82_FR_13972 82 FR 13923 - Notice To Rescind Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Gateway Corridor Project From Saint Paul to Woodbury in Ramsey and Washington Counties, Minnesota

82 FR 13923 - Notice To Rescind Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Gateway Corridor Project From Saint Paul to Woodbury in Ramsey and Washington Counties, Minnesota

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 49 (March 15, 2017)

Page Range13923-13924
FR Document2017-05065

The FTA, in cooperation with the Washington County Regional Railroad Authority (WCRRA) and the Metropolitan Council, is issuing this notice to advise the public that the NOI to prepare an EIS for the proposed Gateway Corridor project from Saint Paul to Woodbury in Ramsey and Washington Counties, Minnesota, is being rescinded.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 49 (Wednesday, March 15, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13923-13924]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05065]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Notice To Rescind Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement for the Gateway Corridor Project From Saint Paul to 
Woodbury in Ramsey and Washington Counties, Minnesota

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Rescind Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS).

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SUMMARY: The FTA, in cooperation with the Washington County Regional 
Railroad Authority (WCRRA) and the Metropolitan Council, is issuing 
this notice to advise the public that the NOI to prepare an EIS for the 
proposed Gateway Corridor project from Saint Paul to Woodbury in Ramsey 
and Washington Counties, Minnesota, is being rescinded.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Reggie Arkell, Community Planner, 
Federal Transit Administration, Region V, 200 West Adams Street, Suite 
320, Chicago, IL 60606, phone 312-886-3704, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FTA, as the lead federal agency, in 
cooperation with WCRRA and the Metropolitan Council, published a NOI in 
the Federal Register on February 12, 2014 (79 FR 8530-8532) to prepare 
an EIS for the proposed Gateway Corridor project. The Gateway Corridor 
project is a planned transitway approximately nine miles in length 
located in Ramsey and Washington Counties in the eastern part of the 
Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota. The project is located in a 
corridor generally parallel to

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Interstate 94 (I-94). The purpose is to provide improved public 
transportation between downtown Saint Paul with its east side 
neighborhoods and the suburban cities of Maplewood, Landfall, Oakdale, 
and Woodbury. Since the NOI was published, through the environmental 
review and locally preferred alternative decision-making process, the 
potential project length has been reduced by approximately three miles 
and the transit technologies under evaluation have been reduced from 
light rail transit, bus rapid transit (BRT), and managed lanes to only 
BRT. Both these changes have minimized the potential impact of the 
proposed action. FTA, WCRRA, and the Metropolitan Council anticipate 
that an environmental assessment (EA), leading to a Finding of No 
Significant Impact (FONSI), would be the appropriate class of action 
under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for this project. 
Therefore, the FTA has decided to rescind the NOI for the EIS.
    Comments and questions concerning the proposed actions should be 
directed to FTA at the address provided above.

Marisol R. Sim[oacute]n,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2017-05065 Filed 3-14-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 49 / Wednesday, March 15, 2017 / Notices 13923 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Register published April 11, 2000, (65 maintain an EEO Program that includes FR 19477), or you may visit the statement of policy, dissemination Federal Transit Administration www.regulations.gov. plan, designation of personnel, Docket: For access to the docket to assessment of employment practices, [FTA Docket No. 2017–0004] read background documents and and a monitoring and reporting system. Notice of Request for Revisions of an comments received, go to Respondents: Transit agencies, States Information Collection www.regulations.gov at any time. and Metropolitan Planning Background documents and comments Organizations. AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, received may also be viewed at the U.S. Estimated Annual Burden on DOT. Department of Transportation, 1200 Respondents: 25 hours for each of the 97 ACTION: Notice of request for comments. New Jersey Avenue SE., Docket EEO submissions. Operations, M–30, West Building, Estimated Total Annual Burden: SUMMARY: In accordance with the Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 2,425 hours. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this Washington, DC 20590–0001 between Frequency: Annual. notice announces the intention of the 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday William Hyre, Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to through Friday, except federal holidays. Deputy Associate Administrator for request the Office of Management and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Administration. Budget (OMB) to approve the revisions Alana Kuhn, Office of Civil Rights, (202) [FR Doc. 2017–05061 Filed 3–14–17; 8:45 am] of the following information collection: 366–1412, or email at AlanaKuhn@ BILLING CODE P Nondiscrimination as it Applies to FTA dot.gov. Grant Programs. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested DATES: Comments must be submitted parties are invited to send comments DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION before May 15, 2017. regarding any aspect of this information ADDRESSES: To ensure that your Federal Transit Administration collection, including: (1) The necessity comments are not entered more than and utility of the information collection Notice To Rescind Notice of Intent To once into the docket, submit comments for the proper performance of the Prepare an Environmental Impact identified by the docket number by only functions of the FTA; (2) the accuracy Statement for the Gateway Corridor one of the following methods: of the estimated burden; (3) ways to Project From Saint Paul to Woodbury 1. Web site: www.regulations.gov. enhance the quality, utility, and clarity in Ramsey and Washington Counties, Follow the instructions for submitting of the collected information; and (4) Minnesota comments on the U.S. Government ways to minimize the collection burden electronic docket site. (Note: The U.S. without reducing the quality of the AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) collected information. Comments (FTA), Department of Transportation electronic docket is no longer accepting submitted in response to this notice will (DOT). electronic comments.) All electronic be summarized and/or included in the ACTION: Rescind Notice of Intent (NOI) submissions must be made to the U.S. request for OMB approval of this to prepare an Environmental Impact Government electronic docket site at information collection. Statement (EIS). www.regulations.gov. Commenters should follow the directions below for Title: Nondiscrimination as It Applies SUMMARY: The FTA, in cooperation with mailed and hand-delivered comments. to FTA Grant Programs (OMB Number: the Washington County Regional 2. Fax: 202–366–7951. 2132–0542) Railroad Authority (WCRRA) and the 3. Mail: U.S. Department of Background: The Federal Transit Metropolitan Council, is issuing this Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Laws, 49 U.S.C. 5332(b), provide that notice to advise the public that the NOI Avenue SE., Docket Operations, M–30, ‘‘no person in the United States shall on to prepare an EIS for the proposed West Building, Ground Floor, Room the grounds of race, color, religion, Gateway Corridor project from Saint W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. national origin, sex, or age be excluded Paul to Woodbury in Ramsey and 4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of from the participation in, be denied the Washington Counties, Minnesota, is Transportation, 1200 New Jersey benefits of, or be subjected to being rescinded. Avenue SE., Docket Operations, M–30, discrimination under any project, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. West Building, Ground Floor, Room program or activity funded in whole or Reggie Arkell, Community Planner, W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001 in part through financial assistance Federal Transit Administration, Region between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., under this Act.’’ This applies to V, 200 West Adams Street, Suite 320, Monday through Friday, except federal employment and business opportunities Chicago, IL 60606, phone 312–886– holidays. and is considered to be in addition to 3704, email reginald.arkell@dot.gov. Instructions: You must include the the provisions of Title VI of the Civil SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FTA, agency name and docket number for this Rights Act of 1964. Any FTA applicant, as the lead federal agency, in notice at the beginning of your recipient, sub-recipient, and contractor cooperation with WCRRA and the comments. Submit two copies of your who employ 100 or more transit-related Metropolitan Council, published a NOI comments if you submit them by mail. employees and requests or receives in the Federal Register on February 12, asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES2 For confirmation that FTA has received capital or operating assistance in excess 2014 (79 FR 8530–8532) to prepare an your comments, include a self- of $1 million in the previous Federal EIS for the proposed Gateway Corridor addressed stamped postcard. Note that fiscal year, or requests or receives project. The Gateway Corridor project is all comments received, including any planning assistance in excess of a planned transitway approximately personal information, will be posted $250,000 in the previous Federal fiscal nine miles in length located in Ramsey and will be available to Internet users, year must implement all of the EEO and Washington Counties in the eastern without change, to www.regulations.gov. Program elements. Agencies that have part of the Twin Cities Metropolitan You may review DOT’s complete between 50–99 transit-related Area, Minnesota. The project is located Privacy Act Statement in the Federal employees are required to prepare and in a corridor generally parallel to VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:19 Mar 14, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00136 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\15MRN1.SGM 15MRN1

13924 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 49 / Wednesday, March 15, 2017 / Notices Interstate 94 (I–94). The purpose is to events/onstage/g.php?MTID=e8b1c57 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: provide improved public transportation d84d8ccaeda24a00e286e4ac48. Stephen M. Mackey, U.S. Department of between downtown Saint Paul with its You must include: Transportation, John A. Volpe National east side neighborhoods and the • Name Transportation Systems Center, V–345, suburban cities of Maplewood, Landfall, • Organization 55 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142, Oakdale, and Woodbury. Since the NOI • Telephone number Stephen.Mackey@dot.gov, 617–494– was published, through the • Mailing and email addresses 2753. environmental review and locally • Attendance method (WebEx or on site) • Country of citizenship Issued in Washington, DC, on March 9, preferred alternative decision-making 2017. process, the potential project length has The U.S. Department of Audrey Farley, been reduced by approximately three Transportation is committed to Executive Director, Office of the Assistant miles and the transit technologies under providing equal access to this workshop Secretary for Research and Technology. evaluation have been reduced from light for all participants. If you need [FR Doc. 2017–05121 Filed 3–14–17; 8:45 am] rail transit, bus rapid transit (BRT), and alternative formats or services because BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P managed lanes to only BRT. Both these of a disability, please contact Stephen changes have minimized the potential Mackey (contact information listed impact of the proposed action. FTA, below) with your request by close of DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WCRRA, and the Metropolitan Council business March 24, 2017. anticipate that an environmental DATES: Date/Time: March 30, 2017 Office of the Secretary assessment (EA), leading to a Finding of 10:00AM–4:00PM (Eastern Daylight No Significant Impact (FONSI), would [Docket No. DOT–OST–2017–0027] Time). be the appropriate class of action under LOCATION: RTCA, Inc., 1150 18th Street the National Environmental Policy Act Agency Information Collection NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036. Activities: Requests for Comments; (NEPA) for this project. Therefore, the Several days leading up to the FTA has decided to rescind the NOI for Clearance of a Renewed Approval of workshop, an email containing the Information Collection(s): Procedures the EIS. agenda, dial-in, and WebEx information Comments and questions concerning for Transportation Workplace Drug and will be provided. Alcohol Testing Programs the proposed actions should be directed SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The goal to FTA at the address provided above. AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), of the GPS Adjacent Band Compatibility Marisol R. Simón, Assessment Study is to evaluate the DOT. Regional Administrator. adjacent radio frequency band power Notice and request for ACTION: [FR Doc. 2017–05065 Filed 3–14–17; 8:45 am] levels that can be tolerated by GPS/ comments. BILLING CODE P GNSS receivers, and advance the Department’s understanding of the SUMMARY: The Department of extent to which such power levels Transportation (DOT) invites public DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION impact devices used for transportation comments about our intention to request safety purposes, among other GPS/ the Office of Management and Budget Global Positioning System Adjacent GNSS applications. The Department (OMB) approval to renew an Band Compatibility Assessment obtained input from broad public information collection. The collection Workshop VI outreach in development of its GPS involves Transportation Drug and Adjacent Band Compatibility Alcohol Testing. The information to be AGENCY: Office of the Assistant collected will be used to document tests Secretary for Research and Technology Assessment Test Plan that included four public meetings with stakeholders on conducted and actions taken to ensure (OST–R), Department of Transportation. safety in the workplace and/or is September 18 and December 4, 2014, ACTION: Notice of meeting. necessary because under the Omnibus and March 12 and October 2, 2015, SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is public issuance of a draft test plan on Transportation Employee Testing Act of to inform the public that the U.S. September 9, 2015 (see 80 FR 54368), 1991, DOT is required to implement a Department of Transportation will host and comments received regarding the drug and alcohol testing program in its sixth workshop on the Global test plan. The final test plan was various transportation-related Positioning System (GPS) Adjacent published March 9, 2016 (see 81 FR industries. DOT is required to publish Band Compatibility Assessment effort. 12564) and requested voluntary this notice in the Federal Register in The purpose of this workshop is to participation in this Study by any accordance with the Paperwork discuss the results from testing of interested GPS/GNSS device Reduction Act of 1995. various categories of GPS/Global manufacturers or other parties whose DATES: Comments to this notice must be Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) products incorporate GPS/GNSS received by May 15, 2017. receivers to include aviation (non- devices. In April 2016, radiated testing ADDRESSES: You may submit comments certified), cellular, general location/ of GNSS devices took place in an by any of the following methods: navigation, high precision and anechoic chamber at the U.S. Army • Web Site: http:// networks, timing, and space-based Research Laboratory at the White Sands www.regulations.gov. Follow the asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES2 receivers, as well as use-case scenarios Missile Range (WSMR) facility in New instructions for submitting comments for these categories. Mexico. Additional lab testing was on the DOT electronic docket site. This workshop is open to the general conducted in July 2016 at Zeta • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// public by registration only. For those Associates in Fairfax, Virginia and www.regulations.gov. Follow the who would like to attend the workshop, MITRE Corporation in Bedford, instructions for submitting comments. we request that you register no later Massachusetts (see 81 FR 44408). Initial • Fax: 1–202–493–2251. than March 27, 2017. Please use the test results were presented at a fifth • Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket following link to register: https://volpe public workshop on October 14, 2016 Management Facility, U.S. Department centerevents.webex.com/volpecenter (see 81 FR 68105). of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:32 Mar 14, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00137 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\15MRN1.SGM 15MRN1


Document Created: 2017-03-15 06:04:14
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionRescind Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
ContactMr. Reggie Arkell, Community Planner, Federal Transit Administration, Region V, 200 West Adams Street, Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606, phone 312-886-3704, email [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 13923 
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