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located. Part 575.105, requires that 

manufacturers of utility vehicles affix a 

sticker in a prominent location alerting 

drivers that the particular handling and 

maneuvering characteristics of utility 

vehicles require special driving 

practices when these vehicles are 

operated. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 300 hours. 

Number of Respondents: 15. 

Based on prior years’ manufacturer 

submissions, the agency estimates that 

15 responses will be submitted 

annually. Currently 12 light truck 

manufacturers comply with 49 CFR part 

575. These manufacturers file one 

response annually and submit an 

additional response when they 

introduce a new model. Changes are 

rarely filed with the agency, but we 

estimate that three manufacturers will 

alter their information because of model 

changes. The light truck manufacturers 

gather only pre-existing data for the 

purposes of this regulation. Based on 

previous years’ manufacturer 

information, the agency estimates that 

light truck manufacturers use a total of 

20 hours. Specifically, manufacturers 

use 9 hours to gather and arrange the 

data in its proper format, 4 hours to 

distribute the information to its 

dealerships and attach labels to light 

trucks that are capable of 

accommodating slide-in campers, and 7 

hours to print the labels and utility 

vehicle information in the owner’s 

manual or a separate document 

included with the owner’s manual. The 

estimated annual burden hour is 300 

hours. This number reflects the total 

responses (15) times the total hours (20). 

Prior years’ manufacturer information 

indicates that it takes an average of 

$35.00 per hour for professional and 

clerical staff to gather data, distribute 

and print material. Therefore, the 

agency estimates that the cost associated 

with the burden hours is $10,500 

($35.00 per hour x 300 burden hours). 

Estimated Annual Cost: $2,262,631. 

The annual cost is based on light 

truck production. In model year 2008, 

light truck manufacturers produced 

about 6,464,659 units. By assuming that 

all light truck manufacturers (both large 

and small volume manufacturers) incur 

the same cost, the total annual cost to 

comply with statutory requirements, 

§ 575.103 and § 575.105 is $2,262,631 

(or $0.35 each unit). 

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. 

• Whether the Department’s estimate 

for the burden of the proposed 

information collection is accurate. 

• 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. 

A comment to OMB is most effective 

if OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication. 

Issued on: April 14, 2009. 

Stephen R. Kratzke, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Seeking OMB Approval 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The FAA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) revision of a current inibrination 

collection. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments on the following collection of 

information was published on December 

3, 2008, vol. 73, no. 233, page 73688. 

The data from this report is used to 

target those leading outsource 

maintenance providers that may have a 

higher risk level which in turn would 

merit an increase of FAA surveillance. 

DATES: Please submit comments by May 

20, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carla Mauney at Carla.Mauney@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

Title: Air Carriers Listing of Leading 

Outsource Maintenance Providers. 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0708. 

Form(s): There are no FAA forms 

associated with this collection. 

Affected Public: An estimated 121 

Respondents. 

Frequency: This information is 

collected on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: Approximately 4 hours per 

response. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An 

estimated 484 hours annually. 

Abstract: The data from this report is 

used to target those leading outsource 

maintenance providers that may have a 

higher risk level which in turn would 

merit an increase of FAA surveillance. 

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 April 14, 

2009. 

Carla Mauney, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services 

Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. E9–9044 Filed 4–17–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

RTCA Government/Industry Air Traffic 

Management Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Charter 

Renewal. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the renewal of 

the RTCA Charter (FAA Order 

1110.77S) for two years, effective April 

2, 2011. The administrator is the 

sponsor of the committee. The objective 

of the advisory committee is to seek 

solutions to problems involving applied 

technology (for example, electronics, 

computers, and telecommunications) to 

aeronautical operations that impact the 

future air traffic management system. 

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recommended minimum operational 

performance standards and technical 

guidance documents that are acceptable 

to Government, industry, and users. 

Standards ensure equivalent 

performance of the same generic 

equipment built by different 

manufacturers. Government regulatory 

and procurement practices reference or 

use RTCA standards (with or without 

change). The Secretary of 

Transportation has determined that that 

information and use of committee are 

necessary in the public interest in 

connection with the performance of 

duties imposed on the FAA by law. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW., 

Suite 805, Washington, DC, 20036; 

telephone (202) 833–9339; fax (202) 

833–9434; Web site http://www.rtca.org 

or the FAA Office of Systems 

Engineering & Safety, AJP–1, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC: telephone (202) 385– 

7100; fax (202) 385–7105. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Steering 

Committee and Special Committee 

meetings are open to the public and 

announced in the Federal Register, 

except as authorized by section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 13, 

2009. 

Francisco Estrada C., 

RTCA Advisory Committee. 

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[FR Doc. E9–8994 Filed 4–17–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: 

Kings County, NY 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), USDOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI). 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

notice to advise the public and other 

agencies that a tiered environmental 

impact statement (EIS) will be prepared 

for a proposed project involving 

approximately 1.5 miles of the 

Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE), 

Interstate 278 (I–278) in Kings County, 

New York (Project Identification 

Number X730.56). This segment of the 

BQE extends from Atlantic Avenue to 

Sands Street and encompasses 21 

structures, including a unique 0.4-mile 

triple cantilever structure. The objective 

of the tiered EIS is to evaluate 

alternatives and make corridor level 

decisions regarding the rehabilitation or 

reconstruction of the existing facility 

and to identify a general alignment and 

corridor for proposed improvements. 

The tiered approach will allow for a 

broad range of solutions and the 

appropriate consideration of area wide 

environmental and land use impacts, 

including the maintenance and 

protection of traffic during construction. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey W. Kolb, P.E., Division 

Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration, New York Division, Leo 

W. O’Brien Federal Building, Suite 719, 

Clinton Avenue and North Pearl Street, 

Albany, New York 12207, Telephone: 

(518) 431–4127; or Fred Libove, P.E., 

Project Development Supervisor, New 

York State Department of 

Transportation, Region 11, Hunters 

Point Plaza, 47–40 21st Street, Long 

Island City, New York 11101, 

Telephone: (718) 482–4565. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA, in cooperation with the New 

York State Department of 

Transportation (NYSDOT), will prepare 

a tiered EIS that will study and 

document proposed improvements to a 

1.5-mile segment of the BQE (I–278) 

between Atlantic Avenue and Sands 

Street in Kings County, New York (the 

Project). The Project would be the first 

major rehabilitation or reconstruction of 

this segment of the BQE/I–278 since its 

opening in 1954. Based on the results of 

on-site inspections of 14 of the 21 

structures as documented in a June 2002 

Seismic Evaluation Report (SER) 

prepared for the NYSDOT, and the 

results of recent inspections of the 

remaining seven structures, the current 

overall condition of this segment of the 

BQE is safe for use by the public. 

However, the SER and subsequent 

inspections of the structures, indicate 

that corrective action will be required 

within the next 10 to 15 years to 

maintain this segment of the BQE in a 

state of good repair. 

Need for the Project: The segment of 

the BQE/I–278 under consideration 

carries a daily volume of approximately 

140,000 vehicles and is a critical 

transportation link in the New York City 

metropolitan area that serves the needs 

of the Boroughs of Brooklyn, Manhattan, 

Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island, as 

well as areas outside New York City. 

The most important bridge along this 

segment of the BQE is the unique triple 

cantilevered structure. This multi-level 

structure carries six lanes of the BQE. 

The eastbound and westbound 

roadways, with three lanes each, are 

carried at separate levels. The eastbound 

lanes are located above the westbound 

lanes. Furman Street, an important local 

connector, runs parallel to the highway 

at grade below the westbound lanes of 

the BQE. A third cantilever above the 

eastbound lanes of the highway 

supports the Brooklyn Heights 

Promenade, a key community resource 

that provides spectacular views of the 

East River, Lower Manhattan and the 

Statue of Liberty. The remaining bridges 

within this segment of the BQE are 

comprised of multi-girder steel and 

concrete-encased steel structures. 

Indirect and circuitous connections 

between the Brooklyn and Manhattan 

Bridges and the BQE add to the 

complexity of this segment of the 

highway. 

The segment of highway within the 

project limits is characterized by narrow 

lanes (10.5 feet), lack of shoulders, and 

short merge/weave distances near onramps and off-ramps that do not meet 

current highway design standards. 

These deficiencies, combined with 

vertical clearance constraints, and the 

approximately 140,000 vehicles using 

this segment of the highway each day, 

result in the highway operating at or 

above capacity during most of the day. 

Severe congestion throughout much of 

the midday and the diversion of the 

highway traffic, particularly truck traffic 

because of the vertical clearances, onto 

local streets are also operational 

deficiencies. 

Based on the results of the SER and 

periodically scheduled inspections of 

the facility by NYSDOT and the New 

York City Department of Transportation 

(NYCDOT), which owns the facility 

within the project limits, the NYSDOT 

and FHWA convened an Accelerated 

Construction Technology Transfer 

(ACTT) workshop in March 2006 

attended by a broad range of public 

agency staff and private consultants to 

consider potentially viable options for 

rehabilitating or replacing the 

structures, and on ways to alleviate the 

severe congestion experienced by 

motorists along this segment of the 

BQE/I–278. Issues considered in 

identifying and evaluating possible 

alternatives during the ACTT workshop 

included constructability, 

environmental impacts, geometric 

design considerations, public 

involvement/concerns, structural 

considerations, traffic, safety, use of 

intelligent transportation systems (ITS), 

and work zone concerns. Although the 

ACTT workshop reached no final 

recommendation on which alternative 

should be pursued to address the 

structural deterioration or operational 

issues affecting this segment of the BQE/ 

I–278, the results of the ACTT workshop 

confirmed the need for a more 

comprehensive examination of 

alternative rehabilitation or 

reconstruction options. The results of 

the SER and ACTT workshop will be 

considered in the environmental review 

process initiated with this NOI. 

Environmental Review Process: The 

EIS will be developed in accordance 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 (NEPA), the environmental 

review provisions of Section 6002 of the 

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU), and the New 

York State Environmental Quality 

Review Act (SEQRA). The FHWA and 

the NYSDOT will use a tiered process, 

as provided for in 40 CFR 1508.28, in 

the completion of the environmental 

review of the Project. ‘‘Tiering’’ is a 

staged environmental review process 

applied to environmental reviews for 

complex projects. 

The initial phase (‘‘Tier 1 EIS’’) of this 

process will address broad corridorlevel issues and proposals. Subsequent 

phases or tiers will analyze, at a greater 

level of detail, narrower site-specific 

proposals based on the decisions made 

in Tier 1. 

Tier 1: Although open to refinement 

based on public and agency review and 

comment, the Tier 1 assessment will 

result in a NEPA document with the 

appropriate level of detail for corridorlevel decisions and will address broad 

overall issues of concern, including but 

not limited to: 


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