62918 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 197 / Wednesday, October 13, 2010 / Notices 

rating should arise as a part of the 

normal planning process. 

FTA has been collecting project 

evaluation information from project 

sponsors under the existing OMB 

approval for this program (OMB No. 

2132–0561). However, due to 

modifications in the project evaluation 

criteria and FTA evaluation and rating 

procedures for the New Starts program 

and the addition of the Small Starts 

program, it became apparent that some 

information now required might be 

beyond the scope of ordinary planning 

activities. In particular, SAFETEA–LU 

creates additional requirements for 

before-and-after data collection as a 

condition of obtaining a Full Funding 

Grant Agreement (FFGA) or a Project 

Construction Grant Agreement (PCGA). 

Respondents: State and local 

government. 

Estimated Annual Burden on 

Respondents: Approximately 275 hours 

for each of the 135 respondents. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

37,070 hours. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Issued: October 6, 2010. 

Ann M. Linnertz, 

Associate Administrator for Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25653 Filed 10–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. FTA–2010–0038] 

Notice of Request for the Approval of 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to 

request the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to approve the following 

information collection: 

Metropolitan and Statewide 

Transportation Planning. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

before December 13, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that your 

comments are not entered more than 

once into the docket, submit comments 

identified by the docket number by only 

one of the following methods: 

1. Web site: http://www.regulations. 

gov. Follow the instructions for 

submitting comments on the U.S. 

Government electronic docket site. 

(Note: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation’s (DOT’s) electronic 

docket is no longer accepting electronic 

comments.) All electronic submissions 

must be made to the U.S. Government 

electronic docket site at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Commenters 

should follow the directions below for 

mailed and hand-delivered comments. 

2. Fax: 202–366–7951. 

3. Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Docket Operations, M–30, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Docket Operations, M–30, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except federal holidays. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number for this 

notice at the beginning of your 

comments. Submit two copies of your 

comments if you submit them by mail. 

For confirmation that FTA has received 

your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Note that 

all comments received, including any 

personal information, will be posted 

and will be available to Internet users, 

without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. You may review 

DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement 

in the Federal Register published April 

11, 2000, (65 FR 19477), or you may 

visit http://www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents and 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Background documents and comments 

received may also be viewed at the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001 between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Candace Noonan, Office of Planning and 

Environment, (202) 366–1648, or e-mail: 

candace.noonan@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

parties are invited to send comments 

regarding any aspect of this information 

collection, including: (1) The necessity 

and utility of the information collection 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the FTA; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the collected information; and (4) 

ways to minimize the collection burden 

without reducing the quality of the 

collected information. Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval of this 

information collection. 

Title: Metropolitan and Statewide 

Transportation Planning. 

OMB Number: 2132–0529. 

Background: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) and Federal 

Highway Administration (FHWA) 

jointly carry out the federal mandate to 

improve urban and rural transportation. 

49 U.S.C. Sections 5303 and 5304 and 

23 U.S.C. 134 and 135 authorize the use 

of federal funds to assist Metropolitan 

Planning Organizations (MPOs), States, 

and local public bodies in developing 

transportation plans and programs to 

serve the transportation needs of 

urbanized areas over 50,000 in 

population and other areas of States 

outside of urbanized areas. The 

information collection activities 

involved in developing the Unified 

Planning Work Program (UPWP), the 

Metropolitan Transportation Plan, the 

Statewide Transportation Improvement 

Plan, the Transportation Improvement 

Program (TIP), and the Statewide 

Transportation Improvement Program 

(STIP) are necessary to identify and 

evaluate the transportation issues and 

needs in each urbanized area and 

throughout every state. These products 

of the transportation planning process 

are essential elements in the reasonable 

planning and programming of federally 

funded transportation investments. 

In addition to serving as management 

tools for MPOs and State DOTs, the 

UPWP and State Planning and Research 

(SP&R) Work Program are used by both 

FTA and FHWA to monitor the 

transportation planning activities of 

those agencies. It is also needed to 

establish national out year budgets and 

regional program plans, develop policy 

on using funds, monitor State and local 

compliance with national technical 

emphasis areas, respond to 

Congressional inquiries, prepare 

Congressional testimony, and ensure 

efficiency in the use and expenditure of 

federal funds by determining that 

planning proposals are both reasonable 

and cost-effective. 49 U.S.C. Section 

5303 and 23 U.S.C. 134(h) require the 

development of TIPs for urbanized 

areas; STIPs are mandated by 49 U.S.C. 

Section 5304 and 23 U.S.C. 235(f) for an 

entire State. After approval by the 

Governor and MPO, metropolitan TIPs 

in attainment areas are to be 

incorporated directly into the STIP. For 

nonattainment areas, FTA/FHWA must 

make a conformity finding on the TIPs 

before including them into the STIP. 

The complete STIP is then jointly 

reviewed and approved or disapproved 

mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES

Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 197 / Wednesday, October 13, 2010 / Notices 62919 

by FTA and FHWA. These conformity 

findings and approval actions constitute 

the determination that Sates are 

complying with the requirements of 23 

U.S.C. 235 and 49 U.S.C. Sections 5303 

and 5304 as a condition of eligibility for 

federal-aid funding. Without these 

documents, approvals and findings, 

capital and/or operating assistance 

cannot be provided. 

Respondents: State Departments of 

Transportation (DOTs) and MPOs. 

Estimated Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 621 hours for each of the 

436 respondents. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

270,756 hours. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Issued: October 6, 2010. 

Ann M. Linnertz, 

Associate Administrator for Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25656 Filed 10–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Highway in Vermont 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims 

for judicial review of actions by FHWA. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces actions 

taken by the FHWA that are final within 

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

actions relate to a proposed highway 

project, the Southern Connector/ 

Champlain Parkway in the City of 

Burlington, Chittenden County, 

Vermont. Those actions grant 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(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 April 11, 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: For 

FHWA: Mr. Kenneth R. Sikora, Jr., 

Environmental Program Manager, 

Federal Highway Administration, P.O. 

Box 568, Montpelier, Vermont 05601– 

0568; telephone: (802) 828–4573; e-mail: 

Kenneth.Sikora@dot.gov. The FHWA 

Vermont Division Office’s normal 

business hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

(eastern time). For the Vermont Agency 

of Transportation: Mr. Wayne Davis, 

Project Supervisor, Vermont Agency of 

Transportation, One National Life Drive, 

Montpelier, Vermont 05633; telephone: 

(808) 828–5609; e-mail: 

Wayne.Davis@state.vt.us. The Vermont 

Agency of Transportation’s normal 

business hours are 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

(eastern time). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the FHWA, has taken 

final agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 

139(l)(1) by issuing approvals for the 

following highway project in the State 

of Vermont: the Southern Connector/ 

Champlain Parkway, Federal-aid Project 

Number MEGC–M5000(1), in the City of 

Burlington, Chittenden County. The 

project will consist of approximately 2.3 

miles of a two-lane roadway with 

turning lanes on both new location and 

existing roadways. The project will 

begin at the western terminus of I–189 

at Shelburne Street (U.S. Route 7) and 

will extend westerly and then northerly 

to the City Center District (CCD) at the 

intersection of Pine Street and Main 

Street. The general purposes of the 

project are to improve access from the 

vicinity of the interchange of I–189 and 

U.S. Route 7 to the Burlington CCD and 

the downtown waterfront area; and to 

improve circulation, reduce congestion, 

and improve safety on the local 

roadways in the project study area. The 

project includes a section of previously 

constructed roadway that has never 

been opened to traffic, new alignment 

from the end of the previously 

constructed section to Lakeside Avenue, 

and existing roadway along Lakeside 

Avenue and Pine Street. The actions by 

the Federal agencies, and the laws 

under which such actions were taken, 

are described in the Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(FSEIS) for the project, approved on 

September 22, 2009, in the FHWA 

Record of Decision (ROD) issued on 

January 13, 2010, and in other 

documents in the FHWA project files. 

The FSEIS, ROD, and other project 

records are available by contacting the 

FHWA or the Vermont Agency of 

Transportation at the addresses 

provided above. The FHWA FSEIS and 

ROD can also be viewed and 

downloaded from the project Web site at 

http://www.aot.state.vt.us/progdev/

Sections/LTF/SouthernConnectorSEIS/

SouthernConnectorFSEIS.htm. 

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. General: National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321– 

4351]; Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 

U.S.C. 109 and 23 U.S.C. 128]. 

2. Land: Section 4(f) of the 

Department of Transportation Act of 

1966 [49 U.S.C. 303]. 

3. Historic and Cultural Resources: 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act of 1966, as amended 

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

4. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990 

Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 12898, 

Federal Actions to Address 

Environmental Justice in Minority 

Populations and Low Income 

Populations. 

(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: October 6, 2010. 

Kenneth R. Sikora, Jr., 

Environmental Program Manager, Montpelier, 

Vermont. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25696 Filed 10–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–RY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on the Route 250 Bypass Interchange 

at McIntire Road Project in Virginia 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims 

for judicial review of actions by FHWA. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces actions 

taken by the FHWA that are final within 

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

actions relate to the Route 250 Bypass 

Interchange at McIntire Road project in 

the City of Charlottesville, Virginia. 

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(l)(1). A 

claim seeking judicial review of the 

Federal agency actions on the project 

will be barred unless the claim is filed 

on or before April 11, 2011. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of 

law, a claim arising under Federal law 

seeking judicial review of a permit, 

license, or approval issued by a Federal 

agency for a highway or public 

transportation capital project shall be 

barred unless it is filed within 180 days 

after publication of a notice in the 

Federal Register announcing that the 

permit, license, or approval is final 

mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES