Notice To Rescind Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Proposed Transit Improvements in the Corridor Between the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) and the Anaheim Resort® in the City of Anaheim, Orange County, California, 7277-7278 [2014-01925]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 25 / Thursday, February 6, 2014 / Notices Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 45 hours for each of the 316 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) submissions. Estimated Total Burden: 5,332 hours. Frequency: Annually. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Title: Nondiscrimination as It Applies to FTA Grant Programs (OMB Number: 2132–0542) Background: 49 Code of Federal Regulations, part 21.5 states: ‘‘Where a primary objective of the Federal financial assistance to a program to which this part applies is to provide employment, a recipient or other party subject to this part shall not, directly or through contractual or other arrangements, subject a person to discrimination on the ground of race, color, or national origin in its employment practices under such program (including recruitment or recruitment advertising, hiring, firing, upgrading, promotion, demotion, transfer, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation or benefits, selection for training or apprenticeship, use of facilities, and treatment of employees).’’ 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 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 VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:18 Feb 05, 2014 Jkt 232001 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: Transit agencies, States and Metropolitan Planning Organizations. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 25 hours for each of the 97 EEO submissions. Estimated Total Burden: 2,425 hours. Frequency: Annually. Title: Charter Service Operations (OMB Number: 2132–0543) Background: FTA recipients may only provide charter bus service with FTAfunded facilities and equipment if the charter service is incidental to the provision of transit service (49 U.S.C. 5323(d). This restriction protects charter service providers from unauthorized competition by FTA recipients. The requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5323(d) are implemented in FTA’s charter regulation (Charter Service Rule) at 49 CFR part 604. Amended in 2008, the Charter Service Rule now contains five (5) provisions that impose information collection requirements on FTA recipients of financial assistance from FTA under Federal Transit Law. First, 49 CFR 604.4 requires all applicants for Federal financial assistance under Federal Transit Law, unless otherwise exempted under 49 CFR 604.2, to enter into a ‘‘Charter Service Agreement,’’ contained in the Certifications and Assurances for FTA Assistance Programs. The Certifications and Assurances become a part of the Grant Agreement or Cooperative Agreement for Federal financial assistance upon receipt of Federal funds. The rule requires each applicant to submit one Charter Service Agreement for each year that the applicant intends to apply for the Federal financial assistance specified above. Second, 49 CFR 604.14(3) requires a recipient of Federal funds under Federal Transit Law, unless otherwise exempt, to provide email notification to all registered charter providers in the recipient’s geographic service area each time the recipient receives a request for charter service that the recipient is interested in providing. Third, 49 CFR 604.12(c) requires a recipient, unless otherwise exempt under 49 CFR Part 604.2, to submit on a quarterly basis records of all instances that the recipient provided charter service. Fourth, 49 CFR 604.13 requires a private charter provider to register on PO 00000 Frm 00114 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 7277 FTA’s Charter Registration Web site at https://ftawebprod.fta.dot.gov/Charter Registration/ in order to qualify as a registered charter service provider and receive email notifications by recipients that are interested in providing a requested charter service. The rule requires that a registered charter service provider must update its information on the Charter Registration Web site at least once every two years. Currently, there are a total of 192 registered private charter service providers. Registration has consistently decreased over the years. Lastly, 49 CFR 604.7 permits recipients to provide charter service to Qualified Human Service Organizations (QHSO) under limited circumstances. QHSOs that do not receive Federal funding under programs listed in Appendix A to Part 604 and seek to receive free or reduced rate services from recipients must register on FTA’s Charter Registration Web site (49 CFR 604.15(a)). Respondents: State and local government, business or other for-profit institutions, and non-profit institutions. Estimated Annual Burden on Respondents: 1.75 hours for each of the 955 Recipient respondents, 0.5 hours for each of the 53 non-profit respondents, and 0.5 hours for each of the 192 forprofit respondents. Estimated Total Burden: 369.7 hours. Frequency: Annually, bi-annually, quarterly, and as required. Matthew M. Crouch, Associate Administrator for Administration. [FR Doc. 2014–02421 Filed 2–5–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Transit Administration Notice To Rescind Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Proposed Transit Improvements in the Corridor Between the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) and the Anaheim Resort® in the City of Anaheim, Orange County, California AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, DOT. Rescind notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement. ACTION: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), in cooperation with the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) and the City of Anaheim, are issuing this notice to advise the public that the Notice of SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\06FEN1.SGM 06FEN1 7278 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 25 / Thursday, February 6, 2014 / Notices Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed transit improvements in the corridor between the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) and The Anaheim Resort in the city of Anaheim is being rescinded. Mr. Ted Matley, Community Planner, Region IX, Federal Transit Administration, 201 Mission Street, Suite 1650, San Francisco, CA 94105, phone (415) 744–2590, email ted.matley@dot.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The FTA, in cooperation with the OCTA and the City of Anaheim, published a NOI in the Federal Register on October 27, 2009 (74 FR 55279–55281) to prepare an EIS for proposed transit improvements over a 3.5-mile corridor between the future Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center on the east and The Anaheim Resort on the west in the City of Anaheim. At that time, the alternatives proposed for evaluation included: A No-Build Alternative, a Transportation System Management Alternative, a Bus Rapid Transit Alternative, and an Elevated FixedGuideway Alternative. In October 2012, an Alternatives Analysis was completed, which screened these alternatives as well as a Streetcar Alternative. Based upon the results of the AA, in October 2012, the Anaheim City Council selected the Streetcar Alternative as the LPA for further environmental analysis. The mode and alignment for the proposed project has been refined substantially. It is anticipated that an Environmental Assessment, leading to a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), would be the appropriate class of action under NEPA. Therefore, the FTA has determined that the NOI for the EIS will be rescinded. Comments and questions concerning the proposed action should be directed to FTA at the address provided above. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Issued on: January 24, 2014. Leslie T. Rogers, Regional Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, Region IX. [FR Doc. 2014–01925 Filed 2–5–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–57–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Bureau of Transportation Statistics [Docket ID Number RITA 2008–0002] Agency Information Collection: Activity Under OMB Review; Report of Traffic and Capacity Statistics—The T– 100 System Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics invites the general public, industry and other governmental parties to comment on the continuing need for and usefulness of DOT requiring U.S. and foreign air carriers to file traffic and capacity data pursuant to 14 CFR 241.19 and Part 217, respectively. These reports are used to measure air transportation activity to, from, and within the United States. DATES: Written comments should be submitted by April 7, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Rodes, Office of Airline Information, RTS–42, Room E34–420, RITA, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590–0001, Telephone Number (202) 366–8513, Fax Number (202) 366–3383 or EMAIL jennifer.rodes@dot.gov. Comments: Comments should identify the associated OMB approval # 2138– 0040 and Docket ID Number RITA 2008–0002. Persons wishing the Department to acknowledge receipt of their comments must submit with those comments a self-addressed stamped postcard on which the following statement is made: Comments on OMB # 2138–0040, Docket—RITA 2008–0002. The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Approval No. 2138–0040. Title: Report of Traffic and Capacity Statistics—The T–100 System. Form No.: Schedules T–100 and T– 100(f). Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Certificated, commuter and foreign air carriers that operate to, from or within the United States. SUMMARY: T100 Form Number of Respondents: 130. Number of Annual Responses: 1,560. Total Burden per Response: 6 hours. Total Annual Burden: 9,360 hours. T100F Form Number of Respondents: 175. VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:18 Feb 05, 2014 Jkt 232001 PO 00000 Frm 00115 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Number of Annual Responses 2,100. Total Burden per Response: 2 hours. Total Annual Burden: 4,200 hours. Needs and Uses: Airport Improvement The Federal Aviation Administration uses enplanement data for U.S. airports to distribute the annual Airport Improvement Program (AIP) entitlement funds to eligible primary airports, i.e., airports which account for more than 0.01 percent of the total passengers enplaned at U.S. airports. Enplanement data contained in Schedule T–100/T– 100(f) are the sole data base used by the FAA in determining airport funding. U.S. airports receiving significant service from foreign air carriers operating small aircraft could be receiving less than their fair share of AIP entitlement funds. Collecting Schedule T–100(f) data for small aircraft operations will enable the FAA to more fairly distribute these funds. Air Carrier Safety The FAA uses traffic, operational and capacity data as important safety indicators and to prepare the air carrier traffic and operation forecasts that are used in developing its budget and staffing plans, facility and equipment funding levels, and environmental impact and policy studies. The FAA monitors changes in the number of air carrier operations as a way to allocate inspection resources and in making decisions as to increased safety surveillance. Similarly, airport activity statistics are used by the FAA to develop airport profiles and establish priorities for airport inspections. Acquisitions and Mergers While the Justice Department has the primary responsibility over air carrier acquisitions and mergers, the Department reviews the transfer of international routes involved to determine if they would substantially reduce competition, or determine if the transaction would be inconsistent with the public interest. In making these determinations, the proposed transaction’s effect on competition in the markets served by the affected air carriers is analyzed. This analysis includes, among other things, a consideration of the volume of traffic and available capacity, the flight segments and origins-destinations involved, and the existence of entry barriers, such as limited airport slots or gate capacity. Also included is a review of the volume of traffic handled by each air carrier at specific airports and in specific markets which would be affected by the proposed acquisition or E:\FR\FM\06FEN1.SGM 06FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7277-7278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01925]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Notice To Rescind Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) for Proposed Transit Improvements in the 
Corridor Between the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center 
(ARTIC) and the Anaheim Resort[supreg] in the City of Anaheim, Orange 
County, California

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Rescind notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), in cooperation with 
the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) and the City of 
Anaheim, are issuing this notice to advise the public that the Notice 
of

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Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for 
proposed transit improvements in the corridor between the Anaheim 
Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) and The Anaheim 
Resort in the city of Anaheim is being rescinded.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ted Matley, Community Planner, 
Region IX, Federal Transit Administration, 201 Mission Street, Suite 
1650, San Francisco, CA 94105, phone (415) 744-2590, email 
ted.matley@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FTA, in cooperation with the OCTA and 
the City of Anaheim, published a NOI in the Federal Register on October 
27, 2009 (74 FR 55279-55281) to prepare an EIS for proposed transit 
improvements over a 3.5-mile corridor between the future Anaheim 
Regional Transportation Intermodal Center on the east and The Anaheim 
Resort on the west in the City of Anaheim. At that time, the 
alternatives proposed for evaluation included: A No-Build Alternative, 
a Transportation System Management Alternative, a Bus Rapid Transit 
Alternative, and an Elevated Fixed-Guideway Alternative. In October 
2012, an Alternatives Analysis was completed, which screened these 
alternatives as well as a Streetcar Alternative. Based upon the results 
of the AA, in October 2012, the Anaheim City Council selected the 
Streetcar Alternative as the LPA for further environmental analysis.
    The mode and alignment for the proposed project has been refined 
substantially. It is anticipated that an Environmental Assessment, 
leading to a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), would be the 
appropriate class of action under NEPA. Therefore, the FTA has 
determined that the NOI for the EIS will be rescinded.
    Comments and questions concerning the proposed action should be 
directed to FTA at the address provided above.

    Issued on: January 24, 2014.
Leslie T. Rogers,
Regional Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2014-01925 Filed 2-5-14; 8:45 am]
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