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incorporation of green energy
technologies and a bike path will also be
considered; and (7)—Hybrid Corridor.
This would consist of a combination of
the previously identified alternatives,
whose elements (TSM/TDM, Freeway,
Expressway, Tollway, HSR Feeder
Service, Green Energy Technologies,
bike path) would be pieced together to
best fit the needs of each section of the
corridor. The determination of which
elements to use, and at which locations,
would be based on the results of the
traffic study, environmental studies and
public input. It is anticipated that the
proposed project may require the
following federal approvals and permits:
A Biological Opinion from the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service;
approval of a PM10 and PM2.5 Hot Spot
Analysis determination by the
Conformity Working Group for
transportation conformity under the
Clean Air Act; Section 401, 402 and 404
permits under the Clean Water Act; and
a Farmland Conversion Impact Rating
under the Farmland Protection Policy
Act.
Letters describing the proposed action
and soliciting comments will be sent to
appropriate Federal, State and local
agencies, Participating Agencies, Tribal
governments, and to private
organizations and citizens who have
previously expressed or are known to
have an interest in this proposal. To
ensure that the full range of issues
related to this proposed action are
addressed and all significant issues
identified, comments and suggestions
are invited from all interested parties.
Comments or questions concerning this
proposed action and the draft EIS
should be directed to Caltrans at the
address provided above.
(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.)
Issued on: July 22, 2013.
Matt Schmitz,
Director State Programs, Federal Highway
Administration, Sacramento, California.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement;
Calcasieu Parish, LA
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.

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ACTION:

Notice of intent.

The Federal Highway
Administration is issuing this notice to
advise the public that an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared
for a proposed transportation project in
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
FHWA Carl Highsmith, Project Delivery
Team Leader, FHWA, 5304 Flanders
Drive, Suite A, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
70808. Project information can be found
at the project Web site http://
www.i10lakecharles.com.
SUMMARY:

The
FHWA, in cooperation with the DOTD,
will prepare an EIS on alternatives for
additional capacity along I–10 in the
Lake Charles region between the I–210
interchanges including the Calcasieu
River Bridge. A feasibility and
environmental study was previously
conducted in accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) for this project. The feasibility
study involved four phases: (1)
Information and Data Gathering; (2)
Preliminary Study; (3) Refined
Alternatives; and (4) Preparation and
Submission of a Final Report. Based on
the preliminary studies which included
input from the local community, four
feasible alternatives have been
recommended for further study. A nobuild alternative will also be evaluated
in accordance with NEPA. The
preliminary studies were completed in
spring 2004; however the proposed
project was placed on hold to evaluate
the bridge height and due to the
discovery of hazardous materials
contamination within the proposed
right-of-way. Because of the potential
for impacts and issues associated with
various socioeconomic and
environmental resources and the highlevel of public interest, FHWA will
prepare an EIS. The total project length
is approximately 9 miles. In addition to
bridge alternatives, improvements to be
investigated within the study limits
include: A redesign of Sampson Street
from Sulphur Avenue to I–10 to provide
grade separations with existing
railroads; a redesign of the access to and
from I–10 on the west side of the bridge
between Sampson Street and PPG Drive;
a redesign of the access to and from I–
10 near the east end of the bridge; and
consideration of the implementation of
one-way frontage roads from PPG Drive
to US 90 East. Consideration will be
given to using the existing bridge for the
frontage roads. Proposed changes to the
existing bridge to be investigated
include: (a) Designing the proposed
bridge structure to accommodate three

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travel lanes and one auxiliary lane, with
inside and outside shoulders and two
frontage roads in each direction, (b) a
reduction in navigational clearance, (c)
reducing the existing 420 foot truss span
to two main spans, and (d) determining
if the existing vertical clearance for
marine traffic can be reduced. Letters
describing the proposed project and
soliciting comments will be sent to
appropriate Federal, State, and local
agencies, and to private organizations
and the public who have previously
expressed or are known to have interest
in this project. Numerous public
meetings will be held throughout the
term of the project. The first of these
meetings, a series of public scoping
meetings, will be conducted to provide
the public information about the project
and an opportunity to assist in
formulating and revising the scope of
the study. The public scoping meetings
will be scheduled in the future and will
be posted to the project Web site
http://www.i10lakecharles.com.
In addition, a public hearing will be
held. Public notice will be given of the
time and place of the meetings and
hearing.
To ensure that the full range of issues
related to this proposed project are
addressed and all significant issues
identified, comments and suggestions
are invited from all interested parties.
Comments or questions concerning this
proposed action and the EIS should be
directed to the FHWA at the address
provided above.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Number 20.205, Highway Research,
Planning, and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372
regarding intergovernmental consultation on
Federal programs and activities apply to this
program.)
Issued on: July 25, 2013.
Charles Bolinger,
Division Administrator, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2013–0051]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; New Information Collection
Request: Commercial Motor Vehicle
Marking Requirements
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

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Notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
FMCSA announces its plan to submit
the Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for its
review and approval, and invites public
comment. This ICR will enable FMCSA
to document the burden associated with
the marking regulations codified in 49
CFR 390.21, ‘‘Marking of Self-Propelled
CMVs and Intermodal Equipment.’’
These regulations require marking of
vehicles and intermodal equipment by
motor carriers, freight forwarders and
intermodal equipment providers (IEPs)
engaging in interstate transportation. On
April 11, 2013, FMCSA published a
Federal Register notice (78 FR 21704)
allowing for a 60-day comment period
on this ICR. The FMCSA received no
comments in response to this notice.
DATES: Please send your comments by
September 3, 2013. OMB must receive
your comments by this date in order to
act on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number
FMCSA–2013–0051. Interested persons
are invited to submit written comments
on the proposed information collection
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget. Comments
should be addressed to the attention of
the Desk Officer, Department of
Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, and sent via
electronic mail to
[email protected], or faxed
to (202) 395–6974, or mailed to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102,
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20503.
SUMMARY:

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kenneth Rodgers, Chief, Commercial
Enforcement and Investigations
Division, Office of Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC, 20590–
0001. Telephone: 202–366–0073; Email:
[email protected]. Office hours
are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
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Title: Marking of Self-Propelled CMVs
and Intermodal Equipment
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Type of Request: New information
collection.
Respondents: Freight carrying
commercial motor carriers, passenger
carrying commercial motor carriers, and
intermodal equipment providers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
191,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 26
minutes [12 minutes to affix DOT
Number + 14 minutes for affixing a
carrier’s name = 26].
Expiration Date: N/A. This is a new
information collection.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
655,000 [620,000 hours for freight
carrying commercial carriers + 26,000
hours for passenger carrying commercial
motor carriers + 9,000 hours for
intermodal equipment providers (IEPs)
= 655,000].
Background: The Secretary of
Transportation (Secretary) is authorized
to require marking of vehicles and
intermodal equipment by motor carriers,
freight forwarders and IEPs engaging in
interstate transportation under 49 U.S.C.
31133(a)(8) and 49 U.S.C. 31133(a)(10).
The Secretary has delegated authority
pertaining to the marking of commercial
motor vehicles (CMVs) pursuant to 49
CFR 1.87(f). The Agency’s regulation
governing the marking of CMVs is at 49
CFR 390.21.
Vehicle marking requirements are
intended to ensure that FMCSA, the
National Transportation Safety Board
(NTSB), and State safety officials are
able to identify motor carriers and
correctly assign responsibility for
regulatory violations during inspections,
investigations, compliance reviews, and
crash studies. These marking
requirements will also provide the
public with beneficial information that
could also assist in identifying carriers
for the purposes of commerce,
complaints or emergency notification.
The marking requirements apply to
motor carriers, freight forwarders and
IEPs engaging in interstate
transportation. The Agency does not
require a specific method of marking as
long as the marking complies with
FMCSA’s regulations.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the FMCSA to perform its
functions; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (3) ways for the
FMCSA to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the collected
information; and (4) ways that the
burden could be minimized without
reducing the quality of the collected
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Issued on: July, 24, 2013.
G. Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research
and Information Technology and Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2013–0074]

Notice of Application for Approval of
Discontinuance or Modification of a
Railroad Signal System
In accordance with Part 235 of Title
49 Code of Federal Regulations and 49
U.S.C. 20502(a), this document provides
the public notice that by a document
dated June 28, 2013, Norfolk Southern
Corporation (NS) petitioned the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking
approval for the discontinuance or
modification of a signal system. FRA
assigned the petition Docket Number
FRA–2013–0074.
Applicant: Norfolk Southern
Corporation, Mr. Brian Sykes, Chief
Engineer, C&S Engineering, 1200
Peachtree Street NE., Atlanta, GA 30309.
NS seeks approval of the proposed
discontinuance of Control Point (CP)
CSXT Connection, at Milepost (MP) H
194.9 on the NS Roanoke District,
Virginia Division, between Shenandoah
and Roanoke, VA. CP CSXT Connection
will be discontinued, and all associated
signal equipment and Crossover #83
will be removed. Signals 82L, 82RA,
82RC, 84L, and 84R will be removed.
Power-operated switch #81 will be
converted to a hand-operated switch
equipped with an electric lock.
The reason given for the proposed
changes is that CP CSXT Connection is
seldom used and no longer needed for
railroad operations.
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 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 party desires

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