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• Acquisition of additional land for 

runway protection zones, other 

approach protection, or airport 

development. 

• Cargo facility requirements. 

• Modifications, which will permit 

the airfield to accommodate general 

aviation users. 

Landside: 

• Construction of surface parking 

areas and access roads to accommodate 

automobiles in the airport terminal and 

air cargo areas and provide an adequate 

level of access to the airport. 

• Construction or relocation of access 

roads to provide efficient and 

convenient movement of vehicular 

traffic to, on, and from the airport, 

including access to passenger, air cargo, 

fixed base operations, and aircraft 

maintenance areas. 

• Modification or construction of 

facilities such as passenger terminals, 

surface automobile parking lots, 

hangars, air cargo terminal buildings, 

and access roads to cargo facilities to 

accommodate civil use. 

(6) An evaluation of the ability of 

surface transportation facilities (e.g., 

road, rail, high-speed rail, and/or 

maritime) to provide intermodal 

connections. 

(7) A description of the type and level 

of aviation and community interest in 

the civil use of a current or former 

military airport. 

(8) One copy of the FAA-approved 

ALP for each copy of the application. 

The ALP or supporting information 

should clearly show capacity and 

conversion related projects. Other 

information such as project costs, 

schedule, project justification, other 

maps and drawings showing the project 

locations, and any other supporting 

documentation that would make the 

application easier to understand should 

also be included. You may also provide 

photos, which would further describe 

the airport, projects, and otherwise 

clarify certain aspects of this 

application. These maps and ALP’s 

should be cross-referenced with the 

project costs and project descriptions. 

Redesignation of Airports Previously 

Designated and Applying for Up to an 

Additional Five Years in the Program 

Airports applying for redesignation to 

the Military Airport Program must 

submit the same information required 

by new candidate airports applying for 

a new designation. On the SF 424, 

Application for Federal Assistance, 

prescribed by the Office of Management 

and Budget Circular A–102, airports 

must indicate their application is for 

redesignation to the MAP. In addition to 

the information required for new 

candidates, airports requesting 

redesignation must also explain: 

(1) Why a redesignation and 

additional MAP eligible project funding 

is needed to accomplish the conversion 

to meet the civil role of the airport and 

the preferred time period for 

redesignation not to exceed five years; 

(2) Why funding of eligible work 

under other categories of AIP or other 

sources of funding would not 

accomplish the development needs of 

the airport; and 

(3) Why, based on the previously 

funded MAP projects, the projects and/ 

or funding level were insufficient to 

accomplish the airport conversion needs 

and development goals. 

In addition to the information 

requested above, airports applying for 

redesignation must provide a reanalysis 

of their original business/marketing 

plans (for example, a plan previously 

funded by the Office of Economic 

Adjustment or the original Master Plan 

for the airport) and prepare a report. If 

there is not an existing business/

marketing plan a business/marketing 

plan or strategy must be developed. The 

report must contain: 

(1) Whether the original business/

marketing plan is still appropriate; 

(2) Is the airport continuing to work 

towards the goals established in the 

business/marketing plan; 

(3) Discuss how the MAP projects 

contained in the application contribute 

to the goals of the sponsor and their 

plans; and 

(4) If the business/marketing plan no 

longer applies to the current goals of the 

airport, how has the airport altered the 

business/marketing plan to establish a 

new direction for the facility and how 

do the projects contained in the MAP 

application aid in the completion of the 

new direction and goals and by what 

date does the sponsor anticipate 

graduating from the MAP. 

This notice is issued pursuant to Title 

49 U.S.C. 47118. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on October 17, 

2014. 

Elliott Black, 

Director, Office of Airport Planning and 

Programming. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25161 Filed 10–22–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Southeast High Speed Rail Project 

From Washington, DC to Richmond, 

VA 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). 

SUMMARY: FRA is issuing this notice to 

advise the public that the FRA and the 

Virginia Department of Rail and Public 

Transportation (DRPT) will be preparing 

a Tier II Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for a 123-mile portion of 

the Southeast High Speed Rail (SEHSR) 

Corridor from Washington, DC to 

Richmond, Virginia. The EIS will 

evaluate environmental and related 

impacts of upgrading the rail system 

and associated infrastructure between 

the Long Bridge over the Potomac River 

in Arlington, Virginia and Centralia, 

Virginia, to implement higher speed 

passenger rail service, increase rail 

capacity, and improve passenger train 

reliability. FRA is issuing this notice to 

solicit public and agency input into the 

development of the scope of the EIS and 

to advise the public that outreach 

activities conducted by FRA and DRPT 

will be considered in the preparation of 

the EIS. To ensure all significant issues 

are identified and considered, the 

public is invited to comment on the 

scope of the EIS, including the purpose 

and need, alternatives to be considered, 

impacts to be evaluated, and 

methodologies to be used in the 

evaluation. 

DATES: The public, governmental 

agencies, and all other interested parties 

are invited to comment on the scope of 

the EIS. All such comments should be 

provided to DRPT, in writing, within 

thirty (30) days of the publication of this 

notice, at the address listed below. 

Comments may also be provided in 

writing at the scoping meetings for the 

Project. Scoping meeting dates, times 

and locations, in addition to Project 

information can be found online on the 

FRA Web site at www.fra.dot.gov and on 

the Project Web site at 

www.DC2RVArail.com. An agency 

scoping meeting will take place on 

November 3, 2014. Four public scoping 

meetings will also be held in November 

2014. See the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for the public 

scoping meeting dates. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

scope of the EIS may be mailed or 

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emailed within thirty (30) days of the 

publication of this notice to Ms. Emily 

Stock, DRPT Project Manager, Virginia 

Department of Rail and Public 

Transportation (DRPT), 600 East Main 

Street, Suite 2102, Richmond, VA 

23219, Emily.Stock@drpt.virginia.gov. 

Additionally, see the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for the public 

scoping meeting locations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John Winkle, Transportation Industry 

Analyst, Office of Railroad Policy and 

Development, Federal Railroad 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., MS–20, Room W38–311, 

Washington, DC 20590, John.Winkle@

dot.gov, or Ms. Emily Stock, DRPT 

Project Manager, Virginia Department of 

Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT), 

600 East Main Street, Suite 2102, 

Richmond, VA 23219, Emily.Stock@

drpt.virginia.gov. Information and 

documents regarding the EIS process 

will also be made available through the 

FRA Web site at www.fra.dot.gov and on 

the Project Web site at 

www.DC2RVArail.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FRA, in 

cooperation with the Virginia 

Department of Rail and Public 

Transportation (DRPT), is beginning a 

Tier II Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) for the 123-mile portion of the 

SEHSR Corridor from Washington, DC 

to Richmond, VA. The environmental 

study area begins at the southern 

terminus of the Long Bridge over the 

Potomac River in Arlington, Virginia 

and continues south to Centralia, 

Virginia at the CSXT A-Line/CSXT 

S-Line junction. This study will 

evaluate alternatives and environmental 

impacts within the preferred corridor 

described in the Tier I Record of 

Decision for the SEHSR Corridor from 

Washington, DC to Charlotte, North 

Carolina. The Tier II EIS will be 

prepared in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA) and will also address 

compliance under Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act, 

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

Transportation Act of 1966, and Section 

6(f) of the Land and Water Conservation 

Fund Act. 

The Southeast High Speed Rail 

Corridor, one of eleven Federal high 

speed passenger rail corridors, was 

designated by the U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT) in 1992. The 

corridor was designated as running from 

Washington, DC through Richmond, VA 

and Raleigh, NC to Charlotte, NC, with 

maximum speeds of 110 mph. It is part 

of an overall plan to extend service from 

the existing high speed rail on the 

Northeast Corridor (Boston to 

Washington) to points in the Southeast. 

In 1995, DOT extended the SEHSR 

corridor to Hampton Roads, VA. In 

1998, DOT created two more extensions: 

(1) From Charlotte through Spartanburg 

and Greenville, SC to Atlanta, GA and 

on through Macon, GA to Jacksonville, 

FL; and (2) from Raleigh through 

Columbia, SC and Savannah, GA to 

Jacksonville, FL and from Atlanta to 

Birmingham, AL. 

A ‘‘tiered’’ approach was adopted for 

the SEHSR environmental studies 

because of the length of the corridor. 

The original SEHSR Tier I EIS and 

Record of Decision (2002) (available at: 

http://www.fra.dot.gov/Page/P0427) 

covered the entire Washington, DC to 

Charlotte, NC corridor at a program 

level, establishing the overall project 

purpose and need and modal alternative 

along with the preferred corridor. A 

separate Tier I EIS was completed in 

2012 for the Richmond to Hampton 

Roads extension (available at: http://

www.fra.dot.gov/Page/P0481). 

Several Tier II environmental 

documents will examine the various 

segments of the preferred corridor on a 

more detailed, local level. A Tier II EIS 

is currently underway for the Richmond 

to Raleigh portion of the SEHSR 

corridor. The Tier II EIS that is the 

subject of this notice will examine the 

Washington, DC to Richmond portion of 

the SEHSR corridor and will include 

preliminary engineering in addition to 

the Tier II EIS. 

Additionally, this project will include 

preliminary engineering and 

environmental analyses for related 

capacity improvements on the CSXT 

Peninsula Subdivision in the Richmond 

area between AM Junction and Beulah 

to the east, and on the Buckingham 

Branch Railroad from AM Junction 

through Doswell, VA, to the north, as 

well as two localities where specific 

improvements have not been identified: 

Elmont to North Doswell (through 

Ashland, VA) and Fredericksburg to 

Dahlgren (through Fredericksburg, VA 

and the Rappahannock River Bridge). 

These areas will be evaluated for 

station, track, and safety improvements 

as well as the feasibility of a third track. 

This project will involve further 

analysis of the alignment of the route 

selected through the 2002 Tier I EIS and 

Record of Decision, including the 

Buckingham Branch Railroad and the 

CSXT S-Line and A-Line routes from 

Greendale north of Richmond to 

Centralia south of Richmond. 

This Tier II environmental process 

has four basic goals: (1) Update and 

confirm the purpose and need as 

established in the Tier I EIS for the 

Washington, DC to Richmond, VA 

portion of the SEHSR corridor; (2) 

Develop site-specific rail alternatives for 

placement of a third track and other 

improvements; (3) Conduct a detailed 

evaluation of environmental impacts for 

the alternatives; and (4) Select a 

preferred alternative. The project also 

will include preliminary engineering for 

projects from Arlington to Centralia that 

are required to deliver SEHSR service at 

a maximum authorized speed (MAS) of 

90 miles per hour (mph) along the 

corridor, as well as updating the 

existing service development plan (SDP) 

for operations along the corridor. 

Environmental Review Process 

The Tier II EIS will be developed in 

accordance with the Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) 

regulations (40 CFR part 1500 et seq.) 

implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 321 et seq.) (NEPA) and FRA’s 

Procedures for Considering 

Environmental Impacts (64 FR 28545, 

May 26, 1999). In addition to NEPA, the 

EIS will address other applicable 

statutes, regulations and executive 

orders, including the 1980 Clean Air Act 

Amendments, Section 404 of the Clean 

Water Act, the National Historic 

Preservation Act, Section 4(f) of the 

Department of Transportation Act, the 

Endangered Species Act, and Executive 

Order 12898 on Environmental Justice. 

The purpose of the Tier II EIS will be 

to provide the FRA, reviewing and 

cooperating agencies, and the public 

with information to assess alternatives 

that will meet the Project’s purpose and 

need; to evaluate the potential 

environmental impacts; and to identify 

potential avoidance/mitigation 

measures, associated with the proposed 

Project alternatives. 

The Project may affect historic 

properties and may be subject to the 

requirements of Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act of 

1966 (NHPA) (16 U.S.C. 470(f)). In 

accordance with regulations issued by 

the Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation (36 CFR part 800), FRA 

intends to coordinate compliance with 

Section 106 of the NHPA with the 

preparation of the EIS, beginning with 

the identification of consulting parties 

through the scoping process, in a 

manner consistent with the standards 

set out in 36 CFR 800.8. 

Scoping and Public Involvement 

FRA encourages broad participation 

in the Tier II EIS process during scoping 

and review of the resulting 

environmental documents. Comments 

are invited from all interested agencies 

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and the public to ensure the full range 

of issues related to the Project are 

addressed, reasonable alternatives are 

considered, and significant issues are 

identified. In particular, FRA is 

interested in identifying areas of 

environmental concern where there 

might be a potential for significant 

impacts. Public agencies with 

jurisdiction are requested to advise FRA 

and DRPT of the applicable permit and 

environmental review requirements of 

each agency, and the scope and content 

of the environmental information that is 

germane to the agency’s statutory 

responsibilities in connection with the 

proposed Project. Letters describing the 

proposed action and soliciting 

comments will be sent to appropriate 

Federal, State, and local agencies in 

Virginia. Public agencies are requested 

to advise FRA if they anticipate taking 

a major action in connection with the 

proposed Project and if they wish to 

cooperate in the preparation of the EIS. 

Public scoping opportunities and 

meetings will be scheduled as described 

below and are an important component 

of the scoping process for Federal 

environmental review. FRA is seeking 

participation and input of interested 

Federal, State, and local agencies, 

Native American groups, and other 

concerned private organizations and 

individuals on the scope of the EIS. A 

continual public involvement/

information program will support the 

process. The program will involve 

newsletters, a project hotline, 

informational workshops, small group 

meetings, social media, and other 

methods to solicit and incorporate 

public input throughout the EIS process. 

Comments and questions concerning the 

proposed action should be directed to 

DRPT or to FRA at the addresses 

provided above. Additional information 

can be obtained by visiting the project 

Web site at www.DC2RVArail.com or 

calling the toll-free project 

number 1–888–832–0900. 

Public Scoping Meeting Dates and 

Locations 

The public scoping meetings will be 

advertised locally and are scheduled for 

the following locations on the dates 

indicated below from 5:00–7:30 p.m. 

November 5, 5:00–7:30 p.m., Hanover 

Arts and Activities Center, 500 South 

Center Street, Ashland, VA 

November 6, 5:00–7:30 p.m., 

Department of Motor Vehicles, 2300 

W. Broad Street, Richmond, VA 

November 12, 5:00–7:30 p.m., National 

Museum of the Marine CorpsQuantico, 18900 Jefferson Davis 

Highway, Quantico, VA 

November 13, 5:00–7:30, Westin Crystal 

City, 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, VA 

In addition, an online meeting will also 

be available from October 27, 2014 

through December 5, 2014. The public 

can review materials at the meetings or 

online and provide comments by 

December 5, 2014. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 17, 

2014. 

Corey W. Hill, 

Director, Office of Program Delivery. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25219 Filed 10–22–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; 

Notice of Application for Special 

Permits 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: List of Applications for Special 

Permits. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

procedures governing the application 

for, and the processing of, special 

permits from the Department of 

Transportation’s Hazardous Material 

Regulations (49 CFR part 107, Subpart 

B), notice is hereby given that the Office 

of Hazardous Materials Safety has 

received the application described 

herein. Each mode of transportation for 

which a particular special permit is 

requested is indicated by a number in 

the ‘‘Nature of Application’’ portion of 

the table, below as follows: 1—Motor 

vehicle, 2—Rail freight, 3—Cargo vessel, 

4—Cargo aircraft only, 5—Passengercarrying aircraft. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 24, 2014. 

ADDRESS COMMENTS TO: Record Center, 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials, 

Safety Administration, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, Washington, DC 

20590. 

Comments should refer to the 

application number and be submitted in 

triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of 

comments is desired, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard showing 

the special permit number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the applications are available 

for inspection in the Records Center, 

East Building, PHH–30, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue Southeast, Washington, 

DC or at http://regulations.gov. 

This notice of receipt of applications 

for special permit is published in 

accordance with Part 107 of the Federal 

hazardous materials transportation law 

(49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 49 CFR 1.53(b)). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 9, 

2014. 

Donald Burger, 

Chief, General Approvals and Permits. 

Application 

No. Docket No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected Nature of special permit thereof 

New Special Permits 

16249–N ............................ Optimized Energy Solutions, LLC, Durango, 

CO.

49 CFR 172.101 Table, 

Column (8C), 173.315.

To authorize the transportation in commerce of ethane, refrigerated liquid in DOT 113C120W tank 

cars, (mode 2). 

16251–N ............................ Air Liquide America Specialty Gases, LLC, 

Plumsteadville, PA.

49 173.302a(a)(1), 

173.302a(a)(3).

To authorize the transportation in commerce of certain non-liquefied flammable gases in non-DOT 

specification cylinders and certain non-liquefied 

flammable gases in cylinders authorized under 

DOT–SP 10788 with a volume not to exceed 1.6 

L. (modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). 

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