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report will be available to the public at 

http://fido.gov/facadatabase/ This 

presentation will be open to the public 

as capacity allows. 

Entry to the building is controlled and 

will be facilitated by advance clearance. 

Members of the public (including 

government employees and Department 

of State employees) who wish to attend 

the event should provide by no later 

than January 28, 2008, their name; date 

of birth; citizenship (country); ID 

number from one of the following—

Driver’s License Number and State of 

issue; Passport Number; U.S. 

Government ID; U.S. Military ID; as well 

as their professional affiliation, address 

and telephone number to the office of 

the Executive Director of the Committee 

at 202–647–2652 or fax to 202–647–

2529. 

One of the following valid photo IDs 

will be required for admittance to the 

State Department building: U.S. driver’s 

license, U.S. passport, or U.S. 

Government Agency ID. Members of the 

public must use the ‘‘C’’ Street entrance, 

after going through the exterior 

screening facilities. Members of the 

public will be escorted to the event and 

therefore should arrive in time to be 

cleared into the building no later than 

12:45 p.m. For additional information, 

contact the Office of the Executive 

Director of the Committee, Henrietta 

Holsman Fore, 202–647–2652. 

Dated: January 24, 2008. 

Henrietta H. Fore, 

Executive Director and Director of Foreign 

Assistance, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E8–1671 Filed 1–29–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Cancellation of Environmental Impact 

Statement; Galveston County, TX 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), TxDOT. 

ACTION: Cancellation of Bolivar Bridge 

EIS. 

SUMMARY: In Vol. 7, No. 28/Friday, 

February 10, 2006/Notices, FHWA 

issued a Notice of Intent to advise the 

public that an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) would be prepared for 

a proposed SH Highway (SH 87) bridge 

connecting Galveston Island and Bolivar 

Peninsula in Galveston County, Texas. 

The project is now cancelled; therefore, 

no further project activities will occur. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Donald Davis, Federal Highway 

Administration, Texas Division, 300 

East 8th Street, Room 826, Austin, Texas 

78701, Telephone (512) 536–5960. 

Issued on: January 17, 2008. 

Donald Davis, 

District Engineer, FHWA Texas Division. 

[FR Doc. 08–385 Filed 1–29–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Preparation of an Environmental 

Impact Statement on Transit 

Improvements in the North-South 

Corridor of Kansas City, MO 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) and the Kansas 

City Area Transportation Authority 

(KCATA) intend to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

in accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to 

assess the environmental and 

community impacts of transit 

improvements proposed by KCATA and 

the City of Kansas City, Missouri in a 

12-mile North/South travel corridor in 

the Kansas City metropolitan area. 

Because KCATA may decide to seek 

FTA New Starts funding for transit 

improvements in the corridor, this work 

will also satisfy the FTA requirement for 

an Alternatives Analysis through the 

development of a combined Alternatives 

Analysis/Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (AA/DEIS). 

Possible transit improvements in the 

corridor are intended to improve access 

to the major employment center located 

in the central portion of the region, 

especially for that segment of the 

population that does not have access to 

the auto-oriented transportation system. 

Additionally, new transit facilities 

would support sustainable development 

patterns in the corridor. Alternatives 

proposed to be considered for 

accomplishing these purposes include 

(1) The Future No-Build Alternative, (2) 

a Transportation System Management 

(TSM) alternative that includes 

improvements to bus services, and (3) 

various fixed-guideway transit 

alternatives, including the light rail 

transit (LRT) line developed by the 

Citizens’ Light Rail Task Force. 

Scoping of the EIS will be 

accomplished through meetings and 

correspondence with interested 

individuals, organizations, Federal, 

State, and local governmental agencies, 

and Native American tribes. 

DATES: Comment Due Date: Written 

comments on the scope of the EIS, 

including the purpose and need for 

action and the alternatives and impacts 

to be considered should be sent to Dick 

Jarrold of KCATA by March 17, 2008. 

See ADDRESSES below for his address. 

Public Scoping Meetings: A Public 

scoping meeting will be held at the 

Mohart Community Center at 3200 

Wayne, Kansas City, Missouri 64109 on 

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 from 

5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Presentations 

summarizing the project and the 

Scoping process will be held at 5:30 

p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The scoping meeting 

site is accessible to mobility-impaired 

individuals. If you wish to participate 

and need an interpreter, materials in 

alternate formats, or other 

accommodations, please contact Dick 

Jarrold at KCATA, (816) 346–0200 or 

djarrold@kcata.org. Please do so at least 

48 hours prior to the meeting so that the 

proper arrangements can be made. 

Interagency Coordination: An 

interagency scoping meeting will be 

held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, February 

27, 2008 at the KCATA administration 

building, 1200 East 18th Street, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64108. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

the EIS scope to Dick Jarrold, KCATA 

Project Manager, 1200 E. 18th St., 

Kansas City, MO 64108. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan 

Roeseler, Federal Transit 

Administration, Region VII at (816) 329–

3920 or by e-mail at 

joan.roeseler@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Scoping 

The FTA and KCATA invite all 

interested individuals, organizations, 

businesses, and Federal, state, and local 

agencies to comment on the scope of the 

EIS, including the project’s purpose and 

need, the alternative transit actions to be 

considered, and the impacts to be 

evaluated. During the scoping process, 

comments should focus on the purpose 

and need for a project, identifying 

specific transportation problems to be 

evaluated, or on proposing 

transportation alternatives that may be 

less costly, more effective, and have 

fewer environmental impacts while 

improving mobility in the corridor. 

Scoping information is available in 

hardcopy by request from Dick Jarrold 

as indicated above under DATES and on 

the project Web site at http:// 

www.kcata.org/lightrail.htm. 

During the scoping process, KCATA 

and FTA will extend an invitation to 

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