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1LIRC states that this mileage number comes 

from Southern Indiana Railway—Acquisition, FD 

12551 (ICC served Feb. 7, 1940). LIRC further states 

that its intention is to acquire SIND’s rights to the 

entire rail corridor described in the 1940 decision, 

and that, to the extent that yard and ancillary tracks 

are subject to 49 U.S.C. 10906, LIRC’s request for 

authority to acquire the Line is not intended to 

convert any such track into common carrier track 

subject to 49 U.S.C. 10901. 

embodied emissions of specialized 

hardware and cooling equipment used 

to mine certain cryptocurrencies, as 

well as the waste generated from this 

equipment needing to be replaced 

frequently due to rapidly improving 

mining equipment. This also includes 

potential mitigating measures and 

technology improvements to reduce the 

environmental impact from hardware 

usage. 

3. Resources: Information about the 

resources used to sustain and power 

digital assets. This includes the 

electricity that powers mining rigs and 

the water used to cool those operations, 

as well as potential mitigating measures 

to reduce the amount of electricity and 

water used. This also includes 

quantitative estimates of the total 

amounts of these resources used by 

particular types of digital assets, or by 

the digital asset ecosystem at large. This 

also includes information concerning 

whether the costs of resources used are 

borne equitably across society or are 

disproportionately borne by historically 

disadvantaged communities. 

4. Economics: Information about how 

the energy use of digital assets is 

affected by the value of, demand for, 

and supply of particular digital assets or 

their underlying infrastructure. This 

includes the environmental and 

infrastructural effects from 

cryptocurrency miners moving to areas 

with cheaper electricity, as well as the 

incentives that exist for cryptocurrency 

miners to use renewable energy sources 

for mining. This also includes 

information about impacts on the 

electric grid and about the need for 

potential incremental grid investments, 

along with the impacts on electricity 

bills for customers near or in affected 

service territories. 

5. Past or ongoing mitigation 

attempts: Information about past or 

ongoing attempts to mitigate negative 

climate impacts of digital assets. This 

includes voluntary industry efforts, and 

cryptocurrencies that are changing their 

consensus mechanism in order to 

reduce their energy usage. This also 

includes climate-focused and energy 

efficiency regulation or standards efforts 

by State, local, territorial, tribal, federal, 

or foreign governments. 

6. Potential energy or climate benefits: 

Information about how digital assets can 

potentially yield positive energy or 

climate impacts. This includes potential 

uses of blockchain that could support 

monitoring or mitigating technologies to 

climate impacts, such as opportunities 

for natural asset or emissions 

accounting, as well as the exchanging of 

liabilities for greenhouse gas emissions, 

water, and other natural or 

environmental assets. This also includes 

specific approaches to increase the 

likelihood of direct climate or emissions 

benefits from digital assets, or 

associated grid services that indirectly 

lead to climate or emissions benefits. 

Furthermore, information is sought 

supporting or rebutting claims made by 

some proponents of cryptocurrencies 

that the energy used by mining 

cryptocurrencies is a net climate 

positive, either because it occurs during 

demand lulls or because it increases 

demand for renewable electricity 

sources. 

7. Likely future developments or 

industry trajectories: Information about 

likely future developments or industry 

trajectories that would have 

implications for the future climate 

impacts of digital assets. This includes 

expected future developments in 

protocols, hardware, resources, and 

economics. Where possible, please 

describe the expected timescale for 

likely future developments. 

8. Implications for U.S. policy: 

Information about how the climate 

impacts of digital assets might have 

implications for U.S. policy. This 

includes implications for energy policy, 

including as it relates to grid 

management and reliability, energy 

efficiency incentives and standards, 

sources of energy supply, greenhouse 

gas intensity, and the transition to a netzero emissions economy by 2050. 

9. Other information: Any other 

information, not covered above, that is 

relevant for understanding the climate 

impacts of digital assets. 

Dated: March 21, 2022. 

Stacy Murphy, 

Operations Manager. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06284 Filed 3–24–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3270–F2–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36591] 

Louisville & Indiana Railroad 

Company—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Southern Indiana Railway, 

Inc. 

The Louisville & Indiana Railroad 

Company (LIRC), a Class III railroad, has 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1150.41 to enter into an 

asset purchase agreement (Purchase 

Agreement) with Southern Indiana 

Railway, Inc. (SIND), for LIRC to acquire 

and operate a rail corridor from north of 

the intersection of ‘‘highway 403’’ at 

Speed (SIND Speed Property) southerly 

to a connection with a rail line of CSX 

Transportation, Inc., at Watson Junction, 

all in Clark County, Ind. The Purchase 

Agreement also covers yard tracks 

located on the real property of Lehigh 

Cement in Speed, north of SIND Speed 

Property (the above described assets 

subject to the Purchase Agreement are 

referred to collectively as the Line). 

According to LIRC, the Line is 

approximately 7.41 miles in length.1

The verified notice states that LIRC will 

become the operator of the Line upon 

the exemption’s effective date. 

LIRC certifies that the Purchase 

Agreement does not contain any 

provision that may limit future 

interchange with a third-party 

connecting carrier. LIRC further certifies 

that its projected annual revenues as a 

result of this transaction will not result 

in LIRC’s becoming a Class II or Class 

I rail carrier. Pursuant to 49 CFR 

1150.42(e), if a carrier’s projected 

annual revenues will exceed $5 million, 

it must, at least 60 days before the 

exemption becomes effective, post a 

notice of its intent to undertake the 

proposed transaction at the workplace 

of the employees on the affected lines, 

serve a copy of the notice on the 

national offices of the labor unions with 

employees on the affected lines, and 

certify to the Board that it has done so. 

However, LIRC’s verified notice 

includes a request for waiver of the 60- 

day advance labor notice requirements. 

LIRC’s waiver request will be addressed 

in a separate decision. The Board will 

establish the effective date of the 

exemption in its separate decision on 

the waiver request. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

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

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions for stay must 

be filed no later than April 1, 2022. 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36591, should be filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board via efiling on the Board’s website. In 

addition, one copy of each pleading 

must be served on LIRC’s representative, 

Rose-Michele Nardi, Baker & Miller 

PLLC, Suite 300, 2401 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20037. 

According to LIRC, this action is 

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environmental review under 49 CFR 

1105.6(c) and from historic reporting 

requirements under 49 CFR 1105.8(b). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, 

Acting Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Decided: March 22, 2022. 

Brendetta Jones, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06338 Filed 3–24–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To 

Change 19 Acres of Land From 

Aeronautical to Non-Aeronautical Use 

at Presque Isle International Airport in 

Presque Isle, Maine 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: Notice is being given that the 

FAA is considering a request from the 

City of Presque Isle to change 19 acres 

of land from Aeronautical Use to NonAeronautical Use for a Solar facility at 

Presque Isle International Airport, 

Presque Isle, Presque Isle, ME. A solar 

facility will be constructed on 19 acres 

of land at Presque Isle International 

Airport. The solar facility is being 

constructed on land not required for 

aviation use. The land has been 

designated for non-aeronautical use. 

The airport will have a land lease with 

the solar company that will generate a 

new non-aeronautical revenue source 

for the airport. The land lease proceeds 

will be deposited in the airport’s 

operation and maintenance account. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 21, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, and follow 

the instructions on providing 

comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W 12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver to mail 

address above between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

Interested persons may inspect the 

request and supporting documents by 

contacting the FAA at the address listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jorge E. Panteli, Compliance and Land 

Use Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration New England Region 

Airports Division, 1200 District Avenue, 

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803. 

Telephone: 781–238–7618. 

Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on 

March 21, 2022. 

Julie Seltsam-Wilps, 

Deputy Director, ANE–600. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06299 Filed 3–24–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation 

Notice of Funding Opportunity for the 

Department of Transportation’s 

Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant 

Opportunity 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation, U.S. Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of Funding Opportunity 

(NOFO). 

Multimodal Project Discretionary 

Grant Opportunity (MPDG) 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to solicit applications for three funding 

opportunities: The National 

Infrastructure Project Assistance grants 

program (Mega), the Nationally 

Significant Multimodal Freight and 

Highways Projects grants program 

(INFRA), and the Rural Surface 

Transportation Grant program (Rural). 

While applicants can choose to apply 

for only one grant program, this 

combined solicitation will allow 

applicants to apply for two, or all three 

of these funding opportunities by 

submitting only one application. It also 

aims to better enable the Department to 

proactively assist project sponsors in 

matching projects with the most 

appropriate grant program(s) and 

facilitate individual projects in 

potentially receiving funding from 

multiple grant programs. Funds for the 

INFRA, Mega, and Rural funding 

opportunities will be awarded on a 

competitive basis for surface 

transportation infrastructure projects— 

including highway and bridge, intercity 

passenger rail, railway-highway grade 

crossing or separation, wildlife crossing, 

public transportation, marine highway, 

and freight projects, or groups of such 

projects—with significant national or 

regional impact, or to improve and 

expand the surface transportation 

infrastructure in rural areas. 

DATES: Applications must be submitted 

by 11:59 p.m. EDT on May 23, 2022. 

The Grants.gov ‘‘Apply’’ function will 

open by March 25, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Applications must be 

submitted through www.Grants.gov. 

Only applicants who comply with all 

submission requirements described in 

this notice and submit applications 

through www.Grants.gov on or before 

the application deadline will be eligible 

for award. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information regarding this 

notice, please contact the Office of the 

Secretary via email at MPDGrants@

dot.gov, or call Paul Baumer at (202) 

366–1092. A TDD is available for 

individuals who are deaf or hard of 

hearing at 202–366–3993. In addition, 

up to the application deadline, the U.S. 

Department of Transportation 

(Department) will post answers to 

common questions and requests for 

clarifications on the Department’s 

website at https://

www.transportation.gov/grants/mpdgfrequently-asked-questions. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

organization of this notice is based on 

an outline set forth in Appendix I to 

title 2 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 200 to ensure 

consistency across Federal financial 

assistance programs. However, that 

format is designed for locating specific 

information, not for linear reading. For 

readers seeking to familiarize 

themselves with how the Multimodal 

Project Discretionary Grant (MPDG) 

combined application process will 

work, the Department recommends 

starting with Section A (Program 

Description), which describes the 

Department’s goals for the MPDG 

common application and purpose in 

making awards, and Section E 

(Application Review Information), 

which describes how the Department 

will select among eligible applications 

for each of the three funding 

opportunities. Those two sections will 

provide appropriate context for the 

remainder of the notice: Section B 

(Federal Award Information) describes 

information about the size and nature of 

awards; Section C (Eligibility 

Information) describes eligibility 

requirements for applicants and 

projects; Section D (Application and 

Submission Information) describes in 

detail how to apply for an award; 

Section F (Federal Award 

Administration Information) describes 

legal requirements that will accompany 

awards; and Sections G (Federal 


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