Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 200 / Tuesday, October 18, 2005 / Notices 60599 

11400 South, and widening 10600 

South to six lanes from just west of 

River Front Parkway to Jordan Gateway. 

Selection of the Preferred Alternative 

was based on a comparison of all the 

alternatives advanced for detailed study 

in terms of mobility improvements, and 

environmental, social, economic and 

Section 4(f) impacts. In addition, the 

project team considered public and 

resource agency input and city council 

recommendations or resolutions 

regarding the project. 

This project requires Federal approval 

of a proposed new Interstate access and 

may involve Federal Highway 

Administration funding as authorized 

by Title 23 of the United States Code. 

Consequently, pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Federal 

Highway Administration (FHWA) in 

coordination with the Utah Department 

of Transportation (UDOT), prepared an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the project’s impact on the human 

environment. The Final EIS (FEIS) was 

issued on June 3, 2005. 

Pursuant to Section 6002 of the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (23 U.S.C. 139(l)) any person or 

entity wishing to file a claim for judicial 

review challenging this decision must 

do so within 180 days of the publication 

of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Berna, Environmental Specialist, 

Federal Highway Administration, 2520 

West 4700 South, Suite 9A, Salt Lake 

City, Utah 84118, Telephone: (801) 963–

0078 ext, 235; or Joe Kammerer, Project 

Manager, Utah Department of 

Transportation, Region 2, 2010 South 

2760 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84104–

4592, Telephone: (801) 887–3435. 

Copies of the FEIS and ROD are 

available for review at the addresses 

mentioned above and can be viewed 

and downloaded from the project Web 

site http://www.udot.utah.gov/ 

11400south/. 

Comments or questions concerning 

this proposed action and the ROD 

should be directed to the FHWA or 

UDOT at the addresses provided above. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Research, 

Planning and Construction. The regulations 

impending Executive Order 12372 regarding 

intergovernmental consultation on Federal 

programs and activities apply to this 

program) 

Issued on: October 13, 2005. 

Jeffrey Berna, 

Environmental Specialist, Salt Lake City, 

Utah. 

[FR Doc. 05–20777 Filed 10–17–05; 8:45am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2005–21015] 

Notice of Request for Reduction in 

Scope of Application for Approval of 

Discontinuance or Modification of a 

Railroad Signal System and Extension 

of Comment Period 

The Central New York Railroad 

Corporation, Norfolk Southern 

Corporation, and New York, 

Susquehanna and Western Railway 

Corporation have jointly petitioned the 

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 

requesting a reduction in scope of their 

original block signal application 

identified as Docket Number FRA–

2005–21015. The joint application is 

now seeking approval of the proposed 

discontinuance and removal of the 

automatic block signal systems, on the 

two main tracks, between CP Coles, 

milepost 209.5 and CP BD, milepost 

213.0, near Binghamton, New York, a 

distance of approximately 3.5 miles. 

FRA has conducted its own 

investigation and held a public hearing 

on September 28, 2005. At this public 

hearing the involved railroads requested 

a reduction in scope of the application. 

In an effort to allow interested parties an 

opportunity to comment on this 

reduction in scope of the original 

application, FRA is extending the 

comment period in this matter to 

November 9, 2005. 

FRA expects to be able to determine 

this matter without further oral 

hearings. FRA may conduct additional 

oral hearings if a specific request is 

received. However, any such request for 

an oral hearing must be accompanied by 

specific documentation establishing that 

the party is unable to adequately present 

his or her position by written 

statements. 

All communications concerning this 

proceeding should be identified by the 

docket number (FRA–2005–21015) and 

must be submitted to the Docket Clerk, 

DOT Central Docket Management 

Facility, Room PL–401 (Plaza Level), 

400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590–0001. Communications received 

within 45 days of the date of this notice 

will be considered by the FRA before 

final action is taken. Comments received 

after that date will be considered as far 

as practicable. All written 

communications concerning these 

proceedings are available for 

examination during regular business 

hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the above 

facility. All documents in the public 

docket are also available for inspection 

and copying on the Internet at the 

docket facility’s Web site at http:// 

dms.dot.gov. 

FRA wishes to inform all potential 

commenters that anyone is able to 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register published on April 11, 2000 

(Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477–

78) or you may visit http://dms.dot.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC on October 6, 

2005. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety, 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 05–20832 Filed 10–17–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Notice of Application for Approval of 

Discontinuance or Modification of a 

Railroad Signal System or Relief From 

the Requirements of Title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations Part 236 

Pursuant to Title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) Part 235 and 49 

U.S.C. 20502(a), the following railroad 

has petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) seeking approval 

for the discontinuance or modification 

of the signal system or relief from the 

requirements of 49 CFR part 236 as 

detailed below. 

Docket Number FRA–2005–22133 

Applicant: Saginaw Bay Southern 

Railway, Mr. Wilford G. Gamble, Vice 

President—Operations, 23 Newman 

Street, P.O. Box 232, East Tawas, 

Michigan 48730. 

CSX Transportation, Incorporated, 

Mr. N. Michael Choat, Chief Engineer, 

Communications and Signal, 4901 

Belfort Road, Suite 130, Jacksonville, 

Florida 32256. 

The Saginaw Bay Southern Railway 

(SBS) and CSX Transportation, 

Incorporated (CSXT) jointly seek 

approval of the proposed 

discontinuance and removal of the 

traffic control system, on the single