[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 227 (Friday, November 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72746-72747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30366]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Notice of Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public
Transportation Projects
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for projects in the following
locations: City of Aurora and Arapahoe County, CO; Chicago, IL;
Birmingham, AL; Sacramento, CA; New York, NY; and King County, WA. The
purpose of this notice is to announce publicly the environmental
decisions by FTA on the subject projects and to activate the limitation
on any claims that may challenge these final environmental actions.
DATES: By this notice, FTA is advising the public of final agency
actions subject to Section 139(l) of Title 23, United States Code
(U.S.C.). A claim seeking judicial review of the FTA actions announced
herein for the listed public transportation project will be barred
unless the claim is filed on or before May 23, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Van Wyk, Attorney-Advisor,
Office of Chief Counsel, (202) 366-1733, or Terence Plaskon,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Human and Natural
Environment, (202) 366-0442. FTA is located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
EST, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that FTA has taken
final agency actions by issuing certain approvals for the public
transportation projects listed below. The actions on these projects, as
well as the laws under which such actions were taken, are described in
the documentation issued in connection with the project to comply with
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and in other documents in
the FTA administrative record for the projects. Interested parties may
contact either the project sponsor or the relevant FTA Regional Office
for more information on the project. Contact information for FTA's
Regional Offices may be found at http://www.fta.dot.gov.
This notice applies to all FTA decisions on the listed projects as
of the issuance date of this notice and all laws under which such
actions were taken, including, but not limited to, NEPA [42 U.S.C.
4321-4375], Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act of
1966 [49 U.S.C. 303], Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation
Act [16 U.S.C. 470f], and the Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q].
This notice does not, however, alter or extend the limitation period of
180 days for challenges of project decisions subject to previous
notices published in the Federal Register. The projects and actions
that are the subject of this notice are:
1. Project name and location: I-225 Minimum Operable Segment (MOS)
Extending Transit Service from the Nine Mile Light Rail Transit Station
to Iliff, City of Aurora and Arapahoe County, CO. Project sponsor:
Regional Transportation District. Project description: The project will
extend light rail transit (LRT) from the current terminus at the
existing Nine Mile LRT Station on the Southeast Corridor LRT north and
east to the proposed Iliff Station. The Nine Mile to Iliff Station
proposed action is a Minimum Operable
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Segment (MOS) of the full 10.5-mile I-225 LRT corridor. Final agency
actions: no use of Section 4(f) resources; Section 106 finding of no
adverse effect; project-level air quality conformity; and a Finding of
No Significant Impact (FONSI), dated September 2011. Supporting
documentation: Environmental Assessment, dated July 2011.
2. Project name and location: Union Pacific North Line Bridge
Project, Chicago, IL. Project sponsor: Northeast Illinois Regional
Commuter Rail Corporation (Metra). Project description: The project
involves replacement of eleven 100-year railroad bridges located
between Grace Street and Balmoral Avenue on the north side of Chicago.
These bridges will be replaced and some existing railroad tracks will
be relocated within the existing right-of-way. Final agency actions:
Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; project-level air quality
conformity, and Documented Categorical Exclusion. Supporting
documentation: Documented Categorical Exclusion, dated September 2011.
3. Project name and location: Birmingham Intermodal Transfer
Facility, Phase II, Birmingham, AL. Project sponsor: City of
Birmingham. Project description: The project is to construct a new
facility housing Amtrak and Greyhound stations and MAX (Metro Area
Express, Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority) public
transportation offices in conjunction with the expanded MAX bus
facility as an integrated, multimodal transportation center. Final
agency actions: Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; project-level
air quality conformity; and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI),
dated September 2011. Supporting documentation: Supplemental
Environmental Assessment, September 2011.
4. Project name and location: South Sacramento Corridor Light Rail
Project Phase 2 Extension Project Modifications, City of Sacramento,
CA. Project sponsor: Sacramento Regional Transit District. Project
description: The project extends light rail transit service
approximately 4.3 miles south from the South Sacramento Corridor Light
Rail Project Phase 1 terminus at Meadowview Road to Cosumnes River
College. This finding is on modifications to the previously approved
project resulting from refinements to the project's design. Final
agency actions: Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; project-level
air quality conformity; and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI),
dated October 2011. Supporting documentation: Final Environmental
Assessment, dated September 2011.
5. Project name and location: Second Avenue Subway, New York, NY.
Project sponsor: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Project
description: The Second Avenue Subway project is the phased
construction of a new 8.5-mile subway line under Second Avenue in
Manhattan from 125th Street to Hanover Square in Lower Manhattan. It
includes 16 new stations that will be accessible by persons with
disabilities. FTA has agreed to partially fund the first phase of the
project, which will run between 105th Street and 62nd Street and will
connect to the existing F Line at 63rd Street. Various changes to Phase
1 of the project as well as final design of certain elements of Phase 1
of the project have been evaluated in a number of technical memoranda.
Final agency actions: FTA determination that neither a supplemental
environmental impact statement nor a supplemental environmental
assessment is necessary. Supporting documentation: Technical Memorandum
No. 9, assessing the design of one of two ancillary facilities related
to the 96th Street Station, dated October 2011.
6. Project name and location: East Link Light Rail Transit Project,
King County, WA. Project sponsor: Central Puget Sound Regional Transit
Authority (Sound Transit). Project description: The project extends the
current light rail system an additional 18 miles from Downtown Seattle
to Mercer Island and Bellevue along Interstate 90 (I-90), and then
through Bellevue to Overlake and Redmond in the Puget Sound region of
Washington State. The project includes 12 stations, four park-and-ride
lots, and supporting facilities. The project also includes storage
tracks and facilities located just north of the Hospital Station to
allow for overnight storage of vehicles and daily startup operations.
Final agency actions: Section 4(f) determination; Section 106 finding
of no adverse effect; regional and project-level air quality
conformity; and Record of Decision, dated November 2011. Supporting
documentation: East Link Final Environmental Impact Statement, dated
July 2011.
Issued on: November 21, 2011.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
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