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in consultation with interested and 

affected parties in the local community, 

government agencies, and persons using 

the airport. An airport operator who has 

submitted noise exposure maps that are 

found by FAA to be in compliance with 

the requirements of Federal Aviation 

Regulations (FAR) Part 150, 

promulgated pursuant to the Act, may 

submit a noise compatibility program 

for FAA approval which sets forth the 

measures the operator has taken or 

proposes to take to reduce existing noncompatible uses and prevent the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the noise exposure maps and 

accompanying documentation 

submitted by County of Kern, California. 

The documentation that constitutes the 

‘‘Noise Exposure Maps’’ as defined in 

section 150.7 of Part 150 includes: 

Exhibit 1 ‘‘Existing Conditions (2005) 

Noise Exposure Map,’’ and Exhibit 2 

‘‘Five-Year Forecast (2010) Noise 

Exposure Map.’’ The Noise Exposure 

Maps contain current and forecast 

information including the depiction of 

the airport and its boundaries, the 

runway configurations, land uses such 

as residential, open space, commercial/ 

office, community facilities, libraries, 

churches, infrastructure, vacant and 

warehouse and those areas within the 

Community Noise Equivalent Level 

(CNEL) 60, 65, 70 and 75 noise 

contours. Estimates for the number of 

people within these contours for the 

year 2005 are shown in Table 4B. 

Estimates of the future residential 

population within the 2007 noise 

contours are shown in Table 4D. Flight 

tracks for the existing and the five-year 

forecast Noise Exposure Maps are found 

in Exhibits 3D, 3E, 3F and 3G. The type 

and frequency of aircraft operations 

(including nighttime operations) are 

found in Tables 3B and 3C. The FAA 

has determined that these noise 

exposure maps and accompanying 

documentation are in compliance with 

applicable requirements. This 

determination is effective on January 16, 

2008. 

FAA’s determination on an airport 

operator’s noise exposure maps is 

limited to a finding that the maps were 

developed in accordance with the 

procedures contained in Appendix A of 

FAR Part 150. Such determination does 

not constitute approval of the 

applicant’s data, information or plans, 

or a commitment to approve a noise 

compatibility program or to fund the 

implementation of that program. If 

questions arise concerning the precise 

relationship of specific properties to 

noise exposure contours depicted on a 

noise exposure map submitted under 

section 47503 of the Act, it should be 

noted that the FAA is not involved in 

any way in determining the relative 

locations of specific properties with 

regard to the depicted noise contours, or 

in interpreting the noise exposure maps 

to resolve questions concerning, for 

example, which properties should be 

covered by the provisions of section 

47506 of the Act. These functions are 

inseparable from the ultimate land use 

control and planning responsibilities of 

local government. These local 

responsibilities are not changed in any 

way under Part 150 or through FAA’s 

review of noise exposure maps. 

Therefore, the responsibility for the 

detailed overlaying of noise exposure 

contours onto the map depicting 

properties on the surface rests 

exclusively with the airport operator 

that submitted those maps, or with 

those public agencies and planning 

agencies with which consultation is 

required under section 47503 of the Act. 

The FAA has relied on the certification 

by the airport operator, under section 

150.21 of FAR Part 150, that the 

statutorily required consultation has 

been accomplished. 

Copies of the full noise exposure map 

documentation and of the FAA’s 

evaluation of the maps are available for 

examination at the following locations: 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Planning and Environmental Division, 

APP–400, 800 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Western-Pacific Region, Airports 

Division, Room 3012, 15000 Aviation 

Boulevard, Lawndale, California 

90261. 

Federal Aviation Administration, Los 

Angeles Airports District Office, 

15000 Aviation Boulevard, Lawndale, 

California 90261. 

Jack Gotcher, CM, CAE, Director, 

County of Kern, Department of 

Airports, Meadows Field Airport, 

3701 Wings Way, Suite 300, 

Bakersfield, California 93308. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Issued in Hawthorne, California on January 

16, 2008. 

Mark A. McClardy, 

Manager, Airports Division, AWP–600, 

Western-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 08–721 Filed 2–19–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: 

Westmoreland County, PA 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Cancellation of the Notice of 

Intent. 

SUMMARY: This notice rescinds the 

previous Notice of Intent (issued 

January 29, 1993) to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for a 

proposed highway project consisting of 

the construction of a new two-lane 

roadway (to be identified as T.R. 711) 

between the southern terminus of U.S. 

Route 30 and the northern terminus, 

which is a point approximately one mile 

north of Ligonier on S.R. 711 in Ligonier 

Township. The proposed project is 

approximately 2.0 miles in length. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David W. Cough, P.E., Director of 

Operations, Federal Highway 

Administration, Pennsylvania Division 

Office, 228 Walnut Street, Room 508, 

Harrisburg, PA 17101–1720, Telephone 

(717) 221–3411—OR—Alan Bailey, P.E., 

Assistant District Executive, 

Pennsylvania Department of 

Transportation, District 12–0, P.O. Box 

459 North Gallatin Avenue Extension, 

Uniontown, PA 15401, Telephone (724) 

439–7259. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The need 

to address traffic conflicts within the 

Ligonier central business district still 

exists and the Pennsylvania Department 

of Transportation, District 12–0, intends 

to continue to address traffic 

compatibility with the community 

through a series of transportation system 

management implementation strategies. 

These strategies include, but are not 

limited to, advanced warning signs, 

speed limit enforcement, and pavement 

markings. Furthermore, PennDOT 

District 12–0 has already completed a 

signing and pavement marking project 

in the Ligonier Diamond area to 

improve pedestrian safety and facilitate 

truck and automobile traffic movements. 

PennDOT will also recommend a 

Pedestrian Safety Program and will 

provide information to the borough on 

how to apply for a Safer Routes to 

School project. 

(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.) 


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Dated: February 8, 2008. 

David C. Lawton, 

Acting Division Administrator, Harrisburg, 

PA. 

[FR Doc. 08–716 Filed 2–19–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2008 0011] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Invitation for public comments 

on a requested administrative waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel 

SOUTHERN BELLE. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by Public Law 

105–383 and Public Law 107–295, the 

Secretary of Transportation, as 

represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. The complete application 

is given in DOT docket MARAD–2008–

0011 at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Interested parties may comment on the 

effect this action may have on U.S. 

vessel builders or businesses in the U.S. 

that use U.S.-flag vessels. If MARAD 

determines, in accordance with Public 

Law 105–383 and MARAD’s regulations 

at 46 CFR Part 388 (68 FR 23084; April 

30, 2003), that the issuance of the 

waiver will have an unduly adverse 

effect on a U.S.-vessel builder or a 

business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in 

that business, a waiver will not be 

granted. Comments should refer to the 

docket number of this notice and the 

vessel name in order for MARAD to 

properly consider the comments. 

Comments should also state the 

commenter’s interest in the waiver 

application, and address the waiver 

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR Part 388. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

March 21, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2008–0011. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. You may also 

send comments electronically via the 

Internet at: http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments will become part of this 

docket and will be available for 

inspection and copying at the above 

address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

E.T., Monday through Friday, except 

federal holidays. An electronic version 

of this document and all documents 

entered into this docket is available on 

the World Wide Web at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joann Spittle, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W21–203, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202–

366–5979. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described by the applicant the intended 

service of the vessel SOUTHERN BELLE 

is: 

Intended Use: ‘‘The vessel will be 

used solely to take Club Members as 

passengers for hire on voyages of single 

day, 3–4 day and 7-day durations.’’

Geographic Region: ‘‘Florida, 

Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, 

Connecticut, Rhode Island and 

Massachusetts.’’

Privacy Act 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). 

Dated: February 5, 2008. 

By order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Christine Gurland, 

Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–3053 Filed 2–19–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2008 0008] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Invitation for public comments 

on a requested administrative waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel 

Silent Faith. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by Pub. L. 105–

383 and Pub. L. 107–295, the Secretary 

of Transportation, as represented by the 

Maritime Administration (MARAD), is 

authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- 

build requirement of the coastwise laws 

under certain circumstances. A request 

for such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. The complete application 

is given in DOT docket MARAD–2008 

0008 at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Interested parties may comment on the 

effect this action may have on U.S. 

vessel builders or businesses in the U.S. 

that use U.S.-flag vessels. If MARAD 

determines, in accordance with Pub. L. 

105–383 and MARAD’s regulations at 46 

CFR Part 388 (68 FR 23084; April 30, 

2003), that the issuance of the waiver 

will have an unduly adverse effect on a 

U.S.-vessel builder or a business that 

uses U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a 

waiver will not be granted. Comments 

should refer to the docket number of 

this notice and the vessel name in order 

for MARAD to properly consider the 

comments. Comments should also state 

the commenter’s interest in the waiver 

application, and address the waiver 

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR Part 388. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

March 21, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2008–0008. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–

140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. You may also 

send comments electronically via the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments will become part of this 

docket and will be available for 

inspection and copying at the above 

address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

E.T., Monday through Friday, except 

federal holidays. An electronic version 

of this document and all documents 

entered into this docket is available on 

the World Wide Web at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joann Spittle, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W21–203, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202–

366–5979. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described by the applicant the intended 

service of the vessel SILENT FAITH is: 

Intended Use: ‘‘Day charters, tours, 

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