80 FR 18496 - Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation Projects

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 65 (April 6, 2015)

This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for projects in the Cities of San Bernardino and Redlands, CA, and the Cities of Santa Ana and Garden Grove, CA. 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.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 65 (Monday, April 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18496-18497]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07812]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation 
Projects

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 projects in the Cities of San 
Bernardino and Redlands, CA, and the Cities of Santa Ana and Garden 
Grove, CA. 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 FTA actions announced 
herein for the listed public

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transportation projects will be barred unless the claim is filed on or 
before September 3, 2015.

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 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 administrative record for the projects. Interested parties may 
contact either the project sponsor or the relevant FTA Regional Office 
for more information on each project. Contact information for FTA's 
Regional Offices may be found at http://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 
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: Redlands Passenger Rail Project, 
Cities of San Bernardino and Redlands, CA. Project sponsor: San 
Bernardino Association of Governments (SANBAG). Project description: 
The proposed project would create new passenger rail operations along 
an approximately nine-mile corridor from the E Street Station and San 
Bernardino Transit Center in Downtown San Bernardino to the University 
of Redlands, east of Downtown Redlands. Final agency actions: Section 
4(f) determination; Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; project-
level air quality conformity; and Final Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report/Record of Decision, dated February 17, 
2015.
    2. Project name and location: Santa Ana-Garden Grove Fixed Guideway 
Project, Cities of Santa Ana and Garden Grove, CA. Project sponsor: 
City of Santa Ana, in coordination with the Orange County 
Transportation Authority and City of Garden Grove. Project description: 
The proposed project is an approximately 4.2-mile new streetcar system 
in Orange County running between the Santa Ana Regional Transportation 
Center (SARTC) in the City of Santa Ana and a new multimodal center at 
Harbor Boulevard/Westminster Avenue in the City of Garden Grove. The 
system includes 24 stations, an overhead contact system and series of 
traction power substations, and a new operations and maintenance 
facility near SARTC. Final agency actions: Section 4(f) de minimis 
impact determination; Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; 
project-level air quality conformity; and Finding of No Significant 
Impact, dated March 10, 2015. Supporting documentation: Revised 
Environmental Assessment/Final Environmental Impact Report, dated 
January 2015.

    Issued on: March 31, 2015.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2015-07812 Filed 4-3-15; 8:45 am]
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