60 Day Federal Register Notice March 15, 2017

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 49 / Wednesday, March 15, 2017 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. 2017–0004]

Notice of Request for Revisions of an
Information Collection
AGENCY:

Federal Transit Administration,

DOT.
ACTION:

Notice of request for comments.

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to
request the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to approve the revisions
of the following information collection:
Nondiscrimination as it Applies to FTA
Grant Programs.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
before May 15, 2017.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that your
comments are not entered more than
once into the docket, submit comments
identified by the docket number by only
one of the following methods:
1. Web site: www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments on the U.S. Government
electronic docket site. (Note: The U.S.
Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s)
electronic docket is no longer accepting
electronic comments.) All electronic
submissions must be made to the U.S.
Government electronic docket site at
www.regulations.gov. Commenters
should follow the directions below for
mailed and hand-delivered comments.
2. Fax: 202–366–7951.
3. Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Docket Operations, M–30,
West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Docket Operations, M–30,
West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001
between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except federal
holidays.
Instructions: You must include the
agency name and docket number for this
notice at the beginning of your
comments. Submit two copies of your
comments if you submit them by mail.
For confirmation that FTA has received
your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Note that
all comments received, including any
personal information, will be posted
and will be available to Internet users,
without change, to www.regulations.gov.
You may review DOT’s complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal

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Register published April 11, 2000, (65
FR 19477), or you may visit
www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents and
comments received, go to
www.regulations.gov at any time.
Background documents and comments
received may also be viewed at the U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Docket
Operations, M–30, West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001 between
9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alana Kuhn, Office of Civil Rights, (202)
366–1412, or email at AlanaKuhn@
dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested
parties are invited to send comments
regarding any aspect of this information
collection, including: (1) The necessity
and utility of the information collection
for the proper performance of the
functions of the FTA; (2) the accuracy
of the estimated burden; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the collected information; and (4)
ways to minimize the collection burden
without reducing the quality of the
collected information. Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval of this
information collection.
Title: Nondiscrimination as It Applies
to FTA Grant Programs (OMB Number:
2132–0542)
Background: The Federal Transit
Laws, 49 U.S.C. 5332(b), provide that
‘‘no person in the United States shall on
the grounds of race, color, religion,
national origin, sex, or age be excluded
from the participation in, be denied the
benefits of, or be subjected to
discrimination under any project,
program or activity funded in whole or
in part through financial assistance
under this Act.’’ This applies to
employment and business opportunities
and is considered to be in addition to
the provisions of Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964. Any FTA applicant,
recipient, sub-recipient, and contractor
who employ 100 or more transit-related
employees and requests or receives
capital or operating assistance in excess
of $1 million in the previous Federal
fiscal year, or requests or receives
planning assistance in excess of
$250,000 in the previous Federal fiscal
year must implement all of the EEO
Program elements. Agencies that have
between 50–99 transit-related
employees are required to prepare and

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maintain an EEO Program that includes
the statement of policy, dissemination
plan, designation of personnel,
assessment of employment practices,
and a monitoring and reporting system.
Respondents: Transit agencies, States
and Metropolitan Planning
Organizations.
Estimated Annual Burden on
Respondents: 25 hours for each of the 97
EEO submissions.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
2,425 hours.
Frequency: Annual.
William Hyre,
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Notice To Rescind Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement for the Gateway Corridor
Project From Saint Paul to Woodbury
in Ramsey and Washington Counties,
Minnesota
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Rescind Notice of Intent (NOI)
to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS).
AGENCY:

The FTA, in cooperation with
the Washington County Regional
Railroad Authority (WCRRA) and the
Metropolitan Council, is issuing this
notice to advise the public that the NOI
to prepare an EIS for the proposed
Gateway Corridor project from Saint
Paul to Woodbury in Ramsey and
Washington Counties, Minnesota, is
being rescinded.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Reggie Arkell, Community Planner,
Federal Transit Administration, Region
V, 200 West Adams Street, Suite 320,
Chicago, IL 60606, phone 312–886–
3704, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FTA,
as the lead federal agency, in
cooperation with WCRRA and the
Metropolitan Council, published a NOI
in the Federal Register on February 12,
2014 (79 FR 8530–8532) to prepare an
EIS for the proposed Gateway Corridor
project. The Gateway Corridor project is
a planned transitway approximately
nine miles in length located in Ramsey
and Washington Counties in the eastern
part of the Twin Cities Metropolitan
Area, Minnesota. The project is located
in a corridor generally parallel to
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