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ROD for the proposed expansion of 

Runway 9R/27L and other associated 

airport projects at FLL. The 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

published a notice of availability of the 

Final EIS for this proposed airport 

project in the Federal Register on June 

27, 2008. The Final EIS was prepared in 

compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.], the 

implementing regulations of the Council 

on Environmental Quality (CEQ) [40 

CFR Parts 1500–1508] and FAA 

directives [Order 1050.1E and Order 

5050.4B], and assessed the potential 

impacts of eight runway development 

alternatives, as well as the No Action 

Alternative. The FAA accepted 

comments on the Final EIS and these 

comments, along with the FAA’s 

responses, are included in Appendix A 

of the ROD. The FAA identified 

Alternative B1b as its preferred 

alternative in the Final EIS and selected 

alternative in the ROD. 

The selected alternative B1b includes 

the expansion of Runway 9R/27L to an 

overall length of 8,000 feet and width of 

150 feet with an Engineered Materials 

Arresting System (EMAS) at both 

runway ends. The runway extends to 

the east without encroaching onto NE 

7th Avenue and would be elevated over 

the Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway 

and U.S. Highway 1. The western extent 

of the runway is the Dania Cut-Off 

Canal. The selected alternative includes 

the following: construct a new fulllength parallel taxiway 75 feet wide on 

the north side of Runway 9R/27L with 

separation of 400 feet from 9R/27L; 

construct an outer dual parallel taxiway 

that would be separated from the 

proposed north side parallel taxiway by 

276 feet; construct connecting taxiways 

from the proposed full-length parallel 

taxiway to existing taxiways; construct 

an Instrument Landing System (ILS) for 

landings on Runways 9R and 27L; 

Runway ends 9R and 27L would have 

a Category I ILS, which includes a 

Medium Intensity Approach Light 

System with runway alignment 

indicator lights (MALSR), localizer, and 

glideslope. 

Runway 13/31 would be 

decommissioned and permanently 

closed due to the increased elevation of 

the expanded Runway 9R/27L at its 

intersection with Runway 13/31. The 

terminal redevelopment envelope can 

accommodate a total of 67 to 77 gates 

and would accommodate the FAAforecast levels of passenger-related 

activity through 2020. The terminal 

redevelopment envelope accommodates 

the potential redevelopment of 

Terminals 2, 3, and 4 including aircraft 

parking positions, taxilanes, and remote 

parking positions. During project 

design, the Airport Sponsor will 

consider the refinement of airfield and 

terminal area elements that include the 

design, location, and number of taxiway 

exits, aircraft holding pads, and runway 

access areas. 

Connected actions associated with the 

selected alternative include: close 

Airport Perimeter Road located within 

the approach to Runway 9R; relocate 

Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR–9); 

acquire all, or a portion, of the Hilton 

Fort Lauderdale Airport Hotel (formerly 

the Wyndham Fort Lauderdale Airport 

Hotel); acquire all, or a portion, of the 

Dania Boat Sales. 

The FAA is granting approval to 

amend the airport layout plan (ALP) 

with the conditions noted in Section 8 

of the ROD, Conditions of Approval, for 

the projects summarized in Section 1 of 

the ROD, Description of Airport 

Sponsor’s Proposed Action, which 

constitutes the selected alternative in 

the ROD—FAA’s Preferred Alternative 

(B1b). 

Paper copies and CD copies of the 

ROD are available for review at various 

libraries in Broward County, the FAA 

Headquarters Office in Washington, D.C. 

and its Southern Regional Office in 

College Park, Georgia and Airports 

District Office in Orlando, Florida and 

at the administrative offices of the City 

of Cooper City, City of Dania Beach, City 

of Fort-Lauderdale, City of Hollywood, 

City of Lauderhill, City of Pembroke 

Pines, City of Plantation, City of 

Sunrise, and the Town of Davie, as well 

as the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood 

International Airport. The addresses and 

telephone numbers for these locations 

are provided in the Final EIS, in Chapter 

Nine. 

The Final EIS is available on Broward 

County’s airport Web site: http:// 

www.broward.org/airport/ 

community_airportexpansion.htm. This 

ROD is available on the FAA’s Web site: 

http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/

airports/environmental/

records_decision/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Virginia Lane, Environmental Specialist, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 

Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, 

Orlando, Florida 32822, Telephone 

(407) 812–6331 Extension 129. 

Issued in Orlando, Florida on December 

19, 2008. 

W. Dean Stringer, 

Manager, Orlando Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–190 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2008–0177] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Request for Comments; 

Clearance of a Renewal Information 

Collection; Highways for LIFE Pilot 

Program 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval to renew two 

information collections, which are 

summarized below under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We 

published a Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day public comment period 

on this information collection on 

September 22, 2008. We are required to 

publish this notice in the Federal 

Register by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

February 9, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Docket ID Number FHWA– 

2008–0177 by any of the following 

methods: 

Web Site: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Huie, 202–366–3039, Department 

of Transportation, Federal Highway 

Administration, Office of Infrastructure, 

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE, E76–106, 

Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are 

from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 

Highways for LIFE Pilot Program. OMB 

# 2125–0607. 

Background: Section 1502 of 

SAFETEA–LU establishes the 

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‘‘Highways for LIFE’’ Pilot Program. The 

purpose of the Highways for LIFE pilot 

program is to advance longer-lasting 

highways using innovative technologies 

and practices to accomplish the fast 

construction of efficient and safe 

highways and bridges. ’’Highways for 

LIFE’’ is focused on accelerating the rate 

of adoption of proven technologies. The 

program will provide funding to States 

to accelerate technology adoption to 

construct, reconstruct, or rehabilitate 

Federal-aid highway projects that 

incorporate innovative technologies that 

will improve safety, reduce congestion 

due to construction, and improve 

quality. Those States interested in 

participating in the ‘‘Highways for 

LIFE’’ program will submit an 

application for project funding. The 

information to be provided on the 

application includes a description of the 

project, the innovative technologies to 

be used and a description of how these 

technologies will improve safety, reduce 

construction congestion, and improve 

quality. The collected information will 

be used by FHWA to evaluate and select 

projects for ‘‘Highways for LIFE’’ 

funding. 

Respondents: The fifty State 

Departments of Transportation, the 

District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. 

Frequency: The information will be 

collected annually beginning in fiscal 

year 2009 and ending in fiscal year 

2015. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 8 hours per respondent per 

application. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: It is expected that the 

respondents will complete 

approximately 30 applications for an 

estimated 240 total annual burden 

hours. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways for the FHWA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

The agency will summarize and/or 

include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued On: January 6, 2009. 

James R. Kabel, 

Chief, Management Programs and Analysis. 

[FR Doc. E9–173 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[FMCSA Docket No. FMCSA–2003–15818] 

Exemption To Allow Werner 

Enterprises, Inc. To Use Global 

Positioning System (GPS) Technology 

To Monitor and Record Drivers’ Hours 

of Service 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that 

Werner Enterprises, Inc.’s (Werner’s) 

exemption from the Agency’s regulatory 

requirements regarding Automatic OnBoard Recording Devices is no longer 

required for the Werner Paperless Log 

System (WPLS). Based on information 

provided by Werner, the Agency has 

determined that the exemption is no 

longer required due to recent 

technological changes in the WPLS. 

DATES: This notice is effective January 9, 

2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Thomas Yager, Chief, FMCSA Driver 

and Carrier Operations Division, Office 

of Bus and Truck Standards and 

Operations: Telephone: 202–366–4325. 

E-mail: MCPSD@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Prior Werner Exemption 

Following public notice and 

comment, on September 21, 2004, 

FMCSA granted Werner a 2-year 

exemption from the requirement that its 

commercial motor vehicle (CMV) 

drivers prepare handwritten records of 

duty status (49 CFR 395.8) or use an 

Automatic On-Board Recording Device 

(AOBRD) (49 CFR 395.15). A 

determination was made that the Global 

Positioning System (GPS) technology 

and complementary safety management 

computer systems in the Werner 

Paperless Log System (WPLS) would 

achieve the requisite level of safety. At 

that time, the primary reason for the 

exemption was that the Werner system 

was not integrally synchronized with 

the CMV as required by the definition 

of an AOBRD in 49 CFR 395.2. Certain 

information regarding miles driven and 

road speed was obtained from the GPS. 

The exemption was effective on 

September 21, 2004 and expired on 

September 21, 2006 (69 FR 56474). 

In 2006, Werner applied for renewal 

of this exemption. Under 49 U.S.C. 

31315 and 31136(e), FMCSA may renew 

an exemption for a period of up to 2 

years if it finds ‘‘* * *such exemption 

would likely achieve a level of safety 

that is equivalent to, or greater than, the 

level that would be achieved absent 

such exemption.* * *’’ FMCSA 

evaluated Werner’s application, and in 

a September 7, 2006 notice, announced 

its decision to renew Werner’s 

exemption for 2 years (71 FR 52846). 

Request for Determination 

In July 2008, Werner requested that 

FMCSA review the modified WPLS to 

determine whether an exemption is still 

necessary. Werner advised that changes 

made in the WPLS have brought it into 

compliance with 49 CFR 395.15, and 

provided detailed information to 

FMCSA in support of its request. 

A subsequent analysis of technical 

compliance with 49 CFR 395.15 was 

undertaken by FMCSA based on 

Werner’s documentation. Regarding the 

primary issue of integral 

synchronization with the CMV to record 

engine use, road speed, miles driven, 

and date and time of day, Werner 

responded that except for date and time 

of day, all of this data is now obtained 

directly from the engine control module 

of the CMV. The date and time of day 

are obtained from the computer-satellite 

link. The GPS capability is only used to 

establish vehicle location, as permitted 

by 49 CFR 395.15. 

FMCSA Determination 

Based on the information provided by 

Werner, FMCSA has determined that 

the WPLS is in compliance with 49 CFR 

395.15, and Werner no longer requires 

an exemption for use of the WPLS. 

Issued on: December 29, 2008. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–192 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–98–3637; FMCSA–00– 

8203; FMCSA–02–12844; FMCSA–04–17984; 

FMCSA–06–24015; FMCSA–06–26066] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Vision 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

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