16438 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 68 / Friday, April 10, 2009 / Notices 

1 In the transaction, UP does not transfer to San 

Benito the right or obligation to conduct common 

carrier freight operations. UP currently conducts 

and will continue to conduct common carrier 

freight operations over the rail line, retaining an 

exclusive and perpetual freight operating easement. 

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such comments should contact Sandy 

McKinzy at (202) 395–9483. 

William L. Busis, 

Chair, Section 301 Committee. 

[FR Doc. E9–8232 Filed 4–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W9–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35231] 

Indiana Northeastern Railroad 

Company—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Pigeon River Railroad 

Company 

Indiana Northeastern Railroad 

Company (INRC), a Class III rail carrier, 

has filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire from 

Pigeon River Railroad Company (PGRV) 

and to operate, approximately 9.27 

miles of rail line extending from 

milepost 122.53, near the Town of 

Ashley, in Steuben County, IN, to 

milepost 131.8, near the unincorporated 

community of South Milford, in 

LaGrange County, IN. 

The transaction is scheduled to be 

consummated on April 25, 2009, the 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the exemption is filed). 

INRC certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of this 

transaction will not result in INRC 

becoming a Class II or Class I rail carrier 

and further certifies that its projected 

annual revenues will not exceed $5 

million. 

According to INRC, there is no 

provision or agreement that may limit 

future interchange with a third-party 

connecting carrier. 

Pursuant to the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2008, Public Law 

110–161, section 193, 121 Stat. 1844 

(2007), nothing in this decision 

authorizes the following activities at any 

solid waste rail transfer facility: 

Collecting, storing or transferring solid 

waste outside of its original shipping 

container; or separating or processing 

solid waste (including baling, crushing, 

compacting and shredding). The term 

‘‘solid waste’’ is defined in section 1004 

of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 

U.S.C. 6903. 

If the notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke does not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions for stay must 

be filed no later than April 17, 2009 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35231, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on Gordon P. 

MacDougall, Esq., 1025 Connecticut 

Avenue, NW., Room 919, Washington, 

DC 20036–5444. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: April 6, 2009. 

By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–8095 Filed 4–9–09; 8:45am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35225] 

San Benito Railroad LLC—Acquisition 

Exemption—Certain Assets of Union 

Pacific Railroad Company 

San Benito Railroad, LLC (San 

Benito), a noncarrier, has filed a verified 

notice of exemption under 49 CFR 

1150.31 to acquire from Union Pacific 

Railroad Company (UP) certain railroad 

assets, including approximately 12.43 

miles of rail line extending between 

approximately milepost 0.07 and 

approximately milepost 12.50 in the 

county of San Benito, CA.1 According to 

Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 68 / Friday, April 10, 2009 / Notices 16439 

2A motion to dismiss has been filed in this 

proceeding. The motion will be addressed in a 

subsequent Board decision. 

a map provided by San Benito, the line 

extends from near Hollister to near 

Carnardero. 

The transaction is scheduled to take 

place in June 2009 or later (after the 

April 26, 2009 effective date of the 

exemption). 

If the notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio.2 Petitions to reopen the 

proceeding to revoke the exemption 

under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed 

at any time. The filing of a petition to 

revoke will not automatically stay the 

transaction. Petitions for stay must be 

filed no later than April 17, 2009 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleading, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35225, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on Janie Shang, 

K&L Gates LLP, 1601 K Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20006. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: April 6, 2009. 

By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Kulunie L. Cannon, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–8076 Filed 4–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice: Letter of Public Notification of 

the Airports Grants Program Including 

ARRA Requirements; Information 

Collection Activity 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

This request is being submitted to 

OMB via an Emergency Information 

Collection Request. 

SUMMARY: New requirements within the 

American Recovery and Reimbursement 

Act of 2009 have made necessary a 

revision to the OMB-approved 

collection ‘‘Airports Grants Program’’ to 

include further burden. The information 

listed below represents the new totals 

for the complete ‘‘Airports Grants 

Program’’ with the new requirements 

per the American Recovery and 

Reimbursement Act of 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy S. Williams, APP–501 at 

Nancy.S.Williams@faa.gov, or 202–267– 

8822. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Airports Grants Program 

Including ARRA Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0569. 

Forms(s) 5100–100, 5100–101, 5100– 

108, 5100–126, 5100–127, 5370–1. 

Affected Public: An estimated 1,950 

Respondents. 

Frequency: This information is 

collected on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: Approximately 9 hours per 

response. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An 

estimated 86,240 hours annually. 

Abstract: The FAA collects 

information from airport sponsors and 

planning agencies in order to administer 

the Airports Grants Program. Data is 

used to determine eligibility, ensure 

proper use of Federal Funds, and ensure 

project accomplishment. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 31, 

2009. 

Carla Mauney, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services 

Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. E9–7914 Filed 4–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation; Notice of Availability 

and Request for Comment on the Draft 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement for Streamlining the 

Processing of Experimental Permit 

Applications 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA) (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 and 

requesting comments on the Draft 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement for Streamlining the 

Processing of Experimental Permit 

Applications (PEIS). The FAA Office of 

Commercial Space Transportation is the 

lead Federal agency for the development 

of the PEIS. The National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration and the U.S. 

Air Force are cooperating agencies. 

Under the Proposed Action evaluated in 

the PEIS, the FAA would issue 

experimental permits for the launch and 

reentry of reusable suborbital rockets 

from both FAA-licensed and nonlicensed launch sites using the PEIS as 

the basis for determining the potential 

environmental consequences of issuing 

experimental permits. 

Under the No Action Alternative, the 

FAA would continue issuing 

experimental permits for the launch and 

reentry of reusable suborbital rockets 

using its present method of analyzing 

environmental consequences case by 

case, without tiering from a 

programmatic document. 

The PEIS examines the potential 

environmental impacts of issuing an 

experimental permit for the operation of 

reusable suborbital rockets anywhere in 

the U.S. and abroad, and the potential 

site-specific impacts of permitted 

launches from seven FAA-licensed 

commercial launch sites: California 

Spaceport, California; Mojave Air and 

Space Port, California; Kodiak Launch 

Complex, Alaska; Mid-Atlantic Regional 

Spaceport, Virginia; Space Florida 

Launch Complex-46 at Cape Canaveral 

Air Force Station, Florida; Oklahoma 

Spaceport, Oklahoma; Spaceport 

America, New Mexico; and one Federal 

range, the Shuttle Landing Facility at 

John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida. 

Subsequent environmental analyses 

that fall under the scope of the PEIS 

could tier from this document and 

incorporate the findings of the PEIS by 

reference, allowing an applicant and the 

FAA to focus on the relevant and 

unique impacts of an experimental 

permit application. Tiering and 

incorporation by reference would 

streamline the development of 

subsequent environmental analyses in 

accordance with NEPA and FAA Order 

1050.1E. 

The PEIS will not authorize the 

launch or reentry of reusable suborbital 

rockets from launch sites. Individual 

launch operators would be required to 

coordinate with site operators to gain 

access to a site. In addition, the launch 

operators would be required to apply to 

the FAA for an experimental permit, 

which would require an individual 

safety and environmental review. 

DATES: The public comment period for 

the NEPA process begins with the 

publication of the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’s Notice of 

Availability of the Draft PEIS in the 

Federal Register. To ensure that all 

comments can be addressed in the Final 

PEIS, the FAA must receive comments 

no later than May 25, 2009.