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IRLWWB to determine how best to 

implement an adaptive management 

strategy in the medium and long term 

planning and activities of both the 

IRLWWB and the Commission in the 

basin. 

Stakeholder Concerns: The views of 

stakeholders, as heard through the 

Commission and Study Board 

engagement and hearings, will be 

communicated to governments. 

Engagement with Indigenous 

Communities: The Commission 

endorses the Study Board’s 

recommendations regarding improving 

engagement and collaboration with 

Tribes, First Nations, and Me ́tis 

communities. 

Public input is essential to the 

Commission’s rendering of a final 

decision to proceed with the proposed 

changes to the management of 

emergency levels and flows of the Rainy 

and Namakan Lakes, and to the 

Commission’s perspective on changes to 

the operations and guidance provided to 

the Water Levels Committee, 

engagement with Tribes, First Nations, 

and Me ́tis, and adaptive management. 

The International Joint Commission 

was established under the Boundary 

Waters Treaty of 1909 to help the 

United States and Canada prevent and 

resolve disputes over the use of the 

waters the two countries share. Its 

responsibilities include investigating 

and reporting on issues of concern when 

asked by the governments of the two 

countries. 

Under the Rainy Lake Convention, the 

IJC determines when emergency 

conditions exist in the Rainy Lake 

watershed, by reason of high or low 

water, and adopts measures of control 

with respect to the dams at Kettle Falls 

and International Falls-Fort Frances. For 

more information, visit the 

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ijc.org. 

Charles A. Lawson, 

Secretary, U.S. Section, International Joint 

Commission, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17200 Filed 8–14–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Government/Industry Aeronautical 

Charting Forum Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the biannual meeting of the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) Aeronautical 

Charting Forum (ACF) to discuss 

informational content and design of 

aeronautical charts and related 

products, as well as instrument flight 

procedures development policy and 

design criteria. 

DATES: The ACF is separated into two 

distinct groups. The Instrument 

Procedures Group (IPG) will meet 

October 24, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m. The Charting Group will meet 

October 25 and 26, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. 

to 5:00 p.m. and October 27, 2017, from 

8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the AOPA National Aviation 

Community Center, 296 Bucheimer 

Road, Frederick, MD 21701. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information relating to the Instrument 

Procedures Group, contact John Bordy, 

FAA, Flight Procedures Standards 

Branch, AFS–420, 6500 South 

MacArthur Blvd., P.O. Box 25082, 

Oklahoma City, OK 73125; telephone: 

(405) 954–0980. 

For information relating to the 

Charting Group, contact Valerie S. 

Watson, FAA, Aeronautical Information 

Services, Governance & Standards, AJV– 

553, 1305 East-West Highway, SSMC4, 

Station 3409, Silver Spring, MD 20910; 

telephone: (301) 427–5155. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Instrument Procedures Group agenda 

will include briefings and discussions 

on recommendations regarding pilot 

procedures for instrument flight, as well 

as criteria, design, and developmental 

policy for instrument approach and 

departure procedures. 

The Charting Group agenda will 

include briefings and discussions on 

recommendations regarding 

aeronautical charting specifications, 

flight information products, and new 

aeronautical charting and air traffic 

control initiatives. 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public, but will be limited to the space 

available. The public must make 

arrangements by October 6, 2017, to 

present oral statements at the meeting. 

The public may present written 

statements and/or new agenda items to 

the forum by providing a copy to the 

person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION section not later than 

October 6, 2017. Public statements will 

only be considered if time permits. 

Valerie S. Watson, 

Co-Chair, Aeronautical Charting Forum. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17145 Filed 8–14–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Highway in Vermont 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims 

for judicial review of actions by FHWA. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces actions 

taken by the FHWA that are final within 

the meaning of 23 U.S.C.139(l)(1). The 

actions relate to a proposed highway 

project, the Middlebury Bridge and Rail 

Project on Main Street and Merchants 

Row over the Vermont Western Rail 

Corridor in the Town of Middlebury, 

Addison County, Vermont. Those 

actions grant approvals for the project. 

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA is 

advising the public of final agency 

actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A 

claim seeking judicial review of the 

Federal agency actions on the highway 

project will be barred unless the claim 

is filed on or before January 12, 2018. 

If the Federal law that authorizes 

judicial review of a claim provides a 

time period of less than 150 days for 

filing such claim, then that shorter time 

period still applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

FHWA: Mr. Kenneth R. Sikora, Jr., 

Environmental Program Manager, 

Federal Highway Administration, 87 

State Street, Room 216, Montpelier, 

Vermont 05602; telephone: (802) 828– 

4573; email: Kenneth.Sikora@dot.gov. 

The FHWA Vermont Division Office’s 

normal business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m. (eastern time). For the 

Vermont Agency of Transportation: Mr. 

Wayne Symonds, Project Supervisor, 

Vermont Agency of Transportation, One 

National Life Drive, Montpelier, 

Vermont 05633; telephone: (808) 828– 

0055; email: Wayne.Symonds@

vermont.gov. The Vermont Agency of 

Transportation’s normal business hours 

are 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (eastern time). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the FHWA, has taken 

final agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 

139(l)(1) by issuing approvals for the 

following highway project in the State 

of Vermont: The Middlebury Bridge and 

Rail Project, Federal-aid Project Number 

WCRS(23), in the Town of Middlebury, 

Addison County. The project provides 

for the replacement of Bridges No. 102 

and No. 2, carrying Vermont Route 30/ 

Town Highway 2 (Main Street) and 

Town Highway 8 (Merchants Row) 

respectively, over the Vermont Western 

Rail Corridor (VWRC) railroad track in 

downtown Middlebury. The bridges 

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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] 

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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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