Union Pacific Railroad Company-Abandonment Exemption-in Washington County, MN, 70450-70451 [E6-20313]
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in other documents in the FTA
administrative record for the project.
The final agency environmental
decision documents—Records of
Decision (RODs) or Findings of No
Significant Impact (FONSIs)—for the
listed projects are available online at
https://www.fta.dot.gov/planning/
environment/
planning_environment_documents.html
or may be obtained by contacting the
FTA Regional Office for the
metropolitan area where the project is
located. Contact information for the
FTA Regional Offices may be found at
https://www.fta.dot.gov.
This notice applies to all FTA
decisions on the listed projects as of the
issuance date of this notice and all laws
under which such actions were taken,
including, but not limited to, the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321–4375], Section
4(f) of the Department of Transportation
Act of 1966 [49 U.S.C. 303], Section 106
of the National Historic Preservation Act
[16 U.S.C. 470f], and the Clean Air Act
[42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q].
The projects and actions that are the
subject of this notice are:
1. Project name and location:
Multimodal Terminal Facility;
Brownsville, Texas. Project sponsors:
City of Brownsville and the Brownsville
Urban System (BUS). Project
description: The project is the
construction of a multimodal facility in
the Brownsville central business
district. The facility includes a bus
terminal with bus bays and canopies,
and automobile parking on a 5-acre site.
Final agency action: FONSI issued
August 21, 2006. Supporting
documentation: Final Environmental
Assessment: Multimodal Terminal
Facility, August 2006.
2. Project name and location: Long
Lake Station Parking Expansion;
metropolitan Chicago, Illinois. Project
sponsor: Metra Commuter Rail. Project
description: Construction of parking
facilities at the existing Metra
Commuter Rail Station in the Village of
Round Lake in Illinois. Final agency
action: FONSI issued on July 18, 2006.
Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment, June 2006.
3. Project name and location: Market
Street Plaza Improvement; Dayton,
Ohio. Project sponsor: Greater Dayton
Regional Transit Authority. Project
description: The project is the
construction of an off-street bus
terminal and layover area on the block
bounded by Third and Fourth streets,
and Main and Jefferson streets in
Dayton. The site is currently occupied
by the vacant Admiral Benbow hotel
building, which will be demolished.
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Final agency actions: FONSI issued on
August 1, 2006; Section 106 Finding of
No Adverse Effect. Supporting
documentation: Environmental
Assessment, June 2006.
4. Project name and location: BART
Warm Springs Extension Project;
metropolitan San Francisco, California.
Project sponsors: San Francisco Bay
Area Rapid Transit District (BART).
Project description: This project is a 5.4mile extension of the BART heavy rail
system on the east side of San Francisco
Bay from its current terminus at the
Fremont Station in Fremont to a new
station in Warm Springs. The extension
will also include a new station at
Irvington if sufficient funding is
available. Final agency actions: ROD
issued on October 24, 2006; Section 4(f)
finding; Section 4(f) de minimis impact
finding; Section 106 Memorandum of
Agreement; project-level Air Quality
Conformity determination; consultation
with the U.S. Department of the Interior
(DOI) under Section 7 of the Endangered
Species Act, resulting in DOI’s issuance
of a Biological Opinion. Supporting
documentation: Final Environmental
Impact Statement and Section 4(f)
Evaluation: BART Warm Springs
Extension issued on July 14, 2006.
5. Project name and location: Dulles
Corridor Metrorail Project; metropolitan
Washington, DC. Project sponsors:
Virginia Department of Rail and Public
Transportation, Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
(WMATA), and Metropolitan
Washington Airports Authority. Project
description: The project is an extension
of the Washington regional Metrorail
system in Fairfax and Loudoun
Counties, Virginia. It will include
approximately 23 miles of electricallypowered rapid rail transit operating in
exclusive right-of-way with at-grade,
aerial, and subway sections, 11 new
stations, parking facilities, new and
improved yard and shop facilities, new
rail vehicles, and related systems and
equipment. The project has two phases
with the first phase extending from the
existing Metrorail Orange Line near the
West Falls Church Station through
Tysons Corner to a temporary terminus
at Wiehle Avenue in Reston. The second
phase of the project will extend west of
Wiehle Avenue to Dulles International
Airport and eastern Loudoun County.
Between Tysons Corner and the Airport,
the project is generally aligned in the
median of the Dulles International
Airport Access Highway. Final agency
actions: Amended ROD issued on
November 17, 2006; Section 4(f) finding;
Section 106 Memorandum of
Agreement; project-level Air Quality
Conformity determination. Supporting
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documentation: Final Environmental
Impact Statement issued on December
23, 2004; Environmental Assessment,
February 2006.
Issued on: November 28, 2006.
Brigid Hynes-Cherin,
Associate Administrator, for Planning and
Environment, Washington, DC.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Docket No. AB–33 (Sub-No. 234X)]
Union Pacific Railroad Company—
Abandonment Exemption—in
Washington County, MN
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)
has filed a verified notice of exemption
under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt
Abandonments to abandon a 0.81-mile
line of railroad known as the Stillwater
Industrial Lead, extending from
milepost 4.69 to milepost 5.50 near
Stillwater in Washington County, MN.
The line traverses United States Postal
Service Zip Codes 55082 and 55083.1
UP has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the line for at
least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead
traffic on the line; (3) no formal
complaint filed by a user of rail service
on the line (or by a state or local
government entity acting on behalf of
such user) regarding cessation of service
over the line either is pending with the
Surface Transportation Board or with
any U.S. District Court or has been
decided in favor of complainant within
the 2-year period; and (4) the
requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7
(environmental reports), 49 CFR 1105.8
(historic reports), 49 CFR 1105.11
(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12
(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR
1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental
agencies) have been met.
As a condition to this exemption, any
employee adversely affected by the
abandonment shall be protected under
Oregon Short Line R. Co.—
Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91
(1979). To address whether this
condition adequately protects affected
employees, a petition for partial
revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)
must be filed.
1 Pursuant to 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(2), the railroad
must file a verified notice with the Board at least
50 days before the abandonment or discontinuance
is to be consummated. The applicant initially
indicated a proposed consummation date of January
2, 2007, but because the verified notice was filed
on November 14, 2006, consummation may not take
place prior to January 3, 2007.
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Provided no formal expression of
intent to file an offer of financial
assistance (OFA) has been received, this
exemption will be effective on January
3, 2007, unless stayed pending
reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do
not involve environmental issues,2
formal expressions of intent to file an
OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and
trail use/rail banking requests under 49
CFR 1152.29 must be filed by December
14, 2006. Petitions to reopen or requests
for public use conditions under 49 CFR
1152.28 must be filed by December 26,
2006, with the Surface Transportation
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2 The Board will grant a stay if an informed
decision on environmental issues (whether raised
by a party or by the Board’s Section of
Environmental Analysis (SEA) in its independent
investigation) cannot be made before the
exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any
request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible
so that the Board may take appropriate action before
the exemption’s effective date.
3 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing
fee, which currently is set at $1,300. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
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Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20423–0001.
A copy of any petition filed with the
Board should be sent to UP’s
representative: Mack H. Shumate, Jr.,
Senior General Attorney, 101 North
Wacker Drive, Room 1920, Chicago, IL
60606.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
UP has filed a combined
environmental report and historic report
which addresses the effects, if any, of
the abandonment on the environment
and historic resources. SEA will issue
an environmental assessment (EA) by
December 8, 2006. Interested persons
may obtain a copy of the EA by writing
to SEA (Room 500, Surface
Transportation Board, Washington, DC
20423–0001) or by calling SEA, at (202)
565–1539. [Assistance for the hearing
impaired is available through the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.] Comments
on environmental and historic
preservation matters must be filed
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within 15 days after the EA becomes
available to the public.
Environmental, historic preservation,
public use, or trail use/rail banking
conditions will be imposed, where
appropriate, in a subsequent decision.
Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR
1152.29(e)(2), UP shall file a notice of
consummation with the Board to signify
that it has exercised the authority
granted and fully abandoned the line. If
consummation has not been effected by
UP’s filing of a notice of consummation
by December 4, 2007, and there are no
legal or regulatory barriers to
consummation, the authority to
abandon will automatically expire.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at https://
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: November 21, 2006.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 234X)]
Union Pacific Railroad Company--Abandonment Exemption--in
Washington County, MN
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has filed a verified notice of
exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon a
0.81-mile line of railroad known as the Stillwater Industrial Lead,
extending from milepost 4.69 to milepost 5.50 near Stillwater in
Washington County, MN. The line traverses United States Postal Service
Zip Codes 55082 and 55083.\1\
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\1\ Pursuant to 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(2), the railroad must file a
verified notice with the Board at least 50 days before the
abandonment or discontinuance is to be consummated. The applicant
initially indicated a proposed consummation date of January 2, 2007,
but because the verified notice was filed on November 14, 2006,
consummation may not take place prior to January 3, 2007.
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UP has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the line
for at least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead traffic on the line; (3)
no formal complaint filed by a user of rail service on the line (or by
a state or local government entity acting on behalf of such user)
regarding cessation of service over the line either is pending with the
Surface Transportation Board or with any U.S. District Court or has
been decided in favor of complainant within the 2-year period; and (4)
the requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7 (environmental reports), 49 CFR
1105.8 (historic reports), 49 CFR 1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR
1105.12 (newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to
governmental agencies) have been met.
As a condition to this exemption, any employee adversely affected
by the abandonment shall be protected under Oregon Short Line R. Co.--
Abandonment--Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To address whether this
condition adequately protects affected employees, a petition for
partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed.
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Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of
financial assistance (OFA) has been received, this exemption will be
effective on January 3, 2007, unless stayed pending reconsideration.
Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,\2\ formal
expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),\3\ and
trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by
December 14, 2006. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by December 26, 2006,
with the Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20423-0001.
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\2\ The Board will grant a stay if an informed decision on
environmental issues (whether raised by a party or by the Board's
Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA) in its independent
investigation) cannot be made before the exemption's effective date.
See Exemption of Out-of-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989).
Any request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible so that
the Board may take appropriate action before the exemption's
effective date.
\3\ Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing fee, which
currently is set at $1,300. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).
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A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to UP's
representative: Mack H. Shumate, Jr., Senior General Attorney, 101
North Wacker Drive, Room 1920, Chicago, IL 60606.
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information,
the exemption is void ab initio.
UP has filed a combined environmental report and historic report
which addresses the effects, if any, of the abandonment on the
environment and historic resources. SEA will issue an environmental
assessment (EA) by December 8, 2006. Interested persons may obtain a
copy of the EA by writing to SEA (Room 500, Surface Transportation
Board, Washington, DC 20423-0001) or by calling SEA, at (202) 565-1539.
[Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.] Comments on
environmental and historic preservation matters must be filed within 15
days after the EA becomes available to the public.
Environmental, historic preservation, public use, or trail use/rail
banking conditions will be imposed, where appropriate, in a subsequent
decision.
Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 1152.29(e)(2), UP shall file a
notice of consummation with the Board to signify that it has exercised
the authority granted and fully abandoned the line. If consummation has
not been effected by UP's filing of a notice of consummation by
December 4, 2007, and there are no legal or regulatory barriers to
consummation, the authority to abandon will automatically expire.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http:/
/www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: November 21, 2006.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-20313 Filed 12-1-06; 8:45 am]
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