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made from this sale will be used toward 

Airport Capital Improvement. 

Any person may inspect, by 

appointment, the request in person at 

the FAA office listed above under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

In addition, any person may, upon 

appointment and request, inspect the 

application, notice and other documents 

germane to the application in person at 

City-County Airport. 

Issued in Renton, Washington on August 

10, 2005. 

J. Wade Bryant, 

Manager, Seattle Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. 05–17078 Filed 8–26–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Approval of Noise Compatibility 

Program for Pago Pago International 

Airport, American Samoa 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings on the noise compatibility 

program submitted by the Department of 

Port Administration of the American 

Samoa Government under the 

provisions of Title I of the Aviation 

Safety and Noise Abatement Act, as 

amended, (Pub. L. 96–193) (hereinafter 

referred to as ‘‘the Act’’) and 14 CFR 

part 150. These findings are made in 

recognition of the description of Federal 

and nonfederal responsibilities in 

Senate Report No. 96–52 (1980). On 

January 28, 2005, the FAA determined 

that the noise exposure maps submitted 

by Department of Port Administration of 

the American Samoa Government under 

Part 150 were in compliance with 

applicable requirements. 

DATES: The effective date of the FAA’s 

approval of the Noise Compatibility 

Program for Pago Pago International 

Airport is July 21, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gordon Wong, Project Manager, 

Honolulu Airports District Office, 

Airports Division, Western-Pacific 

Region, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 300 Ala Moana 

Boulevard, 7–128, Honolulu, Hawaii 

96850. Telephone: 808/541–3565. 

Documents reflecting this FAA action 

may be reviewed at this same location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA has 

given its overall approval to the Noise 

Compatibility Program for Pago Pago 

International Airport, effective July 21, 

2005. Under section 104(a) of the 

Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement 

Act of 1979, as amended (herein after 

referred to as the ‘‘Act’’) [recodified as 

49 U.S.C. 47504], an airport operator 

who has previously submitted a Noise 

Exposure Map may submit to the FAA 

a Noise Compatibility Program which 

sets forth the measures taken or 

proposed by the airport operator for the 

reduction of existing non-compatible 

land uses and prevention of additional 

non-compatible land uses within the 

area covered by the Noise Exposure 

Maps. The Act requires such programs 

to be developed in consultation with 

interested and affected parties including 

local communities, government 

agencies, airport users, and FAA 

personnel. 

Each airport noise compatibility 

program developed in accordance with 

Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 

150 is a local program, not a Federal 

program. The FAA does not substitute 

its judgment for that of the airport 

proprietor with respect to which 

measures should be recommended for 

action. The FAA’s approval or 

disapproval of FAR Part 150 program 

recommendations is measured 

according to the standards expressed in 

Part 150 and the Act and is limited to 

the following determinations: 

a. The Noise Compatibility Program 

was developed in accordance with the 

provisions and procedures of FAR Part 

150; 

b. Program measures are reasonably 

consistent with achieving the goals of 

reducing existing non-compatible land 

uses around the airport and preventing 

the introduction of additional noncompatible land uses; 

c. Program measures would not create 

an undue burden on interstate or foreign 

commerce, unjustly discriminate against 

types or classes of aeronautical uses, 

violate the terms of airport grant 

agreements, or intrude into areas 

preempted by the Federal Government; 

and 

d. Program measures relating to the 

use of flight procedures can be 

implemented within the period covered 

by the program without derogating 

safety, adversely affecting the efficient 

use and management of the navigable 

airspace and air traffic control systems, 

or adversely affecting other powers and 

responsibilities of the Administrator 

prescribed by law. 

Specific limitations with respect to 

FAA’s approval of an airport noise 

compatibility program are delineated in 

FAR Part 150, Section 150.5. Approval 

is not a determination concerning the 

acceptability of land uses under Federal, 

state, or local law. Approval does not by 

itself constitute an FAA implementing 

action. A request for Federal action or 

approval to implement specific noise 

compatibility measures may be 

required, and an FAA decision on the 

request may require an environmental 

assessment of the proposed action. 

Approval does not constitute a 

commitment by the FAA to financially 

assist in the implementation of the 

program nor a determination that all 

measures covered by the program are 

eligible for grant-in-aid funding from the 

FAA under the Airport and Airway 

Improvement Act of 1982, as amended. 

Where federal funding is sought, 

requests for project grants must be 

submitted to the FAA Airports District 

Office in Honolulu, Hawaii. 

The Department of Port 

Administration of the American Samoa 

Government submitted to the FAA on 

December 9, 2004, the Noise Exposure 

Maps, descriptions, and other 

documentation produced during the 

noise compatibility planning study 

conducted from June 2, 2003 through 

December 9, 2004. The Pago Pago 

International Airport Noise Exposure 

Maps were determined by FAA to be in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements on January 28, 2005. 

Notice of this determination was 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 8, 2005. 

The Pago Pago International Airport 

study contains a proposed noise 

compatibility program comprised of 

actions designed for phased 

implementation by airport management 

and adjacent jurisdictions from 

(December 9, 2004 to beyond the year 

2010). It was requested that the FAA 

evaluate and approve this material as a 

Noise Compatibility Program as 

described in 49 U.S.C. § 47504 (formerly 

Section 104(b) of the Act). The FAA 

began its review of the program on 

January 28, 2005 and was required by a 

provision of the Act to approve or 

disapprove the program within 180 days 

(other than the use of new or modified 

flight procedures for noise control). 

Failure to approve or disapprove such 

program within the 180-day period shall 

be deemed to be an approval of such 

program. 

The submitted program contained ten 

(10) proposed actions for noise 

abatement, land use management and 

program management on and off the 

airport. The FAA completed its review 

and determined that the procedural and 

substantive requirements of the Act and 

FAR Part 150 have been satisfied. The 

overall program was approved, by the 

Associate Administrator for Airports, 

effective July 21, 2005. 

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Outright approval was granted for all 

ten (10) specific program measures. The 

approved measures included such items 

as: increase the use of Runway 8 for 

propeller arrivals; Amend the Draft 

Tualuata County Land Use Plan by 

adopting the Part 150 NCP as the airport 

noise compatibility element in the plan; 

Delineate an Airport Influence Area that 

would be incorporated in local 

comprehensive plans to show local 

planners the area around Pago Pago 

International Airport (PPG) that is 

subject to aircraft noise and periodic 

overflights; Initiate a formal request 

from the Director of Port Administration 

to the Department of Commerce 

requesting that the Assistant Director of 

Port Administration be formally notified 

for comment on all minor and major 

projects involving land use and zoning 

changes, and construction applications 

that the Territorial Planning 

Commission, Zoning Board, and Project 

Notification Review System (PNRS) 

Board receives for future development 

within the Airport Influence Area; 

During the Project Notification Review 

System (PNRS) review of land use 

permit applications, provide fair 

disclosure of potential noise exposure 

and aircraft overflights for those projects 

proposed within the Airport Influence 

Area; Offer a program of sound 

insulation to eligible single-family 

residences in the Future (2010) NEM/ 

NCP 65+ DNL noise contour; Offer a 

program of voluntary acquisition to 

eligible single-family residences that do 

not meet the eligibility criteria for sound 

insulation within the Future (2010) 

NEM/NCP 65+ DNL noise contour on 

the north side of the Runway 5 end; 

Establish a new airport staff position 

within the Department of Port 

Administration, a Community Relations 

and Program Manager, that would be 

responsible for implementing the NCP; 

Monitoring compliance with noise 

abatement air traffic measures, update 

the airport noise contours (NEMs), and 

implementation assistance with the land 

use planning measures; and NCP review 

and evaluation for potential revision/ 

update. 

These determinations are set forth in 

detail in the Record of Approval signed 

by the Associate Administrator for 

Airports on July 21, 2005. The Record 

of Approval, as well as other evaluation 

materials and the documents 

comprising the submittal, are available 

for review at the FAA office listed above 

and at the administrative offices of the 

Department of Port Administration of 

the American Samoa Government. The 

Record of Approval also will be 

available online at: http://www.faa.gov/ 

arp/environmental/14cfr150/ 

index14.cfm. 

Issued in Hawthorne, California, on August 

12, 2005. 

Mark A. McClardy, 

Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific 

Region, AWP–600. 

[FR Doc. 05–17061 Filed 8–26–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD 2005–22188] 

Information Collection Available for 

Public Comments and 

Recommendations 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Maritime 

Administration’s (MARAD’s) intention 

to request extension of approval for 

three years of a currently approved 

information collection. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

on or before October 28, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Otto 

Strassburg, Maritime Administration, 

400 Seventh Street Southwest, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 

202–366–4161; Fax: 202–366–7901; or 

e-mail: Joe.strassburg@dot.gov. Copies 

of this collection also can be obtained 

from that office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Approval of 

Underwriters for Marine Hull Insurance. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved information 

collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0517. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Expiration Date of Approval: Three 

years from date of approval by the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

Summary of Collection of 

Information: This collection of 

information involves the approval of 

marine hull underwriters to insure 

MARAD program vessels. Foreign and 

domestic applicants will be required to 

submit financial data upon which 

MARAD approval would be based. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

This information is needed in order that 

MARAD officials can evaluate the 

underwriters and determine their 

suitability for providing marine hull 

insurance on MARAD vessels. 

Description of Respondents: Marine 

insurance brokers and underwriters of 

marine insurance. 

Annual Responses: 62 responses. 

Annual Burden: 46 hours. 

Comments: Comments should refer to 

the docket number that appears at the 

top of this document. Written comments 

may be submitted to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, 400 

Seventh Street Southwest, Washington, 

DC 20590. Comments also may be 

submitted by electronic means via the 

Internet at http://dms.dot.gov/submit. 

Specifically address whether this 

information collection is necessary for 

proper performance of the functions of 

the agency and will have practical 

utility, accuracy of the burden 

estimates, ways to minimize this 

burden, and ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected. All 

comments received will be available for 

examination at the above address 

between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or 

EST), Monday through Friday, except 

Federal Holidays. An electronic version 

of this document is available on the 

World Wide Web at http://dms.dot.gov. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you 

may visit http://dms.dot.gov. 

(Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.) 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Dated: August 23, 2005. 

Joel C. Richard, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 05–17081 Filed 8–26–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD 2005–22189] 

Information Collection Available for 

Public Comments and 

Recommendations 

ACTION: Notice and requests for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Maritime 

Administration’s (MARAD’s) intention 

to request extension of approval for 

three years of a currently approved 

information collection.