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a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Forseth, ANM–113, (425) 227– 

2796, Federal Aviation Administration, 

1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 

98057–3356, or Frances Shaver, (202) 

267–4059, Office of Rulemaking (ARM– 

200), Federal Aviation Administration, 

800 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 25, 

2011. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2011–0175. 

Petitioner: Presidential Airways, Inc. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: § 25.857. 

Description of Relief Sought: The 

petitioner is requesting relief to permit 

passenger-cargo combination 

compartment configuration on 

Presidential Airways CASA Model C– 

212–CC, C–212–CD, and C–212–DF 

airplanes. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Notice of Application for Approval of 

Discontinuance or Modification of a 

Railroad Signal System 

Pursuant to Title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) Part 235 and 49 

U.S.C. 20502(a), the following railroad 

has petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) seeking approval 

for the discontinuance or modification 

of the signal, as detailed below. 

[Docket Number FRA–2011–0005] 

Applicant: CSX Transportation, Inc., 

Mr. Joseph Ivanyo, Chief Engineer, 

Communications and Signals, 500 

Water Street, Speed Code J–350, 

Jacksonville, FL 32202. 

The CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) 

seeks approval of the proposed 

modification of the block signal system 

on Main Tracks #1 and #2, at R Cabin, 

milepost (MP) CA–83.10, Peninsula 

Subdivision, Huntington Division, 

Richmond, Virginia. 

CSXT will retire controlled signals, 

80LA, 80LC, and 80R, at Egypt (MP 

81.8) and controlled signals 88LA, 

88LC, 88LD, at MP 82.3. The poweroperated switch at MP 82.3 will be 

converted to hand-operation and an 

electric lock will be installed. An 

electric lock is to be installed on the 

hand-operated switch at MP 81.5. Main 

Track #1 method of operation will 

become Rule 261 signaled in both 

directions within Yard Limits, between 

MP 81.00 and MP 83.2, with the 

discontinuance and removal of 

automatic signal #821, at Scott St. (MP 

82.03), and automatic signal #831 (MP 

83.1) near Orleans St. Electric locks will 

be installed at switch #83 (MP 83) and 

switch #83.2 (MP 83.2) on Main #1. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested party desires 

an opportunity for oral comment, they 

should notify FRA, in writing, before 

the end of the comment period and 

specify the basis for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number (Docket No. 

FRA–2011–0005) and may be submitted 

by any of the following methods: 

• Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

Communications received within 45 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by FRA before final action is 

taken. Comments received after that 

date will be considered as far as 

practicable. All written communications 

concerning these proceedings are 

available for examination during regular 

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the 

above facility. All documents in the 

public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the Internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of any written 

communications and comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 24, 

2011. 

John G. Leeds, Jr., 

Director, Office of Safety Analysis. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Major Capital Investment Program— 

New Starts 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of discretionary selection 

of New Starts projects for Funding. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) announces the 

discretionary selection of projects for 

funding using unallocated Major Capital 

Investment (New Starts) program funds. 

The funds accelerate federal payments 

for new fixed guideway projects that are 

currently under construction. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general program information on the 

New Starts, contact Eric Hu, Office of 

Program Management, at (202) 366– 

0870, e-mail: Eric.Hu@dot.gov, for 

program specific issues, contact the 

appropriate FTA regional office (See 

Appendix A). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The New 

Starts discretionary funds will advance 

Full Funding Grant Agreements 

payments and advance the Federal 

Government’s commitments to the 

selected projects. The funding will give 

a well-timed boost to communities that 

have made important investments in 

their transportation infrastructure. 

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Furthermore, the advance payments will 

save financial costs for the local transit 

project sponsors and free up local funds 

for other transit projects that will further 

enhance mobility and livability in their 

communities. A total of $207,403,999 is 

available for FTA’s discretionary 

allocation under the New Starts 

program. Of the total made available, 

$182,404,000 will fund seven transit 

projects already under construction; 

$24,999,999 restores funding for the 

Oakland Airport Connector. Projects 

selected for funding are shown in Table 

1, which accompanies this 

announcement. Project identification 

numbers are assigned to each project 

and must be used in the Transportation 

Electronic Award Management grant 

application. Pre-award authority is 

granted as of December 27, 2010. The 

funding announced in this notice will 

be available for obligation until 

September 30, 2013. 

Issued in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

March, 2011. 

Peter Rogoff, 

Administrator. 

Appendix A 

FTA REGIONAL AND METROPOLITAN OFFICES

Mary E. Mello, Regional Administrator, Region 1–Boston, Kendall 

Square, 55 Broadway, Suite 920, Cambridge, MA 02142–1093, Tel. 

617–494–2055. 

Robert C. Patrick, Regional Administrator, Region 6–Ft. Worth, 819 

Taylor Street, Room 8A36, Ft. Worth, TX 76102, Tel. 817–978–0550. 

States served: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 

Rhode Island, and Vermont. 

States served: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and 

Texas. 

Brigid Hynes-Cherin, Regional Administrator, Region 2–New York, One 

Bowling Green, Room 429, New York, NY 10004–1415, Tel. 212– 

668–2170. 

Mokhtee Ahmad, Regional Administrator, Region 7–Kansas City, MO, 

901 Locust Street, Room 404, Kansas City, MO 64106, Tel. 816– 

329–3920. 

States served: New Jersey, New York. States served: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. 

New York Metropolitan Office, Region 2–New York, One Bowling 

Green, Room 428, New York, NY 10004–1415, Tel. 212–668–2202. 

Letitia Thompson, Regional Administrator, Region 3–Philadelphia, 1760 

Market Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19103–4124, Tel. 215– 

656–7100. 

Terry Rosapep, Regional Administrator, Region 8–Denver, 12300 West 

Dakota Ave., Suite 310, Lakewood, CO 80228–2583, Tel. 720–963– 

3300. 

States served: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and District of Columbia. Philadelphia Metropolitan Office, Region 3–Philadelphia, 1760 Market Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 

19103–4124, Tel. 215–656–7070. 

States served: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, 

and Wyoming. 

Washington, DC Metropolitan Office, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 510, 

Washington, DC 20006, Tel. 202–219–3562. 

Yvette Taylor, Regional Administrator, Region 4–Atlanta, 230 Peachtree Street, NW. Suite 800, Atlanta, GA 30303, Tel. 404–865–5600. Leslie T. Rogers, Regional Administrator, Region 9–San Francisco, 

201 Mission Street, Room 1650, San Francisco, CA 94105–1926, 

Tel. 415–744–3133. 

States served: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North 

Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virgin Islands. 

States served: American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, 

Nevada, and the Northern Mariana Islands. 

Los Angeles Metropolitan Office, Region 9–Los Angeles, 888 S. 

Figueroa Street, Suite 1850, Los Angeles, CA 90017–1850, Tel. 

213–202–3952. 

Marisol Simon, Regional Administrator, Region 5–Chicago, 200 West 

Adams Street, Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606, Tel. 312–353–2789. 

Rick Krochalis. Regional Administrator. Region 10–Seattle. Jackson 

Federal Building. 915 Second Avenue, Suite 3142. Seattle, WA 

98174–1002. Tel. 206–220–7954. 

States served: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. States served: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. 

Chicago Metropolitan Office, Region 5–Chicago, 200 West Adams 

Street, Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606, Tel. 312–353–2789. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Over-the-Road Bus Accessibility 

Program Announcement of Project 

Selections 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of award. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) announces the 

selection of projects to be funded under 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 and 2010 

appropriations for the Over-the-Road 

Bus (OTRB) Accessibility Program, 

authorized by Section 3038 of the 

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 

Century (TEA–21). The OTRB 

Accessibility Program makes funds 

available to private operators of overthe-road buses to help finance the 

incremental capital and training costs of 

complying with DOT’s over-the-road 

bus accessibility rule, published in the 

Federal Register on September 24, 1998. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

appropriate FTA Regional Office for 

grant-specific issues; or Blenda 

Younger, Office of Program 

Management, 202–366–2053, for general 

information about the OTRB Program. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A total of 

$20 million was made available for the 

program in FY 2009 and FY 2010: $15 

million for intercity fixed-route 

providers and $5 million for all other 

providers, such as commuter, charter, 

and tour operators. A total of 165 

applicants requested $49.7 million: 

$27.5 million was requested by intercity 

fixed-route providers, and $22.2 million 

was requested by all other providers. 

Project selections were made on a 

discretionary basis, based on each 

applicant’s responsiveness to statutory 

project selection criteria, percent of fleet 

accessible, and level of funding received 

in previous years. Because of the high 

demand for the funds available, most 

successful applicants received less 

funding than they requested. 

The selected projects will provide 

funding for the incremental cost of 

adding lifts to 376 new vehicles, 

retrofitting 142 vehicles, and $102,759 

for training (See Tables I and II). Each 

of the awardees, as well as applicants 

who were not selected for funding, will 

receive a letter explaining how funding 

decisions were made. Eligible project 

costs may be incurred by awardees prior 

to final grant approval. The incremental 

capital cost for adding wheelchair lift 

equipment to any new vehicles 

delivered on or after June 9, 1998, the 

effective date of TEA–21, is eligible for 

funding under the OTRB Accessibility 

Program. Awards are processed through 

FTA’s Transportation Electronic Awards 

Management System (TEAM), and the 

project ID’s listed in Table I and Table 

II must be used in the grant application 

for tracking the obligation of funds. The 

grant applications will be sent to the 

U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for 

certification under labor protection 

requirements pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 

5333(b). After referring applications to 

affected employees represented by a 

labor organization, DOL will issue a 

certification to FTA. Terms and 

conditions of the certification will be 

incorporated in the FTA grant 

agreement under the new guidelines 

replacing those in 29 CFR part 215. 

Please see the Special Warranty 

Provisions of the Department of Labor 

Guidelines ‘‘Section 5553(b) Federal 

Transit Law’’ at 29 CFR 215.7. 

Issued in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

March, 2011. 

Peter Rogoff, 

Administrator. 

Appendix A 

FTA Regional and Metropolitan Offices 

Mary-Beth Mello, Regional Administrator, Region 1–Boston, Kendall 

Square, 55 Broadway, Suite 920, Cambridge, MA 02142–1093, Tel. 

617–494–2055.

Robert C. Patrick, Regional Administrator, Region 6—Ft. Worth, 819 

Taylor Street, Room 8A36, Ft. Worth, TX 76102, Tel. 817–978–0550. 

States served: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 

Rhode Island, and Vermont.

States served: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and 

Texas. 


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