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1See Pioneer Railcorp and Michigan Southern 

Railroad Company—Corporate Family Transaction 

Exemption, STB Finance Docket No. 33941 (STB 

served Oct. 10, 2000). 

2EWR states that it has executed the Agreement, 

and that NSR will shortly execute the Agreement. 

route would be constructed west of 

120th Avenue, from M–45 (Lake 

Michigan Drive) north to the I–96/M– 

104 interchange, including a new 

crossing of the Grand River; 

improvements to M–104, near I–96; new 

ramps at the I–96/M–231 interchange; 

and improvements to the I–96/112th 

Avenue interchange. 

The project is located in Ottawa 

County, Michigan. The FEIS 

summarizes the planning basis, the 

process used to determine the Preferred 

Alternative and associated impacts, 

describes the anticipated environmental 

impacts and proposed mitigation, and 

addresses comments received on the 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement. 

DATES: Any comments should be 

received on or before March 22, 2010. 

The FEIS is available for public review 

during a 30-day waiting period per 23 

CFR 771.127. To ensure your comments 

are considered, submit your comments 

on or before March 22, 2010. FHWA 

cannot issue the Record of Decision 

(ROD) any sooner than 30 days after 

publication of the final EIS notice in the 

Federal Register (currently scheduled to 

be published on February 19, 2010). The 

ROD will present the basis for the 

decision as specified in 40 CFR 1505.2, 

and summarize any mitigation measures 

that will be incorporated in the project. 

Substantive comments received by 

March 22nd that address new concerns 

or fatal flaws in the FEIS’s analysis will 

be responded to in the ROD. 

ADDRESSES: 1. Document Availability: 

Copies of the FEIS are available for 

public inspection and review at the 

following locations: 

• Fruitport Branch Library, 47 West 

Park St., Fruitport. 

• Herrick Public Library, 300 S. River 

Ave., Holland. 

• Howard Miller Public Library, 14 S. 

Church St., Zeeland. 

• Loutit Library, 407 Columbus St., 

Grand Haven. 

• Norton Shores Branch Library, 705 

Seminole Rd., Norton Shores. 

• Warner Baird District Library, 123 

Exchange St., Spring Lake. 

• Robinson Township Hall, 12010 

120th Ave., Grand Haven. 

• Crockery Township, 17431 112th 

Ave., Nunica. 

• Holland Township, 353 N. 120th 

Ave., Holland. 

• City of Holland, 270 S. River Ave., 

Holland. 

• City of Grand Haven, 519 

Washington Ave., Grand Haven. 

• Grand Haven Township, 13300 

168th Ave., Grand Haven. 

• Macatawa Area Coordinating 

Council, 301 Douglas Ave., Holland. 

• Ottawa County Planning & Grants 

Office, 12220 Fillmore St., Rm. 170, 

West Olive. 

• MDOT Grand Region Office, 1420 

Front St., Grand Rapids. 

• MDOT Muskegon Transportation 

Service Center, 2225 Olthoff Dr., 

Muskegon. 

• MDOT Grand Rapids 

Transportation Service Center, 2060 

Leonard St., N.E., Grand Rapids. 

• MDOT Bureau of Transportation 

Planning, 425 W. Ottawa St., Lansing. 

The document also may be viewed 

and commented on at: http:// 

www.michigan.gov/mdotstudies. 

Copies of the FEIS may be requested 

from Bob Parsons (Public Involvement 

and Hearings Officer) at the Michigan 

Department of Transportation, 425 W. 

Ottawa Street, P.O. Box 30050, Lansing, 

MI 48909 or by calling (517) 373–9534. 

2. Comments: Send any comments on 

the FEIS to the Michigan Department of 

Transportation, c/o Bob Parsons (Public 

Involvement and Hearings Officer), 425 

W. Ottawa Street, P.O. Box 30050, 

Lansing, MI 48909; Fax: (517) 373–9255; 

or e-mail: parsonsb@michigan.gov. 

Information regarding this proposed 

action is available in alternative formats 

upon request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ruth Hepfer, Area Engineer at FHWA 

Michigan Division, 315 W. Allegan 

Street, Room 201; Lansing, MI 48933; by 

phone at (517) 702–1847, or email at 

Ruth.Hepfer@dot.gov. 

David Williams, Environmental 

Program Manager, FHWA Michigan 

Division, 315 W. Allegan Street, Room 

201; Lansing, MI 48933; by phone at 

(517) 702–1820; or email at 

David.Williams@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DEIS 

for the US–31 Holland to Grand Haven 

Project was approved in November 

1998. Since more than 11 years has 

passed since the signing of the DEIS, a 

re-evaluation of the DEIS was done in 

accordance with 23 CFR 771.129, and is 

included in the FEIS. This FEIS reflects 

the comments received during the 

public hearing process and updated data 

in all critical areas. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq, as 

amended and the Council on Environmental 

Quality Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500– 

1508)23 CFR 771.117; and 23 U.S.C. 139(1)(1) 

Issued on: February 10, 2010. 

James J. Steele, 

Division Administrator, Lansing, Michigan. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3110 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35347] 

Elkhart & Western Railroad Co.—Lease 

and Operation Exemption—Norfolk 

Southern Railway Company 

Elkhart & Western Railroad Co. 

(EWR), a Class III rail carrier,1 has filed 

a verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR 1150.41 to lease and to operate, 

pursuant to a lease agreement 

(Agreement) 2 with Norfolk Southern 

Railway Company (NSR), approximately 

23.0 miles of NSR’s rail line generally 

referred to as a portion of the Michigan 

City Branch (MCB) extending between 

milepost I 108.6+/¥ at Argos, IN 

(including track extending from the 

clearance point of the east switch of the 

track connecting the MCB to NSR’s 

Argos Yard, continuing to the end of the 

right-of-way at Argos), and milepost I 

131.6+/¥ at Walkerton, IN, but 

excluding the trackage and diamonds 

between the northbound and 

southbound home signals at CP West 

Argos (which trackage NSR will retain 

to protect the crossing of NSR’s Chicago 

District). 

EWR states that it will interchange 

traffic with NSR at a track in the vicinity 

of Argos Yard. EWR also states that it 

does not believe that the Agreement 

contains an interchange commitment 

that would impede EWR’s ability to 

interchange with third party carriers. 

See 49 CFR 1150.43(h). According to 

EWR, the Agreement does contain a 

standard rental credit provision, which 

EWR sought in negotiations to afford it 

greater financial flexibility to, among 

other things, improve the line’s 

infrastructure. To ensure adherence to 

49 CFR 1150.43(h) for transactions 

involving interchange commitments, 

EWR concurrently has filed with its 

notice a complete version of the 

Agreement, marked ‘‘highly 

confidential’’ and submitted under seal 

pursuant to 49 CFR 1104.14(a). 

EWR certifies that its projected annual 

revenues as a result of the transaction 

will not result in it becoming a Class II 

or Class I rail carrier and further 

certifies that its projected annual 

revenues will not exceed $5 million. 

The transaction is scheduled to be 

consummated on or after March 6, 2010, 

the effective date of the exemption (30 

days after the exemption was filed). 


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If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions for stay must 

be filed no later than February 26, 2010 

(at least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35347, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on Robert A. 

Wimbish, Baker & Miller, PLLC, 2401 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Suite 300, 

Washington, DC 20037. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: February 16, 2010. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3229 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury, 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 proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law No. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), an office 

within the Department of the Treasury, 

is soliciting comments concerning the 

CDFI Fund’s Quarterly New Markets 

Report (QNMR) for New Markets Tax 

Credit (NMTC) allocatees under the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before April 20, 2010 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to 

Charles McGee, Program Manager, 

Certification, Compliance Monitoring 

and Evaluation at the Community 

Development Financial Institutions 

Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 

601 13th Street, NW., Suite 200 South, 

Washington, DC 20005, by e-mail to 

cdfihelp@cdfi.treas.gov or by facsimile 

to (202) 622–7754. Please note this is 

not a toll free number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

CDFI Fund’s QNMR may be obtained 

from the Recovery Act page of the CDFI 

Fund’s Web site at http:// 

www.cdfifund.gov. Requests for 

additional information should be 

directed to Charles McGee, Program 

Manager, Certification, Compliance 

Monitoring and Evaluation, Community 

Development Financial Institutions 

Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 

601 13th Street, NW., Suite 200 South, 

Washington, DC 20005, or call (202) 

622–7373. Please note this is not a toll 

free number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Quarterly New Markets Report. 

OMB Number: 1559–0035. 

Abstract: The NMTC Program was 

authorized under the Community 

Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000 and is 

administered by the Department of the 

Treasury’s Community Development 

Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. The 

NMTC Program facilitates investment in 

low-income communities by permitting 

taxpayers to receive a credit against 

Federal income taxes for making 

Qualified Equity Investments (QEIs) in 

designated Treasury-certified 

Community Development Entities 

(CDEs). The CDEs must, in turn, use 

substantially all of these QEI proceeds 

to make loans and investments in 

businesses and real estate developments 

in low-income communities. 

The Recovery Act provided $3 billion 

of tax credit allocation authority 

through the NMTC Program. Of this 

amount, $1.5 billion was made available 

to thirty-two CDEs through the FY 2008 

NMTC allocation round and the 

remaining $1.5 billion was made 

available to twenty-four CDEs through 

the FY 2009 NMTC allocation round. In 

order to ensure that the accountability 

and transparency requirements of the 

Recovery Act are being met, NMTC 

allocatees that are recipients of an 

allocation authority under the Recovery 

Act are required to report to the CDFI 

Fund on a quarterly basis. NMTC 

allocatees must complete and submit a 

QNMR to the CDFI Fund no later than 

10 days after the end of each calendar 

quarter. The questions included in the 

QNMR allow the CDFI Fund to evaluate 

the effectiveness and impact of the 

NMTC Program. More specifically, the 

information reported in the QNMR will 

enable the CDFI Fund to identify how 

Recovery Act allocatees are putting their 

NMTC investments to use in lowincome communities and will help the 

CDFI Fund to meet its own Recovery 

Act agency reporting requirements. The 

QNMR also provides qualitative and 

quantitative information on the 

allocatee’s compliance with its 

performance goals as outlined in its 

allocation agreement with the CDFI 

Fund. Failure to obtain the information 

collected in the QNMR could result in 

improper monitoring of the uses of 

Federal funds. 

Current Actions: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Type of Review: Regular Review. 

Affected Public: New Markets Tax 

Credit allocatees that are recipients of 

an allocation authority under the 

Recovery Act. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

56. 

Estimated Annual Time per 

Respondent: 17.14 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 960 hours. 

Requests for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record and 

may be published on the CDFI Fund 

Web site at http://www.cdfifund.gov. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the CDFI Fund, 

including whether the information shall 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the CDFI Fund’s estimate of the burden 

of the collection of information; (c) ways 

to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of technology. 

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1834a, 4703, 4703 

note, 4713, 4717; 31 U.S.C. 321; 12 CFR part 

1806; Public Law 111–5. 

Dated: February 4, 2010. 

Donna J. Gambrell, 

Director, Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3165 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

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