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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 11 / Tuesday, January 18, 2011 / Notices
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) 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, 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
administrative record for the project.
Interested parties may contact either the
project sponsor or the relevant FTA
Regional Office for more information on
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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 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; projectlevel 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
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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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ACTION: List of Applications for
Modification of Special Permits.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
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for, and the processing of, special
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received the applications described
herein. This notice is abbreviated to
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Because the sections affected, modes of
transportation, and the nature of
application have been shown in earlier
Federal Register publications, they are
not repeated here. Requests for
modification of special permits (e.g. to
provide for additional hazardous
materials, packaging design changes,
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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 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 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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