55200 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 186 / Wednesday, September 24, 2008 / Notices 

Dated: September 16, 2008. 

Mark Skolnicki, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Applications for Certificates 

of Public Convenience and Necessity 

and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed 

Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q) 

During the Week Ending September 12, 

2008 

The following Applications for 

Certificates of Public Convenience and 

Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier 

Permits were filed under Subpart B 

(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department 

of Transportation’s Procedural 

Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et 

seq.). The due date for Answers, 

Conforming Applications, or Motions 

To Modify Scope are set forth below for 

each application. Following the Answer 

period DOT may process the application 

by expedited procedures. Such 

procedures may consist of the adoption 

of a show-cause order, a tentative order, 

or in appropriate cases a final order 

without further proceedings. 

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2008– 

0285. 

Date Filed: September 12, 2008. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion To Modify 

Scope: October 3, 2008. 

Description: Application of Sovereign 

Air, Inc. requesting authority to operate 

scheduled passenger service as a 

commuter air carrier. 

Renee V. Wright, 

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. E8–22363 Filed 9–23–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: 

Angoon Airport, Angoon, AK 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The FAA announces that they 

will prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) to consider alternatives 

to and disclose the potential impacts of 

constructing a new land-based 

commercial airport near the City of 

Angoon. The FAA will hold public and 

agency scoping meetings to help 

identify substantive project concerns to 

be addressed in the EIS process. 

Cooperating agencies in this process 

include the United States Forest Service 

(USFS), and the United States Army 

Corps of Engineers (ACOE). 

DATES: 1. October 27, 2008 in 

Anchorage, Alaska for agency scoping 

meeting. 

2. October 27, 2008 in Anchorage, 

Alaska for public scoping meeting. 

3. October 29, 2008 in Juneau, Alaska 

for agency scoping meeting. 

4. October 29, 2008 in Juneau, Alaska 

for public scoping meeting. 

5. October 31, 2008 in Angoon, Alaska 

for public scoping meeting. 

6. November 10, 2008 close of scoping 

comment period. 

Responsible Official: Leslie A. Grey, 

Environmental Protection Specialist 

AAL–614, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Alaskan Region, 

Airports Division, 222 W. 7th Avenue, 

#14, Anchorage, AK 99513–7587 

Anchorage, AK 99513–7587, Telephone 

(907) 271–5453. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leslie A. Grey, Environmental 

Protection Specialist AAL–614, Federal 

Aviation Administration, Alaskan 

Region, Airports Division, 222 W. 7th 

Avenue, #14, Anchorage, AK 99513– 

7587, Telephone (907) 271–5453, email: comments@angoonairporteis.com. 

Additional details regarding the 

project can be found on the project Web 

site at http:// 

www.angoonairporteis.com. 

Submit Written Comments, Send to: 

Leslie A. Grey, Environmental 

Protection Specialist AAL–614, Federal 

Aviation Administration, Alaskan 

Region, Airports Division, 222 W. 7th 

Avenue, #14, Anchorage, AK 99513– 

7587, Telephone (907) 271–5453, email: comments@angoonairporteis.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

will prepare an EIS to assess the 

proposed construction of a land-based 

airport in or near the community of 

Angoon. The Alaska Department of 

Transportation and Public Facilities’ 

(DOT&PF) Airport Master Plan site 

submitted to the FAA for consideration 

would encompass approximately 270 

acres and would include a single 3,300 

foot runway (with the ability to be 

expanded to 4,000 feet in the future) 

and a 3.5 acre apron that would include 

areas for airport support facilities as 

needed. This airport would be similar in 

size and facilities to existing airports at 

Hoonah, AK and Kake, AK. 

Because DOT&PF’s proposed site is 

partially within Admiralty Island 

National Monument, the USFS has to 

make a decision on whether to grant and 

administer a Special Use Permit for 

airport operation on the Monument, or 

pursue some type of conveyance of the 

property to state ownership. To 

facilitate this process, the FAA has 

asked the USFS to be a cooperator in the 

EIS process to ensure that the EIS 

analysis and range of alternatives will 

meet the need of the USFS to make an 

informed decision. 

Because jurisdictional waters of the 

United States occur within the proposed 

project area, it is possible that a 

404(b)(1) permit application will also be 

required for the project. The FAA has 

also asked the ACOE to be a cooperator 

in this process because of the ACOE’s 

jurisdictional authority over this 

resource. 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to the proposed action are 

addressed and that all significant issues 

are identified, the FAA will coordinate 

and consult with the public; tribal 

governments; Federal, State, local 

agencies, and tribal corporations that 

have jurisdiction by law or have special 

expertise with respect to any 

environmental impacts associated with 

the proposed projects. 

The agency scoping meetings will be 

held in Anchorage, Alaska on October 

27, 2008 and in Juneau, Alaska on 

October 29, 2008. Public scoping 

meetings will be held in Anchorage, 

Alaska on October 27, 2008, in Juneau, 

Alaska on October 29, 2008 and in 

Angoon, Alaska on October 31, 2008. 

Notification of the public scoping 

meetings will be published on the 

project Web site (http:// 

www.angoonairporteis.com), in the 

Juneau Empire, and in the Anchorage 

Daily News, and will be posted at the 

Community Center in Angoon. 

In addition to providing input at the 

scoping meetings, the agencies and the 

public may submit written comments 

via the e-mail address 

comments@angoonairporteis.com or the 

address shown above under, ‘‘to Submit 

Written Comments, Send to.’’ 

Comments must be submitted by 

November 10, 2008. 

Issued in Anchorage, Alaska, on September 

17, 2008. 

James W. Lomen, 

Deputy Division Manager, FAA, Airports 

Division, AAL–601. 

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