Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 105 / Tuesday, June 2, 2015 / Notices 31453 

FMCSA has determined that the 

process for obtaining a German-issued 

CDL is comparable to, or as effective as 

the Federal requirements of 49 CFR part 

383, and adequately assesses a driver’s 

ability to operate CMVs in the United 

States. 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

31315(b)(4) and 31136(e), FMCSA 

requests public comment on Daimler’s 

application for an exemption from the 

CDL requirements of 49 CFR 383.23. 

The Agency will consider all comments 

received by close of business on July 2, 

2015. Comments will be available for 

examination in the docket at the 

location listed under the ADDRESSES

section of this notice. The Agency will 

consider to the extent practicable 

comments received in the public docket 

after the closing date of the comment 

period. 

Issued on: May 22, 2015. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2015–13324 Filed 6–1–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Port Bienville Railroad Project 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare 

an Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS). 

SUMMARY: The Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) is issuing this 

NOI to advise the public that the 

Mississippi Department of 

Transportation (MDOT) and Hancock 

County Port and Harbor Commission 

intend to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) pursuant to the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA) to evaluate the impacts of 

construction and operation of the Port 

Bienville Railroad Project (Project). The 

EIS will evaluate route alternatives for 

freight rail service from the Port 

Bienville Short Line Railroad in 

Hancock County, Mississippi to 

Nicholson in Pearl River County, 

Mississippi. 

DATES: FRA invites the public, 

governmental agencies, and all other 

interested parties to comment on the 

scope of the EIS. All such comments 

should be provided in writing, within 

thirty (30) days of the publication of this 

notice, at the address listed below. 

Comments may also be provided orally 

or in writing at the scoping meetings. 

Once scheduled, scoping meeting dates, 

times and locations, in addition to 

information about the EIS for the Port 

Bienville Railroad Project can be found 

online https://www.fra.dot.gov/Page/

P0214. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

scope of the EIS may be mailed or 

emailed within thirty (30) days of the 

publication of this notice to Melissa 

Hatcher, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, Office of Program Delivery, 

Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., MS–20, 

Washington, DC 20590 or 

melissa.hatcher@dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Hatcher, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, Office of Program 

Delivery, Federal Railroad 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., MS–20, Washington, DC 

20590, melissa.hatcher@dot.gov, or Kim 

Thurman, MDOT, Environmental 

Division, P.O. Box 1850, Jackson, MS 

39215–1850, environmentalcomments@

mdot.ms.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EIS 

will be prepared in accordance with the 

NEPA and the Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) 

regulations for implementing NEPA and 

FRA’s Procedures for Considering 

Environmental Impacts (64 FR 28545, 

May 26, 1999) (Environmental 

Procedures). The EIS will also address 

section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470(f)), 

section 4(f) of the Department of 

Transportation Act of 1966 (49 U.S.C. 

303), E.O. 12898 and USDOT Order 

5610.2(a) on Environmental Justice, and 

other applicable Federal and state laws 

and regulations. The EIS will: 

• Present the Purpose and Need for 

the Proposed Action. 

• Identify the reasonable alternatives 

that satisfy the Purpose and Need for the 

Proposed Action. 

• Establish the no-build or no-action 

alternative to serve as a baseline for 

comparison. 

• Describe the environment likely to 

be affected by the Proposed Action. 

• Describe the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

the reasonable alternatives and propose 

mitigation measures to reduce 

significant impacts. 

FRA, in cooperation with MDOT, will 

prepare an EIS for the Project proposed 

by MDOT and Hancock County Port and 

Harbor Commission. The Proposed 

Action will connect the Port Bienville 

Short Line Railroad, located at the Port 

Bienville Industrial Park, Hancock 

County, with the Norfolk Southern 

Railroad, located in the vicinity of 

Nicholson in Pearl River County, to 

provide the Port with access to dual 

Class 1 rail service. The Project is 

composed of approximately 24 miles of 

new railroad line. Dual Class I rail 

access is proposed to enable Hancock 

and Pearl River Counties and Stennis 

Space Center to attract new industries to 

this region that require this level of rail 

services, and encourage job creation and 

investment opportunities to help this 

area recover from recent hurricane 

disasters that have significantly affected 

local economies. 

The Project’s new corridor may 

involve alteration and fill of ‘‘Waters of 

the United States,’’ as that term is used 

in the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 

et seq.), and thus, the EIS process will 

involve the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, which is expected to serve as 

a cooperating agency. The Project’s 

corridor is expected to cross through the 

acoustical (noise) buffer zone of NASA’s 

Stennis Space Center. 

Project Background 

In 2008, the Hancock County Port and 

Harbor Commission received a $2.7 

million grant from the U.S. Department 

of Commerce’s Economic Development 

Administration to improve the railway 

at the Port Bienville Industrial Park. In 

2013, a Feasibility Report was 

completed to determine the feasibility of 

constructing and operating a new rail 

line to connect the Port Bienville Short 

Line Railroad with the Norfolk Southern 

mainline in Nichols. The study 

included the development of reasonable 

alternative corridors; identification of 

the economic benefits and opportunities 

associated with the Project; and the 

recommendation as to the feasibility of 

the Project. Given the business case for 

dual Class I rail services, the demands 

of the existing and emerging business 

clusters in Hancock and Pearl River 

Counties, the future benefits to Stennis 

Space Center, the existing industrial 

land inventory, and the workforce and 

transportation assets supporting this 

region, the construction of this new rail 

line was determined feasible. 

The Project would provide existing 

businesses access to dual Class I rail 

service, improving transit time and 

reliability, and enabling Hancock and 

Pearl River Counties and the Stennis 

Space Center to attract new industries to 

the region. By improving the efficiency 

of goods movement in the area by rail, 

the Project would also improve regional 

air quality and reduce truck traffic on 

area roads and highways. 


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Scoping and Public Involvement 

In accordance with NEPA, the FRA 

and MDOT invite comments and 

suggestions regarding the scope of the 

EIS from all interested parties to ensure 

that all issues are addressed, all 

reasonable alternatives are considered, 

and any significant issues are identified. 

In particular, FRA is interested in 

identifying areas of environmental 

concern where there might be a 

potential for significant impacts. Public 

agencies with jurisdiction are requested 

to advise FRA and MDOT of the 

applicable permit and environmental 

review requirements of each agency, 

and the scope and content of the 

environmental information that is 

germane to the agency’s statutory 

responsibilities in connection with the 

Project. Federal agencies with 

jurisdiction by law or special expertise 

with respect to potential environmental 

issues will be requested to act as a 

Cooperating Agency in accordance with 

40 CFR 1501.16. 

In coordination with FRA, MDOT will 

lead the outreach activities beginning 

with scoping meetings (dates to be 

determined). Public involvement 

initiatives including public meetings, 

access to a Web site, and outreach will 

continue throughout the EIS process. 

Opportunities for public participation 

will be announced through mailings, 

notices, advertisements, press releases, 

and a FRA-hosted EIS Web page, 

accessible at https://www.fra.dot.gov/

Page/P0214. One or more public 

hearings will be held after the Draft EIS 

is released and made available for 

public and agency review. Public notice 

will be given for the time and place of 

public hearings. 

Comments or questions concerning 

the Proposed Action and the scope of 

the EIS are invited from all interested 

parties and should be directed to the 

FRA at the address provided above. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 26, 

2015. 

Corey W. Hill, 

Director, Office of Program Delivery. 

[FR Doc. 2015–13317 Filed 6–1–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2012–0087] 

Advisory Committee for Aviation 

Consumer Protection 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of eighth meeting of 

advisory committee. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

eighth meeting of the Advisory 

Committee for Aviation Consumer 

Protection. 

DATES: The eighth meeting of the 

advisory committee is scheduled for 

June 23, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 

p.m., Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Media Center (located on the lobby 

level of the West Building) at the U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT) 

headquarters, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE., Washington, DC. Attendance is 

open to the public up to the room’s 

capacity of 100 attendees. Since space is 

limited and access to the DOT 

headquarters building is controlled for 

security purposes, any member of the 

general public who plans to attend this 

meeting must notify the registration 

contact identified below no later than 

June 16, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

register to attend the meeting, please 

contact Amy Przybyla, Research 

Analyst, CENTRA Technology, Inc., 

przybylaa@centratechnology.com; 703– 

894–6962. For other information please 

contact Kathleen Blank Riether, Senior 

Attorney, Office of Aviation 

Enforcement and Proceedings, 

kathleen.blankriether@dot.gov; U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC, 

20590; 202–366–9342 (phone), 202– 

366–5944 (fax). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

On May 24, 2012, the Secretary, as 

mandated by section 411 of the FAA 

Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 

(Pub. L. 112–95, 126 Stat. 11 (2012)), 

established the Advisory Committee for 

Aviation Consumer Protection. The 

committee’s charter, drafted in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 

App. 2, sets forth policies for the 

operation of the advisory committee and 

is available on the Department’s Web 

site at http://www.facadatabase.gov/

committee/

charters.aspx?cid=2448&aid=47. 

The eighth meeting of the committee 

is scheduled for Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 

from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time 

in the Media Center at the DOT 

headquarters, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE., Washington, DC 20590. The issues 

that will be discussed at the meeting are 

airline policies on change and 

cancellation fees, the disclosure of hotel 

resort fees, and airline policies and 

procedures for the transport of baggage. 

This meeting will be open to the 

public and comments by members of the 

public are invited. Attendance will 

necessarily be limited by the size of the 

meeting room (maximum 100 

attendees). We ask that any member of 

the general public who plans to attend 

the eighth meeting notify the 

registration contact noted above no later 

than June 16, 2015. Additionally, DOT 

will stream the event live on the 

Internet and provide a link to the 

recorded Web cast for future viewing at 

www.dot.gov/airconsumer/ACACP. 

To the extent time is available, we 

plan to provide an opportunity for oral 

comments by interested individuals 

and/or representatives of organizations 

representing airlines, travel agents, 

airport operators, state and local 

governments, and consumer and other 

public interest groups. Any oral 

comments presented must be limited to 

the objectives of the committee and not 

exceed five (5) minutes per person. Not 

later than June 16, 2015, commenters 

should notify the registration contact 

person indicated above via email that 

they wish to present and provide that 

person a written summary of their 

presentation to help the committee 

members prepare for the meeting. 

Efforts will be made to accommodate 

each individual/organization that 

wishes to comment. However, given 

time constraints, there is no guarantee 

that all the individuals/organizations 

that make such a request will be able to 

address the committee at the June 23rd 

meeting. In order to provide for a 

balanced presentation of views and to 

facilitate the orderly conduct of the 

meeting, including time for questions 

from committee members, the 

Chairperson may impose rules or 

procedures, including the order of 

individuals/organizations that will be 

making presentations, as she deems 

necessary. 

Members of the public may present 

written comments at any time. The 

docket number referenced above (DOT– 

OST–2012–0087, available at https://

www.regulations.gov) has been 

established for committee documents 

including any written comments that 

may be filed. 

Persons with a disability who plan to 

attend the meeting and require special 

accommodations, such as an interpreter 

for the hearing impaired, should notify 

the registration contact noted above no 

later than June 16, 2015. 

Notice of this meeting is being 

provided in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act and the 

General Services Administration 

regulations covering management of 


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