Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 212 / Friday, November 2, 2007 / Notices 62293 

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20590. 

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Department of Transportation, 1200 

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except Federal holidays. 

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we receive to http:// 

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including any personal information you 

provide. Using the search function of 

our docket Web site, anyone can find 

and read the comments received into 

any of our dockets, including the name 

of the individual sending the comment 

(or signing the comment for an 

association, business, or labor union). 

Docket: To read the entire petition for 

exemption, background documents, or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov or to the Docket 

Management Facility, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

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Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Madeleine Kolb, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, FAA at 425–227–1134. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2007–0042. 

Petitioner: The Boeing Company. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: §§ 25.305, 

25.307(a), 25.601, 25.603(c), 

25.613(a)(b), and 25.1103(d). 

Description of relief sought: The 

exemption, if granted, would affect 

Boeing 737NG airplanes delivered prior 

to May 2007 and would permit 

installation of a new engine 

configuration, improved thrust reverser 

cascade configuration, or other changes 

without requiring a complete finding of 

compliance for the affected areas. 

[FR Doc. E7–21621 Filed 11–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: Cook 

and DuPage Counties, Illinois 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that a Tier 

One Environmental Impact Statement 

will be prepared for the Elgin O’Hare–

West Bypass study in Cook and DuPage 

Counties, Illinois. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Norman R. Stoner, P.E., Division 

Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration, 3250 Executive Park 

Drive, Springfield, Illinois 62703, 

Phone: (217) 492–4600. Diane M. 

O’Keefe, P.E., Deputy Director of 

Highways, Region One Engineer, Illinois 

Department of Transportation, 201 West 

Center Court, Schaumburg, Illinois 

60196, Phone: (847) 705–4000. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA, in cooperation with the Illinois 

Department of Transportation (IDOT), 

will prepare a Tier One Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the Elgin 

O’Hare–West Bypass study. The study 

area for the EIS is generally bounded by 

I–90, I–294, and I–290. The Tier One 

EIS will complete a broad analysis of 

transportation system alternative(s) in 

the study area and evaluate the 

environmental impacts at a planning 

level of detail using a Geographic 

Information System (GIS). 

The primary environmental resources 

that may be affected are: Residential, 

commercial, and industrial properties; 

streams and floodplains; wetlands; and 

open space. This project is being 

developed using the Illinois Department 

of Transportation’s Context Sensitive 

Solutions policy. Alternatives to be 

evaluated will include (1) taking no 

action; (2) transit improvements; (3) 

improvements to local roads; (4) a 

complete system of improvements 

including limited access highways on 

existing and new location, transit, 

transportation system management 

strategies, and bicycle and pedestrian 

facilities. 

As part of the EIS process, a scoping 

meeting for obtaining input from 

Resource Agencies on level of detail and 

methodologies to be addressed in the 

Environmental Impact Statement will be 

held in December 2007. Additional 

coordination will occur with the 

Resource Agencies to identify a date and 

location for the scoping meeting. 

A Stakeholder Involvement Plan 

(SIP), which will meet the SAFETEA–

LU Coordination Plan requirements, 

will be developed to ensure that a full 

range of issues related to this proposed 

project are identified and addressed. 

The SIP provides meaningful 

opportunities for all stakeholders to 

participate in defining transportation 

issues and solutions for the study area. 

A project Web site has been established 

(http://www.elginohare-westbypass.org) 

as one element of the project public 

involvement program. 

Comments or questions concerning 

this proposed action and the Tier One 

EIS are invited from all interested 

parties and should be directed to the 

FHWA at the address provided above. A 

public hearing will be held after the Tier 

One draft EIS is published and made 

available for public and agency review. 

Public notice will be given of the time 

and place of public meetings and 

hearings. 

The Tier One EIS will conclude with 

a Record of Decision selecting a 

preferred transportation system 

alternative(s). Following the Tier One 

EIS, projects with independent utility 

may be advanced to Tier Two NEPA 

documents that will focus on detailed 

environmental analyses. 

(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 29, 2007. 

Norman R. Stoner, 

P.E., Division Administrator, Springfield, 

Illinois. 

[FR Doc. 07–5450 Filed 11–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2004–18898] 

Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 

Initiative 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of public listening 

session. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration (FMCSA) 

announces a public listening session to 

obtain feedback from interested parties 

on the Agency’s Comprehensive Safety 

Analysis 2010 (CSA 2010) initiative, a 

comprehensive review, analysis, and 


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