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TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS—Continued
Annual
number of
filings
Hours per
response
Type of filing
Total annual
burden hours
Interchange commitments ...........................................................................................................
10
5
50
Total annual burden hours ...................................................................................................
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7,300
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* Under section 10502, petitions for exemption and notices of exemption are permitted in lieu of an application.
Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: None
identified. Filings are submitted
electronically to the Board. However, for
some filings, respondents are sometimes
required to send documentation or
consultation letters to various other
governmental agencies or parties, some
of which may involve limited mailing
costs, which staff estimates in total to be
approximately $2,100.
Needs and Uses: As mandated by
Congress, an application for prior
approval and authority must be filed
with the Board by persons seeking to
construct, acquire, or operate a line of
railroad; by railroads seeking to
abandon or discontinue operations over
a line of railroad; and, in the case of two
or more railroads, by railroads seeking
to consolidate their interests through
merger or a common-control
arrangement. See 49 U.S.C. 10901–03,
11323–26. Under 49 U.S.C. 10502,
persons may seek an exemption from
many of the application requirements of
sections 10901–03 and 11323–26 by
filing with the Board a petition for
exemption or notice of exemption in
lieu of an application. The collection by
the Board of these applications,
petitions, and notices (including
collection of disclosures of rail
‘‘interchange commitments’’ under 49
CFR 1121.3(d), 1150.33(h), 1150.43(h),
and 1180.4(g)(4)) enables the Board to
meet its statutory duty to regulate the
referenced rail transactions. If the
actions for which authority is sought
create agreements with interchange
commitments that limit the future
interchange of traffic with third parties,
then certain information must be
disclosed to the Board about those
commitments. 49 CFR 1121.3(d),
1150.33(h), 1150.43(h), 1180.4(g)(4). The
collection of this information facilitates
the case-specific review of interchange
commitments and enables the Board’s
monitoring of their usage generally.
Under the PRA, a federal agency that
conducts or sponsors a collection of
information must display a currently
valid OMB control number. A collection
of information, which is defined in 44
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
includes agency requirements that
persons submit reports, keep records, or
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provide information to the agency, third
parties, or the public. Section 3507(b) of
the PRA requires, concurrent with an
agency’s submitting a collection to OMB
for approval, a 30-day notice and
comment period through publication in
the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.
Dated: October 13, 2023.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Availability of a Final
Programmatic Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact/Record of Decision
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The Federal Aviation
Administration announces the
availability of a Final Programmatic
Environmental Assessment and Finding
of No Significant Impact/Record of
Decision for the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law-funded Airport
Traffic Control Tower Replacement
Program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
technical questions concerning this
notice, contact Aaron W. Comrov,
Environmental Team Lead, FAA CSA
ES EOSH Center (AJW–2C16E), 2300
East Devon Avenue, Room 450, Des
Plaines, IL 60018; telephone: (847) 294–
7665; email: aaron.comrov@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final
Programmatic Environmental
Assessment (PEA) considers the
conditions and potential environmental
impacts from the Proposed Action to
replace numerous FAA-owned airport
traffic control towers (ATCT) with
modern facilities under the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law (BIL)-funded ATCT
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Replacement Program. Many existing
ATCTs at municipal or general aviation
airports are outdated and operating past
their design life. The purpose and need
for the proposed program is to replace
select FAA-owned ATCTs with modern
ATCTs while providing uninterrupted
air traffic control services. The FAA has
prepared the Final PEA and Finding of
No Significant Impact (FONSI)/Record
of Decision (ROD) in conformance with
the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA) and FAA Order 1050.1F,
Environmental Impacts: Policies and
Procedures. The Final PEA analyzes the
potential environmental impacts that
may result from construction and
operation of the proposed new ATCTs
and decommissioning and removal of
the existing ATCTs (the Proposed
Action), as well as the No Action
Alternative (i.e., not constructing and
operating the proposed new ATCTs).
The Final PEA reflects consideration of
comments received during the public
comment period for the Draft PEA,
which was open from June 28, 2023
through July 31, 2023.
The Proposed Action would provide
for modern, operationally efficient
ATCTs, which would be designed to
meet the energy and sustainability
requirements of FAA’s Terminal
Facilities Design Standard while
adhering to the Council on
Environmental Quality’s Guiding
Principles for Sustainable Federal
Buildings and Associated Instructions.
The proposed replacement ATCTs
would enable the installation of modern
air traffic control equipment, provide
adequate space and an enhanced work
environment for FAA personnel, lower
operating costs, and improve
environmental performance resulting in
energy savings, water efficiency,
reduced carbon emissions, and
improved indoor air quality while
meeting applicable FAA requirements.
Based on this analysis, the FAA
determined there will not be a
significant impact to the human
environment from implementation of
the Proposed Action and an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
is not required. The FAA intends for
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this PEA to create efficiencies by
establishing a ‘‘tiering’’ framework,
where appropriate, to project-specific
actions that require additional analysis.
As decisions on specific project sites are
made, to the extent additional NEPA
analysis is required, environmental
reviews would be conducted to
supplement the analysis set forth in the
PEA.
The Final PEA and FONSI/ROD are
available on the project website (https://
www.faa.gov/air_traffic_atf).
Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois, on October
12, 2023.
Aaron W. Comrov,
Environmental Team Lead, FAA CSA ES
EOSH Center, AJW–216E.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2023–0041]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments for a
New Information Collection
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The FHWA invites public
comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) approval for an information
collection, which is summarized below
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We
are required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by
December 18, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
0041 by any of the following methods:
Website: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received go to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S.
Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carlos B. McCloud, (225)–433–2892—
carlos.mccloud@dot.gov or David
Harris, (202) 366–2825—dave.harris@
dot.gov, FHWA Office of Transportation
Management (HOTM) USDOT HQ E84–
471, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal Holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Strategic Innovation for
Revenue Collection (SIRC) Program
Grant Application, Agreement, and
Project Management.
Background: In adherence with 5 CFR
1320.13, this is a request for approval
for an emergency clearance for
processing of information related to a
new collection of information for the
SIRC Program grant application
submission and quarterly reporting
requirements for FY 2023–2024 program
of projects awards. The collection of
information will support
implementation of Title III—Research,
Technology, and Education, Sec. 13001.
Strategic Innovation for Revenue
Collection (a) and (b) of the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
(Pub. L. 117–58 or also referred to as the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-BIL (see
Exhibit A page 12). The Office of the
Secretary of Transportation (OST) and
the Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA) has coordinated on the
development of public information to
solicit responses to a Notice of Funding
Opportunity (NOFO) for the SIRC
Program. Awarded funds to eligible
applicants will test the feasibility of a
road usage fee and other user-based
alternative revenue mechanisms
(referred to in this section as ‘‘user
based alternative revenue mechanisms’’)
to help maintain the long-term solvency
of the Highway Trust Fund.
• The information will be received by
the FHWA to fulfill the grant
application submittal requirements and
agreements prescribed in the NOFO.
• The collection of information will
include grant application forms and
narratives, grant agreements, and project
management quarterly reporting.
• The purpose of the collection is to
receive information relevant to
evaluating applications to the SIRC
grant program, per the NOFO, and
reporting requirements agreed to by
recipients of the Grants.
• The obligation to respond to the
collection of information is voluntary
and is required to obtain or retain a
benefit.
The Strategic Innovation for Revenue
Collection (SIRC) Program seeks to fund
pilot projects that test the
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implementation of user-based
alternative revenue mechanisms that
utilize a road user fee structure for
eligible entities to test the feasibility of
the program objectives outlined in
Section 133001 (b)(3), as prescribed in
Exhibit A of this document. Grant
awards test innovative ways to replace
or supplement the Federal gas tax to
maintain the long-term solvency of the
Highway Trust Fund. The collection of
information is necessary to receive
applications for grant funds, evaluate
the effectiveness of projects that have
been awarded grant funds, and monitor
project financial conditions and project
progress pursuant to Section 133001 (b)
(3). FY 2023–FY 2024 is the first year of
implementation for the SIRC Program.
FHWA implemented a similar
predecessor program, the Surface
Transportation System Funding
Alternatives (STSFA) program
authorized by section 6020 of the Fixing
America’s Surface Transportation
(FAST) Act, Public Law 114–94, FY
2016–2021, which was repealed with
the passage of BIL. Information about
awards funded under the STSFA
program is available at: https://
ops.fhwa.dot.gov/stsfa/index.htm.
FHWA requests information from
applicants in the form an electronic
application, which will represent 100%
of the submissions. The application will
assist in soliciting proposals for funding
from eligible applicants for the five-year
grant program, to monitor the grant
program recipients, project progress,
assess project outcomes and permit
evaluation. The reporting requirements
are submitted by recipients and will be
completed during the application stage,
grant agreement, and the project
management stages. FHWA will
continue to use the information
collected in the application phase to
evaluate proposals and make decisions
to award grants to applicants for any
future similar appropriations. FHWA
will use the information to monitor the
progress of projects that have been
awarded SIRC Program funds, and to
monitor the proper expenditure of
Federal funds. The project management
information will be collected by grant
recipients.
Much of the information will be
produced and collected through the
normal process of project management,
so the additional burden of Government
information collection is small in
comparison to the data management
related to information that grant
recipients already collect to manage
their projects properly. The information
collected from grant recipients is project
specific and the information is not
available other than from the grantees.
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[FR Doc No: 2023-22935]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Availability of a Final Programmatic Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact/Record of Decision
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration announces the availability
of a Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact/Record of Decision for the Bipartisan Infrastructure
Law-funded Airport Traffic Control Tower Replacement Program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions concerning
this notice, contact Aaron W. Comrov, Environmental Team Lead, FAA CSA
ES EOSH Center (AJW-2C16E), 2300 East Devon Avenue, Room 450, Des
Plaines, IL 60018; telephone: (847) 294-7665; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final Programmatic Environmental
Assessment (PEA) considers the conditions and potential environmental
impacts from the Proposed Action to replace numerous FAA-owned airport
traffic control towers (ATCT) with modern facilities under the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)-funded ATCT Replacement Program.
Many existing ATCTs at municipal or general aviation airports are
outdated and operating past their design life. The purpose and need for
the proposed program is to replace select FAA-owned ATCTs with modern
ATCTs while providing uninterrupted air traffic control services. The
FAA has prepared the Final PEA and Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI)/Record of Decision (ROD) in conformance with the requirements
of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and FAA Order
1050.1F, Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures. The Final PEA
analyzes the potential environmental impacts that may result from
construction and operation of the proposed new ATCTs and
decommissioning and removal of the existing ATCTs (the Proposed
Action), as well as the No Action Alternative (i.e., not constructing
and operating the proposed new ATCTs). The Final PEA reflects
consideration of comments received during the public comment period for
the Draft PEA, which was open from June 28, 2023 through July 31, 2023.
The Proposed Action would provide for modern, operationally
efficient ATCTs, which would be designed to meet the energy and
sustainability requirements of FAA's Terminal Facilities Design
Standard while adhering to the Council on Environmental Quality's
Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings and Associated
Instructions. The proposed replacement ATCTs would enable the
installation of modern air traffic control equipment, provide adequate
space and an enhanced work environment for FAA personnel, lower
operating costs, and improve environmental performance resulting in
energy savings, water efficiency, reduced carbon emissions, and
improved indoor air quality while meeting applicable FAA requirements.
Based on this analysis, the FAA determined there will not be a
significant impact to the human environment from implementation of the
Proposed Action and an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is not
required. The FAA intends for
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this PEA to create efficiencies by establishing a ``tiering''
framework, where appropriate, to project-specific actions that require
additional analysis. As decisions on specific project sites are made,
to the extent additional NEPA analysis is required, environmental
reviews would be conducted to supplement the analysis set forth in the
PEA.
The Final PEA and FONSI/ROD are available on the project website
(https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic_atf).
Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois, on October 12, 2023.
Aaron W. Comrov,
Environmental Team Lead, FAA CSA ES EOSH Center, AJW-216E.
[FR Doc. 2023-22935 Filed 10-17-23; 8:45 am]
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