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1Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

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

1002.2(f)(25). 

2Because this is a discontinuance proceeding and 

not an abandonment, interim trail use/rail banking 

and public use conditions are not appropriate. 

Because there will be an environmental review 

during abandonment, this discontinuance does not 

require an environmental review. 

SUMMARY: In a decision served on 

February 12, 2016, we proposed to 

adopt 1.014 (1.4% per year) as the 

measure of average change in railroad 

productivity for the 2010–2014 (fiveyear) averaging period. This value 

represents an increase of 0.7% from the 

average for the 2009–2013 period. The 

Board’s February 12, 2016 decision in 

this proceeding stated that comments 

may be filed addressing any perceived 

data and computational errors in the 

Board’s calculation. It also stated that, if 

there were no further action taken by 

the Board, the proposed productivity 

adjustment would become effective on 

March 1, 2016. 

DATES: The productivity adjustment is 

effective March 1, 2016. Comments are 

due by February 24, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments (an original 

and 10 copies) referring to Docket No. 

EP 290 (Sub-No. 4) to: Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Smith, (202) 245–0322. Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the 

hearing impaired, (800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additional information is contained in 

the Board’s decision, which is available 

on our Web site at http://

www.stb.dot.gov. Copies of the decision 

may be purchased by contacting the 

Board’s Office of Public Assistance, 

Governmental Affairs, and Compliance 

at (202) 245–0236. Assistance for the 

hearing impaired is available through 

FIRS at (800) 877–8339. 

Decided: February 12, 2016 

By the Board, Chairman Elliott, Vice 

Chairman Miller, and Commissioner 

Begeman. 

Tia Delano, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03347 Filed 2–17–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 55 (Sub-No. 753X)] 

CSX Transportation, Inc.— 

Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—in Harlan County, KY 

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), filed 

a verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR part 1152 subpart F—Exempt 

Abandonments and Discontinuances of 

Service to discontinue service over an 

approximately 1.6-mile rail line on its 

Southern Region, Huntington Division, 

CV Subdivision, Engineering 

Appalachian Division, also known as 

the Merna Spur from milepost 0MV 

248.5 to milepost 0MV 250.1, in Harlan 

County, Ky. (the Line). The Line 

traverses United States Postal Service 

Zip Code 40818, and includes the 

station of Creech (FSAC 43739/OPSL 

20395) at milepost 0MV 250. 

CSXT has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the Line for at 

least two years; (2) because the Line is 

not a through line, no overhead traffic 

has operated, and, therefore, none needs 

to be rerouted over other lines; (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 is pending either with the 

Surface Transportation Board or any 

U.S. District Court or has been decided 

in favor of a complainant within the 

two-year period; and (4) the 

requirements at 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 

discontinuance of service 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) to subsidize continued 

rail service has been received, this 

exemption will become effective on 

March 19, 2016, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues and 

formal expressions of intent to file an 

OFA to subsidize continued rail service 

under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) 1 must be 

filed by February 29, 2016.2 Petitions to 

reopen must be filed by March 9, 2016, 

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 CSXT’s 

representative: Louis E. Gitomer, Law 

Offices of Louis E. Gitomer, LLC, 600 

Baltimore Avenue, Suite 301, Towson, 

MD 21204. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’ 

Decided: February 12, 2016. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Brendetta S. Jones, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03356 Filed 2–17–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Highway in California 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims 

for Judicial Review of Actions by the 

California Department of Transportation 

(Caltrans), pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of 

Caltrans, is issuing this notice to 

announce actions taken by Caltrans that 

are final within the meaning of 23 

U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a 

proposed highway project, Centennial 

Corridor Project on State Route 58 from 

Cottonwood Road to Interstate 5 and 

State Route 99 from Wilson Road to 

Gilmore Avenue in the County of Kern, 

State of California. Those actions grant 

licenses, permits, and approvals for the 

project. 

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA, on 

behalf of Caltrans, is advising the public 

of final agency actions subject to U.S.C 

§ 139(l)(1). A claim seeking judicial 

review of the Federal agency actions on 

the highway project will be barred 

unless the claim is filed on or before 

July 18, 2016. If the Federal law that 

authorizes judicial review of a claim 

provides a time period of less than 150 

days for filing such claim, then that 

shorter time period still applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer H. Taylor, Office Chief, 

California Department of Transportation 

District 6, 855 M Street, Suite 200, 

Fresno, CA 93721, during normal 

business hours from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m., Telephone number (888) 404– 

6375, email: Jennifer.taylor@dot.ca.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective 

July 1, 2007, the FHWA assigned, and 

the Caltrans assumed environmental 

responsibilities for this project pursuant 

to 23 U.S.C. 327. Notice is hereby given 

that Caltrans has taken final agency 

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actions subject to U.S.C § 139(l)(1) by 

issuing licenses, permits, and approvals 

for the Centennial Corridor Project in 

the State of California. 

Caltrans, in cooperation with the City 

of Bakersfield, proposes to construct a 

freeway on a new alignment for State 

Route 58 and make improvements to the 

existing State Route 99. The new 

alignment for State Route 58 will 

provide a continuous route along State 

Route 58 from Cottonwood Road (post 

mile R55.6) on existing State Route 58 

(East), east of State Route 99 to Interstate 

5 (post mile T31.7). Improvements to 

State Route 99 from Wilson Road (post 

mile 21.2) to Gilmore Avenue (post mile 

26.2) will also be required for the 

connection with State Route 58. The 

project is intended to provide route 

continuity and associated traffic 

congestion relief. The Federal ID 

number for the Centennial Corridor 

Project is NCIIP 5109 (106). 

The actions by the Federal agencies, 

and the laws under which such actions 

were taken, are described in the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 

for the project, approved on December 

4, 2015, in the Record of Decision (ROD) 

issued on February 8, 2016, and in other 

documents in the FHWA project 

records. The FEIS, ROD and other 

project records are available by 

contacting Caltrans at the address 

provided above. The Caltrans FEIS and 

ROD can be viewed and downloaded 

from the project Web site at: http://dot.

ca.gov/dist6/environmental/projects/

centennial/Environmental

Documents.html or viewed at public 

libraries in the project area. This notice 

applies to all Federal agency decisions 

as of the issuance date of this notice and 

all laws under which such actions were 

taken, including but not limited to: 

1. National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321–4351]; FederalAid Highway Act [23 U.S.C. 109 and 23 

U.S.C. 128]. 

2. Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401– 

7671(q)]. 

3. Section 4(f) of the U.S. Department 

of Transportation Act of 1966 [49 U.S.C. 

303]. 

4. Endangered Species Act [16 U.S.C. 

1531–1544 and Section 1536], Fish and 

Wildlife Coordination Act [16 U.S.C. 

661–667(d)], Migratory Bird Treaty Act 

[16 U.S.C. 703–712]. 

5. Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act of 1966, as amended 

[16 U.S.C. 470(f) et seq.]; Archeological 

Resources Protection Act of 1977 [16 

U.S.C. 470(aa)–11]; Archeological and 

Historic Preservation Act [16 U.S.C. 

469–469(c)]; Native American Grave 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA) [25 U.S.C. 3001–3013]. 

6. Land and Water Conservation Fund 

(LWCF) [16 U.S.C. 4601–4604]; Clean 

Water Act 33 U.S.C. 1251–1387. 

7. Farmland Protection Policy Act [7 

U.S.C. 4201–4209 and its regulations]. 

8. E.O. 11990 Protection of Wetlands; 

E.O. 11988 Floodplain Management; 

E.O. 12898, Federal Actions to Address 

Environmental Justice in Minority 

Populations and Low Income 

Populations; E.O. 11593 Protection and 

Enhancement of Cultural Resources; 

E.O. 13112 Invasive Species. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) 

Issued on: February 11, 2016. 

Gary Sweeten, 

North Team Leader, Project Delivery, Federal 

Highway Administration, Sacramento, 

California. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–RY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Program (CDFI Program) 

FY 2016 Funding Round 

Funding Opportunity Title: Notice of 

Funds Availability (NOFA) inviting 

Applications for Financial Assistance 

(FA) awards or Technical Assistance 

(TA) grants under the Community 

Development Financial Institutions 

Program (CDFI Program) fiscal year (FY) 

2016 Funding Round. 

Announcement Type: Announcement 

of funding opportunity. 

Funding Opportunity Number: CDFI– 

2016–FATA. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 21.020. 

KEY DATES: 

TABLE 1—FY 2016 CDFI PROGRAM FUNDING ROUND CRITICAL DEADLINES FOR APPLICANTS

Description Deadline Time (eastern daylight 

time—EDT) Submission method 

CDFI Certification Applications .................. March 18, 2016 ................. 5:00 p.m. EDT ................... Award Management Information System 

(AMIS). 

SF424 (Application for Federal Assistance).March 18, 2016 ................. 11:59 p.m. EDT ................. Electronically via Grants.gov. 

Last day to contact CDFI Program staff ... April 15, 2016 .................... 5:00 p.m. EDT ................... CDFI Fund Helpdesk: 202–653–0421 or 

cdfihelp@cdfi.treas.gov. 

CDFI Program Application for Financial 

Assistance (FA) or Technical Assistance (TA).

April 18, 2016 .................... 11:59 p.m. EDT ................. Electronically via Awards Management 

Information System (AMIS). 

Executive Summary: Through the 

CDFI Program, the CDFI Fund provides 

(i) FA awards of up to $2 million to 

Certified Community Development 

Financial Institutions (CDFIs) to build 

their financial capacity to lend to their 

Target Markets, and (ii) TA grants of up 

to $125,000 to build Certified, 

Certifiable, and Emerging CDFIs’ 

organizational capacity to serve their 

Target Markets. All awards provided 

through this NOFA are subject to 

funding availability. 

I. Program Description 

A. History: The CDFI Fund was 

established by the Riegle Community 

Development Banking and Financial 

Institutions Act of 1994 to promote 

economic revitalization and community 

development through investment in and 

assistance to CDFIs. Since its creation in 

1994, the CDFI Fund has awarded over 

$2 billion to CDFIs, community 

development organizations, and 

financial institutions through the 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Program (CDFI Program), 

the Native American CDFI Assistance 

Program (NACA Program), the Bank 

Enterprise Award Program (BEA 

Program), the Capital Magnet Fund, and 

the Financial Education and Counseling 

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