54100 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 176 / Tuesday, September 13, 2005 / Notices 

from the ultimate land use control and 

planning responsibilities of local 

government. These local responsibilities 

are not changed in any way under part 

150 or through FAA’s review of noise 

exposure maps. Therefore, the 

responsibility for the detailed 

overlaying of noise exposure contours 

onto the map depicting properties on 

the surface rests exclusively with the 

airport operator that submitted those 

maps, or with those public agencies and 

planning agencies with which 

consultation is required under section 

47503 of the Act. The FAA has relied on 

the certification by the airport operator, 

under section 150.21 of FAR part 150, 

that the statutorily required consultation 

has been accomplished. 

Copies of the full noise exposure map 

documentation and of the FAA’s 

evaluation of the maps are available for 

examination at the following locations: 

Federal Aviation Administration Detroit 

Airports District Office 11677 South 

Wayne Road, Suite 107, Romulus, 

Michigan 48174. 

City of Dayton Department of Aviation, 

3600 Terminal Drive, Suite 300, 

Vandalia, Ohio 45377. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Issued in Romulus, Michigan on August 

29, 2005. 

Irene R. Porter, 

Manager, Detroit Airport District Office, Great 

Lakes Region. 

[FR Doc. 05–18151 Filed 9–12–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Aviation Financing Reauthorization 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The current taxes and fees 

paid into the Aviation Trust Fund, 

which provide funding for the National 

Aviation System, are only authorized 

through September 30, 2007. Since there 

is only a small and declining balance in 

the Trust Fund, it is critical that the 

financing not be allowed to lapse. The 

new financing structure should generate 

stable and predictable revenue, 

maintain the appropriate levels of 

service, and enable FAA to make longterm investments and tie revenues 

raised for the system to the 

infrastructure and operational costs of 

the system. The FAA has developed a 

series of data packages in examining 

FAA costs, paid for through the Trust 

Fund, from a managerial reporting 

standpoint. These packages will 

advance everyone’s understanding of 

FAA costs and what the Agency faces as 

it considers a range of future funding 

options. They are available at http:// 

www.faa.gov/about/office_org/

headquarters_offices/aep/aatf/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert E. Robeson, Manager, Systems 

and Policy Analysis Division, Office of 

Aviation Policy and Plans, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background 

In April 2005, the FAA hosted a Trust 

Fund Forum with major aviation 

stakeholders. A variety of ideas on 

options to fund the FAA were 

discussed. At the Trust Fund Forum, 

FAA began the dialogue on the need to 

reauthorize the Airport and Airway 

Trust Fund. The current taxes and fees 

are only authorized through September 

30, 2007 and since there is only a small 

and declining balance in the Trust 

Fund, it is critical that financing not be 

allowed to lapse. 

The new financing structure should 

generate stable and predictable revenue, 

maintain the appropriate levels of 

service, and enable the FAA to make 

long-term investments not only in 

modernization but also in the Next 

Generation Air Transportation System. 

The funding mechanism chosen should 

tie revenues raised for the system to the 

infrastructure and operational costs of 

the system. It should also create 

incentives for the FAA to become 

increasingly productive. 

The FAA spent the last several 

months analyzing cost and activity data 

as well as funding options. While this 

analytical work has reached a fairly 

mature level, it is expected to continue 

through the fall. FAA is examining the 

contributions of various stakeholder 

groups to the Trust Fund under the 

current tax structure, as well as the 

impact of different funding mechanisms 

on the FAA, the flying public, and those 

stakeholder groups. 

One major component of this work is 

an ongoing study that would allocate 

FAA’s air traffic control costs to users of 

the system. This ongoing study uses cost 

accounting data from fiscal year 2004, 

which is the best available data at this 

time. While the FAA’s cost accounting 

system will provide detailed source data 

in this effort, fiscal year 2004 cost 

reports apply allocation rules to this 

data to produce managerial reports so 

that ATO management can understand 

costs at the national and facility levels. 

It is important to note that the cost 

accounting system continues to 

improve, so that fiscal year 2006 

managerial reports will be based on 

more refined allocations. Another set of 

allocation rules would be required to 

support analysis to determine the most 

viable proposal to fund the system. In 

developing these allocation rules, the 

FAA seeks stakeholder input in order to 

fully consider principles such as 

marginal system use, use of congested 

space and scarce resources, aircraft 

weight, distance, and other criteria. The 

allocation rules, of course, must be 

applied with transparency and would 

need to be validated by the user 

community. 

In addition, the FAA’s Safety and 

Airports organizations have identified 

areas where services can be matched to 

the revenue needed for those programs. 

Because the FAA cost accounting 

system will not deliver such reports for 

these organizations until the middle of 

2006, the FAA will use data from its 

Labor Distribution Reporting system, 

annual budgets, and grants issued to 

help develop options for future funding 

in the meantime. 

The Administration’s intention is to 

develop a proposal that has stakeholder 

support. On September 6, 2005, the 

FAA Administrator sent a package to 

key stakeholders. Besides a cover letter 

that contained the information 

summarized above, the package also 

contains questions for stakeholders and 

the data packages developed to use in 

examining FAA costs from a managerial 

reporting standpoint. These packages 

will advance the understanding of FAA 

costs and what the Agency faces as it 

considers a range of future funding 

options. 

The stakeholder package available on 

the FAA’s Web site contains data 

packages on the Air Traffic Organization 

including technical background and 

supporting detail, Airports, Aviation 

Safety, and International Aviation. Also 

included are questions regarding: 

1. Providing the Right Types of ATC 

Services. 

2. Revisions to Current Tax System. 

3. Other Funding Alternatives for Cost 

Recovery of ATC Services and Cost 

Allocation. 

4. General Fund Questions. 

5. Airport Related Issues. 

6. Charging for Certification and Other 

FAA Services. 

7. Lessons Learned from Other 

Countries. 

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Issued in Washington, DC, on September 7, 

2005. 

Robert E. Robeson, 

Manager, Systems and Policy Analysis 

Division, Office of Aviation Policy and Plans. 

[FR Doc. 05–18145 Filed 9–8–05; 2:45 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

RTCA Special Committee 147: 

Minimum Operational Performance 

Standards for Traffic Alert and 

Collision Avoidance Systems Airborne 

Equipment 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 147 meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

RTCA Special Committee 147: 

Minimum Operational Performance 

Standards for Traffic Alert and Collision 

Avoidance Systems Airborne 

Equipment. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

September 29, 2005 starting at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

RTCA, Inc., 1828 L Street, NW., Suite 

805, Washington, DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

RTCA Secretariat, 1140 Connecticut 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20036; 

telephone (202) 833–9339; fax (202) 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is 

hereby given for a Special Committee 

147 meeting. The agenda will include: 

• September 29: 

• Opening Session (Welcome and 

Introductory Remarks, Review/Approve 

meeting agenda for 60th meeting, 

Review/Approve Summary of Previous 

Meeting, Review of Open Action Items). 

• SC–147 Activity Reports. 

• Surveillance Working Group: 

Hybrid Surveillance MOPS. 

• Operations Working Group: ‘‘Adjust 

Vertical Speed, Adjust’’ Ras. 

• Requirements Working Group 

(RWG). 

• Resolution of final comments and 

approval of the RWG Report: ‘‘Safety 

Analysis of Proposed Change to TCAS 

RA Reversal Logic’’.* 

• Closing Session (Future Actions/ 

Activities, Date and Place of Next 

Meeting, Adjourn). 

*Contact RTCA for a copy of the Final 

Review and Comment draft of the RWG 

report, which has been distributed to 

SC–147 members prior to the meeting. 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairmen, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 30, 

2005. 

Natalie Ogletree, 

FAA General Engineer, RTCA Advisory 

Committee. 

[FR Doc. 05–18156 Filed 9–12–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement; 

Washington, DC 

AGENCIES: U.S. Federal Highway 

Administration, District of Columbia 

Division; District of Columbia, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) in coordination 

with the District of Columbia 

Department of Transportation (DDOT) 

in Washington, DC is issuing this notice 

to advise agencies and the public that a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) will be prepared to asses the 

impacts of the proposed transportation 

improvements to the 11th Street 

Bridges. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Federal Highway Administration, 

District of Columbia Division: Mr. 

Michael Hicks, Environmental/Urban 

Engineer, 1900 K Street, Suite 510, 

Washington, DC 20006–1103, (202) 219–

3513; or Mr. John Deatrick, Deputy 

Director/Chief Engineer, District of 

Columbia, Department of 

Transportation, 64 New York Avenue, 

NE., Washington, DC 20005, (202) 671–

2800. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

environmental review of transportation 

improvement alternatives for the 11th 

Street Bridges will be conducted in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4371, et seq.), Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) 

regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), 

FHWA Code of Federal Regulations (23 

CFR 771.101–771.137, et seq.), and all 

applicable Federal, State, and local 

government laws, regulations, and 

policies. 

Public Scoping Meetings: DDOT will 

solicit public and agency comments 

through public scoping, including 

scoping meetings, on the proposed 

action. To ensure that the full range of 

issues is identified early in the process, 

comments are invited from all interested 

and/or potentially affected parties. The 

location and time for each meeting will 

be publicized in local newspapers and 

elsewhere. Written comments will be 

accepted throughout this process and 

can be forwarded to John Deatrick at the 

address provided above. 

Meeting dates, times, and locations 

will be announced on the project Web 

site accessible at http:// 

www.11thStreetBridgesEIS.com and in 

the following newspapers: The 

Washington Post, The Washington 

Times, The Hill Rag, and East of the 

River. 

Scoping materials will be available at 

the meetings and may also be obtained 

in advance of the meetings by 

contacting Mr. John Deatrick. Scoping 

materials will be made available on the 

project Web site. Oral and written 

comments may be given at the scoping 

meetings. Comments may also be sent to 

the address above. 

Description of Primary Study Area and 

Transportation Needs 

The existing 11th Street Bridges cross 

the Anacostia River in the southeast 

quadrant of the District of Columbia. 

They connect the Southeast Freeway (I395) and the Anacostia Freeway (I-295) 

and they connect to local streets on both 

sides of the river. Existing ramps 

provide only partial movement between 

the freeways. The project area includes 

both interchanges, both bridges, and the 

associated ramps. 

The purpose of the 11th Street Bridges 

project is to improve connectivity across 

the Anacostia River to serve local traffic 

reaching residential, employment, and 

commercial centers on opposite sides of 

the river and to serve regional traffic 

moving between the major employment 

center of downtown Washington, DC 

and residential communities in 

Maryland and Virginia. The DDOT 

proposes to improve this traffic flow by 

replacing or reconstructing the pair of 

one-way bridges and completing the 

now missing traffic movements to the 

Anacostia Freeway and the 11th Street 

Bridges. 

The 11th Street Bridges project, as 

defined in the Anacostia Waterfront