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• Acquisition of ROW from private
property owners will be required to
construct the new highway.
• Interchanges on Idaho 16 at the
following locations: Franklin Road;
Ustick Road; US 20/26 (Chinden
Boulevard); and Idaho 44 (State Street).
• Grade-separated crossings
(overpasses) at the Union Pacific
Railroad (UPRR), Cherry Lane,
McMillan Road, and Joplin Road.
• A Boise River crossing (single
bridge).
• Rerouted and new local streets to
maintain access from private properties
to public ROWs.
• The project will be constructed in
phases, designated as Phase 1 and Phase
2. Phase 1 begins with an at-grade
intersection at US 20/26 (Chinden
Boulevard) and continues north to an atgrade intersection with Idaho 44 (State
Street) and joins with existing Idaho 16.
Phase 2 includes constructing Idaho 16
between I–84 and US 20/26 (Chinden
Boulevard) and includes replacement of
the at-grade intersections at US 20/26
(Chinden Boulevard) and Idaho 44
(State Street) with interchanges.
Highway segments for Phase 2 would be
programmed and built as funds become
available.
The actions by the FHWA, and the
laws under which such actions were
taken, are described in the Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
for the project approved on February 8,
2011, in the FHWA Record of Decision
(ROD) issued on April, 14, 2011, and in
other documents in the FHWA project
records. The Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (DEIS), FEIS, ROD,
and other project records are available
by contacting the FHWA or the ITD at
the addresses provided above.
The DEIS, FEIS, ROD, and published
information regarding this project are
posted and updated on the ITD Web site
at https://itd.idaho.gov/projects/garvee/
D3. Select ‘‘Idaho 16, I–84 to Idaho 44
Environmental Study.’’
This notice applies to all Federal
agency decisions as of the issuance date
of this notice and all laws, as amended,
under which such actions were taken,
including but not limited to:
1. General: National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321–
4347]; Federal-Aid Highway Act [23
U.S.C. 109, 23 U.S.C. 128 and 23 U.S.C.
502]; Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A
Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU) [23
U.S.C. 139].
2. Air and Noise: Clean Air Act [42
U.S.C. 7401–7671(q)]; Noise Standards:
[23 U.S.C. 109(i)] (Pub. L. 91–605) (Pub.
L. 93–87).
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3. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act
[16 U.S.C. 1531–1544]; Fish and
Wildlife Coordination Act [16 U.S.C.
661–667(e)]; Migratory Bird Treaty Act
[16 U.S.C. 703–712]; Bald and Golden
Eagle Protection Act of 1940 [16 U.S.C.
668–668d].
4. Historic and Cultural Resources:
Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended
[16 U.S.C. 470f]; Archeological
Resources Protection Act of 1979 [16
U.S.C. 470(aa)-470(mm)]; Archeological
and Historic Preservation Act of 1974
[16 U.S.C. 469–469(c)].
5. Land: Section 4(f) of The
Department of Transportation Act: [23
U.S.C. 138 and 49 U.S.C. 303]; The
Farmland Protection Policy Act (FPPA)
[7 U.S.C. 4201–4209];
6. Social and Economic: Civil Rights
Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000(d)2000(d)(1)];
7. Executive Orders: E.O. 11988
Floodplain Management; E.O. 11990
Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 12898,
Federal Actions to Address
Environmental Justice in Minority
Populations and Low Income
Populations; E.O. 13175 Consultation
and Coordination with Indian Tribal
Governments; E.O. 11514 Protection and
Enhancement of Environmental Quality;
E.O. 13112 Invasive Species.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning
and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372
regarding intergovernmental consultation on
Federal programs and activities apply to this
program.)
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(I)(1).
Peter J. Hartman,
Division Administrator, FHWA—Idaho
Division, Boise, Idaho.
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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) Ardmore
Transit Center, Southeastern
Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
(SEPTA), Ardmore, Lower Merion
Township, Montgomery County, PA; (2)
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Charlotte Streetcar Project, City of
Charlotte, Charlotte, NC; (3) Cincinnati
Streetcar Project, City of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH; (4)
Greenville Intermodal Transportation
Center, City of Greenville, Greenville,
NC; (5) New Kirk Bus Division,
Maryland Transit Administration,
Baltimore City, MD; (6) Mid-City/
Exposition Corridor Light Rail Transit
Project, Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
(LACMTA), Los Angeles, CA; (7) Moline
Multimodal Station, Rock Island County
Metropolitan Mass Transit District
(MetroLINK), Moline, IL; (8) North
White Plains Parking Garage Project,
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Metro-North Railroad, White Plains, 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 FTA actions
announced herein for the listed public
transportation project will be barred
unless the claim is filed on or before
January 30, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adam Stephenson, Environmental
Protection Specialist, Office of Planning
and Environment, 202–366–5183, 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 the project to
comply with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
in other documents in the FTA
administrative record for the projects.
Interested parties may contact either the
project sponsor or the relevant FTA
Regional Office for more information on
the project. 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,
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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. The projects and
actions that are the subject of this notice
are:
1. Project name and location:
Ardmore Transit Center, Ardmore,
Lower Merion Township, Montgomery
County, PA. Project sponsor:
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Transportation Authority (SEPTA).
Project description: The project is the
Ardmore Transit Center, which will be
located between, approximately, Station
Avenue and the Amtrak Line and
Anderson Avenue and the Lower
Merion Township Building. The transit
center will consist of three main
elements: The reconstructed Ardmore
Station, located on the site of the
existing train station; the parking garage,
located on the site of the existing
municipal (Athensville) parking lot; and
a mixed-use building with below grade
parking for tenants, located at the site of
the existing SEPTA/Amtrak and
municipal parking lots. Final agency
actions: Section 106 finding of no
historic properties affected; no use of
Section 4(f) properties; regional and
project-level air quality conformity
determination; and a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) dated June
2011. Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment dated
February 2011.
2. Project name and location:
Charlotte Streetcar Project, Charlotte,
NC. Project sponsor: City of Charlotte.
Project description: The project is a
conventional in-street-running electric
streetcar operating in mixed traffic along
a l0-mile corridor, beginning at Rosa
Parks Place Community Transit Center,
and proceeding through downtown
Charlotte to the proposed Charlotte
Gateway Station, the Charlotte
Transportation Center, and finally to the
Eastland Community Transit Center. A
streetcar vehicle maintenance facility
will be constructed in a future phase of
the project. Final agency actions:
Section 106 finding of no adverse effect;
Section 4(f) de minimis impact
determination; regional and projectlevel air quality conformity; and a
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) dated June 22, 2011.
Supporting documentation: Draft
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28, 2011.
3. Project name and location:
Cincinnati Streetcar Project, Cincinnati,
OH. Project sponsor: City of Cincinnati.
Project description: The project is a
streetcar system that will include one
set of at-grade tracks placed along 3.1
miles of city streets, along with 16 new
stops with shelters. The project also
includes four traction power stations
and a maintenance and storage facility.
Final agency actions: a Section 106
Memorandum of Agreement; no use of
Section 4(f) properties; project-level air
quality conformity; and a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) dated June
2011. Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment dated March
2011 and Supplemental Environmental
Assessment dated May 2011.
4. Project name and location:
Greenville Intermodal Transportation
Center, Greenville, NC. Project sponsor:
City of Greenville. Project description:
The project will construct an intermodal
transportation center (ITC) in downtown
Greenville. The project would include a
two-story transfer center with space for
public areas, ticketing services, support
facilities, small retail areas, covered bus
bays, limited automobile parking, taxi
waiting space, and space for regional
bus services. Final agency actions: a
Section 106 Memorandum of
Agreement; Section 4(f) determination;
and a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) dated June 2011. Supporting
documentation: Environmental
Assessment dated April 2011.
5. Project name and location: New
Kirk Bus Division, Baltimore City, MD.
Project sponsor: Maryland Transit
Administration. Project description: The
project is to expand and modernize the
existing Kirk Division bus garage and
maintenance facility. Final agency
actions: Section 106 finding of no
historic properties affected; no use of
Section 4(f) properties; and a Finding of
No Significant Impact (FONSI) dated
April 2011. Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment dated March
2011.
6. Project name and location: MidCity/Exposition Corridor Light Rail
Transit Project, Los Angeles, CA. Project
sponsor: Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Project description: The Mid-City/
Exposition Corridor Light Rail Transit
Project consists of a light rail system
that would run 8.6 miles from 7th
Street/Metro Center Station in
Downtown Los Angeles to the
intersection of Washington and National
Boulevards in Culver City. The light rail
transit fixed guideway would operate in
a dual track configuration mainly at-
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grade in selected streets or in an
exclusive LACMTA-owned Right-ofWay. FTA reviewed information
provided by LACMTA on project
enhancements proposed since the FTA
issued a First Addendum to the Record
of Decision (ROD) in March 2009. Since
the First Addendum, the project
changed to include the addition of the
Farmdale Station, which requires
construction of a new Dorsey High
School staff parking lot. The Farmdale
Station and associated parking lot
construction were fully evaluated in a
Supplemental Environmental
Assessment/Finding of No Significant
Impact (EA/FONSI). The revised project
also includes modification of the
Storage and Inspection Facility at Long
Beach Avenue. The concept for the
Storage and Inspection Facility is
similar to the Midday Layover Facility
that was originally proposed in the
Final Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR),
and would not result in any
environmental changes or new
potentially significant environmental
impacts beyond those evaluated in the
Final EIS/EIR. Final agency actions:
FONSI, dated November 2010 and the
Second Addendum to the ROD signed
June 2011. Supporting documentation:
Final EIS/EIR dated October 2005;
Supplemental EA, dated October 2010.
7. Project name and location: Moline
Multimodal Station, Moline, IL. Project
sponsor: Rock Island County
Metropolitan Mass Transit District
(MetroLINK). Project description: The
project is to construct a Multimodal
Station in Moline, IL, which includes
the adaptive re-use of a six-story
warehouse located at 1201 4th Avenue.
Final agency actions: Section 106
finding of no adverse effect; de minimis
impact to Section 4(f) properties; and
Documented Categorical Exclusion and
FTA Findings dated June 2011.
Supporting documentation:
Documented Categorical Exclusion and
FTA Findings dated June 2011.
8. Project name and location: North
White Plains Parking Garage Project,
White Plains, NY. Project sponsor:
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Metro-North Railroad. Project
description: The project is to construct
an approximately 500-space, five-story
parking garage to accommodate the
future long-term ridership growth and
demand for parking at the North White
Plains railroad station. The parking
garage would be located on a 0.854-acre
property owned by Metro-North located
at 50 Harlem Avenue. Final agency
actions: Section 106 finding of no effect;
no use of Section 4(f) properties and a
Finding of No Significant Impact
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(FONSI) dated June 2011. Supporting
documentation: Environmental
Assessment dated January 2010.
Issued on: July 27, 2011.
Elizabeth S. Riklin,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning
and Environment, Washington, DC.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Announcing the Nineteenth Public
Meeting of the Crash Injury Research
and Engineering Network (CIREN)
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Meeting announcement.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
Nineteenth Public Meeting of members
of the Crash Injury Research and
Engineering Network. CIREN is a
collaborative effort to conduct research
on crashes and injuries at six Level I
Trauma Centers across the United States
linked by a computer network. The
current CIREN model utilizes two types
of centers, medical and engineering.
Medical centers are based at Level I
Trauma Centers that admit large
numbers of people injured in motor
vehicle crashes. These teams are led by
trauma surgeons and emergency
physicians and also include a crash
investigator and project coordinator.
Engineering centers are based at
academic engineering laboratories that
have experience in motor vehicle crash
and human injury research. Engineering
teams partner with trauma centers to
enroll crash victims into the CIREN
program. Engineering teams are led by
mechanical engineers, typically trained
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in the area of impact biomechanics.
Engineering teams also include trauma/
emergency physicians, a crash
investigator, and a project coordinator.
Either type of team typically includes
additional physicians and/or engineers,
epidemiologists, nurses, and other
researchers. The CIREN process
combines prospective data collection
with professional multidisciplinary
analysis of medical and engineering
evidence to determine injury causation
in every crash investigation conducted.
Researchers can review data and share
expertise, which may lead to a better
understanding of crash injury
mechanisms and the design of safer
vehicles.
The six centers will give presentations
on current research based on CIREN
data. Topics include side air bag
analysis utilizing CIREN weighted data;
the role of frailty in crash related
injuries; fatalities and serious injuries in
multiple event rollover crashes;
validation of prehospital trauma triage:
mechanism of injury; small overlap
frontal crashes and injury causation;
and brain injury analysis. The final
agenda will be posted to the CIREN Web
site that can be accessed by going to the
NHTSA homepage https://
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/, click on Vehicle
Safety Research on the right side of the
top toolbar, then click on Crash Injury
Research and Engineering Network
(CIREN) in the box on the left. The
agenda will be posted one week prior to
the meeting.
DATES AND TIME: The meeting is
scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
Wednesday, September 7, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at:
Department of Transportation
Headquarters, Oklahoma Room, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC 20590.
To Register for this Event: It is
essential that you pre-register to
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expedite the security process for entry
to the meeting facility. Please send your
name, affiliation, phone number, and email address to Rodney.Rudd@dot.gov
by Thursday, September 1, 2011, in
order to have your name added to the
pre-registration list. Everyone must have
a government-issued photo
identification to be admitted to the
facility.
For General Information: Rodney
Rudd (202) 366–5932, Mark Scarboro
(202) 366–5078 or Cathy McCullough
(202) 366–4734.
NHTSA
has held CIREN public meetings on a
regular basis since 2000, including
quarterly meetings and annual
conferences. This is the nineteenth such
meeting. Presentations from these
meetings are available through the
NHTSA Web site. NHTSA plans to
continue holding CIREN meetings on a
regular basis to disseminate CIREN
information to interested parties.
Individual CIREN cases collected since
1998 may be viewed from the NHTSA/
CIREN Web site at the address provided
above. Should it be necessary to cancel
the meeting due to inclement weather or
to any other emergencies, a decision to
cancel will be made as soon as possible
and posted immediately on CIREN’s
Web site as indicated above. If you do
not have access to the Web site, you
may call or e-mail the contacts listed in
this announcement and leave your
telephone number or e-mail address.
You will be contacted only if the
meeting is postponed or canceled.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Issued on: July 27, 2011.
John Maddox,
Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety
Research.
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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)
Ardmore Transit Center, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation
Authority (SEPTA), Ardmore, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County,
PA; (2) Charlotte Streetcar Project, City of Charlotte, Charlotte, NC;
(3) Cincinnati Streetcar Project, City of Cincinnati, Cincinnati,
Hamilton County, OH; (4) Greenville Intermodal Transportation Center,
City of Greenville, Greenville, NC; (5) New Kirk Bus Division, Maryland
Transit Administration, Baltimore City, MD; (6) Mid-City/Exposition
Corridor Light Rail Transit Project, Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority (LACMTA), Los Angeles, CA; (7) Moline
Multimodal Station, Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit
District (MetroLINK), Moline, IL; (8) North White Plains Parking Garage
Project, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Metro-North Railroad,
White Plains, 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 FTA actions announced
herein for the listed public transportation project will be barred
unless the claim is filed on or before January 30, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Stephenson, Environmental
Protection Specialist, Office of Planning and Environment, 202-366-
5183, 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 the project to comply with
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and in other documents in
the FTA administrative record for the projects. Interested parties may
contact either the project sponsor or the relevant FTA Regional Office
for more information on the project. 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,
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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. The projects and actions that are the subject
of this notice are:
1. Project name and location: Ardmore Transit Center, Ardmore,
Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, PA. Project sponsor:
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). Project
description: The project is the Ardmore Transit Center, which will be
located between, approximately, Station Avenue and the Amtrak Line and
Anderson Avenue and the Lower Merion Township Building. The transit
center will consist of three main elements: The reconstructed Ardmore
Station, located on the site of the existing train station; the parking
garage, located on the site of the existing municipal (Athensville)
parking lot; and a mixed-use building with below grade parking for
tenants, located at the site of the existing SEPTA/Amtrak and municipal
parking lots. Final agency actions: Section 106 finding of no historic
properties affected; no use of Section 4(f) properties; regional and
project-level air quality conformity determination; and a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) dated June 2011. Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment dated February 2011.
2. Project name and location: Charlotte Streetcar Project,
Charlotte, NC. Project sponsor: City of Charlotte. Project description:
The project is a conventional in-street-running electric streetcar
operating in mixed traffic along a l0-mile corridor, beginning at Rosa
Parks Place Community Transit Center, and proceeding through downtown
Charlotte to the proposed Charlotte Gateway Station, the Charlotte
Transportation Center, and finally to the Eastland Community Transit
Center. A streetcar vehicle maintenance facility will be constructed in
a future phase of the project. Final agency actions: Section 106
finding of no adverse effect; Section 4(f) de minimis impact
determination; regional and project-level air quality conformity; and a
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) dated June 22, 2011.
Supporting documentation: Draft Environmental Assessment dated March
28, 2011.
3. Project name and location: Cincinnati Streetcar Project,
Cincinnati, OH. Project sponsor: City of Cincinnati. Project
description: The project is a streetcar system that will include one
set of at-grade tracks placed along 3.1 miles of city streets, along
with 16 new stops with shelters. The project also includes four
traction power stations and a maintenance and storage facility. Final
agency actions: a Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement; no use of
Section 4(f) properties; project-level air quality conformity; and a
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) dated June 2011. Supporting
documentation: Environmental Assessment dated March 2011 and
Supplemental Environmental Assessment dated May 2011.
4. Project name and location: Greenville Intermodal Transportation
Center, Greenville, NC. Project sponsor: City of Greenville. Project
description: The project will construct an intermodal transportation
center (ITC) in downtown Greenville. The project would include a two-
story transfer center with space for public areas, ticketing services,
support facilities, small retail areas, covered bus bays, limited
automobile parking, taxi waiting space, and space for regional bus
services. Final agency actions: a Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement;
Section 4(f) determination; and a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) dated June 2011. Supporting documentation: Environmental
Assessment dated April 2011.
5. Project name and location: New Kirk Bus Division, Baltimore
City, MD. Project sponsor: Maryland Transit Administration. Project
description: The project is to expand and modernize the existing Kirk
Division bus garage and maintenance facility. Final agency actions:
Section 106 finding of no historic properties affected; no use of
Section 4(f) properties; and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
dated April 2011. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment
dated March 2011.
6. Project name and location: Mid-City/Exposition Corridor Light
Rail Transit Project, Los Angeles, CA. Project sponsor: Los Angeles
County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Project description: The
Mid-City/Exposition Corridor Light Rail Transit Project consists of a
light rail system that would run 8.6 miles from 7th Street/Metro Center
Station in Downtown Los Angeles to the intersection of Washington and
National Boulevards in Culver City. The light rail transit fixed
guideway would operate in a dual track configuration mainly at-grade in
selected streets or in an exclusive LACMTA-owned Right-of-Way. FTA
reviewed information provided by LACMTA on project enhancements
proposed since the FTA issued a First Addendum to the Record of
Decision (ROD) in March 2009. Since the First Addendum, the project
changed to include the addition of the Farmdale Station, which requires
construction of a new Dorsey High School staff parking lot. The
Farmdale Station and associated parking lot construction were fully
evaluated in a Supplemental Environmental Assessment/Finding of No
Significant Impact (EA/FONSI). The revised project also includes
modification of the Storage and Inspection Facility at Long Beach
Avenue. The concept for the Storage and Inspection Facility is similar
to the Midday Layover Facility that was originally proposed in the
Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/
EIR), and would not result in any environmental changes or new
potentially significant environmental impacts beyond those evaluated in
the Final EIS/EIR. Final agency actions: FONSI, dated November 2010 and
the Second Addendum to the ROD signed June 2011. Supporting
documentation: Final EIS/EIR dated October 2005; Supplemental EA, dated
October 2010.
7. Project name and location: Moline Multimodal Station, Moline,
IL. Project sponsor: Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit
District (MetroLINK). Project description: The project is to construct
a Multimodal Station in Moline, IL, which includes the adaptive re-use
of a six-story warehouse located at 1201 4th Avenue. Final agency
actions: Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; de minimis impact to
Section 4(f) properties; and Documented Categorical Exclusion and FTA
Findings dated June 2011. Supporting documentation: Documented
Categorical Exclusion and FTA Findings dated June 2011.
8. Project name and location: North White Plains Parking Garage
Project, White Plains, NY. Project sponsor: Metropolitan Transportation
Authority Metro-North Railroad. Project description: The project is to
construct an approximately 500-space, five-story parking garage to
accommodate the future long-term ridership growth and demand for
parking at the North White Plains railroad station. The parking garage
would be located on a 0.854-acre property owned by Metro-North located
at 50 Harlem Avenue. Final agency actions: Section 106 finding of no
effect; no use of Section 4(f) properties and a Finding of No
Significant Impact
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(FONSI) dated June 2011. Supporting documentation: Environmental
Assessment dated January 2010.
Issued on: July 27, 2011.
Elizabeth S. Riklin,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment,
Washington, DC.
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