Notice of Availability of a Final General Conformity Determination for the California High-Speed Rail System, Bakersfield to Palmdale Section, 40897-40898 [2021-16143]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 143 / Thursday, July 29, 2021 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration Public Meeting/Notice of Availability for Proposed Air Tour Management Plans at Mount Rainier National Park; Death Valley National Park; Everglades National Park; and Olympic National Park Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Transportation. ACTION: Public meeting/notice of availability for draft Air Tour Management Plans at Mount Rainier National Park; Death Valley National Park; Everglades National Park; and Olympic National Park. jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: Park Livestream: https://youtu.be/ dVqpZ_X5vww • Tuesday, August 17, 2021 (4:30– 6:00 p.m. PT)—Death Valley National Park Livestream: https://youtu.be/ mqWiaVorP3Y • Thursday, August 19, 2021 (6:30– 8:00 p.m. ET)—Everglades National Park Livestream: https://youtu.be/YED_ w6Bkztg • Wednesday, August 25, 2021 (5:30– 7:00 p.m. PT)—Olympic National Park Livestream: https://youtu.be/ lSW9867qHiA The meetings will be held virtually. Members of the public who wish to observe the virtual meetings can access the livestream from either of the following FAA social media platforms SUMMARY: The FAA, in cooperation with on the day of the event, https:// the National Park Service (NPS), has www.facebook.com/FAA, https:// initiated development of Air Tour twitter.com/FAANews or https:// Management Plans (ATMPs) for Mount www.youtube.com/FAAnews. Rainier National Park, Death Valley Contact: Any request for reasonable National Park, Everglades National Park, accommodations should be sent to the and Olympic National Park (collectively person listed on the parks’ PEPC sites. referred to as the Parks) pursuant to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA National Parks Air Tour Management is issuing this notice pursuant to the Act of 2000 and its implementing National Parks Air Tour Management regulations. This notice announces the Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–181) and its public availability of the proposed implementing regulations contained in ATMPs for comment and public Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, meetings for each of the Parks. The Part 136, Subpart B, National Parks Air purpose of these meetings is to review the proposed ATMPs and further ATMP Tour Management. The objectives of the ATMPs are to develop acceptable and development with the public. The effective measures to mitigate or prevent proposed ATMPs provide acceptable the significant adverse impacts, if any, and effective measures to mitigate or prevent the significant adverse impacts, of commercial air tour operations upon if any, of commercial air tour operations the natural resources, cultural resources, upon the natural and cultural resources, and visitor experiences of the Parks and any tribal lands within or abutting the visitor experiences, and tribal lands. In Parks. The FAA and the NPS are accordance with Section 106 of the inviting comment from the public, National Historic Preservation Act, the Federal and state agencies, tribes, and FAA and the NPS are also seeking other interested parties on the proposed public comment on the potential of the ATMPs for Mount Rainier National proposed ATMPs to cause adverse Park, Death Valley National Park, effects to historic properties. Everglades National Park, and Olympic DATES: Comment Period: Comments National Park. must be received on or before 30 days The FAA and the NPS have from this notice. determined that each ATMP constitutes Comments will be received on the a Federal undertaking subject to NPS Planning, Environment and Public compliance with Section 106 of the Comment System (PEPC) website. Each National Historic Preservation Act and park’s website link is below: its implementing regulations (36 CFR • Mount Rainer National Park— part 800). The FAA and the NPS are https://parkplanning.nps.gov/ consulting with tribes, State and Tribal MountRainierATMP Historic Preservation Officers, and other • Death Valley National Park— interested parties to identify historic https://parkplanning.nps.gov/ properties and assess the potential DeathValleyATMP effects of ATMPs on them. • Everglades National Park—https:// The meetings will be open to the parkplanning.nps.gov/EvergladesATMP public and livestreamed. Members of • Olympic National Park—https:// the public who wish to observe the parkplanning.nps.gov/OlympicATMP Meetings: The meetings will be held at virtual meetings can access the livestream from either of the following the following dates and times: FAA social media platforms on the day • Monday, August 16, 2021 (4:30– of the event, https://www.facebook.com/ 6:00 p.m. PT)—Mount Rainier National VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:19 Jul 28, 2021 Jkt 253001 ADDRESSES: PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 40897 FAA, https://twitter.com/FAANews or https://www.youtube.com/FAAnews. The U.S. Department of Transportation is committed to providing equal access to the meetings for all participants. If you need alternative formats or services because of a disability, such as sign language, interpretation, or other ancillary aids, please contact the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. The FAA and the NPS request that comments be as specific as possible in response to actions that are being proposed under this notice. All written comments become part of the official record. Written comments on the proposed ATMPs can also be submitted via PEPC or sent to the mailing addresses listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT sections provided on the parks’ PEPC sites. Documents that describe each Park’s ATMP project in greater detail are available at the following locations: • FAA Air Tour Management Plan Program website, https://www.faa.gov/ about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ arc/programs/air_tour_management_ plan/ • NPS Planning, Air Tours website, https://home.nps.gov/subjects/sound/ airtours.htm Issued in Washington, DC. On July 23, 2021. Kevin Welsh, Executive Director, FAA Office of Environment & Energy. [FR Doc. 2021–16182 Filed 7–28–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration [Docket No. FRA–2021–0046] Notice of Availability of a Final General Conformity Determination for the California High-Speed Rail System, Bakersfield to Palmdale Section Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: FRA is issuing this notice to advise the public that it is issuing a Final General Conformity Determination (FCD) for the Bakersfield to Palmdale Section of the California High-Speed Rail (HSR) System. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andre´a Martin, Senior Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Railroad Policy and Development (RPD), telephone: (202) 493–6201, email: SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\29JYN1.SGM 29JYN1 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES 40898 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 143 / Thursday, July 29, 2021 / Notices Andrea.Martin@dot.gov; or Marlys Osterhues, Chief Environment and Project Engineering, RPD, telephone: (202) 493–0413, email: Marlys.Osterhues@dot.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327 (Section 327), the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA or Authority) has assumed FRA’s environmental review responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). However, under Section 327, FRA remains responsible for compliance with the Clean Air Act General Conformity requirements. In compliance with NEPA and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Authority published a Final Environmental Impact Record/Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/ EIS) for the Bakersfield to Palmdale Section of the California High-Speed Rail (HSR) System on June 25, 2021. The Final EIR/EIS is available at https:// hsr.ca.gov/programs/environmentalplanning/project-section-environmentaldocuments-tier-2/bakersfield-topalmdale-draft-environmental-impactreport-environmental-impactstatement/. FRA prepared a Draft General Conformity Determination, pursuant to 40 CFR part 93, subpart B, which establishes the process for complying with the General Conformity requirements of the Clean Air Act. FRA published a notice in the Federal Register on May 13, 2021 advising the public of the availability of the Draft Conformity Determination for a 30-day review and comment period. The Draft Conformity Determination was published at https:// www.regulations.gov, Docket No. FRA– 2021–0046. The comment period of the Draft Conformity Determination closed on June 14, 2021. FRA received one comment regarding Coccidioides immitis, or more commonly known as the Valley Fever fungus, and a letter of support from the San Joaquin Valley Air District. Both letters were responded to in the Final EIR/EIS and in the Final General Conformity Determination. The Final General Conformity Determination was prepared in coordination with the Authority, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), California Air Resources Board, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, and Eastern Kern, and Antelope Valley Air Quality Management Districts. The analysis found that construction period emissions would exceed the General Conformity de minimis threshold for Nitrogen Oxides (NOX) and volatile VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:19 Jul 28, 2021 Jkt 253001 organic compounds (VOC), a precursor for ozone. However, operation of the Project would result in an overall reduction of regional emissions of all applicable air pollutants and would not cause a localized exceedance of an air quality standard. Since the Project will result in the exceedance of the de minimis thresholds for the precursor criteria pollutants listed above during the construction phase, Project conformity with the applicable emission standards will be accomplished through offsets of the NOX and VOC emissions, consistent with applicable regulatory requirements. The Final General Conformity Determination is available at https:// www.regulations.gov, Docket No. FRA– 2021–0046, and FRA’s website at https://railroads.dot.gov/environment/ environmental-reviews/clean-air-actcalifornia-general-conformitydeterminations. Issued in Washington, DC. Jamie P. Rennert, Director, Office of Infrastructure Investment. [FR Doc. 2021–16143 Filed 7–28–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–06–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Comment Request; Appraisal Management Companies Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury. ACTION: Notice and request for comment. AGENCY: The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). In accordance with the requirements of the PRA, the OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning the renewal of its information collection titled, ‘‘Appraisal Management Companies.’’ SUMMARY: You should submit written comments by September 27, 2021. ADDRESSES: Commenters are encouraged to submit comments by email, if DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 possible. You may submit comments by any of the following methods: • Email: prainfo@occ.treas.gov. • Mail: Chief Counsel’s Office, Attention: Comment Processing, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Attention: 1557–0324, 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington, DC 20219. • Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington, DC 20219. • Fax: (571) 465–4326. Instructions: You must include ‘‘OCC’’ as the agency name and ‘‘1557– 0324’’ in your comment. In general, the OCC will publish comments on www.reginfo.gov without change, including any business or personal information provided, such as name and address information, email addresses, or phone numbers. 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Underneath the ‘‘Currently under Review’’ section heading, from the dropdown menu select ‘‘Department of Treasury’’ and then click ‘‘submit.’’ This information collection can be located by searching by OMB control number ‘‘1557–0324’’ or ‘‘Appraisal Management Companies.’’ Upon finding the appropriate information collection, click on the related ‘‘ICR Reference Number.’’ On the next screen, select ‘‘View Supporting Statement and Other Documents’’ and then click on the link to any comment listed at the bottom of the screen. • For assistance in navigating www.reginfo.gov, please contact the Regulatory Information Service Center at (202) 482–7340. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaquita Merritt, OCC Clearance Officer, (202) 649–5490, Chief Counsel’s Office, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E– 218, Washington, DC 20219. 1 Following the close of this notice’s 60-day comment period, the OCC will publish a second notice with a 30-day comment period. 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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 143 (Thursday, July 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40897-40898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16143]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2021-0046]


Notice of Availability of a Final General Conformity 
Determination for the California High-Speed Rail System, Bakersfield to 
Palmdale Section

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: FRA is issuing this notice to advise the public that it is 
issuing a Final General Conformity Determination (FCD) for the 
Bakersfield to Palmdale Section of the California High-Speed Rail (HSR) 
System.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andr[eacute]a Martin, Senior 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Railroad Policy and 
Development (RPD), telephone: (202) 493-6201, email:

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[email protected]; or Marlys Osterhues, Chief Environment and 
Project Engineering, RPD, telephone: (202) 493-0413, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327 (Section 327), the 
California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA or Authority) has assumed 
FRA's environmental review responsibilities under the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). However, under 
Section 327, FRA remains responsible for compliance with the Clean Air 
Act General Conformity requirements. In compliance with NEPA and the 
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Authority published a 
Final Environmental Impact Record/Final Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIR/EIS) for the Bakersfield to Palmdale Section of the California 
High-Speed Rail (HSR) System on June 25, 2021. The Final EIR/EIS is 
available at https://hsr.ca.gov/programs/environmental-planning/project-section-environmental-documents-tier-2/bakersfield-to-palmdale-draft-environmental-impact-report-environmental-impact- statement/.
    FRA prepared a Draft General Conformity Determination, pursuant to 
40 CFR part 93, subpart B, which establishes the process for complying 
with the General Conformity requirements of the Clean Air Act. FRA 
published a notice in the Federal Register on May 13, 2021 advising the 
public of the availability of the Draft Conformity Determination for a 
30-day review and comment period. The Draft Conformity Determination 
was published at https://www.regulations.gov, Docket No. FRA-2021-0046. 
The comment period of the Draft Conformity Determination closed on June 
14, 2021. FRA received one comment regarding Coccidioides immitis, or 
more commonly known as the Valley Fever fungus, and a letter of support 
from the San Joaquin Valley Air District. Both letters were responded 
to in the Final EIR/EIS and in the Final General Conformity 
Determination.
    The Final General Conformity Determination was prepared in 
coordination with the Authority, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA), California Air Resources Board, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air 
Pollution Control District, and Eastern Kern, and Antelope Valley Air 
Quality Management Districts. The analysis found that construction 
period emissions would exceed the General Conformity de minimis 
threshold for Nitrogen Oxides (NOX) and volatile organic 
compounds (VOC), a precursor for ozone. However, operation of the 
Project would result in an overall reduction of regional emissions of 
all applicable air pollutants and would not cause a localized 
exceedance of an air quality standard. Since the Project will result in 
the exceedance of the de minimis thresholds for the precursor criteria 
pollutants listed above during the construction phase, Project 
conformity with the applicable emission standards will be accomplished 
through offsets of the NOX and VOC emissions, consistent 
with applicable regulatory requirements.
    The Final General Conformity Determination is available at https://www.regulations.gov, Docket No. FRA-2021-0046, and FRA's website at 
https://railroads.dot.gov/environment/environmental-reviews/clean-air-act-california-general-conformity-determinations.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
Jamie P. Rennert,
Director, Office of Infrastructure Investment.
[FR Doc. 2021-16143 Filed 7-28-21; 8:45 am]
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