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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Notice of Limitation on Claims Against
Proposed Public Transportation
Projects
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces final
environmental actions taken by the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
for public transportation projects in the
following areas: Jacksonville, Florida;
Denver, Colorado; Staten Island, New
York; Gig Harbor, Washington; Wasilla,
Alaska. 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
December 8, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Zelasko, Environmental
Protection Specialist, Office of Planning
and Environment, 202–366–0244, or
Christopher Van Wyk, AttorneyAdvisor, 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
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decision documents—Records of
Decision (ROD) or Findings of No
Significant Impact (FONSI)—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:
Jacksonville Bus Rapid Transit System,
Jacksonville, Florida. Project sponsor:
Jacksonville Transportation Authority
(JTA). Project description: The FTA and
the JTA have completed a Tier 1
Programmatic Final Environmental
Impact Statement (PFEIS) of the
Jacksonville Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
system. The Jacksonville BRT program
consists of BRT lines and stations in
four corridors, construction of BRT
ancillary facilities, and the acquisition
of BRT vehicles. The BRT system
corridors would extend from downtown
Jacksonville north to the intersection of
Lem Turner Road and Norwood
Avenue; southeast toward the
intersection of Baymeadows Road and
I–95; east to Regency Square Mall; and
southwest to 103rd Street. On the basis
of the Tier 1 Programmatic EIS, FTA
and JTA identified 14 proposed station
locations along the four corridors for
proposed property acquisition. Five
other proposed station locations would
require further examination of potential
impacts on communities and historic
properties in Tier 2 NEPA documents.
When JTA seeks FTA funding for any of
the BRT lines covered by the Tier 1
PFEIS, FTA and JTA would perform a
Tier 2 NEPA review of the proposed
project to identify potential
environmental impacts and develop
appropriate mitigation measures in
more detail. Final Agency Actions: ROD
signed on April 2, 2008. Supporting
documentation: JTA Bus Rapid Transit
Tier 1 Programmatic Final
Environmental Impact Statement issued
in January 2008.
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2. Project name and location: West
Corridor Light Rail Project, Denver and
Jefferson Counties, Colorado. Project
sponsor: Regional Transportation
District. Project description: The project
consists of the design and construction
of 12.1 miles of light rail transit (LRT)
from the existing LRT at the Auraria
West Station to the Jefferson
Government Center. The project was
documented in a previous EIS and ROD
that was issued in April 2004. Since
April 2004, the Regional Transportation
District made a number of changes to
the project including changes to the
alignment, LRT frequency, the number
of tracks west of the Denver Federal
Center, station location and layout,
bridges, and pedestrian facilities. The
final agency actions announced in this
notice apply only to these changes.
Final agency actions: FONSI signed on
November 16, 2007; Section 106
Memorandum of Agreement
Amendment 1 signed September 2007;
Project-level Air Conformity
determination; Section 4(f) de minimis
impact finding. Supporting
documentation: Revised Environmental
Assessment of changes to the West
Corridor Light Rail Project issued in
November 2007.
3. Project name and location:
Charleston Bus Annex, Staten Island,
New York. Project sponsors:
Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
and New York City Transit (NYCT).
Project description: The Charleston Bus
Annex project consists of construction
of a two-story bus maintenance and
administration building and two
outdoor parking areas on a 10.8-acre site
under jurisdiction of New York City’s
Department of Citywide Administrative
Services. As part of the project, NYCT
will also construct a new stormwater
sewer, install a deep groundwater well
to ensure adequate bus washing water
supply during drought conditions,
relocate maintenance and storage of 220
buses from existing bus depots, modify
several bus routes to originate and
terminate in front of the Charleston Bus
Annex site, implement traffic
improvement measures, and construct
two new bus stops along Arthur Kill
Road. Final agency actions: FONSI
signed on November 30, 2007; Section
106 Finding of No Adverse Effect.
Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment for the
Charleston Bus Annex issued in
September 2007.
4. Project name and location:
Peninsula Park and Ride, Gig Harbor,
Washington. Project sponsor: Pierce
Transit. Project description: The
Peninsula Park and Ride project is
located on a 7-acre site on the west side
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of State Route 16 at Hunt Street between
1,500 and 2,500 feet south of Wollochet
Drive NW/Pioneer Way. The main
components of the project include a
600-space park and ride lot; a
pedestrian/bicycle overpass
approximately 200 feet long over State
Route 16; facilities for limited local bus
service; landscaping; sidewalks; and
stormwater facilities. Final agency
actions: FONSI signed on April 6, 2006;
Section 4(f) de minimis impact finding;
Section 106 Finding of No Adverse
Effect; Project-level Air Conformity
determination. Supporting
documentation: Environmental
Assessment for the Peninsula Park and
Ride issued in September 2005 and
Errata issued in March 2006.
5. Project name and location: South
Wasilla Track Realignment, Wasilla,
Alaska. Project sponsor: Alaska Railroad
Corporation (ARRC). Project
description: ARRC will realign
approximately 4 miles of mainline track
from milepost 154 to milepost 158 in
the southeast portion of Wasilla in the
Matanuska-Susitna Borough of southcentral Alaska. The project includes a
new 225-foot bridge over Wasilla Creek,
a new embankment west of the creek
crossing with 2 underpasses through the
embankment to allow vehicular access,
acquisition of a minimum of 200 foot
right-of-way, construction of two gradeseparated crossings, elimination of 5
mainline at-grade crossings, and the
realignment of Old Matanuska Road.
Portions of the existing track will be left
in place for use as a temporary siding;
the remaining track will be removed.
Final agency actions: FONSI signed on
February 1, 2006; Section 106
Determination of No Adverse Effect;
Section 4(f) de minimis impact finding.
Supporting documentation: South
Wasilla Track Realignment
Environmental Assessment issued in
August 2005.
Issued on: June 2, 2008.
Susan Borinsky,
Associate Administrator for Planning and
Environment, Washington, DC.
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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 areas: Jacksonville, Florida; Denver, Colorado; Staten
Island, New York; Gig Harbor, Washington; Wasilla, Alaska. 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 December 8, 2008.
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., 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
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decision documents--Records of Decision (ROD) or Findings of No
Significant Impact (FONSI)--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 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, 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: Jacksonville Bus Rapid Transit
System, Jacksonville, Florida. Project sponsor: Jacksonville
Transportation Authority (JTA). Project description: The FTA and the
JTA have completed a Tier 1 Programmatic Final Environmental Impact
Statement (PFEIS) of the Jacksonville Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system.
The Jacksonville BRT program consists of BRT lines and stations in four
corridors, construction of BRT ancillary facilities, and the
acquisition of BRT vehicles. The BRT system corridors would extend from
downtown Jacksonville north to the intersection of Lem Turner Road and
Norwood Avenue; southeast toward the intersection of Baymeadows Road
and I-95; east to Regency Square Mall; and southwest to 103rd Street.
On the basis of the Tier 1 Programmatic EIS, FTA and JTA identified 14
proposed station locations along the four corridors for proposed
property acquisition. Five other proposed station locations would
require further examination of potential impacts on communities and
historic properties in Tier 2 NEPA documents. When JTA seeks FTA
funding for any of the BRT lines covered by the Tier 1 PFEIS, FTA and
JTA would perform a Tier 2 NEPA review of the proposed project to
identify potential environmental impacts and develop appropriate
mitigation measures in more detail. Final Agency Actions: ROD signed on
April 2, 2008. Supporting documentation: JTA Bus Rapid Transit Tier 1
Programmatic Final Environmental Impact Statement issued in January
2008.
2. Project name and location: West Corridor Light Rail Project,
Denver and Jefferson Counties, Colorado. Project sponsor: Regional
Transportation District. Project description: The project consists of
the design and construction of 12.1 miles of light rail transit (LRT)
from the existing LRT at the Auraria West Station to the Jefferson
Government Center. The project was documented in a previous EIS and ROD
that was issued in April 2004. Since April 2004, the Regional
Transportation District made a number of changes to the project
including changes to the alignment, LRT frequency, the number of tracks
west of the Denver Federal Center, station location and layout,
bridges, and pedestrian facilities. The final agency actions announced
in this notice apply only to these changes. Final agency actions: FONSI
signed on November 16, 2007; Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement
Amendment 1 signed September 2007; Project-level Air Conformity
determination; Section 4(f) de minimis impact finding. Supporting
documentation: Revised Environmental Assessment of changes to the West
Corridor Light Rail Project issued in November 2007.
3. Project name and location: Charleston Bus Annex, Staten Island,
New York. Project sponsors: Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) and
New York City Transit (NYCT). Project description: The Charleston Bus
Annex project consists of construction of a two-story bus maintenance
and administration building and two outdoor parking areas on a 10.8-
acre site under jurisdiction of New York City's Department of Citywide
Administrative Services. As part of the project, NYCT will also
construct a new stormwater sewer, install a deep groundwater well to
ensure adequate bus washing water supply during drought conditions,
relocate maintenance and storage of 220 buses from existing bus depots,
modify several bus routes to originate and terminate in front of the
Charleston Bus Annex site, implement traffic improvement measures, and
construct two new bus stops along Arthur Kill Road. Final agency
actions: FONSI signed on November 30, 2007; Section 106 Finding of No
Adverse Effect. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment for
the Charleston Bus Annex issued in September 2007.
4. Project name and location: Peninsula Park and Ride, Gig Harbor,
Washington. Project sponsor: Pierce Transit. Project description: The
Peninsula Park and Ride project is located on a 7-acre site on the west
side of State Route 16 at Hunt Street between 1,500 and 2,500 feet
south of Wollochet Drive NW/Pioneer Way. The main components of the
project include a 600-space park and ride lot; a pedestrian/bicycle
overpass approximately 200 feet long over State Route 16; facilities
for limited local bus service; landscaping; sidewalks; and stormwater
facilities. Final agency actions: FONSI signed on April 6, 2006;
Section 4(f) de minimis impact finding; Section 106 Finding of No
Adverse Effect; Project-level Air Conformity determination. Supporting
documentation: Environmental Assessment for the Peninsula Park and Ride
issued in September 2005 and Errata issued in March 2006.
5. Project name and location: South Wasilla Track Realignment,
Wasilla, Alaska. Project sponsor: Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC).
Project description: ARRC will realign approximately 4 miles of
mainline track from milepost 154 to milepost 158 in the southeast
portion of Wasilla in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough of south-central
Alaska. The project includes a new 225-foot bridge over Wasilla Creek,
a new embankment west of the creek crossing with 2 underpasses through
the embankment to allow vehicular access, acquisition of a minimum of
200 foot right-of-way, construction of two grade-separated crossings,
elimination of 5 mainline at-grade crossings, and the realignment of
Old Matanuska Road. Portions of the existing track will be left in
place for use as a temporary siding; the remaining track will be
removed. Final agency actions: FONSI signed on February 1, 2006;
Section 106 Determination of No Adverse Effect; Section 4(f) de minimis
impact finding. Supporting documentation: South Wasilla Track
Realignment Environmental Assessment issued in August 2005.
Issued on: June 2, 2008.
Susan Borinsky,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
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