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Application 

No. 

Docket 

No. 

Applicant Regulation(s) affected Nature of special permit thereof 

14903–M ...... ......... Hageland Aviation Services, 

Anchorage, AK.

49 CFR 173.302(f) ............... To reissue the special permit originally issued on an 

emergency basis authorizing the transportation in commerce of compressed oxygen without rigid outer packaging when no other means of transportation exist. 

14905–M ...... ......... Frontier Flying Services, 

Inc., Fairbanks, AK.

49 CFR 173.302(1) .............. To reissue the special permit originally issued on an 

emergency basis authorizing the transportation in commerce of compressed oxygen without rigid outer packaging when no other means of transportation exist. 

14906–M ...... ......... Ryan Air, Inc. (Former 

Grantee: Arctic Transportation Services), Anchorage, AK.

49 CFR 173.302(f) ............... To reissue the special permit originally issued on an 

emergency basis authorizing the transportation in commerce of compressed oxygen without rigid outer packaging when no other means of transportation exist. 

14907–M ...... ......... Conocophillips Alaska, Inc., 

Anchorage, AK.

49 CFR 172.101 Column 

(9B).

To reissue the special permit originally issued on an 

emergency basis authorizing the transportation in commerce of compressed oxygen without rigid outer packaging when no other means of transportation exist. 

14909–M ...... ......... Lake Clark Air, Inc., Port 

Alsworth, AK.

49 CFR 173.304(f) ............... To reissue the special permit originally issued on an 

emergency basis authorizing the transportation in commerce of compressed oxygen without rigid outer packaging when no other means of transportation exist. 

14926–M ...... ......... Lynden Air Cargo, Anchorage, AK.49 CFR 173.302(f) ............... To reissue the special permit originally issued on an 

emergency basis authorizing the transportation in commerce of compressed oxygen without rigid outer packaging when no other means of transportation exist. 

14927–M ...... ......... Era Aviation, Inc., Anchorage, AK.49 CFR 173.302(f) ............... To reissue the special permit originally issued on an 

emergency basis authorizing the transportation in commerce of compressed oxygen without rigid outer packaging when no other means of transportation exist. 

14931–M ...... ......... Tucker Aviation Inc., 

Dillingham, AK.

49 CFR 173.302(f) ............... To reissue the special permit originally issued on an 

emergency basis authorizing the transportation in commerce of compressed oxygen without rigid outer packaging when no other means of transportation exist. 

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BILLING CODE 4909–60–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation; Notice of Availability 

of the Final Supplemental 

Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No Significant Impact to the 

September 2008 Environmental 

Assessment for Space Florida Launch 

Site Operator License, Brevard County, 

FL 

AGENCY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), lead Federal 

agency and United States Air Force, 

cooperating agency. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final 

SEA and FONSI. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.), Council on Environmental Quality 

NEPA implementing regulations (40 

CFR Parts 1500–1508), and FAA Order 

1050.1E, Change 1, the FAA is 

announcing the availability of the Final 

Supplemental Environmental 

Assessment (Final SEA) and Finding of 

No Significant Impact (FONSI) to the 

September 2008 Environmental 

Assessment for Space Florida Launch 

Site Operator License. The Final SEA 

was prepared in response to an 

application for a Launch Site Operator 

License from Space Florida. Under the 

Proposed Action, the FAA would issue 

a Launch Site Operator License to Space 

Florida to operate a commercial space 

launch site at Launch Complex 36 (LC– 

36) and LC–46 at Cape Canaveral Air 

Force Station (CCAFS) in Brevard 

County, Florida. The license would 

allow Space Florida to support vertical 

launches of both solid and liquid 

propellant launch vehicles from LC–36 

and LC–46. LC–46 is the easternmost 

launch complex at CCAFS, located at 

the tip of Cape Canaveral, and LC–36 is 

located in the east-central portion of 

CCAFS. The Final SEA addresses the 

potential environmental impacts of 

issuing a Launch Site Operator License 

for the Proposed Action and the No 

Action Alternative. 

The FAA has posted the Final SEA 

and FONSI on the FAA Office of 

Commercial Space Transportation Web 

site at http://www.faa.gov/about/ 

office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/. In 

addition, copies of the Final SEA and 

FONSI were sent to persons and 

agencies on the distribution list (found 

in Chapter 8 of the Final SEA). A paper 

copy and a CD version of the Final SEA 

and FONSI may be reviewed during 

regular business hours at the following 

locations: 

Titusville Public Library, 2121 S. 

Hopkins Ave., Titusville, FL 32780. 

Cocoa Beach Public Library, 550 North 

Brevard Ave, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931. 

Cape Canaveral Public Library, 201 Polk 

Avenue, Cape Canaveral, FL 32920. 

Merritt Island Public Library, 1195 

North Courtenay Parkway, Merritt 

Island, FL 32953. 

Additional Information 

Under the Proposed Action, the FAA 

would issue a Launch Site Operator 

License to Space Florida to operate LC– 

36 and LC–46 as a commercial space 

launch site for vertical launches of both 

solid and liquid propellant launch 

vehicles. The proposed activities at LC– 

46 remain consistent with those 

analyzed in the 2008 EA which 

analyzed the potential environmental 

impacts of the FAA issuing a Launch 

Site Operator License to Space Florida 

to operate a commercial space launch 

site at LC–46. The 2008 EA analyzed the 

operation of several types of vertical 

launch vehicles from LC–46, including 


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Athena-1 and Athena-2, Minotaur, 

Taurus, Falcon 1, Alliant Techsystems 

small launch vehicles, and other 

Castor® 120-based or Minutemanderivative booster vehicles. 

The Proposed Action also includes 

construction and operation activities to 

redevelop LC–36 into commercial space 

launch site. The Final SEA expands on 

the analysis provided in the 2008 EA to 

include an analysis of the potential 

environmental impacts of the 

construction and operation activities 

associated with the redevelopment of 

LC–36 into a commercial space launch 

site. Redeveloping LC–36 into a multiuse commercial space launch site 

involves construction of facilities to 

launch a Generic Launch Vehicle (GLV), 

which is a conceptual (or ‘‘surrogate’’) 

liquid propellant medium class launch 

vehicle with a solid propellant second 

stage, and a bipropellant third stage, 

used for the purposes of the 

environmental review. Redevelopment 

activities at LC–36 would include 

building access roads; erecting a 

security fence; reconstituting several 

existing facilities; constructing an 

elevated launch deck, associated flame 

ducts, water storage tank, and water 

deluge containment pool; and installing 

electrical, communication, and air 

systems. Redevelopment would occur in 

phases dictated by costs and schedule, 

and facility construction or 

modifications would take place only on 

previously disturbed ground. The only 

alternative to the Proposed Action is the 

No Action Alternative. Under this 

alternative, the FAA would not issue a 

Launch Site Operator License to Space 

Florida for commercial launches from 

LC–36 and LC–46 at CCAFS. 

Resource areas were considered to 

provide a context for understanding and 

assessing the potential environmental 

effects of the Proposed Action, with 

attention focused on key issues. The 

resource areas considered in the Final 

SEA included air quality; biological 

resources (terrestrial vegetation and 

wildlife, marine species, and protected 

species); compatible land use (land use, 

light emissions, visual resources, and 

coastal resources); cultural resources 

and Section 4(f) properties; hazardous 

materials, solid waste, and pollution 

prevention; noise; socioeconomic 

resources; and water resources (surface 

water, groundwater, floodplains, and 

wetlands). Potential cumulative impacts 

of the Proposed Action are also 

addressed in the Final SEA. 

The FAA published a Notice of 

Availability of the Draft SEA in the 

Federal Register on April 1, 2010, 

which started a 30-day public review 

and comment period. One written 

comment was received during the 

public comment period. The Final SEA 

responds to all substantive comments 

and includes any changes or edits 

resulting from the comments received. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Daniel Czelusniak, Environmental 

Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Suite 331, Washington, 

DC 20591, by e-mail at 

Daniel.Czelusniak@faa.gov, or by phone 

at (202) 267–5924. 

Issued in Washington, DC on July 23, 2010. 

Michael McElligott, 

Manager, Space Systems Development 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2010–18746 Filed 7–30–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Notice of Buy America Waiver Request 

by Northern New England Passenger 

Rail Authority To Purchase 3,340 

AREMA Specified Carbon Steel 

Standard 11⁄8 Nominal Diameter Nuts 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), United States 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Buy America waiver 

request and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: FRA is issuing this notice to 

advise the public that the Northern New 

England Passenger Rail Authority 

(NNEPRA) is seeking a waiver from 

FRA’s Buy America requirement—49 

U.S.C. 24405(a). NNEPRA was awarded 

$35 million in an America Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act (‘‘Recovery Act’’) grant 

to extend Amtrak’s Downeaster 

passenger service from its existing route 

of Boston, Massachusetts to Portland, 

Maine further north to Brunswick, 

Maine with a stop in Freeport, Maine. 

The project requires the purchase and 

use of 3,340 AREMA specified carbon 

steel standard 11⁄8 nominal diameter 

nuts. NNEPRA seeks the waiver under 

49 U.S.C. 24405(a)(2)(B) in that it asserts 

that the specific nuts it needs are not 

produced in the United States in a 

sufficient and reasonably available 

amount or are not of a satisfactory 

quality. 

DATES: Written comments on NNEPRA’s 

Buy America waiver request should be 

provided to the FRA on or before 

August 12, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit your 

comments by one of the following 

means, identifying your submissions by 

docket number FRA–2010–0122. All 

electronic submissions must be made to 

the U.S. Government electronic site at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Commenters should follow the 

instructions below for mailed and handdelivered comments. 

(1) Web Site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the U.S. Government electronic 

docket site; 

(2) Fax: (202) 493–2251; 

(3) Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Docket Operations, M–30, 

Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590–0001; or 

(4) Hand Delivery: Room W12–140 on 

the first floor of the West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

make reference to the ‘‘Federal Railroad 

Administration’’ and include docket 

number FRA–2010–0122. Due to 

security procedures in effect since 

October 2001, mail received through the 

U.S. Postal Service may be subject to 

delays. Parties making submissions 

responsive to this notice should 

consider using an express mail firm to 

ensure the prompt filing of any 

submissions not filed electronically or 

by hand. Note that all submissions 

received, including any personal 

information therein, will be posted 

without change or alteration to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. For more 

information, you may review DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register published on April 11, 

2000 (65 FR 19477), or visit http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Ms. Linda Martin, AttorneyAdvisor, FRA Office of Chief Counsel, 

(202) 493–6062 or via e-mail at 

Linda.Martin@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Recovery Act requires FRA to apply the 

Buy America provisions contained in 

the Passenger Rail Investment and 

Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA), at 49 

U.S.C. 24405(a), to grants obligated with 

Recovery Act funds. 49 U.S.C. 

24405(a)(1) authorizes the Secretary of 

Transportation (‘‘Secretary’’) to obligate 

grant funds only if the steel, iron, and 

manufactured goods used in the project 

are produced in the United States. 

However, 49 U.S.C. 24405(a)(2) also 

permits the Secretary to waive the Buy 

America requirements if he finds that: 

(A) Applying paragraph (1) would be 

inconsistent with the public interest; (B) 


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