Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 246 / Friday, December 21, 2001 / Notices 66009

identified as a north-south, multi-modal

corridor; located at approximately 5800

West. The regional Long-Range

Transportation Plan calls for corridor

preservation, construction of highway

facilities and improved transit service in

the WTC.

III. Alternatives To Be Studied

A feasibility analysis was conducted

as part of the South Salt Lake County

Transit Corridors Analysis. During

scoping, the alternatives, findings and

issues covered in the earlier studies will

be reviewed and will be either affirmed

or, if necessary, reconsidered in detail

during the NEPA process.

The alternatives expected to be

considered in detail in the EIS include:

• A ‘‘no-build’’ alternative: This

alternative represents no change in

transportation services or facilities in

the corridor beyond already committed

projects. Committed projects include

those transit improvements defined in

the transportation agencies’ Long-Range

Transportation Plans and Transit

Development Plans for which funding

has been committed.

• Transportation Systems

Management Alternative: This

alternative consists of low-cost

infrastructure and bus transit

improvements, Intelligent

Transportation Systems (ITS)

improvements, improvements in bus

routes and operations, and other

transportation systems management

improvements.

• Rail Transit Alternatives: These

alternatives represent the construction

of a rail transit system using either LRT

(electric powered from overhead wires)

or DMU (diesel powered by on-board

motors) technology. The eastern

terminus of the project would be the

North-South (TRAX) LRT Line at the

6400 South Station. Opportunities for

interlining with the existing (TRAX)

system will be explored for the LRT

alternative. The rail alternatives would

also include all facilities associated with

the construction and operations of a rail

transit line, including right of way,

structures, track, stations, park-and-ride

lots, storage and maintenance facilities,

and the respective rail and bus

operating plans.

IV. Probable Effects

The EIS will be prepared in

accordance with NEPA and its

implementing regulations including

those of the Council on Environmental

Quality (CEQ) implementing NEPA (40

CFR parts 1500–1508), and the FTA

regulation on environmental procedures

shared with the Federal Highway

Administration (23 CFR part 771). The

EIS will evaluate the social, economic,

and environmental impacts of the

alternatives. Primary concerns to be

addressed include: Safety at grade

crossings, site contamination in railroad

rights-of-way, property effects including

business disruptions and relocation,

impacts on local traffic and travel

patterns, noise and vibration impacts,

land use impacts, wetland impacts, and

aesthetic/visual impacts. The

cumulative impacts of the project

together with other reasonably

foreseeable actions and activities will be

addressed.

V. FTA New Starts Procedures

Following public review of the Draft

EIS, the UTA will request FTA approval

to initiate Preliminary Engineering, in

accordance with the FTA New Starts

regulation (49 CFR part 611). FTA will

consider the merits of the project at that

time, in comparison with other projects

across the nation competing for New

Starts funding, and either recommend or

not recommend that the preferred

alternative advance into Preliminary

Engineering, which would include the

preparation of the Final EIS.

Issued on: December 12, 2001.

Lee O. Waddleton,

Regional Administrator, Federal Transit

Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–31526 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–57–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration

Preparation of An Environmental

Impact Statement on a Transit

Connection Between the 2100 South

Light Rail Station and the Cities of

West Valley City and Taylorsville in

Metropolitan Salt Lake City, UT

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration,

DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement.

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit

Administration (FTA), in cooperation

with the Wasatch Front Regional

Council (WFRC) and Utah Transit

Authority (UTA), is issuing this notice

to advise interested agencies and the

public that, in accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA), an Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) will be prepared for a

transit connection westward from the

North-South Light Rail line to a logical

terminus near the West Valley City

center. Possible extensions or other

transit improvements extending

southward to the city of Taylorsville

will also be evaluated. This proposed

transportation project was identified in

a Type I Major Investment Study (MIS)

completed in March 2000. In addition to

the rail transit alternatives from the

‘‘Transit Corridors Analysis,’’ the NoBuild Alternative and any new

alternatives generated through the

scoping process will be evaluated.

Scoping will be accomplished through

coordination with interested persons,

organizations, and federal, state, and

local agencies. FTA is serving as the

federal lead agency for the project in

anticipation of a grant application from

UTA for its construction. Based on the

results of the scoping process, FTA will

establish the scope of the environmental

review under NEPA, including the

identification of environmental issues

and effects to be addressed and the

reasonable alternatives to be retained for

detailed evaluation.

DATES: Interagency and public scoping

and information meetings will be held

on the following dates at the locations

indicated:

Interagency Scoping Meeting:

Wednesday, January 9th, 2002 from 10

a.m. to noon, at the Wasatch Front

Regional Council, 295 North Jimmy

Doolittle Road, Salt Lake City, UT

84116.

Public Scoping Meeting No. 1:

Wednesday, January 9, 2002 from 5 p.m.

to 8 p.m. at the Utah Transit Authority

Board Room, located at 3600 South 700

West, Salt Lake City, UT 84119–0810.

Public Scoping Meeting No. 2:

Saturday, January 12, 2002 from 9 a.m.

to 11 a.m. at the West Valley City Hall

located at 3600 South Constitution

Blvd., West Valley City, UT 84119–

3720.

Written comments on the scope of the

environmental study should be sent by

January 28, 2002, to Barry Banks, Project

Manager, Wasatch Front Regional

Council, 295 North Jimmy Doolittle

Road, Salt Lake City, UT 84116.

ADDRESSES: The addresses where

scoping meetings will be held and

where comments on the scope of the

study may be sent, appear above in the

DATES section. A Scoping Booklet is

available from Barry Banks, Project

Manager, Wasatch Front Regional

Council, 295 North Jimmy Doolittle

Road, Salt Lake City, UT 84116 or by

calling the project information line at

(801) 904–4127.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don

Cover, Federal Transit Administration,

216 16th Street, Suite 650, Denver,

Colorado 80202; telephone (303) 844–

3242.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

66010 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 246 / Friday, December 21, 2001 / Notices

I. Scoping

The WFRC and UTA will hold

interagency and public scoping

meetings as presented in the DATES

section above. At these meetings, WFRC

and UTA will present the results of the

‘‘Type 1 MIS’’ and the alternatives

proposed for detailed evaluation in the

EIS. At the public meetings, interested

persons will have an opportunity to

speak individually with a WFRC or

UTA representative. In addition, a

WFRC or UTA person will be available

to receive written and record verbal

comments on the scope of the NEPA

review. All scoping meeting locations

are accessible to persons with

disabilities. Individuals who require

special accommodations, such as a sign

language interpreter, to participate in

the meeting should contact Ms. Sherry

L. Repscher, ADA Compliance Officer,

Utah Transit Authority, 3600 South 700

West, Salt Lake City, UT 84119–0810 or

by telephone at (801) 262–5626 or TDD

at (801) 287–4657. Interested

individuals, organizations, and public

agencies are invited to attend the

scoping meetings and participate in

identifying any important

environmental impact issues related to

the proposed alternatives and suggesting

alternatives which would be more

economical or would have less

environmental impact while achieving

similar transportation objectives. An

information packet, referred to as the

Scoping Booklet, will be distributed to

all public agencies and interested

individuals and will be available at the

meetings. Others may request the

Scoping Booklet by contacting Barry

Banks at the address listed above in

ADDRESSES. Anyone wishing to be

placed on the project mailing list to

receive meeting notices and further

information as the project develops

should also contact Barry Banks at the

address listed in ADDRESSES or call the

project information line (801) 904–4127.

Comments during the scoping period

should focus on identifying the social,

economic, and environmental concerns

associated with the proposed action,

and alternatives that deserve

consideration, and not on a preference

for a particular alternative. Comments

regarding preference for a particular

alternative may be submitted during

subsequent public meetings or at a

hearing on the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement, when it is published.

Scoping comments may be made at the

scoping meetings or may be directed in

writing to Barry Banks, Project Manager,

at the address given in ADDRESSES.

II. Description of the Project Area and

Transportation Need

The UTA North-South TRAX system

that now includes the extension from

the Salt Lake City Central Business

District (CBD) to the University of Utah

provides the spine for an expanded

Light Rail Transit (LRT) system to serve

more communities in Salt Lake County.

Recent passage of a 1⁄4 cent regional

sales tax increase indicates broad public

support for expansion and improvement

of transit services throughout Salt Lake,

Davis and Weber Counties. Expanded

and improved bus service and

extensions of the existing LRT system

have been studied for several years by

WFRC and UTA, and the West Valley

City Transit Corridors has been

identified as a high priority among five

proposed LRT corridors previously

studied by WFRC and UTA.

In March 2000, a Major Investment

Study (MIS) was completed for a

transportation corridor connecting West

Valley City, Utah’s second most

populous, with Salt Lake City. The

Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA)

emerging from this MIS was an LRT

extension extending from the existing

North-South (TRAX) Light Rail line near

Andy Avenue to the West Valley City

center. The proposed alignment crosses

Interstate Highways 15 and 215 utilizing

existing structures and would connect

several major trip generators in West

Valley City with TRAX. The MIS

identified significant and growing

demand for transit service in this

corridor and concluded that

construction of LRT in this corridor

held far more advantages than other

alternatives. This concept enjoys strong

support from local government. The

Project Sponsors propose to advance the

West Valley City Corridor through the

EIS–PE phase of development in two

contract phases. This first phase (DEIS)

includes all work necessary to gain FTA

approval to commence PE in the

corridor. The current planning and

project approval status for this corridor

follows.

A copy of the ‘‘Type I MIS’’ (executive

summary) is available for review by

contacting Barry Banks, Project

Manager, as previously presented, or on

the Internet at www.wfrc.org.

III. Alternatives To Be Studied

A feasibility analysis was conducted

as part of the South Lake County Transit

Corridors Analysis. During scoping, the

alternatives, findings and issues covered

in the earlier studies will be reviewed

and will be either affirmed or, if

necessary, reconsidered in detail during

the NEPA process.

The alternatives expected to be

considered in detail in the EIS include:

• A ‘‘no-build’’ alternative: This

alternative represents no change in

transportation services or facilities in

the corridor beyond already committed

projects. Committed projects include

those transit improvements defined in

the transportation agencies’ Long-Range

Transportation Plans and Transit

Development Plans for which funding

has been committed.

• Transportation Systems

Management Alternative: This

alternative consists of low-cost

infrastructure and bus transit

improvements, Intelligent

Transportation Systems (ITS)

improvements, improvements in bus

routes and operations, and other

transportation systems management

improvements.

• Rail Transit Alternatives: These

alternatives represent the construction

of a rail transit system using LRT

technology. The eastern terminus of the

project would be the North-South

(TRAX) LRT Line at the 2100 South

Station. Opportunities for interlining

with the existing (TRAX) system will be

explored for the LRT alternative. The

rail alternatives would also include all

facilities associated with the

construction and operations of a rail

transit line, including right of way,

structures, track, stations, park-and-ride

lots, storage and maintenance facilities,

and the respective rail and bus

operating plans.

IV. Probable Effects

The EIS will be prepared in

accordance with NEPA and its

implementing regulations including

those of the Council on Environmental

Quality (CEQ) implementing NEPA (40

CFR parts 1500–1508), and the FTA

regulation on environmental procedures

shared with the Federal Highway

Administration (23 CFR part 771). The

EIS will evaluate the social, economic,

and environmental impacts of the

alternatives. Primary concerns to be

addressed include: safety at grade

crossings, site contamination in railroad

rights-of-way, property effects including

business disruptions and relocation,

impacts on local traffic and travel

patterns, noise and vibration impacts,

land use impacts, wetland impacts, and

aesthetic/visual impacts. The

cumulative impacts of the project

together with other reasonably

foreseeable actions and activities will be

addressed.

V. FTA New Starts Procedures

Following public review of the Draft

EIS, the UTA will request FTA approval

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 246 / Friday, December 21, 2001 / Notices 66011

to initiate Preliminary Engineering, in

accordance with the FTA New Starts

regulation (49 CFR part 611). FTA will

consider the merits of the project at that

time, in comparison with other projects

across the nation competing for New

Starts funding, and either recommend or

not recommend that the preferred

alternative advance into Preliminary

Engineering, which would include the

preparation of the Final EIS.

Issued on: December 12, 2001.

Lee O. Waddleton,

Regional Administrator, Federal Transit

Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–31527 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–57–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD–11185]

Information Collection Available for

Public Comments and

Recommendations

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Maritime

Administration’s (MARAD’s) intentions

to request extension of approval for

three years of a currently approved

information collection.

DATES: Comments should be submitted

on or before February 19, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patricia Thomas, Maritime

Administration, MAR–250, 400 Seventh

St., SW., Washington, DC 20590.

Telephone: 202–366–2646 or Fax 202–

493–2288.

Copies of this collection can also be

obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title of Collection: Regulations for

Making Excess or Surplus Federal

Property Available to the U.S. Merchant

Marine Academy and State Maritime

Academies.

Type of Request: Extension of

currently approved information

collection.

OMB Control Number: 2133–0504.

Form Numbers: None.

Expiration Date of Approval: June 30,

2002.

Summary of Collection of

Information: In accordance with U.S.C.

12959, MARAD requires approved

maritime training institutions seeking

excess or surplus property to provide a

statement of need/justification prior to

acquiring the property.

Need and Use of the Information:

This information collection is used by

the requestor to provide a justification

of the intended use of the surplus

property, and is needed by MARAD to

determine compliance with applicable

statutory requirements.

Description of Respondents: Maritime

training institutions.

Annual Responses: 60.

Annual Burden: 60 hours.

Comments: Comments should refer to

the docket number that appears at the

top of this document. Written comments

may be submitted to the Docket Clerk,

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, 400

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC

20590. Comments may also be

submitted by electronic means via the

Internet at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit.

Specifically address whether this

information collection is necessary for

proper performance of the functions of

the agency and will have practical

utility, accuracy of the burden

estimates, ways to minimize this

burden, and ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected. All

comments received will be available for

examination at the above address

between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

Holidays. An electronic version of this

document is available on the World

Wide Web at http://dms.dot.gov.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Dated: December 17, 2001.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31451 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA–2001–10902]

Insurer Reporting Requirements;

Reports under 49 U.S.C. on Section

33112(c)

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA),

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: This notice announces

publication by NHTSA of the annual

insurer report on motor vehicle theft for

the 1996 reporting year. Section

33112(c) of Title 49 of the U.S. Code,

requires this information to be compiled

periodically and published by the

agency in a form that will be helpful to

the public, the law enforcement

community, and Congress. As required

by section 33112(c), this report provides

information on theft and recovery of

vehicles; rating rules and plans used by

motor vehicle insurers to reduce

premiums due to a reduction in motor

vehicle thefts; and actions taken by

insurers to assist in deterring thefts.

ADDRESSES: Due to the voluminous

content of this report, interested persons

may obtain a copy of this report by

contacting the Docket Section, NHTSA,

Room 5109, 400 Seventh Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20590. Docket hours

are from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday

through Friday. Requests should refer to

Docket No. 99–001; Notice 04. This

report without appendices may also be

viewed on-line at: http://

www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/theft.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Ms. Rosalind

Proctor, Office of Planning and

Consumer Programs, NHTSA, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590. Ms. Proctor’s telephone number

is (202) 366–0846. Her fax number is

(202) 493–2290.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Motor

Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act of

1984 (Theft Act) was implemented to

enhance detection and prosecution of

motor vehicle theft (Pub. L. 98–547).

The Theft Act added a new Title VI to

the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost

Savings Act, which required the

Secretary of Transportation to issue a

theft prevention standard for identifying

major parts of certain high-theft lines of

passenger cars. The Act also addressed

several other actions to reduce motor

vehicle theft, such as increased criminal

penalties for those who traffic in stolen

vehicles and parts, curtailment of the

exportation of stolen motor vehicles and

off-highway mobile equipment,

establishment of penalties for

dismantling vehicles for the purpose of

trafficking in stolen parts, and

development of ways to encourage

decreases in premiums charged to

consumers for motor vehicle theft

insurance.

Title VI (which has since been

recodified as 49 U.S.C. chapter 331),

was designed to impede the theft of

motor vehicles by creating a theft

prevention standard which required

manufacturers of designated high-theft

car lines to inscribe or affix a vehicle

identification number onto major

components and replacement parts of

all vehicle lines selected as high theft.

The theft standard became effective in

Model Year 1987 for designated hightheft car lines.

The Anti Car Theft Act of 1992 (Pub.

L. 102–519) amended the law relating to

the parts-marking of major component