Limitation on Claims Against a Proposed Public Transportation Project, 77080 [2015-31225]

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• Federal Transit Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 238 (Friday, December 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 77080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31225]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Limitation on Claims Against a Proposed Public Transportation 
Project

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the 
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for a project in Bellevue, WA. The 
purpose of this notice is to announce publicly the environmental 
decisions by FTA on the subject project 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 May 9, 2016.

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 Environmental Programs, 
(202) 366-0442. FTA is located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 
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 project listed below. The actions on the project, 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 project. Interested parties may 
contact either the project sponsor or the relevant FTA Regional Office 
for more information. 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 project 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 
for challenges of project decisions subject to previous notices 
published in the Federal Register. The project and actions that are the 
subject of this notice are:
    Project name and location: Link Light Rail Operations and 
Maintenance Satellite Facility, Bellevue, WA. Project sponsor: Central 
Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit). Project 
description: The proposed project would provide service and inspection 
functions to support approximately 90 light rail vehicles and would be 
used to store, maintain, and dispatch vehicles for daily service. Final 
agency actions: No use determination of Section 4(f) resources; Section 
106 finding of no historic properties affected; project-level air 
quality conformity; and Record of Decision, dated November 4, 2015. 
Supporting documentation: Final Environmental Impact Statement, dated 
September 25, 2015.

Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2015-31225 Filed 12-10-15; 8:45 am]
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