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Issued on: December 21, 2011.
Victor M. Mendez,
Administrator.
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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 projects in the following locations:
New York, NY; Charlotte, NC;
Savannah, GA; and Irving and
Grapevine, TX. 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 July 2, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312)
353–2577 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
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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: 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
five 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. 6, assessing design
changes to the 48th Street Entrance,
dated November 2011.
2. Project name and location: LYNX
Blue Line Extension Northeast Corridor
Light Rail Project, Charlotte, NC. Project
sponsor: Charlotte Area Transit System.
Project description: The project will add
approximately 9.4 miles of light rail line
and 11 new stations to the existing light
rail system. This will extend service
from Ninth Street in Center City through
the North Davidson and University
areas to UNC Charlotte. Final agency
actions: Section 4(f) de minimis impact
determination; Section 106 finding of no
adverse effect; project-level air quality
conformity; and Record of Decision,
dated December 2011. Supporting
documentation: LYNX Blue Line
Extension Northeast Corridor Light Rail
Project Final Environmental Impact
Statement, August 2011.
3. Project name and location:
Chatham Area Transit Downtown
Intermodal Terminal, Savannah, GA.
Project sponsor: Chatham Area Transit
Authority (CAT). Project description:
The proposed change in the project
consists of the construction of a
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Downtown Intermodal Terminal for bus
operations in Savannah, GA. The
facility will be constructed in an
existing transportation building that
currently is used by the Greyhound Bus
Service. The building will be renovated
to allow for joint operations of both the
local transit system operated by CAT as
well as the intercity transit system
operated by Greyhound. Final agency
actions: Section 4(f) de minimis impact
determination; a Section 106
Memorandum of Agreement; projectlevel air quality conformity; and
Revised Finding of No Significant
Impact (Revised FONSI), dated
December 2011. Supporting
documentation: Chatham Area Transit
Environmental Assessment, dated
September 2008.
4. Project name and location: Dallas
Area Rapid Transit Orange Line Dallas/
Fort Worth (DFW) Airport Extension
(Irving-3), Irving and Grapevine, TX.
Project sponsor: Dallas Area Rapid
Transit (DART). Project description: The
project consists of a 5.17-mile light rail
transit (LRT), double track alignment
that extends northwest from the Belt
Line Station (current terminus of the
Orange Line) before turning south along
International Parkway to end near
Terminal A. The alignment is primarily
at-grade but also consists of portions of
retained earth and aerial structures. A
storage yard, the DFW Airport LRT
Station and its pedestrian linkages are
included as part of the project. Final
agency actions: 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
October 2011. Supporting
documentation: Orange Line DFW
Airport Extension (Irving-3)
Environmental Assessment, September
2011.
Issued on: December 29, 2011.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator for Planning and
Environment, Washington, DC.
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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: New York, NY; Charlotte, NC; Savannah, GA; and Irving and
Grapevine, TX. 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 July 2, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 353-2577 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: 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 five 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. 6, assessing design changes to the 48th Street Entrance, dated
November 2011.
2. Project name and location: LYNX Blue Line Extension Northeast
Corridor Light Rail Project, Charlotte, NC. Project sponsor: Charlotte
Area Transit System. Project description: The project will add
approximately 9.4 miles of light rail line and 11 new stations to the
existing light rail system. This will extend service from Ninth Street
in Center City through the North Davidson and University areas to UNC
Charlotte. Final agency actions: Section 4(f) de minimis impact
determination; Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; project-level
air quality conformity; and Record of Decision, dated December 2011.
Supporting documentation: LYNX Blue Line Extension Northeast Corridor
Light Rail Project Final Environmental Impact Statement, August 2011.
3. Project name and location: Chatham Area Transit Downtown
Intermodal Terminal, Savannah, GA. Project sponsor: Chatham Area
Transit Authority (CAT). Project description: The proposed change in
the project consists of the construction of a Downtown Intermodal
Terminal for bus operations in Savannah, GA. The facility will be
constructed in an existing transportation building that currently is
used by the Greyhound Bus Service. The building will be renovated to
allow for joint operations of both the local transit system operated by
CAT as well as the intercity transit system operated by Greyhound.
Final agency actions: Section 4(f) de minimis impact determination; a
Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement; project-level air quality
conformity; and Revised Finding of No Significant Impact (Revised
FONSI), dated December 2011. Supporting documentation: Chatham Area
Transit Environmental Assessment, dated September 2008.
4. Project name and location: Dallas Area Rapid Transit Orange Line
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) Airport Extension (Irving-3), Irving and
Grapevine, TX. Project sponsor: Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART).
Project description: The project consists of a 5.17-mile light rail
transit (LRT), double track alignment that extends northwest from the
Belt Line Station (current terminus of the Orange Line) before turning
south along International Parkway to end near Terminal A. The alignment
is primarily at-grade but also consists of portions of retained earth
and aerial structures. A storage yard, the DFW Airport LRT Station and
its pedestrian linkages are included as part of the project. Final
agency actions: 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 October 2011. Supporting
documentation: Orange Line DFW Airport Extension (Irving-3)
Environmental Assessment, September 2011.
Issued on: December 29, 2011.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
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