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interest in initiating scheduled service 

at Denver International Airport (DEN), 

now commencing in October 2007.’’

2. Page 3, first sentence in the second 

paragraph under Aircraft and Supportng 

Equipment Emissions was revised to 

read: ‘‘Under the Proposed Action 

alternative, Lynx Aviation intends to 

introduce service at DEN on October 1, 

2007.’’

Note: The above corrections do not impact 

the analysis or the results. FAA will also 

publish this Notice of Availability for the 

Final General Conformity Determination in 

the ‘‘Rocky Mountain News,’’ Denver, 

Colorado. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may view 

hard copies of the Final GCD in Denver, 

CO, Monday through Friday, from 8 

a.m. to 4 p.m. Mountain Time at 

Environmental Services Section, 

Department of Aviation, City and 

County of Denver, Elrey B. Jeppesen 

Terminal Building, Level 6, Room 6619–

20, 8400 Pen ̃ a Boulevard, Denver, CO 

80249. Please contact Ms. Aimee Fenlon 

at 303–342–2636 for appointments. 

To request mailed hard copies of the 

Final GCD, contact Mr. Dennis Harn, 

Operations Specialist, Safety Evaluation 

and Analysis Branch, ANM–240, FAA 

Northwest Mountain Region 

Headquarters, 1601 Lind Ave., SW., 

Suite 560, Renton, WA 98057; 

telephone: 425–227–2560; e-mail: 

Dennis.Harn@faa.gov; or Mr. Chuck 

Cox, Operations Specialist, Technical 

Standards Branch, ANM–230, FAA 

Northwest Mountain Region 

Headquarters, 1601 Lind Ave., SW., 

Suite 560, Renton, WA 98057; 

telephone: 425–227–2243; e-mail: 

Chuck.Cox@faa.gov. 

The Final GCD is also available for 

review electronically on the Department 

of Transportation’s Docket Management 

System (DMS) at http://dms.dot.gov/. Do 

a simple search for docket number 

28041. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Dennis Harn, telephone: 425–227–2560; 

e-mail: Dennis.Harn@faa.gov; or Mr. 

Chuck Cox, telephone: 425–227–2243; 

e-mail: Chuck.Cox@faa.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

21, 2007. 

Carol E. Giles, 

Acting Director, Flight Standards Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–4763 Filed 9–26–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Proposed Airworthiness Standards for 

Acceptance Under the Special Class 

Rule 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice requests 

comments on proposed airworthiness 

standards for acceptance of the BA609 

Tiltrotor under 14 CFR 21.17(b), 

designation of applicable regulations for 

special classes of aircraft for which 

airworthiness standards have not been 

issued. 

DATES: Send your comments on or 

before January 25, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Send all comments to the 

FAA, Rotorcraft Directorate, Aircraft 

Certification Service, Rotorcraft 

Standards, Fort Worth, Texas 76193–

0110. You may also send comments 

electronically to 

9_ASW_ROTOR_SAFE@faa.gov. The 

subject line should read ‘‘Comment to 

BA609 Certification Basis.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sharon Miles, Rotorcraft Standards 

Staff, ASW–111, 2601 Meacham 

Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 76137, 

telephone (817) 222–5122, or by e-mail 

at Sharon.Y.Miles@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

We invite interested parties to submit 

comments on the proposed 

airworthiness standards to the address 

specified above. The FAA will consider 

all communications received on or 

before the closing date. These are 

preliminary proposed airworthiness 

standards as certification evaluation is 

ongoing. As such, we also plan to issue 

a subsequent Notice, addressing the 

final proposed standards and any 

comments received in response to this 

advance Notice prior to issuing the final 

acceptance. Commenting on this 

advance Notice does not preclude 

commenting on the subsequent Notice. 

Background 

The ‘‘special class’’ category for 

aircraft was created specifically for nonconventional aircraft for which 

airworthiness standards have not been 

issued and provides a means for 

applicants to propose airworthiness 

standards for their particular special 

class aircraft. The FAA procedure 

establishing appropriate airworthiness 

standards includes reviewing and 

possibly revising the application 

proposal, publication of the submittal in 

the Federal Register for public review 

and comment, and addressing the 

comments. After all necessary revisions, 

the standards are published as approved 

FAA airworthiness standards. 

Accordingly, the applicant for the 

BA609 Tiltrotor has submitted a request 

to the FAA to include the applicable 

requirements of those airworthiness 

requirements contained in Title 14 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations, parts 

23, 25, and 29 found by the 

Administrator to be appropriate for the 

BA609 Tiltrotor or such airworthiness 

criteria as the Administrator may find 

appropriate for this special class aircraft 

that provides an acceptable level of 

safety equivalent to the level of safety 

provided in the existing airworthiness 

standards. We have considered the 

applicant’s proposal and have 

determined that those 14 CFR parts 23, 

25, and 29 requirements and certain 

additional airworthiness standards 

should apply. 

How To Obtain Copies 

You may obtain a copy of the 

proposed airworthiness standards from 

the Internet at: http://www.faa.gov/ 

aircraft/draft_docs/. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on September 

12, 2007. 

Mark R. Schilling, 

Acting Manager, Rotorcraft Directorate, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–19053 Filed 9–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

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 

RTCA Government/Industry Air Traffic 

Management Advisory Committee. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

October 18, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 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; 


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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 (P.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 FUTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

21, 2007. 

Francisco Estrada C., 

RTCA Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 07–4762 Filed 9–26–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2007–29258] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

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 for a new 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 

November 26, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 

FHWA–2007–29258 by any of the 

following methods: 

Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow 

the instructions for submitting 

comments on the Department of 

Transportation Docket Management 

System electronic docket site. No 

electronic submissions will be accepted 

between September 28, 2007, and 

October 1, 2007. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590, 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 U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Ferroni, 202–366–3233, Office of 

Planning, Environment, and Realty, 

Federal Highway Administration, 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. Office hours are from 6 a.m. 

to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Noise Barriers Inventory 

Request. 

Background: The Federal-aid highway 

program has always been based on a 

strong State-Federal partnership. At the 

core of that partnership is a philosophy 

of trust and flexibility, and a belief that 

the States are in the best position to 

make investment decisions that are 

based on the needs and priorities of 

their citizens. The FHWA noise 

regulations give each State highway 

agency flexibility in determining the 

reasonableness and feasibility of noise 

abatement and, thus, in balancing the 

benefits of noise abatement against the 

overall adverse social, economic, and 

environmental effects and costs of the 

noise abatement measures. The State 

highway agencies base their 

determination on the interest of the 

overall public good, keeping in mind all 

the elements of the highway program. 

The flexibility in noise abatement 

decision-making is reflected by data 

indicating that not all States have built 

noise barriers. Through the end of 2004, 

45 State Departments of Transportation 

(SDOT) and the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico have constructed over 2,205 

linear miles of barriers at a cost of over 

$2.6 billion ($3.4 billion in 2004 

dollars). Five States and the District of 

Columbia have not constructed noise 

barriers. Ten State highway agencies 

account for approximately 64 percent of 

total barrier length and 72 percent of 

total barrier cost. The previously 

distributed listing can be found at 

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/ 

noise/barrier/summary.htm. This listing 

continues to be extremely useful in the 

management of the highway traffic noise 

program, in our technical assistance 

efforts for State highway agencies, and 

in responding to inquiries from 

congressional sources, Federal, State, 

and local agencies, and the general 

public. An updated listing of noise 

barriers will be distributed nationally 

for use in the highway traffic noise 

program. This collection request is for 

all noise barriers constructed by 

December 31, 2007. This would include 

all funding sources and material types. 

Although the collection concentrates on 

the 2005, 2006, and 2007 calendar years, 

a State highway agency may, after 

review of the ‘‘Summary of Noise 

Barriers Constructed by December 31, 

2004’’ document, delete, modify or add 

information to any calendar year. 

Respondents: Each of the 50 SDOTs, 

the District of Columbia, and the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

Frequency: Every 3 years. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: It is estimated that on average 

it would take 8 hours to respond to this 

request. The actual response time will 

be dependent on the number of noise 

barriers constructed, the availability of 

this information, and the collection 

method. For the SDOT that did not 

construct noise barriers within the time 

period, there is no burden. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: It is estimated that the estimated 

total annual burden is 139 hours 

annually. 

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 

burdens; (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. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

and 49 CFR 1.48. 


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