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be used to pay legal fees incurred during 

recent airport improvements. The 

property is not needed for airport 

purposes and reinvestment of the sale 

proceeds will benefit the airport and the 

interests of civil aviation. 

DATES: November 5, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

in triplicate to the FAA at the following 

address: Federal Aviation 

Administration, Airports Division, 

Federal Register Comment, 222 West 

7th Avenue #14, Anchorage, AK 99513. 

In addition, one copy of the comment 

submitted to the FAA must be mailed or 

delivered to Mr. Jason P. Maynard, 

Mayor/Administrator, Nenana Port 

Authority, City of Nenana, P.O. Box 70 

Nenana, Alaska 99760. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen W. Powell, Airports 

Compliance Officer, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Airports Division, 222 

West 7th Avenue #14, Anchorage, AK 

99513, telephone (907) 271–5448 and 

FAX (907) 271–2851. For airportspecific information regarding the 

release, contact Mr. Jason P. Maynard, 

Mayor/Administrator, at the above 

address or telephone (907) 832–5501. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Wendell H. Ford 

Aviation Investment and Reform Act for 

the 21st Century (AIR 21), Public Law 

10–181 (Apr. 5, 2000; 114 Stat. 61), this 

notice must be published in the Federal 

Register 30 days before the Secretary 

may waive any condition imposed on a 

federally obligated airport by surplus 

property conveyance deeds. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the request: 

The City of Nenana, Alaska requested 

a release from surplus property 

agreement obligations, described in a 

Quit Claim Deed executed by the 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

recorded in Book Volume III Page 210 

Nenana Recording District for 

approximately 15.61 acres of airport 

land. The property is only a portion of 

the Surplus Property granted and 

located on the North boundary of the 

airport. The land is presently unused, 

unimproved, and does not generate any 

income. Due to its location, the property 

cannot be used for airport purposes nor 

has it generated revenue for the airport. 

The release will allow the land to be 

sold to the Alaska Rail Road 

Corporation, Alaska to realign a section 

of railroad track that passes through the 

community of Nenana, Alaska. The 

property will be sold at the appraised 

market value and the sale proceeds will 

be used to pay off legal fees incurred in 

the latest airport improvement and 

development project. Reuse of the 

property to straighten tracks will be 

compatible with the airport and the 

reuse of the sale proceeds will benefit 

the airport, thereby serving the interests 

of civil aviation. 

Issued in Anchorage, Alaska, on September 

3, 2008. 

James W. Lomen, 

Deputy Division Manager, Airports Division, 

Alaska Region. 

[FR Doc. E8–23563 Filed 10–3–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Buy America Waiver Notification 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

information regarding the FHWA’s 

finding that a Buy America waiver is 

appropriate for certain steel products 

used in Federal-aid construction 

projects in Maine, California, and 

Oregon. 

DATES: The effective date of the waiver 

is October 7, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA 

Office of Program Administration, (202) 

366–1562, gerald.yakowenko@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 

The FHWA’s Buy America policy in 

23 CFR 635.410 requires a domestic 

manufacturing process for any steel or 

iron products (including protective 

coatings) that are permanently 

incorporated in a Federal-aid 

construction project. The regulation also 

provides for a waiver of the Buy 

America requirements when application 

of the requirements would be 

inconsistent with the public interest or 

when satisfactory quality domestic steel 

and iron products are not sufficiently 

available. This notice provides 

information regarding the FHWA’s 

finding that a Buy America waiver is 

appropriate for three specific cases. 

In accordance with section 130 of 

Division K of the ‘‘Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2008’’ (Pub. L. 110– 

161), on July 24, 2008, the FHWA 

published on its Web site a notice of 

intent to issue a waiver for a Casing 

shoe for dual rotary drill rig in Maine 

(http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/ 

contracts/waivers.cfm?id=16) and for 

Self-drill and Grout Dowels and SelfDrill Grout spiles in California (http:// 

www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/ 

contracts/waivers.cfm?id=15). In 

addition, on July 31, 2008, the FHWA 

published a notice of intent on its Web 

site to issue a waiver (http:// 

www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/ 

contracts/waivers.cfm?id=17) for 1’’ 

Hollow Core Anchors for a Federal-aid 

railroad project in Oregon. No 

comments were received in response to 

either of these notices. During the 15- 

day comment period, the FHWA 

conducted a nationwide review to locate 

potential domestic manufacturers. 

Based on all the information available to 

the Agency, including the lack of 

response received to the notices as well 

as the Agency’s nationwide review, the 

FHWA concludes that there are no 

domestic manufacturers for these 

products and a Buy America waiver is 

appropriate as provided by 23 CFR 

635.410(c)(1). 

In accordance with the provisions of 

section 117 of the ‘‘SAFETEA–LU 

Technical Corrections Act of 2008’’ 

(Pub. L. 110–244, 122 Stat. 1572), the 

FHWA is providing this notice as its 

finding that a waiver of Buy America 

requirements is appropriate. The FHWA 

invites public comment on this finding 

for an additional 15 days following the 

effective date of the finding. Comments 

may be submitted to the FHWA’s Web 

site via the links above to the Maine, 

California and Oregon waiver pages 

noted above. 

(Authority: 23 U.S.C. 313; Pub. L. 110–161, 

23 CFR 635.410) 

Issued on: September 29, 2008. 

Thomas J. Madison, Jr., 

Federal Highway Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E8–23571 Filed 10–3–08; 8:45 am] 

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