Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 189 / Friday, September 28, 2012 / Notices 59703 

1Mazda North American Operations, is a U.S. 

company that manufacturers and imports motor 

vehicles. 

2Mazda Motor Corporation, is a Japanese 

company that manufacturers motor vehicles. 

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Daniel Mullaney, 

Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for 

Europe and the Middle East. 

[FR Doc. 2012–23613 Filed 9–27–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement; Taos 

Regional Airport, Taos, NM 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA); DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record 

of Decision. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public that we have 

prepared a Record of Decision (ROD) for 

the ‘‘Taos Regional Airport, Airport 

Layout Plan Improvements’’ 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). 

The Town of Taos, owner and operator 

of Taos Regional Airport located in 

Taos, New Mexico, has requested the 

FAA to approve revisions to its Airport 

Layout Plan (ALP) to reflect and allow 

construction of a new runway and other 

associated airport projects; the Town is 

requesting Federal funding for the 

project. This ROD sets forth FAA’s final 

determination and environmental 

approvals for the federal actions 

necessary to implement the proposed 

airport improvements under Alternative 

2D, the FAA’s selected alternative, and 

the Airport Sponsor to proceed with 

processing an application for federal 

funding. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

DOT/FAA Southwest Region, Dean 

McMath, Regional Environmental 

Programs, Manager, ASW613, 2601 

Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 

76137, telephone (817) 222–5617. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Town 

of Taos, as owner and operator of SKX 

requested FAA to approve revisions to 

its Airport Layout Plan (ALP) and 

provide funding for a proposed new 

Runway 12/30 measuring 8,600-foot by 

100-foot, a full length parallel taxiway, 

runway lighting, navigational aids, 

runway safety areas (RSA), runway 

protection zones, associated grading, 

drainage, utility relocations, installation 

of a Remote Transmitter/Receiver, 

shortening of the existing Runway 4/22 

by 420 feet to the northeast with an 

associated shift of the RSA Runway 

Object Free Area (ROFA), and Runway 

Protection Zone (RPZ), establishment of 

new flight procedures for both runways, 

construction of a new airport access 

road, and extension of the existing 

airport access road from the existing 

automobile parking lot to the Fixed Base 

Operator hangar/terminal. The purpose 

of the proposed improvements is to 

correct the operational deficiencies of 

the existing runway system at SKX and 

improve safety of the operating 

environment at the airport. 

The Draft and Final EIS were 

prepared in compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), [42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.], 

the implementing regulations of the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) [40 CFR parts 1500–15081, and 

FAA directives [Order 1050.1E and 

Order 5050.4B]. The Taos Pueblo and 

National Park Service served as 

cooperating agencies in preparation of 

the EIS. The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) published a notice of 

availability of the Final EIS in the 

Federal Register on June 29, 2012. 

In accordance with CEQ regulations, 

the ROD discusses the alternatives 

considered for the project; the basis for 

selecting the Preferred Alternative, a 

summary of impacts; and mitigation 

measures for the Preferred Alternative. 

The ROD documents the final Agency 

decisions regarding the proposed project 

as described and analyzed in the EIS. 

The FAA is granting approval to amend 

the ALP with the conditions noted in 

Section 9.7 of the ROD and approval to 

proceed with processing an application 

for federal funding of those 

development items qualifying for 

financial aid under the Airports 

Improvement Program (AlP). 

The ROD is available for review 

during normal business hours at the 

following locations: FAA Southwest 

Regional Office, 2601 Meacham 

Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 76137– 

4298, Taos Regional Airport, Highway 

64 West, 1 Airport Road, Taos, New 

Mexico 87571, Taos Town Hall, 400 

Camino de la Placita, Taos, New Mexico 

87571 and Taos Public Library, 402 

Camino de la Placita, Taos, New Mexico 

87571. 

Issued on September 20, 2012. 

Kelvin L. Solco, 

Manager, Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–23830 Filed 9–27–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2012–0117; Notice 1] 

Mazda North American Operations, 

Receipt of Petition for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Receipt of petition. 

SUMMARY: Mazda North American 

Operations (MNAO),1 on behalf of 

Mazda Motor Corporation of Hiroshima, 

Japan (Mazda),2 has determined that 

certain Mazda brand motor vehicles 

manufactured between 2000 and 2012 

for sale or lease in Puerto Rico, do not 

fully comply with paragraph S4.1 of 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 

(FMVSS) No. 225, Child Restraint 

Anchorage Systems. MNAO has filed an 

appropriate report dated June 21, 2012, 

pursuant to 49 CFR Part 573, Defect and 

Noncompliance Responsibility and 

Reports. 

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h) (see implementing rule at 49 

CFR Part 556), MNAO submitted a 

petition for an exemption from the 

notification and remedy requirements of 

49 U.S.C. chapter 301 on the basis that 

this noncompliance is inconsequential 

to motor vehicle safety. 

This notice of receipt of MNAO’s 

petition is published under 49 U.S.C. 

30118 and 30120 and does not represent 

any agency decision or other exercise of 

judgment concerning the merits of the 

petition. 

Vehicles Involved: Affected are 

approximately 60,509 Mazda brand 

motor vehicles manufactured between 

2000 and 2012 for sale or lease in Puerto 

Rico. 

NHTSA notes that the statutory 

provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to 

file petitions for a determination of 

inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to 

exempt manufacturers only from the 

duties found in sections 30118 and 

30120, respectively, to notify owners, 

purchasers, and dealers of a defect or 


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