Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 102 / Friday, May 29, 2009 / Notices 25797 

1200 Peachtree Street, N.E.—Box 123, 

Atlanta, Georgia 30309. 

The Norfolk Southern Corporation 

(NS) request a waiver pertaining to the 

use of a device for automated execution 

of certain FRA required tests made at 

interlockings and control points on the 

NS system. 

The reasons given for the proposed 

waiver is to permit NS to use the 

automated test system, known as the 

InterTest® system, for subject testing in 

lieu of tests being performed manually, 

as well as to permit use of electronic 

signature for documentation and storage 

of results of tests performed during two 

year and in service testing. 

The InterTest® system is a processorbased system that performs testing by 

electronically exercising the inputs to 

the interlocking and control point 

locking circuitry in a manner which 

replicates that done by humans during 

a manual test. The interlocking tester 

consists of three subsystems that are 

tied together by a central control 

computer. 

NS proposes to use the automated 

tester to make the following FRA 

required 2-year tests: 49 CFR 236.378— 

Time Locking; 49 CFR 236.379—Route 

Locking; 49 CFR 236.380—Indication 

Locking; 

NS proposes to use the automated 

tester to make the following in service 

tests: 49 CFR 236.201—Track circuit 

control of signals; 49 CFR 236.202— 

Signal governing movements over handoperated switch; 49 CFR 236.204— 

Track signaled for movements in both 

directions, requirements; 49 CFR 

236.402—Signals controlled by track 

circuits and control operator; 49 CFR 

236.403—Signals at control point; 49 

CFR 236.404—Signal at adjacent control 

points; 49 CFR 236.405—Track signaled 

for movements in both directions, 

change of direction of traffic; 49 CFR 

236.107—Ground Tests; and to create 

and maintain records of tests according 

to 49 CFR 236.110—Results of tests. 

Any interested party desiring to 

protest the granting of an application 

shall set forth specifically the grounds 

upon which the protest is made, and 

include a concise statement of the 

interest of the party in the proceeding. 

Additionally, one copy of the protest 

shall be furnished to the applicant at the 

address listed above. 

FRA expects to be able to determine 

these matters without an oral hearing. 

However, if a specific request for an oral 

hearing is accompanied by a showing 

that the party is unable to adequately 

present his or her position by written 

statements, an application may be set 

for public hearing. 

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 (e.g., Waiver 

Petition Docket Number FRA–2009– 

0037) and may be 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 within 45 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by FRA before final action is 

taken. Comments received after that 

date will be considered as far as 

practicable. All written communications 

concerning these proceedings are 

available for examination during regular 

business hours (9 a.m.—5 p.m.) at the 

above facility. All documents in the 

public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the Internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

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 comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). 

Issued in Washington, DC; on May 22, 

2009. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–12423 Filed 5–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statements: 

National Summary of Rescinded 

Notices of Intent 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that 12 States 

have rescinded Notices of Intent (NOI) 

to prepare 17 Environmental Impact 

Statements (EISs) for proposed highway 

projects. FHWA Division Offices, in 

consultation with the State Departments 

of Transportation (State DOT), 

determined that eight projects were no 

longer viable and have formally 

cancelled the projects. No resources will 

be expended on these projects; the 

environmental review process has been 

terminated. Seven projects are being 

reevaluated and, or have been reduced 

in scope and now meet the criteria for 

an Environmental Assessment (EA) or a 

Categorical Exclusion (CE). Two projects 

rescinded NOIs and will issue new NOIs 

as the project limits and impacts have 

changed. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bethaney Bacher-Gresock, Office of 

Project Development and Environmental 

Review, (202) 366–4196; Janet Myers, 

Office of the Chief Counsel, (202) 366– 

2019; Federal Highway Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded by accessing the 

Federal Register’s home page at: 

http://www.archives.gov and the 

Government Printing Office’s Web page 

at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara. 

Background 

The FHWA, as lead Federal agency 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act and in furtherance of its 

oversight and stewardship 

responsibilities under the Federal-aid 

Highway Program, has requested that its 

Division Offices review, with the State 

DOTs, the status of all EISs and place 

those projects that are not actively 

progressing in a timely manner in an 

inactive project status. The FHWA 

maintains lists of active and inactive 

projects on its Web site at 

http://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/. 

The FHWA has determined that inactive 

projects that are no longer a priority or 

that lack resources should be rescinded 

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with a Federal Register notice notifying 

the public that project activity has been 

terminated. As always, FHWA 

encourages State DOTs to work with 

their FHWA Division Office to 

determine when it is most prudent to 

initiate an EIS in order to best balance 

available resources as well as the 

expectations of the public. 

The FHWA is issuing this notice to 

advise the public that 12 States 

(California, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, 

Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, 

Missouri, New York, Ohio, 

Pennsylvania, Tennessee) have recently 

rescinded previously issued NOIs for 17 

EISs for proposed highway projects. A 

listing of these projects, general 

location, original NOI date of 

publication in the Federal Register, and 

the date that the NOI was formally 

rescinded by notice published in the 

Federal Register, is provided below. 

The FHWA Division Offices, in 

consultation with the State DOTs, 

determined that eight of these projects 

were no longer viable projects and have 

formally cancelled those projects. The 

projects are: Northwest Corridor/ 

Northwest Parkway project in 

Broomfield and Jefferson Counties, 

Colorado; TH 169 in Millie Lacs and 

Crow Wing Counties, Minnesota; TH 10 

project in Sherburne County, 

Minnesota; TH 10 in Otter Tail and 

Wadena Counties, Minnesota; TH 14 in 

Olmsted County, Minnesota; I 55 

connection to I 20 in Hinds and 

Madison Counties, Mississippi; 

improvements to the transportation 

system in Lawrence, Christian and 

Greene Counties, Missouri; and US–127 

and SR–63/SR–4 Interchange highway 

improvements near Trenton in Butler 

County, Ohio. 

The FHWA Division Offices, in 

consultation with the State DOTs, 

determined that seven projects should 

be reevaluated and, or reduced in scope. 

In California, the US 395 project from I 

15 to Farmington Road in San 

Bernardino County is being reduced in 

scope; the I 5 HOV Truck Lanes project 

between SR 14 and Parker Road in Los 

Angeles County has been reviewed and 

will now be processed with an EA. In 

Idaho, the I 84 Karcher Interchange 

project in Ada and Canyon Counties 

will now most likely be processed as an 

EA. In Indiana, the proposed relocation 

of railroad lines in Knox County, 

Indiana and Lawrence County, IL will 

be reduced in scope. In Massachusetts, 

the Berkley-Dighton Bridge over the 

Taunton River, Bristol County project 

has been reduced in scope and now 

meets the criteria for a CE. In New York, 

the Millennium Parkway project in 

Chautauqua County has been reduced in 

scope and now meets the criteria for a 

CE. In Pennsylvania, SR 56 in 

Johnstown has been reduced in scope 

and now meets the criteria for a CE. 

In addition, the FHWA Division 

Office, in consultation with the State 

DOT, determined that two projects in 

Tennessee had changed project limits 

and impacts therefore it was best to 

rescind the original NOIs and issue new 

NOIs. The SR 374 project from SR 13 to 

SR 76 in Montgomery County, 

Tennessee will reissue an NOI. The 

North Second Street Connector project 

in Shelby County issued a new NOI on 

February 5, 2009. 

State Project name—location NOI date Rescinded 

date 

CA .................................. U.S. 395 Realignment—San Bernardino County ........................................................ 7/5/2006 10/30/2008 

CA .................................. Interstate 5 (I–5) HOV Truck Lanes SR14 and Parker Road Interchange—Los Angeles County.5/10/2007 11/10/2008 

CO .................................. Northwest Corridor/Northwest Parkway—Broomfield and Jefferson Counties ........... 7/21/2003 7/1/2008 

ID ................................... I 84 Karcher Interchange—Ada and Canyon Counties .............................................. 7/17/2007 7/17/2008 

IN ................................... Railroad Line Relocations—Knox County, Indiana and Lawrence County Illinois ..... 3/16/2007 11/25/2008 

MA .................................. Berkley-Dighton Bridge over the Taunton River—Bristol County ............................... 10/9/1985 6/19/2008 

MN ................................. TH 169—Mille Lacs and Crow Wing Counties ........................................................... 7/17/2000 

2/4/2002 

7/8/2009 

MN ................................. Tier 1—TH 10—Sherburne County ............................................................................. 7/28/2003 10/10/2008 

MN ................................. TH 10—Otter Tail and Wadena Counties ................................................................... 3/27/2003 10/10/2008 

MN ................................. TH 14—Olmstead County ........................................................................................... 10/7/2002 10/10/2008 

MS .................................. Interstate Facility Connecting I–55 with I–20—Hinds and Madison Counties ............ 8/10/2007 10/1/2008 

MO ................................. Transportation System in Lawrence Christian and Green Counties .......................... (1) 1/23/2009 

NY .................................. Millennium Parkway Project Chautauqua County ....................................................... 12/27/2007 3/3/2009 

OH .................................. Highway Improvement Project US–127 and SR–63/SR–4 Interchange—Trenton, 

Butler County.

10/6/2000 6/30/2008 

PA .................................. SR 56—Johnstown ...................................................................................................... 7/14/2001 10/l/2008 

TN .................................. State Route 374, State Route 13, State Route 76—Montgomery County ................. 11/12/1996 12/24/2008 

TN .................................. North Second Street Connector—Shelby County ....................................................... 11/2/2002 12/24/2008 

1 Unknown. 

(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.) 

Issued on: May 14, 2009. 

Jeffrey F. Paniati, 

Acting Deputy Federal Highway 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E9–12526 Filed 5–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35249] 

Kern W. Schumacher—Continuance in 

Control Exemption—Granada Railway, 

LLC and Natchez Railway, LLC 

Kern W. Schumacher (Mr. 

Schumacher), a noncarrier, has filed a 

verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR 1180.2(d)(2) to continue in control 

of Grenada Railway, LLC (Grenada), and 

Natchez Railway, LLC (Natchez), upon 

Grenada’s and Natchez’s becoming Class 

III rail carriers. 

This transaction is related to a 

concurrently filed verified notice of 

exemption in STB Finance Docket No. 

35247, Grenada Railway, LLC— 

Acquisition and Operation Exemption— 

Illinois Central Railroad Company and 

Waterloo Railway Company, wherein 

Grenada seeks to acquire from the 

Illinois Central Railroad Company (ICR) 

and to operate an approximately 175.4- 

mile rail line between milepost 403.0 at 

Southhaven, MS, and milepost 703.8 

near Canton, MS, and to acquire from 

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