80_FR_18561 80 FR 18496 - Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation Projects

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)

Page Range18496-18497
FR Document2015-07812

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 Issue 65 (Monday, April 6, 2015) 
[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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18496 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 65 / Monday, April 6, 2015 / Notices Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey mandate. The Agency has conducted is reasonably likely to result if normal Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. two public listening sessions in clearance processes are followed Telephone: 202–366–4325; email conjunction with industry trade shows resulting from the operation of trucks buz.schultz@dot.gov. and engaged its Motor Carrier Safety and motor coaches by individuals SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Advisory Committee to provide lacking appropriate driver training that Title: Report by SDLAs on the Annual recommendations to support the would be required by this rulemaking Number of Entry-Level CDL Applicants rulemaking. FMCSA learned that there (44 U.S.C. 3507(j)(1)(B)(i), 5 CFR and Related Data. is not agreement among stakeholders 1320.13(a)(2)(i)). In addition, use of the OMB Control Number: 2126–00XX. about how to satisfy the statutory normal clearance process is reasonably Type of Request: New information mandate. likely to cause a ‘‘court-ordered collection. Next, FMCSA commissioned a neutral deadline to be missed’’ (44 U.S.C. Respondents: State Driver Licensing convener to analyze the feasibility of 3507(j)(1)(B)(iii), 5 CFR Agencies (SDLAs). conducting a negotiated rulemaking 1320.13(a)(2)(iii)). This ICR is narrowly Estimated Number of Respondents: 51 (Reg Neg) to develop the regulations (5 focused and practical steps have been respondents (a report from the SDLA of U.S.C. 581–590). Based upon the taken to obtain this information in the each State and the District of Columbia). convener’s recommendation, FMCSA, past, as described in this notice above Estimated Number of Responses: 51 on December 10, 2014, published notice to minimize its burden on the SDLAs it responses. of its intent to establish an Entry-Level would apply to (5 CFR 1320.13(c)). Estimated Time per Response: 19 Driver Training Advisory Committee You are asked to comment on any hours and 30 minutes. (ELDTAC) to negotiate proposed aspect of this information collection, Form Number: MCSA–5894, ‘‘Request regulations to implement section 32304. including: for Data to State Driver Licensing On February 12, 2015, the Agency (1) Whether the proposed collection is Agencies’’ published notice of the first meeting of necessary for the performance of Expiration Date: N/A. This is a new the ELDTAC, which was held on FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of information collection. February 26–27, 2015 (80 FR 7814). The the estimated burden; (3) ways for Frequency of Response: One-time. FMCSA is currently engaged in regular FMCSA to enhance the quality, Estimated Total Annual Burden: 995 negotiations with the ELDTAC expected usefulness, and clarity of the collected hours (51 respondents × 19 hours and to go through May 2015 with a target information; and (4) ways that the 30 minutes per respondent, rounded). date for publication of an NPRM of burden could be minimized without Background October 15, 2015 (Id. at 7815). reducing the quality of the collected Despite these efforts and the urgent information. On July 6, 2012, the President signed nature and schedule of the negotiations, legislation titled ‘‘Moving Ahead for FMCSA lacks certain data that is crucial Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87 Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP– on March 31, 2015. to its efforts to satisfy the MAP–21 21).’’ Section 32304 of MAP–21 (49 mandate—for example, the number of G. Kelly Regal, U.S.C. 31305(c)) provides that the individuals who would require entry- Associate Administrator for Office of Secretary of Transportation must issue level CDL driver training annually. Research and Information Technology. final regulations establishing minimum Given that this rulemaking will likely be [FR Doc. 2015–07808 Filed 4–3–15; 8:45 am] entry-level training requirements for considered ‘‘significant’’ within the BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P individuals before obtaining a CDL for meaning of E. O. 12988, obtaining this the first time or prior to upgrading from data is crucial to developing an NPRM one class of CDL to another. The Agency and the required cost-benefit analysis. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION is required to develop instruction and The data, combined with other data in behind-the-wheel training that will be Federal Transit Administration the Agency’s possession, will also be effective in providing entry-level CDL central to the ability of ELDTAC to build Limitation on Claims Against Proposed drivers the knowledge and skills they consensus among the various Public Transportation Projects need to operate a commercial motor stakeholders. vehicle safely. The only known source of the number AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration On September 18, 2014, Advocates for of individuals who obtain their first and (FTA), DOT. Highway and Auto Safety, the upgraded CDL each year is the 50 States ACTION: Notice. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and the District of Columbia. The only and Citizens for Reliable and Safe way the Agency can obtain this SUMMARY: This notice announces final Highways sued FMCSA and DOT in the information is by asking the SDLAs to environmental actions taken by the United States Court of Appeals for the report it to FMCSA. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) District of Columbia Circuit (Case no. for projects in the Cities of San 14–1183). The plaintiffs petitioned for Public Comments Invited Bernardino and Redlands, CA, and the an order of mandamus compelling DOT The Agency requests emergency Cities of Santa Ana and Garden Grove, to publish a final rule on entry-level processing of this information request CA. The purpose of this notice is to driver training within 180 days. While valid for 180 days (44 U.S.C. 3507(j)(2)) announce publicly the environmental as of this date the court has not ruled based on its determination as required decisions by FTA on the subject projects on the petition, the court could order under the Paperwork Reduction Act and and to activate the limitation on any that a notice of proposed rulemaking its implementing regulations as follows: claims that may challenge these final tkelley on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES (NPRM) and final rule be drafted The information collection is environmental actions. according to a highly expedited ‘‘essential’’ to FMCSA’s safety mission: DATES: By this notice, FTA is advising schedule. Obtaining this data would to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities the public of final agency actions help address this urgent legal issue in a involving large trucks and buses (44 subject to Section 139(l) of Title 23, timely manner. U.S.C. 3507(j)(1)(A)(ii), 5 CFR United States Code (U.S.C.). A claim FMCSA has taken numerous steps 1320.13(a)(1)(ii)). Expedited review is seeking judicial review of FTA actions toward satisfying the section 32304 necessary to minimize public harm that announced herein for the listed public VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:14 Apr 03, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00145 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\06APN1.SGM 06APN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 65 / Monday, April 6, 2015 / Notices 18497 transportation projects will be barred Environmental Impact Report/Record of Innovative Safety, Resiliency, and All- unless the claim is filed on or before Decision, dated February 17, 2015. Hazard Emergency Response and September 3, 2015. 2. Project name and location: Santa Recovery Program: The U.S. Department FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ana-Garden Grove Fixed Guideway of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief Project, Cities of Santa Ana and Garden Transit Administration (FTA) Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312) Grove, CA. Project sponsor: City of announces the selection of Innovative 353–2577 or Terence Plaskon, Santa Ana, in coordination with the Safety, Resiliency, and All-Hazard Environmental Protection Specialist, Orange County Transportation Emergency Response and Recovery Office of Environmental Programs, (202) Authority and City of Garden Grove. Program (SRER) Program projects (see 366–0442. FTA is located at 1200 New Project description: The proposed Table 1) with Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 and Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC project is an approximately 4.2-mile FY 2013 appropriations for FTA’s 20590. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. new streetcar system in Orange County Research, Development, Demonstration to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, running between the Santa Ana and Deployment Program. The except Federal holidays. Regional Transportation Center Consolidated and Further Continuing (SARTC) in the City of Santa Ana and Appropriations Act, 2012, Public Law SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is a new multimodal center at Harbor 112–55 made $25,000,000 available to hereby given that FTA has taken final Boulevard/Westminster Avenue in the carry out innovative research and agency actions by issuing certain City of Garden Grove. The system demonstrations of national significance approvals for the public transportation includes 24 stations, an overhead under 49 U.S.C. 5312. Of that amount, projects listed below. The actions on the contact system and series of traction $20,800,000 was made available for projects, as well as the laws under power substations, and a new innovative safety, resiliency, and all- which such actions were taken, are operations and maintenance facility hazards emergency response and described in the documentation issued near SARTC. Final agency actions: recovery demonstration projects of in connection with the projects to Section 4(f) de minimis impact national significance. An additional comply with the National determination; Section 106 finding of no $8,200,000 in Section 5312 FY 2013 Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and adverse effect; project-level air quality Research funds was made available for in other documents in the FTA conformity; and Finding of No the same purpose for a combined administrative record for the projects. Significant Impact, dated March 10, amount of $29,000,000 in funds was Interested parties may contact either the 2015. Supporting documentation: made available from Fiscal Years 2012 project sponsor or the relevant FTA Revised Environmental Assessment/ and 2013. On October 1, 2013, FTA Regional Office for more information on Final Environmental Impact Report, published a Notice of Funding each project. Contact information for dated January 2015. Availability (NOFA) (78 FR 60369) FTA’s Regional Offices may be found at announcing the availability of funding http://www.fta.dot.gov. Issued on: March 31, 2015. for SRER. These competitive research Lucy Garliauskas, This notice applies to all FTA program funds will strengthen decisions on the listed projects as of the Associate Administrator Planning and operational safety of public Environment. issuance date of this notice and all laws transportation, help transit systems under which such actions were taken, [FR Doc. 2015–07812 Filed 4–3–15; 8:45 am] better withstand natural disasters and including, but not limited to, NEPA [42 BILLING CODE 4910–57–P other emergencies, and improve U.S.C. 4321–4375], Section 4(f) of the emergency response capabilities. Department of Transportation Act of Low or No Emission Vehicle 1966 [49 U.S.C. 303], Section 106 of the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Deployment Program: The U.S. National Historic Preservation Act [16 Federal Transit Administration Department of Transportation’s (DOT) U.S.C. 470f], and the Clean Air Act [42 Federal Transit Administration (FTA) U.S.C. 7401–7671q]. This notice does Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013 Innovative announces the selection of Low or No not, however, alter or extend the Safety, Resiliency, and All-Hazard Emissions Vehicle Deployment Program limitation period for challenges of Emergency; Response and Recovery (LONO) projects (see Table 2) with project decisions subject to previous Program Project Selections; Fiscal Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 and FY 2014 notices published in the Federal Years 2013 and 2014 Low or No appropriations for deployment of low or Register. The projects and actions that Emission Vehicle Deployment Program no emission transit buses. The Moving are the subject of this notice are: Project Selections; Fiscal Year 2012 Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century 1. Project name and location: Bus Efficiency Enhancements Act (MAP–21), Public Law 112–141, Redlands Passenger Rail Project, Cities Research and Demonstrations July 6, 2012, amended 49 U.S.C. 5312 to of San Bernardino and Redlands, CA. Program Project Selections add a new paragraph (d)(5) authorizing Project sponsor: San Bernardino FTA to make grants to finance eligible Association of Governments (SANBAG). AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, projects under the LONO Program. The Project description: The proposed DOT. Consolidated and Further Continuing project would create new passenger rail ACTION:Announcement of Research Appropriations Act, 2013, (also referred operations along an approximately nine- Program Project Selections. to as the Full Year Continuing mile corridor from the E Street Station Appropriations Act, 2013) Public Law and San Bernardino Transit Center in SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 113–6, March 26, 2013, made available tkelley on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Downtown San Bernardino to the Transportation’s Federal Transit $24,900,000 in FY 2013 (after University of Redlands, east of Administration announces the selection sequestration) funds to carry out the Downtown Redlands. Final agency of research projects funded in support of LONO Program. Of that amount, actions: Section 4(f) determination; three Notice of Funding Availability, as $21,600,000 was made available for Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; authorized under the Moving Ahead for transit buses and $3,300,000 was made project-level air quality conformity; and Progress in the 21st Century, and prior available for supporting facilities and Final Environmental Impact Statement/ legislation. related equipment. The Consolidated VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:14 Apr 03, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00146 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\06APN1.SGM 06APN1


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ActionNotice.
DatesBy 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 projects will be barred unless the claim is filed on or before September 3, 2015.
ContactNancy-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.
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