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CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt
Abandonments to abandon a 0.57-mile
line of railroad, on the South San
Francisco Industrial Lead, from
milepost 12.29 to milepost 12.86 in
South San Francisco, in San Mateo
County, Cal. The line traverses United
States Postal Service Zip Code 94080.
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 filed 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
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 report), 49 CFR
1105.8 (historic report), 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 Railroad—
Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch
Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham &
Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 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.
Provided no formal expression of
intent to file an offer of financial
assistance (OFA) has been received, this
exemption will be effective on or after
July 23, 2010, unless stayed pending
reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do
not involve environmental issues,1
formal expressions of intent to file an
OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),2 and
trail use/rail banking requests under 49
CFR 1152.29 must be filed by July 6,
2010. Petitions to reopen or requests for
public use conditions under 49 CFR
1152.28 must be filed by July 13, 2010,
with: Surface Transportation Board, 395
E Street, SW., 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, Suite 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 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
June 28, 2010. Interested persons may
obtain a copy of the EA by writing to
SEA (Room 1100, Surface
Transportation Board, Washington, DC
20423–0001) or by calling SEA, at (202)
245–0305. 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 June 23, 2011, 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
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: June 18, 2010.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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1 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 et al., 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.
2 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing
fee, which currently is set at $1,500. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
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[FTA Docket No. FTA–2010–0025]
Notice of Request for Reinstatement of
Information Collection
AGENCY:
Federal Transit Administration,
DOT.
ACTION:
Notice of request for comments.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
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notice announces the intention of the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to
request the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to reinstate the following
new information collections:
(1) Nondiscrimination as it Applies to
FTA Grant Programs.
(2) Title VI as it Applies to FTA Grant
Programs.
The collections involve FTA’s
Nondiscrimination and Title VI
Programs. The information to be
collected for the Nondiscrimination
Program is necessary to ensure that any
employee or applicant for employment
is not discriminated against on the basis
of race, color, creed, sex, national origin,
age or disability. The information to be
collected for the Title VI Program is
necessary to ensure that service and
benefits are provided
nondiscriminatorily without regard to
race, color, or national origin.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
before August 23, 2010.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that your
comments are not entered more than
once into the docket, submit comments
identified by the docket number by only
one of the following methods:
1. Web site: www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments on the U.S. Government
electronic docket site. (Note: The U.S.
Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s)
electronic docket is no longer accepting
electronic comments.) All electronic
submissions must be made to the U.S.
Government electronic docket site at
www.regulations.gov. Commenters
should follow the directions below for
mailed and hand-delivered comments.
2. Fax: 202–493–2251.
3. Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Docket Operations, M–30,
West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Docket Operations, M–30,
West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except federal holidays.
Instructions: You must include the
agency name and docket number for this
notice at the beginning of your
comments. Submit two copies of your
comments if you submit them by mail.
For confirmation that FTA has received
your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Note that
all comments received, including any
personal information, will be posted
and will be available to Internet users,
without change, to www.regulations.gov.
You may review DOT’s complete
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Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published April 11, 2000, (65
FR 19477), or you may visit
www.regulations.gov. Docket: For access
to the docket to read background
documents and comments received, go
to www.regulations.gov at any time.
Background documents and comments
received may also be viewed at the U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Docket
Operations, M–30, West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001 between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
—Ms. Anita Heard, FTA Office of
Civil Rights, (202) 493–0318, or e-mail:
Anita.Heard@dot.gov
(Nondiscrimination).
—Ms. Amber Ontiveros, FTA Office of
Civil Rights, (202) 366–5130, or e-mail:
Amber.Ontiveros@dot.gov (Title VI).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Interested parties are invited to send
comments regarding any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
The necessity and utility of the
information collection for the proper
performance of the functions of the
FTA; (2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the collected
information; and (4) ways to minimize
the collection burden without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
Comments submitted in response to this
notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection.
Title: Nondiscrimination as it Applies
to FTA Grant Programs .
Background: All entities receiving
federal financial assistance from FTA
are prohibited from discriminating
against any employee or applicant for
employment because of race, color,
creed, sex, national origin, age, or
disability. To ensure that FTA’s equal
employment opportunity (EEO)
procedures are followed, FTA requires
grant recipients to submit written EEO
plans to FTA for approval. FTA’s
assessment of this requirement shows
that formulating, submitting, and
implementing EEO programs should
minimally increase costs for FTA
applicants and recipients.
To determine a grantee’s compliance
with applicable laws and requirements,
grantee submissions are evaluated and
analyzed based on the following criteria.
First, an EEO program must include an
EEO policy statement issued by the
chief executive officer covering all
employment practices, including
recruitment, selection, promotions,
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terminations, transfers, layoffs,
compensation, training, benefits, and
other terms and conditions of
employment. Second, the policy must
be placed conspicuously so that
employees, applicants, and the general
public are aware of the agency’s EEO
commitment.
The data derived from written EEO
and affirmative action plans will be
used by the Office of Civil Rights in
monitoring grantees’ compliance with
applicable EEO laws and regulations.
This monitoring and enforcement
activity will ensure that minorities and
women have equitable access to
employment opportunities and that
recipients of federal funds do not
discriminate against any employee or
applicant because of race, color, creed,
sex, national origin, age, or disability.
Respondents: FTA grant recipients.
Estimated Annual Burden on
Respondents: 25 hours for each of the 97
EEO submissions.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
2,416 hours.
Frequency: On occasion, every 3
years, annually.
Title: Title VI as it Applies to FTA
Grant Programs.
Background: Section 601 of Title VI of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 states: ‘‘No
person in the United States shall, on the
grounds of race, color, or national
origin, be excluded from participation
in, be denied the benefits of, or be
subjected to discrimination under any
program or activity receiving Federal
financial assistance.’’ This information
collection is required by the Department
of Justice (DOJ) Title VI Regulation, 28
CFR Part 42, Subpart F (Section 42.406),
and DOT Order 1000.12. FTA policies
and requirements are designed to clarify
and strengthen these regulations. This
requirement is applicable to all
applicants, recipients, and subrecipients
receiving federal financial assistance.
Experience has demonstrated that a
program requirement at the application
stage is necessary to assure that benefits
and services are equitably distributed by
grant recipients. The requirements
prescribed by the Office of Civil Rights
accomplish that objective while
diminishing possible vestiges of
discrimination among FTA grant
recipients. FTA’s assessment of this
requirement indicated that the
formulation and implementation of the
Title VI program should occur with a
decrease in costs to such applicants and
recipients. All FTA grant applicants,
recipients, and subrecipients are
required to submit applicable Title VI
information to the FTA Office of Civil
Rights for review and approval. If FTA
did not conduct pre-award reviews,
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solutions would not be generated in
advance and program improvements
could not be integrated into projects.
FTA’s experience with pre-award
reviews for all projects and grants
suggests this method contributes to
maximum efficiency and cost
effectiveness of FTA dollars and has
kept post-award complaints to a
minimum. Moreover, the objective of
the Title VI statute can be more easily
attained and beneficiaries of FTA
funded programs have a greater
likelihood of receiving transit services
and related benefits on a
nondiscriminatory basis.
Respondents: FTA grant recipients.
Estimated Annual Burden on
Respondents: 23 hours for each of the
316 Title VI programs.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
5,332 hours.
Frequency: Annual.
Issued: June 17, 2010.
Ann M. Linnertz,
Associate Administrator for Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2010–0061]
Information Collection Available for
Public Comments and
Recommendations
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Maritime
Administration’s (MARAD’s) intentions
to request extension of approval for
three years of a currently approved
information collection.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
on or before August 23, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Linden Houston, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590;
Telephone: (202) 366–4839 or E-Mail:
linden.houston@dot.gov. Copies of this
collection can also be obtained from that
office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title of
Collection: Application for Conveyance
of Port Facility Property, formerly, Port
Facility Conveyance Information.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0524.
Form Numbers: MA–1047.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. FTA-2010-0025]
Notice of Request for Reinstatement of Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the Federal Transit Administration
(FTA) to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reinstate
the following new information collections:
(1) Nondiscrimination as it Applies to FTA Grant Programs.
(2) Title VI as it Applies to FTA Grant Programs.
The collections involve FTA's Nondiscrimination and Title VI
Programs. The information to be collected for the Nondiscrimination
Program is necessary to ensure that any employee or applicant for
employment is not discriminated against on the basis of race, color,
creed, sex, national origin, age or disability. The information to be
collected for the Title VI Program is necessary to ensure that service
and benefits are provided nondiscriminatorily without regard to race,
color, or national origin.
DATES: Comments must be submitted before August 23, 2010.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that your comments are not entered more than once
into the docket, submit comments identified by the docket number by
only one of the following methods:
1. Web site: www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments on the U.S. Government electronic docket site.
(Note: The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT's) electronic
docket is no longer accepting electronic comments.) All electronic
submissions must be made to the U.S. Government electronic docket site
at www.regulations.gov. Commenters should follow the directions below
for mailed and hand-delivered comments.
2. Fax: 202-493-2251.
3. Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., Docket Operations, M-30, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-
140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Docket Operations, M-30, West Building, Ground
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001 between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.
Instructions: You must include the agency name and docket number
for this notice at the beginning of your comments. Submit two copies of
your comments if you submit them by mail. For confirmation that FTA has
received your comments, include a self-addressed stamped postcard. Note
that all comments received, including any personal information, will be
posted and will be available to Internet users, without change, to
www.regulations.gov. You may review DOT's complete
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Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published April 11, 2000,
(65 FR 19477), or you may visit www.regulations.gov. Docket: For access
to the docket to read background documents and comments received, go to
www.regulations.gov at any time. Background documents and comments
received may also be viewed at the U.S. Department of Transportation,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Docket Operations, M-30, West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001 between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
--Ms. Anita Heard, FTA Office of Civil Rights, (202) 493-0318, or
e-mail: Anita.Heard@dot.gov (Nondiscrimination).
--Ms. Amber Ontiveros, FTA Office of Civil Rights, (202) 366-5130,
or e-mail: Amber.Ontiveros@dot.gov (Title VI).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Interested parties are invited to send comments regarding any
aspect of this information collection, including: (1) The necessity and
utility of the information collection for the proper performance of the
functions of the FTA; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the collected
information; and (4) ways to minimize the collection burden without
reducing the quality of the collected information. Comments submitted
in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval of this information collection.
Title: Nondiscrimination as it Applies to FTA Grant Programs .
Background: All entities receiving federal financial assistance
from FTA are prohibited from discriminating against any employee or
applicant for employment because of race, color, creed, sex, national
origin, age, or disability. To ensure that FTA's equal employment
opportunity (EEO) procedures are followed, FTA requires grant
recipients to submit written EEO plans to FTA for approval. FTA's
assessment of this requirement shows that formulating, submitting, and
implementing EEO programs should minimally increase costs for FTA
applicants and recipients.
To determine a grantee's compliance with applicable laws and
requirements, grantee submissions are evaluated and analyzed based on
the following criteria. First, an EEO program must include an EEO
policy statement issued by the chief executive officer covering all
employment practices, including recruitment, selection, promotions,
terminations, transfers, layoffs, compensation, training, benefits, and
other terms and conditions of employment. Second, the policy must be
placed conspicuously so that employees, applicants, and the general
public are aware of the agency's EEO commitment.
The data derived from written EEO and affirmative action plans will
be used by the Office of Civil Rights in monitoring grantees'
compliance with applicable EEO laws and regulations. This monitoring
and enforcement activity will ensure that minorities and women have
equitable access to employment opportunities and that recipients of
federal funds do not discriminate against any employee or applicant
because of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, age, or
disability.
Respondents: FTA grant recipients.
Estimated Annual Burden on Respondents: 25 hours for each of the 97
EEO submissions.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 2,416 hours.
Frequency: On occasion, every 3 years, annually.
Title: Title VI as it Applies to FTA Grant Programs.
Background: Section 601 of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
states: ``No person in the United States shall, on the grounds of race,
color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied
the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or
activity receiving Federal financial assistance.'' This information
collection is required by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Title VI
Regulation, 28 CFR Part 42, Subpart F (Section 42.406), and DOT Order
1000.12. FTA policies and requirements are designed to clarify and
strengthen these regulations. This requirement is applicable to all
applicants, recipients, and subrecipients receiving federal financial
assistance. Experience has demonstrated that a program requirement at
the application stage is necessary to assure that benefits and services
are equitably distributed by grant recipients. The requirements
prescribed by the Office of Civil Rights accomplish that objective
while diminishing possible vestiges of discrimination among FTA grant
recipients. FTA's assessment of this requirement indicated that the
formulation and implementation of the Title VI program should occur
with a decrease in costs to such applicants and recipients. All FTA
grant applicants, recipients, and subrecipients are required to submit
applicable Title VI information to the FTA Office of Civil Rights for
review and approval. If FTA did not conduct pre-award reviews,
solutions would not be generated in advance and program improvements
could not be integrated into projects. FTA's experience with pre-award
reviews for all projects and grants suggests this method contributes to
maximum efficiency and cost effectiveness of FTA dollars and has kept
post-award complaints to a minimum. Moreover, the objective of the
Title VI statute can be more easily attained and beneficiaries of FTA
funded programs have a greater likelihood of receiving transit services
and related benefits on a nondiscriminatory basis.
Respondents: FTA grant recipients.
Estimated Annual Burden on Respondents: 23 hours for each of the
316 Title VI programs.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 5,332 hours.
Frequency: Annual.
Issued: June 17, 2010.
Ann M. Linnertz,
Associate Administrator for Administration.
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