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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket Number MARAD–2012–0015] 

Finding of No Significant Impact for 

America’s Marine Highway Program 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This Notice announces the 

availability of the Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) for the 

America’s Marine Highway Program, 

which designates criteria, eligibility 

requirements, and information for 

applicants seeking to establish services 

on a ‘‘short sea’’ marine highway 

(America’s Marine Highway). 

The objective of the America’s Marine 

Highway (AMH) Program is to identify 

opportunities to reduce landside 

congestion and to optimize the 

transportation of goods and passengers 

through use of the waterway network. 

MARAD previously made available for 

public review a programmatic 

environmental assessment (PEA) that 

analyzed the potential environmental 

impacts of continuing to execute the 

AMH Program (Program). Based on the 

PEA, MARAD determined that the 

proposed action will not significantly 

affect the human or natural environment 

and therefore does not require the 

preparation of an environmental impact 

statement. For actions not described in 

the PEA, or for specific projects 

associated with an AMH, MARAD may 

prepare or oversee the preparation of a 

supplemental environmental assessment 

or other appropriate documentation. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the FONSI is 

available for public review on the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Search MARAD– 

2012–0015. You may also view the 

FONSI by visiting MARAD’s Marine 

Highway Web page at http://

www.marad.dot.gov/ships_shipping_

landing_page/mhi_home/mhi_

home.htm and clicking on ‘‘Finding of 

No Significant Impact.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Yuska, Office of Environment, 

(202) 366–0714 or via email at 

Daniel.Yuska@dot.gov. Persons who use 

a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339 to contact the above 

individual during business hours. The 

FIRS is available 24 hours a day, seven 

days a week, to leave a message or 

question. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. You may 

send mail to Mr. Yuska at Department 

of Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, Office of Environment, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Energy Independence and Security Act 

of 2007 directed the Secretary of 

Transportation to establish a ‘‘short sea’’ 

transportation program, and to designate 

short sea transportation routes and 

projects to be conducted under the 

program, for the purpose of mitigating 

landside congestion. Pursuant to the 

statutory mandate, in 2010, MARAD 

established the Program, designating 

criteria, eligibility requirements and 

information for applicants seeking to 

establish AMH routes and projects. 

Projects designated under the Program 

must use U.S. documented vessels, 

transport passengers or freight (in 

containers or trailers) and must operate 

on a designated route. Section 405 of the 

Coast Guard and Maritime 

Transportation Act of 2012 expanded 

the geographic scope of the program to 

include routes between all U.S. ports, 

including U.S. ports with no contiguous 

landside connection, as well as routes 

between U.S. ports and ports in Canada 

located in the Great Lakes Saint 

Lawrence Seaway System. The Act also 

added the purpose of promoting the use 

of short sea transportation. 

The Program itself does not develop 

or operate AMH services. Rather, the 

program provides a set of tools for use 

by ports, state and local governments, 

and private industry to consider 

expansion of AMH services. Where such 

designations are made, MARAD may 

encourage development of particular 

AMH projects or services when funding 

is available. 

America’s Marine Highway Program 

PEA 

On July 14, 2014, MARAD published 

a notice in the Federal Register (79 FR 

40838) entitled, ‘‘America’s Marine 

Highway Draft Programmatic 

Environmental Assessment and Public 

Comment Period.’’ This notice 

announced that a PEA for the Program 

had been prepared and made available 

to the public for comment in accordance 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act, 42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq., the Council 

on Environmental Quality Regulations 

for Implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508), Department of 

Transportation Order 5610.1C, and 

MARAD Administrative Order 600–1. 

The notice informed the public on how 

to obtain, and submit comments on, the 

PEA. The PEA analyzed the potential 

environmental effects of the Program. 

The PEA was made available for a 30- 

day public comment period, beginning 

on the date of the publication of the 

notice. The comment period ended on 

August 13, 2014. No comments were 

received. On the basis of the PEA, 

MARAD determined that the 

environmental effects of the Program 

will not significantly affect the quality 

of the human or natural environment 

and therefore will not warrant 

preparation of an environmental impact 

statement. A FONSI was issued on 

September 11, 2014. The environmental 

impacts of specific AMH route or 

project designations or the 

establishment of specific AMH services 

will be considered in the context of 

specific proposals. Those future 

analyses may use the PEA as a starting 

point to analyze the specific 

environmental impacts of each 

particular proposal. 

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq., 40 

CFR parts 1500–1508, Department of 

Transportation Order 5610.1C, and 

MARAD Administrative Order 600–1) 

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Dated: December 3, 2014. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Thomas M. Hudson, 

Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

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