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the I–470 interchange, including the 

entire Kansas City Downtown Central 

Business District (CBD) Freeway Loop, 

in Jackson County, Missouri. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Peggy J. Casey, Environmental Projects 

Engineer, FHWA Division Office, 3220 

West Edgewood, Suite H, Jefferson City, 

MO 65109, Telephone: (573) 636–7104; 

or Mr. Kevin Keith, Chief Engineer, 

Missouri Department of Transportation, 

P.O. Box 270, Jefferson City, MO 65102, 

Telephone: (573) 751–2803. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA, in cooperation with the 

Missouri Department of Transportation 

(MoDOT), will prepare a First Tier EIS 

to consider the impacts of 

improvements to I–70 from the end of 

the last ramp termini east of the 

Missouri and Kansas state line to east of 

the I–470 interchange, including the 

entire Kansas City downtown CBD 

freeway loop, in Jackson County, 

Missouri. The project length is 

approximately 18 miles (20 miles with 

freeway loop segments). 

MoDOT, in partnership with MidAmerica Regional Council (MARC), and 

the Kansas City Area Transportation 

Authority (KCATA), completed a Major 

Investment Study (MIS) for the I–70 

corridor in Jackson County in 

November, 2004. The MIS evaluated the 

I–70 corridor in a general nature and 

recommended an improvement strategy 

that would reconstruct and widen the 

existing facility from Kansas City’s 

downtown CBD freeway loop to the 

Route F/H interchange in Oak Grove, 

Missouri. This strategy also included 

redesigning access and interchanges for 

the entire CBD freeway loop. 

FHWA and MoDOT are now 

preparing a First Tier EIS to develop an 

improvement strategy for the highway 

elements of the I–70 corridor, using the 

MIS Statement of Purpose and Need and 

Strategy Packages as the foundation. 

The First Tier EIS will coordinate with 

completed and ongoing studies. These 

studies include the I–70 Transit 

Alternatives Analysis; the Kansas City, 

Missouri’s Downtown CBD Study; the I–

29/I–35 Paseo Bridge Corridor EIS; the 

I–470 Purpose and Need study; and the 

I–70 Supplemental EIS study. 

Strategies to be considered include (1) 

no build; (2) highway widening and 

interchange improvement strategies; and 

(3) transportation system management 

options. The First Tier EIS will seek to 

determine sections of independent 

utility over this 18-mile stretch of I–70 

that will become the basis for second 

tier environmental studies (20 miles 

with the freeway loop segments). 

The First Tier EIS will conform to the 

environmental review process as 

established in Section 6002 of the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU). The Section 6002 

environmental review process requires 

the following activities: Identification 

and invitation of cooperating and 

participating agencies; establishment of 

a coordination plan; and opportunities 

for additional agency and public 

comment on the project’s purpose and 

need, strategies, and methodologies for 

determining impacts. 

As part of the scoping process, an 

interagency coordination meeting will 

be held with federal and state resource 

agencies and local agencies. In addition, 

informational meetings with the public 

and community representatives will be 

held to solicit input on the project. The 

Study Management Team from the I–70 

MIS will be re-established and will 

consist of agency staff from MoDOT, 

MARC, KCAT, and other identified local 

participating agencies. A location public 

hearing will be held to present the 

findings of the Draft First Tier EIS. 

Public notice will be given announcing 

the time and place of all public 

meetings and the hearing. The Draft 

First Tier EIS will be available for 

public and agency review and comment 

prior to the public hearing. 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to this proposed action is 

addressed and all significant issues are 

identified, comments and suggestions 

are invited from all interested parties. 

Comments and questions concerning 

this proposed action and the First Tier 

EIS should be directed to the FHWA or 

MoDOT at the addresses provided 

above. Concerns in the study area 

include potential impacts to 

communities, cultural resources, and 

rivers. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Issued on: June 27, 2008. 

Peggy J. Casey, 

Environmental Project Engineer, Jefferson 

City. 

[FR Doc. E8–15611 Filed 7–8–08; 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: August 7, 2008, 12 noon 

to 3 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. 

PLACE: This meeting will take place 

telephonically. Any interested person 

may call Mr. Avelino Gutierrez at (505) 

827–4565 to receive the toll free number 

and pass code 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: July 2, 2008. 

William A. Quade, 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement and 

Program Delivery. 

[FR Doc. 08–1426 Filed 7–7–08; 2:54 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau 

Proposed Information Collections; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of our continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, and as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

we invite comments on the proposed or 

continuing information collections 

listed below in this notice. 

DATES: We must receive your written 

comments on or before September 8, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments to 

Mary A. Wood, Alcohol and Tobacco 

Tax and Trade Bureau, at any of these 

addresses: 

• P.O. Box 14412, Washington, DC 

20044–4412; 


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