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1A quiet zone is an FRA exemption to the rule 

requiring trains to sound their horns when 

approaching public highway-rail grade crossings. 

More information on the creation of quiet zones is 

available in FRA’s regulations at 49 CFR part 222, 

Use of Locomotive Horns at Public Highway-Rail 

Grade Crossings, and in guidance promulgated by 

FRA’s Office of Railroad Safety (for example, see 

https://www.fra.dot.gov/Page/P0841 and https://

www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/Details/L04781). 

Conservation Corps or those made out of 

unique materials (e.g., a hollowed log). 

5. Expansion through horizontal elongation 

of pre-cast concrete, cast iron, and corrugated 

metal culverts that lack stone or brick 

headwalls for the purpose of improved 

drainage. 

6. Embankment stabilization or the reestablishment of ditch profiles. 

7. Corrections to drainage slopes, ditches, 

and pipes to alleviate improper drainage or 

changing alluvial patterns. 

8. In-kind maintenance, repair, or 

replacement of retaining walls. Replacements 

must be substantially the same size and 

appearance as existing. 

9. In-kind maintenance or repair of stone 

or brick culvert headwalls and wingwalls. 

10. Maintenance, repair, or replacement of 

culvert headwalls and wingwalls constructed 

of concrete. 

11. Maintenance, repair, or alterations to 

the interiors of culverts and related drainage 

pathways. 

12. The following activities must be 

performed or supervised by an SOI-qualified 

professional: 

a. Replacement of stone or brick culvert 

headwalls and wingwalls. 

b. Vertical extension of stone or brick 

culvert headwalls using in-kind materials 

and design compatible with existing. 

H. Environmental Abatement 

1. Removal or abatement of environmental 

hazards such as asbestos, treated wood, and 

lead or heavy-metal coatings and paintings. 

Activities that replace coatings, paint, 

flooring materials, etc. must be of the same 

color and appearance as the materials that 

have been removed or abated. 

2. Removal of contaminated ballast, subballast, subgrade, and soils. 

I. Operations 

1. Establishment of quiet zones, including 

the installation of required warning devices 

and additional safety measures installed at 

grade crossings that do not entail closing of 

existing roadways.1

2. Increased frequency of train or rail 

transit operations that do not result in noise 

or vibration impacts. The lead federal agency 

may, at its discretion, require a noise and 

vibration study be prepared by a qualified 

subject matter expert before approving the 

undertaking. 

3. Temporary storage of rail cars or rail 

transit cars on active rail lines. 

4. Maintenance, repair, or replacement of 

noise barriers. If a replaced noise barrier is 

to be located and publicly visible within a 

National Register-listed or eligible historic 

district, it must be substantially the same size 

as or smaller than existing and be visually 

compatible with the surrounding built 

environment. 

J. Landscaping, Access Roads, and Laydown 

Areas 

1. In-kind replacement of landscaping. 

2. Mowing, seeding/reseeding, planting, 

tree trimming, brush removal, or other 

similar groundcover maintenance activities. 

3. Maintenance of access roads and laydown areas. 

K. Utilities 

1. Maintenance, repair, or replacement of 

above-ground and underground utilities (e.g., 

electrical, sewer, compressed air lines, fuel 

lines, fiber optic cable). 

2. Maintenance, repair, replacement, or 

installation of utility lines and conduit inside 

tunnels that does not involve affixing new 

equipment to the exterior face of tunnel 

portals. 

3. Affixing conduit, repeaters, antennae, 

and similar small-scale equipment on the 

exterior masonry face of tunnel portals where 

the color of the equipment matches the 

existing masonry in order to limit its 

visibility and does not damage the masonry 

construction. 

L. Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities, Shared 

Use Paths, and Other Trails 

1. Maintenance, repair, or replacement of 

existing bicycle lanes, pedestrian walkways, 

shared use paths (e.g., bicycle, pedestrian), 

and other trails intended for non-motorized 

transportation that are constructed with 

common materials (i.e., non-decorative 

concrete, asphalt, pavement, or gravel). 

2. Adding lanes to existing shared use 

paths or other trails constructed with 

common materials. 

3. Adding at-grade crossings for 

pedestrians and bicycle facilities, shared use 

paths, or other trails. 

4. Maintenance, repair, replacement, or 

installation of bicycle aid stations, bicycle 

racks, and bicycle storage sheds, and similar 

amenities. Installation of new bicycle storage 

structures must be visually compatible with 

the surrounding building environment when 

located adjacent to historic passenger stations 

or within National Register-listed or eligible 

historic districts. 

5. Maintenance, repair, replacement, or 

installation of information kiosks or displays, 

wayfinding signage, and similar amenities for 

pedestrian, bicyclists, or other path or trail 

users. 

6. Maintenance, repair, or replacement of 

curbs, gutters, or sidewalks constructed with 

common materials. 

M. Construction/Installation of New Railroad 

or Rail Transit Infrastructure 

For any of the activities listed below, the 

federal agency shall require the work be 

performed by or under the supervision of an 

SOI-qualified professional, based on the 

scope of work and location of a specific 

proposal. As with all activities in this 

Exempted Activities List, but especially 

important for construction/installation of 

new railroad or Rail Transit infrastructure, 

consideration must be given to the potential 

for effects to non-rail properties within or 

adjacent to the rail ROW. 

1. Minor new construction and installation 

of railroad or rail transit infrastructure that is 

compatible with the scale, size, and type of 

existing rail infrastructure, such as buildings 

for housing telecommunications equipment, 

signal instruments, and similar equipment; 

storage buildings that house landscaping or 

maintenance of way equipment or specialty 

vehicles for track repairs or inspections; 

locomotive and train or rail transit car service 

and inspection facilities; trailers or 

temporary structures for housing rail 

personnel; fueling stations; underground 

utilities; overhead utilities, transmission 

lines, and communications poles, and 

signage. This does not include substantial 

new construction, such as construction of 

new passenger stations, railyards or rail 

transit yards, or tunnels, or demolition of 

existing structures. 

2. Construction of new at-grade crossings. 

3. Construction of new erosion control, 

drainage, or stormwater management 

infrastructure, such as culverts or retaining 

walls. 

Authority: 36 CFR 800.14(e). 

Dated: August 21, 2018. 

John M. Fowler, 

Executive Director. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18329 Filed 8–23–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–K6–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6081–N–10] 

Order of Succession for HUD Region 

VIII 

AGENCY: Office of Field Policy and 

Management, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of Order of Succession. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Assistant 

Deputy Secretary for Field Policy and 

Management, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, designates the 

Order of Succession for the Denver 

Regional Office and its Field Offices 

(Region VIII). This Order of Succession 

supersedes all previous Orders of 

Succession for HUD Region VIII. 

DATES: August 17, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

B. Shumway, Assistant General 

Counsel, Administrative Law Division, 

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 

9262, Washington, DC 20410–0500, 

telephone number 202–402–5190 (this 

is not a toll-free number). This number 

may be accessed through TTY by calling 

the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Field 

Policy and Management, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, is 

issuing this Order of Succession of 

officials authorized to perform the 


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functions and duties of the Denver 

Regional Office and its Field Offices 

when by reason of absence, disability, or 

vacancy in office the Regional 

Administrator or Field Office Directors 

are not available to exercise the powers 

or perform the duties of their Office. 

This Order of Succession is subject to 

the provisions of the Federal Vacancies 

Reform Act of 1998 (5 U.S.C. 3345– 

3349d). This publication supersedes all 

previous Orders of Succession for 

Region VIII. Accordingly, the Assistant 

Deputy Secretary for Field Policy and 

Management designates the following 

Order of Succession: 

Section A. Order of Succession 

Subject to the provisions of the 

Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 

during any period when by reason of 

absence, disability, or vacancy in office 

the Regional Administrator for the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development or the Field Office 

Directors are not available to exercise 

the powers or perform the duties of their 

Office, the following officials within 

each Office and those officials specified 

by Office location are hereby designated 

to exercise the powers and perform the 

duties of the Office: 

1. Denver Regional Office Order of 

Succession 

a. Deputy Regional Administrator; 

b. Regional Counsel; 

c. Multifamily Housing Asset 

Management Division Director/Satellite 

Office Coordinator; 

d. Director, Denver Single Family 

Homeownership Center. 

2. Salt Lake City Field Office Order of 

Succession 

a. Deputy Regional Administrator; 

b. Director, Helena Field Office. 

3. Helena Field Office Order of 

Succession 

a. Deputy Regional Administrator; 

b. Director, Fargo Field Office. 

4. Casper Field Office Order of 

Succession 

a. Deputy Regional Administrator; 

b. Director, Sioux Falls Field Office. 

5. Sioux Falls Field Office Order of 

Succession 

a. Deputy Regional Administrator; 

b. Director, Salt Lake City Field 

Office. 

6. Fargo Field Office Order of 

Succession 

a. Deputy Regional Administrator; 

b. Director, Helena Field Office. 

These officials shall perform the 

functions and duties of the office in the 

order specified herein, and no official 

shall serve unless all the other officials 

whose position titles precede his/hers in 

this order are unable to act by reason of 

absence, disability, or vacancy in office. 

Section B. Authority Superseded 

This Order of Succession supersedes 

all previous Orders of Succession for 

Region VIII. 

Authority: Section 7(d), Department of 

Housing and Urban Development Act, 42 

U.S.C. 3535(d). 

Dated: August 17, 2018. 

Matthew F. Hunter, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Field Policy 

and Management. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18371 Filed 8–23–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6081–N–07] 

Order of Succession for HUD Region V 

AGENCY: Office of Field Policy and 

Management, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of Order of Succession. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Assistant 

Deputy Secretary for Field Policy and 

Management, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, designates the 

Order of Succession for the Chicago 

Regional Office and its Field Offices 

(Region V). This Order of Succession 

supersedes all previous Orders of 

Succession for HUD Region V. 

DATES: August 17, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

B. Shumway, Assistant General 

Counsel, Administrative Law Division, 

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 

9262, Washington, DC 20410–0500, 

telephone number 202–402–5190 (this 

is not a toll-free number). This number 

may be accessed through TTY by calling 

the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Field 

Policy and Management, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, is 

issuing this Order of Succession of 

officials authorized to perform the 

functions and duties of the Chicago 

Regional Office and its Field Offices 

when by reason of absence, disability, or 

vacancy in office the Regional 

Administrator or Field Office Directors 

are not available to exercise the powers 

or perform the duties of their Office. 

This Order of Succession is subject to 

the provisions of the Federal Vacancies 

Reform Act of 1998 (5 U.S.C. 3345– 

3349d). This publication supersedes all 

previous Orders of Succession for 

Region V. Accordingly, the Assistant 

Deputy Secretary, for Field Policy and 

Management designates the following 

Order of Succession: 

Section A. Order of Succession 

Subject to the provisions of the 

Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 

during any period when by reason of 

absence, disability, or vacancy in office 

the Regional Administrator for the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development or the Field Office 

Directors are not available to exercise 

the powers or perform the duties of their 

Office, the following officials within 

each Office and those officials specified 

by Office location are hereby designated 

to exercise the powers and perform the 

duties of the Office: 

1. Chicago Regional Office Order of 

Succession 

a. Deputy Regional Administrator; 

b. Regional Counsel; 

c. Director, Multifamily Housing 

Midwest Regional Center; 

d. Director, Office of Community 

Planning and Development; 

e. Regional Director, Office of Fair 

Housing and Equal Opportunity 

f. Director, Office of Public and Indian 

Housing. 

2. Cleveland Field Office Order of 

Succession 

a. Chief Counsel; 

b. Director, Office of Public and 

Indian Housing. 

3. Columbus Field Office Order of 

Succession 

a. Director, Office of Community 

Planning and Development; 

b. FHEO Program Center Director. 

4. Detroit Field Office Order of 

Succession 

a. Chief Counsel; 

b. Multifamily Housing Asset 

Management Division Director/Satellite 

Office Coordinator; 

c. Director, Office of Public and 

Indian Housing. 

5. Indianapolis Field Office Order of 

Succession 

a. Chief Counsel; 

b. Director, Office of Community 

Planning and Development; 

c. Director, Office of Public and 

Indian Housing. 

6. Milwaukee Field Office Order of 

Succession 

a. Director, Office of Public and 

Indian Housing; 


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