[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 67 (Thursday, April 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19522-19523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8225]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Notice of Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public
Transportation Projects
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the following projects: (1)
Hatcher Pass Recreational Area Access, Trails, and Transit Facilities
Project, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Hatcher Pass, AK; (2) Bus Rapid
Transit Project, Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, Pitkin, Eagle,
and Garfield Counties, CO; (3) Second Avenue Subway Project,
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, NY; and (4) Sugar
House Streetcar Project, Utah Transit Authority, South Salt Lake and
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT. 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 the FTA actions announced
herein for the listed public transportation projects will be barred
unless the claim is filed on or before September 30, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katie Grasty, Environmental Protection
Specialist, Office of Planning and Environment, 202-366-9139, 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 actions by issuing certain approvals for the public
transportation projects listed below. The actions on these projects, as
well as the laws under which such actions were taken, are described in
the documentation issued in connection with each 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 these projects. 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 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 of
180 days for challenges of project decisions subject to previous
notices published in the Federal Register. For example, this notice
does not extend the limitation on claims announced for earlier
decisions on the Second Avenue Subway project.
The projects and actions that are the subject of this notice are:
1. Project name and location: Hatcher Pass Recreational Area
Access, Trails, and Transit Facilities Project, Hatcher Pass, AK.
Project sponsor: Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Project description: The
project consists of the development of transportation access and
transit-related infrastructure to improve access
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to the Government Peak Subunit of Hatcher Pass. The proposed actions
include the construction of access roads, parking lots, and enclosed
transit facilities. Final agency actions: Section 106 finding of no
historic properties affected; Section 4(f) determination; and a Record
of Decision dated January 2011. Supporting documentation: Final
Environmental Impact Statement dated November 2010.
2. Project name and location: Bus Rapid Transit Project, Pitkin,
Eagle, and Garfield Counties, CO. Project sponsor: Roaring Fork
Transportation Authority. Project description: The project consists of
a Bus Rapid Transit project with service along approximately 40 miles
of Colorado State Highway 82 from Glenwood Springs to Aspen, CO. The
project includes 18 buses, nine stations, and five park and ride lots.
Final agency actions: Section 106 finding of no historic properties
affected; no use of Section 4(f) properties; project-level air quality
conformity; and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) dated
November 2010. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment dated
August 2010.
3. Project name and location: Second Avenue Subway, New York, NY.
Project sponsor: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Project
description: The Second Avenue Subway project is the phased
construction of a new 8.5-mile subway line under Second Avenue in
Manhattan from 125th Street to Hanover Square in Lower Manhattan. It
includes sixteen new stations which will be accessible by persons with
disabilities. FTA has agreed to partially fund the first phase of the
project which will run between 105th Street and 62nd Street and will
connect to the existing F line at 63rd Street, so that Phase 1 can be
operated before the other phases are built. Various changes to Phase 1
have been evaluated in a number of technical memorandums. Final agency
actions: FTA determination that neither a supplemental environmental
impact statement nor a supplemental environmental assessment is
necessary. Supporting documentation: Technical Memorandum No. 8
assessing design changes for the 86th Street Station Ancillary Facility
2 dated January 2011.
4. Project name and location: Sugar House Streetcar Project, South
Salt Lake and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT. Project sponsor:
Utah Transit Authority. Project description: The project is a 2-mile
streetcar line on an existing railroad right-of-way between 1700 South
and Interstate 80 in Salt Lake County, UT. The streetcar will connect a
commercial center to the existing TRAX light rail system. Final agency
actions: Section 4(f) determination; Section 106 finding of no adverse
effect; project-level air quality conformity; and a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) signed February 2011. Supporting
documentation: Environmental Assessment dated November 2010.
Issued on: April 1, 2011.
Elizabeth S. Riklin,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment,
Washington, DC.
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