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capacity of the infrastructure that 

supports the current transit system. 

• Provide an alternative to 

automobile trips on I–5 and SR 99, the 

two primary highways serving the 

corridor, which are unreliable and over 

capacity throughout significant portions 

of the day. 

• Implement the long-range vision for 

regional transit service established by 

Sound Transit’s Long Range Plan, with 

a transit investment that supports 

economic vitality, preserves the 

environment, preserves communities, 

and allows for the further extension of 

regional transit north to Everett. 

• Ensure long-term regional mobility, 

multimodal connectivity, and 

convenience for North Corridor citizens 

and communities, including traveldisadvantaged residents and low 

income and minority populations. 

• Provide the transit infrastructure 

needed to support the development of 

Northgate and Lynnwood as designated 

regional growth centers providing 

housing, employment, public services, 

and multimodal transportation 

connections. 

• Help support the environmental 

and sustainability goals of the state and 

region, including state regulations 

setting goals for reducing annual per 

capita vehicle miles traveled by 2050, in 

accordance with RCW 47.01.440, and 

the reduction of greenhouse gas 

emissions (Limiting Green House Gas 

Emissions, RCW Chapter 702.35). 

Alternatives 

In developing the ST2 Plan, Sound 

Transit defined a light rail alignment 

that helped establish the ridership 

potential and costs for the transit 

improvements in the North Corridor. 

The alignment was assumed to be 

entirely elevated primarily along I–5. 

The project elements included a light 

rail guideway, track, and systems 

extending approximately 8.5 miles 

north from Northgate Station to 

Lynnwood Transit Center. After leaving 

Northgate Station, the alignment 

followed the east side of I–5 to about 

48th Avenue W. in Snohomish County 

and then crossed to the west side of I– 

5 to enter Lynnwood Transit Center. 

Four new stations were anticipated at 

NE. 145th Street, NE. 185th Street, SW., 

236th Street, and the Lynnwood Transit 

Center (terminal station), all sized to 

accommodate 4-car trains. Park-and-ride 

structures of 500 stalls each would be 

provided at NE 145th Street, NE., 185th 

Street, and Lynnwood Transit Center. 

As part of the AA and in accordance 

with FTA guidance for New Start 

projects, Sound Transit will explore 

alternative mode, alignment, station, 

and design configurations for improved 

transit in the North Corridor. All 

alternatives will be compared to a ‘‘NoBuild’’ alternative, which represents the 

future transportation system through the 

year 2030 without North Corridor transit 

improvements, and a Transportation 

Systems Management (TSM) alternative, 

which will examine methods for 

improving transit in the North Corridor 

without a new fixed guideway. Potential 

elements of a TSM alternative could 

include more frequent bus service, new 

or expanded park-and-ride capacity, or 

freeway or arterial transit priority 

improvements. 

Sound Transit is inviting comments 

on the alternative transit modes, 

alignments, station locations, and 

design configurations to be studied, as 

well as comment on proposed 

evaluation measures to be used to 

compare alternatives. Routes that may 

be considered follow portions of State 

Route 99, the Interurban Trail, Interstate 

5 and 15th Avenue NE. The definition 

of these alternatives will reflect a range 

of high and low cost capital 

improvements, including non-guideway 

options which can serve as a ‘‘baseline’’ 

for measuring the merits of higher level 

investments. Measures for evaluating 

the relative merits of alternatives will be 

identified, as will technical 

methodologies for generating the 

information used to support such 

measures; these will typically include 

disciplines such as travel forecasting, 

capital and operations and maintenance 

costing, and environmental and land 

use analyses. Finally, costs, benefits, 

and impacts of each alternative are 

developed and evaluated, funding 

strategies are analyzed, and a locally 

preferred alternative (LPA) is affirmed 

to be advanced for further development. 

At the conclusion of the AA process, 

Sound Transit and the FTA anticipate 

narrowing the range of alternatives for 

further evaluation in a draft 

environmental impact statement (EIS), if 

warranted, potentially including 

identification of a locally preferred 

alternative. If the resulting range of 

alternatives involves the potential for 

significant environmental impacts 

requiring an EIS, a Notice of Intent to 

prepare an EIS will be published in the 

Federal Register, and public and agency 

comment on the scope of the EIS will be 

invited and considered at that time. 

Issued on: September 17, 2010. 

Linda Gehrke, 

Deputy Regional Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24103 Filed 9–24–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Highway in North 

Carolina 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims 

for Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA 

and Other Federal Agencies. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces actions 

taken by the FHWA and other Federal 

agencies that are final within the 

meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(I)(1). The 

actions relate to a proposed highway 

project, the Monroe Connector/Bypass, 

from US 74 near I–485 in Mecklenburg 

County, North Carolina, to US 74 

between the towns of Wingate and 

Marshville in Union County, North 

Carolina. The Monroe Connector/Bypass 

is also known as State Transportation 

Improvement Program Project R–3329/ 

R–2559. Those actions grant licenses, 

permits, and approvals for the project. 

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA is 

advising the public of final agency 

actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(I)(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 March 28, 2011. If 

the Federal law that authorizes judicial 

review of a claim provides a time period 

of less than 180 days for filing such 

claim, then that shorter time period still 

applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

George Hoops, P.E., Major Projects 

Engineer, Federal Highway 

Administration, 310 New Bern Avenue, 

Suite 410, Raleigh, North Carolina 

27601–1418, Telephone: (919) 747– 

7022; e-mail: george.hoops@dot.gov. 

FHWA North Carolina Division Office’s 

normal business hours are 8 a.m. to 5 

p.m. (Eastern Time). Ms. Jennifer Harris, 

P.E., Director of Planning and 

Environmental Studies, North Carolina 

Turnpike Authority (NCTA), 5400 

Glenwood Avenue, Suite 400, Raleigh, 

North Carolina 27612, Telephone: (919) 

571–3000; e-mail: 

jennifer.harris@ncturnpike.org. NCTA’s 

normal business hours are 8 a.m. to 5 

p.m. (Eastern Time). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that FHWA and other 

Federal agencies have taken final agency 

actions by issuing a Record of Decision 

(ROD) for the following highway project 

in the State of North Carolina: The 

Monroe Connector/Bypass, a 20-mile 

long, multi-lane, fully access-controlled, 

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also known as State Transportation 

Improvement Program (STIP) Project R– 

3329/R–2559. The project would run 

generally in an east-west direction, 

roughly parallel to US 74. On the west, 

the project begins at I–485 in 

Mecklenburg County; on the east, it 

ends at US 74 between the towns of 

Wingate and Marshville in Union 

County. 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 May 25, 2010, and the 

FHWA Record of Decision (ROD) issued 

on August 27, 2010 approving the 

Monroe Connector/Bypass project, and 

in other documents in the FHWA 

administrative record. The FEIS, ROD, 

and other documents in the FHWA 

administrative record file are available 

by contacting the FHWA or NCTA at the 

addresses provided above. The FEIS and 

ROD can be viewed and downloaded 

from the project Web site at http:// 

www.ncturnpike.org/projects/monroe or 

viewed at the offices of the North 

Carolina Turnpike Authority, 5400 

Glenwood Avenue, Suite 400, Raleigh, 

North Carolina 27612. A final decision 

regarding section 404 permits for this 

project has not yet been made. This 

notice, therefore, does not apply to the 

section 404 permitting process for this 

project. This notice applies to all 

Federal agency actions and decisions as 

of the issuance date of this notice and 

all laws under which such actions were 

taken, including but not limited to: 

1. General: National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321– 

4351]; Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 

U.S.C. 109]. 

2. Air: Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401– 

7671(q)]. 

3. Land: Section 4(f) of the 

Department of Transportation Act of 

1966 [49 U.S.C. 303]; Landscaping and 

Scenic Enhancement (Wildflowers) [23 

U.S.C. 319]. 

4. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act 

[16 U.S.C. 1531–1544 and Section 

1536], Marine Mammal Protection Act 

[16 U.S.C. 1361], Anadromous Fish 

Conservation Act [16 U.S.C. 757(a)– 

757(g)], Fish and Wildlife Coordination 

Act [16 U.S.C. 661–667(d)], Migratory 

Bird Treaty Act [16 U.S.C. 703–712], 

Magnuson-Stevenson Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act of 

1976, as amended [16 U.S.C. 1801 et 

seq.]. 

5. Historic and Cultural Resources: 

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. Social and Economic: Civil Rights 

Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000(d)– 

2000(d)(1)]; American Indian Religious 

Freedom Act [42 U.S.C. 1996]; Farmland 

Protection Policy Act (FPPA) [7 U.S.C. 

4201–4209]. 

7. Wetlands and Water Resources: 

Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251–1377 

(Section 404, Section 401, Section 319); 

Land and Water Conservation Fund 

(LWCF) [16 U.S.C. 4601–4604]; Safe 

Drinking Water Act (SDWA) [42 U.S.C. 

300(f)–300(j)(6)]; Wild and Scenic 

Rivers Act [16 U.S.C. 1271–1287); 

Emergency Wetlands Resources Act [16 

U.S.C. 3921, 3931]; TEA–21 Wetlands 

Mitigation [23 U.S.C. 103(b)(6)(m), 

133(b)(11)]; Flood Disaster Protection 

Act [42 U.S.C. 4001–4128]. 

8. Hazardous Materials: 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA) [42 U.S.C. 9601–9675]; 

Superfund Amendments and 

Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA); 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA) [42 U.S.C. 6901–6992(k)]. 

9. Executive Orders: 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. 13007 Indian Sacred Sites; E.O. 

13287 Preserve America; E.O. 13175 

Consultation and Coordination With 

Indian Tribal Governments; E.O. 11514 

Protection and Enhancement of 

Environmental Quality; E.O.13112 

Invasive Species. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Research, 

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(I)(1). 

Issued on: September 21, 2010. 

George Hoops, 

Major Projects Engineer, Federal Highway 

Administration, Raleigh, North Carolina. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24173 Filed 9–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–RY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Eighth Meeting—RTCA Special 

Committee 220: Automatic Flight 

Guidance and Control 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 220: Automatic Flight 

Guidance and Control meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

RTCA Special Committee 220: 

Automatic Flight Guidance and Control. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

October 12–14, 2010. October 12th and 

13th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and October 

14th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Wichita Airport Hilton, 2098 Airport 

Road, Wichita, Kansas, 67209–1941, 

USA. telephone (316) 945–5272, fax 

(316) 945–7620, e-mail: 

Julie.Hill@hilton.com. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (1) 

RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW., 

Suite 805, Washington, DC, 20036; 

telephone (202) 833–9339; fax (202) 

833–9434; Web site http://www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a) (2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is 

hereby given for a Special Committee 

220: Automatic Flight Guidance and 

Control meeting. The agenda will 

include: 

• Welcome/Agenda Overview. 

• Consider for Approval—New 

Document—Minimum Operational 

Performance Standards (MOPS) for 

Automatic Flight Guidance and Control 

Systems and Equipment, RTCA Paper 

No. 088–10/SC220–016. 

• Continue Development of 

Installation Guidance White Papers. 

• Wrap-up and Review of Action 

Items. 

• Establish Dates, Location, Agenda 

for Next Meeting. 

• Other Business. 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairmen, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 


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