Notice of Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation Projects, 60963-60964 [2011-25266]
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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)
Middletown Train Station Relocation,
Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation, Middletown Borough
and Lower Swatara Township, PA; (2)
Union Station to Oak Cliff Dallas
Streetcar, North Central Texas Council
of Governments, Dallas, TX; (3) Wilshire
Bus Rapid Transit Project, Los Angeles
County Metropolitan Transportation
Authority, Los Angeles, CA; (4) Cedar
Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Station-toStation Service, Minnesota Valley
Transit Authority and Metropolitan
Council, Cities of Lakeville, Apple
Valley, Eagan, and Bloomington, MN;
and (5) Albany Multimodal Transit
Center, City of Albany and Georgia
Department of Transportation, City of
Albany, Dougherty County, GA. 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
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Carl
Bausch, Director, Office of Human and
Natural Environment, (202) 366–1626,
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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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,
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:
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documentation and of the FAA’s
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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 project will be
barred unless the claim is filed on or
before March 28, 2012.
Questions may be directed to the
individual named above under the
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
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1. Project name and location:
Middletown Train Station Relocation,
Middletown Borough and Lower
Swatara Township, PA. Project sponsor:
Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation. Project description: The
project will relocate the Middletown
Train Station in from Mill Street to Ann
Street/Airport Drive (State Road 441).
The project would require acquisition of
land from Abbco Real Properties at the
proposed Westporte Retail Center (on
the AP Green site) for the proposed
parking lot at 350 West Main Street
(Route 230). The proposed Train Station
platforms would be located just west of
350 West Main Street in Middletown.
Final agency actions: Section 4(f)
determination; Section 106 finding of no
adverse effect; regional and project-level
air quality conformity; and a Finding of
No Significant Impact (FONSI), dated
August 2011. Supporting
documentation: Environmental
Assessment, dated June 2011.
2. Project name and location: Union
Station to Oak Cliff Dallas Streetcar,
Dallas, TX. Project sponsor: North
Central Texas Council of Governments.
Project description: The project consists
of an approximately 1.6-mile streetcar
alignment operating on an at-grade track
in a dedicated, bi-directional streetcar
lane. The project includes four proposed
stops, all located within the roadway
right-of-way. To maintain and store the
streetcar vehicles, the project will rely
on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s
Central Rail Operating Facility. Final
agency actions: Section 4(f) de minimis
impact determination; Section 106
finding of no adverse effect; regional
and project-level air quality conformity;
and a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI), dated July 2011. Supporting
documentation: Environmental
Assessment, dated May 2011.
3. Project name and location: Wilshire
Bus Rapid Transit Project, Los Angeles,
CA. Project sponsor: Los Angeles
County Metropolitan Transportation
Authority. Project description: The
project involves construction of 9.7
miles of dedicated bus lanes from
Valencia Street to San Vicente
Boulevard (6.1 miles), the western
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border of the City of Beverly Hills to
Sepulveda Boulevard (2.3 miles), and
Bonsall Avenue to Centinela Avenue
(1.3 miles). It also includes 3.0 miles of
curb lane reconstruction/resurfacing
between Western Avenue and Fairfax
Avenue and removal of jut-outs and
realignment of curbs for dedicated bus
lanes between Comstock Avenue and
Malcolm Avenue (1.0 mile). Wilshire
Boulevard would be widened between
Bonsall Avenue and Barrington Avenue
to accommodate dedicated bus lanes
(0.7 mile). It would also lengthen the
eastbound left-turn pocket at Sepulveda
Boulevard by approximately 470 feet.
Final agency action: no use of Section
4(f) resources; Section 106 finding of no
adverse effect; project-level air quality
conformity; and Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI), dated
August 2011. Supporting
documentation: Revised Final
Environmental Assessment, dated April
2011.
4. Project name and location: Cedar
Avenue Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
Station-to-Station Service, Cities of
Lakeville, Apple Valley, Eagan, and
Bloomington, MN. Project sponsor:
Minnesota Valley Transit Authority, in
cooperation with the Metropolitan
Council. Project description: The project
consists of the procurement of branded
BRT vehicles for new station-to-station
service along the Cedar Avenue Corridor
between the 28th Avenue Transit Center
in Bloomington, Hennepin County and
215th Street in Lakeville, Dakota
County. This project also includes the
construction of walk-up transit stations
at 140th and 147th Street, and the use
of five existing transit stations located at
the 28th Avenue Transit Center in
Bloomington, Mall of America Transit
Center in Bloomington, Cedar Avenue
Transit Center in Eagan, Cedar Avenue
Transit Center in Apple Valley, and the
Lakeville Cedar Park-and-Ride Transit
Center in Lakeville. Final agency action:
no use of Section 4(f) resources; Section
106 finding of no adverse effect; projectlevel air quality conformity; and
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI), dated August 2011. Supporting
documentation: Environmental
Assessment, dated August 2011.
5. Project name and location: Albany
Multimodal Transit Center, City of
Albany, Dougherty County, GA. Project
sponsor: City of Albany and Georgia
Department of Transportation. Project
description: The project involves the
site preparation and construction of a
multimodal transportation center,
relocating the existing Albany Transit
System (ATS) bus transfer operations
from the existing interim transfer
facility at the Greyhound Terminal
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approximately 1,500 feet to the
northeast to the proposed multimodal
transportation center located between
Flint Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue. In
addition to its functionality as the
central transfer station for the ATS
buses, the facility would also house and
support dispatch facilities and would
accommodate other potential uses, such
as intercity bus, rural transit, future
intercity rail support services, taxis,
private auto services, and typical transit
oriented and transit-related commercial
uses. Final agency action: no use of
Section 4(f) resources; a Section 106
Memorandum of Agreement; projectlevel air quality conformity; and
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI), dated September 2011.
Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment, dated
January 2011.
Issued on: September 27, 2011.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator for Planning and
Environment, Washington, DC.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
Notice and Request for Comments
Surface Transportation Board.
60-day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
(PRA), the Surface Transportation Board
(STB or Board) gives notice of its intent
to request from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval for revision of a currently
approved information collection. The
revision is due solely to the reduced
number of estimated yearly
respondents. This information
collection is described in detail below.
Comments are requested concerning: (1)
The accuracy of the Board’s burden
estimates; (2) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; (3) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, where
appropriate; and (4) whether this
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical
SUMMARY:
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utility. Submitted comments will be
summarized and included in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.
Description of Collection
Title: Application to Open a Billing
Account.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0006.
STB Form Number: STB Form 1032.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Rail carriers, shippers,
and others doing business before the
STB.
Number of Respondents: 5.
Estimated Time Per Response: Less
than .08 hours, based on actual survey
of respondents.
Frequency: One time per respondent.
Total Burden Hours (annually
including all respondents): Less than 0.4
hours.
Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: No
‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens associated
with this collection have been
identified.
Needs and Uses: The Board is, by
statute, responsible for the economic
regulation of freight rail carriers and
certain other carriers operating in
interstate commerce. The form for
which this approval is sought is
submitted by persons doing business
before the Board who wish to open an
account with the Board to facilitate their
payment of filing fees; fees for the
search, review, copying, and
certification of records; and fees for
other services rendered by the Board.
An account holder is billed on a
monthly basis for payment of
accumulated fees. Data provided is also
used for debt collection activities. The
application form requests information as
required by OMB and U.S. Department
of the Treasury regulations for the
collection of fees. This information is
not duplicated by any other agency. In
accordance with the Privacy Act, 5
U.S.C. 552a, all taxpayer identification
and social security numbers are secured
and used only for credit management
and debt collection activities.
Retention Period: The STB retains this
information for 6 years, 3 months after
the respondent asks to close account
and outstanding debts, if any, are paid
in full.
DATES: Written comments are due on
November 29, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to
Marilyn Levitt, Surface Transportation
Board, Suite 1260, 395 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20423–0001, or to
levittm@stb.dot.gov. When submitting
comments, please refer to ‘‘Paperwork
Reduction Act Comments, Application
to Open an Account for Billing
Purposes, OMB Number 2140–0006.’’
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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)
Middletown Train Station Relocation, Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation, Middletown Borough and Lower Swatara Township, PA; (2)
Union Station to Oak Cliff Dallas Streetcar, North Central Texas
Council of Governments, Dallas, TX; (3) Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit
Project, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Los
Angeles, CA; (4) Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Station-to-Station
Service, Minnesota Valley Transit Authority and Metropolitan Council,
Cities of Lakeville, Apple Valley, Eagan, and Bloomington, MN; and (5)
Albany Multimodal Transit Center, City of Albany and Georgia Department
of Transportation, City of Albany, Dougherty County, GA. 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 project will be barred
unless the claim is filed on or before March 28, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl Bausch, Director, Office of Human
and Natural Environment, (202) 366-1626, 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, 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: Middletown Train Station Relocation,
Middletown Borough and Lower Swatara Township, PA. Project sponsor:
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Project description: The
project will relocate the Middletown Train Station in from Mill Street
to Ann Street/Airport Drive (State Road 441). The project would require
acquisition of land from Abbco Real Properties at the proposed
Westporte Retail Center (on the AP Green site) for the proposed parking
lot at 350 West Main Street (Route 230). The proposed Train Station
platforms would be located just west of 350 West Main Street in
Middletown. Final agency actions: Section 4(f) determination; Section
106 finding of no adverse effect; regional and project-level air
quality conformity; and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI),
dated August 2011. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment,
dated June 2011.
2. Project name and location: Union Station to Oak Cliff Dallas
Streetcar, Dallas, TX. Project sponsor: North Central Texas Council of
Governments. Project description: The project consists of an
approximately 1.6-mile streetcar alignment operating on an at-grade
track in a dedicated, bi-directional streetcar lane. The project
includes four proposed stops, all located within the roadway right-of-
way. To maintain and store the streetcar vehicles, the project will
rely on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit's Central Rail Operating
Facility. Final agency actions: Section 4(f) de minimis impact
determination; Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; regional and
project-level air quality conformity; and a Finding of No Significant
Impact (FONSI), dated July 2011. Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment, dated May 2011.
3. Project name and location: Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit Project,
Los Angeles, CA. Project sponsor: Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority. Project description: The project involves
construction of 9.7 miles of dedicated bus lanes from Valencia Street
to San Vicente Boulevard (6.1 miles), the western
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border of the City of Beverly Hills to Sepulveda Boulevard (2.3 miles),
and Bonsall Avenue to Centinela Avenue (1.3 miles). It also includes
3.0 miles of curb lane reconstruction/resurfacing between Western
Avenue and Fairfax Avenue and removal of jut-outs and realignment of
curbs for dedicated bus lanes between Comstock Avenue and Malcolm
Avenue (1.0 mile). Wilshire Boulevard would be widened between Bonsall
Avenue and Barrington Avenue to accommodate dedicated bus lanes (0.7
mile). It would also lengthen the eastbound left-turn pocket at
Sepulveda Boulevard by approximately 470 feet. Final agency action: no
use of Section 4(f) resources; Section 106 finding of no adverse
effect; project-level air quality conformity; and Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI), dated August 2011. Supporting
documentation: Revised Final Environmental Assessment, dated April
2011.
4. Project name and location: Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
Station-to-Station Service, Cities of Lakeville, Apple Valley, Eagan,
and Bloomington, MN. Project sponsor: Minnesota Valley Transit
Authority, in cooperation with the Metropolitan Council. Project
description: The project consists of the procurement of branded BRT
vehicles for new station-to-station service along the Cedar Avenue
Corridor between the 28th Avenue Transit Center in Bloomington,
Hennepin County and 215th Street in Lakeville, Dakota County. This
project also includes the construction of walk-up transit stations at
140th and 147th Street, and the use of five existing transit stations
located at the 28th Avenue Transit Center in Bloomington, Mall of
America Transit Center in Bloomington, Cedar Avenue Transit Center in
Eagan, Cedar Avenue Transit Center in Apple Valley, and the Lakeville
Cedar Park-and-Ride Transit Center in Lakeville. Final agency action:
no use of Section 4(f) resources; Section 106 finding of no adverse
effect; project-level air quality conformity; and Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI), dated August 2011. Supporting
documentation: Environmental Assessment, dated August 2011.
5. Project name and location: Albany Multimodal Transit Center,
City of Albany, Dougherty County, GA. Project sponsor: City of Albany
and Georgia Department of Transportation. Project description: The
project involves the site preparation and construction of a multimodal
transportation center, relocating the existing Albany Transit System
(ATS) bus transfer operations from the existing interim transfer
facility at the Greyhound Terminal approximately 1,500 feet to the
northeast to the proposed multimodal transportation center located
between Flint Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue. In addition to its
functionality as the central transfer station for the ATS buses, the
facility would also house and support dispatch facilities and would
accommodate other potential uses, such as intercity bus, rural transit,
future intercity rail support services, taxis, private auto services,
and typical transit oriented and transit-related commercial uses. Final
agency action: no use of Section 4(f) resources; a Section 106
Memorandum of Agreement; project-level air quality conformity; and
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), dated September 2011.
Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment, dated January 2011.
Issued on: September 27, 2011.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
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