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1See Docket No. FAA–2006–25709; Notice No. 

08–04 and Docket No. FAA–2008–0517; Notice No. 

08–05. 

2For the purpose of this document an aircraft 

operator is eligible if it is either: (1) A U.S. operator 

that holds a Certificate issued under Part 119 of the 

Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR), 14 CFR part 

119, and conducts operations under either Part 121 

or Part 135 of the FAR, 14 CFR parts 121 or 135; 

or (2) a foreign air carrier that either holds a foreign 

air carrier permit issued by the U.S. Department of 

Transportation under 49 U.S.C. Section 41302 or 

has exemption authority pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 

40109. 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Auction Procedures for Allocating 

Slots at LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy 

International, and Newark Liberty 

International Airports 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 

rulemaking activity that is not yet 

complete, the FAA may use an auction 

to allocate leases for a certain number of 

slots at New York’s three main airports: 

John F. Kennedy (JFK), Newark (EWR), 

and LaGuardia (LGA). If the FAA 

decides to conduct auctions, the number 

of slots to be allocated via auction will 

be specified in the final rule and may be 

supplemented by additional capacity 

and/or slots returned to the FAA. As 

specified in the proposed Congestion 

Management Rule for LaGuardia Airport 

and the proposed Congestion 

Management Rule for John F. Kennedy 

International Airport and Newark 

Liberty International Airport, FAA 

anticipates, if the rule is adopted, 

conducting an auction of slot leases at 

these airports once a year over a five 

year period.1 The FAA expects to 

conduct the first auction, if any, on 

January 12, 2009. This auction will be 

for slots at LGA, JFK, and EWR. Only 

certificated U.S. aircraft operators or 

foreign airlines may participate in these 

auctions.2

If you are interested in commenting 

on the planned auction procedures you 

will be able to find additional 

information and procedures for 

providing comments at http:// 

faaco.faa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Jeffrey C. Wharff, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Office of Aviation 

Policy and Plans, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone: 202–267–3274; His e-mail is 

Jeffrey.Wharff@FAA.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

11, 2008. 

Nan Shellabarger, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Policy, Planning, and Environment. 

[FR Doc. E8–21592 Filed 9–15–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Commercial Space Transportation 

Advisory Committee—Open Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Commercial Space 

Transportation Advisory Committee 

Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice 

is hereby given of a meeting of the 

Commercial Space Transportation 

Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). The 

meeting will take place on Thursday, 

October 30, 2008, starting at 8 a.m. at 

the Federal Aviation Administration 

Headquarters Building, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC, in the Bessie Coleman 

Conference Center, located on the 2nd 

Floor. This will be the forty-eighth 

meeting of the COMSTAC. 

The proposed agenda for the meeting 

will include discussions of the latest 

international commercial launch 

developments and their impact on the 

U.S. industry and ways that the FAA 

can help the industry internationally; a 

report on program activities of the FAA 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation; and COMSTAC working 

group reports. 

An agenda will be posted on the FAA 

Web site at http://ast.faa.gov. Meetings 

of the COMSTAC Working Groups 

(Technology and Innovation, Reusable 

Launch Vehicle, Risk Management, and 

Space Transportation Operations) will 

be held on Wednesday, October 29, 

2008. For specific information 

concerning the times and locations of 

the working group meetings, contact the 

Contact Person listed below. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

need special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

inform the Contact Person listed below 

in advance of the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: 

Brenda Parker (AST–100), Office of 

Commercial Space Transportation, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 331, 

Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 

267–3674; E-mail 

brenda.parker@faa.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, September 5, 

2008. 

George C. Nield, 

Associate Administrator for Commercial 

Space Transportation. 

[FR Doc. E8–21521 Filed 9–15–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Highway 199 Expressway Upgrade 

Project: Josephine County, OR 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Limitations on Claims 

for Judicial Review of Actions by 

FHWA. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces actions 

taken by the FHWA that are final within 

the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The 

actions relate to a proposed highway 

project, Highway 199 Expressway 

Upgrade, in Josephine County, Oregon. 

Those actions grant approval for the 

project. 

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA is 

advising the public of final agency 

actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A 

claim seeking judicial review of the 

Federal agency actions on the highway 

project will be barred unless the claim 

is filed on or before March 16, 2009. If 

the Federal law that authorizes judicial 

review of a claim provides a time period 

of less than 180 days for filing such 

claim, then that shorter time period still 

applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Eraut, Environmental Program 

Manager, Federal Highway 

Administration, 530 Center Street, NE., 

Suite 100, Salem, Oregon 97301, 

Telephone: (503) 587–4716. The 

Environmental Assessment, 

Supplemental Environmental 

Assessment, Revised Environmental 

Assessment, Finding of No Significant 

Impact (FONSI) and other project 

records are available upon written 

request from the Federal Highway 

Administration at the address shown 

above. Comments or questions 

concerning this proposed action and the 

FONSI should be directed to the FHWA 

at the address provided above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the FHWA has taken 

final agency action subject to 23 U.S.C. 

139(l)(1) by issuing a decision for the 

following highway project in the State 


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of Oregon: Highway 199 Expressway 

Upgrade. This project will improve U.S. 

199 from two lanes in each direction to 

three lanes in each direction from 

Tussey Lane to Dowell Road. Redwood 

Avenue at Allen Creek Road will be 

realigned to the north to accommodate 

future traffic volumes and queues. 

Median barrier and/or raised curb 

median will be constructed from Dowell 

Road to Midway Avenue to improve 

safety and eliminate crossing turn 

movements. The intersections of U.S. 

199 at Midway Avenue and U.S. 199 at 

Hubbard Lane will be improved to allow 

U-turns. The existing signals on U.S. 

199 at Redwood Avenue and 

Fairgrounds Road will be removed. A 

new signal will be installed on U.S. 199 

at Hubbard Lane. The actions by the 

Federal agency and the laws under 

which such actions were taken are 

described in the Environmental 

Assessment, Supplemental 

Environmental Assessment, Revised 

Environmental Assessment and FONSI 

issued on August 6, 2008, and in other 

documents in the FHWA project 

records. This notice applies to all 

Federal agency decisions as of the 

issuance date of this notice and all laws 

under which such actions were taken, 

including but not limited to: 

1. General: National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C 4321– 

4351]; Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 

U.S.C. 109 and 23 U.S.C. 128]. 

2. Air: Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401– 

7671(q)]. 

3. Land: Section 4(f) of the 

Department of Transportation Act of 

1966 [49 U.S.C. 303]. 

4. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act 

[16 U.S.C. 1531–1544 and Section 

1536]; Fish and Wildlife Coordination 

Act [16 U.S.C. 661–667 (d)]; Migratory 

Bird Treaty Act [16 U.S.C. 703–712]. 

5. Historic and Cultural Resources: 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act of 1966, as amended 

[16 U.S.C. 470(f) et seq.]. 

6. Social and Economic: Civil Rights 

Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000(d)– 

2000(d)(1)]. 

7. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990 

Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 12898, 

Federal Actions to Address 

Environmental Justice in Minority 

Populations and Low Income 

Populations; E.O. 13175 Consultation 

and Coordination with Indian Tribal 

Governments; E.O. 13112 Invasive 

Species. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) 

Issued On: September 4, 2008. 

Michelle Eraut, 

Environmental Program Manager, 

Salem, Oregon. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Value Pricing Pilot Program 

Participation, Fiscal Year 2009 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice; solicitation for 

participation. 

SUMMARY: This notice invites State and 

local governments and other public 

authorities to apply to participate in the 

Value Pricing Pilot (VPP) program and 

presents guidelines for program 

applications. This notice supersedes 

three previous notices about the VPP 

program under the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 

Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU) 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 6, 2006 (71 FR 970), July 17, 

2006 (71 FR 40578), and December 22, 

2006 (71 FR 77084). A January 6, 2006, 

notice covering non-grant tolling 

programs, which was a companion to 

the original January 6, 2006, VPP 

program notice, remains in effect. That 

notice was entitled ‘‘Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 

Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU); 

Opportunities for States and Other 

Qualifying Agencies to Gain Authority 

to Toll Facilities Constructed Using 

Federal Funds’’ (71 FR 965). Today’s 

new notice and the previous companion 

notice covering non-grant tolling 

programs are together intended to cover 

all of the opportunities for States and 

other qualifying transportation agencies 

to obtain approval to toll their 

respective facilities. 

DATES: Applications for tolling authority 

only may be submitted at any time. 

Formal grant applications, however, 

must be submitted no later than 

November 7, 2008, for FY 2009 funds. 

Application Submission: All Federal 

agencies, including FHWA, are required 

to use http://www.grants.gov, an 

electronic format for receiving 

applications. Grants.gov was developed 

as part of the President’s Management 

Agenda and related E-Government 

Strategy, which charged Federal grantmaking agencies with developing a 

single electronic system to help 

prospective applicants find and apply 

for Federal grant opportunities. 

Therefore, applicants requesting 

funding under the VPP program must 

file their applications online at http:// 

www.grants.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Mr. Wayne Berman, FHWA 

Office of Operations, (202) 366–4069, 

wayne.berman@dot.gov. For technical 

questions related to project 

development, please contact Mr. Patrick 

DeCorla-Souza, FHWA Office of 

Operations, at (202) 366–4076, 

patrick.decorla-souza@dot.gov. For legal 

questions, please contact Mr. Michael 

Harkins, FHWA Office of the Chief 

Counsel, (202) 366–4928, 

michael.harkins@dot.gov. Office hours 

for the FHWA are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded from the Federal 

Register’s home page at: http:// 

www.archives.gov and the Government 

Printing Office’s database at: http:// 

www.access.gpo.gov/nara. 

Background 

Section 1012(b) of the Intermodal 

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act 

(ISTEA) (Pub. L. 102–240; 105 Stat. 

1914), as amended by section 1216(a) of 

the Transportation Equity Act (TEA–21) 

(Pub. L. 105–178; 112 Stat. 107), and 

section 1604(a) of the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 

Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU) 

(Pub. L. 109–59; 119 Stat. 1144), 

authorizes the Secretary of 

Transportation (the Secretary) to create 

a Value Pricing Pilot program. Value 

pricing encompasses a variety of 

strategies to manage congestion on 

highways, including tolling of highway 

facilities, as well as other strategies that 

do not involve tolls, such as congestion 

pricing at port facilities, mileage-based 

vehicle taxes and leasing fees, parking 

pricing, and car sharing. The value 

pricing concept of assessing relatively 

higher prices for travel during peak 

periods is the same as that used in many 

other sectors of the economy to respond 

to peak-use demands. For example, 

airlines, hotels, and theaters often 

charge more at peak periods than at 

non-peak periods. 

The FHWA is seeking applications for 

the FY 2009 VPP program that are 

consistent with the objectives of the 

DOT’s National Strategy to Reduce 


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