76778 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 236 / Thursday, December 9, 2010 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To 

Release Airport Property at the 

Kearney Municipal Airport, Kearney, 

NE 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request to release 

airport property. 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and 

invites public comment on the release of 

land at the Kearney Municipal Airport 

under the provisions of Section 125 of 

the Wendell H. Ford Aviation 

Investment Reform Act for the 21st 

Century (AIR 21). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 10, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

to the FAA at the following address: 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Central Region, Airports Division, 901 

Locust, Kansas City, Missouri 64106– 

2325. In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to Michael J. Tye, 

City Attorney, City of Kearney, 1419 

Central Avenue, P.O. Box 636, Kearney, 

NE, 68848–0636. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicoletta Oliver, Airports Compliance 

Specialist, FAA, Central Region, 901 

Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106–2325, 

(816) 329–2642. 

The request to release property may 

be reviewed in person at this same 

location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

proposes to rule and invites public 

comment on the request to release 

property at the Kearney Municipal 

Airport under the provisions of AIR21. 

On November 4, 2010, the FAA 

determined that the request to release 

property at the Kearney Municipal 

Airport, submitted by the City of 

Kearney, met the procedural 

requirements of the Federal Aviation 

Administration. The FAA will approve 

or disapprove the request, in whole or 

in part, no later than January 7, 2011. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the request. 

The City of Kearney requests the 

release of approximately 170 acres of 

airport property. 

The land is currently not being used 

for aeronautical purposes. The purpose 

of this release is to sell the land to Delux 

Manufacturing Co. Inc. for use as farm 

land and generate revenue for the 

airport. 

Any person may inspect the request 

in person at the FAA office listed above 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

In addition, any person may, upon 

request, inspect the application, notice 

and other documents that are relevant to 

the request, in person at the City of 

Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska. 

Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on 

November 16, 2010. 

Jim A. Johnson, 

Manager, Airports Division, Central Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30976 Filed 12–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Milwaukee, WI (Milwaukee 

Intermodal Station) to Minneapolis, MN 

(Minneapolis Transportation 

Interchange) Rail Corridor 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: FRA is issuing this notice to 

advise the public that a Tier I 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be prepared for the Milwaukee, WI 

to Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN 

(Milwaukee-Twin Cities) High-Speed 

Rail Corridor Program. The project 

includes passenger stations, 

maintenance facilities, and the 

construction of a high-speed rail line 

between Milwaukee and the Twin 

Cities. This corridor is part of a larger 

network of high-speed passenger rail 

corridors in the Midwest, with a hub in 

Chicago, IL. The effort to develop these 

high-speed rail corridors and expand 

the passenger rail system in the 

Midwest is known as the Midwest 

Regional Rail Initiative (MWRRI). FRA 

is issuing 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 will be considered in 

the preparation of the EIS. Alternatives 

under consideration include taking no 

action (No Build), as well as several 

build alternatives along a variety of 

corridors between Milwaukee and the 

Twin Cities. 

DATES: Locations, dates, and start and 

end times for public meetings involving 

the EIS are listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Daniel Krom, Director, Passenger Rail 

Office, Minnesota Department of 

Transportation, 395 John Ireland 

Boulevard, MS 480, St. Paul, MN 55155, 

telephone (651)–366–3193; or Ms. 

Colleen Vaughn, Office of Railroad 

Policy and Development, Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA), 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., MS–20/W38– 

303, Washington, DC 20590, telephone 

(202) 493–6096. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FRA, in 

cooperation with the Minnesota 

Department of Transportation (Mn/ 

DOT), and the Wisconsin Department of 

Transportation (WisDOT), will prepare a 

Tier 1 EIS for the Milwaukee-Twin 

Cities High-Speed Rail Corridor Program 

from the Milwaukee Intermodal Station 

in Milwaukee, WI to the Minneapolis 

Transportation Interchange in 

Minneapolis, MN. The objective of the 

tiered EIS is to evaluate potential 

intercity passenger rail route 

alternatives at the corridor level and 

will result in the creation of a Service 

Development Plan for the corridor. 

Objectives: The objectives of this 

MWRRI project are to meet current and 

future regional travel needs through 

significant improvements to the level 

and quality of passenger rail service and 

provide a stimulus for joint 

development in communities served by 

the system by: 

• Using existing rail rights-of-way to 

connect rural, small urban, and major 

metropolitan areas; 

• Improving safety, reliability and ontime performance; 

• Providing a transportation choice 

for smaller communities which do not 

have or are under-served by commercial 

air service; 

• Providing improved travel times 

that are competitive with the 

automobile mode; and 

• Using modern train equipment 

operating at speeds up to 110 mph. 

Environmental Review Process: The 

EIS will be developed in accordance 

with Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) regulations (40 CFR part 1500 et 

seq.) implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 

FRA’s Procedures for Considering 

Environmental Impacts (64 FR 28545; 

May 26, 1999). FRA, with Mn/DOT and 

WisDOT, will use a tiered process, as 

provided for in 40 CFR 1508.28 and in 

accordance with FRA guidance, in the 

completion of the environmental review 

of the Project. The Tier 1 EIS will 

address broad corridor-level issues and 

proposals. Subsequent phases or tiers 

will analyze, at a greater level of detail, 

narrower site-specific proposals based 

on the decisions made in Tier 1. 

Tier 1: The Tier 1 EIS will result in 

a NEPA document with the appropriate 


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