Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 182 / Wednesday, September 21, 2005 / Notices 55447 

The FAA’s detailed evaluation will be 

conducted under the provision of 14 

CFR part 150, section 150.33. The 

primary consideration in the evaluation 

process are whether the proposed 

measures may reduce the level of 

aviation safety, create an undue burden 

on interstate or foreign commerce, or be 

reasonably consistent with obtaining the 

goal of reducing existing noncompatible land used and preventing 

the introduction of additional noncompatible land uses. 

Interested persons are invited to 

comment on the proposed program with 

specific reference to these factors, all 

comments, other than those properly 

addressed to local land use authorities, 

will be considered by the FAA to the 

extent practicable. Copies of the noise 

exposure maps and the proposed noise 

compatibility program are available for 

examination at the following locations: 

Federal Aviation Administration, New 

York Airports District Office, 600 Old 

Country Road, Suite 440, Garden City, 

NY 11530. 

Niagara Frontier Transportation 

Authority, 181 Ellicott St., Buffalo, 

NY 14203; and on-line at 

www.nfta.com/airport. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Issued in Garden City, New York, 

September 7, 2005. 

Otto Suriani, 

Acting Manager, New York Airports District. 

[FR Doc. 05–18814 Filed 9–20–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Availability of a Final 

Environmental Assessment (Final EA) 

and Finding of No Significant Impact/ 

Record of Decision (FONSI/ROD) for 

the Proposed New Air Traffic Control 

Tower at the St. Louis Downtown 

Airport in Cahokia, IL 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of a Final 

Environmental Assessment and Finding 

of No Significant Impact/Record of 

Decision (FONSI/ROD) for the Proposed 

New Air Traffic Control Tower at the St. 

Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia, 

Illinois. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that the FAA 

has prepared and approved on 

September 8, 2005, a Finding of No 

Significant Impact/Record of Decision 

(FONSI/ROD) based on the Final 

Environmental Assessment (Final EA) 

for the following proposed action at the 

St. Louis Downtown Airport: the 

construction of a new Air Traffic 

Control Tower, associated support 

building, parking lot, and access road. 

The FAA prepared the Final EA in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

the FAA’s regulations and guidelines for 

environmental documents. The Final 

EA was reviewed and evaluated by the 

FAA and was accepted on September 6, 

2005 as a Federal document by the 

FAA’s Responsible Federal Official. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Virginia Marcks, Environmental 

Engineer, ANI–430, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 2300 East Devon 

Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018. 

Telephone number: (847) 294–7494. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The existing Air Traffic Control 

Tower (ATCT) at the St. Louis 

Downtown Airport was built in 1973 

and soon after was expanded by the 

addition of a mobile office trailer to 

house administrative personnel. The 

current tower stands approximately 52 

feet in height with a controller’s eye 

height of approximately 41 feet. 

Continual visibility problems, due to 

existing trees in an adjacent residential 

development, impede the controller’s 

line of sight for airfield movement areas 

and runway approaches. The visibility 

problem, due to trees obscuring 

significant portions of two runway ends, 

4 and 30L, are ongoing and worsening. 

The proposed new ATCT, with a total 

elevation of 553.8′ MSL (141′ 10′′ AGL) 

and a controller eye height of 528.3′ 

MSL (116′ 4′′ AGL) would significantly 

improve visual capabilities. 

Air traffic controller equipment in the 

existing tower has not been significantly 

upgraded since the tower was 

constructed in 1973, although there has 

been nearly a 50 percent increase in 

airport operations over the past 30 

years. Annual aircraft operations 

recorded during operating hours of the 

ATCT (7 a.m. to 9 p.m.), in the early 

1970s, when the existing tower was 

constructed, totaled approximately 

115,000. In 2001, the total number of 

operations recorded between the 7 a.m. 

to 9 p.m. timeframe was nearly 170,000. 

The proposed new ATCT would allow 

for modernized equipment, enhancing 

the level of safety for the current 

number of aircraft operations at the St. 

Louis Downtown Airport. 

The Final EA has been prepared in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended, FAA Order 1050.1E, 

‘‘Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures’’ and FAA Order 5050.4A, 

‘‘Airport Environmental Handbook’’. 

The proposed development action is 

consistent with the National Airspace 

System Plan prepared by the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Federal 

Aviation Administration (FAA). 

A Final Environmental Assessment 

and the Finding of No Significant 

Impact/Record of Decision is available 

for public viewing during normal 

business hours at the Federal Aviation 

Administration, Great Lakes Region, 

ANI–430, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des 

Plaines, IL 60018 (by appointment due 

to security, 847–294–7494). 

The Final EA and FONSI/ROD will be 

available through October 19, 2005. 

Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois September 8, 

2005. 

Art V. Schultz, 

Acting Manager, Chicago NAS 

Implementation Center, ANI–401, Great Lakes 

Region. 

[FR Doc. 05–18813 Filed 9–20–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2005–58] 

Petitions for Exemption; Summary of 

Petitions Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petitions for 

exemption received. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA’s rulemaking 

provisions governing the application, 

processing, and disposition of petitions 

for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code 

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this 

notice contains a summary of certain 

petitions seeking relief from specified 

requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of 

this notice is to improve the public’s 

awareness of, and participation in, this 

aspect of FAA’s regulatory activities. 

Neither publication of this notice nor 

the inclusion or omission of information 

in the summary is intended to affect the 

legal status of any petition or its final 

disposition. 

DATES: Comments on petitions received 

must identify the petition docket 

number involved and must be received 

on or before October 11, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

[identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 

55448 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 182 / Wednesday, September 21, 2005 / Notices 

FAA–2005–22250] by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments on the DOT electronic docket 

site. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, 

Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–

001. 

• Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 on 

the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC, between 9 am and 5 pm, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL–

401 on the plaza level of the Nassif 

Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC, between 9 am and 5 

pm, Monday through Friday, except 

Federal Holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Adams (202) 267–8033, Sandy 

Buchanan-Sumter (202) 267–7271, or 

John Linsenmeyer (202) 267–5174, 

Office of Rulemaking (ARM–1), Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85 and 11.91. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

15, 2005. 

Anthony F. Fazio, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petitions for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2005–22250. 

Petitioner: NetJets Aviation, Inc. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

91.205(b)(12). 

Description of Relief Sought: To 

permit NetJets Aviation, Inc., to operate 

an aircraft for hire over water beyond 

power-off gliding distance from shore 

without at least one pyrotechnic 

signaling device available on the 

aircraft. 

[FR Doc. 05–18807 Filed 9–20–05; 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 Government/ 

Industry Air Traffic Management 

Advisory Committee. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of the 

RTCA Government/Industry Air Traffic 

Management Advisory Committee. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

October 14, 2005, from 9 a.m.–12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

FAA Headquarters, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Bessie Coleman 

Conference Center (2nd Floor), 

Washington, DC 20591. 

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. 

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 the Air Traffic 

Management Advisory Committee 

meeting. 

Note: Non-Government attendees to the 

meeting must go through security and be 

escorted to and from the conference room. 

Attendees with laptops will be required to 

register them at the security desk upon 

arrival and departure. Agenda items will be 

posted on www.rtca.org Web site. 

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 September 

14, 2005. 

Natalie Ogletree, 

FAA General Engineer, RTCA Advisory 

Committee. 

[FR Doc. 05–18811 Filed 9–20–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

RTCA Special Committee 205/ 

EUROCAE Working Group 71: 

Software Considerations in 

Aeronautical Systems Second Joint 

Plenary Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 205/EUROCAE Working 

Group 71 meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

RTCA Special Committee 205/ 

EUROCAE Working Group 71: Software 

Considerations in Aeronautical Systems. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

October 24–28, 2005 starting at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

EUROCONTROL Headquarters, Rue de 

la Fusee, 96, B–1130 Brussels, Belgium. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (1) 

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; 

(2) EUROCONTROL, telephone +32 2 

729 9011; fax +32 2 729 0944. 

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 

205/EUROCAE Working Group 71 

meeting. Note: On arrival at 

EUROCONTROL please have photo 

identification available (either a 

passport, a drivers license bearing a 

photograph or an identity card) to assist 

you in your badge being issued. The 

agenda will include: 

• October 24: 

• Sub-group Meetings: Members 

liaise with their individual chairs for 

details. 

• October 25: 

• Registration. 

• Opening Plenary Session (Welcome 

and Introductory Remarks, Review/ 

Accept Agenda and 1st Joint Plenary 

Summary). 

• EUROCONTROL Presentation. 

• CNS–ATM New Term of Reference 

and proposal for handling it. 

• Report of Sub-Group Activity: SG3, 

SG4, SG5, SG6, SG1, SG7. 

• Issue List. 

• Other Committee/Other Documents 

Interfacing Reports: CAST; WG–60/SC–

200; SD–203; WG–63/SAE S–18. 

• Development of Modified SubGroups, other. 

• Sub-Group Break Out Sessions. 

• October 26: 

• Sub-Group Break Out Sessions. 

• Sub-Group Joint Sessions (Other 

Joint Sessions as Required). 

• October 27: 

• Stand-Up Plenary to Co-ordinate 

Efforts. 

• Sub-Group Break Out Sessions. 

• Sub-Group Joint Sessions (Other 

Joint Sessions as Required). 

• October 28: 

• Sub-Group Reports: SG3, SG4, SG5, 

SG6, SG7, SG2.