30900 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 105 / Wednesday, June 2, 2010 / Notices 

1To view the application, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and enter the docket number 

set forth in the heading of this document. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 223: Airport Surface 

Wireless Communications meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

RTCA Special Committee 223: Airport 

Surface Wireless Communications. 

DATES: The meeting will be held June 

15–16, 2010 from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

RTCA, Inc., 1828 L Street, NW., Suite 

805, Washington, DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW., 

Suite 805, Washington, DC, 20036; 

telephone (202) 833–9339; fax (202) 

833–9434; Web site http://www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is 

hereby given for a RTCA Special 

Committee 223: Airport Surface 

Wireless Communications meeting. The 

agenda will include: 

Tuesday, June 15, 2010 

Tuesday Morning—Plenary 

• Opening Session (Welcome, 

Introductions, Administrative 

Remarks, Approve/Review Meeting 

#3 Summary, RTCA Paper No. 084– 

10/SC223–007) 

• Special Committee Leadership 

• Designated Federal Official (DFO): 

Mr. Brent Phillips 

• Co-Chair: Mr. Aloke Roy, 

Honeywell International 

• Co-Chair: Mr. Ward Hall, ITT 

Corporation 

• Agenda Overview 

• AeroMACS Profile Working Group 

Status 

• AeroMACS User Services & 

Applications Ad-Hoc Working 

Group Status 

• 3rd Plenary action item status 

• Assignment of MOPS working group 

leader 

• AeroMACS test and evaluation 

interim results 

Tuesday Afternoon—Profiles WG 

Breakout Session 

• Document Structure 

• Technical work on AeroMACS Profile 

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 

Wednesday Morning—User Services & 

Applications (USAS) Breakout Session 

• User services and applications 

definition 

Wednesday Afternoon—Reconvene 

Plenary 

• Profiles WG Status Report and 

Plenary Guidance 

• USAS WG Status Report and Plenary 

Guidance 

• Establish Agenda, Date and Place for 

the next plenary meeting 

• Review of Meeting summary report 

• Adjourn—Expected by 3 p.m. on June 

16th 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairmen, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 25, 

2010. 

Francisco Estrada C., 

RTCA Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13142 Filed 6–1–10; 8:45 am] 

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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, 2010, 8 a.m. 

until 12 Noon, Mountain Daylight Time. 

Place: This meeting will take place 

telephonically. Any interested person 

may call Place: This meeting will take 

place at the Hotel Park City, 2001 Park 

Avenue, Park City, UT 84060. 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 this meeting 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. 

Issued on: May 28, 2010. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13396 Filed 5–28–10; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2010–0069] 

Fisker Automotive; Receipt of 

Application for Temporary Exemption 

From Advanced Air Bag Requirements 

of FMVSS No. 208 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition for 

temporary exemption from certain 

provisions of Federal Motor Vehicle 

Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, 

Occupant Crash Protection. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

procedures in 49 CFR part 555, Fisker 

Automotive Corporation has petitioned 

the agency for a temporary exemption 

from certain advanced air bag 

requirements of FMVSS No. 208. The 

basis for the application is that 

compliance would cause substantial 

economic hardship to a manufacturer 

that has tried in good faith to comply 

with the standard.1

This notice of receipt of an 

application for temporary exemption is 

published in accordance with statutory 

provisions. NHTSA has not made any 

judgment on the merits of the 

application. 

DATES: You should submit your 

comments not later than July 2, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edward Glancy, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, NCC–112, National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 4th 

Floor, Room W41–326, Washington, DC 

20590. Telephone: (202) 366–2992; Fax: 

(202) 366–3820. 

Comments: We invite you to submit 

comments on the application described 

above. You may submit comments 

identified by docket number at the 

heading of this notice by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web Site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the electronic docket site by clicking 

on ‘‘Help and Information’’ or ‘‘Help/ 

Info.’’ 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 


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2See, e.g., grant of petition to Panoz, 72 FR 28759 

(May 22, 2007), or grant of petition to Koenigsegg, 

72 FR 17608 (April 9, 2007). 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC, 

between 9 am and 5 pm, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number. Note that all comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

Please see the Privacy Act discussion 

below. We will consider all comments 

received before the close of business on 

the comment closing date indicated 

above. To the extent possible, we will 

also consider comments filed after the 

closing date. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time or to 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 am 

and 5 pm, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. Telephone: 

(202) 366–9826. 

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) or you 

may visit http://www.dot.gov/ 

privacy.html. 

Confidential Business Information: If 

you wish to submit any information 

under a claim of confidentiality, you 

should submit three copies of your 

complete submission, including the 

information you claim to be confidential 

business information, to the Chief 

Counsel, NHTSA, at the address given 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. In addition, you should 

submit two copies, from which you 

have deleted the claimed confidential 

business information, to Docket 

Management at the address given above. 

When you send a comment containing 

information claimed to be confidential 

business information, you should 

include a cover letter setting forth the 

information specified in our 

confidential business information 

regulation (49 CFR part 512). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Fisker Automotive (Fisker) has 

submitted a petition for exemption from 

certain requirements of FMVSS No. 208, 

Occupant Crash Protection, pursuant to 

49 CFR Part 555, Temporary Exemption 

from Motor Vehicle Safety and Bumper 

Standards. Specifically, the petition 

requests an exemption from paragraphs 

S15, S17, S19, S21, S23, and S25 of 

FMVSS No. 208, which relate to the 

advanced air bag requirements. Fisker 

has requested an exemption for the 

Karma model, and that the exemption 

period run from the date of the grant 

until May 24, 2011. 

In recent years, NHTSA has addressed 

a number of petitions for exemption 

from the advanced air bag requirements 

of FMVSS No. 208. The majority of 

these requests have come from small 

manufacturers which have petitioned on 

the basis of substantial economic 

hardship to a manufacturer that has 

tried in good faith to comply with the 

standard. NHTSA has granted a number 

of these petitions, usually in situations 

where the manufacturer is supplying 

standard air bags in lieu of advanced air 

bags.2 In addressing these petitions, 

NHTSA has recognized that small 

manufacturers may face particular 

difficulties in acquiring or developing 

advanced air bag systems. 

The basis for Fisker’s application is 

substantial economic hardship to a 

manufacturer that has tried in good faith 

to comply with the standard. According 

to the petition, Fisker is a privately held 

company incorporated in the State of 

Delaware, with headquarters in 

California. Its total motor vehicle 

production during the 12 months 

preceding the filing of the petition was 

0 vehicles. 

The petitioner stated that the Fisker 

Karma is a completely new passenger 

car model. Design and development of 

the Karma began in late 2007. The 

Karma is being designed and developed 

to meet all applicable FMVSS and EEC 

regulations, including the installation of 

eight air bags on the coupe version and 

six air bags on the convertible version. 

Fisker stated the air bag system is being 

developed through cooperation with 

Takata, Tass, and Bosch, which have 

been granted contracts to complete the 

development of the air bag systems. The 

petitioner stated that these companies 

were retained in 2008/2009 and are 

continuing the efforts to develop an air 

bag system that is fully compliant with 

the requirements of FMVSS No. 208. 

Fisker stated that it subcontracted the 

advanced air bag system development to 

experienced outside companies, and 

that the air bag development costs 

represent a very significant expenditure 

to the company. It cited a $7,714,857 

cost figure, and provided information 

about what that figure includes. Fisker 

stated that without a temporary 

exemption, which would enable the 

company to generate funds through the 

sale of vehicles, it may not be able to 

sustain the air bag and vehicle 

development programs, causing 

substantial financial economic hardship 

to the company. Fisker stated that it 

estimates that full compliance with 

FMVSS No. 208 will be achieved before 

May 24, 2011. 

The petitioner stated that if the 

exemption petition is approved, the 

Karma models sold under the 

exemption will be compliant with all 

FMVSS regulations with the exception 

of certain sections of FMVSS No. 208. 

Fisker stated that the coupe version will 

be equipped with eight functional air 

bags (front, side, knee and curtain air 

bags), and the convertible version will 

be equipped with six functional air bags 

(front, side and knee air bags). Both 

versions will include seat belts with 

pretensioners and load limiters. Also, 

according to the petitioner, both models 

will be compliant with the 50th 

percentile unbelted test requirements 

contained in section 13 of the standard. 

Fisker argued that sales of the Karma 

are in the public interest. It stated that 

the Karma ‘‘is leading the way towards 

the introduction of advanced lowemission vehicle technologies to the US 

and world markets.’’ Fisker stated that 

the Karma will be the first plug-in 

hybrid passenger car available for 

purchase by the general public. It also 

cited benefits of employment 

opportunities. 

Upon receiving a petition, NHTSA 

conducts an initial review of the 

petition with respect to whether the 

petition is complete and whether the 

petitioner appears to be eligible to apply 

for the requested petition. The agency 

has tentatively concluded that the 

petition is complete and the petitioner 

eligible to apply for the requested 

petition. The agency has not made any 

judgment on the merits of the 

application, and is placing a nonconfidential copy of the petition in the 

docket. 

We are providing a 30-day comment 

period. After considering public 

comments and other available 

information, we will publish a notice of 

final action on the application in the 

Federal Register. 


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Issued on: May 26, 2010. 

Stephen R. Kratzke, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13122 Filed 6–1–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Supplemental Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement; U.S. 231 Dubois 

County, IN 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), in cooperation 

with the Indiana Department (INDOT), 

is issuing this notice to advise the 

public that FHWA will prepare a 

Supplemental Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the U.S. 

231 Jasper Huntingburg project in 

Dubois County, Indiana. 

Since publication of the 2004 U.S. 231 

Draft EIS in March 2004, FHWA and 

INDOT has continued to evaluate the 

project and has developed additional 

alternatives for consideration. The 

SDEIS will re-evaluate the Preferred 

Alternative identified in the 2004 U.S. 

231 DEIS and compare those impacts to 

the additional build alternatives. The 

SDEIS will focus on the project 

modifications, the existing environment 

and impacts, and any new information 

that has developed since the 2004 DEIS 

as required by 23 CFR 771.130. 

DATES: Comments on the scope of the 

SDEIS for the proposed project should 

be forwarded no later than July 2, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments 

concerning this notice to Tim Miller, 

Environmental Manager, HNTB Indiana, 

Inc., 111 Monument Circle, Suite 1200, 

Indianapolis, IN 46204, Telephone: 

(317) 636–4682, E-mail: 

tnmiller@hntb.com. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janice Osadczuk, Planning/ 

Environmental Specialist, Federal 

Highway Administration, Indiana 

Division, 575 North Pennsylvania 

Street, Room 254, Indianapolis, Indiana, 

Telephone: (317) 226–7486. 

SUPPLEMENTARY BACKGROUND

INFORMATION: U.S. 231 extends 

approximately 304 mi from U.S. 60 in 

Owensboro, Kentucky, north through 

Indiana to U.S. 41 near the Illinois 

border. Due to the importance of the 

route, U.S. 231 is included in the 

National Highway System (NHS). The 

NHS includes all Interstate routes, a 

large percentage of roads classified as 

principal arterial highways and roads 

important for national defense. The 

NHS includes 5 percent of the national 

roadway network but serves 

approximately 40 percent of the nation’s 

highway travel. U.S. 231 is also a part 

of the National Truck Network, a 

national network of highways that 

allows the passage of trucks of specified 

minimum dimensions and weight. 

Designated as a Regional Mobility 

Corridor and Commerce Corridor, U.S. 

231 serves as a connection to smaller 

cities and regions, feeds traffic to the 

major mobility corridors and provides 

for regional accessibility. As a 

Commerce Corridor, U.S. 231 directly 

facilitates intrastate, interstate or 

international commerce or travel. 

Approximately 12 mi of existing U.S. 

231 through Dubois County is rural 2- 

lane roadway. The roadway becomes 3- 

or 4-lane through Huntingburg and 

Jasper and is a north-south arterial that 

divides both communities. Traffic flow 

in Huntingburg is affected by delays at 

an at-grade railroad crossing. In Jasper, 

U.S. 231 makes two right-angle turns, 

both of which have substandard corner 

radii and are difficult for larger vehicles 

to negotiate. 

In March 2004, FHWA released the 

U.S. 231 Draft EIS. FHWA and INDOT 

have continued to evaluate the project 

and have developed additional 

alternatives for consideration and a 

Final EIS has not been released within 

three years of the publication of the 

Draft EIS. The SDEIS will re-evaluate 

the Preferred Alternative identified in 

the 2004 U.S. 231 DEIS and compare 

those impacts to the additional build 

alternatives. The SDEIS will focus on 

the project modifications, the existing 

environment and impacts, and any new 

information that has developed since 

the 2004 DEIS as required by 23 CFR 

771.130. 

Environmental Issues: Possible 

environmental impacts include 

viewshed impacts, impacts to water 

resources, wetlands, farmed wetlands, 

prime farmland, sensitive biological 

species and habitat, land use 

compatibility impacts, impacts to 

agricultural lands, displacement of 

commercial and residential properties, 

and potential effects to historical 

properties or archaeological sites. 

Alternatives: The SDEIS will consider 

alternatives that include: (1) Taking no 

action; (2) re-evaluation of the Preferred 

Alternative identified in the 2004 DEIS; 

and (3) additional build alternatives not 

previously identified in the 2004 DEIS. 

Public and Agency Scoping and 

Comment: FHWA encourages continued 

broad participation in the SDEIS process 

and review of the resulting 

environmental documents. A resource/ 

regulatory agency meeting is scheduled 

for May 17, 2010 to re-initiate agency 

participation again as FHWA continues 

with the development of the SDEIS, 

Final EIS, and Record of Decision. This 

agency meeting will be held to solicit 

input from the resource and regulatory 

agencies on the nature and extent of 

issues, concerns and potential impacts 

to be addressed in the SDEIS, including 

methods by which they will be 

evaluated and discuss any changes since 

the release of the 2004 DEIS. A public 

information meeting will be conducted 

in the City of Huntingburg in the 

summer of 2010, re-initiating the public 

scoping process on the SDEIS, which 

will be widely publicized well in 

advance of the meeting. Comments, 

questions, and suggestions related to the 

project and potential environmental 

concerns are invited from all interested 

agencies and the public at large to 

ensure that the full range of issues 

related to the proposed action and all 

reasonable alternatives are considered 

and all significant issues are identified. 

These comments, questions, and 

suggestions should be forwarded to the 

address listed above. Notices of 

availability for the Supplemental Draft 

EIS, Final EIS, and Record of Decision 

will be provided through direct mail, 

the Federal Register and other media. 

Notification also will be sent to Federal, 

State, local agencies, persons, and 

organizations that submit comments or 

questions. Precise schedules and 

locations for public meetings will be 

announced in the local news media. 

Interested individuals and organizations 

may request to be included on the 

mailing list for the distribution of 

meeting announcements and associated 

information. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program No. 20.205, Highway Planning and 

Construction. The regulations implementing 

Executive Order 12372 regarding 

intergovernmental consultation on Federal 

programs and activities apply to the 

program.) 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 31.5; 23 CFR 771.123; 

49 CFR 1.48. 

Robert F. Tally, 

Division Administrator, Indianapolis, 

Indiana. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13103 Filed 6–1–10; 8:45 am] 

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