Agency Request for Emergency Processing of Collection of Information Associated With FRA's Positive Train Control Grant Program After Publication of Second Agency Federal Register Notice Concerning Solicitation of Applications for Positive Train Control Grant Funding, 8785-8786 [2010-3865]
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Caernarvon Townships, Lancaster
County, Pa. Application for
groundwater withdrawal of 0.190 mgd
(30-day average) from two wells and
three collection sumps.
3. Project Sponsor: Chester County
Solid Waste Authority. Project Facility:
Lanchester Landfill, Salisbury and
Caernarvon Townships, Lancaster
County, Pa. Application for
consumptive water use of up to 0.075
mgd.
4. Project Sponsor and Facility: EQT
Production Company (West Branch
Susquehanna River—Kuntz),
Greenwood Township, Clearfield
County, Pa. Application for surface
water withdrawal of up to 0.900 mgd.
5. Project Sponsor and Facility:
EXCO–North Coast Energy, Inc. (West
Branch Susquehanna River—Johnson),
Clinton Township, Lycoming County,
Pa. Application for surface water
withdrawal of up to 0.999 mgd.
6. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Fortuna Energy Inc. (Fall Brook—
Bense), Troy Township, Bradford
County, Pa. Application for surface
water withdrawal of up to 1.000 mgd.
7. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Fortuna Energy Inc. (Unnamed
Tributary to North Branch Sugar
Creek—Besley), Columbia Township,
Bradford County, Pa. Application for
surface water withdrawal of up to 2.000
mgd.
8. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Fortuna Energy Inc. (South Branch
Sugar Creek—Shedden), Troy
Township, Bradford County, Pa.
Application for surface water
withdrawal of up to 0.900 mgd.
9. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Fortuna Energy Inc. (Sugar Creek—
Hoffman), West Burlington Township,
Bradford County, Pa. Modification to
increase the surface water withdrawal
from 0.250 mgd up to 2.000 mgd
(Docket No. 20090327).
10. Project Sponsor: Graymont (PA),
Inc. Project Facility: Pleasant Gap
Facility, Spring Township, Centre
County, Pa. Application for
groundwater withdrawal of 0.099 mgd
(30-day average) from the Plant Make-up
Well.
11. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Operations, Inc., Springettsbury
Township, York County, Pa.
Modification to add a groundwater
withdrawal of 0.144 mgd (30-day
average) from Well CW–20 to the
remediation system, without any
increase to total system withdrawal
quantity (Docket No. 19980901).
12. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Operations, Inc., Springettsbury
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Township, York County, Pa.
Modification to project features of the
withdrawal approval (Docket No.
19900715).
13. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Healthy Properties, Inc. (Sugar Creek—
owner), North Towanda Township,
Bradford County, Pa. Application for
surface water withdrawal of up to 0.450
mgd.
14. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Mountain Energy Services, Inc.
(Tunkhannock Creek—Deer Park
Lumber, Inc.), Tunkhannock Township,
Wyoming County, Pa. Application for
surface water withdrawal of up to 0.999
mgd.
15. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Randy M. Wiernusz (Bowman Creek—
owner), Eaton Township, Wyoming
County, Pa. Application for surface
water withdrawal of up to 0.249 mgd.
16. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Sunnyside Ethanol, LLC (West Branch
Susquehanna River—1—owner),
Curwensville Borough, Clearfield
County, Pa. Application for surface
water withdrawal of up to 1.270 mgd.
17. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Sunnyside Ethanol, LLC (West Branch
Susquehanna River—2—owner),
Curwensville Borough, Clearfield
County, Pa. Application for surface
water withdrawal of up to 0.710 mgd.
18. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Sunnyside Ethanol, LLC, Curwensville
Borough, Clearfield County, Pa.
Application for consumptive water use
of up to 1.980 mgd.
19. Project Sponsor and Facility:
TerrAqua Resource Management (Tioga
River—Larson Design Group),
Lawrenceville Borough, Tioga County,
Pa. Application for surface water
withdrawal of up to 0.543 mgd.
20. Project Sponsor and Facility:
TerrAqua Resource Management,
Lawrenceville Borough, Tioga County,
Pa. Application for consumptive water
use of up to 0.543 mgd.
21. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Walker Township Water Association,
Walker Township, Centre County, Pa.
Modification to increase the total
groundwater system withdrawal limit
(30-day average) from 0.523 mgd to
0.962 mgd (Docket No. 20070905).
22. Project Sponsor and Facility: XTO
Energy, Inc. (Lick Run—Dincher),
Shrewsbury Borough, Lycoming County,
Pa. Application for surface water
withdrawal of up to 0.249 mgd.
23. Project Sponsor and Facility: XTO
Energy, Inc. (Little Muncy Creek—
Temple), Moreland Township,
Lycoming County, Pa. Application for
surface water withdrawal of up to 0.249
mgd.
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Public Hearing—Project Scheduled
for Action Involving a Diversion:
1. Project Sponsor: Chester County
Solid Waste Authority. Project Facility:
Lanchester Landfill, Salisbury and
Caernarvon Townships, Lancaster
County, Pa. Application for an existing
into-basin diversion of up to 0.050 mgd
from the Delaware River Basin.
Public Hearing—Project Scheduled
for Rescission Action:
1. Project Sponsor and Facility:
Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC
(Susquehanna River) (Docket No.
20080907), Oakland Township,
Susquehanna County, Pa.
Opportunity to Appear and Comment:
Interested parties may appear at the
above hearing to offer written or oral
comments to the Commission on any
matter on the hearing agenda, or at the
business meeting to offer written or oral
comments on other matters scheduled
for consideration at the business
meeting. The chair of the Commission
reserves the right to limit oral
statements in the interest of time and to
otherwise control the course of the
hearing and business meeting. Written
comments may also be mailed to the
Susquehanna River Basin Commission,
1721 North Front Street, Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania 17102–2391, or submitted
electronically to Richard A. Cairo,
General Counsel, e-mail: rcairo@srbc.net
or Stephanie L. Richardson, Secretary to
the Commission, e-mail:
srichardson@srbc.net. Comments mailed
or electronically submitted must be
received prior to March 12, 2010, to be
considered.
Authority: Pub. L. 91–575, 84 Stat. 1509
et seq., 18 CFR Parts 806, 807, and 808.
Dated: February 16, 2010.
Thomas W. Beauduy,
Deputy Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2010–0005–N–3]
Agency Request for Emergency
Processing of Collection of
Information Associated With FRA’s
Positive Train Control Grant Program
After Publication of Second Agency
Federal Register Notice Concerning
Solicitation of Applications for Positive
Train Control Grant Funding
AGENCY: Federal Railroad
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) hereby gives
notice that it has submitted the
following information collection request
(ICR) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for Emergency Processing
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.). FRA requests that OMB authorize
the collection of information identified
below on or before March 15, 2010, for
180 days after the date of approval by
OMB. A copy of this ICR, with
applicable supporting documentation,
may be obtained by calling FRA’s
Clearance Officers, Mr. Robert Brogan
(tel. (202) 493–6292) or Ms. Kimberly
Toone (tel. (202) 493–6132). These
numbers are not toll-free. A copy of this
ICR may also be obtained electronically
by contacting Mr. Brogan at
Robert.Brogan@dot.gov or by contacting
Ms. Toone at Kimberly.Toone@dot.gov.
Comments and questions about the ICR
identified below should be directed to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (OIRA), Attn: FRA OMB Desk
Officer, 725 17th St., NW., Washington,
DC 20503. Comments and questions
about the ICR identified below may also
be transmitted electronically to OIRA at
oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
as soon as possible upon publication of
this notice in the Federal Register.
Title: Notice of Funding Availability
and Solicitation of Applications for the
Positive Train Control (PTC) Grant
Program.
OMB Control Number: 2130–New.
Frequency: One-time.
Affected Public: 50 Railroads.
Form(s): SF–269, SF–270, SF–271.
Estimated Total Annual Number of
Responses: 250 (Grant Applications and
Other Supporting Documents (Paper/
Electronic)).
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 13,923 hours.
Abstract: The Rail Safety Technology
Program is a newly authorized program
under the Rail Safety Improvement Act
of 2008 (RSIA) (Pub. L. 110–432;
October 16, 2008). The program was
directed by Congress and passed into
law in the aftermath of a series of major
rail accidents that culminated in an
accident at Chatsworth, California, in
2008. Twenty-five people were killed
and 135 people were injured in the
Chatsworth accident. This event turned
the Nation’s attention to rail safety and
the possibility that new technologies,
such as PTC, could prevent such
accidents in the future. The RSIA
ordered installation of PTC by all Class
I railroads on any of their mainlines
carrying poisonous inhalation hazard
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(PIH) materials and by all passenger and
commuter railroads on their main lines
not later than December 31, 2015.
As part of the RSIA, Congress
provided $50 million to FRA to award,
in one or more grants, to eligible
projects by passenger and freight rail
carriers, railroad suppliers, and State
and local Governments. Funds will be
awarded to projects that have a public
benefit of improved railroad safety and
efficiency, with priority given to
projects that make PTC technologies
interoperable between railroad systems;
projects that accelerate the deployment
of PTC technology on high-risk
corridors, such as those that have high
volumes of hazardous material
shipments; and for projects over which
commuter or passenger trains operate,
or that benefit both passenger and
freight safety and efficiency.
Funds provided under this grant
program may constitute no more than 80
percent of the total cost of a selected
project, with the remaining costs funded
from other sources. The funding
provided under these grants will be
made available to grantees on a
reimbursement basis. FRA anticipates
awarding grants to multiple eligible
participants. FRA may choose to award
a grant or grants within the available
funds in any amount. Funding made
available through grants provided under
this program, together with funding
from other sources that is committed by
a grantee as part of a grant agreement,
must be sufficient to complete the
funded project and achieve the
anticipated technology development.
FRA will begin accepting grant
applications 10 days after publication of
the separate agency notice published in
the Federal Register detailing the terms
of the PTC Grant Program Funds
Availability. Applications may be
submitted until the earlier of December
31, 2010, or the date on which all
available funds will have been
committed under this program.
FRA is applying to OMB for
Emergency Clearance of this proposed
information collection because of the
highly complex technology involved.
Reviewing railroad applications and
awarding this funding as quickly as
possible is essential to meeting FRA’s
mission and the RSIA PTC
implementation deadline of December
15, 2015. FRA cannot reasonably
comply with the normal OMB PRA
Clearance procedures because of the
time needed by FRA to review PTC
grant fund applications and resolve
technology issues, and because any
delay in PTC implementation will cause
FRA to miss the congressional statutory
deadline. Also, normal OMB PRA
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Clearance procedures cannot be
complied with because any delay of
PTC implementation is likely to cause
considerable public harm in terms of
higher numbers of accidents/incidents
and corresponding injuries/fatalities on
train lines across the country that did
not have the enhanced safety provided
by PTC technologies on them as
intended by Congress. Upon receiving
the requested 6-month Emergency
Clearance by OMB, FRA will follow the
normal PRA procedures to obtain
extended approval for this proposed
information collection for the customary
3-year period.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC on February 22,
2010.
Margaret B. Reid,
Associate Administrator, Office of Financial
Management, Federal Railroad
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010–3865 Filed 2–24–10; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions
on Proposed Highway in Indiana
AGENCY: Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims
for Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA
and United States Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS), DOI.
SUMMARY: This notice announces actions
taken by the FHWA and the USFWS
that are final within the meaning of 23
U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a
proposed highway project for a 25.73mile segment of I–69, in the Counties of
Daviess and Greene, State of Indiana
and grant licenses, permits, and
approvals for the project.
DATES: By this notice, the FHWA is
advising the public that the FHWA and
the USFWS have made decisions that
are subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) and are
final within the meaning of that law. A
claim seeking judicial review of those
Federal agency decisions on the
proposed highway project will be barred
unless the claim is filed on or before
August 24, 2010. If the Federal law that
authorizes judicial review of a claim
provides a time period of less than 180
days for filing such claim, then the
shorter time period applies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
the FHWA: Ms. Janice Osadczuk,
Federal Highway Administration,
Indiana Division, 575 North
Pennsylvania Street, Room 254,
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2010-0005-N-3]
Agency Request for Emergency Processing of Collection of
Information Associated With FRA's Positive Train Control Grant Program
After Publication of Second Agency Federal Register Notice Concerning
Solicitation of Applications for Positive Train Control Grant Funding
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) hereby gives notice
that it has submitted the following information collection request
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Emergency
Processing under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13,
44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). FRA requests that OMB authorize the collection
of information identified below on or before March 15, 2010, for 180
days after the date of approval by OMB. A copy of this ICR, with
applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling FRA's
Clearance Officers, Mr. Robert Brogan (tel. (202) 493-6292) or Ms.
Kimberly Toone (tel. (202) 493-6132). These numbers are not toll-free.
A copy of this ICR may also be obtained electronically by contacting
Mr. Brogan at Robert.Brogan@dot.gov or by contacting Ms. Toone at
Kimberly.Toone@dot.gov. Comments and questions about the ICR identified
below should be directed to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (OIRA), Attn: FRA OMB Desk Officer, 725 17th St., NW.,
Washington, DC 20503. Comments and questions about the ICR identified
below may also be transmitted electronically to OIRA at oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov.
DATES: Comments should be submitted as soon as possible upon
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
Title: Notice of Funding Availability and Solicitation of
Applications for the Positive Train Control (PTC) Grant Program.
OMB Control Number: 2130-New.
Frequency: One-time.
Affected Public: 50 Railroads.
Form(s): SF-269, SF-270, SF-271.
Estimated Total Annual Number of Responses: 250 (Grant Applications
and Other Supporting Documents (Paper/Electronic)).
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 13,923 hours.
Abstract: The Rail Safety Technology Program is a newly authorized
program under the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (RSIA) (Pub. L.
110-432; October 16, 2008). The program was directed by Congress and
passed into law in the aftermath of a series of major rail accidents
that culminated in an accident at Chatsworth, California, in 2008.
Twenty-five people were killed and 135 people were injured in the
Chatsworth accident. This event turned the Nation's attention to rail
safety and the possibility that new technologies, such as PTC, could
prevent such accidents in the future. The RSIA ordered installation of
PTC by all Class I railroads on any of their mainlines carrying
poisonous inhalation hazard (PIH) materials and by all passenger and
commuter railroads on their main lines not later than December 31,
2015.
As part of the RSIA, Congress provided $50 million to FRA to award,
in one or more grants, to eligible projects by passenger and freight
rail carriers, railroad suppliers, and State and local Governments.
Funds will be awarded to projects that have a public benefit of
improved railroad safety and efficiency, with priority given to
projects that make PTC technologies interoperable between railroad
systems; projects that accelerate the deployment of PTC technology on
high-risk corridors, such as those that have high volumes of hazardous
material shipments; and for projects over which commuter or passenger
trains operate, or that benefit both passenger and freight safety and
efficiency.
Funds provided under this grant program may constitute no more than
80 percent of the total cost of a selected project, with the remaining
costs funded from other sources. The funding provided under these
grants will be made available to grantees on a reimbursement basis. FRA
anticipates awarding grants to multiple eligible participants. FRA may
choose to award a grant or grants within the available funds in any
amount. Funding made available through grants provided under this
program, together with funding from other sources that is committed by
a grantee as part of a grant agreement, must be sufficient to complete
the funded project and achieve the anticipated technology development.
FRA will begin accepting grant applications 10 days after publication
of the separate agency notice published in the Federal Register
detailing the terms of the PTC Grant Program Funds Availability.
Applications may be submitted until the earlier of December 31, 2010,
or the date on which all available funds will have been committed under
this program.
FRA is applying to OMB for Emergency Clearance of this proposed
information collection because of the highly complex technology
involved. Reviewing railroad applications and awarding this funding as
quickly as possible is essential to meeting FRA's mission and the RSIA
PTC implementation deadline of December 15, 2015. FRA cannot reasonably
comply with the normal OMB PRA Clearance procedures because of the time
needed by FRA to review PTC grant fund applications and resolve
technology issues, and because any delay in PTC implementation will
cause FRA to miss the congressional statutory deadline. Also, normal
OMB PRA Clearance procedures cannot be complied with because any delay
of PTC implementation is likely to cause considerable public harm in
terms of higher numbers of accidents/incidents and corresponding
injuries/fatalities on train lines across the country that did not have
the enhanced safety provided by PTC technologies on them as intended by
Congress. Upon receiving the requested 6-month Emergency Clearance by
OMB, FRA will follow the normal PRA procedures to obtain extended
approval for this proposed information collection for the customary 3-
year period.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.
Issued in Washington, DC on February 22, 2010.
Margaret B. Reid,
Associate Administrator, Office of Financial Management, Federal
Railroad Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-3865 Filed 2-24-10; 8:45 am]
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