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Notice of Limitation on Claims on
Proposed Public Transportation
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ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces actions
taken by FTA as final for purposes of
the limitation on claims. The FTA
actions described in this notice consist
of various environmental approvals for
proposed public transportation projects
in the following urbanized areas: New
York (lower Manhattan), Seattle,
Buffalo, New York (remainder),
Providence, Hartford, Boston,
Brattleboro (Vermont), and Bridgeport.
DATES: By this notice, FTA is advising
the public of final agency actions
subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l). A claim
seeking judicial review of the Federal
agency actions on any of the listed
public transportation projects will be
barred unless the claim is filed on or
before August 28, 2006. If the Federal
law that authorizes judicial review of a
claim provides a time period of less
than 180 days for filing such claim, then
that shorter time period still applies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph Ossi, Office of Planning and
Environment, 202–366–1613, or
Christopher Van Wyk, Office of Chief
Counsel, 202–366–1733. FTA is located
at 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,
DC 20590. Office hours are from 9 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that FTA has taken final
agency actions by issuing approval 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 the project to comply with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), and in other documents in the
FTA administrative record for the
project. The final agency environmental
decision documents—Records of
Decision (RODs) and Findings of No
Significant Impact (FONSIs)—for the
listed projects can be obtained by
contacting the FTA Regional Office for
the urbanized area where the project is
located. The decision documents for the
first three projects listed can be obtained
by contacting the Lower Manhattan
Recovery Office (LMRO) (contact
information for the Regional Offices and
for LMRO can be found at https://
www.fta.dot.gov/about/offices/
4978_ENG_HTML.htm).
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, 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
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of the National Historic Preservation Act
of 1966, as amended [16 U.S.C. 470f],
and the Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401–
7671q].
The projects subject to this notice are:
1. Project name and location: Fulton
Street Transit Center, New York, NY.
Project sponsor: Metropolitan
Transportation Authority Capital
Construction. Project description: This
project is a transit center that will make
connections between a number of transit
facilities in Lower Manhattan. Final
agency actions: ROD issued November
22, 2004; Section 4(f) Finding; and
Section 106 Programmatic Agreement.
Supporting documentation: Final
Environmental Impact Statement issued
October 8, 2004.
2. Project name and location: South
Ferry Terminal Station, New York, NY.
Project sponsor: Metropolitan
Transportation Authority Capital
Construction. Project description: This
project will replace the existing station
with a new terminal that addresses the
functional and operational deficiencies
of the existing station. Final agency
actions: FONSI issued August 30, 2004;
Section 4(f) Finding; and Section 106
Programmatic Agreement. Supporting
documentation: Environmental
Assessment issued May 3, 2004.
3. Project name and location:
Permanent World Trade Center (WTC)
PATH Terminal, New York, NY. Project
sponsor: Port Authority of New York
and New Jersey. Project description: The
project will result in a new permanent
Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH)
Terminal on the WTC site that combines
an above-grade terminal building and
sub-level pedestrian concourses on the
eastern portion of the WTC site with
additional pedestrian concourses,
tracks, platforms, and a mezzanine on
the western portion of the site. Final
agency actions: ROD issued June 28,
2005; Section 4(f) Finding; and Section
106 Memorandum of Agreement.
Supporting documentation: Final
Environmental Impact Statement issued
May 13, 2005.
4. Project name and location:
Downtown Bremerton Pedestrian/
Bremerton Transportation Center Access
Improvements Project, Bremerton, WA.
Project sponsors: Washington State
Department of Transportation and
Kitsap Transit. Project description:
Project involves construction of a new
access route to and from the Bremerton
Transportation Center, as well as
construction of a new passenger-only
ferry facility, a new intermodal terminal
and transit deck, and improved vehicle
ferry waiting area and parking structure.
Final agency actions: FONSI issued
August 11, 2005; Section 4(f) Finding;
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and Section 106 Finding of No Adverse
Effect. Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment issued April
4, 2005.
5. Project name and location:
Lakewood-to-Tacoma Sounder
Commuter Rail, Tacoma, WA. Project
sponsor: Sound Transit. Project
description: Commuter rail facilities
along an approximately 12-mile rail
corridor between the City of Lakewood
and the City of Tacoma. Final agency
actions: ROD issued December 30, 2003;
Section 4(f) Finding; and Section 106
Finding of No Adverse Effect.
Supporting documentation: Final
Environmental Impact Statement issued
July 5, 2002.
6. Project name and location: Erie
Canal Harbor Project, Buffalo, NY.
Project sponsors: Niagara Frontier
Transportation Authority and Empire
State Development Corporation. Project
description: Reconfiguration of a portion
of the Buffalo River bulkhead and
redevelopment of a site within the City’s
Waterfront Development Project Urban
Renewal Area into a new harbor with
series of landside improvements to
facilitate and enhance public access to
the waterfront, connect pedestrian and
bicycle paths, and provide opportunities
for private development. Final agency
actions: Revised ROD issued March 2,
2005; Section 4(f) Finding; and Section
106 Programmatic Agreement.
Supporting documentation:
Supplemental Final Environmental
Impact Statement issued December 7,
2004.
7. Project name and location: Second
Avenue Subway, New York, NY. Project
sponsors: Metropolitan Transportation
Authority and New York City Transit.
Project description: A new subway line
extending the length of Manhattan’s
East Side from 125th Street in East
Harlem to Hanover Square in the
Financial District. Final agency actions:
ROD issued July 8, 2004; Section 4(f)
Finding; and Section 106 Programmatic
Agreement. Supporting documentation:
Final Environmental Impact Statement
issued April 8, 2004.
8. Project name and location: East
Side Access Project, New York, NY.
Project sponsors: Metropolitan
Transportation Authority and the Long
Island Railroad. Project description:
Construction of new tunnels in Queens
and Manhattan that will bring Long
Island Railroad trains into a new
terminal beneath Grand Central
Terminal on the east side of Manhattan.
Final agency actions: ROD issued May
21, 2001; Section 4(f) Finding; and
Section 106 Programmatic Agreement.
Supporting documentation: Final
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March 6, 2001.
9. Project name and location: South
County Commuter Rail, Providence, RI.
Project sponsor: Rhode Island
Department of Transportation. Project
description: 20-mile commuter rail
extension along Amtrak’s Northeast
Corridor from Providence to North
Kingston. Final agency actions: FONSI
issued on February 6, 2003; Section 4(f)
Finding; and Section 106 Programmatic
Agreement. Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment issued on
August 3, 2002.
10. Project name and location: New
Britain-Hartford Busway, Hartford, CT.
Project sponsor: Connecticut
Department of Transportation. Project
description: 12-station, 9.4 mile
exclusive bus rapid transit system
operating primarily in an existing and
abandoned railroad right-of-way on a
new roadway between downtown New
Britain and downtown Hartford. Final
agency actions: ROD issued on March
13, 2002; Section 4(f) Finding; and
Section 106 Finding of No Effect.
Supporting documentation: Final
Environmental Impact Statement issued
on December 21, 2001.
11. Project name and location: Copley
Station Accessibility Improvements,
Boston, MA. Project sponsor:
Massachusetts Bay Transportation
Authority (MBTA). Project description:
Reconstruction of Copley Station on
MBTA’s Green Line to make it
compliant with the Americans with
Disabilities Act. Final agency actions:
FONSI issued on December 30, 2004;
Section 4(f) Finding; and Section 106
Finding of No Adverse Effect.
Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment issued on
June 28, 2004.
12. Project name and location:
Arlington Street Station Accessibility
Improvements, Boston, MA. Project
sponsor: Massachusetts Bay
Transportation Authority (MBTA).
Project description: Reconstruction of
Arlington Street Station on MBTA’s
Green Line to make it compliant with
the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Final agency actions: FONSI issued on
May 14, 2004; Section 4(f) Finding; and
Section 106 Finding of No Adverse
Effect. Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment issued on
July 21, 2003.
13. Project name and location:
Government Station Accessibility
Improvements, Boston, MA. Project
sponsor: Massachusetts Bay
Transportation Authority (MBTA).
Project description: Reconstruction of
Government Station on MBTA’s Blue
and Green Lines to make it compliant
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with the Americans with Disabilities
Act. Final agency actions: FONSI issued
on November 29, 2004; Section 4(f)
Finding; and Section 106 Finding of No
Adverse Effect. Supporting
documentation: Environmental
Assessment issued in July 2002.
14. Project name and location:
Brattleboro Multimodal Transit Facility,
Brattleboro, VT. Project sponsor: Town
of Brattleboro. Project description:
Construction of two transportation
facilities, the Brattleboro Transportation
Center and the Brattleboro Union
Station. Final agency actions: FONSI
issued on September 14, 2001; Section
4(f) Finding; and Section 106 Finding of
No Adverse Effect. Supporting
documentation: Environmental
Assessment issued on June 22, 2001.
15. Project name and location:
Bridgeport Intermodal Transportation
Center, Bridgeport, CT. Project sponsor:
City of Bridgeport. Project description:
Construction of a new multimodal
transportation center in the downtown.
Final agency actions: FONSI issued on
August 19, 2003; Section 4(f) Finding;
and Section 106 Memorandum of
Agreement. Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment issued on
June 17, 2003.
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Acting Associate Administrator for Planning
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Notice of Limitation on Claims on Proposed Public Transportation
Projects
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces actions taken by FTA as final for
purposes of the limitation on claims. The FTA actions described in this
notice consist of various environmental approvals for proposed public
transportation projects in the following urbanized areas: New York
(lower Manhattan), Seattle, Buffalo, New York (remainder), Providence,
Hartford, Boston, Brattleboro (Vermont), and Bridgeport.
DATES: By this notice, FTA is advising the public of final agency
actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l). A claim seeking judicial review of
the Federal agency actions on any of the listed public transportation
projects will be barred unless the claim is filed on or before August
28, 2006. If the Federal law that authorizes judicial review of a claim
provides a time period of less than 180 days for filing such claim,
then that shorter time period still applies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Ossi, Office of Planning and
Environment, 202-366-1613, or Christopher Van Wyk, Office of Chief
Counsel, 202-366-1733. FTA is located at 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that FTA has taken
final agency actions by issuing approval 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 the project to comply with the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and in other documents in the
FTA administrative record for the project. The final agency
environmental decision documents--Records of Decision (RODs) and
Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSIs)--for the listed projects can
be obtained by contacting the FTA Regional Office for the urbanized
area where the project is located. The decision documents for the first
three projects listed can be obtained by contacting the Lower Manhattan
Recovery Office (LMRO) (contact information for the Regional Offices
and for LMRO can be found at https://www.fta.dot.gov/about/offices/
4978_ENG_HTML.htm).
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, 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 of 1966, as amended [16
U.S.C. 470f], and the Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q].
The projects subject to this notice are:
1. Project name and location: Fulton Street Transit Center, New
York, NY. Project sponsor: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Capital Construction. Project description: This project is a transit
center that will make connections between a number of transit
facilities in Lower Manhattan. Final agency actions: ROD issued
November 22, 2004; Section 4(f) Finding; and Section 106 Programmatic
Agreement. Supporting documentation: Final Environmental Impact
Statement issued October 8, 2004.
2. Project name and location: South Ferry Terminal Station, New
York, NY. Project sponsor: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Capital Construction. Project description: This project will replace
the existing station with a new terminal that addresses the functional
and operational deficiencies of the existing station. Final agency
actions: FONSI issued August 30, 2004; Section 4(f) Finding; and
Section 106 Programmatic Agreement. Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment issued May 3, 2004.
3. Project name and location: Permanent World Trade Center (WTC)
PATH Terminal, New York, NY. Project sponsor: Port Authority of New
York and New Jersey. Project description: The project will result in a
new permanent Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) Terminal on the WTC
site that combines an above-grade terminal building and sub-level
pedestrian concourses on the eastern portion of the WTC site with
additional pedestrian concourses, tracks, platforms, and a mezzanine on
the western portion of the site. Final agency actions: ROD issued June
28, 2005; Section 4(f) Finding; and Section 106 Memorandum of
Agreement. Supporting documentation: Final Environmental Impact
Statement issued May 13, 2005.
4. Project name and location: Downtown Bremerton Pedestrian/
Bremerton Transportation Center Access Improvements Project, Bremerton,
WA. Project sponsors: Washington State Department of Transportation and
Kitsap Transit. Project description: Project involves construction of a
new access route to and from the Bremerton Transportation Center, as
well as construction of a new passenger-only ferry facility, a new
intermodal terminal and transit deck, and improved vehicle ferry
waiting area and parking structure. Final agency actions: FONSI issued
August 11, 2005; Section 4(f) Finding;
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and Section 106 Finding of No Adverse Effect. Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment issued April 4, 2005.
5. Project name and location: Lakewood-to-Tacoma Sounder Commuter
Rail, Tacoma, WA. Project sponsor: Sound Transit. Project description:
Commuter rail facilities along an approximately 12-mile rail corridor
between the City of Lakewood and the City of Tacoma. Final agency
actions: ROD issued December 30, 2003; Section 4(f) Finding; and
Section 106 Finding of No Adverse Effect. Supporting documentation:
Final Environmental Impact Statement issued July 5, 2002.
6. Project name and location: Erie Canal Harbor Project, Buffalo,
NY. Project sponsors: Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority and
Empire State Development Corporation. Project description:
Reconfiguration of a portion of the Buffalo River bulkhead and
redevelopment of a site within the City's Waterfront Development
Project Urban Renewal Area into a new harbor with series of landside
improvements to facilitate and enhance public access to the waterfront,
connect pedestrian and bicycle paths, and provide opportunities for
private development. Final agency actions: Revised ROD issued March 2,
2005; Section 4(f) Finding; and Section 106 Programmatic Agreement.
Supporting documentation: Supplemental Final Environmental Impact
Statement issued December 7, 2004.
7. Project name and location: Second Avenue Subway, New York, NY.
Project sponsors: Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New York
City Transit. Project description: A new subway line extending the
length of Manhattan's East Side from 125th Street in East Harlem to
Hanover Square in the Financial District. Final agency actions: ROD
issued July 8, 2004; Section 4(f) Finding; and Section 106 Programmatic
Agreement. Supporting documentation: Final Environmental Impact
Statement issued April 8, 2004.
8. Project name and location: East Side Access Project, New York,
NY. Project sponsors: Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the
Long Island Railroad. Project description: Construction of new tunnels
in Queens and Manhattan that will bring Long Island Railroad trains
into a new terminal beneath Grand Central Terminal on the east side of
Manhattan. Final agency actions: ROD issued May 21, 2001; Section 4(f)
Finding; and Section 106 Programmatic Agreement. Supporting
documentation: Final Environmental Impact Statement issued March 6,
2001.
9. Project name and location: South County Commuter Rail,
Providence, RI. Project sponsor: Rhode Island Department of
Transportation. Project description: 20-mile commuter rail extension
along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor from Providence to North Kingston.
Final agency actions: FONSI issued on February 6, 2003; Section 4(f)
Finding; and Section 106 Programmatic Agreement. Supporting
documentation: Environmental Assessment issued on August 3, 2002.
10. Project name and location: New Britain-Hartford Busway,
Hartford, CT. Project sponsor: Connecticut Department of
Transportation. Project description: 12-station, 9.4 mile exclusive bus
rapid transit system operating primarily in an existing and abandoned
railroad right-of-way on a new roadway between downtown New Britain and
downtown Hartford. Final agency actions: ROD issued on March 13, 2002;
Section 4(f) Finding; and Section 106 Finding of No Effect. Supporting
documentation: Final Environmental Impact Statement issued on December
21, 2001.
11. Project name and location: Copley Station Accessibility
Improvements, Boston, MA. Project sponsor: Massachusetts Bay
Transportation Authority (MBTA). Project description: Reconstruction of
Copley Station on MBTA's Green Line to make it compliant with the
Americans with Disabilities Act. Final agency actions: FONSI issued on
December 30, 2004; Section 4(f) Finding; and Section 106 Finding of No
Adverse Effect. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment
issued on June 28, 2004.
12. Project name and location: Arlington Street Station
Accessibility Improvements, Boston, MA. Project sponsor: Massachusetts
Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). Project description:
Reconstruction of Arlington Street Station on MBTA's Green Line to make
it compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Final agency
actions: FONSI issued on May 14, 2004; Section 4(f) Finding; and
Section 106 Finding of No Adverse Effect. Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment issued on July 21, 2003.
13. Project name and location: Government Station Accessibility
Improvements, Boston, MA. Project sponsor: Massachusetts Bay
Transportation Authority (MBTA). Project description: Reconstruction of
Government Station on MBTA's Blue and Green Lines to make it compliant
with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Final agency actions: FONSI
issued on November 29, 2004; Section 4(f) Finding; and Section 106
Finding of No Adverse Effect. Supporting documentation: Environmental
Assessment issued in July 2002.
14. Project name and location: Brattleboro Multimodal Transit
Facility, Brattleboro, VT. Project sponsor: Town of Brattleboro.
Project description: Construction of two transportation facilities, the
Brattleboro Transportation Center and the Brattleboro Union Station.
Final agency actions: FONSI issued on September 14, 2001; Section 4(f)
Finding; and Section 106 Finding of No Adverse Effect. Supporting
documentation: Environmental Assessment issued on June 22, 2001.
15. Project name and location: Bridgeport Intermodal Transportation
Center, Bridgeport, CT. Project sponsor: City of Bridgeport. Project
description: Construction of a new multimodal transportation center in
the downtown. Final agency actions: FONSI issued on August 19, 2003;
Section 4(f) Finding; and Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement.
Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment issued on June 17,
2003.
Issued on: February 24, 2006.
David J. Vozzolo,
Acting Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment,
Washington, DC.
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