Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 225 / Wednesday, November 23, 2005 / Notices 70913 

between the Russian Federation and the 

United States. 

Renee V. Wright, 

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 05–23166 Filed 11–22–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2005–22985] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Request for Comments; 

Renewed Approval of an Information 

Collection; Environmental 

Streamlining: Measuring the 

Performance of Stakeholders in the 

Transportation Project Development 

Process II 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval to renew an 

information collection, which is 

summarized below under 

Supplementary Information. We are 

required to publish this notice in the 

Federal Register by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

January 23, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 

• FHWA–2005–22985 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. 

• Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 on 

the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 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 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Kreig Larson, 202–366–2056, Planning 

and Environment, Federal Highway 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office 

hours are from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Environmental Streamlining: 

Measuring the Performance of 

Stakeholders in the Transportation 

Project Development Process II. 

Background: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), FHWA, has 

contracted with the Gallup Organization 

to conduct a survey of professionals 

associated with transportation and 

resource agencies in order to gather 

their views on the workings of the 

environmental review process for 

transportation projects and how the 

process can be streamlined. The 

purpose of the survey is to: (1) Collect 

the perceptions of agency professionals 

involved in conducting the 

decisionmaking processes mandated by 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) and other resource protection 

laws in order to develop benchmark 

performance measures; and (2) identify 

where the performance of the process 

might be improved by the application of 

techniques for streamlining. This is a 

phone survey conducted of only local, 

State, and Federal officials who work 

with the NEPA process. 

Respondents: Approximately 2,000 

professionals/officials from 

transportation and natural resource 

agencies. 

Frequency: This is the second time 

this survey has been conducted in four 

years. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: The FHWA estimates that each 

respondent will complete the survey in 

approximately 15 minutes. With 2,000 

surveys expected, an estimated 500 

burden hours are expected for this 

project. 

Public Comments Invited 

You are asked to comment on any 

aspect of this information collection, 

including: (1) Whether the proposed 

collection is necessary for the FHWA’s 

performance; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (3) ways for the 

FHWA to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the collected 

information; and (4) ways that the 

burden could be minimized, including 

the use of electronic technology, 

without reducing the quality of the 

collected information. The agency will 

summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

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: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: November 17, 2005. 

James R. Kabel, 

Chief, Management Programs and Analysis 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–23176 Filed 11–22–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: 

Miami-Dade County, FL 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), USDOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be prepared for a proposed highway 

project in Miami-Dade County, Florida. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Gregory E. Williams, P.E., District 

Transportation Engineer, Federal 

Highway Administration, 545 John 

Knox Road, Suite 200, Tallahassee, 

Florida 32303. Telephone: (850) 942–

9650, extension 3031. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA, in cooperation with the Florida 

Department of Transportation (FDOT) 

will prepare an EIS for a proposal to 

improve Interstate Route I–395 in 

Miami-Dade County, Florida. The 

proposed improvement would involve 

the reconstruction of I–395 from I–95/ 

Midtown Interchange in Biscayne Bay, a 

distance of approximately 1.2 miles. 

Improvements to the corridor are 

considered necessary to provide for the 

existing and projected traffic demand. 

Alternatives under consideration 

include (1) taking no action; (2) elevated 

reconstruction with ramps at Midtown 

Interchange; (3) elevated reconstruction 

with ramps at Miami Avenue; (4) a 

tunnel design; and (5) an open-cut 

design. 

Letters describing the proposed action 

and soliciting comments will be sent to 

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appropriate Federal, State, and local 

agencies, and to private organizations 

and citizens who have expressed 

interest in this project. A series of 

public meetings will be held in the City 

of Miami, Miami-Dade County between 

July 2005 and January 2007. In addition, 

a public hearing will be held. Public 

notice will be given of the time and 

place of the meetings and hearing. The 

Draft EIS will be made available for 

public and agency review and comment. 

A formal scoping meeting is planned 

for the project, and the date and location 

will be established later. 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to the proposed action is 

addressed and all significant issues 

identified, comments and suggestions 

are invited from all interested parties. 

Comments or questions concerning this 

proposed action and the EIS 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 inter-governmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program) 

Issued on: November 16, 2005. 

George B. Hadley, 

Environmental Programs Coordinator, 

Tallahassee, Florida. 

[FR Doc. 05–23150 Filed 11–22–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2005–22970; Notice 1] 

Les Entreprises Michel Corbeil Inc., 

Receipt of Petition for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance 

Les Entreprises Michel Corbeil Inc. 

(Corbeil) has determined that certain 

school buses that it produced in 2004 do 

not comply with S5.1 of 49 CFR 

571.221, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standard (FMVSS) No. 221, ‘‘School bus 

body joint strength.’’ Corbeil has filed 

an appropriate report pursuant to 49 

CFR Part 573, ‘‘Defect and 

Noncompliance Reports.’’

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h), Corbeil has petitioned for an 

exemption from the notification and 

remedy requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

Chapter 301 on the basis that this 

noncompliance is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety. 

This notice of receipt of Corbeil’s 

petition is published under 49 U.S.C. 

30118 and 30120 and does not represent 

any agency decision or other exercise of 

judgment concerning the merits of the 

petition. 

Affected are a total of approximately 

295 school buses produced between 

May 3, 2004 and June 4, 2004. S5.1 of 

FMVSS No. 221 requires that, 

* * * each body panel joint * * * when 

tested in accordance with the procedure of 

S6, shall hold the body panel to the member 

to which it is joined when subjected to a 

force of 60 percent of the tensile strength of 

the weakest joined body panel determined 

pursuant to S6.2. 

The longitudinal roof joint on some of 

the subject school buses fails when 

tested according to the requirements of 

S5.1. 

Corbeil believes that the 

noncompliance is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety and that no 

corrective action is warranted. Corbeil 

states that during the period of 

production of the subject school buses, 

‘‘the production used expired glue.’’

Corbeil estimates that 61 of the 295 

buses could be affected, based on the 

number of expired glue cartridges that 

were used. 

Corbeil further states, 

* * * repairs could affect the structural 

integrity of these buses’ roofs. If we proceed 

with repairs, we must remove the actual MS 

polymer strips on the roof to reach the joints. 

This operation requires us to preheat (300–

600 °F) the MS polymer strip (will soften the 

MS polymer) but at the same time will cause 

a significant urethane chemical modification 

and will affect the actual joint strength. The 

roof joint is composed of urethane glue and 

this glue will be affected if the temperature 

is higher than 194 °F * * * If our educated 

estimate is that only 61 buses on (sic) the 295 

buses involved in this recall are affected, 

however they cannot be individually 

identified. Also, during the test, the 

transverse joint succeeded at 116% of the 

requirement and the longitudinal joint failed 

only by 9% with 91% of the requirement. 

The objective of this recall is to increase the 

strength of the joint. We presently suspect 

that a retrofit could affect/damage the roof 

rather to (sic) reinforce the joint. 

Corbeil states that no accidents or 

injuries have occurred as a result of this 

noncompliance. 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments on the petition described 

above. Comments must refer to the 

docket and notice number cited at the 

beginning of this notice and be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods. Mail: Docket Management 

Facility, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Nassif Building, Room 

PL–401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC, 20590–0001. Hand 

Delivery: Room PL–401 on the plaza 

level of the Nassif Building, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC. It 

is requested, but not required, that two 

copies of the comments be provided. 

The Docket Section is open on 

weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. except 

Federal Holidays. Comments may be 

submitted electronically by logging onto 

the Docket Management System Web 

site at http://dms.dot.gov. Click on 

‘‘Help’’ to obtain instructions for filing 

the document electronically. Comments 

may be faxed to 1–202–493–2251, or 

may be submitted to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

The petition, supporting materials, 

and all comments received before the 

close of business on the closing date 

indicated below will be filed and will be 

considered. All comments and 

supporting materials received after the 

closing date will also be filed and will 

be considered to the extent possible. 

When the petition is granted or denied, 

notice of the decision will be published 

in the Federal Register pursuant to the 

authority indicated below. 

Comment closing date: December 23, 

2005. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120: 

delegations of authority at CFR 1.50 and 

501.8. 

Issued on: November 17, 2005. 

Daniel C. Smith, 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 05–23138 Filed 11–22–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA 2005–22554; Notice 2] 

Michelin North America, Inc., Grant of 

Petition for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance 

Michelin North America, Inc. 

(Michelin) has determined that certain 

tires it produced in 2005 do not comply 

with S4.3(d) and S4.3(e) of 49 CFR 

571.109, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standard (FMVSS) No. 109, ‘‘New 

pneumatic tires.’’ Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 

30118(d) and 30120(h), Michelin has 

petitioned for a determination that this 

noncompliance is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety and has filed an 

appropriate report pursuant to 49 CFR 

part 573, ‘‘Defect and Noncompliance 

Reports.’’ Notice of receipt of a petition 

was published, with a 30-day comment 

period, on October 3, 2005 in the 

Federal Register (70 FR 57645). NHTSA 

received no comments.