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appears, click on ‘‘Comment Now!’’ 

button and type your comment into the 

text box in the following screen. Choose 

whether you are submitting your 

comment as an individual or on behalf 

of a third party and then submit. 

If you submit your comments by mail 

or hand delivery, submit them in an 

unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 

11 inches, suitable for copying and 

electronic filing. If you submit 

comments by mail and would like to 

know that they reached the facility, 

please enclose a stamped, self-addressed 

postcard or envelope. 

FMCSA will consider all comments 

and material received during the 

comment period pertaining to the 

report. 

Viewing Comments and Documents 

To view comments, as well as other 

documents available in the docket, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and insert 

the docket number, ‘‘FMCSA–2010– 

0167’’ in the ‘‘Keyword’’ box and click 

‘‘Search.’’ Next, click the ‘‘Open Docket 

Folder’’ button and choose the 

document listed to review. If you do not 

have access to the Internet, you may 

view the docket online by visiting the 

Docket Management Facility in Room 

W12–140 on the ground floor of the 

DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, 

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

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy Act 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), 

DOT solicits comments from the public 

to better inform its rulemaking process. 

DOT posts these comments, without 

edit, including any personal information 

the commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

www.dot.gov/privacy. 

II. The Research Report 

This research report, titled, ‘‘Attitudes 

of Truck Drivers and Carriers on the Use 

of Electronic Logging Devices and 

Driver Harassment,’’ examines the 

nature of harassment as viewed by truck 

drivers who are required to record their 

hours of service for the purposes of 

Federal reporting regulations. As it 

examines their perceptions, this 

research also reviews: 

• Whether drivers’ experiences and 

interactions with their carriers fall into 

the category of harassment. 

• If these experiences occur with any 

regularity (once or twice a month or 

more). 

• Whether these interactions are 

made possible as a result of the carrier 

using HOS data collected via an ELD 

and whether it was a standalone ELD or 

part of a comprehensive system that 

included ELD capability. 

These experiences and perceptions 

are reviewed both for truck drivers and 

for carrier personnel who manage truck 

drivers. The data collected from carrier 

personnel is similar to that collected 

from the drivers; that is, carriers were 

asked about the regularity of specific 

interactions with drivers at their firm, 

and whether the drivers might consider 

such actions (if they occur) harassment. 

Drivers are analyzed according to the 

systems they used for logging their HOS 

(i.e., paper or ELD). Carrier personnel 

are also considered according to the 

primary HOS logging method used by 

their company. 

Additional data was collected 

regarding attitudes about ELDs, 

reactions to definitions of harassment 

and coercion developed by the FMCSA, 

ways in which drivers are compensated 

and evaluated, and profiles of both the 

drivers and the carrier companies. 

For the complete report, visit docket 

number FMCSA–2010–0167 or http://

www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety/researchand-analysis/publications. 

Issued on: November 5, 2014. 

G. Kelly Regal, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Research 

and Information Technology and Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26851 Filed 11–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Section 4(f) Evaluation for the I–20 

East Transit Initiative Heavy Rail 

Transit Extension in DeKalb County, 

Georgia 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

and section 4(f) evaluation. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) and the 

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit 

Authority (MARTA) intend to prepare 

an Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) and an evaluation per 49 U.S.C. 

303 and 23 CFR part 774 (‘‘Section 4(f)’’) 

for MARTA’s I–20 East Heavy Rail 

Transit (HRT) Extension project, which 

would extend the existing Blue Line 

from the Indian Creek MARTA Station 

to the Mall at Stonecrest in eastern 

DeKalb County. The EIS and Section 4(f) 

Evaluation will be prepared in 

accordance with regulations 

implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 

Section 4(f), as well as FTA’s 

regulations and guidance implementing 

NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508 

and 23 CFR 771.105). 

The extension of the existing MARTA 

Blue Line HRT was selected as a 

component of a multimodal Locally 

Preferred Alternative (LPA) resulting 

from the I–20 East Transit Initiative 

Detailed Corridor Analysis (DCA) 

completed in April 2012. The LPA also 

includes new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) 

service along I–20 between downtown 

Atlanta and a new station at Wesley 

Chapel Road, east of I–285 in DeKalb 

County. The NEPA analysis for the BRT 

project is being advanced separately in 

an Environmental Assessment (EA). 

The FTA originally published a NOI 

to perform federal environmental review 

for the entire I–20 East Transit Initiative 

LPA on August 28, 2012 (77 FR 52128). 

Project scoping activities for the I–20 

East Transit Initiative LPA occurred in 

September 2012. In today’s issue of the 

Federal Register, FTA is rescinding the 

August 28, 2012 NOI and issuing this 

notice to advise interested agencies and 

the public regarding updates to the 

Purpose and Need of the LPA that have 

occurred since the scoping activities. 

Specifically, the Purpose and Need for 

both the HRT Extension project and the 

BRT project have been revised to reflect 

their distinct and independent utility. 

The revised Purpose and Need for the 

HRT Extension project is presented later 

in this Notice. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description of the Proposed Project and 

Study Area 

The first phase of the I–20 East 

Transit Initiative was the two year-long 

DCA. This DCA built upon a number of 

transit studies previously completed in 

the corridor and identified and 

evaluated transit improvements in the I– 

20 East Corridor from downtown 

Atlanta to the Mall at Stonecrest in 

eastern DeKalb County. The result of the 

DCA was the selection of a multimodal 

LPA comprised of an extension of the 

existing Blue heavy rail transit (HRT) 

line from MARTA’s Indian Creek 

Station to the Mall at Stonecrest in 

eastern DeKalb County and new BRT 

service along I–20 between downtown 

Atlanta and a new station at Wesley 

Chapel Road, east of I–285 in DeKalb 

County. 

The EIS, which focuses on the HRT 

Extension, has a study area that extends 

from the MARTA Indian Creek Station 


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south for 3.5 miles along I–285, then 

east for approximately 8.5 miles to the 

Mall at Stonecrest. The study area 

extends up to one-half mile on each side 

of the alignment in order to evaluate the 

direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts 

associated with the implementation of 

transit in the corridor. 

Purpose and Need 

The LPA presented to the public at 

Public Scoping Meetings on September 

10, 11, and 13, 2012 included both the 

BRT and HRT components of the LPA. 

The BRT component is a separate 

project that is being addressed in an 

Environmental Assessment. The EIS 

Purpose and Need has been revised to 

specifically address the HRT Extension 

project as follows: 

The purpose of the I–20 East HRT 

Extension project is to increase eastwest mobility options between the City 

of Atlanta and Southeast DeKalb County 

and to improve transit access between 

residential areas and activity and 

employment centers both within the 

corridor and across the region—with 

minimal impacts to private property, 

historical resources and neighborhoods, 

and parklands by: 

• Providing reliable and efficient 

transit service with sufficient capacity 

to address future travel demand 

projected in the I–20 corridor through a 

one-seat ride into downtown Atlanta 

and other activity centers in the 

corridor. 

• Providing an alternative to 

automobile travel on congested 

roadways in the corridor, particularly 

the most congested areas east of I–285. 

• Connecting to the existing MARTA 

rail network, thereby addressing a gap 

in the current system and improving 

regional transit accessibility and access 

to jobs for those who live and work in 

South DeKalb County. 

• Completing an important link in the 

region’s long term transit vision, 

Concept 3. 

• Encouraging redevelopment and 

revitalization in key activity centers 

through investment opportunities 

around fixed transit stations. 

The project is needed to: 

• Meet the needs of corridor residents 

by providing a high capacity transit 

alternative to the current transportation 

system in a corridor that does not have 

sufficient capacity or planned capacity 

to address future travel demand. Few 

roadway investments are planned along 

the I–20 East Corridor between I–285 

and the Mall at Stonecrest through 2040. 

• Address increasing congestion and 

unreliable travel times in the corridor by 

providing an alternative to automobile 

trips into and out of Atlanta. Transit 

travel times on the current MARTA and 

Georgia Regional Transportation 

Authority (GRTA) Xpress bus systems to 

destinations east of I–285 are expected 

to double between 2010 and 2040, with 

the majority of travel times greater than 

80 minutes. 

• Improve regional mobility and 

access to jobs and services for corridor 

residents, especially the transitdependent population. The I–20 East 

corridor has a higher transit-dependent 

population than the metro Atlanta 

region and the State of Georgia, with 

approximately 10% zero-car 

households. 

• Provide a direct link to the existing 

MARTA rail and bus network for 

residents of South DeKalb County, 

closing a critical gap in the existing 

network for the historically underserved 

and choice transit riders in the corridor. 

By offering a connection into the 

existing MARTA heavy rail system, 

residents and workers in the area would 

be provided with a one-seat ride to a 

direct connection to the City of Atlanta, 

the City of Decatur, DeKalb County and 

various regional employment centers. 

Citizens east of I–285 currently have a 

constrained number of options to access 

the MARTA system, requiring travel 

either by bus or by car, experiencing 

(and contributing to) congested roadway 

conditions and unreliable transit travel 

times due to operations in mixed traffic. 

This expansion will close a critical gap 

in the existing network by providing a 

proximate, direct, and reliable link for 

the traditionally underserved and 

choice transit riders in the corridor. 

• Implement the region’s future 

transit vision as well as regional and 

local land use and development plans 

for future investment in the corridor. 

Both the Atlanta Regional Commission’s 

(ARC) Plan 2040 financially constrained 

regional transportation plan and the 

Concept 3 Transit Vision include the I– 

20 Corridor as a key link in the future 

regional transit network. The Regional 

Development Plan, DeKalb County 

Comprehensive Transportation Plan, 

and numerous local plans and studies 

incorporate fixed guideway transit as a 

catalyst for redevelopment in the I–20 

East corridor. 

• Promote reinvestment by providing 

the transit infrastructure needed to 

support investment in transit oriented 

development at key activity centers, 

such as the Wesley Chapel Road and 

Mall at Stonecrest. There is significant 

projected economic benefit for the 

corridor and the region through transit 

oriented development and related 

investment opportunities that will 

create jobs, revitalize key areas, and 

contribute to a transit oriented 

development pattern served directly by 

the MARTA system. 

Study Alternatives 

MARTA completed a two year-long 

DCA that evaluated potential alignments 

and transit technologies for transit 

improvements in the I–20 East Corridor. 

From multiple alignment and transit 

technology alternatives, an LPA was 

selected and adopted by the MARTA 

Board of Directors in April 2012. The 

LPA included both a BRT and an HRT 

Extension project. The EIS will evaluate 

vertical and horizontal alternatives of 

the HRT portion of the adopted LPA as 

well as a No-Build alternative. These 

alternatives are described as follows: 

1. No Build Alternative: This 

alternative reflects the existing 

transportation system plus any 

committed MARTA and Georgia 

Regional Transit Authority (GRTA) local 

and express bus service in the corridor, 

as well as all other transportation 

investments included in the Atlanta 

Regional Commission’s (ARC) longrange transportation plan. ARC is the 

Metropolitan Planning Organization 

(MPO) for the Atlanta urbanized area. 

The I–20 East BRT project is included 

in the No-Build Alternative because its 

implementation is expected to precede 

that of the I–20 East HRT Extension by 

several years. NEPA requires the 

consideration of a No Build Alternative 

as a means of comparing and evaluating 

the impacts and benefits of the Build 

Alternative. 

2. Build Alternative: The Build 

Alternative to be evaluated in the EIS is 

the extension of the existing MARTA 

east-west HRT line from the Indian 

Creek Station, south parallel to I–285, 

then east parallel to I–20 to the Mall at 

Stonecrest in eastern DeKalb County. 

The HRT service would include new 

stations at Covington Highway, Wesley 

Chapel Road, Panola Road, Lithonia 

Industrial Blvd., and the Mall at 

Stonecrest. It is expected that the HRT 

service would be implemented in two 

phases. The first phase would extend 

the existing MARTA east-west HRT line 

from Indian Creek Station to Wesley 

Chapel Road. The second phase would 

extend from Wesley Chapel Road to the 

Mall at Stonecrest. The HRT alignment 

would generally be located adjacent to 

the interstate and would utilize Georgia 

Department of Transportation (GDOT) 

right-of-way wherever possible. 

The scope of the environmental 

analysis and procedures shared in the 

NOI published August 28, 2012 and at 


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the Public Scoping Meetings in 

September of 2012 remain unchanged. 

Yvette G. Taylor, 

Regional Administrator, FTA Region IV. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26769 Filed 11–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Notice to Rescind Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement and Environmental 

Assessment for the I–20 East Transit 

Initiative in the City of Atlanta and 

DeKalb County, Georgia 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Rescind Notice of Intent to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement and environmental 

assessment. 

SUMMARY: The FTA in cooperation with 

the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit 

Authority (MARTA) is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that the 

Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

and Environmental Assessment (EA) for 

the proposed public transportation 

improvement project in the City of 

Atlanta and DeKalb County, Georgia is 

being rescinded. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Stan Mitchell, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, Federal Transit 

Administration Region IV, 230 

Peachtree Street NW., Atlanta, GA 

30303, phone 404–865–5643, email 

stanley.a.mitchell@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FTA, 

as lead federal agency, and MARTA 

published a NOI on August 28, 2012 (77 

FR 52128) to prepare an EIS and EA for 

the MARTA I–20 East Transit Initiative 

project. This project would extend the 

existing east-west rail Heavy Rail 

Transit (HRT) line from the Indian 

Creek Station to the Mall at Stonecrest 

in eastern DeKalb County and also 

create a new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) 

service along I–20 between downtown 

Atlanta and a new station at Wesley 

Chapel Road, east of I–285 in DeKalb 

County. 

Since that time, FTA and MARTA 

have conducted scoping activities 

which have led to reevaluating the 

project in terms of Purpose and Need. 

Based on these scoping activities, FTA 

is rescinding the August 28, 2012 NOI, 

and, in today’s issue of the Federal 

Register, is issuing a new NOI for the 

HRT extension. The environmental 

impacts of the BRT service along I–20 

will be evaluated as a separate project 

in an environmental assessment. No 

changes will be made to the HRT or BRT 

services as described in the August 28, 

2012 NOI. Comments and questions 

concerning the proposed action should 

be directed to FTA at the address 

provided above. 

Yvette G. Taylor, 

Regional Administrator, FTA Region IV. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26768 Filed 11–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. DOT–MARAD 2014–0140] 

Request for Comments of a Previously 

Approved Information Collection: 

Request for Waiver of Service 

Obligation, Request for Deferment of 

Service Obligation, Application for 

Review 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration 

(MARAD), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below is being forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comments. A Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period soliciting comments on the 

following information collection was 

published on July 14, 2014 (Federal 

Register 40836, Vol. 79, No. 134). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 15, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Wehde, 202–366–5469, Office of 

Maritime Workforce Development, 

Maritime Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Request for Waiver of Service 

Obligation, Request for Deferment of 

Service Obligation, Application for 

Review. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0510. 

Type of Request: Renewal of a 

Previously Approved Information 

Collection. 

Abstract: This information collection 

is essential for determining if a student 

or graduate of the United States 

Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) 

or subsidized student or graduate of a 

State maritime academy has a waive 

able situation preventing them from 

fulfilling the requirements of a service 

obligation contract signed at the time of 

their enrollment in a Federal maritime 

training program. It also permits the 

Maritime Administration (MARAD) to 

determine if a graduate, who wishes to 

defer the service obligation to attend 

graduate school, is eligible to receive a 

deferment. Their service obligation is 

required by law. 

Affected Public: U.S. Merchant 

Marine Academy students and 

graduates, and subsidized students and 

graduates. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

11. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 11. 

Annual Estimated Total Annual 

Burden Hours: 3.30. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

the burden estimate, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, to 

the Office of Management and Budget, 

Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of 

the Secretary of Transportation, 725 

17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

Comments are invited on: Whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.93. 

Dated: November 6, 2014. 

Julie P. Agarwal, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26846 Filed 11–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 370X)] 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company— 

Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—in Clermont, Brown and 

Adams Counties, Ohio 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Correction to notice of petition 

for exemption. 


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