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agency decisions and other actions with 

respect to the project as of the issuance 

date of this notice and all laws under 

which such actions were taken, 

including but not limited to the 

following laws (including their 

implementing regulations): 

1. General: National Environmental 

Policy Act [42 U.S.C. 4321–4370m–12]; 

Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 U.S.C. 109 

and 23 U.S.C. 128]; 23 U.S.C. 139. 

2. Air: Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401– 

7671(q)]. 

3. Land: Section 4(f) of the 

Department of Transportation Act of 

1966 [23 U.S.C. 138 and 49 U.S.C. 303]; 

Landscaping and Scenic Enhancement 

(Wildflowers) [23 U.S.C. 319]. 

4. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act 

[16 U.S.C. 1531–1544], Fish and 

Wildlife Coordination Act [16 U.S.C. 

661–667d]; Migratory Bird Treaty Act 

[16 U.S.C. 703–712]; Bald and Golden 

Eagle Protection Act [16 U.S.C. 668– 

668d]. 

5. Historic and Cultural Resources: 

National Historic Preservation Act of 

1966, as amended [54 U.S.C. 300101– 

307108]; Archaeological Resources 

Protection Act of 1979 [16 U.S.C. 470aa– 

470mm]; Archeological and Historic 

Preservation Act [54 U.S.C. 312501– 

312508]; Native American Grave 

Protection and Repatriation Act [25 

U.S.C. 3001–3013]. 

6. Social and Economic: Title VI of 

Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 

2000d–2000d–7]; American Indian 

Religious Freedom Act [42 U.S.C. 1996]; 

Farmland Protection Policy Act [7 

U.S.C. 4201–4209]. 

7. Wetlands and Water Resources: 

Clean Water Act [33 U.S.C. 1251–1389]; 

Coastal Zone Management Act [16 

U.S.C. 1451–1465]; Land and Water 

Conservation Fund Act [54 U.S.C. 

200301–200310]; Safe Drinking Water 

Act [42 U.S.C. 300(f)–300(j)(6)]; Rivers 

and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899, 

as amended [33 U.S.C. 401–418]; 

Emergency Wetlands Resources Act [16 

U.S.C. 3921, 3931]; Flood Disaster 

Protection Act [42 U.S.C. 4001–4128]. 

8. Hazardous Materials: 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act [42 U.S.C. 9601–9675]; Superfund 

Amendments and Reauthorization Act 

of 1986 [42 U.S.C. 9671–9675]; Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act [42 

U.S.C. 6901–6992k]. 

9. Noise: Noise Control Act of 1972 

[42 U.S.C. 4901–4918]. 

10. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990 

Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 11988 

Floodplain Management; E.O. 12898 

Federal Actions to Address 

Environmental Justice in Minority 

Populations and Low-Income 

Populations; E.O. 11593 Protection and 

Enhancement of Cultural Resources; 

E.O. 13287 Preserve America; E.O. 

13175 Consultation and Coordination 

with Indian Tribal Governments; E.O. 

11514 Protection and Enhancement of 

Environmental Quality; E.O. 13112 

Invasive Species; E.O. 13985 Advancing 

Racial Equity and Support for 

Underserved Communities Through the 

Federal Government; E.O. 13990 

Protecting Public Health and the 

Environment and Restoring Science to 

Tackle the Climate Crisis; E.O. 14008 

Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and 

Abroad. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139 (l)(1). 

Ivan Marrero, 

Division Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration, Salt Lake City, Utah. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23687 Filed 10–25–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–RY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2010–0033] 

New Jersey Transit’s Request To 

Amend Its Positive Train Control 

System 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This document provides the 

public with notice that, on October 16, 

2023, New Jersey Transit (NJT) 

submitted a request for amendment 

(RFA) to its FRA-certified positive train 

control (PTC) system. The RFA notifies 

FRA of a planned PTC outage to its I– 

ETMS PTC System for maintenance 

purposes. FRA is publishing this notice 

and inviting public comment on the 

railroad’s RFA to its PTC system. 

DATES: FRA will consider comments 

received by November 13, 2023. FRA 

may consider comments received after 

that date to the extent practicable and 

without delaying implementation of 

valuable or necessary modifications to a 

PTC system. 

ADDRESSES: 

Comments: Comments may be 

submitted by going to https://

www.regulations.gov and following the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and the 

applicable docket number. The relevant 

PTC docket number for this host 

railroad is Docket No. FRA–2010–0033. 

For convenience, all active PTC dockets 

are hyperlinked on FRA’s website at 

https://railroads.dot.gov/researchdevelopment/program-areas/traincontrol/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov; this includes any 

personal information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, Train 

Control, and Crossings Division, 

telephone: 816–516–7168, email: 

Gabe.Neal@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In general, 

Title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) 

section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify 

that a host railroad’s PTC system 

complies with Title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 236, subpart I, 

before the technology may be operated 

in revenue service. Before making 

certain changes to an FRA-certified PTC 

system or the associated FRA-approved 

PTC Safety Plan (PTCSP), a host railroad 

must submit, and obtain FRA’s approval 

of, an RFA to its PTC system or PTCSP 

under 49 CFR 236.1021. 

Under 49 CFR 236.1021(e), FRA’s 

regulations provide that FRA will 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

and invite public comment in 

accordance with 49 CFR part 211, if an 

RFA includes a request for approval of 

a material modification of a signal or 

train control system. Accordingly, this 

notice informs the public that, on 

October 16, 2023, NJT submitted an 

RFA to its PTCSP for its Interoperable 

Electronic Train Management System 

(I–ETMS), which seeks FRA’s approval 

for an approximately two-hour but no 

greater that three-hour outage of its PTC 

system to support NJT’s PTC Back 

Office Subsystem upgrade to improve 

the reliability and stability of NJT’s I– 

ETMS PTC system. NJT’S RFA states 

that the PTC system outage is necessary 

to perform the upgrade to NJT’s PTC 

Back Office System. The RFA is 

available in Docket No. FRA–2010– 

0033. Interested parties are invited to 

comment on NJT’s RFA by submitting 

written comments or data. During FRA’s 

review of this railroad’s RFA, FRA will 

consider any comments or data 

submitted within the timeline specified 

in this notice and to the extent 

practicable, without delaying 

implementation of valuable or necessary 

modifications to a PTC system. See 49 


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CFR 236.1021; see also 49 CFR 

236.1011(e). Under 49 CFR 236.1021, 

FRA maintains the authority to approve, 

approve with conditions, or deny a 

railroad’s RFA at FRA’s sole discretion. 

Privacy Act Notice 

In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3, 

FRA solicits comments from the public 

to better inform its decisions. DOT posts 

these comments, without edit, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides, to https://

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

See https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. To facilitate comment 

tracking, we encourage commenters to 

provide their name, or the name of their 

organization; however, submission of 

names is completely optional. If you 

wish to provide comments containing 

proprietary or confidential information, 

please contact FRA for alternate 

submission instructions. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams, 

Director, Office of Railroad Systems and 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23635 Filed 10–25–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2010–0029] 

Amtrak’s Request To Amend Its 

Positive Train Control System 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This document provides the 

public with notice that, on October 17, 

2023, the National Railroad Passenger 

Corporation (Amtrak) submitted a 

request for amendment (RFA) to its 

FRA-certified positive train control 

(PTC) system. FRA is publishing this 

notice and inviting public comment on 

the railroad’s RFA to its PTC system. 

DATES: FRA will consider comments 

received by November 15, 2023. FRA 

may consider comments received after 

that date to the extent practicable and 

without delaying implementation of 

valuable or necessary modifications to a 

PTC system. 

ADDRESSES: 

Comments: Comments may be 

submitted by going to https://

www.regulations.gov and following the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and the 

applicable docket number. The relevant 

PTC docket number for this host 

railroad is Docket No. FRA–2010–0029. 

For convenience, all active PTC dockets 

are hyperlinked on FRA’s website at 

https://railroads.dot.gov/researchdevelopment/program-areas/traincontrol/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov; this includes any 

personal information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, Train 

Control, and Crossings Division, 

telephone: 816–516–7168, email: 

Gabe.Neal@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In general, 

Title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) 

section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify 

that a host railroad’s PTC system 

complies with title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 236, subpart I, 

before the technology may be operated 

in revenue service. Before making 

certain changes to an FRA-certified PTC 

system or the associated FRA-approved 

PTC Safety Plan (PTCSP), a host railroad 

must submit, and obtain FRA’s approval 

of, an RFA to its PTC system or PTCSP 

under 49 CFR 236.1021. 

Under 49 CFR 236.1021(e), FRA’s 

regulations provide that FRA will 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

and invite public comment in 

accordance with 49 CFR part 211, if an 

RFA includes a request for approval of 

a material modification of a signal or 

train control system. Accordingly, this 

notice informs the public that, on 

October 17, 2023, Amtrak submitted an 

RFA to its PTCSP for its Interoperable 

Electronic Train Management System 

(I–ETMS), which seeks FRA’s approval 

for an approximately two- hour but no 

greater that three-hour PTC outage that 

is necessary to enable an upgrade to 

Amtrak’s PTC Back Office Subsystem. 

Amtrak’s RFA states that to perform a 

necessary PTC Back Office Subsystem 

upgrade to improve the reliability and 

stability of the Amtrak’s I–ETMS PTC 

system, Amtrak plans to temporarily 

disable its Mixed System PTC Back 

Office Subsystem. The RFA is available 

in Docket No. FRA–2010–0029. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on Amtrak’s RFA by 

submitting written comments or data. 

During FRA’s review of this railroad’s 

RFA, FRA will consider any comments 

or data submitted within the timeline 

specified in this notice and to the extent 

practicable, without delaying 

implementation of valuable or necessary 

modifications to a PTC system. See 49 

CFR 236.1021; see also 49 CFR 

236.1011(e). Under 49 CFR 236.1021, 

FRA maintains the authority to approve, 

approve with conditions, or deny a 

railroad’s RFA at FRA’s sole discretion. 

Privacy Act Notice 

In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3, 

FRA solicits comments from the public 

to better inform its decisions. DOT posts 

these comments, without edit, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides, to https://

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

See https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. To facilitate comment 

tracking, we encourage commenters to 

provide their name, or the name of their 

organization; however, submission of 

names is completely optional. If you 

wish to provide comments containing 

proprietary or confidential information, 

please contact FRA for alternate 

submission instructions. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams, 

Director, Office of Railroad Systems and 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23638 Filed 10–25–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2010–0064] 

Consolidated Rail Corporation’s 

Request To Amend Its Positive Train 

Control System 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This document provides the 

public with notice that, on October 16, 

2023, the Consolidated Rail Corporation 

(Conrail) submitted a request for 

amendment (RFA) to its FRA-certified 

positive train control (PTC) system to 

notify FRA of a planned PTC outage to 

perform a necessary PTC Back Office 

Subsystem upgrade during December 

2023. FRA is publishing this notice and 

inviting public comment on the 

railroad’s RFA to its PTC system. 

DATES: FRA will consider comments 

received by November 15, 2023. FRA 


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