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infrastructure modifications and traffic 

operations as they encounter a mixed 

vehicle fleet (e.g., fully-automated, 

partially-automated, and nonautomated; cooperative and 

unconnected) during the transition 

period to a potentially fully automated 

fleet? What are likely the most 

significant impacts of ADS on other 

motorized and non-motorized users of 

public roadways? What plans do 

stakeholders have to address these 

impacts, and are there possible roles for 

road owners and operators to support 

the interaction of ADS with those users 

through infrastructure changes or 

operational strategies? 

Issued: January 10, 2018. 

Brandye L. Hendrickson, 

Acting Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00784 Filed 1–17–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: 

Strafford and Rockingham County, 

New Hampshire 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (SEIS) will be prepared to reevaluate a reasonable range of 

transportation alternatives associated 

with the General Sullivan Bridge (GSB) 

for maintaining access for pedestrians 

and bicyclists across Little Bay in 

Newington and Dover, New Hampshire, 

thereby retaining this regional 

connectivity in northern coastal New 

Hampshire. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jamie Sikora, New Hampshire Division, 

Federal Highway Administration, 53 

Pleasant Street, Suite 2200, Concord, 

New Hampshire 03301, Telephone: 

(603) 410–4870. Mr. Kevin Nyhan, 

Administrator, Bureau of Environment, 

New Hampshire Department of 

Transportation, 7 Hazen Drive, JOM 

Building Room 160, Concord, New 

Hampshire 03302–0483, Telephone: 

(603) 271–3226. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FHWA, in 

cooperation with the New Hampshire 

Department of Transportation (NHDOT), 

prepared a Draft EIS and Final EIS 

[NHS–027–1(37), 11238, December 

2007] for proposed improvements to a 

3.5-mile section of the Spaulding 

Turnpike extending north from the 

Gosling Road/Pease Boulevard 

Interchange (Exit 1) in the Town of 

Newington, across the Little Bay 

Bridges, to a point just south of the 

existing Toll Plaza in the City of Dover. 

Consistent with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

regulations, the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, National Marine 

Fisheries Service, U.S. Coast Guard, 

Federal Aviation Administration, N.H. 

Department of Environmental Services, 

N.H. Fish and Game Department, N.H. 

Office of Energy and Planning, and N.H. 

Division of Historical Resources were 

cooperating agencies in preparing the 

Draft EIS and Final EIS. 

In October 2008, FHWA issued a 

Record of Decision (ROD) (FHWA–NH– 

EIS–06–01–F) following the Final EIS 

for the Spaulding Turnpike 

Improvements Project (known as 

Newington-Dover Project). The ROD 

proposed to rehabilitate the GSB so that 

it could continue to serve as a 

connection for pedestrians and 

bicyclists across Little Bay and to 

provide recreational access for fishing. 

Following the ROD, NHDOT prepared a 

Type, Size and Location Study which, 

in part, provided additional information 

on the condition of the GSB and 

evaluated the feasibility of rehabilitating 

the bridge. Based upon the results of the 

study, NHDOT determined that it was 

necessary and reasonable to consider 

alternatives to the proposed 

rehabilitation. 

On August 17, 2017, NHDOT 

requested that FHWA reopen the FEIS 

for a specific review of alternatives for 

the GSB and, on September 5, 2017, 

FHWA responded in support of 

NHDOT’s request to re-evaluate the 

reasonable range of transportation 

alternatives associated with the GSB for 

maintaining access for pedestrians and 

bicyclists across Little Bay. 

FHWA is initiating a limited scope 

SEIS pursuant to 23 CFR 771.130 and 40 

CFR 1502.9 to evaluate additional 

alternatives for the Newington-Dover 

Project; specifically, evaluating the 

social, economic and environmental 

effects of reasonable transportation 

alternatives for maintaining access for 

pedestrians and bicyclists across the 

Little Bay in Newington and Dover, New 

Hampshire, thereby retaining a regional 

connection in northeastern coastal New 

Hampshire. Since issues and concerns 

related to the broader Newington-Dover 

Project are well known and reported in 

the Draft and Final EIS, formal scoping 

will not be conducted. 

FHWA will be inviting agencies to 

become cooperating or participating 

agencies for the SEIS, including 

agencies that may have not been 

cooperating or participating agencies for 

the Draft and Final EIS. In addition, 

FHWA and NHDOT will invite 

participation from tribes, organizations 

and individuals on the SEIS. Written 

and verbal comments on the Draft SEIS 

will be taken by email, through the 

project website http://www.newingtondover.com/gsb_subsite/index.html, at 

public informational meetings and 

hearing. Public notice will be given on 

the time and location of these meetings. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Issued on: January 8, 2018. 

Cynthia Vigue, 

Assistant Division Administrator, Federal 

Highway Administration, Concord, New 

Hampshire. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00785 Filed 1–17–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Hazardous Materials: Notice of 

Applications for Special Permits 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of actions on special 

permit applications. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

procedures governing the application 

for, and the processing of, special 

permits from the Department of 

Transportation’s Hazardous Material 

Regulations, notice is hereby given that 

the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety 

has received the application described 

herein. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 20, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Record Center, Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration U.S. Department of 

Transportation Washington, DC 20590. 

Comments should refer to the 

application number and be submitted in 

triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of 

comments is desired, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard showing 

the special permit number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ryan Paquet, Director, Office of 


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