Environmental Impact Statement: Dallas County, TX, 38241-38242 [05-12988]
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is necessary for the proper performance
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including whether the information will
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burden of the proposed information
collection; ways to enhance the quality,
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be collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 27,
2005.
Judith D. Street,
FAA Information Systems and Technology
Services, ABA–20.
[FR Doc. 05–13079 Filed 6–30–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Proposed Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) Policy for
Provisional Type Certificates
Federal Aviation
Administration (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability and
requests for public comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability of and request comments on
the proposed policy for the issuance of
provisional type certificates (TCs) as
prescribed by Title 14 of the Code of
Federal Regulations(14 CFR) 21.81.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before August 30, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send all comments on the
proposed policy for provisional TCs to:
Federal Aviation Administration,
Aircraft Certification Service, Aircraft
Engineering Division, Certification
Procedures Branch, AIR–110, Room 815,
800 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20591. ATTN. Victor
Powell, AIR–110. You may deliver
comments to: Federal Aviation
Administration, Room 815, 800
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20591.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Victor Powell, Aerospace Engineer,
Federal Administration, Aircraft
Certification Service, Aircraft
Engineering Division, Certification
Procedures Branch, AIR–110, Room 815,
800 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202)
267–9564, fax (202) 237–5340, or Email: 9-awa-air110-vp12@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Notice of intent.
Comments Invited
ACTION:
You are invited to comment on the
proposed policy by sending written
data, views, or arguments to the above
address. Comments received on the
proposed policy may be examined,
before and after the comment closing
date, in Room 815, FAA Headquarters
Building, 800 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20591, weekdays
except Federal holidays, between 8:30
a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Director, Aircraft
Certification Service, will consider all
communications received on or before
the closing date before issuing the final
policy.
SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this
notice to advise the public that an
environmental impact statement will be
prepared for a proposed transportation
project in Dallas County, Texas.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Salvador Deocampo, District Engineer
(North), Federal Highway
Administration, 300 E. 8th Street, Room
826, Austin, Texas 78701, Telephone
512–536–5950.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
FHWA, in cooperation with the Texas
Department of Transportation (TxDOT),
will prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for State Highway (SH)
190 (The East Branch) from Interstate
Highway (IH) 30 to IH 20 within
southeast Dallas County. The corridor is
approximately 11 miles in length. From
a regional and local perspective, there is
an increasing demand for additional
transportation capacity and access
through the corridor. In the last 30
years, southeast Dallas County has
experienced growth in population and
employment and this trend is expected
to continue.
Previous feasibility studies and
Mobility 2025 Metropolitan
Transportation Plan—Amended April
2005, the Metropolitan Transportation
Plan (MTP) for the Dallas-Fort Worth
region, has examined a full range of
alternatives and alignments within the
corridor. SH 190 is included in the
current MTP as a new location six-lane
roadway. The environmental study will
examine viable alternatives and
potential transportation modes
including the No-Build and the
potential for toll-application to the build
alternative alignments. All alternative
alignments begin at or near the
proposed IH 30/President George Bush
Turnpike interchange and proceed
south toward and ultimately terminate
at IH 20. These proposed alternatives
would be contained within a corridor
generally bounded to the east by the
Dallas/Kaufman County Line and the
west by Bobtown Road in Garland,
Collins Road and Clay Road in
Sunnyvale, and Clay-Mathis Road and
Lawson Road in Mesquite. The project
has included public involvement to
address the long-term mobility needs of
both the region and local community.
The environmental study will include
the determination of the number of
lands, roadway configuration, and
operational characteristics. It will also
include a discussion of the effect of the
social, economic, and natural
environments and of other known and
reasonably foreseeable agency actions
proposed within the SH 190/East
Background
The FAA’s Aircraft Certification
Service (AIR) are proposing to revise
current guidance used by the Aircraft
Certification Offices (ACOs) to evaluate
applications for provisional TCs for
inclusion into the next revision of FAA
Order 8110.4, ‘‘Type Certification.’’ As
such, to ensure the adequacy of the
guidance and compliance with the
provisional type certification
requirements (14 CFR part 21.81), this
proposed guidance would help to
ensure a standardized process for the
evaluation and issuance of a provisional
TC for aircraft and aircraft engines. The
standardized guidance will help by
ensuring (1) all ACOs have the same
expectations for safety, and (2) the
applicants are treated equally and
consistently no matter where their
applications are submitted for our
evaluation.
How to Get Copies
You can get a copy of the proposed
guidance from the Internet at https://
www.faa.gov/Certification/Aircraft/
DraftDoc/Comments.htm, by selecting
Draft Policy memos. You may also
request a copy from Victor Powell, AIR–
110 (see the section FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT).
Dated: Issued in Washington, DC on June
27, 2005.
Susan J.M. Cabler
Assistant Manager, Aircraft Engineering
Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 05–13080 Filed 6–30–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement:
Dallas County, TX
AGENCY:
Federal Highway (FHWA),
DOT.
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Branch Corridor. If a build alternative is
selected, and if it is determined to be a
viable project, TxDOT shall construct
and operate the facility. Issues relative
to the project include noise,
archaeological sites, historic properties,
socio-economic effects, changes to travel
patterns, air quality, water quality,
floodplains, and wetlands.
Letters describing the proposed action
and soliciting comments will be sent to
appropriate Federal, State, regional, and
local agencies, and to organizations and
persons who have previously expressed
or are known to have interest in this
proposed. In addition to public
meetings, a future public hearing will be
held. Public notice will be given of the
time and place of the meetings and the
hearing. The Draft EIS will be available
for public and agency review and
comments before the hearing.
A public scoping meeting in an Open
House format with no formal
presentation will be conducted on
Tuesday, July 26, 2005, between the
hours of 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the
Mesquite Convention Center and Rodeo
Center located at 1700 Rodeo Drive,
Mesquite, Texas 75149. This will be the
first in a series of meetings to solicit
public comments on the proposed
action as part of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
process. Persons interested in attending
this meeting who have special
communication or accommodation
needs are encouraged to contact the
local TxDOT Public Information Office
at (214) 320–6100 at least two days prior
to the meeting. Because the public
meeting will be conducted in English,
any request for language interpreters or
other special communication needs
should also be made at least two days
prior to the public meeting. Every
reasonable effort will be made to
accommodate these needs.
To ensure that the full range of issues
related to this proposed action are
addressed and all significant issues
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 at the address
provided above. Additional project
information may be obtained by visiting
the project’s Web site at https://
www.theeastbranch.org.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Programs Number 20.205, Highway Planning
and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372
regarding intergovernmental consultation of
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Federal programs and activities apply to this
program.)
Salvador Deocampo,
District Engineer (North), Austin, Texas.
[FR Doc. 05–12988 Filed 6–30–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2005–21104]
Hours of Service of Drivers; American
Pyrotechnics Association Application
for an Exemption From the 14-Hour
Rule During Independence Day
Celebrations
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Grant of application for
exemption.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration (FMCSA) grants
the American Pyrotechnics
Association’s (APA) application for an
exemption from the prohibition against
driving a commercial motor vehicle
(CMV) after the 14th hour of coming onduty. The exemption is applicable for a
period beginning 7 days prior to, and 2
days immediately following
Independence Day. Fireworks personnel
who operate CMVs for the companies
listed in this notice, in conjunction with
staging fireworks shows celebrating
Independence Day, are allowed to
exclude off-duty and sleeper berth time
of any length in the calculation of the
14-hours. However, drivers are not
allowed to drive after accumulating a
total of 14-hours of on-duty time,
following 10 consecutive hours off duty,
and continue to be subject to the 11hour driving time limits, and the 60and 70-hour weekly limits. After
reviewing the comments received in
response to the May 6, 2005, notice
requesting public comment on the APA
application, FMCSA has determined the
exemption would achieve a level of
safety equivalent to what would be
provided by compliance with the 14hour rule as it applies to other drivers
of property-carrying vehicles.
DATES: The exemption is effective June
28, 2005, and is applicable from June 28
(12:01 a.m.) through July 6, 2005 (11:59
p.m.), and from June 28 (12:01 a.m.)
through July 6, 2006 (11:59 p.m.). The
exemption expires on July 7, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Docket: For access to the
docket to read background documents
or comments received, go to https://
dms.dot.gov and/or Room PL–401 on
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the plaza level of the Nassif Building,
400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,
DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Privacy Act: Anyone may search the
electronic form of all comments
received into any of DOT’s dockets by
the name of the individual submitting
the comment (or of the person signing
the comment, if submitted on behalf of
an association, business, labor union, or
other entity). You may review DOT’s
complete Privacy Act Statement in the
Federal Register (65 FR 19477, Apr. 11,
2000). This statement is also available at
https://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert F. Schultz, Jr., Driver and Carrier
Operations Division, Office of Bus and
Truck Standards and Operations, MCPSD, (202) 366–4009, Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590–0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 4007 of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century (Pub. L.
105–178, 112 Stat. 107, June 9, 1998)
amended 49 U.S.C. 31315 and 31136(e)
to provide FMCSA with authority to
grant exemptions from its safety
regulations. On December 8, 1998, the
Federal Highway Administration’s
Office of Motor Carriers, the predecessor
to FMCSA, published an interim final
rule implementing section 4007 (63 FR
67600). On August 20, 2004, FMCSA
published a Final Rule (69 FR 51589) on
this subject. Under 49 CFR part 381,
FMCSA must publish a notice of each
exemption request in the Federal
Register. The agency must provide the
public with an opportunity to inspect
the information relevant to the
application, including any safety
analyses that have been conducted. The
agency must also provide an
opportunity for public comment on the
request.
The agency must then examine the
safety analyses and the public
comments, and determine whether the
exemption would achieve a level of
safety equivalent to, or greater than, the
level that would be achieved by
complying with the current regulation
(49 CFR 381.305). The Agency’s
decision must be published in the
Federal Register (49 CFR 381.315(b)). If
the agency denies the request, it must
state the reason for doing so. If the
decision is to grant the exemption, the
notice must specify the person or class
of persons receiving the exemption, and
the regulatory provision or provisions
from which an exemption is being
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[FR Doc No: 05-12988]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement: Dallas County, TX
AGENCY: Federal Highway (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an
environmental impact statement will be prepared for a proposed
transportation project in Dallas County, Texas.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Salvador Deocampo, District
Engineer (North), Federal Highway Administration, 300 E. 8th Street,
Room 826, Austin, Texas 78701, Telephone 512-536-5950.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Texas
Department of Transportation (TxDOT), will prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for State Highway (SH) 190 (The East Branch)
from Interstate Highway (IH) 30 to IH 20 within southeast Dallas
County. The corridor is approximately 11 miles in length. From a
regional and local perspective, there is an increasing demand for
additional transportation capacity and access through the corridor. In
the last 30 years, southeast Dallas County has experienced growth in
population and employment and this trend is expected to continue.
Previous feasibility studies and Mobility 2025 Metropolitan
Transportation Plan--Amended April 2005, the Metropolitan
Transportation Plan (MTP) for the Dallas-Fort Worth region, has
examined a full range of alternatives and alignments within the
corridor. SH 190 is included in the current MTP as a new location six-
lane roadway. The environmental study will examine viable alternatives
and potential transportation modes including the No-Build and the
potential for toll-application to the build alternative alignments. All
alternative alignments begin at or near the proposed IH 30/President
George Bush Turnpike interchange and proceed south toward and
ultimately terminate at IH 20. These proposed alternatives would be
contained within a corridor generally bounded to the east by the
Dallas/Kaufman County Line and the west by Bobtown Road in Garland,
Collins Road and Clay Road in Sunnyvale, and Clay-Mathis Road and
Lawson Road in Mesquite. The project has included public involvement to
address the long-term mobility needs of both the region and local
community. The environmental study will include the determination of
the number of lands, roadway configuration, and operational
characteristics. It will also include a discussion of the effect of the
social, economic, and natural environments and of other known and
reasonably foreseeable agency actions proposed within the SH 190/East
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Branch Corridor. If a build alternative is selected, and if it is
determined to be a viable project, TxDOT shall construct and operate
the facility. Issues relative to the project include noise,
archaeological sites, historic properties, socio-economic effects,
changes to travel patterns, air quality, water quality, floodplains,
and wetlands.
Letters describing the proposed action and soliciting comments will
be sent to appropriate Federal, State, regional, and local agencies,
and to organizations and persons who have previously expressed or are
known to have interest in this proposed. In addition to public
meetings, a future public hearing will be held. Public notice will be
given of the time and place of the meetings and the hearing. The Draft
EIS will be available for public and agency review and comments before
the hearing.
A public scoping meeting in an Open House format with no formal
presentation will be conducted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005, between the
hours of 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Mesquite Convention Center and Rodeo
Center located at 1700 Rodeo Drive, Mesquite, Texas 75149. This will be
the first in a series of meetings to solicit public comments on the
proposed action as part of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
process. Persons interested in attending this meeting who have special
communication or accommodation needs are encouraged to contact the
local TxDOT Public Information Office at (214) 320-6100 at least two
days prior to the meeting. Because the public meeting will be conducted
in English, any request for language interpreters or other special
communication needs should also be made at least two days prior to the
public meeting. Every reasonable effort will be made to accommodate
these needs.
To ensure that the full range of issues related to this proposed
action are addressed and all significant issues 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 at the address provided above. Additional project
information may be obtained by visiting the project's Web site at
https://www.theeastbranch.org.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Programs Number 20.205,
Highway Planning and Construction. The regulations implementing
Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental consultation of
Federal programs and activities apply to this program.)
Salvador Deocampo,
District Engineer (North), Austin, Texas.
[FR Doc. 05-12988 Filed 6-30-05; 8:45 am]
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