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.