23470 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 95 / Tuesday, May 19, 2009 / Notices 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., NTI–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, Telephone 

number (202) 366–9966; E-mail 

Drew.Dawson@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

10202 of the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 

Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU), 

Public Law 109–59, provided that the 

FICEMS consist of several officials from 

Federal agencies as well as a State 

emergency medical services director 

appointed by the Secretary of 

Transportation. SAFETEA–LU directed 

the Administrator of NHTSA, in 

cooperation with the Administrator of 

the Health Resources and Services 

Administration of the Department of 

Health and Human Services and the 

Director of the Preparedness Division, 

Directorate of Emergency Preparedness 

and Response of the Department of 

Homeland Security, to provide 

administrative support to the 

Interagency Committee, including 

scheduling meetings, setting agendas, 

keeping minutes and records, and 

producing reports. 

This meeting of the FICEMS will 

focus on addressing the requirements of 

SAFETEA–LU and the opportunities for 

collaboration among the key Federal 

agencies involved in emergency medical 

services. The agenda will include: 

• Reports from National Transportation 

Safety Board (NTSB) 

Æ Status Report on Helicopter 

Emergency Medical Services 

Æ Mexican Hat, UT Crash and 

Recommendations to FICEMS 

• FICEMS Letter re National Health 

Security Strategy 

• Health Care Reform—EMS integration 

• Coordination with Council on 

Emergency Medical Care 

• Reports and updates from Technical 

Working Group committees 

• Reports, updates, recommendations 

from FICEMS members 

• Report from National EMS Advisory 

Council (NEMSAC) 

This meeting will be open to the 

public. Individuals wishing to register 

must provide their name, affiliation, 

phone number, and e-mail address to 

Drew Dawson by e-mail at 

Drew.Dawson@dot.gov or by telephone 

at (202) 366–9966 no later than May 

26th, 2009. Pre-registration is necessary. 

Minutes of the FICEMS Meeting will 

be available to the public online through 

the DOT Document Management System 

(DMS) at: http://www.regulations.gov 

under the docket number listed at the 

beginning of this notice. 

Issued on: May 14, 2009. 

Jeffrey P. Michael, 

Associate Administrator for Research & 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–11656 Filed 5–18–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

Sunshine Act Meeting; Unified Carrier 

Registration Plan Board of Directors 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

DATES: Time and Date: June 15, 2009, at 

1 p.m. (only the Board’s Industry 

Advisory Subcommittee will meet on 

this day), June 16, 2009, from 1 p.m. 

until 5 p.m., and June 17, 2009, from 8 

a.m. until 12 Noon, Eastern Daylight 

Time. 

PLACE: This meeting will take place at 

The Hershey Lodge and Conference 

Center, 1077 West Governor, Hershey, 

Pennsylvania, 17033. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified 

Carrier Registration Plan Board of 

Directors (the Board) will continue its 

work in developing and implementing 

the Unified Carrier Registration Plan 

and Agreement and to that end, may 

consider matters properly before the 

Board. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Avelino Gutierrez, Chair, Unified 

Carrier Registration Plan Board of 

Directors at (505) 827–4565. 

Dated: May 15, 2009. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–11763 Filed 5–15–09; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Noise Exposure Map Notice; Nashua 

Municipal Airport, Nashua, NH 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

determination that the noise exposure 

maps for Nashua Municipal Airport, as 

submitted by the Nashua Airport 

Authority under the provisions of Title 

I of the Aviation Safety and Noise 

Abatement Act of 1979 (Pub. L. 96–193) 

and 14 CFR Part 150, are in compliance 

with applicable requirements. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the FAA’s determination on the noise 

exposure maps is April 29, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Doucette, Federal Aviation 

Administration, New England Region, 

Airports Division, 12 New England 

Executive Park, Burlington, 

Massachusetts 01803. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA finds 

that the noise exposure maps submitted 

for Nashua Municipal Airport are in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements of Part 150, effective April 

29, 2009. 

Under Section 103 of Title I of the 

Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement 

Act of 1979 (hereinafter referred to as 

‘‘the Act’’), an airport operator may 

submit to the FAA noise exposure maps 

that meet applicable regulations and 

that depict non-compatible land uses as 

of the date of submission of such maps, 

a description of projected aircraft 

operations, and the ways in which such 

operations will affect such maps. The 

Act requires such maps to be developed 

in consultation with interested and 

affected parties in the local community, 

government agencies, and persons using 

the airport. 

An airport operator who has 

submitted such noise exposure maps 

that are found by FAA to be in 

compliance with the requirements of 

Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 

150, promulgated pursuant to Title I of 

the Act, may submit a noise 

compatibility program for FAA approval 

that sets forth the measures the operator 

has taken, or proposes, for the 

introduction of additional noncompatible uses. 

The FAA has completed its review of 

the noise exposure map and related 

descriptions submitted by the Nashua 

Airport Authority. The specific maps 

under consideration were Figure 1. 

Existing (2009) Noise Exposure Map and 

Figure 2. Future (2014) Noise Exposure 

Map in the submission. The FAA has 

determined that these maps for Nashua 

Municipal Airport are in compliance 

with applicable requirements. This 

determination is effective on April 29, 

2009. 

FAA’s determination on an airport 

operator’s noise exposure maps is 

limited to a finding that the maps were 

developed in accordance with the 

procedures contained in Appendix A of 

FAR Part 150. Such determination does 

not constitute approval of the 

applicant’s data, information or plans, 

or a commitment to approve a noise 

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compatibility program or to fund the 

implementation of that program. 

If questions arise concerning the 

precise relationship of specific 

properties to noise exposure contours 

depicted on a noise exposure map 

submitted under Section 103 of the Act, 

it should be noted that the FAA is not 

involved in any way in determining the 

relative locations of specific properties 

with regard to the depicted noise 

contours, or in interpreting the noise 

exposure maps to resolve questions 

concerning, for example, which 

properties should be covered by the 

provisions of Section 107 of the Act. 

These functions are inseparable from 

the ultimate land use control and 

planning responsibilities of local 

government. These local responsibilities 

are not changed in any way under Part 

150 or through FAA’s review of a noise 

exposure map. Therefore, the 

responsibility for the detailed 

overlaying of noise exposure contours 

onto the map depicting properties on 

the surface rests exclusively with the 

airport operator that submitted the map 

or with those public agencies and 

planning agencies with which 

consultation is required under Section 

103 of the Act. The FAA has relied on 

the certification by the airport operator, 

under Section 150.21 of FAR Part 150, 

that the statutorily required consultation 

has been accomplished. 

Copies of the noise exposure maps 

and of the FAA’s evaluation of the maps 

are available for examination at the 

following locations: 

Nashua Airport Authority, Nashua 

Municipal Airport, Boire Field, 93 

Perimeter Rd., Nashua, NH 03063 or: 

Federal Aviation Administration, New 

England Region, Airports Division, 12 

New England Executive Park, 

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts on 

April 29, 2009. 

LaVerne Reid, 

Manager, Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–11594 Filed 5–18–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

notice is hereby given that the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) has 

received a request for a waiver of 

compliance from certain requirements 

of its safety standards. The individual 

petition is described below, including 

the party seeking relief, the regulatory 

provisions involved, the nature of the 

relief being requested, and the 

petitioner’s arguments in favor of relief. 

Wallowa Union Railroad; Waiver 

Petition Docket Number FRA–2004– 

18494 

The Wallowa Union Railroad (WURR) 

of Wallowa, Oregon, has petitioned for 

a permanent waiver of compliance for 

one passenger car, WURR 1120, from 

the requirements of the Railroad Safety 

Glazing Standards, Title 49 CFR Part 

223, which require certified glazing in 

all windows. The passenger car, WURR 

1120, was built by Pullman Standard in 

1947, and does not have glazing 

material that meets the provisions of 

Title 49 CFR Part 223.15 Requirements 

for existing passenger cars for certified 

glazing in the side facing windows. The 

excursion operations on WURR consist 

of trips ranging from five miles to sixty 

miles. Speeds are generally ten miles 

per hour (mph); however, there is a 

relatively straight section of track 

between milepost (MP) 57 and MP 83, 

where the maximum speed is 15 mph. 

WURR is located in rural 

Northeastern Oregon, with very limited 

access to the line outside of the railroad 

itself. The largest town that the railroad 

runs through has a population of 2,020, 

and the county has a population of just 

over 7,000 people. The most frequently 

used public grade crossing has an ADT 

of 3,250. 

WURR states that the line, for the 

most part, runs through pastures or river 

canyons. Only two miles of the sixtythree miles of track are located within 

the above mentioned town with the 

population of 2,020. WURR requests 

that due to the slow speed, the rural 

area of operations, no instances of 

vandalism from the time the original 

waiver was granted in 2004, and 

prohibitive cost to replace the side 

windows the certified glazing 

requirements be waived for the 

passenger car WURR 1120. 

The railroad also requests passenger 

car WURR 1120, together with WURR 

2636, which has the required certified 

glazing, and both built in 1947, continue 

to be classified as antiquated equipment 

that is used only for excursion purposes 

per 49 CFR 223.3(b)3. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested party desires 

an opportunity for oral comment, they 

should notify FRA, in writing, before 

the end of the comment period and 

specify the basis for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver 

Petition Docket Number FRA–2004– 

18494) and may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

• Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Communications received within 45 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by FRA before final action is 

taken. Comments received after that 

date will be considered as far as 

practicable. All written communications 

concerning these proceedings are 

available for examination during regular 

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the 

above facility. All documents in the 

public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the Internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of any written 

communications and 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). 

Issued in Washington, DC on May 13, 

2009. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–11591 Filed 5–18–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

notice is hereby given that the Federal 

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