New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Appendices › Appendix 23-C

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Type II Actions include:
1. All actions designated as Type II in 6
			 NYCRR 617.12.
2. Any resolution of
			 a conflict between agencies as to the order of priority with respect to the
			 exercise of a preferential right of acquisition.
3. The execution of a lease for the use of
			 Authority owned property where such lease provides for the use of the land
			 and/or structures in their present condition.
4. The sale or disposal of:
a.) Buildings located on property which has been acquired for
				transportation purposes.
b.) Authority owned land which has been determined to be
				surplus to transportation needs.
5. Preparing, maintaining and updating
			 manuals, directives, procedures, guidelines, etc., which do not commit the
			 Authority to undertake new programs and which do not involve a major reordering
			 of priorities.
6. Review of
			 environmental impact statements prepared by others.
7. The conduct of studies and the
			 establishment of standards including:
a.) Engineering research studies to evaluate materials,
				methods, equipment and procedures.
b.) Establishing quality standards for engineering materials in
				accordance with accepted engineering practices.
c.) Preparation of soil and water inventories.
d.) Establishment of equipment construction standards for
				buses.
e.) Conducting studies to determine efficiency and safety of
				existing transportation systems.
8. Defining the scope of services,
			 negotiating and executing contracts with consultants for professional
			 services.
9. Training and training
			 programs.
10. The conduct,
			 preparation, or approval of technical, engineering, economic, planning,
			 environmental, feasibility or research studies, reports or memoranda which do
			 not commit the Authority to undertake specific programs or
			 activities.
11. Planning,
			 budgeting, cost estimation, preparation of work programs and other project
			 process activities.
12. Approval or
			 adoption of plans, grants, contracts, or permits to restore, construct,
			 reconstruct, improve or replace, at existing sites, existing transportation
			 facilities or structures, which do not involve expansion by more than fifty
			 percent of existing size or usage.
13. Approval or adoption of plans, grants,
			 contracts, or permits to construct, replace, rehabilitate, or convert existing
			 transportation equipment or to expand an existing fleet of equipment by no more
			 than fifty percent.
14. Approval
			 and execution of grants or contracts to prepare transportation or master plans
			 or studies, or transportation project or program plans or studies, which do not
			 commit the Authority to undertake specific programs or activities.
15. Preparation and adoption of new or
			 revised comprehensive transportation or master plans studies, or programs which
			 do not commit the Authority to undertake specific programs or
			 activities.
16. Construction of:
a.) New parking areas or facilities for less than 250
				cars.
b.) New parking areas or facilities for more than 250 cars
				provided that an indirect source permit is not required.
17. The expansion or the approval and
			 execution of a grant for the expansion of parking areas or facilities by not
			 more than 50% in size or usage provided that an indirect source permit is not
			 required.
18. Approval and
			 execution of airport development contracts or grants for:
a.) The purchase or construction of fire/crash/rescue vehicles
				buildings, and other safety equipment to meet federal airport certification
				requirements.
b.) Installation of fencing.
c.) Construction of segmented circles.
d.) Purchase and installation of wind or landing direction
				indicators.
e.) Runway and taxiway marking and grooving.
f.) The purchase of security equipment.
g.) The purchase and/or construction of pedestrian and people
				moving facilities and baggage handling facilities to be located within existing
				airport boundaries.
h.) The construction of taxi fillets and jet blast facilities
				for existing runways, taxiways and aprons within existing Airport
				boundaries.
i.) The purchase and installation of lighting systems.
j.) The purchase of visual and electronic approach aids.
k.) The purchase of communication equipment.
l.) The purchase of weather and other atmospheric measuring
				equipment and/or services.
19. Execution of grants or contracts for the
			 installation of fencing at hazardous locations along existing railroad
			 right-of-way.
20. Execution of
			 agreements or contracts for the subsidization of existing transportation
			 operations or service or for the expansion of such operations or service by
			 less than fifty percent.
21.
			 Execution of agreements or contracts for:
a.) The purchase of fare boxes, maintenance equipment, bus
				shelters, two-way radios, supervisory vehicles and associated equipment.
b.) The purchase of 25 or fewer new buses to begin new service
				or to expand an existing fleet.
22. The establishment, operation and
			 administration of carpooling or vanpooling programs.
23. The preparation and approval of documents
			 certifying compliance with Federal process requirements, preliminary to the
			 formulation of proposal(s) for action(s).
24. Acceptance, rejection, approval or denial
			 by the Chairman or his duly authorized agent of:
a.) Tariffs and/or amendments thereto.
b.) Contract carriage contracts.
c.) Schedules of minimum charges.
d.) Operating agreements.
e.) Leases or conveyances of operating authority or
				lines.
f.) Issuances of indebtedness.
g.) Reorganization, mergers, acquisitions or transfers of
				operating authority, franchises, or stocks.
h.) Self-insurance funding provisions and regular insurance
				agreements.
25. Approval or
			 denial of requests for reductions or increases in the service frequency of bus
			 lines.
26. Decisions and actions
			 involving the repair, restoration or reconstruction of a railroad crossing, at,
			 above or below grade, when such crossing is being increased or expanded by less
			 than fifty percent of its existing size or usage.
27. Any determination to pay, or agreement to
			 pay and the payment of any subsidy to a railroad, bus line or motor carrier or
			 other transportation mode for the purpose of maintaining existing levels or
			 service or to prevent the abandonment or discontinuance of existing levels of
			 service.
28. All routine
			 administration, coordination, review and management activities of the
			 Authority.
29. Any other
			 construction or activity that has little or no significant impact on the
			 quality of the environment.
Note to Appendix C: With respect to capital construction
				projects, many activities which might have been listed in this appendix as Type
				II actions are the components of a project. These components may occur in the
				programming stage, the planning stage, the design stage or the construction
				stage. The entire project will be considered the "action" for the purpose of
				SEQR analysis. If impact statement analysis is determined to be necessary, only
				one draft and one final environmental impact statement will be prepared for the
				entire project.