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otherwise show that any, or all of these 

drivers, are not currently achieving the 

statutory level of safety should 

immediately notify FMCSA. The 

Agency will evaluate any adverse 

evidence submitted and, if safety is 

being compromised or if continuation of 

the exemption would not be consistent 

with the goals and objectives of 49 

U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, FMCSA will 

take immediate steps to revoke the 

exemption of a driver. 

Issued on: August 21, 2008. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E8–20223 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Preparation of an Environmental 

Impact Statement on Central Broward 

East-West Transit Analysis in Broward 

County, FL 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS). 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) and the Florida 

Department of Transportation (FDOT) 

intend to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed 

Central Broward East-West public 

transportation improvements in 

Broward County, Florida, from Sawgrass 

Mills/Bank Atlantic Center in western 

Broward County, to the Fort LauderdaleHollywood International Airport in 

eastern Broward County, with the 

alignment located in the vicinity of 

Sawgrass Corporate Park, Interstate-595 

(I–595), State Road 7 (SR 7), Broward 

Boulevard and Andrews Avenue. The 

EIS will be prepared in accordance with 

regulations implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as 

well as provisions of the recently 

enacted Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 

Legacy for Users. The purpose of this 

Notice of Intent is to alert interested 

parties regarding the plan to prepare the 

EIS, to provide information on the 

nature of the proposed transit project, to 

invite participation in the EIS process, 

including comments on the scope of the 

EIS proposed in this notice, and to 

announce that public scoping meetings 

will be conducted. 

DATES: Comment Due Date: Written 

comments on the scope of the 

alternatives and impacts to be 

considered should be sent to Mr. Scott 

Seeburger, Project Manager, by October 

2, 2008. Addresses for the public 

scoping meetings are as follows. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

project scope should be sent to Mr. Scott 

Seeburger, Project Manager, Florida 

Department of Transportation, 3400 

West Commercial Boulevard, Fort 

Lauderdale, Florida 33309 (or by e-mail: 

SCOTT.SEEBURGER

@DOT.STATE.FL.US; or by fax: (954) 

777–4671). 

Scoping meetings will be held at the 

following locations: 

Agency Coordination Meeting 

September 15, 2008, 2:30 p.m.–4:30 

p.m., West Regional Library, MultiPurpose Room, 8601 W. Broward 

Boulevard, Plantation, FL 33324. 

Public Meetings 

September 15, 2008, 5:30 p.m.–7:30 

p.m., West Regional Library, MultiPurpose Room, 8601 W. Broward 

Boulevard, Plantation, FL 33324. 

September 17, 2008, 5:30 p.m.–7:30 

p.m., African American Research 

Library, Seminar Rooms 1 & 2, 2650 

Sistrunk Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 

33311. 

September 25, 2008, 6 p.m.–8 p.m., 

Broward General Medical Center, 

Auditoriums A & B, 1600 S Andrews 

Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316. 

These locations are accessible by 

persons with disabilities. If special 

translation or signing services or other 

special accommodations are needed, 

please contact the Project Manager. The 

program includes a project Web site 

(http://www.centralbrowardtransit.com) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jamie Pfister, State Programs Team 

Leader, Federal Transit Administration, 

230 Peachtree, NW., Suite 800, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30303, Telephone: (404) 865–

5600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Scoping 

The Central Broward East-West 

Transit Analysis EIS will examine 

improved transit service in the Central 

Broward East-West Corridor between 

Sawgrass Mills/Bank Atlantic Center 

and the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood 

International Airport through 

Downtown Fort Lauderdale. The FDOT 

and FTA invite interested individuals, 

organizations, Native American Tribes, 

and federal, state, and local agencies to 

participate in defining the purpose and 

need for, and refining the scope of the 

Central Broward East-West Transit 

Analysis DEIS. Comments should focus 

on identifying any significant social, 

economic, or environmental issues 

related to the proposed alternatives. 

Specific suggestions related to 

alignment configurations to be 

examined, issues to be addressed, and 

additional alternatives are welcome and 

will be considered in the final scope for 

the study. Scoping comments should 

focus on the issues for analysis. 

Comments may be made at the scoping 

meetings or in writing no later than 

October 2, 2008. See DATES and 

ADDRESSES above for meeting times and 

locations and the address for written 

comments. A scoping information 

packet is available from Scott Seeburger 

at the address given above or on the 

project Internet Web page at http:// 

www.centralbrowardtransit.com. See 

ADDRESSES above. 

II. Description of Study Area and 

Project Purpose and Need 

The study area is located in Broward 

County, Florida. The corridor 

boundaries of the study area are in the 

central part of Broward County, 

bounded generally by Oakland Park 

Boulevard on the north, the Sawgrass 

Expressway/I–75 on the west, Griffin 

Road on the south, and the Intracoastal 

Waterway in the east. 

Mobility issues in this corridor have 

been well documented in many studies, 

including the I–95/I–595 Master Plan, 

Tri-County Commuter Rail Authority 

2020 Master Plan for Broward County, 

Interstate 595 Freeway Operational 

Analysis, and the Downtown Fort 

Lauderdale Transit Connector Study. 

The purpose of the Central Broward 

East-West Transit Corridor Project is to 

provide high-quality, high-capacity 

transit service on an east-west axis in 

central Broward County to connect the 

major commercial and retail centers, 

residential areas, and the highly dense 

coastal area. The introduction of 

premium transit service to the corridor 

would offer an alternative means of 

travel for the growing number of 

residents, employees, and visitors in 

Broward County and would improve 

mobility throughout the region. The 

proposed project would support 

continued economic growth and 

development along the corridor and 

would be able to meet the anticipated 

increases in travel demand and help 

reduce future congestion in the corridor. 

Moreover, increased mobility in the 

corridor with fewer numbers of vehicles 

should help to minimize future 

increases in vehicle miles traveled, fuel 

consumption, and vehicle emissions. 


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In a region where high capacity 

transportation facilities are primarily 

oriented north-south, the Central 

Broward East-West Corridor study area 

is Broward County’s most important and 

heavily traveled east-west corridor. 

Much of the growth in recent years has 

occurred in the western portion of the 

county, which has seen rapid growth in 

population, households, and 

employment. 

III. Alternatives 

The transportation alternatives 

proposed for consideration in this study 

area include: 

No-Build Alternative—the No Build 

Alternative would consist of the 

‘‘existing + committed’’ network plus 

the transit elements as described in the 

2030 LRTP without the Central Broward 

East-West Transit Analysis. 

Transportation System Management 

(TSM) Alternative or Baseline—the 

proposed TSM alternative is comprised 

of the No Build Alternative plus a set of 

express bus routes and park-and-ride 

facilities that are designed to serve the 

same travel markets as the proposed 

CBEWTA build alternatives. The 

proposed TSM alternative was 

developed in consultation with staff 

members of Broward County Transit 

(BCT), the Broward County MPO, 

District 4 of the Florida Department of 

Transportation and the FTA. 

Build Alternative—includes the 

construction of a light rail line that 

provides service from the Sawgrass 

Mills area through the Sawgrass 

Corporate Park in the City of Sunrise, 

along I–595, SR 7, Broward Boulevard, 

to Downtown Fort Lauderdale and the 

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood 

International Airport Intermodal Center. 

This alternative has been endorsed by 

the Central Broward East-West Transit 

Analysis Steering Committee, the 

Technical Coordinating Committee of 

the MPO, and the MPO Board. It 

includes an alignment variation serving 

the City of Lauderdhill that will be 

evaluated in the EIS. 

Numerous alternatives were evaluated 

in the Alternatives Analysis Study 

completed in 2005. The Alternatives 

Analysis used a four-phase evaluation 

process, including two levels of 

environmental, community, and 

transportation alternatives screening. 

The first evaluation was completed 

during the scoping phase of the study, 

when six initial alignment alternatives 

and eight modal alternatives (including 

express bus, bus rapid transit, high 

occupancy vehicle lanes, light rail 

transit, heavy rail transit, commuter rail 

transit, automated guideway transit, and 

monorail transit) were identified and 

evaluated using criteria that were 

primarily qualitative. The four 

alignment alternatives and two modal 

options (bus rapid transit, light rail 

transit) resulting from the scoping phase 

were further evaluated during the initial 

screening phase, where a qualitative 

assessment of quantitative data was 

completed. The same set of alternatives 

was then subjected to an advanced 

screening phase using refined criteria 

and a more quantitative process. The 

MPO then selected a generalized 

alignment, which was further evaluated 

during the fourth phase. This fourth 

round of evaluation was necessary in 

order to assist the MPO in deciding 

between the two recommended transit 

technologies, BRT and LRT, and to 

assess variations to portions of the 

recommended alignment. From this, the 

preferred Build Alternative described 

above, including an alignment variant, 

was selected by the MPO for detailed 

environmental analysis. 

Advanced Scoping Alternatives—As a 

result of the completed Alternatives 

Analysis, a two-level environmental, 

community, and transportation 

screening resulted in the 

recommendation of a Locally Preferred 

Alternative (LPA): 

• Light rail transit running along I–

595 to SR 7 to Broward Boulevard to 

Andrews Avenue, terminating at Fort 

Lauderdale/Hollywood International 

Airport 

The LPA will undergo additional 

environmental screening and impact 

analysis including variations of the LPA 

that are identified through the scoping 

process. This may include: 

• I–595 to SR 84 to I–95 to Broward 

Blvd and along Andrews Avenue, 

terminating at Fort Lauderdale/ 

Hollywood International Airport 

• I–595 to SR 7 to Davie Boulevard 

with a connection to Broward Boulevard 

and along Andrews Avenue, terminating 

at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood 

International Airport 

• I–595 to Florida’s Turnpike to 

Broward Boulevard and along Andrews 

Avenue, terminating at Fort Lauderdale/ 

Hollywood International Airport 

• I–595 to SR7 to Sunrise Boulevard 

to Broward Boulevard and along 

Andrews Avenue, terminating at Fort 

Lauderdale/Hollywood International 

Airport 

Based on the Scoping results, Bus 

Rapid Transit may be further analyzed. 

IV. The EIS Process and the Role of 

Participating Agencies and the Public 

The purpose of the EIS process is to 

explore, in a public setting, potentially 

significant effects of implementing the 

proposed action and alternatives on the 

physical, human, and natural 

environment. Areas of investigation 

include, but are not limited to, land use, 

development potential, land acquisition 

and displacements, historic resources, 

visual and aesthetic qualities, air 

quality, noise and vibration, energy use, 

safety and security, and ecosystems, 

including threatened and endangered 

species. Measures to avoid, minimize, or 

mitigate any significant adverse impacts 

will be identified. Participating agency 

requirements of the recently enacted 

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU), are satisfied by 

FDOT’s Efficient Transportation 

Decision Making (ETDM) Process. An 

invitation to become a participating 

agency, with the scoping information 

packet appended, will be extended to 

other Federal and non-Federal agencies 

and Indian tribes that may have an 

interest in the proposed project. 

A comprehensive public involvement 

program has been developed and a 

public and agency involvement 

Coordination Plan will be created. The 

program includes a project Web site 

(http://www.centralbrowardtransit.com); 

outreach to local and County officials 

and community and civic groups; a 

public scoping process to define the 

issues of concern among all parties 

interested in the project; establishment 

of a community advisory committee and 

organizing periodic meetings with that 

committee; a public hearing on release 

of the draft environmental impact 

statement (DEIS); establishment of walkin project offices in the corridor; and 

development and distribution of project 

newsletters. 

The purposes of and need for the 

proposed project have been 

preliminarily identified in this notice. 

We invite the public and participating 

agencies to consider the preliminary 

statement of purposes of and need for 

the proposed project, as well as the 

alternatives proposed for consideration. 

Suggestions for modifications to the 

statement of purposes of and need for 

the proposed project and any other 

alternatives that meet the purposes of 

and need for the proposed project are 

welcomed and will be given serious 

consideration. Comments on potentially 

significant environmental impacts that 

may be associated with the proposed 

project and alternatives are also 

welcomed. There will be additional 

opportunities to participate in the 

scoping process at the public meetings 

announced in this notice. 

FDOT is seeking New Starts funding 

for the proposed project under 49 U.S.C. 

5309 and will therefore be subject to 

New Starts regulations (49 CFR Part 


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611). The New Starts regulation requires 

the submission of specific information 

in support of a request to initiate 

preliminary engineering, and this 

information is normally developed in 

conjunction with the NEPA process. 

Pertinent New Starts evaluation criteria 

will be included in the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

V. FTA Procedures 

In accordance with 23 CFR 771.105(a) 

and 771.133, FTA will comply with all 

Federal environmental laws, 

regulations, and executive orders 

applicable to the proposed project 

during the environmental review 

process to the maximum extent 

practicable. These requirements 

include, but are not limited to, the 

regulations of the Council on 

Environmental Quality and FTA 

implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508, and 23 CFR Part 771), the 

project-level air quality conformity 

regulation of the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) (40 CFR part 

93), the Section 404(b)(1) guidelines of 

EPA (40 CFR part 230), the regulation 

implementing Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act (36 

CFR Part 800), the regulation 

implementing section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act (50 CFR part 

402), Section 4(f) of the DOT Act (23 

CFR 771.135), and Executive Orders 

12898 on environmental justice, 11988 

on floodplain management, and 11990 

on wetlands. 

Issued on: August 25, 2008. 

Yvette G. Taylor, 

Regional Administrator, FTA Region 4. 

[FR Doc. E8–20221 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2008–0081] 

Information Collection Available for 

Public Comments and 

Recommendations 

ACTION: Notice of intention to request 

extension of OMB approval and request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Maritime 

Administration’s (MARAD’s) intention 

to request extension of approval for 

three years of a currently approved 

information collection. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

on or before November 3, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Christensen, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Telephone: 202–366–5909; or e-mail: 

tom.christensen@dot.gov. Copies of this 

collection also can be obtained from that 

office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Effective U.S. 

Control (EUSC)/Parent Company. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved information 

collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0511. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Expiration Date of Approval: Three 

years from date of approval by the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

Summary of Collection of 

Information: The Effective U.S. Control 

(EUSC)/Parent Company collection 

consists of an inventory of foreignregistered vessels owned by U.S. 

citizens. Specifically, the collection 

consists of responses from vessel 

owners verifying or correcting vessel 

ownership data and characteristics 

found in commercial publications. The 

information obtained could be vital in a 

national or international emergency and 

is essential to the logistical support 

planning operations conducted by 

Maritime Administration officials. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information is used in contingency 

planning and provides data related to 

potential sealift capacity to support 

movement of fuel and military 

equipment to crisis zones. 

Description of Respondents: U.S. 

citizens who own foreign-registered 

vessels. 

Annual Responses: 60 responses. 

Annual Burden: 30 hours. 

Comments: Comments should refer to 

the docket number that appears at the 

top of this document. Written comments 

may be submitted to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Comments also 

may be submitted by electronic means 

via the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/search/indes.jsp. 

Specifically address whether this 

information collection is necessary for 

proper performance of the functions of 

the agency and will have practical 

utility, accuracy of the burden 

estimates, ways to minimize this 

burden, and ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected. All 

comments received will be available for 

examination at the above address 

between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or 

EST), Monday through Friday, except 

Federal Holidays. An electronic version 

of this document is available on the 

World Wide Web at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/search/indes.jsp. 

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.regulations.gov/ 

search/indes.jsp. 

Authority: 49 CFR 1.66. 

Dated: August 22, 2008. 

By order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–20230 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket Number: 2008 0084] 

Application of Foreign Underwriters To 

Write Marine Hull Insurance 

The Maritime Administration has 

received an application under 46 CFR 

part 249 from Codan Forsikring A/S, a 

Denmark based underwriter, to write 

Marine hull insurance on vessels 

guaranteed under 46 U.S.C. Chapter 537 

(formerly Title XI of the Merchant 

Marine Act of 1936, as amended). 

In accordance with 46 CFR 249.7(b), 

interested persons are hereby afforded 

an opportunity to bring to the Maritime 

Administration’s attention any 

discriminatory laws or practices relating 

to the placement of marine hull 

insurance which may exist in the 

applicant’s country of domicile. 

You may submit comments regarding 

this information collection by any of the 

following methods: 

a. Web Site: www.regulations.gov 

Following the instructions for 

submitting comments on the electronic 

docket site. 

b. Mail: Docket Management Facility: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room PL–401, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

c. Hand Delivery: Room PL–410 of the 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC. Between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 


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