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Shrewsbury MetroLink station. A 

location study will run concurrently 

with the preparation of the EIS and will 

provide definitive alternatives for 

evaluation in the EIS. The project is 

intended to provide additional access 

and improved connectivity between 

south St. Louis County and central St. 

Louis County, and to Interstates 44, 64, 

55, and 170. 

The needs for the proposed action 

include: (1) Roadway connectivity, (2) 

congestion, (3) roadway capacity, and 

(4) safety. The project study area is 

generally bounded by Manchester Road 

to the north, Hanley Road and Laclede 

Station Road to I–44 to the west, 

Murdoch Avenue and Watson Road to 

the south, and Big Bend Boulevard and 

River Des Peres on the east. The corridor 

is centered on the intersection of 

Laclede Station Road and Hanley Road. 

The corridor extends southeastward, 

generally parallel to Deer Creek, to River 

Des Peres Boulevard in the vicinity of 

Lansdowne Avenue in the City of St. 

Louis and in close proximity to the 

Shrewsbury MetroLink station. The 

study area is approximately two miles 

in length and one-half mile in width. 

Alternatives under consideration 

include (1) Taking no action; (2) 

implementing transportation system 

management options; and (3) build 

alternatives. The evaluation of build 

alternatives will include a full 

interchange between the proposed build 

alternatives and Interstate 44, as 

applicable. 

As part of the project scoping process, 

interagency coordination meeting(s) will 

be held with all appropriate Federal, 

State, and local agencies having 

jurisdiction or having specific expertise 

with respect to any environmental 

impacts associated with the proposed 

improvements. Agencies with 

jurisdiction by law will be asked to 

become cooperating agencies. Other 

agencies with interest in the project will 

be invited to become participating 

agencies. In addition, an open house 

public scoping meeting (the initial 

public meeting) will be held to solicit 

input from the public and to identify 

issues to be addressed in the EIS. The 

public scoping meeting is scheduled for 

Thursday, December 9, 2010 from 3 

p.m. until 7 p.m. at the Affton WhiteRodgers Community Center, located at 

9801 Mackenzie Road, St. Louis, 

Missouri 63123. Coordination will 

continue throughout the study as an 

ongoing process, including public 

information meetings and further 

meetings with community officials to 

solicit public and agency input. 

A location public hearing will be held 

to present the findings of the draft EIS 

(DEIS). Public notice will be given 

announcing the time and place of all 

public meetings and the public hearing. 

The DEIS will be available for public 

and agency review and comment prior 

to the public hearing. To ensure that the 

full range of issues related to this 

proposed action is addressed and all 

significant issues are identified, 

comments and suggestions are invited 

from all interested parties. Comments or 

questions concerning this proposed 

action and the EIS should be directed to 

the FHWA or MoDOT at the addresses 

provided above. Concerns in the study 

are primarily related to potential 

impacts to residences, cultural 

resources, and neighborhoods in the 

study area. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Issued on: November 2, 2010. 

Peggy J. Casey, 

Program Development Team Leader, Jefferson 

City. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28159 Filed 11–5–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2010–0150] 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standards; Rear Impact Guards; Rear 

Impact Protection; Technical Report, 

on the Effectiveness of Underride 

Guards for Heavy Trailers 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Request for comments on 

technical report. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces 

NHTSA’s publication of a Technical 

Report, its existing Safety Standard 223, 

Rear Impact Guards and Safety 

Standard 224, Rear Impact Protection. 

The report’s title is: The Effectiveness of 

Underride Guards for Heavy Trailers. 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than March 8, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: 

Report: The technical report is 

available on the Internet for viewing in 

PDF format at http://wwwnrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811375.pdf. 

You may obtain a copy of the report free 

of charge by sending a self-addressed 

mailing label to Charles J. Kahane 

(NVS–431), National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, Room W53–312, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

Comments: You may submit 

comments [identified by Docket Number 

NHTSA–2010–0150] by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

M–30, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building, Ground 

Floor, Rm. W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

You may call Docket Management at 

202–366–9826. 

Instructions: For detailed instructions 

on submitting comments, see the 

Procedural Matters section of this 

document. Note that all comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles J. Kahane, Chief, Evaluation 

Division, NVS–431, National Center for 

Statistics and Analysis, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

Room W53–312, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Telephone: 202–366–2560. E-mail: 

chuck.kahane@dot.gov. 

For information about NHTSA’s 

evaluations of the effectiveness of 

existing regulations and programs: You 

may see a list of published evaluation 

reports at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/ 

cats/listpublications.

aspx?Id=226&ShowBy=Category and if 

you click on any report you will be able 

to view it in PDF format. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Safety 

Standards 223 (49 CFR 571.223) and 224 

(49 CFR 571.224) require underride 

guards meeting a strength test on trailers 

with a GVWR of 10,000 pounds or 

greater manufactured on or after January 

24, 1998. Safety Standard 224 defines 

the size requirements for the guards, 

while Safety Standard 223 describes 

strength testing and energy absorption 

requirements for DOT-compliant guards. 

This report is a statistical analysis of 

crash data aimed at determining the 

effectiveness of standard-compliant 

underride guards at preventing fatalities 

and serious injuries in crashes where a 

passenger vehicle impacts the rear of a 


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tractor-trailer. The primary findings are 

the following: 

• Data from Florida and North 

Carolina showed decreases in fatalities 

and serious injuries to passenger vehicle 

occupants when rear-ending a tractortrailer subsequent to the 

implementation of Safety Standards 223 

and 224. However, the observed 

decreases are not statistically significant 

at the 0.05 level, possibly due to the 

small sample sizes of the data. 

• Using supplemental data collection 

from North Carolina, it is shown that 

passenger vehicle passenger 

compartment intrusion is more apt to 

occur when the corner of the trailer is 

impacted, rather than the center of the 

trailer. This result is statistically 

significant at the 0.01 level. 

• It is not possible to establish a 

nationwide downward trend in fatalities 

when a passenger vehicle rear-ends a 

tractor-trailer—neither in terms of total 

number of fatalities, percentage of 

fatalities in rear impacts relative to other 

passenger vehicle fatalities involved in 

tractor-trailer accidents, nor number of 

fatal crashes per 1,000 total crashes. The 

Fatality Accident Reporting System 

does not list the model year of the 

trailer. 

In April 2009, NHTSA issued An InService Analysis of Maintenance and 

Repair Expenses for the Anti-Lock Brake 

System and Underride Guard for 

Tractors and Trailers (74 FR 18803). 

Procedural Matters 

How can I influence NHTSA’s thinking 

on this subject? 

NHTSA welcomes public review of 

the technical report. NHTSA will 

submit to the Docket a response to the 

comments and, if appropriate, will 

supplement or revise the report. 

How do I prepare and submit 

comments? 

Your comments must be written and 

in English. To ensure that your 

comments are correctly filed in the 

Docket, please include the Docket 

number of this document (NHTSA– 

2010–0150) in your comments. 

Your primary comments must not be 

more than 15 pages long (49 CFR 

553.21). However, you may attach 

additional documents to your primary 

comments. There is no limit on the 

length of the attachments. 

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 (65 FR 

19477) or you may visit http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Please send two paper copies of your 

comments to Docket Management, fax 

them, or use the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal. The mailing address is U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Management Facility, M–30, West 

Building, Ground Floor, Rm. W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. The fax number 

is 1–202–493–2251. To use the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

We also request, but do not require 

you to send a copy to Charles J. Kahane, 

Chief, Evaluation Division, NVS–431, 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, Room W53–312, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590 (or e-mail them to 

chuck.kahane@dot.gov). He can check if 

your comments have been received at 

the Docket and he can expedite their 

review by NHTSA. 

How can I be sure that my comments 

were received? 

If you wish Docket Management to 

notify you upon its receipt of your 

comments, enclose a self-addressed, 

stamped postcard in the envelope 

containing your comments. Upon 

receiving your comments, Docket 

Management will return the postcard by 

mail. 

How do I submit confidential business 

information? 

If you wish to submit any information 

under a claim of confidentiality, send 

three copies of your complete 

submission, including the information 

you claim to be confidential business 

information, to the Chief Counsel, 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Include a cover letter supplying the 

information specified in our 

confidential business information 

regulation (49 CFR Part 512). 

In addition, send two copies from 

which you have deleted the claimed 

confidential business information to 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Management Facility, M–30, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Rm. W12– 

140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, or submit them 

via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. 

Will the agency consider late 

comments? 

In our response, we will consider all 

comments that Docket Management 

receives before the close of business on 

the comment closing date indicated 

above under DATES. To the extent 

possible, we will also consider 

comments that Docket Management 

receives after that date. 

Please note that even after the 

comment closing date, we will continue 

to file relevant information in the 

Docket as it becomes available. Further, 

some people may submit late comments. 

Accordingly, we recommend that you 

periodically check the Docket for new 

material. 

How can I read the comments submitted 

by other people? 

You may read the materials placed in 

the docket for this document (e.g., the 

comments submitted in response to this 

document by other interested persons) 

at any time by going to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

You may also read the materials at the 

Docket Management Facility by going to 

the street address given above under 

ADDRESSES. The Docket Management 

Facility is open between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30111, 30168; 

delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 

501.8. 

James F. Simons, 

Director, Office of Regulatory Analysis and 

Evaluation. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28111 Filed 11–5–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2010–0145] 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standards; Child Restraint Systems; 

Booster Seat Effectiveness Estimates 

Based on CDS and State Data 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Request for comments on 

technical report. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces 

NHTSA’s publication of a Technical 

Report on its existing Safety Standard 

213, Child Restraint Systems. The 

report’s title is: Booster Seat 


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