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Transportation (Caltrans) assumed, 

environmental responsibilities for this 

project pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327. 

Notice is hereby given that the Caltrans, 

have taken final agency actions subject 

to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) by issuing 

licenses, permits, and approvals for the 

following highway project in the State 

of California: Caltrans, in cooperation 

with Metro, proposes to construct an 

elevated off-ramp structure on the NB I– 

110 between 30th St. and Figueroa St. 

Overcrossing in the City of Los Angeles. 

The proposed structure would bypass 

the bottleneck intersections at Flower 

St. and Adams Blvd. and NB I–110 HOT 

off-ramp to Adams Blvd., connecting the 

HOT lane traffic to Figueroa St. The 

structure would be approximately 1400 

feet in length with two standard lanes 

(twelve feet in width) and a four-foot 

left shoulder as well as eight-foot right 

shoulder will be provided. All new 

structures will be within State right of 

way; minimal right of way acquisition 

will be required for maintenance, 

ingress/egress, access control, and 

setback purposes as well as emergency 

services access. The actions by the 

Federal agencies, and the laws under 

which such actions were taken, are 

described in the Final Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) for the 

project, approved on April 24, 2018. 

The Caltrans FONSI can accessed at the 

following link http://www.dot.ca.gov/ 

dist07/resources/envdocs/, or viewed at 

public libraries in the project area. 

This notice applies to all Federal 

agency decisions as of the issuance date 

of this notice and all laws under which 

such actions were taken, including but 

not limited to: 

(1) Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations; 

(2) National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA); 

(3) Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st 

Century Act (MAP–21); 

(4) Department of Transportation Act of 

1966; 

(5) Federal Aid Highway Act of 1970; 

(6) Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; 

(7) Noise Control Act of 1970; 

(8) 23 CFR part 772 FHWA Noise 

Standards, Policies and Procedures; 

(9) Department of Transportation Act of 

1966, Section 4(f); 

(10) Clean Water Act of 1977 and 1987; 

(11) Endangered Species Act of 1973; 

(12) Migratory Bird Treaty Act; 

(13) National Historic Preservation Act of 

1966, as amended; 

(14) Historic Sites Act of 1935; and, 

(15) Executive Order 13112, Invasive 

Species. 

(16) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 

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). 

Matt Schmitz, 

Director, Project Delivery, FHWA—CA 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12235 Filed 6–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–RY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2018–0048] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

Under part 211 of Title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), this 

document provides the public notice 

that on May 25, 2018, the Santa Clara 

Valley Transportation Authority 

(SCVTA) and the American Federation 

of State, County and Municipal 

Employees (AFSCME) petitioned the 

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 

for a waiver of compliance from certain 

provisions of the Federal hours of 

service laws contained at 49 U.S.C. 

21105, which in part prohibit a 

dispatching service employee from 

being on duty for more than a total of 

9 hours during a 24-hour period. FRA 

assigned the petition Docket Number 

FRA–2018–0048. 

Specifically, Petitioners seek approval 

of a pilot project under 49 U.S.C. 21108, 

which allows railroads and labor 

organizations to jointly petition for a 

waiver of compliance from the hours of 

service laws to enable the establishment 

of a pilot project. The proposed pilot 

project would permit a 4-day, 10 hoursper-day work week for the affected 

employees, ‘‘the controllers’’ on the 

SCVTA system. Petitioners allege the 

pilot project will enhance safety of 

operations due to the increased 

flexibility in terms of staff assignments 

and covering unanticipated occurrences 

on the system, be beneficial to morale, 

and will provide more flexibility in 

arranging for ongoing training for 

employees without having to ask them 

to sacrifice days off from work. 

Petitioners explain that SCVTA is a 

public agency, with light rail transit 

operations on three lines, including the 

Vasona Corridor, which shares a 

corridor and grade crossings, but not 

tracks, with Union Pacific Railroad 

Company (UP). AFSCME is the 

authorized collective bargaining 

representative for the controllers, the 

employees on the SCVTA system that 

dispatch SCVTA light rail trains. UP 

train crews contact the SCVTA 

Operating Control Center prior to 

operating in the shared corridor, but 

SCVTA controllers do not otherwise 

communicate directly with UP train 

crews, nor do they share a radio 

frequency with UP. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov and in person at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 

(DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested parties desire 

an opportunity for oral comment and a 

public hearing, they should notify FRA, 

in writing, before the end of the 

comment period and specify the basis 

for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number and may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Website: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

Communications received by July 23, 

2018 will be considered by FRA before 

final action is taken. Comments received 

after that date will be considered if 

practicable. 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of any written communications 

and comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

document, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits 

comments from the public to better 

inform its processes. DOT posts these 

comments, without edit, including any 

personal information the commenter 

provides, to www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 


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notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at https://

www.transportation.gov/privacy. See 

also https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacyNotice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, 

Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12224 Filed 6–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Limitation on Claims Against Proposed 

Public Transportation Projects 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces final 

environmental actions taken by the 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 

for a project extending the METRO 

Green Line from downtown 

Minneapolis through the communities 

of St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Minnetonka, 

and Eden Prairie, passing near Edina, 

Minnesota. The purpose of this notice is 

to announce publicly the environmental 

decisions by FTA on the subject project 

and to activate the limitation on any 

claims that may challenge this final 

environmental action. 

DATES: By this notice, FTA is advising 

the public of final agency actions 

subject to Section 139(l) of Title 23, 

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

November 5, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief 

Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 

353–2577, or Alan Tabachnick, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, 

Office of Environmental Programs, (202) 

366–8541. 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 action by issuing a certain 

approval 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 administrative record for the 

project. Interested parties may contact 

either the project sponsor or the FTA 

Regional Office for more information. 

Contact information for FTA’s Regional 

Offices may be found at https://

www.fta.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 NEPA [42 U.S.C. 4321–4375], 

Section 4(f) requirements [23 U.S.C. 

138, 49 U.S.C. 303], Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act [16 

U.S.C. 470f], and the Clean Air Act [42 

U.S.C. 7401–7671q]. 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 and action that is 

the subject of this notice follow: 

Project name and location: Southwest 

Light Rail Transit Project (LRT), 

Minneapolis to Eden Prairie, Minnesota 

(METRO Green Line Extension). Project 

Sponsor: The Metropolitan Council 

(Council). Project description: The 

project is approximately 14.5 miles of 

new double-track light rail transit to 

extend the METRO Green Line from 

downtown Minneapolis through the 

communities of St. Louis Park, Hopkins, 

Minnetonka, and Eden Prairie, passing 

close to Edina. The Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) and Record of 

Decision (ROD) for the Southwest LRT 

Project was issued in May and July 

2016, respectively. A Supplemental 

Environmental Assessment (EA) was 

issued in February 2018 to address and 

incorporate 10 design modifications that 

were identified during the final design 

and permitting processes, leading to the 

preparation of an Amended ROD. 

Final agency actions: Amended 

Section 4(f) determination dated 

February 2018; Section 106 finding of 

adverse effect dated April 18, 2018; 

Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement 

dated June 2016; project-level air quality 

conformity, and an Amended Record of 

Decision dated May 15, 2018. 

Supporting documentation: Southwest 

LRT Project Supplemental EA and 

Amended Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation 

dated February 2018. 

Elizabeth S. Riklin, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning 

and Environment. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12238 Filed 6–6–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2018–0021] 

Pipeline Safety: Information Collection 

Activities 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: On March 26, 2018, in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration (PHMSA) published a 

notice in the Federal Register (83 FR 

13004) inviting comments on three 

information collections identified by 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control numbers 2137–0048, 

2137–0600, and 2137–0618 that expire 

this Summer. PHMSA is requesting an 

extension with no change for these 

information collections. 

During the public comment period, 

PHMSA received no comments in 

response to the information collections. 

PHMSA received 10 comments that did 

not pertain to the information collection 

requests. PHMSA is publishing this 

notice to provide the public with an 

additional 30 days to comment on the 

renewal of the information collections 

referenced above and to announce that 

the information collection requests will 

be submitted to OMB for approval. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before July 9, 

2018 to be assured of consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Dow by telephone at 202–366– 

1246, by email at angela.dow@dot.gov, 

by fax at 202–366–4566, or by mail at 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

PHMSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

PHP–30, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the docket number 

PHMSA–2018–0021 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Fax: 1–202–395–5806. 

• Mail: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Records 

Management Center, Room 10102 

NEOB, 725 17th Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20503, ATTN: Desk 

Officer for the U.S. Department of 

Transportation\PHMSA. 

• Email: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, at the 

following email address: OIRA_

Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Requests for a copy of the information 

collections should be directed to Angela 


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