70912 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 225 / Wednesday, November 23, 2005 / Notices 

http://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Sectors/ 

Environment/Environmental_Reviews/ 

Section_Index.html. Copies of the 

review will also be sent to interested 

members of the public by mail upon 

request. 

DATES: Comments on the draft 

environmental review are requested by 

January 6, 2006 to inform the 

negotiations and the environmental 

review of the final agreement. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

procedural questions concerning public 

comments, contact Gloria Blue, 

Executive Secretary, TPSC, Office of the 

USTR, 1724 F Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20508, telephone (202) 395–3475. 

Questions concerning the 

environmental review, or requests for 

copies, should be addressed to David 

Brooks, Environment and Natural 

Resources Section, Office of the USTR, 

telephone 202–395–7320. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Trade 

Act of 2002, signed by the President on 

August 6, 2002, provides that the 

President shall conduct environmental 

reviews of [certain] trade agreements 

consistent with Executive Order 

13121—Environmental Review of Trade 

Agreements (64 FR 63169, Nov. 18, 

1999) and its implementing guidelines 

(65 FR 79442, Dec. 19, 2000) and report 

on such reviews to the Committee on 

Ways and Means of the House of 

Representatives and the Committee on 

Finance of the Senate. The Order and 

guidelines are available at http:// 

www.ustr.gov/Trade_Sectors/ 

Environment/Section_Index.html. 

The purpose of environmental 

reviews is to ensure that policymakers 

and the public are informed about 

reasonably foreseeable environmental 

impacts of trade agreements (both 

positive and negative), to identify 

complementarities between trade and 

environmental objectives, and to help 

shape appropriate responses if 

environmental impacts are identified. 

Reviews are intended to be one tool, 

among others, for integrating 

environmental information and analysis 

into the fluid, dynamic process of trade 

negotiations. USTR and the Council on 

Environmental Quality jointly oversee 

implementation of the Order and 

Guidelines. USTR, through the Trade 

Policy Staff Committee (TPSC), is 

responsible for conducting the 

individual reviews. 

Written Comments 

In order to facilitate prompt 

processing of submissions of comments, 

the Office of the United States Trade 

Representative strongly urges and 

prefers e-mail submissions in response 

to this notice. Persons submitting 

comments by e-mail should use the 

following e-mail address: 

FR0423@ustr.eop.gov with the subject 

line: ‘‘Thailand Interim Environmental 

Review.’’ Documents should be 

submitted as a Word Perfect, MSWord, 

or text (.TXT) file. Persons who make 

submissions by e-mail should not 

provide separate cover letters; 

information that might appear in a cover 

letter should be included in the 

submission itself. To the extent 

possible, any attachments to the 

submission should be included in the 

same file as the submission itself, and 

not as separate files. If submission by email is impossible, comments should be 

made by facsimile to (202) 395–6143, 

attention: Gloria Blue. 

Written comments will be placed in a 

file open to public inspection in the 

USTR Reading Room at 1724 F Street, 

NW., Washington DC. An appointment 

to review the file may be made by 

calling (202) 395–6186. The Reading 

Room is open to the public from 10–12 

a.m. and from 1–4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday. 

General information concerning the 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative may be obtained by 

accessing its Internet Web site (http:// 

www.ustr.gov). 

Carmen Suro-Bredie, 

Chair, Trade Policy Staff Committee. 

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BILLING CODE 3190–W6–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Aviation Proceedings, Agreements 

Filed the Week Ending November 4, 

2005 

The following Agreements were filed 

with the Department of Transportation 

under sections 412 and 414 of the 

Federal Aviation Act, as amended (49 

U.S.C. 1382 and 1384) and procedures 

governing proceedings to enforce these 

provisions. Answers may be filed within 

21 days after the filing of the 

application. 

Docket Number: OST–2005–22906. 

Date Filed: November 3, 2005. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject: TC23/TC123 Mail Vote 457 

between Middle East and South East 

Asia Geneva, September 12–14, 2005. 

Intended effective date: November 1, 

2005. 

Renee V. Wright, 

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 05–23167 Filed 11–22–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Applications for Certificates 

of Public Convenience and Necessity 

and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed 

Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q) 

During the Week Ending November 4, 

2005 

The following Applications for 

Certificates of Public Convenience and 

Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier 

Permits were filed under subpart B 

(formerly subpart Q) of the Department 

of Transportation’s Procedural 

Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et. 

seq.). The due date for Answers, 

Conforming Applications, or Motions to 

Modify Scope are set forth below for 

each application. Following the Answer 

period DOT may process the application 

by expedited procedures. Such 

procedures may consist of the adoption 

of a show-cause order, a tentative order, 

or in appropriate cases a final order 

without further proceedings. 

Docket Number: OST–2002–13159. 

Date Filed: October 31, 2005. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: November 21, 2005. 

Description: Application of Valley Air 

Express, Inc. requesting a fitness review 

to resume service between Victorville, 

CA and Henderson, NV and, an 

exemption from the 45 day notice 

period. 

Docket Number: OST–2005–22880. 

Date Filed: November 1, 2005. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: November 22, 2005. 

Description: Application of Swift Air, 

LLC requesting a certificate of public 

convenience and necessity to engage in 

interstate and foreign air transportation 

of persons, property and mail. 

Docket Number: OST–2005–22882. 

Date Filed: November 2, 2005. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: November 23, 2005. 

Description: Application of 

Gazpromavia Aviation Company Ltd. 

requesting a foreign air carrier permit to 

engage in charter all-cargo service 

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. 

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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