[Federal Register: March 27, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 58)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Notice of Limitation on Claims Against a Proposed Public
Transportation Project
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces final environmental action taken by the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the Mid-City/Exposition
Transit Corridor Light Rail Transit Project in Los Angeles, California.
The purpose of this notice is to announce the decision by FTA to not
perform supplemental review under the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) on the subject project and to activate the limitation on any
claims that may challenge this final agency action. This notice does
not alter or extend the limitation period of 180 days for challenge of
project decisions subject to a previous notice published in the Federal
Register on August 17, 2006.
DATES: By this notice, FTA is advising the public of final agency
action subject to Title 23, United States Code (U.S.C.), section
139(l). A claim seeking judicial review of the FTA action announced
herein for the listed public transportation project will be barred
unless the claim is filed on or before September 23, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Zelasko, Environmental
Protection Specialist, Office of Planning and Environment, 202-366-
0244, or Christopher Van Wyk, Attorney-Advisor, Office of Chief
Counsel, 202-366-1733. FTA is located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., EST,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that FTA has taken
final agency action by issuing certain approvals for the public
transportation project listed below. This notice applies to all FTA
decisions on the listed project since FTA published its notice
concerning this project in the Federal Register on August 17, 2006, and
all laws under which such actions were taken, including, but not
limited to, the National Environmental Policy Act (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 describes the discrete action taken for which the 180-day
statute of limitations will apply. Nothing in this notice affects FTA's
previous decisions, or notice thereof, for this project.
The final agency environmental decision documents--the Record of
Decision (ROD) and the ROD Addendum--for the listed project are
available online at http://www.fta.dot.gov/planning/environment/
planning_environment_documents.html or may be obtained by contacting
the FTA Regional Office for the metropolitan area where the project is
located. Contact information for the FTA Regional Offices may be found
at http://www.fta.dot.gov.
The project and action that are the subject of this notice are:
Project name and location: Mid-City/Exposition Transit Corridor
Light Rail Transit (LRT) Project, Los Angeles, California. Project
sponsor: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
(LACMTA). Project
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description: The Mid-City/Exposition Corridor Project is an LRT project
that will run 8.6 miles from 7th Street/Metro Center Station in
downtown Los Angeles to the intersection of Venice and Robertson
Boulevards in Culver City. The LRT will operate in a dual-track
configuration mainly at-grade on existing streets or in a street-median
right-of-way owned by LACMTA. The project includes nine new LRT
stations and three grade separations: one below grade segment at Flower
and Figueroa Streets; an aerial segment at La Brea Avenue; and an
aerial segment at La Cienega Boulevard, extending over Jefferson
Boulevard and the Ballona Creek to Fay Avenue in Culver City. Final
Agency Actions: FTA has reviewed information provided by LACMTA on
project enhancements proposed since the FTA issued the ROD on February
24, 2006. These project enhancements include the addition of the new
University of Southern California (USC)/Expo Park station adjacent to
the U.S.C. campus and Expo Park museums near downtown Los Angeles, the
addition of the new aerial Venice/Robertson Station and Structure at
the eastern terminus in Culver City to replace the interim at-grade
Washington/National Station, and the addition of a Storage and
Inspection facility. The Storage and Inspection facility will
supplement the planned Mid-day Layover facility and replace the
Operations and Maintenance facility that was originally planned to be
located on property adjacent to the existing Metro Division 11 facility
in Carson, California. The newly added USC/Expo Park station and the
newly added aerial Venice/Robertson Station were fully evaluated in the
Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/
EIR). The Storage and Inspection Facility was evaluated pursuant to 23
CFR Section 771.130(c), and approved in subsequent action whereby FTA
determined that no new or changed significant impacts from those
evaluated in the Final EIS/EIR would occur. Supporting documentation:
ROD Addendum signed on March 10, 2009 and the Mid-City/Exposition
Transit Corridor Light Rail Transit Project Final EIS/EIR.
Issued on: March 20, 2009.
Susan Borinsky,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. E9-6803 Filed 3-26-09; 8:45 am]
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