[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29998-29999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10553]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation
Projects--Southwest Corridor Light Rail Project, RapidRide Roosevelt
(RapidRide J Line) Project, and Northern Bus Garage Renovation Project
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) regarding three projects:
Southwest Corridor Light Rail Project, Portland, Tigard, and Tualatin
County, Oregon; RapidRide Roosevelt (RapidRide J Line) Project,
Seattle, Washington; and Northern Bus Garage Renovation Project,
Washington, DC. 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: 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 14, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn Loster, Assistant Chief
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 353-3869, or Saadat Khan,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Environmental Programs,
(202) 366-9647. 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 actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l) 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 projects to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) and in other documents in the FTA environmental project files
for the projects. Interested parties may contact either the project
sponsor or the relevant FTA Regional Office for more information.
Contact information for FTA's Regional Offices may be found at https://www.transit.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) requirements (23 U.S.C. 138, 49 U.S.C. 303),
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C.
306108), Section 6(f) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of
1965 (54 U.S.C. 200305), Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531), Clean
Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251), the Uniform Relocation and Real Property
Acquisition Policies Act (42 U.S.C. 4601), and the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C.
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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 follow:
1. Project name and location: Southwest Corridor Light Rail
Project, Portland, Tigard, and Tualatin, Oregon. Project Sponsor: Metro
and Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet),
Portland, Oregon. Project description: The Project extends the existing
MAX light rail transit network with a new 11-mile light rail service
serving southwest Portland, Tigard, and Tualatin, Oregon. The new light
rail alignment will generally be either center-running within existing
or new streets, or adjacent to roadways or railroads. The project
includes construction of 13 new stations, as well as up to 2,020 park
and ride spaces at 5 new or modified park and ride facilities.
Additionally, the project work involves new or rebuilt roadways and
bridges, as well as streetscape elements such as sidewalks, bicycle
facilities, landscape buffers, and lighting. Final agency action:
Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement, dated December 15, 2021; Section
4(f) determination dated April 8, 2022; Southwest Corridor Light Rail
Project Record of Decision (ROD), dated April 08, 2022. Supporting
documentation: Southwest Corridor Light Rail Project Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), dated January 13, 2022.
Southwest Corridor Light Rail Project Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS), dated May 25, 2018. The ROD, FEIS, DEIS and
associated documents can be viewed and downloaded from: https://www.oregonmetro.gov/southwest-corridor-plan.
2. Project name and location: RapidRide Roosevelt (RapidRide J
Line) Project, Seattle, Washington. Project Sponsor: Seattle Department
of Transportation (SDOT) and King County Metro (Metro), Seattle,
Washington. Project description: The Project involves implementing a
bus rapid transit service with 2.3 miles of new transit lane
improvements that serves the neighborhoods from Downtown Seattle to the
Roosevelt neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. The project work
includes construction of up to 26 new RapidRide stations, bicycle
lanes, signal infrastructure, sidewalk upgrades, signage, and roadway
channelization. Final agency action: Section 106 No Adverse Effect
determination, dated April 16, 2021; Section 4(f) de minimis impact
determination, dated May 14, 2020; RapidRide Roosevelt Project Finding
of No Significant Impact (FONSI), dated April 26, 2022. Supporting
documentation: RapidRide Roosevelt Project Supplemental Environmental
Assessment (EA), dated October 13, 2021. RapidRide Roosevelt Project
EA, dated January 3, 2020. The FONSI, Supplemental EA, EA and
associated documents can be viewed and downloaded from: https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/programs/transit-program/transit-plus-multimodal-corridor-program/rapidride-roosevelt.
3. Project name and location: Northern Bus Garage Renovation
Project, Washington, DC. Project Sponsor: Washington Metropolitan Area
Transit Authority (WMATA), Washington, DC. Project description: The
Project involves the replacement and renovation of the existing bus
garage, which has met its useful life. The structural improvements are
needed in order to maintain efficient storage and maintenance, replace
deteriorating concrete conditions, better accommodate articulated
buses, and reduce deadheading. The project will be constructed within
the existing current facility footprint located on an approximately
5.25-acre site at 4615 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC. Final agency
actions: Section 4(f) individual use determination, dated April 20,
2022; Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement, dated December 20, 2021; and
Determination of the applicability of a categorical exclusion pursuant
to 23 CFR 771.118(d), dated April 20, 2022. Supporting documentation:
Documented Categorical Exclusion (CE) checklist and supporting
materials, dated April 01, 2022. The CE checklist and associated
documents can be viewed and downloaded from: https://wmata.com/initiatives/plans/northern-bus-garage/building-new.cfm.
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).
Mark A. Ferroni,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2022-10553 Filed 5-16-22; 8:45 am]
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