[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26498-26499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10549]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation
Projects
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 projects in the following
locations: Boise, ID and Houston, TX. 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 FTA actions announced
herein for the listed public transportation projects will be barred
unless the claim is filed on or before October 6, 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 projects listed below. The actions on the 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
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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
projects and actions that are the subject of this notice are:
1. Project name and location: Downtown Boise Multimodal Center,
Boise, ID. Project sponsor: Valley Regional Transit. Project
description: The proposed project consists primarily of an underground
facility with eight bus bays and dedicated entry and exit ramps for
buses. The facility would be complemented by four reconfigured bus bays
on Main Street, for a total of 12 bus bays. The underground facility is
to be built as part of a new office, convention, and retail development
on the west side of the U.S. Bank Building near the corner of North 8th
Street and Main Street. Final agency actions: No use determination of
Section 4(f) resources; Section 106 finding of no historic properties
affected; project-level air quality conformity; and Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI), dated April 23, 2014. Supporting
documentation: Environmental Assessment, dated March 2014.
2. Project name and location: Post Oak Boulevard Reconstruction
with Dedicated Bus Lanes, Houston, TX. Project sponsor: Uptown Houston
District. Project description: The proposed project would reconstruct
and make improvements to Post Oak Boulevard from IH 610 to Richmond
Avenue. The reconstructed street would retain six lanes for general
traffic while accommodating bi-directional bus service operating in
dedicated lanes in the expanded median. Improvements would be made to
sidewalks, landscape/hardscape, pedestrian lighting, and other
pedestrian amenities. Final agency actions: Section 106 finding of no
historic properties affected and determination of categorical
exclusion. Supporting documentation: Categorical exclusion pursuant to
23 CFR 771.118(d), dated March 26, 2014.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2014-10549 Filed 5-7-14; 8:45 am]
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