80 FR 68897 - Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation Projects

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 215 (November 6, 2015)

This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for projects in Albuquerque, NM, Chicago, IL, and Tempe, AZ. 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 215 (Friday, November 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68897-68898]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28319]


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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)

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for projects in Albuquerque, NM, Chicago, IL, and Tempe, AZ. 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 transportation projects will be barred 
unless the claim is filed on or before April 4, 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 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: Albuquerque Rapid Transit, 
Albuquerque, NM. Project sponsor: The City of Albuquerque. Project 
description: The proposed project would provide bus rapid transit 
service from the Unser Transit Center on the west side of Albuquerque 
to Tramway Boulevard on the east side, an overall length of 
approximately 14 miles, and construct exclusive lanes for rapid 
vehicles from Coors Boulevard to Louisiana Boulevard, a distance of 
approximately 8.75 miles. The project would also construct 20 stations, 
including 15 median stations and five curbside platforms. Final agency 
actions: No use determination of Section 4(f) resources; Section 106 
finding of no adverse effect; project-level air quality conformity; and 
determination of documented categorical exclusion. Supporting 
documentation: Documented categorical exclusion pursuant to 23 CFR 
771.118(d), dated August 26, 2015.
    2. Project name and location: Lawrence to Bryn Mawr Modernization 
Project, Chicago, IL. Project sponsor: Chicago Transit Authority. 
Project description: The proposed project would replace the Lawrence, 
Argyle, Berwyn, and Bryn Mawr stations and approximately 1.3 miles of 
rail transit structural infrastructure on the Red and Purple lines in 
the Uptown and Edgewater community areas of Chicago. Final agency 
actions: Section 4(f) determination; a Section 106 Memorandum of 
Agreement, dated September 28, 2015; project-level air quality 
conformity; and Finding of No Significant Impact, dated October 1, 
2015. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment, dated April 
29, 2015.
    3. Project name and location: Red-Purple Bypass Project, Chicago, 
IL. Project sponsor: Chicago Transit Authority. Project description: 
The proposed project would construct a fifth track bypass for the 
northbound Brown Line at Clark Junction, just north of Belmont station, 
and reconstruct approximately 0.3 miles of the mainline Red and Purple 
line tracks from Belmont station on the south to the stretch of track 
between Newport and Cornelia Avenues on the north. The bypass would 
provide a grade-separated junction allowing northbound Brown Line 
trains to cross unimpeded over and above north- and southbound Red Line 
tracks, as well as southbound Purple Line tracks, on a new aerial 
structure. Final agency actions: Section 4(f) determination; a Section 
106 Memorandum of Agreement, dated September 28, 2015; project-level 
air quality conformity; and Finding of No Significant Impact, dated 
October 29, 2015. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment, 
dated May 19, 2015.
    4. Project name and location: Tempe Streetcar, Tempe, AZ. Project 
sponsor: Valley Metro. Project description: The proposed project is an 
approximately three-mile long streetcar line that connects the emerging 
commercial district of Rio Salado Parkway along the Tempe Town Lake 
waterfront with Downtown Tempe and Arizona State University's main 
campus along Apache Boulevard to the Dorsey/Apache Boulevard light rail 
station. Final agency actions: No use determination of Section 4(f) 
resources; Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; project-level air 
quality conformity; and Finding of No Significant Impact, dated October 
27, 2015. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment, dated 
July 2015.

Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2015-28319 Filed 11-5-15; 8:45 am]
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