[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 236 (Monday, December 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58270-58271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26563]


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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 a final environmental action taken by 
the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for a project in Los Angeles 
County, California. The purpose of this notice is to announce publicly 
the environmental decision by FTA on the subject project and to 
activate the limitation on any claims that may challenge this final 
environmental action.

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 May 10, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief 
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 353-2577 or Alan Tabachnick, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Environmental Programs, 
(202) 366-8541. FTA is located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that FTA has taken 
final agency action by issuing a certain approval for the public 
transportation

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project listed below. The action on the project, as well as the laws 
under which such action was taken, is 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 FTA Regional Office for more 
information. Contact information for FTA's Regional Offices may be 
found at https://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 
action was 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 action that are the subject of this 
notice follows:
    Project name and location: Section 2 of the Westside Purple Line 
Extension Project in Los Angeles County, California (the ``Project''). 
Project Sponsor: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation 
Authority (LACMTA). Project description: The Westside Purple Line 
Extension Project, formerly Westside Subway Extension Project, would 
implement a heavy rail transit subway extension of the Metro Purple 
Line from its current western termini at Wilshire/Western Station to a 
new western terminus near the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs (VA) 
Hospital. The extension will be approximately 9 miles and will include 
seven new stations. On November 22, 2017, FTA and the LACMTA, issued a 
Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and Supplemental 
Record of Decision (SEIS/Supplemental ROD) and Section 4(f) Evaluation. 
The SEIS/Supplemental ROD was prepared as required by the U.S. District 
Court for the Central District of California's Order dated August 12, 
2016, in Beverly Hills Unified School District v. Federal Transit 
Administration, et al., Case No. CV 12-9861-GW(SSx). The documents 
provide additional analysis of Section 2 of the Project between the 
Wilshire/Rodeo and Century City Constellation Station, which was 
previously examined in the Final Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report (Final EIS-2012) and the Record of Decision 
(ROD-2012) issued on August 9, 2012.
    Final agency actions: Section 4(f) determination; finding that the 
previous finding of effect under Section 106 remains appropriate per 36 
CFR 800.5(d)(2), with concurrence from the California State Historic 
Preservation Officer; project-level air quality conformity; and 
Supplemental Record of Decision, dated November 22, 2017. Supporting 
documentation: Final SEIS and Section 4(f) Evaluation, dated November 
2017.

Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator Planning and Environment.
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