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1ECTB notes that, mileposts notwithstanding, the 

distance between the terminal points of the lease 

has been calculated to be approximately 1,250 feet, 

which equates to 0.24 miles, not 0.3 miles. 

2See E. Chattanooga Belt Ry.—Acquis. & 

Operation Exemption—Norfolk S. Ry., FD 34024 

(STB served Apr. 10, 2001). 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36718] 

East Chattanooga Belt Railway 

Company, LLC—Acquisition and 

Operation Exemption—Norfolk 

Southern Railway Company 

East Chattanooga Belt Railway 

Company, LLC (ECTB), a Class III 

carrier, has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41, to 

lease from Norfolk Southern Railway 

Company (NSR) and to operate 

approximately 0.24 miles of rail line 

extending between milepost C448 in the 

vicinity of CP 23rd Street and milepost 

C447.7, a point roughly 100 feet south 

of the southernmost bridge abutment of 

a bridge over Dobbs Branch, also known 

as Spring Branch (the Line).1

According to ECTB, it has reached an 

agreement with NSR to supplement the 

terms of an original lease between them, 

dated April 1, 2001.2 ECTB states that 

the supplemental agreement expands its 

leasehold interest by extending to it the 

right to operate over and the obligation 

to maintain the Line, which is 

proximate to a line that ECTB currently 

operates pursuant to the original lease 

agreement. According to ECTB, it will 

obtain the right to conduct overhead 

operations over the Line and NSR will 

retain the obligation to provide local 

service on the Line in the event any 

such service demand emerges. 

ECTB certifies that its anticipated 

annual freight common carrier revenues 

following consummation of the 

proposed transaction will qualify it as a 

Class III carrier and will not exceed $5 

million. ECTB also certifies that the 

agreements do not contain any 

provision that would limit ECTB’s 

ability to interchange traffic with any 

third-party connecting carrier. 

The transaction may be consummated 

on or after September 14, 2023, the 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the verified notice was filed). 

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 September 7, 2023 

(at least seven days before the 

exemption becomes effective). 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36718, must be filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board either via 

e-filing on the Board’s website or in 

writing addressed to 395 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on ECTB’s representative, 

Robert A. Wimbish, Fletcher & Sippel 

LLC, 29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 800, 

Chicago, IL 60606–3268. 

According to ECTB, this action is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under 49 CFR 

1105.6(c) and from historic preservation 

reporting requirements under 49 CFR 

1105.8(b). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: August 28, 2023. 

By the Board, Mai T. Dinh, Director, Office 

of Proceedings. 

Kenyatta Clay, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18861 Filed 8–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2023–0026] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval for 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 

October 2, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

0026 by any of the following methods: 

Website: 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: 

Spencer Stevens, 202–366–6221, Office 

of Planning, Environment and Realty 

Federal Highway Administration, 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Planning and Research Program 

Administration 

Background: Planning and Research 

Program Administration is covered 

under 23 CFR part 420. 23 CFR part 420 

regulation includes administrative 

requirements and procedures for PL 

funds (23 U.S.C. 104(b)(5)) provided for 

Metropolitan Planning Organizations 

(MPOs) to carry out metropolitan 

planning, and SPR funds (provided 

under the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 505) 

for State Departments of Transportation 

(State DOTs) to implement statewide 

transportation planning and research, 

development and technology (RD&T) 

work activities. Also, at a State DOT’s 

option, other title 23 funds as identified 

in the definition of FHWA planning and 

research funds in 23 U.S.C. 505 and 23 

CFR 420.103 may be used to perform 

planning activities. Different from this 

request, the information collection 

requirement for work performed by 

MPOs is a joint Federal Highway 

Administration/Federal Transit 

Administration requirement, and is 

covered under OMB Control Number 

2132–0529. 

In accordance with government-wide 

grant management procedures, a grant 

application must be submitted for these 

funds. In addition, recipients must 

submit periodic progress and financial 

reports. The content and frequency of 

submission of progress and financial 

reports specified in 23 CFR part 420 is 

as specified in 2 CFR 200 grant 

management regulations. With the 

implementation of 2 CFR 200, the focus 

will be more on using data to determine 

the grant’s achievement outcomes and 

less on accountability compliance. 

FHWA and the State DOTs are called 

upon to identify clear performance 

goals, indicators and milestones for the 

grants. 

This information collection supports 

the DOT’s Strategic Objective of 

‘‘Organizational Excellence’’ by 

providing an ongoing mechanism to 

review applications and approve 

Federal grants to States for their 


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transportation planning and research, 

development and technology work 

programs. 

Respondents: Each State, the District 

of Columbia and the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico are required to provide 

information. The annual number of 

burden hours (professional and clerical 

staff) per respondent for preparation of 

work programs and progress and 

financial reports is estimated to be 720 

(18 weeks × 40 hours per week). The 

total annual burden for all respondents 

is estimated to be 37,440 burden hours 

(720 burden hours per respondent times 

52 respondents). 

Frequency: This annual burden 

consists of staff time of each respondent 

for preparation of the work programs, 

and progress and financial reports. For 

those respondents that elect to use 

biennial work programs, the burden for 

preparation of work programs would be 

significantly less for the second year. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: Professional staff time for 

preparation of work programs: 400 

hours/respondent. Professional staff 

time for preparation of progress and 

financial reports: 120 hours/respondent 

Clerical staff time: 200 hours/ 

respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 720 hours/respondent × 52 

respondents = 37,400 hours. 

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: August 28, 2023. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18838 Filed 8–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Limitation on Claims Against Proposed 

Public Transportation Project— 

Honolulu Rail Transit Project 

Modifications 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces final 

environmental actions taken by the 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 

regarding the Honolulu Rail Transit 

Project, City of Honolulu, Honolulu 

County, Hawaii. The purpose of this 

notice is to publicly announce FTA’s 

environmental decisions on the subject 

project, and to activate the limitation on 

any claims that may challenge these 

final environmental actions. 

DATES: A claim seeking judicial review 

of FTA actions announced herein for the 

listed public transportation project will 

be barred unless the claim is filed on or 

before January 29, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathryn Loster, Assistant Chief Counsel, 

Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 705–1269, 

or Saadat Khan, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, Office of 

Environmental Programs, (202) 366– 

9647. FTA is located at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that FTA has taken final 

agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 

139(l) by issuing certain approvals for 

the public transportation project listed 

below. The actions on the project, as 

well as the laws under which such 

actions were taken, are described in the 

documentation issued in connection 

with the project to comply with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) and in other documents in the 

FTA environmental project files for the 

project. Interested parties may contact 

either the project sponsor or the relevant 

FTA Regional Office for more 

information. Contact information for 

FTA’s Regional Offices may be found at 

https://www.transit.dot.gov. 

This notice applies to all FTA 

decisions on the listed project as of the 

issuance date of this notice and all laws 

under which such actions were taken, 

including, but not limited to, NEPA (42 

U.S.C. 4321–4375), Section 4(f) 

requirements (49 U.S.C. 303), Section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. 306108), 

Uniform Relocation and Real Property 

Acquisition Policies Act (42 U.S.C. 

4601). This notice does not, however, 

alter or extend the limitation period for 

challenges of project decisions subject 

to previous notices published in the 

Federal Register. The project 

modifications and actions that are the 

subject of this notice follow: 

Project name and location: Honolulu 

Rail Transit Project (Project), City of 

Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. 

Project Sponsor: Honolulu Authority for 

Rapid Transportation (HART), 

Honolulu, Hawaii. Project description: 

The Project is a 20-mile, automated 

fixed-guideway rail system with 21 

stations extending from East Kapolei to 

Ala Moana Transit. The Project is 

separated into three phases, two of 

which have been constructed. FTA 

issued the Honolulu High-Capacity 

Transit Corridor Project Final 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Section 4(f) Evaluation in June 2010, 

and a Record of Decision (ROD) in 

January 2011. Subsequent to the original 

ROD, FTA issued the Honolulu HighCapacity Transit Corridor Project Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (FSEIS)/Section 4(f) 

Evaluation and amended ROD in 

September 2013. FTA also published a 

notice of limitation on claims against 

the Project on November 1, 2013, per 23 

U.S.C. 139(l). Since then, FTA has 

completed a re-evaluation of the Project 

to address changes that have been 

proposed by HART resulting from 

design modifications (e.g., reducing the 

number of stations to 19), temporary 

reduction in the length of the Project 

from 20 miles to 18.9 miles, and 

stakeholder coordination. This notice 

only applies to the discrete actions 

taken by FTA under the re-evaluation 

described below. 

Final agency actions: FTA determined 

as the result of the re-evaluation that 

neither a Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement nor a Supplemental 

Environmental Assessment is necessary, 

and the 2011 ROD, and September 2013 

FSEIS and amended ROD remain valid. 

Supporting documentation: 

Environmental Re-evaluation 

concerning the Project modifications 

dated August 24, 2023. All supporting 

documentation can be viewed and 

downloaded from: https://

www.transit.dot.gov/regulations-andguidance/environmental-programs/ 

environmental-decision-documents. 


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