Environmental Impact Statement: Cook County, IL, 17185-17186 [2011-7203]
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Responsibility-New Direction for
Addressing Airworthiness Issues for
Transport Airplanes’’ (70 FR 40166, July
12, 2005), and the industry’s ability to
provide the necessary retrofit equipment
that might be required.
ARAC should provide information
that could lead to requirements in
rudder load conditions, and/or system
design that can be satisfied with
practical design approaches.
The FAA will provide a copy of each
DOT report mentioned in this tasking
notice.
Schedule: The tasks described above
are to be accomplished within 18
months of publication of this tasking
notice in the Federal Register.
ARAC Acceptance of Task
ARAC accepted the task and will
assign it to the reestablished Flight
Controls Harmonization Working
Group, under Transport Airplane and
Engine Issues. This working group will
use task groups to assist in their
activities. Nominees should have
experience in the areas of flight test,
flight controls, loads, or human factors.
The working group serves as support to
ARAC and assists in the analysis of
assigned tasks. ARAC must review and
approve the working group’s
recommendations. If ARAC accepts the
working group’s recommendations, it
will forward them to the FAA.
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Working Group Activity
The Flight Controls Harmonization
Working Group must comply with the
procedures adopted by ARAC. As part
of the procedures, the working group
must:
1. Recommend a work plan for
completion of the task, including the
rationale supporting such a plan, for
consideration at the next ARAC meeting
on Transport Airplane and Engine
Issues held following publication of this
notice.
2. Give a detailed conceptual
presentation of the proposed
recommendations before proceeding
with the work stated in item 3 below.
3. Draft the appropriate documents
and required analyses and/or any other
related materials or documents.
4. Provide a status report at each
ARAC meeting held to consider
Transport Airplane and Engine Issues.
Participation in the Working Group
The Flight Controls Harmonization
Working Group will be composed of
technical experts having an interest in
the assigned task. A working group
member need not be a representative or
a member of the full committee.
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If you have expertise in the subject
matter and wish to become a member of
the working group, write to the person
listed under the caption FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT expressing that
desire. Describe your interest in the task
and state the expertise you would bring
to the working group. We must receive
all requests by April 25, 2011. The
assistant chair and the assistant
executive director will review the
requests and advise you whether or not
your request is approved.
If you are chosen for membership on
the working group, you must represent
your aviation community segment and
actively participate in the working
group by attending all meetings, and
providing written comments when
requested to do so. You must devote the
resources necessary to support the
working group in meeting any assigned
deadlines. You must keep your
management chain and those you may
represent advised of working group
activities and decisions to ensure that
the proposed technical solutions don’t
conflict with your sponsoring
organization’s position when the subject
being considered is presented to ARAC
for approval. Once the working group
has begun deliberations, members will
not be added or substituted without the
approval of the assistant chair, the
assistant executive director and the
working group chair.
The Secretary of Transportation
determined that the formation and use
of ARAC is necessary and in the public
interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed on the
FAA by law.
ARAC meetings are open to the
public. Meetings of the Flight Controls
Harmonization Working Group will not
be open to the public, except to the
extent individuals with an interest and
expertise are selected to participate. The
FAA will make no public
announcement of working group
meetings.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 23,
2011.
Pamela Hamilton-Powell,
Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking
Advisory Committee.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement: Cook
County, IL
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
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Notice of Intent.
The FHWA is issuing this
Notice of Intent to advise the public that
an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) will be prepared for the Grand
Crossing Rail Project, which involves
new railroad track work, structural
work, grading, and signal improvements
to provide a new direct route for Amtrak
trains from New Orleans, Louisiana or
Carbondale, Illinois into Chicago Union
Station, and to provide sufficient
mainline capacity to accommodate
existing and additional Amtrak trains
along with freight traffic in the City of
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Norman R. Stoner, P.E., Division
Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration, 3250 Executive Park
Drive, Springfield, Illinois 62703,
Phone: (217) 492–4600. Steve McClarty,
Acting Bureau Chief, Bureau of
Railroads, Illinois Department of
Transportation, 100 W. Randolph Street,
Suite 6–600, Chicago, Illinois
60601–3229, Phone: (312) 793–3940.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
FHWA, in cooperation with the Illinois
Department of Transportation, Bureau of
Railroads, will prepare an EIS on a
proposal to construct a direct rail
connection between the Canadian
National (CN) and Norfolk Southern
(NS) Chicago Line to provide a new,
more direct route to Chicago’s Union
Station for Amtrak trains coming from
New Orleans, Louisiana, and
Carbondale, Illinois. The proposed
project is an element of the overall
Chicago Region Environmental and
Transportation Efficiency Program
(CREATE), a joint effort of the Illinois
Department of Transportation, the
Chicago Department of Transportation,
and the Association of American
Railroads to restructure, modernize, and
expand freight and passenger rail
facilities and highway grade separations
in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Alternative track configurations will be
considered and refined. The no-action
alternative will also be evaluated. A
preferred alternative and associated
potential impacts will be presented at a
public hearing. Preliminary measures to
minimize harm, construction cost
estimates, and estimated right-of-way
and relocation requirements will also be
developed.
The proposed action will reduce
travel time on the Amtrak’s Illini-Saluki
and City of New Orleans trains by
eliminating a time-consuming back-up
move into Union Station that these
trains currently perform due to the
existing track configuration. In addition,
the proposed action will provide
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additional rail capacity along the
existing rail corridor(s) that would be
used for the new route. It will also allow
for the space currently occupied by the
St. Charles Airline tracks and the CN
mainline tracks along the Lake Michigan
lakefront north of Grand Crossing to be
used to serve future public needs.
The project is located principally on
existing railroad rights-of-way owned by
CN, NS, and the Metra commuter
railroad. The project area—bounded by
117th Street on the south, Lake
Michigan on the east, Pershing Road on
the north, and Halsted Street on the
west—consists of urban residential and
industrial land uses; no significant
natural resource impacts are
anticipated. Potential impacts may
include residential and commercial
relocations, effects on community
cohesion and low-income and minority
populations, economic impacts, and
impacts to publicly owned parks,
properties potentially eligible for listing
on the National Register of Historic
Places, special waste sites, and public
facilities and services. There is also the
potential for noise and vibration, and air
quality impacts.
In an attempt to address the full range
of issues related to this proposed action
and identify all substantive issues, this
project is being developed using the
principles of Context Sensitive
Solutions per the Illinois Department of
Transportation’s Policies and
Procedures. A Stakeholder Involvement
Plan (SIP) will be developed that will
detail the public involvement activities
that will be conducted as part of this
study and will address the Coordination
Plan requirements of 23 U.S.C. 139(g)
within the context of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
process. Under the SIP, an
interdisciplinary Project Study Group
will be formed to develop the project,
and a Community Advisory Group will
be formed to provide input to the study
process. As part of the EIS process, a
scoping meeting for obtaining input
from resource agencies will be held in
June 2011 and invitations will be sent
to the resource agencies. Public
informational meetings, focus meetings
with stakeholders, a public hearing,
newsletters, a project Web site, and
interest group meetings will provide
additional opportunities for public
involvement. The project’s Draft EIS
will be available for public and agency
review prior to the public hearing. The
time and location of the public hearing
will be announced in local newspapers.
Comments or questions concerning this
proposed action and the Draft EIS
should be directed to FHWA or the
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Illinois Department of Transportation at
the addresses provided above.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning
and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372
regarding intergovernmental consultation on
Federal programs and activities apply to this
program.)
Issued on: March 21, 2011.
Jon-Paul Kohler,
Planning and Program Development
Manager, Springfield, Illinois.
[FR Doc. 2011–7203 Filed 3–25–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2011–
0039]
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping
Requirements
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S.
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Request for public comment on
an extension of a currently approved
collection of information.
AGENCY:
Before a Federal agency can
collect certain information from the
public, it must receive approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Under procedures established
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, before seeking OMB approval,
Federal agencies must solicit public
comment on proposed collections of
information, including extensions and
reinstatement of previously approved
collections.
This document describes a collection
of information for which NHTSA
intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 27, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
using any of the following methods. All
comments must have the applicable
DOT docket number (e.g., NHTSA–
2011–0039) noted conspicuously on
them.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility:
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., between
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9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Telephone: 1–800–647–5527.
• Fax: 202–493–2251
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number for this proposed collection of
information. Note that all comments
received will be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal information provided.
Please see the Privacy Act heading
below.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477–78) or you may visit https://
DocketInfo.dot.gov.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov. or the street
address listed above. Follow the online
instructions for accessing the dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex
Ansley, Recall Management Division
(NVS–215), Room W46–412, NHTSA,
1200 New Jersey Ave., Washington, DC
20590. Telephone: (202) 493–0481.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before an agency submits a proposed
collection of information to OMB for
approval, it must first publish a
document in the Federal Register
providing a 60-day comment period and
otherwise consult with members of the
public and affected agencies concerning
each proposed collection of information.
The OMB has promulgated regulations
describing what must be included in
such a document. Under OMB’s
regulation, see 5 CFR 1320.8(d), an
agency must ask for public comment on
the following:
(i) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(ii) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(iii) How to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(iv) How to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
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[FR Doc No: 2011-7203]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement: Cook County, IL
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this Notice of Intent to advise the public
that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for the
Grand Crossing Rail Project, which involves new railroad track work,
structural work, grading, and signal improvements to provide a new
direct route for Amtrak trains from New Orleans, Louisiana or
Carbondale, Illinois into Chicago Union Station, and to provide
sufficient mainline capacity to accommodate existing and additional
Amtrak trains along with freight traffic in the City of Chicago, Cook
County, Illinois.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norman R. Stoner, P.E., Division
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, 3250 Executive Park
Drive, Springfield, Illinois 62703, Phone: (217) 492-4600. Steve
McClarty, Acting Bureau Chief, Bureau of Railroads, Illinois Department
of Transportation, 100 W. Randolph Street, Suite 6-600, Chicago,
Illinois 60601-3229, Phone: (312) 793-3940.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Illinois
Department of Transportation, Bureau of Railroads, will prepare an EIS
on a proposal to construct a direct rail connection between the
Canadian National (CN) and Norfolk Southern (NS) Chicago Line to
provide a new, more direct route to Chicago's Union Station for Amtrak
trains coming from New Orleans, Louisiana, and Carbondale, Illinois.
The proposed project is an element of the overall Chicago Region
Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program (CREATE), a joint
effort of the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Chicago
Department of Transportation, and the Association of American Railroads
to restructure, modernize, and expand freight and passenger rail
facilities and highway grade separations in the Chicago metropolitan
area. Alternative track configurations will be considered and refined.
The no-action alternative will also be evaluated. A preferred
alternative and associated potential impacts will be presented at a
public hearing. Preliminary measures to minimize harm, construction
cost estimates, and estimated right-of-way and relocation requirements
will also be developed.
The proposed action will reduce travel time on the Amtrak's Illini-
Saluki and City of New Orleans trains by eliminating a time-consuming
back-up move into Union Station that these trains currently perform due
to the existing track configuration. In addition, the proposed action
will provide
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additional rail capacity along the existing rail corridor(s) that would
be used for the new route. It will also allow for the space currently
occupied by the St. Charles Airline tracks and the CN mainline tracks
along the Lake Michigan lakefront north of Grand Crossing to be used to
serve future public needs.
The project is located principally on existing railroad rights-of-
way owned by CN, NS, and the Metra commuter railroad. The project
area--bounded by 117th Street on the south, Lake Michigan on the east,
Pershing Road on the north, and Halsted Street on the west--consists of
urban residential and industrial land uses; no significant natural
resource impacts are anticipated. Potential impacts may include
residential and commercial relocations, effects on community cohesion
and low-income and minority populations, economic impacts, and impacts
to publicly owned parks, properties potentially eligible for listing on
the National Register of Historic Places, special waste sites, and
public facilities and services. There is also the potential for noise
and vibration, and air quality impacts.
In an attempt to address the full range of issues related to this
proposed action and identify all substantive issues, this project is
being developed using the principles of Context Sensitive Solutions per
the Illinois Department of Transportation's Policies and Procedures. A
Stakeholder Involvement Plan (SIP) will be developed that will detail
the public involvement activities that will be conducted as part of
this study and will address the Coordination Plan requirements of 23
U.S.C. 139(g) within the context of the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) process. Under the SIP, an interdisciplinary Project Study
Group will be formed to develop the project, and a Community Advisory
Group will be formed to provide input to the study process. As part of
the EIS process, a scoping meeting for obtaining input from resource
agencies will be held in June 2011 and invitations will be sent to the
resource agencies. Public informational meetings, focus meetings with
stakeholders, a public hearing, newsletters, a project Web site, and
interest group meetings will provide additional opportunities for
public involvement. The project's Draft EIS will be available for
public and agency review prior to the public hearing. The time and
location of the public hearing will be announced in local newspapers.
Comments or questions concerning this proposed action and the Draft EIS
should be directed to FHWA or the Illinois Department of Transportation
at the addresses provided above.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205,
Highway Planning and Construction. The regulations implementing
Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental consultation on
Federal programs and activities apply to this program.)
Issued on: March 21, 2011.
Jon-Paul Kohler,
Planning and Program Development Manager, Springfield, Illinois.
[FR Doc. 2011-7203 Filed 3-25-11; 8:45 am]
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