[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 88 (Monday, May 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 26818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10941]
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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: Minneapolis, MN; Coatesville, PA; City of St. Louis and
University City, MO; and West Fitchburg, MA. 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 November 2, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 353-2577, 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 9:00 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: Minneapolis Interchange Project,
Minneapolis, MN. Project sponsor: Metropolitan Council and Hennepin
County Regional Railroad Authority. Project description: The project
proposes to provide transportation infrastructure improvements near the
existing Hiawatha Light Rail Transit Target Field Station, including
elevated track, a second platform, storage track, construction of two
connected pedestrian plaza areas, and reconfiguration of the 5th Street
North/6th Avenue North intersection. Final agency actions: No use of
Section 4(f) resources; Section 106 Programmatic Agreement; project-
level air quality conformity; and Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI), dated March 2012. Supporting documentation: Environmental
Assessment, dated January 2012.
2. Project name and location: Coatesville Train Station Relocation,
City of Coatesville, Chester County, PA. Project sponsor: Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation (PennDOT). Project description: The
project proposes to relocate the Coatesville Train Station
approximately 450 feet east of the current location. It entails
construction of the station platforms and access, provision of surface
parking for Amtrak patrons, and improvements to Fleetwood Street. Final
agency actions: No use of Section 4(f) resources; Section 106 finding
of no adverse effect; project-level air quality conformity; and Finding
of No Significant Impact (FONSI), dated March 2012. Supporting
documentation: Environmental Assessment, dated December 2011.
3. Project name and location: St. Louis Loop Trolley, City of St.
Louis and University City, MO. Project sponsor: East-West Gateway
Council of Governments. Project description: The project is an
approximately two-mile long, fixed-guideway trolley system in St. Louis
and University City, MO. It will be constructed on Delmar Boulevard and
DeBaliviere Avenue, and run from the History Museum in Forest Park in
St. Louis to Trinity Avenue in University City, MO. Final agency
actions: Determination of de minimis impact to one Section 4(f)
resource and Section 106 finding of no adverse effect. Supporting
documentation: Environmental Assessment Re-evaluation, dated March
2012.
4. Project name and location: Fitchburg Commuter Rail Extension
Project/Wachusett Station and Westminster Layover Facility, West
Fitchburg, MA. Project sponsor: Montachusett Area Regional Transit
Authority (MART) and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA).
Project description: The project extends commuter rail service 4.5
miles from downtown Fitchburg to a new rail station in West Fitchburg,
to be called Wachusett Station. A new layover facility adjacent to the
end of the line is also part of the project. Final agency actions: No
use of Section 4(f) resources; Section 106 finding of no historic
properties affected; and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI),
dated October 2010. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment,
dated September 2010.
Issued on: May 2, 2012.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
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