25572 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 101 / Thursday, May 28, 2009 / Notices 

Dated: May 20, 2009. 

Daniel Baldwin, 

Assistant Commissioner, Office of 

International Trade. 

[FR Doc. E9–12427 Filed 5–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2009–0097] 

Notice of Availability of Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Announcement of Public Meetings for 

the Goethals Bridge Replacement 

Project 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments; notice of public 

meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces 

the availability of a Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (DEIS) and two public 

meetings, one in Staten Island, New 

York (NY) and one in Elizabeth, New 

Jersey (NJ), on the proposed 

replacement of the Port Authority of 

New York and New Jersey’s (PANYNJ) 

Goethals Bridge across the Arthur Kill 

between Staten Island, NY, and 

Elizabeth, NJ. We request your 

comments on the Goethals Bridge 

Replacement DEIS. 

DATES: Comments and related material 

must either be submitted to our online 

docket via http://www.regulations.gov 

on or before July 28, 2009 or reach the 

Docket Management Facility by that 

date. 

Two public meetings will be held, one 

on Wednesday, July 8, 2009, from 4 p.m. 

to 8 p.m. and another on Thursday, July 

9, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. to provide an 

opportunity for oral comments. Any oral 

comments provided at the meeting will 

be transcribed and placed into the 

docket by the Coast Guard. Please note 

that the meetings may close early if all 

business is finished. Written comments 

and related material may also be 

submitted to Coast Guard personnel 

specified at that meeting for placement 

into the docket by the Coast Guard. The 

comment period for the DEIS closes on 

July 28, 2009. All comments and related 

material submitted after the meeting 

must either be submitted to our online 

docket via http://www.regulations.gov 

on or before July 28, 2009 or reach the 

Docket Management Facility by that 

date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by docket number USCG– 

2009–0097 using any one of the 

following methods: 

(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Fax: 202–493–2251. 

(3) Mail: Docket Management Facility 

(M–30), U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

(4) Hand delivery: Same as mail 

address above, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is 202–366–9329. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. See the 

‘‘Public Participation and Request for 

Comments’’ portion of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below for instructions on submitting 

comments. 

The Coast Guard First District Bridge 

Office at One South Street, Battery Park 

Building, New York, NY 10004–1466, 

will maintain a printed copy of the DEIS 

for public review. The document will be 

available for inspection or copying at 

this location between 9 a.m. and 3:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

The public meeting on Wednesday, 

July 8, 2009, will be held in the Council 

Chambers of Elizabeth City Hall, 50 

Winfield Scott Plaza Elizabeth, NJ. The 

public meeting on Thursday, July 9, 

2009, will be held in the Harbor Room, 

Staten Island Hotel, 1415 Richmond 

Avenue, Staten Island, NY. Please note 

that the meetings may close early if all 

business is finished. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions regarding this notice 

or either of the public meetings, call or 

e-mail Gary Kassof, Bridge Program 

Manager, First Coast Guard District, U.S. 

Coast Guard; telephone 212–668–7165, 

e-mail gary.kassof@uscg.mil. If you have 

questions regarding viewing or 

submitting material to the docket, call 

Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone 202–366– 

9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

We encourage you to submit 

comments and related material on the 

Goethals Bridge Replacement DEIS. All 

comments received, including 

comments received at the public 

meetings, will be posted, without 

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

and will include any personal 

information you have provided. 

Submitting comments: If you submit a 

comment, please include the docket 

number for this notice (USCG–2009– 

0097) and provide a reason for each 

suggestion or recommendation. You 

may submit your comments and 

material online, by fax, mail, or hand 

delivery, but please use only one of 

these means. We recommend that you 

include your name and a mailing 

address, an e-mail address, or a 

telephone number in the body of your 

document so that we can contact you if 

we have questions regarding your 

submission. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, select the 

Advanced Docket Search option on the 

right side of the screen, insert ‘‘USCG– 

2009–0097’’ in the Docket ID box, press 

Enter, and then click on the balloon 

shape in the Actions column. If you 

submit your comments by mail or hand 

delivery, submit them in an unbound 

format, no larger than 81/2 by 11 inches, 

suitable for copying and electronic 

filing. If you submit them by mail and 

would like to know that they reached 

the Facility, please enclose a stamped, 

self-addressed postcard or envelope. We 

will consider all comments and material 

received during the comment period. 

Comments submitted to the docket are 

a matter of public record and need not 

be resubmitted at the meetings. 

Speakers are encouraged to provide 

written copies of their oral statements to 

the Coast Guard at the time and place 

of the meeting. Each written comment 

should also identify the proposed 

project including the docket number 

(USCG–2009–0097), clearly state the 

reason for any objections, comments or 

proposed changes to the project and 

include the name and address of the 

person or organization submitting the 

comment. All comments received 

whether in writing or presented orally at 

the public meetings, will be fully 

considered before final agency action is 

taken on the proposed bridge permit 

action. 

Viewing the comments and the DEIS: 

To view the comments and the DEIS, go 

to http://www.regulations.gov, select the 

Advanced Docket Search option on the 

right side of the screen, insert USCG– 

2009–0097 in the Docket ID box, press 

Enter, and then click on the item in the 

Docket ID column. If you do not have 

access to the Internet, you may view the 

docket online by visiting the Docket 

Management Facility in Room W12–140 

on the ground floor of the Department 

of Transportation West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. We have an agreement with 

the Department of Transportation to use 

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the Docket Management Facility. The 

DEIS is also available online at http:// 

www.goethalseis.com/eis/ and is 

available for inspection at the First 

Coast Guard District address given 

under ADDRESSES. 

Copies of all written communications 

from the public meetings will be 

available for review by interested 

persons after the meetings on the 

Internet at http://www.goethalseis.com 

as well as on the Federal rulemaking 

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

Transcripts of the meetings will be 

available for public review 

approximately 30 days after the 

meetings. All comments will be made 

part of the rulemaking docket. 

Privacy Act: Anyone can search the 

electronic form of 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 a 

Privacy Act, system of records notice 

regarding our public dockets in the 

January 17, 2008 issue of the Federal 

Register (73 FR 3316). 

Background and Purpose 

The PANYNJ, a transportation and 

development agency in the Port of New 

York and New Jersey, has proposed 

replacement of the functionally and 

physically obsolete Goethals Bridge, 

which carries I–278 vehicular traffic 

between Staten Island, NY, and 

Elizabeth, NJ. Over the past two 

decades, PANYNJ studies have shown 

the need to: Address design deficiencies 

of the existing bridge; provide safer 

operating conditions and reduce 

accidents on the bridge; provide for safe 

and reliable truck access as part of the 

regional commercial network; reduce 

life-cycle costs; provide transportation 

system redundancy; and improve traffic 

service. The project consists of a new 

cable-stayed bridge to replace the 

existing bridge, which is proposed for 

demolition. The new bridge would 

consist of six 12-foot travel lanes, three 

on each roadway deck, inner and outer 

shoulders, a bikeway/sidewalk and a 

central area of sufficient width to 

accommodate the potential for a future 

transit system. 

As a structure over navigable waters 

of the United States, any replacement 

bridge requires a U.S. Coast Guard 

Bridge Permit pursuant to the General 

Bridge Act of 1946 (Title 33 U.S.C. 525– 

533). Additionally, the bridge permit 

would be the major Federal action in 

this undertaking since Federal funds 

will not be used, and therefore the 

Department of Homeland Security, 

through the United States Coast Guard 

is the Federal lead agency for review of 

potential effects on the human 

environment, including historic 

properties, pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.) and the National Historic 

Preservation Act (NHPA), as amended 

(16 U.S.C. 470). The Coast Guard has 

prepared a DEIS. See ‘‘Viewing the 

comments and DEIS’’ above. The DEIS 

identifies and examines the reasonable 

alternatives (including No Build) and 

assesses the potential for impact to the 

human environment, including historic 

properties, of the alternative proposals. 

The DEIS provides an in-depth analysis 

of four alternative build sites, two north 

and two south of the existing bridge. 

We are requesting your comments on 

environmental and historic preservation 

concerns that you may have related to 

the DEIS. This includes suggesting 

analyses and methodologies for use in 

the DEIS or possible sources of data or 

information not included in the DEIS. 

Your comments will be considered in 

preparing the final Environmental 

Impact Statement. 

Information on Service for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 

or to request special assistance at the 

public meetings, contact Gary Kassof, 

Bridge Program Manager, First Coast 

Guard District, U.S. Coast Guard; at the 

telephone number or e-mail address 

indicated under the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice. Any requests for an oral or sign 

language interpreter must be received by 

June 24, 2009. 

Public Meeting 

The Coast Guard will hold two public 

meetings regarding the DEIS: 

1. On Wednesday, July 8, 2009, from 

4 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Council 

Chambers of Elizabeth City Hall, 50 

Winfield Scott Plaza, Elizabeth, NJ; 

2. On Thursday, July 9, 2009, from 4 

p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Harbor Room of 

The Staten Island Hotel, 1415 Richmond 

Avenue, Staten Island, NY. 

The purpose of these meetings is to 

consider an application by the PANYNJ 

for Coast Guard approval of the location 

and plans of a proposed six lane fixed, 

vehicular bridge across Arthur Kill, mile 

11.5 between Staten Island, NY, and 

Elizabeth, NJ, which would replace the 

existing Goethals Bridge. All interested 

parties may present data, views and 

comments, orally or in writing, 

concerning the impact of the proposed 

bridge project on navigation and the 

human environment. Of particular 

concern at this time is the impact the 

proposed action will have on the human 

environment and historic properties. 

The public meetings will be informal. 

A representative of the Coast Guard will 

preside, make a brief opening statement 

and announce the procedure to be 

followed at the meetings. Attendees 

who request an opportunity to present 

oral comments at a public meeting must 

sign up to speak at the meeting site at 

the designated time of the meeting. 

Speakers will be called in the order of 

receipt of the request. Attendees at the 

meeting, who wish to present testimony, 

and have not previously made a request 

to do so, will follow those having 

submitted a request, as time permits. All 

oral presentations will be limited to 

three minutes. Please note that the 

meetings may close early if all business 

is finished. 

This notice is issued under authority 

of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 

U.S.C. 553 (c)); the General Bridge Act 

of 1946 (Title 33 U.S.C. 525–533); and 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969 (Section 102 (2)(c)), as 

implemented by the Council on 

Environmental Quality regulations (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508), Department of 

Homeland Security Directive 023–01, 

and Coast Guard Commandant 

Instruction M16475.1D. 

Dated: May 21, 2009. 

Hala Elgaaly, 

Administrator, Bridge Program, United States 

Coast Guard. 

[FR Doc. E9–12335 Filed 5–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5281–N–38] 

Mortgagee’s Certification of Fees and 

Escrow and Surety Bond Against 

Defects Due to Defective Materials and/ 

or Faulty Workmanship 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The Department is 

soliciting public comments on the 

subject proposal. 

Mortgagees provide this information 

to ensure that fees are within acceptable 

limits and the required escrows will be 

collected. HUD determines the 

reasonableness of the fees and uses the