82944 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 226 / Monday, November 27, 2023 / Notices 

William Darnell (AZ) 

Travis Davisson (IA) 

Steven Gandee (PA) 

Derek Hawkins (NH) 

James Johnson (MN) 

Keith Kenyon (WI) 

John Martikainen (CT) 

Willis Ryan (GA) 

John Silvers (NY) 

Jeremy Williams (CA) 

Joseph Williams (MD) 

The drivers were included in docket 

numbers FMCSA–2017–0058, FMCSA– 

2018–0136, FMCSA–2018–0138, 

FMCSA–2018–0139, FMCSA–2019– 

0109, or FMCSA–2019–0110. Their 

exemptions are applicable as of 

December 26, 2023 and will expire on 

December 26, 2025. 

V. Conditions and Requirements 

The exemptions are extended subject 

to the following conditions: (1) each 

driver must report any crashes or 

accidents as defined in § 390.5T; and (2) 

report all citations and convictions for 

disqualifying offenses under 49 CFR 

parts 383 and 391 to FMCSA; and (3) 

each driver prohibited from operating a 

motorcoach or bus with passengers in 

interstate commerce. The driver must 

also have a copy of the exemption when 

driving, for presentation to a duly 

authorized Federal, State, or local 

enforcement official. In addition, the 

exemption does not exempt the 

individual from meeting the applicable 

CDL testing requirements. Each 

exemption will be valid for 2 years 

unless rescinded earlier by FMCSA. The 

exemption will be rescinded if: (1) the 

person fails to comply with the terms 

and conditions of the exemption; (2) the 

exemption has resulted in a lower level 

of safety than was maintained before it 

was granted; or (3) continuation of the 

exemption would not be consistent with 

the goals and objectives of 49 U.S.C. 

31136(e) and 31315(b). 

VI. Preemption 

During the period the exemption is in 

effect, no State shall enforce any law or 

regulation that conflicts with this 

exemption with respect to a person 

operating under the exemption. 

VII. Conclusion 

Based upon its evaluation of the 16 

exemption applications, FMCSA renews 

the exemptions of the aforementioned 

drivers from the hearing requirement in 

§ 391.41 (b)(11). In accordance with 49 

U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315(b), each 

exemption will be valid for 2 years 

unless revoked earlier by FMCSA. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26045 Filed 11–24–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Notice To Rescind Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Proposed Capital 

Metro Orange Line Project in Austin, 

Texas 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Rescind notice of intent to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA), in cooperation 

with the Capital Metropolitan 

Transportation Authority (Capital 

Metro), Austin Transit Partnership 

(ATP), and the City of Austin (the City), 

is issuing this notice to advise the 

public that the Notice of Intent (NOI) to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for the proposed Orange 

Line light rail transit (LRT) project as 

part of Project Connect in Austin, Texas 

is rescinded. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

FTA: Mr. Terence Plaskon, Federal 

Transit Administration, Region VI, 819 

Taylor Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102, at 

(817) 978–0573 or terence.plaskon@

dot.gov. For Capital Metro: Mr. Jacob 

Calhoun, Capital Metro, 2910 E. Fifth 

Street, Austin, TX 78702, at (512) 369– 

6501 or jacob.calhoun@capmetro.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 

24, 2021 (86 FR 27941), FTA and 

Capital Metro issued a NOI to prepare 

an EIS for the Orange Line LRT project. 

The project is part of Capital Metro’s 

2018 Project Connect Long-Term Vision 

Plan (Project Connect), as amended in 

2020. Project Connect presents a 

regional vision for high-capacity transit 

investments that would add mobility 

options for the Central Texas region. 

The project would have constructed an 

approximately 20-mile LRT line from 

the Tech Ridge Park & Ride on the 

northern end of the corridor, through 

downtown Austin, to just north of 

Slaughter Lane on the southern end of 

the corridor. 

As planning and preliminary 

engineering progressed, it became 

evident that due to higher than 

projected cost estimates from 

inflationary pressure, escalating real 

estate costs, and scope advancement, 

the approach and phasing for 

implementation of the LRT system 

would need to be refined to make the 

project economically feasible. Therefore, 

ATP, an independent local government 

corporation formed by the City and 

Capital Metro to design, construct, and 

implement Project Connect, undertook a 

public planning process to define an 

economically feasible and expandable 

LRT system that would meet regional 

transportation goals and objectives of 

Project Connect. After a robust 

community engagement process, on 

June 6, 2023, a proposed Austin Light 

Rail Phase 1 project was unanimously 

approved by Capital Metro, ATP, and 

the City to advance into the next phase 

of implementation. This proposed 

project includes combining segments of 

the Orange and Blue LRT projects into 

one LRT project. Based on the foregoing, 

FTA is rescinding the May 24, 2021, 

NOI for the Orange Line LRT project. 

Comments and questions concerning 

this notice should be directed to FTA at 

the address provided above. 

Gail Lyssy, 

Regional Administrator, FTA Region VI. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26024 Filed 11–24–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Notice To Rescind Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Proposed Capital 

Metro Blue Line Project in Austin, 

Texas 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Rescind notice of intent to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA), in cooperation 

with the Capital Metropolitan 

Transportation Authority (Capital 

Metro), Austin Transit Partnership 

(ATP), and the City of Austin (the City), 

is issuing this notice to advise the 

public that the Notice of Intent (NOI) to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for the proposed Blue 

Line light rail transit (LRT) project as 

part of Project Connect in Austin, Texas 

is rescinded. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

FTA: Mr. Terence Plaskon, Federal 

Transit Administration, Region VI, 819 

Taylor Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102, at 

(817) 978–0573 or terence.plaskon@

dot.gov. For Capital Metro: Mr. Jacob 


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