Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 6 / Friday, January 9, 2015 / Notices 1469 

1. Online at www.angoonairporteis.com 

2. Juneau Public Library 

• Downtown Branch, 292 Marine Way, 

Juneau, AK 99801 

• Douglas Branch, 1016 3rd Street, 

Douglas, AK 99824 

• Mendenhall Mall Branch, 9109 

Mendenhall Mall Rd., Juneau, AK 

99801 

3. U.S. Forest Service, Admiralty Island 

National Monument Office, 8510 

Mendenhall Loop Road, Juneau, AK 

99801 

4. Angoon Community Association 

Building, 315 Heendae Rd., Angoon, 

AK 99820 

5. Angoon City Government Office, 700 

Aan Deina Aat Street, Angoon, AK 

99820 

6. Angoon Senior Center, 812 Xootz Rd., 

Angoon, AK 99820 

7. The FAA, Airports Division. Please 

contact Leslie Grey at (907) 271–5453 

for a copy. 

You may submit comments or request 

more information by any of the 

following methods: 

1. Email: comments@

angoonairporteis.com; include ‘‘Angoon 

Airport EIS comments’’ in the subject 

line of the message. 

2. U.S. Mail: Angoon Airport EIS 

Comments, 1220 SW. Morrison, Suite 

700, Portland, Oregon 97205. 

3. In person: To drop off comments, 

contact Leslie Grey at (907) 271–5453. 

Comments from interested parties on 

the Draft EIS are encouraged, and may 

be presented orally at the public 

hearings. Testimony will be limited to 5 

minutes per speaker. The FAA 

encourages all interested parties to 

provide comments concerning the scope 

and content of the Draft EIS. Comments 

should be as specific as possible and 

address the analysis of potential 

environmental impacts and the 

adequacy of the proposed action or 

merits of alternatives and the mitigation 

being considered. Reviewers should 

organize their participation so that it is 

meaningful and makes the agency aware 

of the viewer’s interests and concerns 

using quotations and other specific 

references to the text of the Draft EIS 

and related documents. Matters that 

could have been raised with specificity 

during the comment period on the Draft 

EIS may not be considered if they are 

raised for the first time later in the 

decision process. This commenting 

procedure is intended to ensure that 

substantive comments and concerns are 

made available to the FAA in a timely 

manner so that the FAA has an 

opportunity to address them. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leslie Grey, AAL–611, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Alaskan Region, 

Airports Division, 222 W. 7th Avenue, 

Box #14, Anchorage, AK 99513. Ms. 

Grey may be contacted during business 

hours at (907) 271–5453 (telephone) and 

(907) 271–2851 (fax), or by email at 

Leslie.Grey@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Alaska Department of Transportation 

and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) has 

requested funding and approval from 

the FAA for a new land-based airport 

and an access road to improve the 

availability and reliability of 

transportation services to and from 

Angoon. The DOT&PF’s proposed action 

is located in the Admiralty Island 

National Monument and Kootznoowoo 

Wilderness Area (Monument– 

Wilderness Area). The FAA has 

proposed additional alternatives to the 

proposed action, including the no action 

alternative. The purpose and need is 

discussed in detail in the Draft EIS. 

The proposed project would be 

comparable to other rural airports in 

Southeast Alaska, such as those at Kake 

or Hoonah. It would consist of a paved, 

3,300-foot-long and 75-foot-wide 

runway, with future expansion to 4,000 

feet long. 

Construction of the proposed airport 

would be completed in two to three 

construction seasons. The impact 

categories considered in the Draft EIS 

include numerous categories as required 

by FAA Orders 1050.1E and 5050.4B. In 

addition, subsistence activities and 

wilderness character are evaluated. 

Because the DOT&PF’s proposed action 

is located in the Monument–Wilderness 

Area, the DOT&PF has indicated that it 

intends to submit an application under 

ANILCA Title XI to use the lands, using 

the Draft EIS as supporting 

documentation. 

Additional details regarding the 

project can be found on the project Web 

site at www.angoonairporteis.com. 

Issued in Anchorage, Alaska, on December 

31, 2014. 

Byron K. Huffman, 

Manager, Airports Division, AAL–600. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00023 Filed 1–8–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2014–0091] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

this document provides the public 

notice that by a document dated 

September 29, 2014, the Eastern Berks 

Gateway Railroad (EBGR) has petitioned 

the Federal Railroad Administration 

(FRA) for a waiver of compliance from 

certain provisions of the Federal 

railroad safety regulations contained at 

49 CFR 223.11, Requirements for 

existing locomotives. FRA assigned the 

petition Docket Number FRA–2014– 

0091. EBGR is headquartered in 

Boyertown, PA, and is a for-profit 

subsidiary of the nonprofit 

Colebrookdale Railroad Restoration 

Trust. EBGR has petitioned for a 

permanent waiver of compliance for its 

Plymouth locomotive, Number 6434, 

from the requirements of the Railroad 

Safety Glazing Standards, 49 CFR part 

223, for certified glazing in all windows 

and a minimum of four emergency 

windows. The locomotive was built in 

1964. The locomotive is used for one or 

two weekly trips over 8.6 miles of track 

between Boyertown and Pottstown, PA, 

which serves as a feeder line to the 

Norfolk Southern Railroad that runs 

through Pottstown, PA. The line 

meanders through woods and rock 

formations. There are six public at-grade 

highway crossings on the railroad. Two 

of those crossings have automated 

flashing lights. The remainder is 

equipped with cross-bucks. The 

locomotive is used primarily for 

passenger excursion trains and for yard 

switching duties in Boyertown. The 

maximum speed limit for these 

operations is 10 mph. EBGR indicates 

no instance of vandalism or personal 

injury, and professes financial burden in 

retrofitting the locomotive to comply 

with FRA safety glazing standards. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov and in person at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 

(DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested party desires 

an opportunity for oral comment, they 

should notify FRA, in writing, before 

the end of the comment period and 

specify the basis for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number and may be 


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1470 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 6 / Friday, January 9, 2015 / Notices 

1The Board granted GCEDC authority to 

discontinue service over the Line in 2005. See 

Greenville Cnty. Econ. Dev. Corp.—Aban. & 

Discontinuance Exemption—in Greenville Cnty., 

S.C., AB 490 (Sub-No. 1X) (STB served Oct. 12, 

2005). Since 2005, GCEDC has provided no local or 

overhead common carrier service over the Line, and 

it asserts that it has not received any requests for 

common carrier service over the Line. 

2The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the exemption’s effective 

date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 

I.C.C. 2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should 

be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may 

take appropriate action before the exemption’s 

effective date. 

3Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,600. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Web site: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

Communications received by 

February 23, 2015 will be considered by 

FRA before final action is taken. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered as far as practicable. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of any written 

communications and comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the document, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). See http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice 

for the privacy notice of regulations.gov 

or interested parties may review DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register published on April 11, 

2000 (65 FR 19477). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 5, 

2015. 

Ron Hynes, 

Director, Office of Technical Oversight. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00114 Filed 1–8–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 490 (Sub-No. 2X)] 

Greenville County Economic 

Development Corporation— 

Abandonment Exemption—in 

Greenville County, S.C. 

Greenville County Economic 

Development Corporation (GCEDC) has 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F— 

Exempt Abandonments for GCEDC to 

abandon approximately 3.29 miles of 

railroad line extending between 

milepost AJK 585.34 in East Greenville, 

S.C., and milepost AJK 588.63 in 

Greenville, S.C. (the Line). The Line 

traverses United States Postal Service 

Zip Code 29607 and is located in 

Greenville County, S.C.1

GCEDC has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the Line for at 

least two years; (2) no overhead traffic 

has moved over the Line for at least two 

years, and overhead traffic, if there were 

any, could be rerouted over other lines; 

(3) no formal complaint has been filed 

by a user of rail service on the Line (or 

by a state or local government entity 

acting on behalf of such user) regarding 

cessation of service over the Line, and 

no such complaint is either pending 

with the Surface Transportation Board 

(Board) or with any U.S. District Court 

or has been decided in favor of a 

complainant within the two-year period; 

and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR 

1105.7(c) (environmental report), 49 

CFR 1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR 

1105.12 (newspaper publication), and 

49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to 

governmental agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 

Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 

91 (1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

employees, a petition for partial 

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received, this 

exemption will be effective on February 

8, 2015, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues,2

formal expressions of intent to file an 

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and 

interim trail use/rail banking requests 

under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by 

January 20, 2015. Petitions to reopen or 

requests for public use conditions under 

49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by January 

29, 2015, with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to GCEDC’s 

representative: William A. Mullins, 

Baker & Miller PLLC, 2401 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 

20037. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

GCEDC has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report that 

addresses the effects, if any, of the 

abandonment on the environment and 

historic resources. OEA will issue an 

environmental assessment (EA) by 

January 16, 2015. Interested persons 

may obtain a copy of the EA by writing 

to OEA (Room 1100, Surface 

Transportation Board, Washington, DC 

20423–0001) or by calling OEA at (202) 

245–0305. Assistance for the hearing 

impaired is available through the 

Federal Information Relay Service at 

(800) 877–8339. Comments on 

environmental and historic preservation 

matters must be filed within 15 days 

after the EA becomes available to the 

public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or interim trail use/rail 

banking conditions will be imposed, 

where appropriate, in a subsequent 

decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), GCEDC shall file a notice 

of consummation with the Board to 

signify that it has exercised the 

authority granted and fully abandoned 

the Line. If consummation has not been 

effected by GCEDC’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by January 9, 2016, and 

there are no legal or regulatory barriers 

to consummation, the authority to 

abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: January 6, 2015. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00151 Filed 1–8–15; 8:45 am] 

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