Extension of Public Scoping Period for the West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions, King County, Washington, 8781-8782 [2019-04278]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Limitation on Claims Against Proposed
Public Transportation Projects
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces final
environmental actions taken by the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
for projects in Phoenix, Arizona and
Albany, Georgia. 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 23 U.S.C. 139(l). A claim
seeking judicial review of FTA actions
announced herein for the listed public
transportation projects will be barred
unless the claim is filed on or before
August 8, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312)
353–2577 or Juliet Bochicchio,
Environmental Protection Specialist,
Office of Environmental Programs, (202)
366–9348. FTA is located at 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m.
to 5:00 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
projects listed below. The actions on the
projects, as well as the laws under
which such actions were taken, are
described in the documentation issued
in connection with the projects to
comply with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
in other documents in the FTA
environmental project file for the
projects. 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 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)
requirements [23 U.S.C. 138, 49 U.S.C.
303], Section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act [54 U.S.C.
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306108], 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 projects and actions that
are the subject of this notice are:
1. Project name and location:
Northwest Phase II Light Rail Extension,
City of Phoenix, Maricopa County,
Arizona. Project sponsor: Valley Metro.
Project description: Valley Metro plans
to construct the Northwest Phase II
Light Rail Extension to extend service
1.5 miles northwest of the existing
Valley Metro light rail line at Dunlap
and 19th Avenues to the Metrocenter
Mall located on the western side of
Interstate 17 (I–17). The project consists
of the construction of three new light
rail stations, two park and ride facilities,
a new rail bridge over I–17, replacement
of two existing bridges to accommodate
light rail vehicles, vehicular traffic and
bicycles, and relocation of the existing
Metrocenter Transit Center. This notice
only applies to the discrete actions
taken by FTA at this time, as described
below. Nothing in this notice affects
FTA’s previous decisions, or notice
thereof, for this project. Final agency
actions: Section 4(f) determination,
dated October 26, 2018; Section 106
finding of no adverse effect to historic
properties, State Historic Preservation
Office (SHPO) concurrence dated
October 22, 2018; project-level air
quality conformity; Section 6(f) of the
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act
determination, dated January 5, 2018;
and Finding of No Significant Impact for
the Northwest Phase II Light Rail
Extension, dated February 5, 2019.
Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment Northwest
Phase II Light Rail Extension, dated
September 20, 2018.
2. Project name and location: Albany
Multimodal Transportation Center,
Albany, Georgia. Project Sponsor: City
of Albany and Georgia Department of
Transportation (GDOT). Project
description: The City of Albany and
GDOT will construct a new multimodal
transportation center for the Albany
Transit System on a 3-acre site that will
house and support ATS operational
needs, and other potential uses, such as
intercity bus, rural transit, taxis, private
auto services, and typical transitoriented and transit-related commercial
uses, as well as a small public computer
lab. This notice only applies to the
discrete actions taken by FTA at this
time, as described below. Nothing in
this notice affects FTA’s previous
decisions, or notice thereof, for this
project. Final agency actions: Section
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4(f) determination, date December 10,
2018; Finding of No Significant Impact
for the Albany Multimodal
Transportation Center, dated December
10, 2018; Section 106 finding of no
adverse effect to historic properties for
the Albany Freedom Historic District
and Section 106 finding of adverse
effect for Archaeological Site 9DU286,
SHPO concurrence dated April 13,
2018; executed Memorandum of
Agreement dated December 10, 2018;
project-level air quality conformity.
Supporting documentation:
Environmental Assessment Albany
Multimodal Transportation Center,
Dougherty County, Georgia, dated May
22, 2018.
Elizabeth S. Riklin,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning
and Environment.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Extension of Public Scoping Period for
the West Seattle and Ballard Link
Extensions, King County, Washington
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; extension of public
comment period.
AGENCY:
On February 12, 2019 the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
published a notice of intent (NOI) in the
Federal Register to prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS)
with the Central Puget Sound Regional
Transit Authority (Sound Transit) for
the West Seattle and Ballard Link
Extensions (WSBLE) Project. The public
scoping period on the NOI was
originally scheduled to end on March
18, 2019. FTA is extending the public
scoping period and will accept
comments until April 2, 2019.
DATES: Written comments on the scope
and alternatives to be considered in EIS,
as described in the NOI (84 FR 3541;
February 12, 2019), must be submitted
no later than April 2, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments on the scope of the EIS to:
WSBLE (c/o Lauren Swift) Sound
Transit, 401 S Jackson Street, Seattle,
WA 98104–2826, or by email to
WSBscopingcomments@
soundtransit.org.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Assam, FTA Environmental
Protection Specialist, phone: (206) 220–
4465 or Lauren Swift, Sound Transit
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Background
Central Corridor Environmental
Manager, phone: (206) 398–5301.
On
February 12, 2019, FTA published a
NOI to prepare an EIS in coordination
with Sound Transit for the WSBLE
Project in the Federal Register (84 FR
3541). The public scoping period on the
NOI was originally scheduled to end on
March 18, 2019. FTA received requests
for additional time to provide
comments. In an effort to balance the
need to move forward on the EIS
process in an efficient manner and the
need to encourage thorough public
participation in this scoping process,
FTA will extend the public comment
period to April 2, 2019. This brings the
public scoping period to a total of 46
days. Other information contained in
the NOI published in the February 12,
2019 Federal Register has not been
changed.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Linda M. Gehrke,
Regional Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2019–0005]
Decision That Certain Nonconforming
Motor Vehicles Are Eligible for
Importation
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Grant of petitions.
This document announces
decisions by NHTSA that certain motor
vehicles not originally manufactured to
comply with all applicable Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
(FMVSS) are eligible for importation
into the United States because they are
substantially similar to vehicles
originally manufactured for sale in the
United States and certified by their
manufacturers as complying with the
safety standards, and are capable of
being readily altered to conform to the
standards.
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These decisions became
applicable on the dates specified in
Annex A.
DATES:
Neil
Thurgood, Office of Vehicle Safety
Compliance, NHTSA (202–366–0712).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Under 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A), a
motor vehicle that was not originally
manufactured to conform to all
applicable FMVSS shall be refused
admission into the United States unless
NHTSA has decided that the motor
vehicle is substantially similar to a
motor vehicle originally manufactured
for importation into and/or sale in the
United States, certified under 49 U.S.C.
30115, and of the same model year as
the model of the motor vehicle to be
compared, and is capable of being
readily altered to conform to all
applicable FMVSS.
Where there is no substantially
similar U.S.-certified motor vehicle, 49
U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(B) permits a
nonconforming motor vehicle to be
admitted into the United States if its
safety features comply with, or are
capable of being altered to comply with,
all applicable FMVSS based on
destructive test data or such other
evidence as NHTSA decides to be
adequate.
Petitions for eligibility decisions may
be submitted by either manufacturers or
importers who have registered with
NHTSA pursuant to 49 CFR part 592. As
specified in 49 CFR part 593.7, NHTSA
publishes notice in the Federal Register
of each petition that it receives, and
affords interested persons an
opportunity to comment on the petition.
At the close of the comment period,
NHTSA decides, on the basis of the
petition and any comments that it has
received, whether the vehicle is eligible
for importation. The agency then
notifies the petitioner of its decision by
letter and publishes public notification
of the decision in the Federal Register.
NHTSA received petitions from
registered importers (RIs) to decide
whether the vehicles listed in Annex A
to this notice are eligible for importation
into the United States. To afford an
opportunity for public comment,
NHTSA published notice of these
petitions as specified in Annex A. The
reader is referred to those notices for a
thorough description of the petitions.
Comments: No substantive comments
were received in response to the
petitions identified in Annex A.
NHTSA Decision: Accordingly, on the
basis of the foregoing, NHTSA hereby
decides that each motor vehicle listed in
Annex A to this notice, which was not
originally manufactured to comply with
all applicable FMVSS, is substantially
similar to a motor vehicle manufactured
for importation into and/or sale in the
United States and certified by its
manufacturer under 49 U.S.C. 30115, as
specified in Annex A, and is capable of
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being readily altered to conform to all
applicable FMVSS.
NHTSA has also concluded that each
RI who imports and modifies a vehicle
under one of the subject vehicle
eligibility numbers for the first time
must include in the statement of
conformity and associated documents
(‘‘conformity package’’) it submits to the
NHTSA under 49 CFR part 592.6(d)
explicit proof to confirm that the vehicle
was, where applicable, originally
manufactured to conform to, or was
successfully altered to conform to,
FMVSS No. 101, Controls and Displays,
FMVSS No. 138, Tire Pressure
Monitoring Systems, FMVSS No. 208,
Occupant Crash Protection, and FMVSS
No. 301, Fuel System Integrity. This
proof must include detailed
descriptions of all modifications made,
including a detailed description of
systems in place (if any) on the vehicle
as delivered to the RI, and a similarly
detailed description of alterations made
to the vehicle and said systems,
including photographs of all required
labeling. The descriptions must also
include parts assembly diagrams and
associated part numbers for all
components that were removed from or
installed in the vehicle, an accounting
of any computer programming
modifications undertaken, and a
description of how compliance was
verified after alteration of the vehicle.
Vehicle Eligibility Number for Subject
Vehicles: In order to import a vehicle
made admissible under any final
decision, the importer must indicate to
U.S. Customs and Border Protection that
the vehicle has been determined eligible
for importation. This is done by
indicating the eligibility number,
published under that final decision, on
DOT declaration form HS–7. Vehicle
eligibility numbers assigned to vehicles
admissible under this decision are
specified in Annex A.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A),
(a)(1)(B) and (b)(1); 49 CFR 593.7; delegations
of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 501.8.
Michael A. Cole,
Acting Director, Office of Vehicle Safety
Compliance.
Annex A—Nonconforming Motor
Vehicles Decided To Be Eligible for
Importation
1. Docket No. NHTSA–2017–0029
Nonconforming Vehicles: 2014 BMW X3
Multipurpose Passenger Vehicles
Substantially Similar U.S. Certified Vehicles:
2014 BMW X3 Multipurpose Passenger
Vehicles
Notice of Petition Published at: 83 FR 32708
(July 13, 2018)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–598
(effective date September 7, 2018)
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Extension of Public Scoping Period for the West Seattle and
Ballard Link Extensions, King County, Washington
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: On February 12, 2019 the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
published a notice of intent (NOI) in the Federal Register to prepare
an environmental impact statement (EIS) with the Central Puget Sound
Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) for the West Seattle and
Ballard Link Extensions (WSBLE) Project. The public scoping period on
the NOI was originally scheduled to end on March 18, 2019. FTA is
extending the public scoping period and will accept comments until
April 2, 2019.
DATES: Written comments on the scope and alternatives to be considered
in EIS, as described in the NOI (84 FR 3541; February 12, 2019), must
be submitted no later than April 2, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments on the scope of the EIS to:
WSBLE (c/o Lauren Swift) Sound Transit, 401 S Jackson Street, Seattle,
WA 98104-2826, or by email to WSBscopingcomments@soundtransit.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Assam, FTA Environmental
Protection Specialist, phone: (206) 220-4465 or Lauren Swift, Sound
Transit
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Central Corridor Environmental Manager, phone: (206) 398-5301.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 12, 2019, FTA published a NOI to
prepare an EIS in coordination with Sound Transit for the WSBLE Project
in the Federal Register (84 FR 3541). The public scoping period on the
NOI was originally scheduled to end on March 18, 2019. FTA received
requests for additional time to provide comments. In an effort to
balance the need to move forward on the EIS process in an efficient
manner and the need to encourage thorough public participation in this
scoping process, FTA will extend the public comment period to April 2,
2019. This brings the public scoping period to a total of 46 days.
Other information contained in the NOI published in the February 12,
2019 Federal Register has not been changed.
Linda M. Gehrke,
Regional Administrator.
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