Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 91 / Friday, May 9, 2008 / Notices 26467 

Ecorse Library, 4184 W. Jefferson Ave., 

Ecorse; 

Melvindale Library, 18650 Allen Rd., 

Melvindale; 

River Rouge Library, 221 Burke St., 

River Rouge; 

Kemeny Recreation Center, 2260 S. Fort 

St., Detroit; 

Campbell Brand Library, 8733 W. 

Vernor Hwy., Detroit; 

Neighborhood City Hall Central District, 

2 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 

Neighborhood City Hall Northwestern 

District, 19180 Grand River Ave., 

Detroit; 

Neighborhood City Hall Northeastern 

District, 2328 E. Seven Mile Rd., 

Detroit; 

Neighborhood City Hall Western 

District, 18100 Meyers Road, Detroit; 

Neighborhood City Hall Eastern District, 

7737 Kercheval St., Detroit; 

Neighborhood City Hall Southwestern 

District, 7744 W. Vernor St., Detroit. 

Copies of the DEIS may be requested 

from Bob Parsons (Public Involvement 

and Hearings Officer) at the Michigan 

Department of Transportation, 425 W. 

Ottawa Street, P.O. Box 30050, Lansing, 

MI 48909 or by calling (517) 373–9534. 

2. Comments: Send comments on the 

DEIS to Michigan Department of 

Transportation, c/o Bob Parsons (Public 

Involvement and Hearings Officer), 425 

W. Ottawa Street, P.O. Box 30050, 

Lansing, MI 48909; Fax: (517) 373–9255; 

or e-mail: parsonsb@michigan.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ryan Rizzo, Major Project Manager, 

FHWA Michigan Division, (517) 702–

1833; David Williams, Environmental 

Program Manager, FHWA Michigan 

Division, (517) 702–1820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Detroit River International Crossing 

(DRIC) Study is a bi-national effort to 

complete the environmental study 

processes related to a new international 

crossing between Windsor, Ontario, and 

Detroit, Michigan. The Border 

Transportation Partnership (The 

Partnership) leads this study. It is 

formed of the following agencies: 

Federal Highway Administration 

(FHWA), Michigan Department of 

Transportation (MDOT), Transport 

Canada (TC) and Ontario Ministry of 

Transportation (MTO). The DRIC Study 

identifies solutions that support the 

region, State, provincial and national 

economies while addressing the civil 

and national defense and homeland 

security needs of the busiest trade 

corridor between the United States and 

Canada. The Detroit River, which 

separates the U.S. and Canada, currently 

has border crossings at the Ambassador 

Bridge (four lanes), the Detroit-Windsor 

Tunnel (two lanes), the Detroit-Canada 

Rail Tunnels, and the Detroit-Windsor 

Truck Ferry. These multi modal 

transportation links provide the 

connections for freight and passenger 

movements between the two countries. 

The DRIC Study includes transportation 

alternatives that improve bordercrossing facilities, operations, and 

connections to meet existing and future 

mobility and security needs. 

Purpose and Need for the Project: The 

purpose of the DRIC Study is to provide 

safe, efficient and secure movement of 

people and goods across the U.S.- 

Canadian border in the Detroit River 

area to support the economies of 

Michigan, Ontario, Canada and the 

United States, and to support the 

mobility needs of national and civil 

defense to protect the homeland. 

To address future border crossing 

mobility requirements through 2035, 

there is a need to: 

—Provide new border-crossing capacity 

to meet increased long-term demand; 

—Improve system connectivity to 

enhance the seamless flow of people 

and goods; 

—Improve operations and processing 

capability in accommodating the flow 

of people and goods; and 

—Provide reasonable and secure 

crossing options (i.e., redundancy) in 

the event of incidents, maintenance, 

congestion, or other disruptions. 

Alternatives Evaluated: The DEIS 

evaluates nine Build Alternatives in 

addition to a No Build Alternative. The 

nine Build Alternatives each include an 

interchange plaza, a customs inspection 

plaza, and a bridge from the plaza that 

spans the Detroit River. The DEIS 

analyzes the issues/impacts on the 

United State’s side of the proposed new 

border crossing. A Canadian-produced 

set of documents analyzes the issues/ 

impacts on the Canadian side. 

The No-Build Alternative would not 

result in a new international border 

crossing system in the Detroit-Windsor 

area. Only the existing crossings, plazas 

and freeway connections, including the 

Gateway connection currently under 

construction, would continue 

operations. A second privately-owned 

bridge has been proposed by the Detroit 

International Bridge Company in the 

Ambassador Bridge Enhancement 

Environmental Assessment and was 

included in the No-Build Alternative. 

Issued on: April 29, 2008. 

James J. Steel, 

Division Administrator, Lansing, Michigan. 

[FR Doc. E8–10231 Filed 5–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–M 

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: June 9, 2008, from 1 

p.m. until 5 p.m., and June 10, 2008, 

from 8 a.m. until 12 Noon, Eastern 

Daylight Time. 

PLACE: This meeting will take place at 

The Brown Hotel, 335 West Broadway, 

Louisville, Kentucky 40202. 

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: May 1, 2008. 

William A. Quade, 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement and 

Program Delivery. 

[FR Doc. 08–1246 Filed 5–7–08; 2:40 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket ID PHMSA–2007–0056] 

Pipeline Safety: Information Collection 

Activities Under Office of Management 

and Budget Review 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces that the Information 

Collection Requests (ICR) abstracted 

below will be forwarded to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comments. The ICRs 

describe the nature of the information 

collections and their expected burden. 

PHMSA published Notices in the 

Federal Register with 60-day comment 

periods soliciting comments on these 

collections of information. PHMSA did 

not receive any substantive comments 


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