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Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: September 14, 2009. 

Judith Kane, 

Acting Chief, Management Programs and 

Analysis Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2009–0095] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Request for 

Extension of Currently Approved 

Information 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Request for Extension 

of Currently Approved Information. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval to renew an 

information collection, which is 

summarized below under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We are 

required to publish this notice in the 

Federal Register by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

November 17, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket Management 

System (DMS) Docket Number FHWA– 

2006–0095 by any of the following 

methods: 

Web Site: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janine Ashe, 202–366–9057, Office of 

Civil Rights, Federal Highway 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave., 

SE., E81–125, Washington, DC, between 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Federal-Aid Highway 

Construction Equal Employment 

Opportunity. 

Background: Title 23, part 140(a), 

requires the FHWA to ensure equal 

opportunity regarding contractors’ 

employment practices on Federal-aid 

highway projects. To carry out this 

requirement, the contractors must 

submit to the State Transportation 

Agencies (STAs) on all work being 

performed on Federal-aid contracts 

during the month of July, a report on its 

employment workforce data. This report 

provides the employment workforce 

data on these contracts and includes the 

number of minorities, women, and nonminorities in specific highway 

construction job categories. This 

information is reported on Form PR– 

1391, Federal-Aid Highway 

Construction Contractors Summary of 

Employment Data. The statute also 

requires the STAs to submit a report to 

the FHWA summarizing the data 

entered on the PR–1391 forms. This 

summary data is provided on Form PR– 

1392, Federal-Aid Highway 

Construction Contractors Summary of 

Employment Data. The STAs and 

FHWA use this data to identify patterns 

and trends of employment in the 

highway construction industry, and to 

determine the adequacy and impact of 

the STA’s and FHWA’s contract 

compliance and on-the-job (OJT) 

training programs. The STAs use this 

information to monitor the contractorsemployment and training of minorities 

and women in the traditional highway 

construction crafts. Additionally, the 

data is used by FHWA to provide 

summarization, trend analyses to 

Congress, DOT, and FHWA officials as 

well as others who request information 

relating to the Federal-aid highway 

construction EEO program. The 

information is also used in making 

decisions regarding resource allocation; 

program emphasis; marketing and 

promotion activities; training; and 

compliance efforts. 

Respondents: 11,077 annual 

respondents for Form PR–1391, and 52 

STAs annual respondents for Form PR– 

1392, total of 11,129. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: FHWA estimates it takes 30 

minutes for Federal-aid contractors to 

complete and submit Form PR–1391 

and 8 hours for STAs to complete and 

submit Form PR–1392. 

Estimated Total Amount Burden 

Hours: Form PR–1391—5,539 hours per 

year; Form PR–1392—416 hours per 

year, total of 5,955 hours annually. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

The agency will summarize and/or 

include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on September 14, 2009. 

Judith Kane, 

Acting Chief, Management Programs and 

Analysis Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Notice of Intent (NOI) To Prepare a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Anaheim Regional 

Transportation Intermodal Center 

(ARTIC) in the City of Anaheim, Orange 

County, CA 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA), in cooperation 

with the Orange County Transportation 

Authority (OCTA) and the City of 

Anaheim, is issuing this notice of intent 

to advise other agencies and the public 

that they will be preparing a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report (DEIS/ 

EIR) for the Anaheim Regional 

Transportation Intermodal center 

(ARTIC), which is proposed to provide 

a new multimodal transportation facility 

in the vicinity of the existing Metrolink/ 

Amtrak Anaheim Station in Anaheim, 

California. The EIS will be prepared in 

accordance with regulations 

implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as 

well as provisions of the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

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Users (SAFETEA–LU, 2005). The EIR 

will be prepared in accordance with 

guidelines implementing the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The 

purpose of this Notice of Intent is to 

alert interested parties regarding the 

plan to prepare the DEIS/EIR, to provide 

information on the proposed transit 

project and possible alternatives, to 

invite participation in the DEIS/EIR 

process, including comments on the 

scope of the DEIS/EIR, and to announce 

that a public scoping meeting will be 

conducted. 

DATES: Written comments on the scope 

of the DEIS/EIR including the project’s 

purpose and need, the alternatives to be 

considered, the impacts to be evaluated, 

and the methodologies to be used in the 

evaluations should be sent to Ms. 

Jennifer Bergener, Rail Program 

Manager, at the ADDRESSES below by 

November 25, 2009. A scoping meeting 

will be held on Wednesday, October 14, 

2009 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the location 

indicated under ADDRESSES below. 

Representatives of Native American 

tribal governments and all Federal, 

State, regional and local agencies that 

may have an interest in any aspect of 

the project will be invited to be 

participating or cooperating agencies, as 

appropriate. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this 

Notice of Intent should be sent to Ms. 

Jennifer Bergener, Rail Program 

Manager, at OCTA, 600 S. Main Street, 

Orange, CA 92868. Comments also may 

be submitted in writing at the public 

scoping meeting. The address for the 

public scoping meeting is as follows: 

• OCTA, 600 S. Main Street, Orange, 

CA 92868, Room 103/104. The Scoping 

Meeting will be held on Wednesday, 

October 14, 2009 from 5 to 7 p.m. The 

project’s purpose and need and the 

description of alternatives currently 

under consideration for the proposed 

project will be presented at this 

meeting. The meeting facilities will be 

accessible to persons with disabilities. If 

special translation or signing services or 

other special accommodations are 

needed, please contact Laura Scheper at 

(714) 560–5697 or lscheper@octa.net at 

least 48 hours before the scoping 

meeting. Paper copies of scoping 

materials may be obtained from Laura 

Scheper at (714) 560–5697 or 

lscheper@octa.net. Also, scoping 

materials will be available at the 

meetings and on the OCTA Web site 

(http://www.octa.net). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Hymie Luden, City and Regional 

Planner, of the Federal Transit 

Administration’s San Francisco 

Regional Office at (415) 744–2732 or 

write to FTA Region IX Office, 201 

Mission Street Suite 1650, San 

Francisco, CA 94105–1926. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scoping 

The FTA, OCTA, and the City of 

Anaheim invite all interested 

individuals, and organizations, public 

agencies and Native American Tribes to 

provide comments on the scope of the 

DEIS/EIR, including the project’s 

purpose and need, the alternatives 

currently under consideration, the 

impacts to be evaluated and the 

evaluation methods to be used. 

Comments should focus on: alternatives 

that may be less costly or have fewer 

environmental or community impacts 

while achieving similar transportation 

objectives, and the identification of any 

significant social, economic or 

environmental issues related to 

alternatives. 

NEPA ‘‘scoping’’ (40 CFR 1501.7) has 

specific and fairly limited objectives, 

one of which is to identify the 

significant issues associated with 

alternatives that will be examined in 

detail in the document, while 

simultaneously limiting consideration 

and development of issues that are not 

truly significant. It is in the NEPA 

scoping process that potentially 

significant environmental impacts— 

those that give rise to the need to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement—should be identified; 

impacts that are deemed not to be 

significant need not be developed 

extensively in the context of the impact 

statement, thereby keeping the 

statement focused on impacts of 

consequence. Transit projects may also 

generate environmental benefits; these 

should be highlighted as well—the 

impact statement process should draw 

attention to positive impacts, not just 

negative impacts. 

Once the scope of the environmental 

study, including significant 

environmental issues to be addressed, is 

settled, an annotated outline of the 

document will be prepared and shared 

with interested agencies and the public. 

The outline serves at least three worthy 

purposes, including (1) Documenting 

the results of the scoping process; (2) 

contributing to the transparency of the 

process; and (3) providing a clear 

roadmap for concise development of the 

environmental document 

In the interest of producing a readable 

and user-friendly public document, and 

pursuant to 40 CFR 1502.10, the EIS 

shall be limited to 150 pages exclusive 

of any 4(f) and/or 6(f) evaluation. The 

EIS should emphasize graphics and 

virtual visual simulations over technical 

jargon, and technical appendices shall 

be included in a separate volume. 

The Proposed Project 

The ARTIC Project proposes to 

provide a new multimodal transit center 

in the Platinum Triangle area of the City 

of Anaheim. ARTIC would provide 

convenient and efficient transfers 

between Metrolink, Amtrak, local fixedroute bus, the planned Anaheim FixedGuideway, the planned high-speed 

trains service, future bus rapid transit, 

private automobiles and other forms of 

transportation. 

Purpose and Need for the Proposed 

Project 

The primary purpose of the ARTIC 

Project is to provide a multimodal 

transportation center in the vicinity of 

the existing Metrolink/Amtrak Anaheim 

Station, with capacity to accommodate 

the expected population growth and the 

planned new modes of transportation. 

The project is needed because Orange 

County’s travel demand will continue to 

increase overtime, with the highest 

concentration in central and northern 

Orange County for the foreseeable 

future. With a population of more than 

3 million, Orange County is the secondlargest county in California and the 

fifth-largest county in the nation. 

Population is expected to continue to 

grow in the coming decades with a 

population of 3.7 million expected by 

2040. The city of Anaheim is 

California’s tenth-largest city with 

nearly 350,000 residents and is in the 

heart of the county. ARTIC would serve 

this growing community, now and into 

the future. With the implementation and 

integration of additional transit options, 

it is important to maximize the return 

on the transit services already deployed 

in that area and create new 

opportunities for transit use. The 

existing Anaheim Station is not able to 

accommodate some of these additional 

transit options, particularly the high 

speed train mode. A facility is needed 

that can provide easy connections with 

other bus, taxi, car, other local transit, 

and other train modes. 

Alternatives 

Project alternatives currently under 

consideration include a no build 

alternative, the proposed ARTIC 

alternative, at least one alternative that 

would provide a transit facility similar 

to ARTIC at the location of the existing 

Metrolink/Amtrak Anaheim Station, 

and at least one reduced project 

alternative. These alternatives are 

further described as follows: 

• No Build Alternative—the No Build 

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ARTIC is not constructed, and that the 

expansion and addition of 

transportation services planned to occur 

with the completion of ARTIC Phase 1 

would be accommodated at the existing 

Metrolink/Amtrak Anaheim Station. 

• ARTIC Alternative—The ARTIC 

Alternative would include three phases. 

Phase 1 would include realignment of 

the existing Los Angeles to San Diego 

(LOSSAN) rail corridor mainline tracks; 

relocation of track platforms; 

reconstruction of the existing rail bridge 

over Douglass Road; provisions for new 

pedestrian access; station terminal and 

other station area improvements with 

the terminal and supporting facilities 

relocated to the ARTIC site southeast of 

the intersection of Katella Avenue and 

Douglass Road; associated parking 

facilities; and roadway improvements to 

facilitate access and egress from the site 

and accommodate predicted traffic 

levels. Phases 2 and 3 would build upon 

the infrastructure provided in Phase 1 

and introduce new or expanded 

transportation facility connections at the 

ARTIC site. The later phases would also 

include opportunities for potential joint 

development and other private-sector 

cost-sharing and/or revenue-sharing 

arrangements. The site for this 

alternative included the existing 

railroad right-of-way from 

approximately Katella Avenue to the 

Santa Ana River, where track 

improvements would be made; the 

existing Anaheim Station for Amtrak 

and Metrolink, which would be 

removed; and two parcels of land where 

the new multimodal station and 

associated development would occur. 

The first parcel, which is owned by 

OCTA, is located east of Douglass Road 

between Katella Avenue and the 

entrance to Angels Stadium of Anaheim, 

south of the existing development on 

the south side of Katella Avenue; west 

of the Santa Ana River, and north of the 

railroad right-of-way. The second parcel 

is owned by the City of Anaheim, is a 

smaller, triangular-shaped parcel south 

of the railroad right-of-way, with the 

Santa Ana River to the east and State 

Route 57 to the west. The current uses 

of the site are former maintenance 

facilities and storage yards. Adjacent 

land uses include retail and office/light 

industrial uses, sports/entertainment 

facilities (Angel Stadium and the Honda 

Center), a hotel, the Santa Ana River, 

and State Route 57. 

• ARTIC On Existing Site 

Alternative—This alternative would 

provide the facilities proposed under 

the ARTIC alternative at the existing 

Anaheim Station site adjacent to Angels 

Stadium. A new terminal and 

supporting facilities would be 

constructed to replace the existing 

terminal. Existing track will be modified 

to accommodate extension of the 

existing platforms by approximately 200 

feet. This alternative would also include 

improved and expanded pedestrian 

access, station area improvements 

similar to the ARTIC alternative, 

improved station area roadway access, 

and expanded parking facilities. 

Multiple options may be considered for 

this alternative. 

• Reduced Development 

Alternative—This alternative would 

include only the transportation-related 

aspects of the ARTIC project, without 

some or all of the opportunities for 

potential joint development and other 

private-sector cost-sharing and/or 

revenue-sharing arrangements. Multiple 

options may be considered for this 

alternative. 

The EIS Process and the Role of 

Participating Agencies and the Public 

The purpose of the EIS process is to 

explore in a public setting the 

potentially significant effects of 

implementing the proposed action and 

alternatives on the physical, human, 

and natural environment. Areas of 

investigation will be developed during 

the scoping process and may include, 

but not be limited to, aesthetics, air 

quality, biological resources, cultural 

resources, geology/soils, hazards and 

hazardous materials, hydrology and 

water quality, land use and planning, 

noise and vibration, population and 

housing, public services, recreation, 

transportation and traffic, and utilities 

and service systems. 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 EIS 

process. Section 6002 of SAFETEA–LU 

requires that FTA, OCTA, and the City 

of Anaheim do the following: (1) Extend 

an invitation to other Federal and nonFederal agencies and Indian 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 in helping to 

define the purpose and need for a 

proposed project, as well as the range of 

alternatives for consideration in the 

impact statement, and (3) establish a 

plan for coordinating public and agency 

participation in and comment on the 

environmental review process. An 

invitation to become a participating 

agency, with the scoping information 

packet appended, will be extended to 

other Federal and non-Federal agencies 

and Indian tribes that may have an 

interest in the proposed project. It is 

possible that we may not be able to 

identify all Federal and non-Federal 

agencies and Indian tribes that may 

have such an interest. Any Federal or 

non-Federal agency or Indian tribe 

interested in the proposed project that 

does not receive an invitation to become 

a participating agency should notify the 

OCTA Rail Program Manager identified 

above under ADDRESSES, at the earliest 

opportunity, but no later than 30 days 

following this notice. 

A comprehensive public involvement 

program has been developed. A 

technical advisory committee called the 

Project Development Team, consisting 

of representatives of state, regional and 

local agencies, is in place. The program 

also includes a public scoping process 

including a public review/comment 

period, a public hearing on the DEIS/ 

EIR, and posting of information on the 

project Web site. We invite the public 

and participating agencies to consider 

the preliminary statement of purpose 

and need for the proposed project, the 

alternatives currently proposed for 

consideration, and potential significant 

environmental impacts that may be 

associated with the proposed project. 

All comments and suggestions will be 

given serious consideration. 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 regulations of the Council 

on Environmental Quality 

implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508 and 23 CFR part 771), the 

project-level air quality conformity 

regulation of the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) (40 CFR part 

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

(40 CFR part 230), Executive Orders 

11988, 11990 and 12898 regarding 

floodplains, wetlands, and 

environmental justice, respectively, 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (36 CFR Part 800), 

Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act 

(50 CFR part 402), and section 4(f) of the 

Department of Transportation Act (23 

CFR 771.135). 

Issued on: September 14, 2009. 

Raymond Sukys, 

Acting Regional Administrator, FTA, Region 

9. 

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