1752 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 8 / Tuesday, January 13, 2009 / Notices 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0648. 

Forms(s) There are no FAA forms 

associated with this collection. 

Affected Public: An estimated 36 

Respondents. 

Frequency: This information is 

collected on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden Per 

Response: Approximately 57 hours per 

response. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An 

estimated 4,679 hours annually. 

Abstract: The respondents to this 

information collection are FAR Part 135 

and Part 121 operators. The FAA will 

use the information to ensure 

compliance and adherence to the 

regulations. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget. Comments should be addressed 

to the attention of the Desk Officer, 

Department of Transportation/FAA, and 

sent via electronic mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed 

to (202) 395–6974, or mailed to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

Comments are invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimates of the 

burden of the proposed information 

collection; ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on Jan. 5, 2009. 

Carla Mauney, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services 

Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. E9–341 Filed 1–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Assessment (Final EA) 

and Section 4(f) Evaluation; Notice of 

Alaska National Interests Lands 

Conservation Act (ANILCA) Section 

810 Evaluation; and Notice of Public 

Comment Period and Schedule of the 

Public Informational Meeting, Final EA 

Public Hearing, and ANILCA Section 

810 Hearing for the Proposed Airport 

Improvement Project for the Barter 

Island Airport, Kaktovik, AK 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of Final 

EA, notice of public informational 

meeting and Final EA hearing, notice of 

ANILCA Section 810 hearing, and 

notice of public comment period. 

Location of the Preferred Alternative: 

The Preferred Alternative would 

relocate the airport approximately 1 

mile southwest of the community of 

Kaktovik, on Barter Island. Barter Island 

is part of the North Slope Borough and 

is located along the Beaufort Sea Coast 

of Alaska north of the mainland of the 

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The 

City of Kaktovik (Kaktovik), an Inupiat 

village of approximately 300 people, is 

the only inhabited community on Barter 

Island. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), Council 

on Environmental Quality regulations 

(40 CFR Part 1500–1508), and FAA 

Orders 1050.1E and 5050.4B, the FAA is 

issuing this notice to advise the public 

that the Final EA and Section 4(f) 

Evaluation for the Barter Island Airport 

Improvements has been prepared and is 

available for public review and 

comment. An ANILCA Section 810 

evaluation is included in the Final EA. 

The purpose and need for the proposed 

project is also disclosed in the Final EA. 

Reasonable, prudent, and feasible 

alternatives are being considered, 

including the no-action alternative. 

Written requests for copies of the 

Final EA can be submitted to the 

individual listed in the section titled 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Written comments on the Final EA 

should be submitted to the address 

listed in the section titled ‘‘Written 

Comments Should be Sent to’’. A public 

hearing will be held on February 17, 

2009. The public comment period will 

commence on January 20, 2009 and will 

close at 5 p.m. (ADT) on February 24, 

2009. 

Public Comment and Public Hearing: 

The public comment period on the Final 

EA will start on January 20, 2009 and 

will end at 5 p.m. (ADT) on February 

24, 2009. One combined public 

information meeting, Final EA public 

hearing, and ANILCA Section 810 

hearing will be held on February 17, 

2009 at the Kaktovik City Hall, 2051 

Barter Island Avenue, Kaktovik, AK 

99747. The meeting and hearing will be 

from 6:00 to 8:00 pm (ADT) with a 30- 

minute informational presentation 

beginning at 6:15 pm and the public and 

ANILCA Section 810 hearing beginning 

at 7 p.m. A court reporter will be 

present during the hearing to formally 

record public comment. 

Final EA Availability and Review 

Copies of the Final EA, with its 

Section 4(f) and ANILCA Section 810 

Evaluations, may be viewed during 

regular business hours at the following 

locations: 

1. North Slope Borough Capital 

Improvement Project Office, 3000 C St., 

Suite 104, Anchorage, AK, 99503. Laura 

Strand, Project Administrator, (907) 

646–8274. 

2. City of Kaktovik, Mayor’s Office, 

P.O. Box 27, 2051 Barter Avenue, 

Kaktovik, Alaska 99747. Elizabeth 

Rexford, 907–640–6313. Open: 8:30 

a.m.—5 p.m. M–F. 

3. North Slope Borough Village 

Liaison, P.O. Box 102, 4070 Hula Hula 

Avenue, Kaktovik, Alaska 99747. Nora 

Jane Burns, 907–640–6128. 

4. North Slope Borough Public Works, 

1689 Okpik Street, Barrow, Alaska 

99723. Sophia Amling, 907–852–0271. 

Open: 8:30 a.m.—5 p.m. M–F. 

The Final EA, Section 4(f) Evaluation, 

and ANILCA Section 810 Evaluation 

may also be viewed at the following 

Web site: http://www.hdlalaska.com/ 

currentprojects.htm. The North Slope 

Borough has a limited number of hardcopy Final EA documents for 

distribution upon request. If you desire 

a hard-copy of the Final EA, please 

contact the North Slope Borough at 

(907) 646–8274. 

Comments on the Final EA or 

ANILCA Section 810 Evaluation may 

also be presented verbally at the public 

hearing. Written comments may be 

submitted to during the public meeting 

and hearing and through Tuesday, 

February 24, 2009 at the address listed 

in the section titled ‘‘Written Comments 

Should be Sent to’’. 

The FAA encourages all interested 

parties to provide comments concerning 

the content of the Final EA, including 

the Section 4(f) and ANILCA Section 

810 Evaluations. Comments should be 

as specific as possible and address the 

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analysis of potential environmental 

impacts and the adequacy of the 

proposed action or merits of alternatives 

and the mitigation being considered. 

Reviewers should organize their 

participation so that it is meaningful 

and makes the agency aware of the 

viewer’s interests and concerns by using 

quotations and other specific references 

to the text of the Final EA and related 

documents. Comments that could have 

been raised with specificity during the 

comment period on the Draft EA may 

not be considered if they are not raised 

until after release of the Final EA. This 

is to ensure that substantive comments 

and concerns are made available to the 

FAA in a timely manner so that the FAA 

has an opportunity to address them. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

as lead agency has prepared the Final 

EA for the Proposed Action and 

alternatives to address recurrent 

flooding and subsequent storm damage 

to the Barter Island Airport, Kaktovik, 

Alaska. 

North Slope Borough published the 

Draft EA on behalf of the FAA on March 

7, 2008. The Draft EA was prepared in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 

Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations (40 CFR Part 1500–1508), 

and FAA Orders 1050.1E and 5050.4B. 

The Draft EA disclosed the 

environmental consequences of four 

separate alternatives associated with the 

proposed improvements at the Barter 

Island Airport. These alternatives 

included: 

• Reconstructing the existing airport; 

• Constructing a new airport on 

Barter Island and relocating the existing 

landfill and sewage lagoon; 

• Constructing a new airport on the 

Alaska mainland south of Barter Island; 

and 

• Continuing to maintain and operate 

the current airport as is (No Action 

Alternative). 

In preparing the Final EA, the FAA 

considered all comments received on 

the Draft EA. The FAA addressed 

substantive comments with 

supplemental analysis documented in 

the Final EA. This supplemental 

analysis includes detailed disclosure on 

potential project impacts to subsistence 

resources and uses, air quality, noise, 

socioeconomics, environmental justice, 

and Department of Transportation 

Section 4(f) resources. 

The proposed airport improvements 

under the FAA’s Preferred Alternative 

would be completed during the 2010– 

2012 time period and would result in 

non-significant impacts to wetlands, 

wildlife habitat, vegetation, subsistence 

resources, air, and noise. 

Section 810 of ANILCA requires an 

evaluation of the effects of actions and 

their alternatives presented in the Final 

EA on subsistence resources and 

activities occurring on public lands in 

the project area. The evaluation 

contained in the Subsistence Appendix 

of the Final EA indicates that no 

alternatives in the EA, including the 

FAA’s Preferred Alternative, would 

significantly impair subsistence 

resources or restrict subsistence 

activities. As noted above, the FAA will 

hold a public hearing to receive 

comments on potential project effects on 

subsistence in conjunction with the 

public hearing conducted for the Final 

EA. At the end of the public comment 

period on the Final EA, the FAA will 

address any substantive comments and 

issue a decision. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leslie Grey AAL–614, Project Manager, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Alaskan Region, Airports Division, 222 

W. 7th Avenue #14, Anchorage, AK, 

99513–7504. Ms. Grey may be contacted 

during business hours at (907) 271–5453 

(phone) and (907) 271–2851 (facsimile). 

Written Comments Should be Sent to: 

Hattenburg Dilley and Linnell, ATTN: 

Barter Island EA, 3335 Arctic 

Boulevard, Suite 100, Anchorage, AK 

99503, or submitted by e-mail to 

tmitchell@hdlalaska.com. 

All comments must be received no 

later than 5 pm (ADT) on February 24, 

2009. 

Issued in Anchorage, Alaska on January 7, 

2009. 

James W. Lomen, 

Deputy Division Manager, Airports Division, 

Alaskan Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–479 Filed 1–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2009–01] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 

The purpose of this notice is to improve 

the public’s awareness of, and 

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s 

regulatory activities. Neither publication 

of this notice nor the inclusion or 

omission of information in the summary 

is intended to affect the legal status of 

the petition or its final disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number 

involved and must be received on or 

before January 23, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2008–1136 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maria G. Delgado, ANM–113, (425) 227– 

2775, FAA, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., 

Renton, Washington 98057–3356; or 

Ralen Gao, ARM–200, (202) 267–3168, 

FAA, Office of Rulemaking, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85.