Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 143 / Tuesday, July 26, 2011 / Notices 44655 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Administration, 200 West Adams, Suite Area of 1.13 acres, Undeveloped Land of 320, Chicago, IL 60606. 0.84 acres and Station Building of 5,890 Federal Transit Administration FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: square feet (the ‘‘Property’’). Cecelia Comito, Regional Counsel, at Transfer of Federally Assisted Land or The Northern Indiana Commuter 312/353–2789. Facility Transportation District (NICTD) requests SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: permission to transfer title to AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, Background approximately 1.97 acres of property, United States Department of with a parking lot and one (1) Building 49 U.S.C. 5334(h) provides guidance Transportation. approximately 5900 square feet in South on the transfer of capital assets. ACTION: Notice of intent to transfer Bend, Indiana, to the National Railroad Federally assisted land or facility. Specifically, if a recipient of FTA assistance decides an asset acquired Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) free of SUMMARY: Section 5334(h) of the Federal under this chapter at least in part with charge for continued use as the Amtrak Transit Laws, as codified, 49 U.S.C. that assistance is no longer needed for Rail Passenger Station for South Bend. 5301, et seq., permits the Administrator the purpose for which it was acquired, This property was acquired by NICTD in of the Federal Transit Administration the Secretary of Transportation may 1989 through NICTD’s purchase of the (FTA) to authorize a recipient of FTA authorize the recipient to transfer the passenger assets of the bankrupt funds to transfer land or a facility to a asset to a local governmental authority Chicago, South Shore and South Bend public body for any public purpose with to be used for a public purpose with no Railroad; the purchase was financed, in no further obligation to the Federal further obligation to the Government. 49 part, through FTA project IN–03–0061. Government if, among other things, no U.S.C. 5334(h)(l). At the time of the purchase of the Federal agency is interested in acquiring passenger assets, this property served as Determinations the asset for Federal use. Accordingly, NICTD’s South Bend Station. This FTA is issuing this Notice to advise The Secretary may authorize a property is no longer needed by NICTD, Federal agencies that the Northern transfer for a public purpose other than as NICTD moved its South Bend Station Indiana Commuter Transportation mass transportation only if the Secretary to the South Bend Regional Airport in District (NICTD) intends to transfer a decides: November 1992. The property has also (A) The asset will remain in public parcel of property to the National been used by Amtrak as its South Bend Railroad Passenger Corporation use for at least 5 years after the date the asset is transferred; Station since 1975, and since 1992, (Amtrak), a corporation organized under NICTD has leased this property to the Rail Passenger Service Act, (B) There is no purpose eligible for Amtrak for a nominal fee. Amtrak now recodified 48 U.S.C. 24101 et seq., and assistance under this chapter for which finds that this station is aging and the laws of the District of Columbia, and the asset should be used; having its principal place of business at (C) The overall benefit of allowing the requires extensive rebuilding to remain 60 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., transfer is greater than the interest of the a viable station and Amtrak wishes to Washington, DC 20002. Northern Government in liquidation and return of stay in this location. However, since Indiana Commuter Transportation the financial interest of the Government NICTD no longer uses this station and District currently owns the land. The in the asset, after considering fair has determined that it will never use it property, which consists of 1.97 acres, market value and other factors; and again, it is in the best interest of all is located at Amtrak South Bend (D) Through an appropriate screening parties to transfer title of this property Station, 2702 West Washington Street, or survey process, that there is no to Amtrak. interest in acquiring the asset for South Bend, Indiana, 46628 and This property is located at 2702 West consists of approximately the following Government use if the asset is a facility or land. Washington Street in South Bend, components: Station and Parking Lot Indiana, 46628, and is bounded on the Area of 1.13 acres, Undeveloped Land of Federal Interest in Acquiring Land or north by Washington Street, on the east 0.84 acres and Station Building of 5,890 Facility by Meade Street, on the south by the square feet (the ‘‘Property’’). NICTD This document implements the Norfolk Southern Railway tracks and on wishes to transfer ownership of the requirements of 49 U.S.C. Section the west by the SouthShore Freight Property to Amtrak for Amtrak’s 5334(h)(l)(D) of the Federal Transit Railroad’s Bendix Yard. On the property continued use as their passenger station Laws. Accordingly, FTA hereby is an asphalt parking lot with a capacity in South Bend, Indiana. Amtrak has provides notice of the availability of the for approximately thirty (30) used the Property since 1975 and land or facility further described below. automobiles. The building is a one wishes to continue to use it for an Any Federal agency interested in Amtrak station. NICTD has not used it story, cement block building acquiring the affected facility should constructed in 1970 that has a waiting since 1992. Because Amtrak seeks to promptly notify the FTA. make major renovations to the station to room, a ticket office and an enclosed, If no Federal agency is interested in secure area to store checked baggage. make it more usable for their passengers acquiring the existing facility, FTA will and Amtrak is the only entity using the make certain that the other requirements Issued on June 24, 2011. Property, NICTD seeks to relinquish specified in 49 U.S.C. Section Marisol Simo´n, ownership of the Property to Amtrak. 5334(h)(1)(A) through (C) are met before Regional Administrator. DATES: Effective Date: Any Federal permitting the asset to be transferred. [FR Doc. 2011–18783 Filed 7–25–11; 8:45 am] agency interested in acquiring the The property, which consists of facility must notify the FTA Region V approximately 1.97 acres, is located at BILLING CODE P Office of its interest by August 15, 2011. Amtrak South Bend Station, 2702 West ADDRESSES: Interested parties should Washington Street, South Bend, notify the Regional Office by writing to Indiana, 46628 and consists of Marisol R. Simon, Regional approximately the following Administrator, Federal Transit components: Station and Parking Lot VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:12 Jul 25, 2011 Jkt 223001 PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\26JYN1.SGM 26JYN1 sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES.