[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 61 (Monday, March 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18113-18114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07079]
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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 Montgomery County
and
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Prince George's County, MD. 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 FTA actions announced
herein for the listed public transportation project will be barred
unless the claim is filed on or before August 28, 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 FTA 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: Purple Line Project, Montgomery County
and Prince George's County, MD. Project sponsor: Maryland Transit
Administration (MTA). Project description: The proposed project is a
16.2-mile east-west light rail transit (LRT) line between the Bethesda
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metro Station in
Montgomery County and the New Carrollton WMATA Metro Station in Prince
George's County, Maryland. The LRT line will be at-grade except for one
short tunnel section and three sections elevated on structures. It will
operate mainly in dedicated or exclusive lanes. System elements also
include 21 stations, two storage and maintenance facilities, 20
traction power substations, 14 signal bungalows, and other ancillary
facilities. Final agency actions: Section 4(f) de minimis impact
determination; a Section 106 Programmatic Agreement, dated March 14,
2014; project-level air quality conformity; and Record of Decision
(ROD), dated March 19, 2014. Supporting documentation: Final
Environmental Impact Statement, dated August 2013.
Issued on: March 25, 2014.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2014-07079 Filed 3-28-14; 8:45 am]
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