Proposed Modification of the Chicago, IL Class B Airspace Area; Public Meetings, 44311-44312 [E8-17383]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 147 / Wednesday, July 30, 2008 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center Environmental Assessment for the Facilities Master Plan; Oklahoma City, OK Notice of Meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group Aviation Rulemaking Committee Federal Aviation Administration, DOT. SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Park Service (NPS), in accordance with the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000, announce the next meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). This notification provides the dates, location, and agenda for the meeting. Dates and Location: The NPOAG ARC will meet on September 3–4, 2008. The meeting will take place at the Red Lion Hotel, Port Angeles, WA. The hotel is located at 221 North Lincoln Street, Port Angeles, WA 98362. The hotel phone number is (360) 452–9215. The meetings will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on September 3 and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on September 4th. This NPOAG meeting will be conducted in closed session and is not open to the public. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry Brayer, AWP–1SP, Special Programs Staff, Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region Headquarters, P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 90009–2007, telephone: (310) 725–3800, e-mail: Barry.Brayer@faa.gov, or Karen Trevino, National Park Service, Natural Sounds Program, 1201 Oakridge Dr., Suite 100, Fort Collins, CO 80525, telephone: (970) 225 3563, e-mail: Karen_Trevino@nps.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: ACTION: Notice of public meeting. SUMMARY: The Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (MMAC) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces a public meeting to obtain public comment on the MMAC Site Environmental Assessment for the Facilities Master Plan. The environmental assessment has been prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR parts 1500–1508) and FAA Order 1050.1E, Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures. The environmental assessment document can be reviewed at: https://employees. faa.gov/org/centers/mmac/employee_ services/amp/env/. The public meeting will be conducted on Monday, July 28, 2008 at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (6500 S. MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73169) at 1:30 p.m. in Building 230. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Edward Connell, Federal Aviation Administration, AMP–100, 6500 S. MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73169; telephone number 405–954– 3503. Comments on the environmental assessment should also be submitted to the above office. Interested persons are invited to comment on the environmental assessment. All comments will be considered by the FAA to the extent practicable. Federal Aviation Administration, Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, Office of Facility Management, AMP–1, 6500 S. MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73169. Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Issued in Oklahoma City, OK, July 16, 2008. Charles T. Sullivan, Program Director, Office of Facility Management AMP–1. [FR Doc. E8–17263 Filed 7–29–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–M VerDate Aug<31>2005 23:06 Jul 29, 2008 Jkt 214001 ACTION: Notice of meeting. Background The National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (NPATMA), enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 106–181, required the establishment of the NPOAG within one year after its enactment. The Act requires that the NPOAG be a balanced group of representatives of general aviation, commercial air tour operations, environmental concerns, and Native American tribes. The Administrator of the FAA and the Director of NPS (or their designees) serve as ex officio members of the group. Representatives of the Administrator and Director serve alternating 1-year terms as chairman of the advisory group. The duties of the NPOAG include providing advice, information, and recommendations to the FAA Administrator and the NPS Director on: PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 44311 Implementation of Public Law 106–181; quiet aircraft technology; other measures that might accommodate interests to visitors of national parks; and at the request of the Administrator and the Director, on safety, environmental, and other issues related to commercial air tour operations over national parks or tribal lands. Agenda for the September 3–4, 2008 NPOAG Meeting The agenda for the meeting will include, but is not limited to, the following: Development of a Strategic Plan, review and approval of the meeting minutes from the September 25–26, 2007 NPOAG meeting in Fort Collins, CO; update on ongoing Air Tour Management Program projects; and NPOAG subgroup assignments. Attendance at the Meetings This NPOAG meeting will be conducted in closed session and will not be open to the public. Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on July 23, 2008. Barry S. Brayer, Manager, Special Programs Office, WesternPacific Region. [FR Doc. E8–17390 Filed 7–29–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–M DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration Proposed Modification of the Chicago, IL Class B Airspace Area; Public Meetings Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of meetings. AGENCY: SUMMARY: This notice announces three fact-finding informal airspace meetings to solicit information from airspace users and others concerning a proposal to revise the Class B airspace area at Chicago, IL. The purpose of these meetings is to provide interested parties an opportunity to present views, recommendations, and comments on the proposal. All comments received during these meetings will be considered prior to any revision or issuance of a notice of proposed rulemaking. Times and Dates: The informal airspace meetings will be held on Tuesday, September 23, 2008, from 2 p.m.–7 p.m., Wednesday, September 24, 2008, from 10 a.m.–2 p.m., and Thursday, September 25, 2008, from 2 p.m.–7 p.m. Comments must be received on or before October 2, 2008. ADDRESSES: (1) The meeting on Tuesday, September 23, 2008, will be E:\FR\FM\30JYN1.SGM 30JYN1 44312 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 147 / Wednesday, July 30, 2008 / Notices held at Signature Flight Center, Chicago Executive Airport, 1100 South Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, IL 60090. (2) The meeting on Wednesday, September 24, 2008, will be held at DuPage Flight Center, Chicago DuPage Airport, 2700 International Drive, West Chicago, IL 60185. (3) The meeting on Thursday, September 25, 2008, will be held at Signature Flight Center, Chicago Executive Airport, 1100 South Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, IL 60090. Comments: Send comments on the proposal to: Don Smith, Manager, Operations Support Group, Air Traffic Organization Central Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas, 76137, or by fax to (817) 222–5547. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Hulsey, FAA Chicago TRACON, 1100 Bowes Road, Elgin, IL, 60123; Telephone (847) 608–5524. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Meeting Procedures (a) The meetings will be informal in nature and will be conducted by one or more representatives of the FAA Central Service Center. A representative from the FAA will present a formal briefing on the planned modification to the Class B airspace at Chicago, IL. Each participant will be given an opportunity to deliver comments or make a presentation. Only comments concerning the plan to modify the Class B airspace area at Chicago, IL, will be accepted. (b) The meetings will be open to all persons on a space-available basis. There will be no admission fee or other charge to attend and participate. (c) Any person wishing to make a presentation to the FAA panel will be asked to sign in and estimate the amount of time needed for such presentation. This will permit the panel to allocate an appropriate amount of time for each presenter. These meetings will not be adjourned until everyone on the list has had an opportunity to address the panel. (d) Position papers or other handout material relating to the substance of these meetings will be accepted. Participants wishing to submit handout material should present an original and two copies (3 copies total) to the presiding officer. There should be additional copies of each handout available for other attendees. (e) These meetings will not be formally recorded. Agenda for the Meetings —Sign-in. VerDate Aug<31>2005 23:06 Jul 29, 2008 Jkt 214001 —Presentation of Meeting Procedures. —FAA explanation of the planned Class B modifications. —Solicitation of Public Comments. —Closing Comments. I–405 Corridor Program’s regular office hours are between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. (Pacific Time). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the FHWA and other Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, Federal agencies have taken final agency 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959– actions by issuing licenses, permits, and 1963 Comp., p. 389. approvals for the following highway Issued in Washington DC, on July 23, 2008. project in the State of Washington: I– Stephen Rohring, 405, Tukwila to Renton Improvement Project (I–5 to SR 169—Phase 2). The Acting Manager, Airspace and Rules Group. Project extends approximately four [FR Doc. E8–17383 Filed 7–29–08; 8:45 am] miles along I–405, from I–5 to SR 169, BILLING CODE 4910–13–P and approximately two miles along SR 167, from I–405 to SW 43rd Street. The DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Project adds capacity to both I–405 and SR 167; improves the SR 181 and SR Federal Highway Administration 169 interchanges; reconstructs the SR 167 interchange consisting of generalNotice of Final Federal Agency Actions purpose direct-connector ramp from on Proposed Highway in Washington southbound I–405 to southbound SR 167, HOV direct-connector ramps from AGENCY: Federal Highway northbound SR 167 to northbound I–405 Administration (FHWA), DOT. and from southbound I–405 to ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims southbound SR 167, and a splitfor judicial review of actions by FHWA diamond interchange at Lind Avenue and other Federal agencies. and Talbot Road with connecting SUMMARY: This notice announces actions frontage roads. The actions by the taken by the FHWA and other Federal Federal agencies, and the laws under agencies that are final within the which such actions were taken, are meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The described in the April 2008 actions relate to the I–405, Tukwila to Environmental Assessment (EA) and Renton Improvement Project (I–5 to SR Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation and in the 169—Phase 2) (The Project) located in July 18, 2008 Finding of No Significant Tukwila and Renton; King County; I– Impact (FONSI) and Final Section 4(f) 405 in the State of Washington. Those Evaluation, and in other documents in actions grant licenses, permits, and the FHWA administrative record. The approvals for the project. EA, FONSI and other documents in the DATES: By this notice, the FHWA is FHWA administrative record are advising the public of final agency available by contacting FHWA or actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A WSDOT at the addresses provided claim seeking judicial review of the above. The EA can be viewed and Federal agency actions on any of the downloaded from the project Web site at listed highway projects will be barred https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/i405/ unless the claim is filed on or before corridor/tripea.htm or viewed at public January 26, 2009. If the Federal law that libraries in the project area. Since authorizes judicial review of a claim federal funding is not currently provides a time period of less than 180 available for this project, an FHWA days for filing such claim, then that project number has not been shorter time period still applies. established. This notice applies to all Federal FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Boch, Major Projects Oversight agency decisions on the project as of the issuance date of this notice and all laws Manager, Federal Highway under which such actions were taken, Administration, Jackson Federal including but not limited to: Building, 915 2nd Avenue, Room 3142, 1. General: National Environmental Seattle, Washington, 98174; telephone: Policy Act [42 U.S.C. 4321–4351]; (206) 220–7356; and e-mail: Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 U.S.C. Steve.Boch@fhwa.dot.gov. The FHWA 109]. Washington Division’s Oversight 2. Air: Clean Air Act, as amended [42 Manager’s regular office hours are between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Pacific U.S.C. 7401–7671(q)]. 3. Land: Section 4(f) of the Time). You may also contact William Department of Transportation Act of Jordan, I–405 Environmental Manager, 1966 [49 U.S.C. 303]; Landscaping and Washington State Department of Transportation, 600–108th Avenue, NE., Scenic Enhancement (Wildflowers) [23 Suite 405, Bellevue, Washington, 98004; U.S.C. 319]. 4. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act telephone: (425) 456–8547; and e-mail: William.jordan@i405.wsdot.wa.gov. The [16 U.S.C. 1531–1544]; Anadromous PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30JYN1.SGM 30JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44311-44312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17383]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Proposed Modification of the Chicago, IL Class B Airspace Area; 
Public Meetings

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces three fact-finding informal airspace 
meetings to solicit information from airspace users and others 
concerning a proposal to revise the Class B airspace area at Chicago, 
IL. The purpose of these meetings is to provide interested parties an 
opportunity to present views, recommendations, and comments on the 
proposal. All comments received during these meetings will be 
considered prior to any revision or issuance of a notice of proposed 
rulemaking.
    Times and Dates: The informal airspace meetings will be held on 
Tuesday, September 23, 2008, from 2 p.m.-7 p.m., Wednesday, September 
24, 2008, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and Thursday, September 25, 2008, from 2 
p.m.-7 p.m. Comments must be received on or before October 2, 2008.

ADDRESSES: (1) The meeting on Tuesday, September 23, 2008, will be

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held at Signature Flight Center, Chicago Executive Airport, 1100 South 
Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling, IL 60090. (2) The meeting on Wednesday, 
September 24, 2008, will be held at DuPage Flight Center, Chicago 
DuPage Airport, 2700 International Drive, West Chicago, IL 60185. (3) 
The meeting on Thursday, September 25, 2008, will be held at Signature 
Flight Center, Chicago Executive Airport, 1100 South Milwaukee Avenue, 
Wheeling, IL 60090.
    Comments: Send comments on the proposal to: Don Smith, Manager, 
Operations Support Group, Air Traffic Organization Central Service 
Center, Federal Aviation Administration, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort 
Worth, Texas, 76137, or by fax to (817) 222-5547.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Hulsey, FAA Chicago TRACON, 1100 
Bowes Road, Elgin, IL, 60123; Telephone (847) 608-5524.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Procedures

    (a) The meetings will be informal in nature and will be conducted 
by one or more representatives of the FAA Central Service Center. A 
representative from the FAA will present a formal briefing on the 
planned modification to the Class B airspace at Chicago, IL. Each 
participant will be given an opportunity to deliver comments or make a 
presentation. Only comments concerning the plan to modify the Class B 
airspace area at Chicago, IL, will be accepted.
    (b) The meetings will be open to all persons on a space-available 
basis. There will be no admission fee or other charge to attend and 
participate.
    (c) Any person wishing to make a presentation to the FAA panel will 
be asked to sign in and estimate the amount of time needed for such 
presentation. This will permit the panel to allocate an appropriate 
amount of time for each presenter. These meetings will not be adjourned 
until everyone on the list has had an opportunity to address the panel.
    (d) Position papers or other handout material relating to the 
substance of these meetings will be accepted. Participants wishing to 
submit handout material should present an original and two copies (3 
copies total) to the presiding officer. There should be additional 
copies of each handout available for other attendees.
    (e) These meetings will not be formally recorded.

Agenda for the Meetings

--Sign-in.
--Presentation of Meeting Procedures.
--FAA explanation of the planned Class B modifications.
--Solicitation of Public Comments.
--Closing Comments.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 
FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.

    Issued in Washington DC, on July 23, 2008.
Stephen Rohring,
Acting Manager, Airspace and Rules Group.
[FR Doc. E8-17383 Filed 7-29-08; 8:45 am]
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