Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 191 / Wednesday, October 1, 2008 / Notices 57195 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: 

Jackson County, NC 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that an 

environmental impact statement will be 

prepared for a proposed highway project 

from NC 107 to U.S. 23–74 east of Sylva, 

Jackson County, NC. (TIP Project R– 

4745.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Clarence W. Coleman, P.E., Operations 

Engineer, Federal Highway 

Administration, 310 New Bern Avenue, 

Suite 410, Raleigh, North Carolina 

27601, Telephone: (919) 747–7014. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA and the North Carolina 

Department of Transportation (NCDOT) 

will prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) for the proposed NC 107 

Connector from NC 107 to U.S. 23–74 

east of Sylva. The purpose of this 

project is to relieve traffic congestion in 

the Sylva area. The proposed action is 

consistent with the Sylva Thoroughfare 

Plan adopted in 1994 and the Jackson 

County Comprehensive Transportation 

Plan that is anticipated for adoption in 

2009. The following alternatives will be 

studied: (1) The ‘‘no-build’’ alternative, 

(2) improve existing facilities and (3) a 

new location. 

Letters describing the proposed action 

and soliciting comments have been sent 

to appropriate Federal, State and local 

agencies. Opportunities will be 

provided for involvement with the 

public in defining the project purpose 

and need and determining the range of 

alternatives to be considered for the 

project. Citizens’ informational 

workshops and meetings with local 

officials will be held in the study area. 

Upon completion of the draft EIS, a 

public hearing will be held. The draft 

EIS will be available for public and 

agency review and comment prior to the 

public hearing. Information on the time 

and place of the workshops and 

hearings will be provided in the local 

news media. 

An interagency project team is being 

assembled to obtain input on major 

milestones during the project’s 

development. These include the 

purpose and need, detailed study 

alternatives, bridge lengths, alignment 

reviews, the preferred alternative, and 

avoidance and minimization of 

environmental impacts. 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to the proposed action is 

addressed and all significant issues are 

identified, comments and suggestions 

are invited from all interested parties. 

Comments and questions concerning the 

proposed action 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: September 25, 2008. 

Clarence W. Coleman, 

Operations Engineer, Raleigh, North Carolina. 

[FR Doc. E8–23087 Filed 9–30–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2008 0091] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Invitation for public comments 

on a requested administrative waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel 

FELIX. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 

12121, the Secretary of Transportation, 

as represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. 

The complete application is given in 

DOT docket MARAD–2008–0091 at 

http://www.regulations.gov. Interested 

parties may comment on the effect this 

action may have on U.S. vessel builders 

or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.- 

flag vessels. If MARAD determines, in 

accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and 

MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part 

388 (68 FR 23084; April 30, 2003), that 

the issuance of the waiver will have an 

unduly adverse effect on a U.S.-vessel 

builder or a business that uses U.S.-flag 

vessels in that business, a waiver will 

not be granted. Comments should refer 

to the docket number of this notice and 

the vessel name in order for MARAD to 

properly consider the comments. 

Comments should also state the 

commenter’s interest in the waiver 

application, and address the waiver 

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR part 388. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

October 31, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2008–0091. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. You may also 

send comments electronically via the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments will become part of this 

docket and will be available for 

inspection and copying at the above 

address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

E.T., Monday through Friday, except 

federal holidays. An electronic version 

of this document and all documents 

entered into this docket is available on 

the World Wide Web at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joann Spittle, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W21–203, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– 

366–5979. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described by the applicant the intended 

service of the vessel FELIX is: 

Intended Use: ‘‘Day charter passenger 

operations, possible overnight charter.’’ 

Geographic Region: ‘‘Eastern 

Seaboard and their inland tributaries 

including the following states: Maine, 

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode 

Island, Connecticut, New York, New 

Jersey, Delaware, Washington, DC, 

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, 

South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.’’ 

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). 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Dated: September 25, 2008. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–23108 Filed 9–30–08; 8:45 am] 

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