[Federal Register: July 31, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 146)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2007-28350]

 
Notice of Availability and Public Comment Period for the Draft 
Air Quality General Conformity Determination (DGCD) for Proposed 
Southwest Airlines Commercial Air Service at San Francisco 
International Airport, San Francisco, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Draft Air Quality General 
Conformity Determination and notice of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public that FAA 
has prepared a Draft General Conformity Determination (DGCD) for 
Proposed Operations of Southwest Airlines Co. (Southwest) at San 
Francisco International Airport (SFO). In accordance with Section 
176(c) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), FAA has assessed whether the 
emissions that would result from FAA's action in approving the proposed 
operation specifications (OpSpec) for Southwest's proposed operations 
at SFO conform to the California State Implementation Plan (SIP).

DATES: Submit comments on or before August 30, 2007.

ADDRESSES: The DGCD is available for review until August 30, 2007:
    1. Electronically on the Department of Transportation's Docket 
Management System (DMS) at http://dms.dot.gov/. Do a simple search for 

docket number 28350.
    2. Hard copies are available for review between 9 a.m. and 4:30 
p.m. at SFO at the offices of the City of San Francisco: Planning 
Design & Construction, Singapore/Delta Building, 710 N.

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McDonnell Road, Second Floor, Suite S232, San Francisco, CA 94128.
    3. To request mailed hard copies of the DGCD, contact Ms. Joan 
Seward, All Weather Operations Program Manager ASW-230.1, FAA SW. 
Region, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Forth Worth, TX 76137; telephone: 817-
222-5256; e-mail: Joan.M.Seward@faa.gov.
    You may submit comments, identified by docket number FAA-2007-
28350, by any of the following methods:
    1. By mail to: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001;
    2. By hand delivery to Docket Management Facility 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays;
    3. By fax to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251; or
    4. By electronic submission through the DMS Web site at http://dms.dot.gov/submit/.
 See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for additional 

information about electronic filing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Joan Seward, telephone: 817-222-
5256; e-mail: Joan.M.Seward@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 2, 2007, Southwest submitted a 
request to FAA for approval to re-initiate scheduled passenger service 
at SFO commencing August 26, 2007. Southwest had served SFO until 
February 2001, but discontinued service. As required by Title 14 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR 119.51), Southwest applied to the 
FAA to amend Southwest's OpSpecs to include SFO, thereby authorizing 
Southwest to conduct scheduled SFO service. The request to the FAA 
detailed Southwest's startup plans, commencing on August 26, 2007, with 
18 daily landing/take-off cycles (LTOs), which would produce emissions 
below the General Conformity de minimis thresholds, and contained other 
information for the FAA to conduct the environmental review required 
under the regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy 
Act (NEPA) (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), Section 176(c) of the Clean Air 
Act (CAA) (40 CFR 93.150 et seq.), and by FAA Order 1050.1E 
Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures. FAA issued an OpSpec to 
Southwest for this initial level of operations accompanied by a NEPA 
environmental categorical exclusion determining that the 18 daily LTOs 
were below de minimis thresholds and were not regionally significant. 
Southwest wishes to grow their operations to 40 LTOs within 2 years.

Comment Filing Instructions

    All submissions received must include the agency name and docket 
number or Regulatory Information Number (RIN).
    You may submit comments electronically through the DMS Web site at 
http://dms.dot.gov/submit/. You have the option of submitting comments 

either by typing your comment into the DMS or by uploading a previously 
completed comment document as a file. If you upload a file it must be 
in one of the following file format types: MSWord (versions 95-97); 
MSWord for Mac (versions 6-8); Rich Text File (RTF); American Standard 
Code Information Interchange (ASCII)(TXT); Portable Document Format 
(PDF); or WordPerfect (WPD) (versions 7-8). See the Electronic 
Submission Help & Guidelines screen at http://dms.dot.gov/help/es_help.cfm
 for additional guidance.

    The FAA will accept comments on the DCGD until August 30, 2007. 
Written comments must be postmarked and electronic submissions received 
by not later than midnight August 30, 2007. After FAA reviews and 
addresses all comments, FAA will publish a notice of availability of 
the Final General Conformity Determination.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 25, 2007.
Carol E. Giles,
Acting Director, Flight Standards Service.
[FR Doc. 07-3720 Filed 7-30-07; 8:45 am]

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