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Appendix B, § 232.17(b)(2) with no 

decrease to public safety. 

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 Department of Transportation’s 

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 parties desire 

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 

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 October 

5, 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 

also https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacyNotice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 11, 

2017. 

John Karl Alexy, 

Director, Office of Safety Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17585 Filed 8–18–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2016–0116] 

Notice of Application for Approval To 

Discontinue or Modify a Railroad 

Signal System 

Under part 235 of Title 49 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR) and 49 

U.S.C. 20502(a), this document provides 

the public notice that on July 21, 2017, 

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) 

petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) requesting 

reconsideration of a prior FRA decision 

granting conditional relief from certain 

provisions of 49 CFR part 236. FRA 

assigned the petition Docket Number 

FRA–2016–0116. 

In a May 30, 2017 decision, the FRA’s 

Railroad Safety Board (Board) 

conditionally approved CSXT’s petition 

for a waiver of compliance from 49 CFR 

236.60, Switch Shunting Circuit; Use 

Restricted. The Board stated in its 

decision the single condition of this 

relief was that it did not apply in 

Positive Train Control (PTC) territory or 

on tracks leading to PTC territory. CSXT 

states the May 30th decision did not 

provide an explanation why this 

condition was included. 

As CSXT explains in its request for 

reconsideration, under the requirements 

of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 

2008 (Pub. L. 110–432, Oct. 16, 2008), 

and the Positive Train Control 

Enforcement and Implementation Act of 

2015 (Pub. L. 114–73, 129 Stat. 576, 582, 

Oct. 29, 2015), all required PTC 

hardware must be installed on or before 

December 31, 2018. CSXT has 

determined that, to date, there are 

approximately 250 switches utilizing 

shunt only protection on subdivisions 

where PTC has been installed or must 

be installed by December 31, 2018. 

CSXT states that excluding all PTC 

territory and tracks leading to PTC 

territory from the waiver would require 

it to modify these 250 switches by 

adding track circuit breaks to each 

location on or before December 31, 

2018. CSXT asserts that while it remains 

on track to meet its PTC hardware 

installation requirement, also requiring 

these shunt-only protected switches to 

be modified puts CSXT’s ability to meet 

this deadline into serious jeopardy, 

because it would add a significant 

amount of unplanned work to 

Engineering Department employees. 

As an alternative to this requirement 

to modify shunt only protected switches 

in PTC territory, CSXT requests that the 

Board modify the waiver to allow CSXT 

to grandfather the current 250 shuntonly protected switches located in PTC 

territory or on tracks leading to PTC 

territory into this waiver. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulatons.gov and in person at the 

U.S. Department of Transportation’s 

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, 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 October 

5, 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 


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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 also 

https://www.regulations.gov/privacy

Notice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 14, 

2017. 

John Karl Alexy, 

Director, Office of Safety Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17586 Filed 8–18–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Limitation on Claims Against Proposed 

Public Transportation Projects 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces final 

environmental actions taken by the 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 

for projects in Norwalk, Connecticut 

and Indianapolis, Indiana. The purpose 

of this notice is to announce publicly 

the environmental decisions by FTA on 

the subject projects and to activate the 

limitation on any claims that may 

challenge these final environmental 

actions. 

DATES: By this notice, FTA is advising 

the public of final agency actions 

subject to Section 139(l) of Title 23, 

United States Code (U.S.C.). A claim 

seeking judicial review of FTA actions 

announced herein for the listed public 

transportation projects will be barred 

unless the claim is filed on or before 

January 18, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief 

Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 

353–2577 or Alan Tabachnick, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, 

Office of Environmental Programs, (202) 

366–8541. FTA is located at 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 

20590. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. 

to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that FTA has taken final 

agency actions by issuing certain 

approvals for the public transportation 

projects listed below. The actions on the 

projects, as well as the laws under 

which such actions were taken, are 

described in the documentation issued 

in connection with the projects to 

comply with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

in other documents in the FTA 

administrative record for the projects. 

Interested parties may contact either the 

project sponsor or the FTA Regional 

Office for more information. Contact 

information for FTA’s Regional Offices 

may be found at https://

www.fta.dot.gov. 

This notice applies to all FTA 

decisions on the listed projects as of the 

issuance date of this notice and all laws 

under which such actions were taken, 

including, but not limited to, NEPA [42 

U.S.C. 4321–4375], Section 4(f) of the 

Department of Transportation Act of 

1966 [49 U.S.C. 303], Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act [16 

U.S.C. 470f], and the Clean Air Act [42 

U.S.C. 7401–7671q]. This notice does 

not, however, alter or extend the 

limitation period for challenges of 

project decisions subject to previous 

notices published in the Federal 

Register. The projects and actions that 

are the subject of this notice follow: 

1. Project name and location: Walk 

Bridge Replacement Project, Norwalk, 

Connecticut. Project sponsor: 

Connecticut Department of 

Transportation (CTDOT). Project 

description: The project consists of 

removing the existing railroad bridge 

structure and replacing it with two sideby-side 240-foot open-deck through 

truss vertical lift spans across the 

Norwalk River. Each would have 

separate mechanical and electrical 

equipment and controls so that each 

span can work independently of the 

other, or in unison as needed. Final 

agency actions: Section 4(f) 

determination; a Section 106 

Memorandum of Agreement, dated May 

25, 2017; project-level air quality 

conformity; and a Finding of No 

Significant Impact, dated July 17, 2017. 

Supporting documentation: 

Environmental Assessment, dated 

August 2016, and the July 6, 2017, 

Determination of Adequacy issued by 

the Connecticut Office of Policy and 

Management on the Record of Decision 

prepared by the Connecticut 

Department of Transportation in 

accordance with the Connecticut 

Environmental Policy Act (CEPA). 

2. Project name and location: IndyGo 

Red Line Rapid Transit Project—Phase 

1, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Marion 

County. Project Sponsor: Indiana Public 

Transportation Corporation (IndyGo). 

Project description: The project 

establishes a 13.1-mile long bus rapid 

transit (BRT) corridor with 28 stations; 

transit signal priority (TSP) at all 36 

signalized intersections; minor curb 

realignments near stations and at 

intersections; removal or limiting 34 

existing left turns (but including new Uturn locations for access to local 

businesses and destinations); and 

limited expansion of existing corridor 

right of way (ROW) along College 

Avenue and Meridian Street. Final 

agency actions: Section 4(f) de minimis 

impact determination, a Section 106 

Memorandum of Agreement dated 

December 6, 2016, project-level air 

quality conformity, and a determination 

of the applicability of a Documented 

Categorical Exclusion pursuant to 23 

CFR 771.118(d) dated October 19, 2016. 

Supporting documentation: 

Documented Categorical Exclusion 

checklist and supporting materials 

dated September, 2016. 

Lucy Garliauskas, 

Associate Administrator Planning and 

Environment. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17539 Filed 8–18–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2017–0148] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel 

REFLECTION; Invitation for Public 

Comments 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of 

Transportation, as represented by the 

Maritime Administration (MARAD), is 

authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.- 

build requirement of the coastwise laws 

under certain circumstances. A request 

for such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

September 20, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2017–0148. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. You may also 

send comments electronically via the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments will become part of this 

docket and will be available for 

inspection and copying at the above 

address between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

federal holidays. An electronic version 


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