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these factors. All comments relating to 

these factors, other than those properly 

addressed to local land use authorities, 

will be considered by the FAA to the 

extent practicable. Copies of the Noise 

Exposure Maps, the FM’s evaluation of 

the maps, and the proposed amendment 

to the Noise Compatibility Program are 

available for examination at the 

following locations: Federal Aviation 

Administration, Jackson Airports 

District Office, 100 West Cross Street, 

Suite B, Jackson, Mississippi 39208. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Issued in Jackson, Mississippi on August 

29, 2008. 

Rans Black, 

Manager, Jackson Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. E8–21187 Filed 9–12–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Announcement of Project Selections 

for FY 2008 Clean Fuels Grant Program 

Discretionary Funds 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) announces the 

discretionary selection of projects that 

will be funded using the unallocated 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Clean Fuels Grant 

program funds. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

appropriate FTA Regional 

Administrator for grant-specific issues 

(see Appendix A); or Kimberly Sledge, 

Office of Program Management, 202– 

366–2053, for general information about 

the Clean Fuels Grant program. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Clean Fuels Grant Program 

A total of $28,753,000 million was 

available for discretionary allocation 

under the Clean Fuels Grant program in 

FY 2008. FTA published a notice of 

funding availability (NOFA) on May 22, 

2008, inviting proposals for funding 

under the program. The proposals that 

were submitted addressed a number of 

FTA priorities under the program, such 

as: Replacement of vehicles that had 

met their useful life, fleet expansion to 

improve service, and construction of 

clean fuels related facilities to support 

alternative fuel vehicles. FTA received 

proposals totaling over $350 million in 

response to the NOFA. 

In its evaluation of proposals, FTA 

considered the criteria specified in the 

NOFA as well as the productivity and 

efficiency of transit systems which 

applied for funding. FTA recognizes 

that there is an on-going need for critical 

investment in clean fuel vehicles and 

the facilities to support new 

technologies. FTA is awarding facility 

projects a considerable portion of the 

amount requested because grantees 

often do not receive enough funds to 

complete a facility project in one award. 

Projects selected for funding are shown 

in Table 1, which accompanies this 

announcement. The funding announced 

in this notice will be available for 

obligation until September 30, 2010. 

James S. Simpson, 

Administrator. 

Appendix A—FTA Regional Offices 

Region I—Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 

Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont and 

Maine 

Richard H. Doyle, FTA Regional 

Administrator, Volpe National 

Transportation Systems Center, Kendall 

Square, 55 Broadway, Suite 920, Cambridge, 

MA 02142–1093, (617) 494–2055. 

Region II—New York and New Jersey 

Brigid Hynes-Cherin, FTA Regional 

Administrator, One Bowling Green, Room 

429, New York, NY 10004–1415, (212) 668– 

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1AKMD is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pinsly 

Railroad Company, Inc., a non-carrier holding 

company which also controls four other Class III 

rail carriers in Florida and Massachusetts. See 

Pinsly Railroad Company—Continuance in Control 

Exemption—Arkansas Midland Railroad Company, 

Inc., Finance Docket No. 32001 (ICC served Mar. 6, 

1992). 

Region III—Pennsylvania, Maryland, 

Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and 

Washington, DC 

Letitia Thompson, FTA Regional 

Administrator, 1760 Market Street, Suite 500, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103–4124, (215) 656– 

7100. 

Region IV—Georgia, North Carolina, South 

Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, 

Kentucky, Alabama, Puerto Rico and the 

Virgin Islands 

Yvette G. Taylor, FTA Regional 

Administrator, 230 Peachtree St., NW., Suite 

800, Atlanta, GA 30303, (404) 865–5600. 

Region V—Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, 

Minnesota and Michigan 

Marisol R. Simon, FTA Regional 

Administrator, 200 West Adams Street, Suite 

320, Chicago, IL 60606–5232, (312) 353– 

2789. 

Region VI—Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, 

Arkansas and Oklahoma 

Robert C. Patrick, FTA Regional 

Administrator, 819 Taylor Street, Room 

8A36, Ft. Worth, TX 76102, (817) 978–0550. 

Region VII—Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and 

Missouri 

Mokhtee Ahmad, FTA Regional 

Administrator, 901 Locust Street, Suite 404, 

Kansas City, MO 64106, (816) 329–3920. 

Region VIII—Colorado, North Dakota, South 

Dakota, Montana, Wyoming and Utah 

Terry Rosapep, FTA Regional 

Administrator, 12300 West Dakota Avenue, 

Suite 310, Lakewood, CO 80228–2583, (720) 

963–3300. 

Region IX—California, Arizona, Nevada, 

Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam and the 

Northern Mariana Islands 

Leslie T. Rogers, FTA Regional 

Administrator, 201 Mission Street, Suite 

1650, San Francisco, CA 94105–1831, (415) 

744–3133. 

Region X—Washington, Oregon, Idaho, 

Alaska 

Richard Krochalis, FTA Regional 

Administrator, Jackson Federal Building, 915 

Second Avenue, Suite 3142, Seattle, WA 

98174–1002, (206) 220–7954. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35152] 

Arkansas Midland Railroad Company, 

Inc.—Operation Exemption—in 

Jacksonville, AR 

Arkansas Midland Railroad Company, 

Inc. (AKMD),1 a Class III rail carrier, has 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1150.41 to operate 

approximately 2.6 miles of rail line in 

Jacksonville, AR (the Jacksonville 

Industrial Spur), extending from the 

wye track connections with Union 

Pacific Railroad Company’s (UP) Little 

Rock-Poplar Bluff main line near South 

James Street to General Samuels Road 

near the south side of the Little Rock Air 

Force Base. The Jacksonville Industrial 

Spur is owned by the City of 

Jacksonville (City) and is currently 

operated by UP as exempt spur trackage. 

AKMD and the City have entered into a 

lease agreement providing for AKMD’s 

lease of, and provision of rail service on, 

the line. UP’s exempt switching 

operations will terminate upon AKMD’s 

initiation of service. 

AKMD certifies that its projected 

revenues as a result of the transaction 

will not result in the creation of a Class 

II or Class I rail carrier. Because the 

projected annual revenues of the line, 

together with AKMD’s projected annual 

revenue, will exceed $5 million, AKMD 

certified on July 3, 2008, that on that 

date it served the national offices of the 

labor unions with employees on the line 

with a copy of a notice of its intent to 

undertake this transaction, and posted 

such notice on July 3, 2008, at the 

workplace of the employees on the 

affected line. 

Pursuant to the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2008, Public Law 

No. 110–161, § 193, 121 Stat. 1844 

(2007), nothing in this decision 

authorizes the following activities at any 

solid waste rail transfer facility: 

Collecting, storing or transferring solid 

waste outside of its original shipping 

container; or separating or processing 

solid waste (including baling, crushing, 

compacting and shredding). The term 

‘‘solid waste’’ is defined in section 1004 

of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 

U.S.C. 6903. 

The transaction is expected to be 

consummated on October 1, 2008. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the transaction. 

Petitions for stay must be filed no later 

than September 19, 2008. 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35152, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on Thomas J. 

Litwiler, 29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 

920, Chicago, IL 60606–2832. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: September 9, 2008. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Anne K. Quinlan, 

Acting Secretary. 

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