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1 In 1995, IAIS was authorized to lease and 

operate 13.9 miles of rail line owned by Norfolk and 

Western Railway Company (NSR’s predecessor), 

including the segment at issue here. Iowa Interstate 

R.R.—Lease and Operation Exemption—Norfolk 

and W. Ry., FD 32731 (ICC served Oct. 13, 1995). 

2The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the abandonment 

exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any 

request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible 

so that the Board may take appropriate action before 

the exemption’s effective date. 

3Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

14. On a separate page, the names, 

addresses, telephone and fax numbers of 

three individuals willing to provide 

information concerning the applicant’s 

qualifications for service, including the 

applicant’s character, reputation, 

reliability, judgment, and familiarity 

with international trade law. 

Current Roster Members and Prior 

Applicants 

Current members of the Chapter 19 

roster who remain interested in 

inclusion on the Chapter 19 roster must 

submit updated applications. 

Individuals who have previously 

applied but have not been selected may 

reapply. If an applicant, including a 

current or former roster member, has 

previously submitted materials referred 

to in item 9, such materials need not be 

resubmitted. 

Public Disclosure 

Applications normally will not be 

subject to public disclosure and will not 

be posted publicly on 

www.regulations.gov. They may be 

referred to other federal agencies in the 

course of determining eligibility for the 

roster, and shared with foreign 

governments and the NAFTA Secretariat 

in the course of panel selection. 

False Statements 

Pursuant to section 402(c)(5) of the 

NAFTA Implementation Act, false 

statements by applicants regarding their 

personal or professional qualifications, 

or financial or other relevant interests 

that bear on the applicants’ suitability 

for placement on the Chapter 19 roster 

or for appointment to binational panels, 

are subject to criminal sanctions under 

18 U.S.C. 1001. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This notice contains a collection of 

information provision subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’) that 

has been approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’). 

Notwithstanding any other provision of 

law, no person is required to respond to 

nor shall a person be subject to a 

penalty for failure to comply with a 

collection of information subject to the 

requirements of the PRA unless that 

collection of information displays a 

currently valid OMB number. This 

notice’s collection of information 

burden is only for those persons who 

wish voluntarily to apply for 

nomination to the NAFTA Chapter 19 

roster. It is expected that the collection 

of information burden will be under 3 

hours. This collection of information 

contains no annual reporting or record 

keeping burden. This collection of 

information was approved by OMB 

under OMB Control Number 0350–0014. 

Please send comments regarding the 

collection of information burden or any 

other aspect of the information 

collection to USTR at the above e-mail 

address or fax number. 

Privacy Act 

The following statements are made in 

accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a). The 

authority for requesting information to 

be furnished is section 402 of the 

NAFTA Implementation Act. Provision 

of the information requested above is 

voluntary; however, failure to provide 

the information will preclude your 

consideration as a candidate for the 

NAFTA Chapter 19 roster. This 

information is maintained in a system of 

records entitled ‘‘Dispute Settlement 

Panelists Roster.’’ Notice regarding this 

system of records was published in the 

Federal Register on November 30, 2001. 

The information provided is needed, 

and will be used by USTR, other federal 

government trade policy officials 

concerned with NAFTA dispute 

settlement, and officials of the other 

NAFTA Parties to select well-qualified 

individuals for inclusion on the Chapter 

19 roster and for service on Chapter 19 

binational panels. 

Steven F. Fabry, 

Assistant United States Trade Representative 

for Monitoring and Enforcement. 

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BILLING CODE 3190–W1–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 322X); Docket 

No. AB 414 (Sub-No. 5X)] 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Polk 

County, IA; Iowa Interstate Railroad— 

Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—in Polk County, IA 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company 

(NSR) and Iowa Interstate Railroad 

(IAIS) (collectively, applicants) have 

jointly filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR pt. 1152 

subpart F—Exempt Abandonments and 

Discontinuances of Service for NSR to 

abandon, and for IAIS to discontinue 

service over, a 1.70-mile line of railroad 

between milepost DU 353.00 and 

milepost DU 354.70, in Grimes, Polk 

County, Iowa.1 The line traverses 

United States Postal Service Zip Code 

50111. 

Applicants have certified that: (1) No 

local traffic has moved over the line for 

at least 2 years; (2) no overhead traffic 

has moved over the line for at least 2 

years and overhead traffic, if there were 

any, could be rerouted over other lines; 

(3) no formal complaint filed by a user 

of rail service on the line (or by a state 

or local government entity acting on 

behalf of such user) regarding cessation 

of service over the line either is pending 

with the Surface Transportation Board 

(Board) or with any U.S. District Court 

or has been decided in favor of 

complainant within the 2-year period; 

and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR 

1105.7(c) (environmental report), 49 

CFR 1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR 

1105.12 (newspaper publication), and 

49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to 

governmental agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to these exemptions, 

any employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment or discontinuance shall be 

protected under Oregon Short Line 

Railroad & The Union Pacific 

Railroad—Abandonment Portion 

Goshen Branch Between Firth & 

Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville 

Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To 

address whether this condition 

adequately protects affected employees, 

a petition for partial revocation under 

49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received, 

these exemptions will be effective on 

November 18, 2010, unless stayed 

pending reconsideration. Petitions to 

stay that do not involve environmental 

issues,2 formal expressions of intent to 

file an OFA under 49 CFR 

1152.27(c)(2),3 and trail use/rail banking 

requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be 

filed by October 29, 2010. Petitions to 

reopen or requests for public use 

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must 

be filed by November 8, 2010, with: 

Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

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Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to applicants’ 

representatives: (1) Daniel G. Kruger, 

Attorney, Norfolk Southern Railway 

Company, Three Commercial Place, 

Norfolk, VA 23510; and (2) Lanny M. 

Van Daele, Corporate Counsel, Iowa 

Interstate Railroad, Ltd., 5900 6th Street, 

SW., Cedar Rapids, IA 52404. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemptions 

are void ab initio. 

Applicants have filed a joint 

combined environmental and historic 

report, which addresses the effects, if 

any, of the abandonment and 

discontinuance on the environment and 

historic resources. OEA will issue an 

environmental assessment (EA) by 

October 22, 2010. Interested persons 

may obtain a copy of the EA by writing 

to OEA (Room 1100, Surface 

Transportation Board, Washington, DC 

20423–0001) or by calling OEA, at (202) 

245–0305. Assistance for the hearing 

impaired is available through the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339. Comments 

on environmental and historic 

preservation matters must be filed 

within 15 days after the EA becomes 

available to the public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or trail use/rail banking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), NSR shall file a notice of 

consummation with the Board to signify 

that it has exercised the authority 

granted and fully abandoned the line. If 

consummation has not been effected by 

NSR’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by October 19, 2011, and 

there are no legal or regulatory barriers 

to consummation, the authority to 

abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: October 12, 2010. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26234 Filed 10–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Approval of Noise Compatibility 

Program for Chicago Executive 

Airport, Prospect Heights and 

Wheeling, IL 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings on the noise compatibility 

program (NCP) submitted by the 

Chicago Executive Airport Board of 

Directors for Chicago Executive Airport 

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47501 

et seq. (the Aviation Safety and Noise 

Abatement Act, herein referred to as 

‘‘the Act’’) and 14 CFR part 150. On 

March 1, 2010, the FAA determined that 

the noise exposure maps submitted by 

Chicago Executive Airport Board of 

Directors for Chicago Executive Airport 

were in compliance with applicable 

requirements. On September 30, 2010, 

the FAA approved the Chicago 

Executive Airport noise compatibility 

program. Twenty-one of the twentyseven recommendations of the program 

were approved. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the FAA’s approval of the Chicago 

Executive Airport noise compatibility 

program is September 30, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Amy Hanson, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, CHI–603, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Chicago Airport District 

Office, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des 

Plaines, IL 60018. Telephone number: 

847–294–7354. Documents reflecting 

this FAA action may also be reviewed 

at this same location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA has 

given its approval to the Noise 

Compatibility Program for Chicago 

Executive Airport, effective October 1, 

2010. 

The Chicago Executive Airport Board 

of Directors for Chicago Executive 

Airport submitted to the FAA the noise 

exposure maps, descriptions, and other 

documentation produced during the 

noise compatibility study. The Chicago 

Executive Airport noise exposure maps 

were determined by the FAA to be in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements on March 1, 2010. Notice 

of this determination was published in 

the Federal Register on March 12, 2010, 

Volume 75, Number 48, pages 11990 

and 11991. 

Under section 47504 of the Act, an 

airport operator who has previously 

submitted a noise exposure map may 

submit to the FAA a noise compatibility 

program which sets forth the measures 

taken or proposed by the airport 

operator for the reduction of existing 

non-compatible land uses and 

prevention of additional non-compatible 

land uses within the area covered by the 

noise exposure maps. The Act requires 

such programs to be developed in 

consultation with interested and 

affected parties including local 

communities, government agencies, 

airport users, and FAA personnel. 

Each airport noise compatibility 

program developed in accordance with 

Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 

150 is a local program. The FAA does 

not substitute its judgment for that of 

the airport proprietor with respect to 

which measures should be 

recommended for action. The FAA’s 

approval or disapproval of FAR Part 150 

program recommendations is measured 

according to the standards expressed in 

Part 150 of the Act and is limited to the 

following determinations: 

a. The noise compatibility program 

was developed in accordance with the 

provisions and procedures of FAR Part 

150; 

b. Program measures are reasonably 

consistent with achieving the goals of 

reducing existing non-compatible land 

uses around the airport and preventing 

the introduction of additional noncompatible land uses; 

c. Program measures would not create 

an undue burden on interstate or foreign 

commerce, unjustly discriminate against 

types or classes of aeronautical uses, 

violate the terms of airport grants 

agreements, or intrude into areas 

preempted by the Federal Government; 

and 

d. Program measures relating to the 

use of flight procedures can be 

implemented within the period covered 

by the program without derogating 

safety, adversely affecting the efficient 

use of navigable airspace and air traffic 

control systems, or adversely affecting 

other powers and responsibilities of the 

Administrator prescribed by law. 

The submitted program included 

twenty-seven proposed actions for noise 

mitigation on and off the airport, as 

applicable. The FAA completed is 

review and determined that the 

procedural and substantive 

requirements of the Act and FAR Part 

150 have been satisfied. 

On October 1, 2010, the FAA 

approved the Chicago Executive Airport 

noise compatibility program. Twentyone of the twenty-seven 

recommendations of the program were 

approved. 

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