[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 9788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03597]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Limitation on Claims Against a Proposed Public Transportation
Project
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for a project in Bucks County, PA,
and Mercer County, NJ. The purpose of this notice is to announce
publicly the environmental decisions by FTA on the subject project 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 July 21, 2014.
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., 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 project listed below. The actions on the project, 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 project. 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 Federal agency decisions on the listed
project 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
for challenges of project decisions subject to previous notices
published in the Federal Register. The project and actions that are the
subject of this notice are:
Project name and location: SEPTA-CSX Separation Project on the
West Trenton Regional Rail Line, Bucks County, PA, and Mercer
County, NJ. Project sponsor: Southeastern Pennsylvania
Transportation Authority (SEPTA). Project description: The proposed
project will separate SEPTA commuter rail operations and CSX freight
operations on a six-mile segment of railroad where the northern end
of SEPTA's West Trenton Regional Rail Line operates over CSX's
Trenton Subdivision or Line, a main north-south freight corridor. In
addition, the project includes the reinstallation of a track and
interlocking removed decades ago within the existing railroad right-
of-way. Final agency actions: Section 106 finding of no adverse
effect and determination of categorical exclusion. Supporting
documentation: Categorical exclusion pursuant to 23 CFR
771.118(c)(8), dated January 13, 2014.
Issued On: February 12, 2014.
Elizabeth S. Riklin,
Acting Associate Administrator Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2014-03597 Filed 2-19-14; 8:45 am]
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