Notice of Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation Projects, 72746-72747 [2011-30366]

Download as PDF wreier-aviles on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 72746 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 227 / Friday, November 25, 2011 / Notices regulation of defense trade to help ensure that impediments to legitimate exports are reduced while the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States continue to be protected and advanced in accordance with the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), as amended. Major topics addressed by the DTAG include (a) policy issues on commercial defense trade and technology transfer; (b) regulatory and licensing procedures applicable to defense articles, services, and technical data; (c) technical issues involving the U.S. Munitions List (USML); and (d) questions relating to actions designed to carry out the AECA and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). 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Kovac, Designated Federal Official, Defense Trade Advisory Group, Department of State. [FR Doc. 2011–30403 Filed 11–23–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710–25–P 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 projects in the following locations: City of Aurora and Arapahoe County, CO; Chicago, IL; Birmingham, AL; Sacramento, CA; New York, NY; and King County, WA. 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. SUMMARY: By this notice, FTA is advising the public of final agency actions subject to Section 139(l) of Title 23, DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 May 23, 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Van Wyk, AttorneyAdvisor, Office of Chief Counsel, (202) 366–1733, or Terence Plaskon, Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Human and Natural Environment, (202) 366–0442. 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: I–225 Minimum Operable Segment (MOS) Extending Transit Service from the Nine Mile Light Rail Transit Station to Iliff, City of Aurora and Arapahoe County, CO. Project sponsor: Regional Transportation District. Project description: The project will extend light rail transit (LRT) from the current terminus at the existing Nine Mile LRT Station on the Southeast Corridor LRT north and east to the proposed Iliff Station. The Nine Mile to Iliff Station proposed action is a Minimum Operable E:\FR\FM\25NON1.SGM 25NON1 wreier-aviles on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 227 / Friday, November 25, 2011 / Notices Segment (MOS) of the full 10.5-mile I– 225 LRT corridor. Final agency actions: no use of Section 4(f) resources; Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; projectlevel air quality conformity; and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), dated September 2011. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment, dated July 2011. 2. Project name and location: Union Pacific North Line Bridge Project, Chicago, IL. Project sponsor: Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Rail Corporation (Metra). Project description: The project involves replacement of eleven 100-year railroad bridges located between Grace Street and Balmoral Avenue on the north side of Chicago. These bridges will be replaced and some existing railroad tracks will be relocated within the existing right-of-way. Final agency actions: Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; project-level air quality conformity, and Documented Categorical Exclusion. Supporting documentation: Documented Categorical Exclusion, dated September 2011. 3. Project name and location: Birmingham Intermodal Transfer Facility, Phase II, Birmingham, AL. Project sponsor: City of Birmingham. Project description: The project is to construct a new facility housing Amtrak and Greyhound stations and MAX (Metro Area Express, BirminghamJefferson County Transit Authority) public transportation offices in conjunction with the expanded MAX bus facility as an integrated, multimodal transportation center. Final agency actions: Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; project-level air quality conformity; and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), dated September 2011. Supporting documentation: Supplemental Environmental Assessment, September 2011. 4. Project name and location: South Sacramento Corridor Light Rail Project Phase 2 Extension Project Modifications, City of Sacramento, CA. Project sponsor: Sacramento Regional Transit District. Project description: The project extends light rail transit service approximately 4.3 miles south from the South Sacramento Corridor Light Rail Project Phase 1 terminus at Meadowview Road to Cosumnes River College. This finding is on modifications to the previously approved project resulting from refinements to the project’s design. Final agency actions: Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; projectlevel air quality conformity; and a Finding of No Significant Impact VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:31 Nov 23, 2011 Jkt 226001 (FONSI), dated October 2011. Supporting documentation: Final Environmental Assessment, dated September 2011. 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 16 new stations that will be accessible by persons with disabilities. FTA has agreed to partially fund 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. Various changes to Phase 1 of the project as well as final design of certain elements of Phase 1 of the project have been evaluated in a number of technical memoranda. Final agency actions: FTA determination that neither a supplemental environmental impact statement nor a supplemental environmental assessment is necessary. Supporting documentation: Technical Memorandum No. 9, assessing the design of one of two ancillary facilities related to the 96th Street Station, dated October 2011. 6. Project name and location: East Link Light Rail Transit Project, King County, WA. Project sponsor: Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit). Project description: The project extends the current light rail system an additional 18 miles from Downtown Seattle to Mercer Island and Bellevue along Interstate 90 (I–90), and then through Bellevue to Overlake and Redmond in the Puget Sound region of Washington State. The project includes 12 stations, four park-and-ride lots, and supporting facilities. The project also includes storage tracks and facilities located just north of the Hospital Station to allow for overnight storage of vehicles and daily startup operations. Final agency actions: Section 4(f) determination; Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; regional and project-level air quality conformity; and Record of Decision, dated November 2011. Supporting documentation: East Link Final Environmental Impact Statement, dated July 2011. Issued on: November 21, 2011. Lucy Garliauskas, Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC. [FR Doc. 2011–30366 Filed 11–23–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 72747 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [Docket No. NHTSA–2011–0154] Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation. ACTION: Request for public comment on proposed collection of information. AGENCY: This notice solicits public comments on continuation of the requirements for the collection of information on safety standards. Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit public comment on proposed collections of information, including extensions and reinstatement of previously approved collections. This document describes a collection of information on nine Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSSs) and two regulations, for which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval. The information collection pertains to requirements that specify certain description, instructions and safety precautions regarding items of motor vehicle equipment must appear in the vehicle owner’s manual. DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 24, 2012. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments to the docket number identified in the heading of this document by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Docket Management Facility, M–30, U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Rm. W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. • Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. • Fax: (202) 493–2251. You may call the Docket Management Facility at (202) 366–9826. Regardless of how you submit your comments, you should mention the docket number of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Complete copies of each request for SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\25NON1.SGM 25NON1

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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 projects in the following 
locations: City of Aurora and Arapahoe County, CO; Chicago, IL; 
Birmingham, AL; Sacramento, CA; New York, NY; and King County, WA. 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 May 23, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Van Wyk, Attorney-Advisor, 
Office of Chief Counsel, (202) 366-1733, or Terence Plaskon, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Human and Natural 
Environment, (202) 366-0442. 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: I-225 Minimum Operable Segment (MOS) 
Extending Transit Service from the Nine Mile Light Rail Transit Station 
to Iliff, City of Aurora and Arapahoe County, CO. Project sponsor: 
Regional Transportation District. Project description: The project will 
extend light rail transit (LRT) from the current terminus at the 
existing Nine Mile LRT Station on the Southeast Corridor LRT north and 
east to the proposed Iliff Station. The Nine Mile to Iliff Station 
proposed action is a Minimum Operable

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Segment (MOS) of the full 10.5-mile I-225 LRT corridor. Final agency 
actions: no use of Section 4(f) resources; Section 106 finding of no 
adverse effect; project-level air quality conformity; and a Finding of 
No Significant Impact (FONSI), dated September 2011. Supporting 
documentation: Environmental Assessment, dated July 2011.
    2. Project name and location: Union Pacific North Line Bridge 
Project, Chicago, IL. Project sponsor: Northeast Illinois Regional 
Commuter Rail Corporation (Metra). Project description: The project 
involves replacement of eleven 100-year railroad bridges located 
between Grace Street and Balmoral Avenue on the north side of Chicago. 
These bridges will be replaced and some existing railroad tracks will 
be relocated within the existing right-of-way. Final agency actions: 
Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; project-level air quality 
conformity, and Documented Categorical Exclusion. Supporting 
documentation: Documented Categorical Exclusion, dated September 2011.
    3. Project name and location: Birmingham Intermodal Transfer 
Facility, Phase II, Birmingham, AL. Project sponsor: City of 
Birmingham. Project description: The project is to construct a new 
facility housing Amtrak and Greyhound stations and MAX (Metro Area 
Express, Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority) public 
transportation offices in conjunction with the expanded MAX bus 
facility as an integrated, multimodal transportation center. Final 
agency actions: Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; project-level 
air quality conformity; and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), 
dated September 2011. Supporting documentation: Supplemental 
Environmental Assessment, September 2011.
    4. Project name and location: South Sacramento Corridor Light Rail 
Project Phase 2 Extension Project Modifications, City of Sacramento, 
CA. Project sponsor: Sacramento Regional Transit District. Project 
description: The project extends light rail transit service 
approximately 4.3 miles south from the South Sacramento Corridor Light 
Rail Project Phase 1 terminus at Meadowview Road to Cosumnes River 
College. This finding is on modifications to the previously approved 
project resulting from refinements to the project's design. Final 
agency actions: Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; project-level 
air quality conformity; and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), 
dated October 2011. Supporting documentation: Final Environmental 
Assessment, dated September 2011.
    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 16 new stations that will be accessible by persons with 
disabilities. FTA has agreed to partially fund 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. Various changes to Phase 
1 of the project as well as final design of certain elements of Phase 1 
of the project have been evaluated in a number of technical memoranda. 
Final agency actions: FTA determination that neither a supplemental 
environmental impact statement nor a supplemental environmental 
assessment is necessary. Supporting documentation: Technical Memorandum 
No. 9, assessing the design of one of two ancillary facilities related 
to the 96th Street Station, dated October 2011.
    6. Project name and location: East Link Light Rail Transit Project, 
King County, WA. Project sponsor: Central Puget Sound Regional Transit 
Authority (Sound Transit). Project description: The project extends the 
current light rail system an additional 18 miles from Downtown Seattle 
to Mercer Island and Bellevue along Interstate 90 (I-90), and then 
through Bellevue to Overlake and Redmond in the Puget Sound region of 
Washington State. The project includes 12 stations, four park-and-ride 
lots, and supporting facilities. The project also includes storage 
tracks and facilities located just north of the Hospital Station to 
allow for overnight storage of vehicles and daily startup operations. 
Final agency actions: Section 4(f) determination; Section 106 finding 
of no adverse effect; regional and project-level air quality 
conformity; and Record of Decision, dated November 2011. Supporting 
documentation: East Link Final Environmental Impact Statement, dated 
July 2011.

    Issued on: November 21, 2011.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
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