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1ALAB indicates that portions of the line may 

have been used for freight car storage during the 

period. It states that use of the line for this purpose 

does not disqualify ALAB from invoking the notice 

of exemption procedures. See, e.g., Indiana 

Southwestern Ry.—Abandonment Exemption—in 

Posey & Vanderburgh Cntys. Ind., AB 1065X (STB 

served Dec. 23, 2010). 

2The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the exemption’s effective 

date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 

I.C.C. 2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should 

be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may 

take appropriate action before the exemption’s 

effective date. 

3Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,600. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Assessment (EA) and 

Finding of No Significant Impact/ 

Record of Decision (FONSI/ROD) for 

the 2020 Improvement Project for 

Minneapolis/St. Paul International 

Airport (MSP), Minneapolis, MN 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public that the FAA has 

prepared and approved (March 6, 2013) 

a FONSI/ROD based on the Final EA for 

the MSP 2020 Improvement Project. The 

Final EA was prepared in accordance 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, FAA 

Orders 1050.1E, ‘‘Environmental 

Impacts: Policies and Procedures’’ and 

5050.4B, ‘‘NEPA Implementing 

Instructions for Airport Actions’’. 

DATES: This notice is effective March 21, 

2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ms. Kandice Krull, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, FAA Minneapolis 

Airports District Office (ADO), 6020 

28th Avenue South, Suite 102, 

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55450. 

Telephone number is (612) 253–4639. 

Copies of the FONSI/ROD and/or Final 

EA are available upon written request 

by contacting Ms. Kandice Krull 

through the contact information above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final 

EA evaluated the MSP 2020 

Improvement Project. The purpose of 

the project is to accommodate the 

expected demand such that the level of 

service is acceptable throughout MSP’s 

facilities (terminal and landside 

facilities such as gates, security 

checkpoints, parking lots, roadways, 

etc.) under both existing and 2020 

conditions and regional roadways under 

2030 conditions. 

The FAA and the Metropolitan 

Airport Commission (MAC) jointly 

prepared the Final EA, pursuant to the 

requirements of the NEPA and the 

Minnesota Environmental Policy Act, 

respectively. A joint Federal-State EA 

was prepared. 

Chapter 3 of the Final EA identified 

and evaluated all reasonable 

alternatives. Numerous alternatives 

were considered but eventually 

discarded for not meeting the purpose 

and need. Three alternatives (No Action, 

Alternative 1—Airlines Remain, and 

Alternative 2—Airlines Relocation) 

were examined in detail. After careful 

analysis and consultation with various 

resource agencies, the MAC selected 

Alternative 2 as the preferred 

alternative. Alternative 2 satisfies the 

purpose and need while minimizing 

impacts. 

Alternative 2 includes improvements 

to Terminal 1—Lindbergh; Terminal 2— 

Humphrey; Glumack Drive; 34th 

Avenue South and I–494 interchange; 

East 72nd Street and 34th Avenue South 

intersection; 34th Avenue South, East 

70th Street; Post Road; the Post Road 

and Trunk Highway 5 interchange; and 

I–494. 

Based on the analysis in the Final EA, 

the FAA has determined that 

Alternative 2 will not result in 

significant impacts to resources 

identified in accordance with FAA 

Orders 1050.1E and 5054.4B. Therefore, 

an environmental impact statement will 

not be prepared. 

Issued in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 

March 6, 2013. 

Jesse Carriger, 

Acting Manager, Minneapolis Airports 

District Office, FAA, Great Lakes Region. 

[FR Doc. 2013–06533 Filed 3–20–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 463 (Sub-No. 1X)] 

Alabama Railroad Co.—Abandonment 

Exemption—in Monroe County, AL 

Alabama Railroad Co. (ALAB) has 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F– 

Exempt Abandonments to abandon 

approximately 7.42 miles of rail line 

between milepost 655.20 (east of Route 

21 at Tunnel Springs) and milepost 

662.62 (west of Main Street in Beatrice), 

in Monroe County, Ala. The line 

traverses United States Postal Service 

Zip Codes 36425 and 36471. 

ALAB has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least two years; 1 (2) there is no 

overhead traffic on the line; (3) no 

formal complaint filed by a user of rail 

service on the line (or by a state or local 

government entity acting on behalf of 

such user) regarding cessation of service 

over the line either is pending with the 

Surface Transportation Board (Board) or 

with any U.S. District Court or has been 

decided in favor of complainant within 

the two-year period; and (4) the 

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c) 

(environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.11 

(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 

agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 

Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 

91 (1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

employees, a petition for partial 

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received, this 

exemption will be effective on April 20, 

2013, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues,2

formal expressions of intent to file an 

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and 

trail use/rail banking requests under 49 

CFR 1152.29 must be filed by April 1, 

2013. Petitions to reopen or requests for 

public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by April 10, 2013, 

with the Surface Transportation Board, 

395 E Street SW., Washington, DC 

20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to ALAB’s 

representative: William A. Mullins, 

2401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 300, 

Washington, DC 20037. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

ALAB has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report that 

addresses the effects, if any, of the 

abandonment on the environment and 

historic resources. OEA will issue an 

environmental assessment (EA) by 

March 26, 2013. Interested persons may 

obtain a copy of the EA by writing to 

OEA (Room 1100, Surface 

Transportation Board, Washington, DC 

20423–0001) or by calling OEA at (202) 


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