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12The text of the proposed rule change is 

available on the Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.sec.gov/. 

13 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

• Send an e-mail to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File 

Number SR–NYSEAMEX–2010–11 on 

the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–NYSEAMEX–2010–11. This 

file number should be included on the 

subject line if e-mail is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission,12 all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for Web site viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Section, 100 F Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. Copies of 

the filing will also be available for 

inspection and copying at the NYSE’s 

principal office and on its Internet Web 

site at http://www.nyse.com. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change; the Commission does 

not edit personal identifying 

information from submissions. You 

should submit only information that 

you wish to make available publicly. All 

submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–NYSEAMEX–2010–11 and 

should be submitted on or before March 

30, 2010. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.13

Florence E. Harmon, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6437] 

Announcement of a Meeting of the 

International Telecommunication 

Advisory Committee 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the International 

Telecommunication Advisory 

Committee (ITAC) to prepare for an 

April 19–30 meeting of International 

Telecommunication Union (ITU) 

Telecommunication Standardization 

Sector (ITU–T) Study Group 13 (Future 

networks including mobile and Next 

Generation Networks). 

The ITAC will meet by conference 

call to prepare advice for the U.S. 

government for the meeting of ITU–T 

Study Group 13 (Future networks 

including mobile and Next Generation 

Networks) on March 26, 10 a.m.—noon 

Eastern Time. Access to the conference 

bridge may be obtained on request to the 

ITAC Secretariat, minardje@state.gov or 

at (202) 647–3234. This meeting is open 

to the public and the public will have 

an opportunity to provide comments at 

this meeting. Any requests for 

reasonable accommodation should be 

made at least seven days before the 

meeting. All such requests will be 

considered; however, requests made 

after that date might not be possible to 

fulfill. Those desiring further 

information on this meeting may contact 

the Secretariat at minardje@state.gov or 

at (202) 647–3234. 

Dated: March 3, 2010. 

James G. Ennis, 

International Communications & Information 

Policy, U.S. Department of State. 

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BILLING CODE 4710–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Preparation of an Alternatives Analysis 

and Environmental Impact Statement 

for High Capacity Transit 

Improvements for the Indianapolis 

Northeast Corridor in the Indiana 

Counties of Marion and Hamilton 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

U.S. Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an 

Alternatives Analysis/Environmental 

Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA), the Central 

Indiana Regional Transportation 

Authority (CIRTA), the Indianapolis 

Metropolitan Planning Organization 

(Indianapolis MPO) and Indianapolis 

Public Transportation Corporation 

(IndyGo) intend to prepare an 

Alternatives Analysis/Environmental 

Impact Statement (AA/EIS) relating to 

proposed high capacity transit 

improvements in the Northeast Corridor 

located in the Indiana counties of 

Marion and Hamilton. The study area is 

an approximately 23-mile long travel 

corridor extending from downtown 

Indianapolis to the northern parts of 

Noblesville and includes the 

communities of Carmel and Fishers. 

Options to be considered include NoBuild, Transportation System 

Management (TSM), Bus Rapid Transit 

(BRT), and Commuter Rail. The AA/EIS 

will be prepared in accordance with the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

its implementing regulations. The AA/ 

EIS process provides opportunities for 

the public to comment on the scope of 

the EIS, including the project’s purpose 

and need, the alternatives to be 

considered, and the impacts to be 

evaluated. The southern terminal of all 

alternatives will be Union Station or an 

adjacent transit center in downtown 

Indianapolis. 

The purpose of this notice is to alert 

interested parties regarding the intent to 

prepare the AA/EIS, to provide 

information on the nature of the 

proposed project and possible 

alternatives, to invite public 

participation in the AA/EIS process, 

including comments on the scope of the 

EIS as proposed in this notice, to 

announce that public scoping meetings 

will be conducted, and to identify 

participating agency contacts. This 

input will be used to assist 

decisionmakers in determining a locally 

preferred alternative (LPA) and Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 

for the Northeast Corridor. Upon 

selection of an LPA, the project 

sponsors will request permission from 

FTA to enter into preliminary 

engineering per requirements of New 

Starts regulations 49 CFR Part 611. The 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(FEIS) will be issued after FTA approves 

entrance into preliminary engineering. 

Dates, Times, and Locations: 

Comment Due Date: Written comments 

on the purpose and need for the 

proposed improvements, and the scope 

of alternatives and impacts to be 

considered should be sent to the 

Indianapolis MPO by April 30, 2010. 

Public scoping meetings to accept 

comments on the scope of the study will 

be held on the following dates: 

• Wednesday, March 17 from 7 p.m. 

until 8:30 p.m. in the Julia Carson 

Government Center located at 300 E Fall 


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Creek Parkway N Dr., Indianapolis, 

Indiana. 

• Wednesday, March 24 from 7 p.m. 

until 8:30 p.m. in the Hamilton County 

Government Center located at One 

Hamilton County Square, Noblesville, 

Indiana. 

The public scoping meetings will be 

informal meetings in an open house 

format. Interested persons may ask 

questions about the proposal and the 

FTA’s environmental review process. 

The project’s purpose and need and the 

initial set of alternatives proposed for 

study will be presented at these 

meetings. CIRTA, MPO and IndyGO 

project team members will be available 

to answer questions and receive 

comments. Writing stations will be 

available to those who wish to submit 

written comments at the public scoping 

meetings. Project team members will be 

available to listen and make notes of 

residents’ comments. 

The public scoping meeting locations 

comply with the Americans with 

Disabilities Act. Persons needing special 

accommodations should contact Anna 

M. Tyskiewicz, Project Manager, at (317) 

327–5487 or atyszkie@indygov.org at 

least 48 hours prior to the meeting. 

Subsequent to the public scoping 

meetings, an interagency scoping 

meeting for Federal, State, regional and 

local resource and regulatory agencies 

will be held in April 2010. All 

appropriate agencies that may have an 

interest in this project, or have a 

potential interest in becoming a 

participating agency, will be notified of 

the meeting through separate direct 

correspondence. 

Submitting Comments on the Scope of 

the Study: Scoping materials will be 

available at the meetings and through 

the project’s Web site at http:// 

www.indyconnect.org. FTA, CIRTA, the 

Indianapolis MPO and IndyGo 

encourage broad participation in the 

AA/EIS process. All interested agencies, 

organizations, communities, and 

members of the public are invited to 

participate in the scoping process by 

reviewing and commenting on the scope 

of the AA/EIS. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

scope of the AA/EIS may be submitted 

to the attention of Anna M. Tyskiewicz, 

Project Manager, Indianapolis 

Metropolitan Planning Organization, 

City County Building, Suite 1922, 200 E. 

Washington Street, Indianapolis, 

Indiana 46204, Phone: (317) 327–5487, 

Fax (317) 327–5950, E-mail: 

atyszkie@indygov.org. 

Additional Information: Contact 

Reginald Arkell, Federal Transit 

Administration, Region 5, 200 W. 

Adams Street, Suite 320, Chicago, 

Illinois 60606, Phone: 312–886–3704, Email: reginald.arkell@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Scoping 

The FTA, the Indianapolis MPO and 

CIRTA invite all interested individuals, 

organizations, businesses, and Federal, 

State, and local agencies to participate 

in establishing the purpose and need, 

project alternatives, and methodologies 

of the environmental analysis approach 

for the AA/EIS, as well as participate in 

an active public involvement program. 

During the scoping process, the public 

is invited to comment on (a) the purpose 

and need; (b) the alternatives to be 

addressed; (c) the transit technologies to 

be evaluated; (d) the alignments and 

station locations to be considered; (e) 

the environmental, social, and economic 

impacts to be analyzed; and (f) the 

evaluation approach to be used to select 

the LPA. 

NEPA ‘‘scoping’’ (40 CFR 1501.7) is 

intended to identify the significant 

issues associated with alternatives that 

will be examined in detail and to limit 

consideration of issues that are not truly 

significant. It is in the NEPA scoping 

process that potentially significant 

environmental impacts should be 

identified. Environmental benefits will 

also be highlighted. 

Once the scope of the environmental 

study is defined, an annotated outline of 

the draft AA/EIS will be prepared and 

shared with interested agencies and the 

public. The outline will serve to: (1) 

Document the results of the scoping 

process; (2) contribute to the 

transparency of the process; and (3) 

provide a clear roadmap for concise 

development of the environmental 

document. 

Following the public scoping process, 

public outreach activities will continue 

with interested residents, stakeholders 

and groups throughout the AA/EIS 

process. The Web site, http:// 

www.indyconnect.org, will be updated 

periodically to reflect the status of the 

project. Additional opportunities for 

public participation will be announced 

through mailings, notices, and press 

releases. 

II. Description of Study Area and 

Project Need 

The Study Area includes the main 

travel corridors between downtown 

Indianapolis and the rapidly growing 

areas of Hamilton County, Indiana, 

including the communities of Carmel, 

Fishers, and Noblesville, as well as the 

intervening high-density residential and 

commercial areas of northeastern and 

central Marion County. This is referred 

to as the Northeast Corridor. The length 

of this corridor, from downtown 

Indianapolis to the northern part of 

Noblesville, is approximately 23 miles. 

This part of Indianapolis contains the 

region’s most severe travel congestion 

and mobility challenges. Previous 

studies have shown that the Northeast 

Corridor, and particularly I–69 north of 

I–465, continues to face the worst traffic 

congestion in the region. Given growing 

mobility challenges, forecasted 

populations and employment growth 

coupled by a strong urban center near 

downtown Indianapolis, a potential 

promising alternative is investment in 

transit to supplement and enhance 

existing Indianapolis bus systems 

(IndyGo) and to extend services to new 

markets throughout this regional 

corridor. 

III. Alternatives 

The proposed alternatives to be 

evaluated in the AA/EIS will include 

the following: 

• No-Build Alternative: The No-Build 

Alternative is defined as the existing 

transportation system, plus any 

committed transportation 

improvements. Committed 

transportation improvements include 

projects that are already in the 

Indianapolis MPO and Indiana 

Department of Transportation (INDOT) 

financially constrained Transportation 

Improvement Program (TIP), which 

includes added travel lanes and 

interchange improvements on I–69 and 

I–465. 

• Transportation System Management 

(TSM) Alternative: A TSM Alternative, 

which reflects the best that can be done 

for mobility without constructing a new 

transit guideway, is required as part of 

the New Starts evaluation process. Bus 

service would operate in mixed traffic 

along I–69, Binford Boulevard, Fall 

Creek Parkway, and the Capitol Avenue/ 

Illinois Street one-way pair between 

Noblesville and South Street in 

Indianapolis. 

• Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) 

Alternative: A dedicated busway with 

on-line stations and other related capital 

improvements would be constructed in 

the HHPA Railroad right-of-way 

between Noblesville and approximately 

10th Street in Indianapolis, then 

operations would occur on-street in 

mixed traffic via the Capitol Avenue/ 

Illinois Street one-way pair to South 

Street. 

• Commuter Rail Transit (CRT) 

Alternative: In the commuter rail transit 

alternative, two different train 

technologies will be considered—FRA 

compliant vehicles (suitable for mixed 

traffic with freight trains) and non-FRA 


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compliant light rail vehicles. FRA 

compliant vehicles, which would 

include passenger coaches powered by 

diesel locomotives or diesel multiple 

units (DMUs), would operate on 

improved tracks in the HHPA Railroad 

right-of-way between Noblesville and 

approximately 10th Street in 

Indianapolis, then in the CSX Railroad 

right-of-way to Union Station. NonFRA-compliant DMU light rail vehicles 

would operate on improved tracks in 

the HHPA Railroad right-of-way 

between Noblesville and approximately 

10th Street in Indianapolis, then in the 

CSX Railroad right-of-way to Union 

Station. As an option for reaching a 

downtown transit center at or adjacent 

to Union Station, an alignment through 

the street network of downtown 

Indianapolis will be analyzed to avoid 

potential freight conflicts and to allow 

opportunities for additional stops in the 

core downtown employment district. 

Based on public and agency input 

received during scoping, variations of 

the above alternatives will be 

considered for the Northeast Corridor. 

IV. Potential Impacts for Analysis 

The scoping process will identify 

which of the following environmental 

impact areas are most relevant to the 

project, and merit further exploration in 

the AA/EIS. The impact areas include: 

land use, zoning, potential 

displacements, parkland, economic 

development, community disruptions, 

environmental justice, aesthetics, air 

quality, noise and vibration, wildlife, 

vegetation, threatened and endangered 

species, farmland, water quality, 

wetlands, waterways, floodplains, 

hazardous materials, and cultural, 

historic and archaeological resources. 

The AA/EIS will take into account 

both positive and negative impacts, 

direct and indirect impacts, short-term 

and long-term impacts and site specific 

and corridor wide impacts. Evaluation 

criteria will be consistent with all 

Federal, State, and local criteria, 

regulations and policies. The AA/EIS 

will identify measures to avoid or 

mitigate significant adverse 

environmental impacts. 

To ensure that all significant issues 

related to this proposed action are 

identified and addressed, scoping 

comments and suggestions are invited 

from all interested parties. 

The Public Involvement Program will 

include a full range of involvement 

activities. Activities will include 

outreach to local and regional officials 

and community and civic groups; a 

public scoping process to define the 

issues of concern among all parties 

interested in the project; organizing 

periodic meetings with various local 

agencies, organizations and committees; 

a public hearing on release of the DEIS; 

and development and distribution of 

project newsletters. There will be 

additional opportunities to participate 

in the scoping process in addition to the 

public meetings announced in this 

notice. Specific mechanisms for 

involvement will be detailed in the 

Public Involvement Program. 

V. Evaluation Criteria 

The Indianapolis MPO may seek New 

Starts funding for the proposed project 

under 49 U.S.C. 5309 and will therefore 

be subject to New Starts regulations (49 

CFR Part 611). The New Starts 

regulations require a planning 

Alternatives Analysis that leads to the 

selection of a locally preferred 

alternative and inclusion of the locally 

preferred alternative as part of the longrange transportation plan adopted by 

the Indianapolis MPO. The New Starts 

regulations also require the submission 

of certain project-justification 

information in support of a request to 

initiate preliminary engineering, which 

is normally developed in conjunction 

with the NEPA process. Pertinent New 

Starts evaluation criteria will be 

included in an appendix of the FEIS. 

VI. The EIS Process and the Role of 

Participating Agencies and the Public 

The regulations implementing NEPA, 

as well as provisions of the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU), call for public 

involvement in the AA/EIS process. 

Section 6002 of SAFETEA–LU requires 

the following: (1) Extend an invitation 

to other Federal and non-Federal 

agencies and Native American tribes 

that may have an interest in the 

proposed project to become 

‘‘participating agencies;’’ (2) provide an 

opportunity for involvement by 

participating agencies and the public to 

help define the purpose and need for a 

proposed project, as well as the range of 

alternatives for consideration in the AA/ 

EIS; and (3) establish a plan for 

coordinating public and agency 

participation in, and comment on, the 

environmental review process. 

The AA/EIS will be prepared in 

accordance with NEPA and its 

implementing regulations issued by the 

Council on Environmental Quality (40 

CFR Parts 1500–1508) and with the 

FTA/Federal Highway Administration 

regulations ‘‘Environmental Impact and 

Related Procedures’’ (23 CFR Part 771). 

In accordance with 23 CFR 771.105(a) 

and 771.133, FTA will comply with all 

Federal environmental laws, 

regulations, and executive orders 

applicable to the proposed project 

during the environmental review 

process to the maximum extent 

practicable. These requirements 

include, but are not limited to, the 

environmental and public hearing 

provisions of Federal transit laws (49 

U.S.C. 5301(e), 5323(b), and 5324), the 

project-level air quality conformity 

regulation of the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) (40 CFR part 

93), the section 404(b)(1) guidelines of 

EPA (40 CFR part 230), the regulation 

implementing section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act (36 

CFR part 800), the regulation 

implementing section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act (50 CFR part 

402), section 4(f) of the Department of 

Transportation Act (23 CFR 771.135), 

and Executive Orders 12898 on 

environmental justice, 11988 on 

floodplain management. 

Issued on: March 3, 2010. 

Marisol Simo ́n, 

Regional Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

34 Disclosures 

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision 

(OTS), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The 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 comment on 

proposed and continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507. The Office of Thrift 

Supervision within the Department of 

the Treasury will submit the proposed 

information collection requirement 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. Today, OTS is soliciting 

public comments on its proposal to 

extend this information collection. 

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before May 10, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to 

the collection by title of the proposal or 

by OMB approval number, to 

Information Collection Comments, Chief 

Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

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