[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 2950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-860]
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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)
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal (NOUPT)/Loyola Avenue Streetcar
Project, New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, New Orleans, LA; (2)
South Corridor: Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project, Tri-County
Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet), Clackamas, and
Portland, Oregon; and (3) Second Avenue Subway Project, Metropolitan
Transportation Authority, New York, NY. 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 July 18, 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: New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
(NOUPT)/Loyola Avenue Streetcar Project, New Orleans, LA. Project
sponsor: New Orleans Regional Transit Authority. Project description:
The NOUPT/Loyola Avenue Streetcar Project is a 0.8-mile alignment
running between the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal and Canal
Streetcar line. The alignment will travel mostly in the lanes adjacent
to the median on Loyola Avenue to connect the Canal Streetcar line at
Canal Street/North Rampart Street.
Final agency actions: Section 106 finding of no adverse effect;
project-level air quality conformity determination; Section 4(f) de
minimis impact determination; and a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) dated November 2010.
Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment dated August
2010.
2. Project name and location: South Corridor: Portland-Milwaukie
Light Rail Project, Clackamas, and Portland, Oregon. Project sponsor:
TriMet. Project description: The project is a 7.3-mile light rail
alignment between downtown Portland and Milwaukie, generally parallel
to and east of Southeast McLoughlin Boulevard, with 10 light rail
stations. Final agency actions: Section 4(f) determination; project-
level air quality conformity; a Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement;
and a Record of Decision dated November 2010. Supporting documentation:
Final Environmental Impact Statement dated October 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 funding for 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 six 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.7 assessing the final
design of a combined station entrance and ancillary facility located at
the northwest corner of 72nd Street and Second Avenue, dated December
2010.
Issued on: January 11, 2011.
Elizabeth S. Riklin,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment Washington,
DC.
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