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TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS—Continued 

Type of filing Hours per 

response 

Annual 

number of 

filings 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Interchange commitments ........................................................................................................... 10 5 50 

Total annual burden hours ................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ 7,300 

* Under section 10502, petitions for exemption and notices of exemption are permitted in lieu of an application. 

Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: None 

identified. Filings are submitted 

electronically to the Board. However, for 

some filings, respondents are sometimes 

required to send documentation or 

consultation letters to various other 

governmental agencies or parties, some 

of which may involve limited mailing 

costs, which staff estimates in total to be 

approximately $2,100. 

Needs and Uses: As mandated by 

Congress, an application for prior 

approval and authority must be filed 

with the Board by persons seeking to 

construct, acquire, or operate a line of 

railroad; by railroads seeking to 

abandon or discontinue operations over 

a line of railroad; and, in the case of two 

or more railroads, by railroads seeking 

to consolidate their interests through 

merger or a common-control 

arrangement. See 49 U.S.C. 10901–03, 

11323–26. Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, 

persons may seek an exemption from 

many of the application requirements of 

sections 10901–03 and 11323–26 by 

filing with the Board a petition for 

exemption or notice of exemption in 

lieu of an application. The collection by 

the Board of these applications, 

petitions, and notices (including 

collection of disclosures of rail 

‘‘interchange commitments’’ under 49 

CFR 1121.3(d), 1150.33(h), 1150.43(h), 

and 1180.4(g)(4)) enables the Board to 

meet its statutory duty to regulate the 

referenced rail transactions. If the 

actions for which authority is sought 

create agreements with interchange 

commitments that limit the future 

interchange of traffic with third parties, 

then certain information must be 

disclosed to the Board about those 

commitments. 49 CFR 1121.3(d), 

1150.33(h), 1150.43(h), 1180.4(g)(4). The 

collection of this information facilitates 

the case-specific review of interchange 

commitments and enables the Board’s 

monitoring of their usage generally. 

Under the PRA, a federal agency that 

conducts or sponsors a collection of 

information must display a currently 

valid OMB control number. A collection 

of information, which is defined in 44 

U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), 

includes agency requirements that 

persons submit reports, keep records, or 

provide information to the agency, third 

parties, or the public. Section 3507(b) of 

the PRA requires, concurrent with an 

agency’s submitting a collection to OMB 

for approval, a 30-day notice and 

comment period through publication in 

the Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information. 

Dated: October 13, 2023. 

Kenyatta Clay, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22973 Filed 10–17–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Availability of a Final 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact/Record of Decision 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration announces the 

availability of a Final Programmatic 

Environmental Assessment and Finding 

of No Significant Impact/Record of 

Decision for the Bipartisan 

Infrastructure Law-funded Airport 

Traffic Control Tower Replacement 

Program. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical questions concerning this 

notice, contact Aaron W. Comrov, 

Environmental Team Lead, FAA CSA 

ES EOSH Center (AJW–2C16E), 2300 

East Devon Avenue, Room 450, Des 

Plaines, IL 60018; telephone: (847) 294– 

7665; email: aaron.comrov@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment (PEA) considers the 

conditions and potential environmental 

impacts from the Proposed Action to 

replace numerous FAA-owned airport 

traffic control towers (ATCT) with 

modern facilities under the Bipartisan 

Infrastructure Law (BIL)-funded ATCT 

Replacement Program. Many existing 

ATCTs at municipal or general aviation 

airports are outdated and operating past 

their design life. The purpose and need 

for the proposed program is to replace 

select FAA-owned ATCTs with modern 

ATCTs while providing uninterrupted 

air traffic control services. The FAA has 

prepared the Final PEA and Finding of 

No Significant Impact (FONSI)/Record 

of Decision (ROD) in conformance with 

the requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) and FAA Order 1050.1F, 

Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures. The Final PEA analyzes the 

potential environmental impacts that 

may result from construction and 

operation of the proposed new ATCTs 

and decommissioning and removal of 

the existing ATCTs (the Proposed 

Action), as well as the No Action 

Alternative (i.e., not constructing and 

operating the proposed new ATCTs). 

The Final PEA reflects consideration of 

comments received during the public 

comment period for the Draft PEA, 

which was open from June 28, 2023 

through July 31, 2023. 

The Proposed Action would provide 

for modern, operationally efficient 

ATCTs, which would be designed to 

meet the energy and sustainability 

requirements of FAA’s Terminal 

Facilities Design Standard while 

adhering to the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s Guiding 

Principles for Sustainable Federal 

Buildings and Associated Instructions. 

The proposed replacement ATCTs 

would enable the installation of modern 

air traffic control equipment, provide 

adequate space and an enhanced work 

environment for FAA personnel, lower 

operating costs, and improve 

environmental performance resulting in 

energy savings, water efficiency, 

reduced carbon emissions, and 

improved indoor air quality while 

meeting applicable FAA requirements. 

Based on this analysis, the FAA 

determined there will not be a 

significant impact to the human 

environment from implementation of 

the Proposed Action and an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

is not required. The FAA intends for 


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this PEA to create efficiencies by 

establishing a ‘‘tiering’’ framework, 

where appropriate, to project-specific 

actions that require additional analysis. 

As decisions on specific project sites are 

made, to the extent additional NEPA 

analysis is required, environmental 

reviews would be conducted to 

supplement the analysis set forth in the 

PEA. 

The Final PEA and FONSI/ROD are 

available on the project website (http:// 

www.faa.gov/air_traffic_atf). 

Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois, on October 

12, 2023. 

Aaron W. Comrov, 

Environmental Team Lead, FAA CSA ES 

EOSH Center, AJW–216E. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22935 Filed 10–17–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2023–0041] 

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 

December 18, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

0041 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: 

Carlos B. McCloud, (225)–433–2892— 

carlos.mccloud@dot.gov or David 

Harris, (202) 366–2825—dave.harris@

dot.gov, FHWA Office of Transportation 

Management (HOTM) USDOT HQ E84– 

471, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are 

from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal Holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Strategic Innovation for 

Revenue Collection (SIRC) Program 

Grant Application, Agreement, and 

Project Management. 

Background: In adherence with 5 CFR 

1320.13, this is a request for approval 

for an emergency clearance for 

processing of information related to a 

new collection of information for the 

SIRC Program grant application 

submission and quarterly reporting 

requirements for FY 2023–2024 program 

of projects awards. The collection of 

information will support 

implementation of Title III—Research, 

Technology, and Education, Sec. 13001. 

Strategic Innovation for Revenue 

Collection (a) and (b) of the 

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 

(Pub. L. 117–58 or also referred to as the 

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-BIL (see 

Exhibit A page 12). The Office of the 

Secretary of Transportation (OST) and 

the Federal Highway Administration 

(FHWA) has coordinated on the 

development of public information to 

solicit responses to a Notice of Funding 

Opportunity (NOFO) for the SIRC 

Program. Awarded funds to eligible 

applicants will test the feasibility of a 

road usage fee and other user-based 

alternative revenue mechanisms 

(referred to in this section as ‘‘user 

based alternative revenue mechanisms’’) 

to help maintain the long-term solvency 

of the Highway Trust Fund. 

• The information will be received by 

the FHWA to fulfill the grant 

application submittal requirements and 

agreements prescribed in the NOFO. 

• The collection of information will 

include grant application forms and 

narratives, grant agreements, and project 

management quarterly reporting. 

• The purpose of the collection is to 

receive information relevant to 

evaluating applications to the SIRC 

grant program, per the NOFO, and 

reporting requirements agreed to by 

recipients of the Grants. 

• The obligation to respond to the 

collection of information is voluntary 

and is required to obtain or retain a 

benefit. 

The Strategic Innovation for Revenue 

Collection (SIRC) Program seeks to fund 

pilot projects that test the 

implementation of user-based 

alternative revenue mechanisms that 

utilize a road user fee structure for 

eligible entities to test the feasibility of 

the program objectives outlined in 

Section 133001 (b)(3), as prescribed in 

Exhibit A of this document. Grant 

awards test innovative ways to replace 

or supplement the Federal gas tax to 

maintain the long-term solvency of the 

Highway Trust Fund. The collection of 

information is necessary to receive 

applications for grant funds, evaluate 

the effectiveness of projects that have 

been awarded grant funds, and monitor 

project financial conditions and project 

progress pursuant to Section 133001 (b) 

(3). FY 2023–FY 2024 is the first year of 

implementation for the SIRC Program. 

FHWA implemented a similar 

predecessor program, the Surface 

Transportation System Funding 

Alternatives (STSFA) program 

authorized by section 6020 of the Fixing 

America’s Surface Transportation 

(FAST) Act, Public Law 114–94, FY 

2016–2021, which was repealed with 

the passage of BIL. Information about 

awards funded under the STSFA 

program is available at: https://

ops.fhwa.dot.gov/stsfa/index.htm. 

FHWA requests information from 

applicants in the form an electronic 

application, which will represent 100% 

of the submissions. The application will 

assist in soliciting proposals for funding 

from eligible applicants for the five-year 

grant program, to monitor the grant 

program recipients, project progress, 

assess project outcomes and permit 

evaluation. The reporting requirements 

are submitted by recipients and will be 

completed during the application stage, 

grant agreement, and the project 

management stages. FHWA will 

continue to use the information 

collected in the application phase to 

evaluate proposals and make decisions 

to award grants to applicants for any 

future similar appropriations. FHWA 

will use the information to monitor the 

progress of projects that have been 

awarded SIRC Program funds, and to 

monitor the proper expenditure of 

Federal funds. The project management 

information will be collected by grant 

recipients. 

Much of the information will be 

produced and collected through the 

normal process of project management, 

so the additional burden of Government 

information collection is small in 

comparison to the data management 

related to information that grant 

recipients already collect to manage 

their projects properly. The information 

collected from grant recipients is project 

specific and the information is not 

available other than from the grantees. 


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