Notice of Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation Projects, 62302-62303 [E7-21564]

Agencies

• Federal Transit Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 212 (Friday, November 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62302-62303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21564]


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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 public transportation projects 
in the following metropolitan areas: Orlando, Florida; Miami, Florida; 
Salt Lake City, Utah; San Francisco, California; and Binghamton, New 
York. 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 Title 23, United States Code (U.S.C.), section 
139(l). 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 April 30, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Ossi, Environmental Protection 
Specialist, Office of Planning and Environment, 202-366-1613, or 
Christopher Van Wyk, 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., e.t., 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 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) or 
Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSIs)--for the listed projects are 
available online at https://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 https://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, 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].
    The projects and actions that are the subject of this notice are:
    1. Project name and location: Central Florida Commuter Rail; 
Orlando, Florida. Project sponsor: Florida Department of 
Transportation. Project description: The Central Florida Commuter Rail 
project extends 61 miles along the A-line rail corridor of CSX 
Transportation from the Deland Amtrak station in Volusia County, 
through downtown Orlando, to Poinciana Industrial Park in Osceola 
County. Bi-directional commuter rail service would be provided at a 
total of 16 stations using diesel multiple units (DMUs) in two-or 
three-car consists operating on 15 minute headways in the peak hours 
and 60 minute headways during the midday, off-peak hours. Other 
infrastructure improvements of the project include: A new signalization 
system, 42 miles of new second track, 16 platform stations of which 11 
stations have parking facilities with a total of 4300 spaces, a DMU 
vehicle storage and maintenance facility, and two end-of-line layover 
facilities. The project would be built in phases. Final agency actions: 
FONSI signed on April 27, 2007; Section 106 Finding of No Adverse 
Effect; project-level Air Quality Conformity determination; finding of 
no significant encroachment on floodplains in accordance with Executive 
Order 11988; finding of no practicable alternative to new construction 
in wetlands in accordance with Executive Order 11990; and consultation 
with the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) under Section 7 of the 
Endangered Species Act, resulting in DOI's issuance of a Biological 
Opinion. Supporting documentation: Central Florida Commuter Rail 
Transit North/South Corridor Project: Environmental Assessment issued 
in December 2006.
    2. Project name and location: Miami North Corridor Metrorail 
Extension; Miami, Florida. Project sponsor: Miami-Dade County Transit 
(MDT). Project description: The project consists of the design and 
construction of a 9.5-mile heavy rail transit extension of the existing 
Miami Metrorail system from NW 76th Street to NW 215th Street on or 
adjacent to NW 27th Avenue. The project is a dual-track, fixed guideway 
that would be exclusively elevated in the right of way of NW 27th 
Avenue or in an exclusive MDT-owned right of way adjacent to NW 27th 
Avenue. The project includes seven new stations of which six stations 
are configured as center-platform and one as side-platform. Final 
agency actions: ROD signed on April 26, 2007; Section 106 Finding of No 
Adverse Effect; project-level Air Quality Conformity determination; 
finding of no disproportionately high and adverse human health or 
environmental effects on minority and low-income populations in 
accordance with Executive Order 12898; and finding of no significant 
encroachment on floodplains in accordance with Executive Order 11988. 
Supporting documentation: Final Environmental Impact Statement: Miami 
North Corridor issued on March 9, 2007.
    3. Project name and location: Mid-Jordan Transit Corridor Project; 
Salt Lake City, Utah. Project sponsor: Utah Transit Authority (UTA). 
Project description: The project consists of a 10.6-mile light rail 
transit (LRT) extension branching from the existing TRAX line between 
Sandy and Salt Lake City at 6400 South in Murray in Salt Lake County 
and proceeding to the new Daybreak Development in South Jordan via the 
cities of Murray, Midvale, West

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Jordan and South Jordan. Two new tracks will be constructed along the 
existing Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) Bingham Branch corridor from the 
existing 6400 South/Fashion Place West Station to a new terminal 
station in Daybreak at approximately 11400 South. The project includes 
station improvements at the existing 6400 South/Fashion Place West 
station and nine new stations at Bingham Junction (Midvale Slag Site), 
Gardner Village, Redwood (West Jordan City Hall), 2700 West, Bangerter 
(South Station Development), 4800 West, 5600 West, Daybreak North, and 
Daybreak South. These stations will include feeder bus facilities and 
4,200 park-and-ride spaces to be constructed in phases over time by the 
year 2030. The LRT will use both of the new tracks during transit 
operating hours, typically from 5 AM to midnight. Freight trains will 
operate on the same tracks during non-LRT hours. Final agency actions: 
ROD signed on September 24, 2007; Section 4(f) finding; Section 106 
Memorandum of Agreement; project-level air quality conformity 
determination; finding of no practicable alternative to significant 
encroachment into floodplains in accordance with Executive Order 11988. 
Supporting documentation: Final Environmental Impact Statement: Mid-
Jordan Transit Corridor Project issued on July 27, 2007.
    4. Project name and location: Ed Roberts Campus Project; Berkeley, 
California. Project sponsor: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit 
District (BART) and the Ed Roberts Campus (ERC). Project description: 
BART and ERC will construct a transit-oriented development on the 
eastern parking lot of the BART Ashby station in Berkeley. The 3.6-acre 
parking lot occupies the southern three quarters of the block bounded 
by Essex Street on the north, Woolsey Street on the south, Adeline on 
the west, and Tremont on the east. The project includes subdividing the 
site to construct an 86,000-square-foot, two-story office building, 
with its principal pedestrian entry at street level on Adeline Street 
and a separate parking lot for the office building. The office building 
will occupy the western 1.5 acres of the existing parking lot. The 250 
parking spaces for BART customers in the existing parking lot will be 
replaced by a parking structure with 187 parking spaces. The Ed Roberts 
Campus incorporates universal design standards that are intended to 
provide equal access to all people, regardless of their level of 
ability. The office building will provide tenant spaces for nine 
disability organizations, a computer lab, a child care center, a 
fitness center and a caf. Final agency actions: FONSI signed on October 
1, 2007 and Section 106 Finding of No Adverse Effect. Supporting 
documentation: Environmental Assessment developed in accordance with 
the NEPA regulation of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, issued in May 2006 and adopted by FTA in October 2007.
    5. Project name and location: Binghamton Intermodal Transit 
Terminal; Binghamton, New York. Project sponsor: Broome County, New 
York. Project description: The project consists of the following 
elements: An 18,000-square-foot building to provide a weather-protected 
passenger waiting area, ticketing, restrooms, telephones, and other 
amenities; short-term parking for up to 50 vehicles; 12 bus bays for 
Broome County Transit buses and 14 bus bays for intercity buses; 
approximately 1,800 square feet of green space; bicycle storage; and a 
taxi loading area. The project involves the acquisition of 12 parcels 
of land, the complete demolition of three existing buildings and the 
partial demolition of a fourth historic building, the Greyhound 
Terminal building, to make room for the construction of the new 
facility. The exterior wall and historic fade on the Chenango Street 
(east) side of the existing Greyhound Terminal will be retained, 
rehabilitated and incorporated into the design of the new facility. 
Final agency actions: FONSI signed on June 27, 2007; Section 106 
Programmatic Agreement; and finding of no disproportionately high and 
adverse human health or environmental effects on minority and low-
income populations, in accordance with Executive Order 12898. 
Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment issued in February 
2007.

    Issued on: October 26, 2007.
Susan Borinsky,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
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