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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:
This notice announces final
environmental actions taken by the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
for the following projects: (1)
Fredericksburg Road Bus Rapid Transit,
VIA Metropolitan Transit, San Antonio,
TX; (2) Draper Transit Corridor Project,
Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake
County, Utah; (3) Wyandanch
Intermodal Transit Facility, Town of
Babylon, Wyandanch, NY; (4)
Fayetteville Multi-Modal Bus Transfer
Center, The City of Fayetteville,
Fayetteville, NC; (5) Second Avenue
Subway Extension, Metropolitan
Transportation Authority, New York,
NY; and (6) East Side Access,
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 May 23, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Katie Grasty, Environmental Protection
Specialist, Office of Planning and
Environment, 202–366–9139, 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., 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
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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
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, 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 or the
East Side Access project.
The projects and actions that are the
subject of this notice are:
1. Project name and location:
Fredericksburg Road BRT, San Antonio,
TX. Project sponsor: VIA Metropolitan
Transit. Project description: This project
includes the construction of eight BRT
stations and two transit centers in
southwest San Antonio. The BRT
system would operate from the
University of Texas at San Antonio
main campus through downtown San
Antonio and will operate in mixed flow
traffic along a nine-mile corridor. Final
agency actions: Section 106 finding of
no adverse effect; project-level air
quality conformity determination;
Section 4(f) no use determination; and
a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) dated August 2010. Supporting
documentation: Environmental
Assessment dated August 2010.
2. Project name and location: Draper
Transit Corridor Project, Salt Lake
County, Utah. Project sponsor: Utah
Transit Authority (UTA). Project
description: The project consists of a
3.8-mile light rail transit extension
operating from the existing 10000 South
(Sandy Civic Center) Station of the
Transit Express (TRAX) line along the
UTA owned right-of-way of the former
Union Pacific Provo Industrial Lead
Railroad to Draper Town Center near
12400 South (Pioneer Road) in Draper
with three new passenger stations. Final
agency actions: Section 4(f) de minimis
impact determination; a Section 106
Memorandum of Agreement; and a
Record of Decision dated September
2010. Supporting documentation: Final
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Environmental Impact Statement dated
July 2010.
3. Project name and location:
Wyandanch Intermodal Transit Facility,
Wyandanch, NY. Project sponsor: Town
of Babylon. Project description: The
project includes a new parking garage,
public open space, new and relocated
bus stops, a drop-off and pick up area,
a new street network, off-site roadway
and streetscape improvement, drainage
improvements, and wayfinding
elements. The project is located on a
13.9-acre site. Final agency actions:
Section 106 finding of no adverse effect
and a FONSI signed September 2010.
Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment dated July
2010.
4. Project name and location:
Fayetteville Multi-Modal Bus Transfer
Center, Fayetteville, NC. Project
sponsor: The City of Fayetteville. Project
description: The multi-modal center
will include a two-story building, bus
bay platforms, taxi stands and
landscaped areas. It will be constructed
on a 2.55-acre downtown city block.
Final agency actions: Section 106
finding of no adverse effect; no use of
Section 4(f) properties; and a revised
FONSI signed October 2010. Supporting
documentation: Environmental
Assessment dated April 2010.
5. 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 in each case that neither
a Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement nor a Supplemental
Environmental Assessment is necessary.
Supporting documentation: Technical
Memorandum No. 1 assessing design
changes to tunnels south of 70th Street
and modifications to three stations,
dated January 2007; Technical
Memorandum No. 2 assessing design
change to 96th Street station ancillary
facility, dated April 2007; Technical
Memorandum No. 3 assessing design
change to 63rd Street station ventilation
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system and the location of station
entrances, dated July 2007; Technical
Memorandum No. 4 assessing design
change to reduce the number of tracks
near 72nd Street and to lower the tunnel
near the 72nd Street and 86th Street
stations, dated September 2008;
Technical Memorandum No. 5 assessing
design change to Lexington Avenue/
63rd Street Station entrances, dated
April 2010; and Technical
Memorandum No. 6 evaluation of 69th
Street ancillary facility, dated
September 2010.
6. Project name and location: East
Side Access, New York, NY. Project
sponsor: Metropolitan Transportation
Authority. Project description: The East
Side Access project will connect the
Long Island Rail Road’s (LIRR) Main
and Port Washington lines in Queens to
a new LIRR terminal beneath Grand
Central Terminal in Manhattan. Various
project changes have been evaluated in
three technical memorandums. Final
agency actions: FTA determination in
each case that neither a Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement nor a
Supplemental Environmental
Assessment is necessary. Supporting
documentation: Technical
Memorandum No. 2 assessing design
changes to track configuration at
Sunnyside Yard, addition of a new 43rd
Street substation, and design changes to
tracks at Harold Interlocking and
substation, dated April 2006; Technical
Memorandum No. 3 assessing
refinements to tail track and associated
ventilation plenum near East 37th
Street, Manhattan, dated July 2008; and
Technical Memorandum No. 4 assessing
design changes to East Side Access LIRR
concourse, construction near 37th
Street, and the elimination of three East
Side Access LIRR street entrances at
44th Street, 45th Street, and 48th Street,
Manhattan, dated March 2010.
Issued on: November 12, 2010.
Susan Borinsky,
Associate Administrator for Planning and
Environment, Washington, DC.
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Federal Aviation Administration
RTCA Program Management
Committee
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
AGENCY:
Notice of RTCA Program
Management Committee meeting.
ACTION:
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The FAA is issuing this notice
to advise the public of a meeting of the
RTCA Program Management Committee.
DATES: The meeting will be held
December 8, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
RTCA, Inc., 1828 L Street, NW., Suite
805, Washington, DC 20036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW.,
Suite 850, Washington, DC 20036;
telephone (202) 833–9339; fax (202)
833–9434; Web site https://www.rtca.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is
hereby given for a RTCA Program
Management Committee meeting. The
agenda will include:
• Opening Plenary (Welcome and
Introductions)
• Review/Approve Summary of
September 15, 2010 PMC meeting,
RTCA Paper No. 198–10/PMC–826.
• Publication Consideration/
Approval
• Final Draft, New Document,
Safety, Performance and
Interoperability Requirements
Document for ATSA–SURF Application,
RTCA Paper No. 197–10/PMC–825,
prepared by SC–186.
• Final Draft, New Document,
Safety, Performance and
Interoperability Requirements
Document for ADS–B Airport Surface
Surveillance Application (ADS–B–APT),
RTCA Paper No. 200–10/PMC–828,
prepared by SC–186.
• Final Draft, New Document,
Safety, Performance and
Interoperability Requirements
Document for Enhanced Traffic
Situational Awareness on the Airport
Surface with Indications and Alerts,
RTCA Paper No. 194–10/PMC–824,
prepared by SC–186.
• Final Draft, Revised DO–160F,
Environmental Conditions and Test
Procedures for Airborne Equipment,
RTCA Paper No. 201–10/PMC–829,
prepared by SC–135.
• Final Draft, New Document,
Safety and Performance Requirements
(SPR) for Aeronautical Information
Services (AIS) and Meteorological (MET)
Data Link Services, RTCA Paper No.
202–10/PMC–830, prepared by SC–206.
• Final Draft, New Document,
Airworthiness Security Process
Specification, RTCA Paper No. 203–10/
PMC–831, prepared by SC–216.
• Final Draft, New Document,
Minimum Operational Performance
Standards for Automatic Flight
Guidance and Control Systems and
SUMMARY:
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• Integration and Coordination
Committee (ICC)—Status Report
• Action Item Review
• SC–206—Aeronautical
Information Services (AIS) Data Link—
Review/Approve Revised Terms of
Reference—Co-Chairman Review/
Approval
• MASPS/MOPS/SPR/Concepts—
Discussion
• Discussion
• Rechargeable and Permanently
Installed Lithium Batteries—Small and
Medium Size—Discussion—Possible
New Special Committee
• SC–222—Inmarsat AMS(R)S—
Discussion—Review/Approve Revised
Terms of Reference
• SC–219—Attitude and Heading
Reference Systems (AHRS)—
Discussion—Review/Approve Revised
Terms of Reference
• SC–217/WG–44—Terrain and
Airport Databases—Discussion—
Review/Approve Revised Terms of
Reference
• SC–216—Aeronautical Systems
Security—Discussion—Review/Approve
Revised Terms of Reference
• SC–214/WG–78—Standards for
Air Traffic Data Communications
Services—Discussion—Review/Approve
Revised Terms of Reference
• SC–203—Unmanned Aircraft
Systems—Co-Chairman Review/
Approval
• SC–135—Environmental Test—
Discussion—Review/Approve Revised
Terms of Reference
• SC–159—Global Positioning
System—Discussion—Committee Status
• Trajectory Operations—
Discussion—Status
• Special Committees—Chairmen’s
Reports SC–216—Aeronautical Systems
• Closing Plenary (Other Business,
Document Production and PMC Meeting
Schedule Meeting, Adjourned)
Attendance is open to the interested
public but limited to space availability.
With the approval of the chairman,
members of the public may present oral
statements at the meeting. Persons
wishing to present statements or obtain
information should contact the person
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section.
Members of the public may present a
written statement to the committee at
any time.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November
15, 2010.
Robert L. Bostiga,
RTCA Advisory Committee.
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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)
Fredericksburg Road Bus Rapid Transit, VIA Metropolitan Transit, San
Antonio, TX; (2) Draper Transit Corridor Project, Utah Transit
Authority, Salt Lake County, Utah; (3) Wyandanch Intermodal Transit
Facility, Town of Babylon, Wyandanch, NY; (4) Fayetteville Multi-Modal
Bus Transfer Center, The City of Fayetteville, Fayetteville, NC; (5)
Second Avenue Subway Extension, Metropolitan Transportation Authority,
New York, NY; and (6) East Side Access, 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 May 23, 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 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, 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 or the East Side Access project.
The projects and actions that are the subject of this notice are:
1. Project name and location: Fredericksburg Road BRT, San Antonio,
TX. Project sponsor: VIA Metropolitan Transit. Project description:
This project includes the construction of eight BRT stations and two
transit centers in southwest San Antonio. The BRT system would operate
from the University of Texas at San Antonio main campus through
downtown San Antonio and will operate in mixed flow traffic along a
nine-mile corridor. Final agency actions: Section 106 finding of no
adverse effect; project-level air quality conformity determination;
Section 4(f) no use determination; and a Finding of No Significant
Impact (FONSI) dated August 2010. Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment dated August 2010.
2. Project name and location: Draper Transit Corridor Project, Salt
Lake County, Utah. Project sponsor: Utah Transit Authority (UTA).
Project description: The project consists of a 3.8-mile light rail
transit extension operating from the existing 10000 South (Sandy Civic
Center) Station of the Transit Express (TRAX) line along the UTA owned
right-of-way of the former Union Pacific Provo Industrial Lead Railroad
to Draper Town Center near 12400 South (Pioneer Road) in Draper with
three new passenger stations. Final agency actions: Section 4(f) de
minimis impact determination; a Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement;
and a Record of Decision dated September 2010. Supporting
documentation: Final Environmental Impact Statement dated July 2010.
3. Project name and location: Wyandanch Intermodal Transit
Facility, Wyandanch, NY. Project sponsor: Town of Babylon. Project
description: The project includes a new parking garage, public open
space, new and relocated bus stops, a drop-off and pick up area, a new
street network, off-site roadway and streetscape improvement, drainage
improvements, and wayfinding elements. The project is located on a
13.9-acre site. Final agency actions: Section 106 finding of no adverse
effect and a FONSI signed September 2010. Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment dated July 2010.
4. Project name and location: Fayetteville Multi-Modal Bus Transfer
Center, Fayetteville, NC. Project sponsor: The City of Fayetteville.
Project description: The multi-modal center will include a two-story
building, bus bay platforms, taxi stands and landscaped areas. It will
be constructed on a 2.55-acre downtown city block. Final agency
actions: Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; no use of Section
4(f) properties; and a revised FONSI signed October 2010. Supporting
documentation: Environmental Assessment dated April 2010.
5. 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 in each case that neither a
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement nor a Supplemental
Environmental Assessment is necessary. Supporting documentation:
Technical Memorandum No. 1 assessing design changes to tunnels south of
70th Street and modifications to three stations, dated January 2007;
Technical Memorandum No. 2 assessing design change to 96th Street
station ancillary facility, dated April 2007; Technical Memorandum No.
3 assessing design change to 63rd Street station ventilation
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system and the location of station entrances, dated July 2007;
Technical Memorandum No. 4 assessing design change to reduce the number
of tracks near 72nd Street and to lower the tunnel near the 72nd Street
and 86th Street stations, dated September 2008; Technical Memorandum
No. 5 assessing design change to Lexington Avenue/63rd Street Station
entrances, dated April 2010; and Technical Memorandum No. 6 evaluation
of 69th Street ancillary facility, dated September 2010.
6. Project name and location: East Side Access, New York, NY.
Project sponsor: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Project
description: The East Side Access project will connect the Long Island
Rail Road's (LIRR) Main and Port Washington lines in Queens to a new
LIRR terminal beneath Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. Various
project changes have been evaluated in three technical memorandums.
Final agency actions: FTA determination in each case that neither a
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement nor a Supplemental
Environmental Assessment is necessary. Supporting documentation:
Technical Memorandum No. 2 assessing design changes to track
configuration at Sunnyside Yard, addition of a new 43rd Street
substation, and design changes to tracks at Harold Interlocking and
substation, dated April 2006; Technical Memorandum No. 3 assessing
refinements to tail track and associated ventilation plenum near East
37th Street, Manhattan, dated July 2008; and Technical Memorandum No. 4
assessing design changes to East Side Access LIRR concourse,
construction near 37th Street, and the elimination of three East Side
Access LIRR street entrances at 44th Street, 45th Street, and 48th
Street, Manhattan, dated March 2010.
Issued on: November 12, 2010.
Susan Borinsky,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
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