Environmental Impact Statement, Portageville Bridge Project (Wyoming and Livingston Counties, New York), 65420-65421 [2013-25865]
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2013, and was required by a provision
of the Act to approve or disapprove the
program within 180 days (other than the
use of new or modified flight
procedures for noise control). Failure to
approve or disapprove such program
within the 180-day period shall be
deemed to be an approval of such
program.
The Noise Compatibility Program
recommended three Noise Abatement
Elements, five Land Use Planning
Elements and two Program Management
Elements. The FAA completed its
review and determined that the
procedural and substantive
requirements of the Act and FAR Part
150 have been satisfied. The overall
program was approved, by the Manager
of the Airports Division, Western-Pacific
Region, effective September 9, 2013.
Approval was granted for four Land
Use Planning Elements and one Program
Management Element. The approved
measures include: Working with the
City of Tucson to review and if
necessary modify the boundaries of the
Airport Environs Zone (AEZ) Overlay;
work with the City of Tucson to review
and if necessary modify the land use
regulations within the AEZ Overlay as
defined in Section 2.8.5 of the City of
Tucson Land Use Code; Work with Pima
County to review and if necessary
modify the boundaries of the Airport
Environs and facilities Overlay Zone
(AEFZ); work with Pima County to
review and if necessary modify the land
use regulations within the AEFZ
Overlay as defined in Pima County
Code; and periodically review and if
necessary, update the Noise Exposure
Maps (NEM’S) and the Noise
Compatibility Program (NCP). Approval
as a voluntary measure was given for
two Noise Abatement Elements and one
Program Management Element. These
measures include: Formalizing an
agreement with the Arizona Air
National Guard (AANG) to limit
nighttime/early morning and weekend
operations; work with the AANG to
develop restrictions on ground
operations, including optimal
orientation of aircraft during final
checks prior to departure to reduce
noise impacts, and formalize and
expand current public outreach
programs. One Noise Abatement
Element and one Land Use Planning
Element was disapproved for purposes
of Part 150, since they did not reduce
incompatible land uses or lacked a
demonstrated noise benefit to
noncompatible land uses exposed to
noise levels in the yearly day/night
average sound level (DNL) 65 noise
contours. These measures included:
Study implementing an Optimized
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Profile Descent (OPD) procedure for one
or more runway ends and to investigate
opportunities to design Airport
development in a manner that both
reduces interior noise levels of the
development and that acts as a barrier
to shield neighboring communities from
aircraft noise.
The FAA determinations are set forth
in detail in the Record of Approval
signed by the Manager of the Airports
Division, Western-Pacific Region, on
September 9, 2013. The Record of
Approval, as well as other evaluation
materials and the documents
comprising the submittal, are available
for review at the FAA office listed above
and at the administrative offices of the
Tucson International Airport. The
Record of Approval also will be
available on-line at: https://www.faa.gov/
airports/environmental/airport_noise/
part_150/states/.
Issued in Hawthorne, California, on
October 23, 2013.
Brian Q. Armstrong,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, WesternPacific Region, AWP–600.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement,
Portageville Bridge Project (Wyoming
and Livingston Counties, New York)
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), United States
Department of Transportation (USDOT).
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
AGENCY:
FHWA, as lead agency, is
issuing this notice to advise the public
that an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) will be prepared for the proposed
project to provide a modern rail crossing
at the location of the existing
Portageville Bridge (also known as the
‘‘Portage High Bridge’’) over the Genesee
River in Wyoming and Livingston
Counties, New York.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Raymond Hessinger, New York State
Department of Transportation, 50 Wolf
Road, Albany, New York 12232,
Telephone: (518) 457–8075; or Jonathan
McDade, New York Division
Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration, Leo W. O’Brien Federal
Building, 7th Floor, Room 719, Clinton
Avenue and North Pearl Street, Albany,
New York 12207, Telephone: (518) 431–
4127.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
FHWA, in cooperation with the New
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York State Department of
Transportation (NYSDOT) and Norfolk
Southern Railway Company, will
prepare an EIS in accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) on a proposal to construct a
modern rail crossing of the Genesee
River between Wyoming and Livingston
Counties in New York.
The purpose of the Project is to
address the existing deficiencies at
Norfolk Southern’s Portageville Bridge
(also known as the ‘‘Portage High
Bridge’’) by providing a modern rail
crossing of the Genesee River that is
capable of carrying current industry
standard freight rail loads, to the
greatest degree possible meeting FRA
Class 4 speeds, while reducing ongoing
maintenance efforts and costs. The
Project is needed in order for Norfolk
Southern to continue safe, reliable and
efficient rail operations on the Southern
Tier route. These operations are critical
to the economic viability and growth of
the Southern Tier and other affected
areas of New York.
Alternatives under consideration
include: The no-build alternative;
rehabilitation or reconstruction of the
existing bridge; and construction of a
new bridge at approximately the same
location or at another location. The
NEPA documentation will consider this
list of alternatives and evaluations
conducted to date, including
information documented in a
previously-published Draft EIS prepared
pursuant to the New York State
Environmental Review Act (SEQRA).
The NEPA documentation will also
consider reasonable and feasible
alternatives identified during scoping.
The EIS will identify a preferred
alternative that meets the Project
purpose and need of the project and is
considered feasible based on
engineering, cost, and social, economic,
and environmental considerations.
Information describing the project,
alternatives under consideration, and
opportunities for agency and public
involvement in the process will be sent
to the appropriate Cooperating and
Participating Agencies and to private
organizations and citizens that have
expressed an interest in this action. This
information will also be available on the
Project Web site (www.dot.ny.gov/
portagevillebridge). The public and
agencies will be offered an opportunity
to comment on the Purpose and Need,
range of alternatives, level of detail,
methodologies, etc. This will be
accomplished through public and
agency outreach which will consist of:
A formal public scoping meeting to be
held in Mount Morris, New York in
November 2013; a public hearing on the
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Draft EIS; meetings with the applicable
Cooperating and Participating Agencies;
and meeting with Section 106
Consulting Parties including federally
recognized Indian tribes. The Draft EIS
will also be available for public and
agency review and comment. FHWA
and NYSDOT will provide public
notification of the time and location of
the meetings and hearings.
The meetings will be accessible to
persons with disabilities. If special
services, such as an interpreter or sign
language services, are needed, please
contact Raymond Hessinger, New York
State Department of Transportation.
To ensure that a full range of issues
related to this proposed action are
addressed and all significant issues are
identified, comments and suggestions
are invited from all interested parties.
Comments or questions concerning this
proposed action and the EIS should be
directed to the FHWA or NYSDOT 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 October 25, 2013.
Jonathan McDade,
New York Division Administrator, Federal
Highway Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2010–0005–N–21]
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and Request for
Comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below will be forwarded to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the nature of the information collection
and its expected burden. The Federal
Register notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the
following collections of information was
published on August 13, 2013.
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Comments must be submitted on
or before December 2, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Office of Safety,
Planning and Evaluation Division, RRS–
21, Federal Railroad Administration,
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., 3rd Floor,
Mail Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590
(telephone: (202) 493–6292), or Ms.
Kimberly Toone, Office of Information
Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
SE., 3rd Floor, Mail Stop 35,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6132). (These telephone numbers
are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Public Law 104–13, Section 2,
109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised
at 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR Part
1320, require Federal agencies to issue
two notices seeking public comment on
information collection activities before
OMB may approve paperwork packages.
44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5,
1320.8(d)(1), 1320.12. On August 13,
2013, FRA published a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register soliciting comment
on this ICR that the agency was seeking
OMB approval. 78 FR 49321. FRA
received no comments in response to
this notice.
Before OMB decides whether to
approve these proposed collections of
information, it must provide 30 days for
public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5
CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires
OMB to approve or disapprove
paperwork packages between 30 and 60
days after the 30 day notice is
published. 44 U.S.C. 3507 (b)-(c); 5 CFR
1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes that the 30
day notice informs the regulated
community to file relevant comments
and affords the agency adequate time to
digest public comments before it
renders a decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug.
29, 1995. Therefore, respondents should
submit their respective comments to
OMB within 30 days of publication to
best ensure having their full effect. 5
CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995.
The summary below describes the
nature of the information collection
request (ICR) and the expected burden
for the ICR that will be submitted for
clearance by OMB as required by the
PRA.
Title: Alleged Violation Reporting
Form
OMB Control Number: 2130–0590
Type of Request: Regular Approval of
a Currently Approved Information
Collection
DATES:
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Affected Public: U.S. Residents
Abstract: The Alleged Violation
Reporting Form is a response to Section
307(b) of the Rail Safety Improvement
Act of 2008, signed into law by
President George W. Bush on October
16, 2008, which requires Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) to
‘‘provide a mechanism for the public to
submit written reports of potential
violations of Federal railroad safety and
hazardous materials transportation laws,
regulations, and orders to the Federal
Railroad Administration.’’ The Alleged
Violation Reporting Form allows the
general public to submit alleged
violations directly to FRA. The form’s
goal is to allow FRA to collect
information necessary to investigate the
alleged violation and to provide follow
up correspondence with the submitting
party.
The Alleged Violation Reporting Form
collects the name, phone number and
email of the person submitting the
alleged violations; the preferred method
by which to contact the person; the
railroad or company name that
committed the alleged violation, the
date and time the alleged violation
occurred; the location the alleged
violation occurred; and details about the
violation. All information is voluntary.
FRA will collect the information via a
form on the FRA public Web site. FRA
may share the information collected
with FRA employees, State DOT
partners, and law enforcement agencies.
Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.151
Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 50
hours
Addressee: Send comments regarding
this information collection to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, 725
Seventeenth Street NW., Washington,
DC 20503, Attention: FRA Desk Officer.
Comments may also be sent via email to
OMB at the following address: oira_
submissions@omb.eop.gov
Comments are invited on the
following: Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Department, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; the accuracy of the
Department’s estimate of the burden of
the proposed information collection;
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
A comment to OMB is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
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[FR Doc No: 2013-25865]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement, Portageville Bridge Project
(Wyoming and Livingston Counties, New York)
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), United States Department
of Transportation (USDOT).
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: FHWA, as lead agency, is issuing this notice to advise the
public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared
for the proposed project to provide a modern rail crossing at the
location of the existing Portageville Bridge (also known as the
``Portage High Bridge'') over the Genesee River in Wyoming and
Livingston Counties, New York.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Raymond Hessinger, New York State
Department of Transportation, 50 Wolf Road, Albany, New York 12232,
Telephone: (518) 457-8075; or Jonathan McDade, New York Division
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Leo W. O'Brien Federal
Building, 7th Floor, Room 719, Clinton Avenue and North Pearl Street,
Albany, New York 12207, Telephone: (518) 431-4127.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the New York
State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and Norfolk Southern
Railway Company, will prepare an EIS in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on a proposal to construct a modern
rail crossing of the Genesee River between Wyoming and Livingston
Counties in New York.
The purpose of the Project is to address the existing deficiencies
at Norfolk Southern's Portageville Bridge (also known as the ``Portage
High Bridge'') by providing a modern rail crossing of the Genesee River
that is capable of carrying current industry standard freight rail
loads, to the greatest degree possible meeting FRA Class 4 speeds,
while reducing ongoing maintenance efforts and costs. The Project is
needed in order for Norfolk Southern to continue safe, reliable and
efficient rail operations on the Southern Tier route. These operations
are critical to the economic viability and growth of the Southern Tier
and other affected areas of New York.
Alternatives under consideration include: The no-build alternative;
rehabilitation or reconstruction of the existing bridge; and
construction of a new bridge at approximately the same location or at
another location. The NEPA documentation will consider this list of
alternatives and evaluations conducted to date, including information
documented in a previously-published Draft EIS prepared pursuant to the
New York State Environmental Review Act (SEQRA). The NEPA documentation
will also consider reasonable and feasible alternatives identified
during scoping. The EIS will identify a preferred alternative that
meets the Project purpose and need of the project and is considered
feasible based on engineering, cost, and social, economic, and
environmental considerations.
Information describing the project, alternatives under
consideration, and opportunities for agency and public involvement in
the process will be sent to the appropriate Cooperating and
Participating Agencies and to private organizations and citizens that
have expressed an interest in this action. This information will also
be available on the Project Web site (www.dot.ny.gov/portagevillebridge). The public and agencies will be offered an
opportunity to comment on the Purpose and Need, range of alternatives,
level of detail, methodologies, etc. This will be accomplished through
public and agency outreach which will consist of: A formal public
scoping meeting to be held in Mount Morris, New York in November 2013;
a public hearing on the
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Draft EIS; meetings with the applicable Cooperating and Participating
Agencies; and meeting with Section 106 Consulting Parties including
federally recognized Indian tribes. The Draft EIS will also be
available for public and agency review and comment. FHWA and NYSDOT
will provide public notification of the time and location of the
meetings and hearings.
The meetings will be accessible to persons with disabilities. If
special services, such as an interpreter or sign language services, are
needed, please contact Raymond Hessinger, New York State Department of
Transportation.
To ensure that a full range of issues related to this proposed
action are addressed and all significant issues are identified,
comments and suggestions are invited from all interested parties.
Comments or questions concerning this proposed action and the EIS
should be directed to the FHWA or NYSDOT 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 October 25, 2013.
Jonathan McDade,
New York Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-25865 Filed 10-30-13; 8:45 am]
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