[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 605]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30937]
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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 Douglas County,
CO. 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 June 5, 2015.
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 Planning and
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 each 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: Southeast Extension, Douglas County, CO.
Project sponsor: Regional Transportation District (RTD). Project
description: RTD proposes to extend the existing light rail transit
alignment and provide new transit service south from the existing end-
of-line Lincoln Station in Douglas County, Colorado approximately 2.3
miles to RidgeGate Parkway in the City of Lone Tree, Douglas County,
Colorado. The project includes a 2.3-mile, double-track light rail
extension, three new stations, and a new end-of-line 1,300-space
parking facility. Final agency actions: No use determination of Section
4(f) resources; Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; project-level
air quality conformity; and Finding of No Significant Impact, signed
October 17, 2014. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment,
signed August 6, 2014.
Dated: December 30, 2014.
Elizabeth Riklin,
Deputy Associate Administrator Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2014-30937 Filed 1-5-15; 8:45 am]
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