16696 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 62 / Friday, March 31, 1995 / Notices

Charlotte/Douglas International

Airport, Charlotte, NC; Environmental

Impact Statement

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration intends to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

to address environmental and related

impacts expected to be associated with

the expansion of Charlotte/Douglas

International Airport located at

Charlotte, North Carolina.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas M. Roberts, Federal Aviation

Administration, Atlanta Airports

District Office, 1701 Columbia Avenue,

Suite 2–260, College Park, Georgia

30337–2747 (404) 305–7153.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Federal Aviation Administration will

prepare an EIS for the proposed project

to construct and operate a third parallel

runway west of the existing runway

18R/36L with associated taxiways and

other related facilities. The location and

length of the runway will be determined

in conjunction with the Airport Master

Plan Update (AMP) and Part 150 Noise

Compatibility Program (NCP) which

will be conducted in the same time

frame as the EIS except under separate

contracts. The planning for the third

parallel runway will require close

coordination between the EIS and AMP

and NCP contractors.

The FAA plans to coordinate with

Federal, State, and local agencies which

have jurisdiction by law or special

expertise with respect to any

environmental impacts associated with

the proposed project.

The EIS will also evaluate cumulative

impacts anticipated to occur as a result

of the implementation of other

foreseeable future improvements at the

Charlotte/Douglas International Airport.

It is anticipated a Request For

Qualifications will be advertised in

April or May of this year for a

consultant to prepare the EIS.

PUBLIC SCOPING: The Federal Aviation

Administration will hold a scoping

meeting to solicit input from Federal,

State, and local agencies which have

jurisdiction by law or have specific

expertise with respect to any

environmental impacts associated with

the project. In addition, a public scoping

meeting will be held and the public may

submit written comments on the scope

of the environmental study to the

address identified in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. A Public Notice

issued at a later date will provide the

date, time, and place of the scoping

meeting and the period for written

comments.

Issued in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 22,

1995.

Howard M. Robinson,

Manager, Atlanta Airports District Office.

[FR Doc. 95–7985 Filed 3–30–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[Docket No. 95–20; Notice 1]

Child Safety Seats; Agreement

Between General Motors and U.S.

Department of Transportation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice; request for certifications.

SUMMARY: This notice describes an

agreement between General Motors

(GM) and the U.S. Department of

Transportation (DOT), under which GM

has agreed to donate funds to one or

more qualified organizations for the

purchase and distribution of child safety

seats. Organizations that wish to receive

such funds are required to certify in

writing that they are qualified, in

accordance with criteria established in

the agreement. This notice requests that

such organizations submit certifications

and describes the criteria they must

meet and the information they must

submit with their certifications to be

eligible to receive these funds.

DATES: Certifications must be received

no later than May 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Certifications should be

submitted to: Office of Occupant

Protection, NTS–11, Room 5118, 400

Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Susan Gorcowski, National

Organizations Division, NTS–11,

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration, 400 Seventh Street,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590.

Telephone (202) 366–2683.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

December 2, 1994, Secretary of

Transportation Federico Pen ̃ a

announced that DOT and GM had

agreed in principle to a resolution of the

investigation by the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

into an alleged defect related to motor

vehicle safety in certain 1970–1991 GM

C/K pickup trucks. The terms of the

resolution were finalized in a separate

agreement that was executed between

GM and DOT on March 7, 1995.

Under the terms of the agreement, GM

agreed to provide funds over a period of

five years to support highway safety

research and programs that will prevent

motor vehicle deaths and injuries.

In the area of child safety, GM agreed

to donate $8,000,000 to qualified

organizations for the purchase and

distribution of child safety seats. Of this

amount, $4,000,000 will be donated

during the first year after the date of the

agreement (approximately $1,000,000

each quarter) and $4,000,000 will be

donated over the next four years. The

seats will be directed to low income and

special needs populations that are

underserved and culturally diverse.

NHTSA estimates that these funds

will allow for the purchase and

distribution of between 125,000 and

200,000 child safety seats for needy

families which, in turn, will save at

least 50 lives and prevent approximately

6,000 injuries.

Background

There are approximately 25 million

young children, under the age of eight

years old, who need the protection of

child safety seats. One fourth of these

children come from families that are

below the poverty level.

As many as 3 million children in lowincome families do not have access to

adequate child safety seats. An

additional 3 million children or more

have access to child safety seats but, for

a variety of reasons, are not being

secured in these seats properly.

Additionally, children with special

transportation needs, such as children

with disabilities, often require uniquely

designed child safety seats that are too

expensive for most families of average

income to afford.

For these and other reasons, millions

of children ride each day either

unprotected or inadequately protected

by child safety seats. A disproportionate

number of these children are from low

income or rural families or from

culturally diverse populations.

To increase child safety seat usage,

child safety seats must be made more

readily available, particularly to

underserved low income and special

needs families. These families must also

be motivated in the use of child safety

seats and educated about their proper

usage.

Public interest in child passenger

safety today is at an all-time high, and

there are a number of national

organizations that work in this area.

These organizations, in collaboration

with state and local affiliates and related

agencies, distribute child safety seats in

communities and educate families about

the proper use of these seats and other