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will be replaced by constructing a single 

tunnel to carry the railroad under both 

Main Street and Merchants Row. The 

general purposes of the project are to 

improve safety, address the deteriorated 

conditions that have developed at both 

bridges, and to meet current roadway 

and railroad design standards. Because 

of the foreseeable need to provide for 

increased rail height during the design 

life of the structure, the project includes 

lowering the grade of the railroad for 

approximately 3,600 feet along the rail 

corridor. The actions by the Federal 

agencies, and the laws under which 

such actions were taken, are described 

in the Revised Environmental 

Assessment (REA) for the project, 

approved on July 21, 2017, in the 

FHWA Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) issued on July 21, 2017, and/ 

or in other documents in the FHWA 

project files. The REA, FONSI, and other 

project records are available by 

contacting the FHWA or the Vermont 

Agency of Transportation at the 

addresses provided above. The FHWA 

REA and FONSI can also be viewed and 

downloaded from the project Web site at 

http://vtrans.vermont.gov/projects/ 

middlebury/environmental-assessmentindividual-chapters. 

This notice applies to all Federal 

agency decisions as of the issuance date 

of this notice and all laws under which 

such actions were taken, including but 

not limited to: 

1. General: National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321– 

4351]; Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 

U.S.C. 109 and 23 U.S.C. 128]. 

2. Land: Section 4(f) of the 

Department of Transportation Act of 

1966 [49 U.S.C. 303]. 

3. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act 

[16 U.S.C. 1531–1544 and Section 

1536], Fish and Wildlife Coordination 

Act [16 U.S.C. 661–667(d)]. 

4. Historic and Cultural Resources: 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act of 1966, as amended 

[16 U.S.C. 470(f) et seq.]. 

5. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990, 

Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 11988, 

Floodplain Management; E.O. 12898, 

Federal Actions to Address 

Environmental Justice in Minority 

Populations and Low Income 

Populations. 

(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.) 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). 

Issued on: August 4, 2017. 

Kenneth R. Sikora, Jr., 

Environmental Program Manager, Montpelier, 

Vermont. 

[FR Doc. 2017–16975 Filed 8–14–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–RY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2006–25837] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

Under part 211 of Title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), this 

document provides the public notice 

that on July 27, 2017, the Charlotte Area 

Transit System (CATS) petitioned the 

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 

for a waiver of compliance from certain 

provisions of the Federal railroad safety 

regulations contained at Title 49 CFR 

part 219, Control of Alcohol and Drug 

Use. FRA assigned the petition docket 

number FRA–2006–25837. 

CATS has provided rail fixed 

guideway public transit service in the 

Charlotte, North Carolina metropolitan 

area since 2007 with its original 9.6- 

mile Blue Line system that operates 

from South Charlotte to Center City 

Charlotte. This portion features a shared 

corridor with Norfolk Southern Railway 

(NS), including separation of track 

centers by 40 feet or more and limited 

connections with NS at two shared 

highway-rail grade crossings at East 

Hebron Street and Sweden Road. CATS 

and NS signal and train control 

employees maintain their own 

respective crossing equipment. CATS is 

currently constructing a 9.3-mile 

extension of this Blue Line (LYNX BLE) 

which will provide service from Center 

City Charlotte to a terminus on the 

University of North Carolina campus 

with revenue service expected to begin 

by March 31, 2018. This extension will 

again share a corridor with NS, 

including a 75-foot track center 

separation and one limited connection 

with NS at a shared highway-rail grade 

crossing at 16th Street. CATS employees 

will continue to maintain crossing 

equipment on the CATS side of the 

corridor only, with NS employees 

maintaining the equipment on the NS 

side. 

CATS seeks relief from 49 CFR part 

219 because it is already in compliance 

with Federal Transit Administration 

drug and alcohol regulations at 49 CFR 

part 655. CATS asserts this compliance 

provides an equivalent level of safety 

consistent with FRA’s alcohol and drug 

regulations in part 219. CATS states that 

such a waiver will not result in any 

reduction in safety at the highway rail 

grade crossings it shares with NS and 

will preserve consistency throughout 

the CATS system for already-existing 

alcohol and drug policies. 

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 Avenue 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 parties desire 

an opportunity for oral comment and a 

public hearing, 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 

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 

September 29, 2017 will be considered 

by FRA before final action is taken. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered if practicable. 

Anyone can 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.). 

Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits 

comments from the public to better 

inform its processes. 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 https://

www.transportation.gov/privacy. See 

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38758 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 156 / Tuesday, August 15, 2017 / Notices 

also https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacyNotice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 10, 

2017. 

John Karl Alexy, 

Director, Office of Safety Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17224 Filed 8–14–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[PHMSA–2016–0009] NEXUS Gas 

Transmission, L.L.C.; [PHMSA–2016– 

0072] Magellan Midstream Partners, 

L.P.; Pipeline Safety: Requests for 

Special Permit 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA) is extending the public 

comment period by 60 days for two 

special permit requests and to announce 

that the Draft Environmental 

Assessment (DEA) for each request is 

now available in the respective docket 

for review and comments. At the 

conclusion of the extended comment 

period, PHMSA will review the 

comments received for each notice as 

part of its evaluation to grant or deny 

the special permit requests. 

DATES: Submit any comments regarding 

either of these special permit requests 

by October 16, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–366–4566. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management System: U.S. Department 

of Transportation, Docket Operations, 

M–30, West Building Ground Floor, 

Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, 

between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Instructions: You should identify the 

docket number for the special permit 

request you are commenting on at the 

beginning of your comments. If you 

submit your comments by mail, please 

submit two copies. To receive 

confirmation that PHMSA has received 

your comments, please include a selfaddressed stamped postcard showing 

the special permit number. Comments 

should reference the docket number for 

the specific special permit request and 

may be submitted in the following ways: 

Note: Comments including any personal 

information provided, are posted without 

changes or edits to http://

www.regulations.gov. There is a privacy 

statement published on http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General: Ms. Kay McIver by telephone 

at (202) 366–0113, or by email at 

Kay.McIver@dot.gov. 

Technical: Mr. Steve Nanney by 

telephone at (713) 628–7479, or by 

email at Steve.Nanney@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA 

has received two special permit requests 

from: 

1. NEXUS Gas Transmission, L.L.C. 

(NEXUS), seeking a waiver from the 

Federal odorization regulations of 49 

CFR 192.625, and 

2. Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P., 

(Magellan) seeking a waiver from 49 

CFR 195.432, to allow for a transitional 

staged breakout tank inspection 

schedule. 

Notice of the special permits requests 

were published in the Federal Register 

on February 23, 2016, (81 FR 9075) and 

September 12, 2016, (81 FR 62796), 

respectively. The special permit 

requests include a technical analysis 

and DEA provided by the operators and 

are available at http://

www.regulations.gov under their 

assigned docket numbers. We invite 

interested persons to participate by 

reviewing the special permit requests 

and DEAs and submitting written 

comments, data, or other views. Please 

include any comments on potential 

safety and environmental impacts that 

may result if each special permit is 

granted. 

Before issuing a decision on the 

special permit requests, PHMSA will 

evaluate all comments received on or 

before the comments closing date. 

Comments received after the closing 

date will be evaluated if it is possible to 

do so without incurring additional 

expense or delay. PHMSA will consider 

each relevant comment we receive in 

making our decision to grant or deny the 

requests. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 10, 

2017, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 

1.97. 

Alan K. Mayberry, 

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17213 Filed 8–14–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0038] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity: Information From Remarried 

Widow/er 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration (VBA), Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of a currently approved 

collection, and allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

collection of information should be 

received on or before October 16, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to 

Nancy Kessinger, Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20420 or email to 

nancy.kessinger@va.gov. Please refer to 

‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0038’’ in any 

correspondence. During the comment 

period, comments may be viewed online 

through FDMS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy J. Kessinger at (202) 632–8924 or 

fax (202) 632–8925. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must 

obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. This request for comment is 

being made pursuant to Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, VBA invites 

comments on: (1) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of VBA’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of VBA’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

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