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Level of the PFC: $3.00.

Actual charge effective date: June 1,

1995.

Estimated charge expiration date:

December 31, 1998.

Total approved net PFC revenue:

$215,820.00.

Brief description of proposed projects:

Install sanitary sewer; rehabilitate

Runway 1/19, including HIRL and signs;

install PAPI and REIL’s (Runway 19);

construct and light Taxiway ‘‘H’’, GA

apron and GA access road.

Class of classes or air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFCs: Not applicable.

Any person may inspect the

application in person at the FAA office

listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at the Dickinson

County Board of Commissioners.

Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois, on May 3,

1996.

Benito DeLeon,

Manager, Planning/Programming Branch,

Airports Division, Great Lakes Region.

[FR Doc. 96–11731 Filed 5–9–96; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Intent To Rule on Application

to Impose and Use the Revenue From

a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at

Marquette County Airport, Marquette,

Michigan

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Rule on

Application.

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and

invites public comment on the

application to impose and use the

revenue from a PFC at Marquette

County Airport under the provisions of

the Aviation Safety and Capacity

Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of

1990) (Public Law 101–508) and Part

158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations

(14 CFR Part 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before June 10, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this

application may be mailed or delivered

in triplicate to the FAA at the following

address:

Federal Aviation Administration,

Detroit Airports District Office, Willow

Run Airport, East, 8820 Beck Road,

Belleville, MI 48111.

In addition, one copy of any

comments submitted to the FAA must

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Harold R.

Pawley, Airport Manager, of the

Marquette County Airport at the

following address: Marquette County

Airport, 198–B Airport Road, Negaunee,

MI 49866–9669.

Air carriers and foreign air carriers

may submit copies of written comments

previously provided to the Marquette

County Airport under Section 158.23 of

Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Jon Gilbert, Program Manager,

Federal Aviation Administration,

Detroit Airports District Office, Willow

Run Airport, East, 8820 Beck Road,

Belleville, Michigan 48111 (313–487–

7281). The application may be reviewed

in person at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA

proposes to rule and invites public

comment on the application to impose

and use the revenue from a PFC at

Marquette County Airport under the

provisions of the Aviation Safety and

Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (Title

IX of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990) (Public Law

101–508) and Part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).

On April 23, 1996, the FAA

determined that the application to

impose and use the revenue from a PFC

submitted by Marquette County Airport

was substantially complete within the

requirements of section 158.25 of Part

158. The FAA will approve or

disapprove the application, in whole or

in part, no later than July 9, 1996.

The following is a brief overview of

the application.

PFC Application No.: 96–03–C–00–

MQT.

Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00.

Proposed charge effective date: July 1,

1996.

Proposed charge expiration date:

September 1, 1996.

Total estimated PFC revenue:

$32,500.00.

Brief description of proposed

project(s): Purchase snow removal

equipment.

Class or classes of air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFC’s: Air taxis and

charters.

Any person may inspect the

application in person at the FAA office

listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at the County of

Marquette, Michigan.

Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois, on May 3,

1996.

Benito DeLeon,

Manager, Planning/Programming Branch,

Airports Division, Great Lakes Region.

[FR Doc. 96–11732 Filed 5–9–96; 8:45 am]

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Federal Highway Administration

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement: Lane County, Oregon

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to supplement

a final environmental impact statement.

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this

notice to advise all concerned that a

supplement to the final environmental

impact statement will be prepared for

the West 11th Street-Garfield Street,

Florence-Eugene Highway (known

locally as the West Eugene Parkway) in

Lane County, Oregon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elton Chang, Environmental Engineer,

Federal Highway Administration, 530

Center Street N.E., Room 100, Salem,

Oregon, 97301, Telephone: (503) 399–

5749, Fax (503) 399–5838.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

FHWA, in cooperation with the Oregon

Department of Transportation and the

City of Eugene Public Works

Department will prepare a supplement

to the final environmental impact

statement (FEIS) on the proposal to

construct an approximately 9.3

kilometers (5.8 miles) east-west

thoroughfare as an extension of the 6th

and 7th couplet on a new alignment in

the City of Eugene. The original FEIS

(FHWA–OR–EIS–85–05–F) for this

roadway was approved on November

20, 1989 and the Record of Decision

(ROD) signed on April 4, 1990. The final

EIS followed a draft EIS dated October

3, 1985 and a supplemental draft EIS

dated June 5, 1986. All three

environmental documents were

reviewed by the public and interested

agencies. The new roadway would start

in the east at Garfield Street and the 6th

and 7th Streets couplet near Highway

99W and terminate in the west with a

connection to Route 126 approximately

1.1 kilometers (0.7 miles) west of the

Oak Hill railroad overpass in Lane

County, Oregon. In general, the new

roadway would have four 3.6-meter (12-

foot) wide travel lanes and a parkwaytype design that would include a 4.3-

meter (14-foot) wide landscaped median

with 1.2-meter (4-foot) inside shoulders

for both roadways, and 2.4-meter (8-

foot) wide shoulder/bike lanes on the
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outside of the travel lanes. This roadway

is an important linkage between

Highway 126 in the west and I–105/I–

5 in east Eugene. The need for an eastwest limited access thoroughfare has

been documented in land use and

transportation plans since 1959 to serve

the existing and projected traffic

demand resulting from the growth

projected in the industrial development

of west Eugene. In addition, the

parkway would serve the growth in

residential development in the BethelDanebo Neighborhood to the north of

the proposed roadway. Since the

approval of the final EIS and the

selection of Alternative 1 (Modified) for

design and the signing of the ROD in

1990, additional coordination and

consultation have been done with

environmental agencies to avoid and

minimize project impacts to rare,

threatened and endangered species and

their habitats found in the project area.

As a result of this consultation, a design

modification has been proposed for the

western 5.2 kilometers (3.25 miles) of

the adopted project (slightly east of

Terry Street to Highway 126). The

approved design for the West Eugene

Parkway (WEP) that was south of and

parallel to the Southern Pacific railroad

line is proposed to be shifted north of

and parallel to the railroad. Initial

analysis (October 1994) of the northern

design option has found that there

would be less direct impacts on the

Willamette Valley wet prairie wetlands,

a rare habitat type, and the direct

impacts to the Western pond turtles, a

sensitive species, would be eliminated.

In addition, recent traffic analysis

from the City of Eugene has shown that

projected traffic for local streets,

Highway 99W and the eastern portion of

the WEP can best be served by a minor

design modification in the intersection

with Highway 99W and the approved

project. The northbound 99W

connection to the westbound new WEP

is now proposed to be made by an

elevated structure rather than at grade to

maintain an acceptable level-of-service.

These two minor design modifications

are being proposed to the approved

project to further reduce the impacts

found in the final EIS. The impacts of

the modifications will be examined in

greater detail in the proposed

supplemental EIS.

Newsletters describing the proposed

action and soliciting comments will be

sent to appropriate Federal, State and

local agencies, and to private

organizations and citizens who have

previously expressed or are known to

have an interest in this proposal. Two

public meetings will be held in Eugene

during May/June, 1996 to identify issues

that should be addressed and an

additional meeting will be held during

the summer to describe preliminary

findings of the technical studies. In

addition, a public hearing will be held

following the distribution of the draft

supplemental EIS for public and agency

review. Public notice will be given of

the times and places of all meetings and

hearings. No formal scoping meeting

will be held. To ensure that the full

range of issues related to this proposed

action are addressed and all significant

issues identified, comments and

suggestions are invited from all

interested parties. Comments or

questions concerning this proposed

action and the supplemental EIS should

be directed to the FHWA at the address

provided above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Number 20.205, Highway Research,

Planning and Construction. The regulations

implementing Executive Order 12372

regarding intergovernmental consultation on

Federal Programs and activities apply to this

program.)

Issued on: May 1, 1996.

Elton Chang,

Environmental Engineer, Federal Highway

Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–11657 Filed 5–9–96; 8:45 am]

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National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[NHTSA Docket No. 96–042–No1]

Motor Vehicle Occupant Safety Survey

(II)

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments on data collection.

SUMMARY: NHTSA’s purpose in

conducting this survey is to assist the

Agency in fulfilling its Congressional

mandate to reduce the injuries,

fatalities, and economic loss resulting

from motor vehicle crashes. There is

overwhelming evidence that the regular

and proper use of safety devices such as

safety belts, child safety seats, and

helmets is effective in reducing injuries

and fatalities in vehicle crashes. It is,

therefore, important that effective

strategies be developed to promote the

use of such devices. To understand how

best to encourage use of these safety

devices, NHTSA needs up-to-date

information on the patterns of their use

and reasons for non-use by the public.

By collecting these data, NHTSA will be

able to determine where its efforts

should be targeted and where new

strategies may be needed.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before June 28, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration, Docket Section, Room

5111, Docket # 96–042–No1, 400

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

20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Alan Block, Contracting Officer’s

Technical Representative, Office of

Program Development and Evaluation

(NTS–31), National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, 400 Seventh

Street, S.W., Room 6240, Washington,

D.C. 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration (NHTSA) was

established to reduce the mounting

number of deaths, injuries and

economic losses resulting from motor

vehicle crashes on the Nation’s

highways. As part of this statutory

mandate, NHTSA is authorized to

conduct research as a foundation for the

development of motor vehicle standards

and traffic safety programs.

During the late 1960s and early 1970s,

more than 50,000 persons were killed

each year in motor vehicle crashes in

the United States. Diverse approaches

were taken to address the problem.

Vehicle safety designs and features were

improved; restraint devices were

improved; safety behaviors were

mandated in state legislation (including

safety belt use, child safety seat use, and

motorcycle helmet use); alcohol-related

legislation was enacted; this legislation

was enforced; public information and

education activities were widely

implemented; and roadways were

improved.

As a result of these interventions and

improvements, crash fatalities dropped

significantly. By 1994, total fatalities

had fallen to 40,676, representing a 20%

decline from 1966. In addition, the

resident population and the number of

vehicle miles traveled increased greatly

over the past 25 years. When fatality

rates are computed per 100,000

population, the rate for 1994 (15.62) was

more than 40 percent lower than the

1966 rate (26.02). In sum, heightened

highway safety activity conducted over

the past two decades corresponds with

major strides in reducing traffic

fatalities.

Remaining barriers to safety will be

more resistant to programmatic

influences now that the easy gains have

already been accomplished. Up-to-date

information is essential to plot the

direction of future activity that will