61946 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 211 / Thursday, November 1, 2007 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: Gulf 

and Bay Counties, Florida 

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 Gulf and Bay Counties, 

Florida. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

George Hadley, Environmental Programs 

Coordinator, Federal Highway 

Administration, 545 John Knox Road, 

Suite 200, Tallahassee, Florida 32303, 

Telephone: (850) 942–9650. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA, in cooperation with the Florida 

Department of Transportation, will 

prepare an EIS for a proposal to provide 

a new highway, known as the Gulf Coast 

Parkway, in the regional transportation 

network in Gulf and Bay Counties, 

Florida. The proposed improvements 

would connect U.S. 98 at CR 386 in Gulf 

County with U.S. 98 (Tyndall Parkway) 

in Springfield and U.S. 231 in Bay 

County, north of Panama City, utilizing 

a combination of existing roadway 

facilities and new roadway alignments. 

The distance of the proposed 

improvement is approximately 35 miles. 

The proposed highway would improve 

mobility and manage future traffic 

demand by providing additional 

infrastructure within the regional 

transportation network serving Bay and 

Gulf Counties. The proposed 

improvements would support economic 

development in Gulf County. The 

proposed highway would enhance 

regional connections to intermodal hubs 

(airports, seaports and the intermodal 

distribution center), would provide an 

alternate route to U.S. 98 through the 

Tyndall Air Force Base Reservation for 

national security purposes, and would 

be an additional route for hurricane 

evacuation. 

Alternatives under consideration 

include (1) taking no action, and (2) 4- 

lane roadway alternatives on a 

combination of existing and new 

alignments. Letters describing the 

proposed action and soliciting 

comments will be sent to appropriate 

Federal, State, and local agencies, and to 

private organizations and citizens who 

have previously expressed interest in 

this proposal. A series of public 

meetings will be held in Gulf and Bay 

Counties between September 2007 and 

December of 2008. 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 in the project 

vicinity during the fall of 2007. 

To ensure that a full range of issues 

related to the 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 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 intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Issued on: October 25, 2007. 

George B. Hadley, 

Environmental Programs Coordinator, 

Tallahassee, Florida. 

[FR Doc. E7–21508 Filed 10–31–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

Sunshine Act Meetings; Unified Carrier 

Registration Plan Board of Directors 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

TIME AND DATE: December 6, 2007, 11 

a.m. to 2 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. 

PLACE: These meetings will take place 

telephonically. Any interested person 

may call Mr. Avelino Gutierrez at (505) 

827–4565 to receive the toll free 

numbers and pass codes needed to 

participate in these meetings by 

telephone. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified 

Carrier Registration Plan Board of 

Directors (the Board) will continue its 

work in developing and implementing 

the Unified Carrier Registration Plan 

and Agreement and to that end, may 

consider matters properly before the 

Board. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Avelino Gutierrez, Chair, Unified 

Carrier Registration Board of Directors at 

(505) 827–4565. 

Dated: October 26, 2007. 

William A. Quade, 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement and 

Program Delivery. 

[FR Doc. 07–5463 Filed 10–30–07; 3:42 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Notice and Request for Comments 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Requirement (ICR) abstracted 

below has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and its expected burden. The Federal 

Register notice with a 60-day comment 

period soliciting comments on the 

following collection of information was 

published on August 23, 2007 (72 FR 

48315). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 3, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Robert Brogan, Office of Safety, 

Planning and Evaluation Division, RRS–

21, Federal Railroad Administration, 

1120 Vermont Ave., NW., Mail Stop 25, 

Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 

493–6292), or Ms. Gina Christodoulou, 

Office of Support Systems Staff, RAD–

43, Federal Railroad Administration, 

1120 Vermont Ave., NW., Mail Stop 35, 

Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 

493–6139). (These telephone numbers 

are not toll-free.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), Public Law 104–13, Section 2, 

109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised 

at 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), and its 

implementing regulations, 5 CFR Part 

1320, require Federal agencies to issue 

two notices seeking public comment on 

information collection activities before 

OMB may approve paperwork packages. 

44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5, 

1320.8(d)(1), 1320.12. On August 23, 

2007, FRA published a 60-day notice in 

the Federal Register soliciting comment 

on ICRs that the agency was seeking 

OMB approval. 72 FR 48315. FRA 

received two comments after issuing 

this notice. 

The first comment was submitted by 

Donald M. Hahs, National President, on 

behalf of the Brotherhood of Locomotive 

Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), who 

expressed whole hearted support for the 

proposed study. The BLET is a Division 

of the Rail Conference of the 

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