Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 198 / Friday, October 14, 2005 / Notices 60129 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

RTCA Special Committee 135; 

Environmental Conditions and Test 

Procedures for Airborne Equipment 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 135 meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

RTCA Special Committee 135: 

Environmental Conditions and Test 

Procedures for Airborne Equipment. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

November 2–3, 2005 starting at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

RTCA, 1828 L Street, NW., Suite 805, 

Colson Board Room, Washington, DC. 

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. 

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 

135 meeting. The agenda will include: 

• March 2–3: 

• Opening Plenary Session (Welcome 

and Introductory Remarks). 

• Approval of Summary from the 

Forty-Fifth Meeting. 

• RTCA Paper No. 099–05/SC135–

650. 

• Review Results of EUROCAE ED–14 

Meeting. 

• Discuss Options and Directions of 

DO–160 User Guide. 

• Review Status of Working Group 

16. 

• Review Status of Working Group 

21. 

• Review Change Proposals for all 

other Sections. 

• Review Schedule to Release DO–

160F. 

• Closing Plenary Session (New/ 

Unfinished Business, Date and Place of 

Next 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. 

Dated: Issued in Washington, DC, on 

October 5, 2005. 

Natalie Ogletree, 

FAA General Engineer, RTCA Advisory 

Committee. 

[FR Doc. 05–20632 Filed 10–13–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impacts Statement: 

Yamhill County, OR 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing a notice 

to advise the public that an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be prepared for a proposed highway 

project in Yamhill County, Oregon. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elton Chang, PE, Environmental 

Coordinator, FHWA Oregon Division, 

530 Center Street NE., Suite 100, Salem, 

OR 97301, (503) 399–5749, 

elton.chang@fhwa.dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA, in cooperation with the Oregon 

Department of Transportation (ODOT), 

will prepare a Design (Tier 2) 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

on a proposal to construct the Newberg 

Dundee Bypass (Bypass), in Yamhill 

County, Oregon. The proposed Bypass 

project is a part of the Newberg Dundee 

Transportation Improvement Project 

(NDTIP), which seeks to improve 

regional and local transportation along 

the Oregon Highway 99W corridor in 

the Newberg and Dundee area by 

reducing traffic congestion. The 

proposed Bypass project area 

encompasses a section of OR Highway 

99W that extends northeast across 

Yamhill County from the OR Highway 

99W/OR Highway 18 intersection near 

Dayton to Rex Hill east of the City of 

Newberg. The eastern terminus is 

located at OR Highway 99W mile post 

20.08. The western terminus is located 

where OR Highway 99W intersects with 

Oregon 18 at OR Highway 18 mile post 

51.84. 

FHWA and ODOT are conducting the 

environmental analysis of the Bypass in 

a two-tiered NEPA process. The Tier 1 

work, which was the subject of a 

Location Environmental Impact 

Statement LFEIS, identified feasible 

alternative corridors for the Bypass 

project, and culminated in a Record of 

Decision on the preferred corridor 

alternative. This Preferred Alternative 

will be carried forward through the Tier 

2, DEIS analysis for more detailed study. 

The Tier 2 work will involve further 

refinement of the Preferred Alternative, 

including locating the Bypass within the 

preferred corridor, evaluation of 

detailed engineering options, and 

additional environmental analysis. 

Improvements to the corridor are 

considered necessary to provide for the 

existing and projected traffic demand 

and to reduce congestion. Traffic 

congestion and travel delays have 

reached unacceptable levels for those 

who live and work in or travel through 

Newberg, Dundee and the surrounding 

areas. By 2025, Newberg and Dundee 

are expected to have congestion in their 

downtowns for over 14 hours a day. The 

2002 peak period travel time between 

East Newberg and Dayton is about 25 

minutes. Without the Bypass the travel 

time in 2025 will be 40 minutes on OR 

Highway 99W. If the Bypass were 

constructed the travel time between East 

Newberg and Dayton on OR Highway 

99W would be 19 minutes and the travel 

time on the Bypass would be 12 

minutes. 

ODOT uses volume to capacity ratios 

to measure the levels of mobility on 

state highways. The ratios show the 

volume of traffic over the capacity of the 

highway to handle traffic. When the 

ratio approaches 1.0 the entire capacity 

of the highway is being used and the 

highway is very congested. At this point 

even minor disruptions in flow can 

cause severe backups. The v/c ratios for 

most of the major intersections on OR 

Highway 99W in Newberg and Dundee 

exceeded 1.0 in 2002 during peak travel 

periods. ODOT’s policy and the goal set 

by the Newberg Dundee Transportation 

Improvement Project Oversight Steering 

Team for urban highways is a volume to 

capacity ratio of 0.75. 

Newberg and Dundee want to make 

their downtowns more pedestrian 

friendly. Noise levels measured on the 

sidewalk in Newberg in 2002 were 72 

decibels. This is loud enough to require 

that people need to raise their voices to 

converse. The heavy truck traffic 

through town is the source of most of 

the noise. Truck traffic also adds to the 

congestion in the towns. By 2025, 

Dundee is expected to have about 3,700 

freight trips per day rumbling through 

town and Newberg is expected to have 

4,400 freight trips per day. 

Alternatives under consideration 

include alternatives within the 

approved corridor and the No Build 

alternative for comparison purposes and 

various design options. 

Letters describing the proposed action 

and soliciting comments related to this 

proposed action will be sent to Federal, 

State and local agencies, and to private 

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organizations and citizens who have 

previously expressed or are known to 

have interest in this proposal. A public 

meeting will be held on October 11, 

2005, in Newberg, Oregon to initiate the 

DEIS scoping process and present 

project information. ODOT expects to 

publish a draft DEIS by the end of 2006. 

After publication of the draft DEIS, a 

minimum of 30 days will be scheduled 

for a public comment period. In 

addition, a public hearing will be held 

on the draft DEIS. Public notice will be 

given of the time and location of the 

meeting and public hearing. The draft 

DEIS will be available for public and 

agency review and comment prior to the 

public hearing. No formal scoping 

meeting will be held. 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to this proposed action are 

addressed and all significant issues 

identified, comments and suggestions 

are invited from all interested parties. 

Comments or questions concerning this 

proposed action and the DEIS should be 

directed to the FHWA at the address 

provided above. (Catalog of Federal 

Domestic Assistance Program Number 

20.205, Highway Research, Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental 

consultation on Federal programs and 

activities shall apply to this program.) 

For additional details on the 

Newberg-Dundee Bypass Project and 

how to get involved, please use our 

project Internet Web site: http:// 

www.newbergdundeebypass.org. 

If you do not have Internet access, 

please call David Stocker at (503) 963–

7891 to be placed on a mailing list for 

newsletters and meeting notices. 

Dated: Issued on October 4, 2005. 

Elton Chang, 

Environmental Coordinator, Oregon Division, 

FHWA. 

[FR Doc. 05–20562 Filed 10–13–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket Number 2005–22694] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Invitation for public comments 

on a requested administrative waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel 

DOROTHY JEAN. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by Public Law 

105–383 and Public Law 107–295, the 

Secretary of Transportation, as 

represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. The complete application 

is given in DOT docket 2005–22694 at 

http://dms.dot.gov. Interested parties 

may comment on the effect this action 

may have on U.S. vessel builders or 

businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.-flag 

vessels. If MARAD determines, in 

accordance with Public Law 105–383 

and MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR 

part 388 (68 FR 23084; April 30, 2003), 

that the issuance of the waiver will have 

an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.- 

vessel builder or a business that uses 

U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a 

waiver will not be granted. Comments 

should refer to the docket number of 

this notice and the vessel name in order 

for MARAD to properly consider the 

comments. Comments should also state 

the commenter’s interest in the waiver 

application, and address the waiver 

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR part 388. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 14, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2005 22694. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, 

Department of Transportation, 400 7th 

St., SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

You may also send comments 

electronically via the Internet at http:// 

dmses.dot.gov/submit/. All comments 

will become part of this docket and will 

be available for inspection and copying 

at the above address between 10 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. An 

electronic version of this document and 

all documents entered into this docket 

is available on the World Wide Web at 

http://dms.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sharon Cassidy, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, MAR–830 Room 7201, 

400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590. Telephone 202–366–5506. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described by the applicant the intended 

service of the vessel DOROTHY JEAN is: 

Intended Use: ‘‘I would like to run a 

small scenic tour business in the 

Castine, Maine area. I would use this 

vessel to take no more than 6 people on 

tours of the harbor, and show them how 

to catch lobster.’’

Geographic Region: Penobscot Bay, 

Maine. 

Dated: October 7, 2005. 

By order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Joel C. Richard, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 05–20585 Filed 10–13–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket Number 2005 22695] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Invitation for public comments 

on a requested administrative waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel 

ESPIRITU. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by Public Law 

105–383 and Public Law 107–295, the 

Secretary of Transportation, as 

represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. The complete application 

is given in DOT docket 2005–22695 at 

http://dms.dot.gov. Interested parties 

may comment on the effect this action 

may have on U.S. vessel builders or 

businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.-flag 

vessels. If MARAD determines, in 

accordance with Public Law 105–383 

and MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR 

part 388 (68 FR 23084; April 30, 2003), 

that the issuance of the waiver will have 

an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.- 

vessel builder or a business that uses 

U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a 

waiver will not be granted. Comments 

should refer to the docket number of 

this notice and the vessel name in order 

for MARAD to properly consider the 

comments. Comments should also state 

the commenter’s interest in the waiver 

application, and address the waiver 

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR part 388. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 14, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2005 22695. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, 

Department of Transportation, 400 7th 

St., SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001.