Notice To Rescind Notice of Intent To Prepare Environmental Impact Statement, Route 82/85/11 Corridor, New London County, Connecticut, 68499 [2016-23934]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 192 / Tuesday, October 4, 2016 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The FHWA is issuing this
notice to advise the public that FHWA
is rescinding its Notice of Intent (NOI)
to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for transportation
improvements within the Connecticut
Route 82/85/11 corridor in the towns of
Salem, Montville, Waterford, and East
Lyme, Connecticut.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy D. Jackson-Grove, Division
Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration, 628–2 Hebron Avenue,
Suite 303, Glastonbury, CT 06033,
Telephone: (860) 659–6703.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An NOI to
prepare an EIS for the Route 82/85/11
corridor was published in the Federal
Register in 1998 (Federal Register Vol.
63, No. 50; FR Doc. 98–6598). The Draft
EIS was issued in February 1999, and
the Final EIS was issued in July 2007.
A Record of Decision was never signed
due to environmental concerns and lack
of financial resources to construct the
project.
Numerous environmental studies
have exposed the magnitude of potential
environmental impacts to a variety of
resources, such as wetlands, endangered
species, Section 4(f), and cultural
resources. Accordingly, FHWA is
hereby rescinding the NOI.
SUMMARY:
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Number 20.205, Highway Research,
Planning and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372
regarding intergovernmental consultation on
Federal programs and activities apply to this
program.)
Issued on: September 28, 2016.
Amy Jackson-Grove,
Division Administrator, Glastonbury,
Connecticut.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Transfer of Federally Assisted Facility
Federal Transit Administration
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Section 5334(h) of the Federal
Transit Laws, as codified, 49 U.S.C.
5301, et. seq., permits the Administrator
of the Federal Transit Administration
(FTA) to authorize a recipient of FTA
funds to transfer land or a facility to a
public body for any public purpose with
no further obligation to the Federal
Government if, among other things, no
Federal agency is interested in acquiring
the asset for Federal use. Accordingly,
FTA is issuing this Notice to advise
Federal agencies that VIA Metropolitan
Transit (VIA) intends to transfer the
facility at 7535 Merton Mintor, Bexar
County, San Antonio, Texas, to
University Health System (a.k.a Bexar
County Hospital District, hereinafter
‘‘District’’), a political subdivision of the
State of Texas in San Antonio, Texas,
serving Bexar County. The facility is
attached and connected to a building
and parking garage at the South Texas
Medical Center. VIA used the facility
from approximately 1998 to 2012 as a
transfer facility. VIA discontinued use
of the facility in December 2012 with
the opening of its new medical center
transfer facility at a different location.
The District intends to use the facility
for various hospital departments,
including the Information Technology
Department, and a Pediatric Food Bank.
The transfer will provide benefits to the
hospital by providing space for hospital
department personnel and operations.
The transfer will provide a benefit to the
community in the form of the Pediatric
Food Bank, filling a need for children
that will allow them to stay nourished
and healthy, with the goal of avoiding
unnecessary hospital stays. The District
plans to use the facility for at least 20
years and is planning renovations to the
facility and its systems.
DATES: Effective Date: Any Federal
agency interested in acquiring the
facility must notify the FTA Region VI
office of its interest no later than
November 3, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties should
notify the Regional Office by writing to
Robert C. Patrick, Regional
Administrator, Federal Transit
Administration, 819 Taylor Street,
Room 8A36, Fort Worth, TX 76102
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eldridge Onco, Regional Counsel, (817)
978–0557.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Notice To Rescind Notice of Intent To
Prepare Environmental Impact
Statement, Route 82/85/11 Corridor,
New London County, Connecticut
AGENCY:
Notice of intent to transfer
Federally assisted facility.
ACTION:
Background
49 U.S.C. 5334(h) provides guidance
on the transfer of capital assets.
Specifically, if a recipient of FTA
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assistance decides an asset acquired
under this chapter at least in part with
that assistance is no longer needed for
the purpose for which it was acquired,
the Secretary of Transportation may
authorize the recipient to transfer the
asset to a local governmental authority
to be used for a public purpose with no
further obligation to the Government. 49
U.S.C. 5334(h)(1).
Determinations
The Secretary may authorize a
transfer for a public purpose other than
mass transportation only if the Secretary
decides:
(A) The asset will remain in public
use for at least 5 years after the date the
asset is transferred;
(B) There is no purpose eligible for
assistance under this chapter for which
the asset should be used;
(C) The overall benefit of allowing the
transfer is greater than the interest of the
Government in liquidation and return of
the financial interest of the Government
in the asset, after considering fair
market value and other factors; and
(D) Through an appropriate screening
or survey process, that there is no
interest in acquiring the asset for
Government use if the asset is a facility
or land.
Federal Interest in Acquiring Land or
Facility
This document implements the
requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5334(h)(1)(D)
of the Federal Transit Laws.
Accordingly, FTA hereby provides
notice of the availability of the facility
further described below. Any Federal
agency interested in acquiring the
affected facility should promptly notify
the FTA. If no Federal agency is
interested in acquiring the existing
facility, FTA will make certain that the
other requirements specified in 49
U.S.C. 5334(h)(1)(A) through (C) are met
before permitting the asset to be
transferred.
Additional Description of Land or
Facility
The subject improvement is located
on property legally described as: NCB
12816 BLK 6 LOT NE IRR 781.56 FT OF
4. The subject property consists of an
easement encumbered with an
improvement (building) and does not
include fee to the land. The
improvement is approximately 1925
square feet consisting of a waiting area,
two restrooms, ticket office and an
elevator. The elevator goes up to the
crosswalk of the University Health
Center crosswalk. The facility is in fair
to good condition. Public utilities are
available: Water; sewer; telephone; and
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Notice To Rescind Notice of Intent To Prepare Environmental
Impact Statement, Route 82/85/11 Corridor, New London County,
Connecticut
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that FHWA
is rescinding its Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for transportation improvements within the
Connecticut Route 82/85/11 corridor in the towns of Salem, Montville,
Waterford, and East Lyme, Connecticut.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy D. Jackson-Grove, Division
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, 628-2 Hebron Avenue,
Suite 303, Glastonbury, CT 06033, Telephone: (860) 659-6703.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An NOI to prepare an EIS for the Route 82/
85/11 corridor was published in the Federal Register in 1998 (Federal
Register Vol. 63, No. 50; FR Doc. 98-6598). The Draft EIS was issued in
February 1999, and the Final EIS was issued in July 2007. A Record of
Decision was never signed due to environmental concerns and lack of
financial resources to construct the project.
Numerous environmental studies have exposed the magnitude of
potential environmental impacts to a variety of resources, such as
wetlands, endangered species, Section 4(f), and cultural resources.
Accordingly, FHWA is hereby rescinding the NOI.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205,
Highway Research, Planning and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental
consultation on Federal programs and activities apply to this
program.)
Issued on: September 28, 2016.
Amy Jackson-Grove,
Division Administrator, Glastonbury, Connecticut.
[FR Doc. 2016-23934 Filed 10-3-16; 8:45 am]
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