

Naples Airport Authority, 160 Aviation

Drive North, Naples, Florida 34104

Questions may be directed to the

individual named above under the

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Issued in Orlando, Florida, April 2, 1997.

Charles E. Blair,

Manager, Orlando Airport District Office.

[FR Doc. 97–9418 Filed 4–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement;

Tuscaloosa County, AL

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA) DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this

notice to advise the public that an

Environmental Impact Statement will be

prepared for a proposed highway project

in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Joe D. Wilkerson, Division

Administrator, Federal Highway

Administration, 500 Eastern Boulevard,

Suite 200, Montgomery, Alabama 36117,

Telephone: (334) 223–7370, or Mr.

Jimmy Butts, Director, State of Alabama

Department of Transportation, 1409

Coliseum Boulevard, Montgomery,

Alabama 36130, Telephone (334) 242–

6311.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

FHWA, in cooperation with the State of

Alabama Department of Transportation,

will prepare an Environmental Impact

Statement for a proposed bypass of the

cities of Northport and Tuscaloosa,

approximately 29 km (18 miles) in

length, beginning at U.S. Highway 82

west and extending north and east

around Northport and Tuscaloosa. The

proposed limited access multi-lane

facility provides a much-needed new

crossing of the Black Warrior River that

runs generally east and west through the

metropolitan area. There are presently

two routes serving the Northport/

Tuscaloosa area that cross the Black

Warrior River. Both of these facilities

have become severely congested

creating the need for additional river

crossings. The area has experienced

steady growth, and an additional

highway corridor will better serve this

rapidly-developing area as well as

provide through traffic with an option to

bypass the existing overburdened

highway network.

A Notice of Intent was previously

published on September 17, 1992, to

prepare an Environmental Impact

Statement for this project. Early

coordination letters describing the

proposed action and soliciting

comments were sent to appropriate

Federal, State, local agencies, and to

private organizations and citizens who

had expressed or were known to have

an interest in the proposal. A scoping

meeting, four public involvement

meetings, and public hearings were held

to describe the project and solicit

public/private input. After these

meetings, hearings, and consideration of

comments, the location of a river

crossing was selected and a FONSI

approved on January 14, 1994, for a

separate project within the overall limits

of the bypass for construction of a

bridge across the river. Funding to begin

bridge construction was provided in the

Intermodal Surface Transportation

Efficiency Act of 1991.

A Draft Environmental Impact

Statement (FHWA–AL–EIS–94–01–D)

for the bypass, which also included

discussion of the river crossing project,

was approved on June 1, 1994. After

circulation of the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement and holding a corridor

public hearing, comments and

objections to the alignment north of the

river were raised by residents of a

subdivision near the proposed location.

In order to ensure that there was full

public knowledge of the proposed

project and to clarify apparent

confusion by some citizens, an

additional Notice of Intent was

published in 1996 to prepare a

Supplemental Draft Environmental

Impact Statement for the entire route.

The Supplemental Draft Environmental

Impact Statement was prepared on the

entire route and subsequently approved

on June 10, 1996. This document was

circulated, and a corridor public hearing

was held. Once again, objections were

raised, and many of the comments

concerning the outdated data indicated

the need to prepare a new

Environmental Impact Statement, based

on current issues and conditions rather

than trying to utilize information from

the previous Environmental Impact

Statement and Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement.

Letters describing the proposed action

and soliciting comments will be sent to

appropriate Federal, State, and local

agencies, and to private organizations

and citizens who have previously

expressed or are known to have an

interest in this proposal. A scoping

meeting and public involvement

meeting will be held in the project area.

In addition, a public hearing will be

held. Public notices will be given of the

time and place of meetings and hearing.

The Draft Environmental Impact

Statement 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 Environmental

Impact Statement should be directed to