9306 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 32 / Tuesday, February 18, 2014 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Applications for Certificates 

of Public Convenience and Necessity 

and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed 

Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q) 

During the Week Ending February 1, 

2014 

The following Applications for 

Certificates of Public Convenience and 

Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier 

Permits were filed under Subpart B 

(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department 

of Transportation’s Procedural 

Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et. 

seq.). The due date for Answers, 

Conforming Applications, or Motions to 

Modify Scope are set forth below for 

each application. Following the Answer 

period DOT may process the application 

by expedited procedures. Such 

procedures may consist of the adoption 

of a show-cause order, a tentative order, 

or in appropriate cases a final order 

without further proceedings. 

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2014– 

0012. 

Date Filed: January 28, 2014. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: February 18, 2014. 

Description: Application of Eastern 

Air Lines Group, Inc. (‘‘Eastern’’) 

requesting a certificate of public 

convenience and necessity authorizing 

Eastern to engage in interstate charter 

air transportation of persons, property 

and mail. 

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2014– 

0013. 

Date Filed: January 28, 2014. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: February 18, 2014. 

Description: Application of Eastern 

Air Lines Group, Inc. (Eastern) 

requesting a certificate of public 

convenience and necessity authorizing 

Eastern to engage in foreign charter air 

transportation of persons, property and 

mail. 

Barbara J. Hairston, 

Supervisory Dockets Officer, Docket 

Operations, Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 2014–03416 Filed 2–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Tier 2 Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Chicago to Joliet High-Speed 

Rail Project, Cook and Will counties, 

Illinois 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). 

SUMMARY: FRA issues this Notice of 

Intent (Notice) to advise the public that 

FRA and the Illinois Department of 

Transportation (IDOT) will jointly 

prepare a Tier 2 Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for the Chicago to Joliet 

High-Speed Rail (HSR) Project (Project). 

The EIS will evaluate environmental 

and related impacts of upgrading the 

rail system and associated infrastructure 

between the Chicago, IL Union Station 

and the Joliet, IL Union Station to 

implement high-speed passenger rail 

service, increase rail capacity, and 

improve reliability for identified 

incremental service additions. 

FRA issues this Notice to solicit 

public and agency input into the 

development of the scope of the EIS and 

to advise the public that outreach 

activities conducted by FRA and IDOT 

will be considered in the preparation of 

the EIS. To ensure all significant issues 

are identified and considered, the 

public, governmental agencies, and all 

other interested parties are invited to 

comment on the scope of the EIS, 

including the purpose and need, 

alternatives to be considered, impacts to 

be evaluated, and methodologies to be 

used in the evaluation. 

DATES: Written comments on the scope 

of the EIS should be provided to IDOT 

within thirty (30) days of the 

publication of this Notice, at the address 

listed below. Comments may also be 

provided orally or in writing at the 

scoping meetings for the Project. 

Scoping meeting dates, times and 

locations, in addition to Project 

information can be found online on the 

FRA Web site at http://www.fra.dot.gov 

and on the Project Web site at 

www.idothsr.org. Three scoping 

meetings will be held during February 

2014. These meetings will be advertised 

locally and are scheduled for the 

following locations on the dates 

indicated below from 4 p.m.–7 p.m. 

• February 24, 2014: Chicago Union 

Station, The Union Gallery, 500 W. 

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60661. 

• February 26, 2014: Jacob Henry 

Mansion, Victorian Ballroom, 15 S. 

Richards Street, Joliet, IL 60433. 

• February 27, 2014: Homewood 

Suites by Hilton Orland Park, 6245 S La 

Grange Road, Orland Park, IL 60467. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

scope of the EIS should be mailed or 

emailed within thirty (30) days of the 

publication of this Notice to Mr. John 

Oimoen, Deputy Director, Department of 

Intermodal and Public Transit, Illinois 

Department of Transportation, 100 West 

Randolph Street, Suite 6–600, Chicago, 

Illinois 60601, john.oimoen@

illinois.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Andrea Martin, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, Office of Railroad 

Policy and Development, Federal 

Railroad Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, (Mail Stop 20), 

Washington, DC 20590, andrea.martin@

dot.gov; or Mr. John Oimoen at the 

above address. Information and 

documents regarding the EIS process 

will also be made available through the 

FRA Web site at www.fra.dot.gov and on 

the Project Web site at www.idothsr.org 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FRA is 

preparing an EIS for the Project 

proposed by IDOT that will provide 

HSR service along the Rock Island 

District (RID) Railroad corridor between 

Chicago and Joliet, IL. The proposed 

Project consists of additional track, 

geometric improvements (e.g., curves), 

bridge/culvert improvements, grade 

separations at selected highway-rail 

crossings, a rail-rail flyover, highwayrail grade crossing warning device 

improvements, safety improvements to 

existing Metra Stations to accommodate 

the HSR through traffic, and a new HSR 

station or improvements to an existing 

Metra Station to accommodate HSR 

service. Scenarios of HSR service will be 

developed and evaluated including 

additional frequencies (i.e., number of 

trips), ridership projections (i.e., 

estimated number of passengers), and 

operating speeds. 

The Project is intended to implement 

a portion of the Chicago to St. Louis 

HSR Corridor Program consistent with 

the overall purpose and need that was 

established in the Tier 1 EIS. Because of 

inadequate rail capacity and 

deficiencies in the existing rail 

infrastructure, there is currently a modal 

imbalance within the Chicago to St. 

Louis corridor. Currently, 98 percent of 

the 51 million trips made annually 

within the Chicago to St. Louis corridor 

are accomplished through automobile, 

with only one percent by passenger rail. 

This modal imbalance contributes to 

high roadway congestion, reduced 


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