81 FR 93727 - Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation Project

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 245 (December 21, 2016)

This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for a project in Chapel Hill and Durham, NC. 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.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 245 (Wednesday, December 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 93727-93728]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30703]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Limitation on Claims Against 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 Chapel Hill and 
Durham, NC. 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 22, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief 
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 353-2577 or Meghan Kelley, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Environmental Programs, 
(202) 366-6098. 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 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: Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit Project 
North Carolina Central University Station Refinement, Chapel Hill and 
Durham, NC. Project sponsor: Research Triangle Regional Public 
Transportation Authority d/b/a Triangle Transit Authority d/b/a 
GoTriangle. Project description: The proposed project evaluates the 
inclusion of the North Carolina Central University Station Refinement 
into the Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit (D-O LRT) Project. The D-O 
LRT Project was originally evaluated in a combined Final Environmental 
Impact Statement/Record of Decision, dated February 11, 2016. The 
proposed project would extend the alignment of the D-O LRT Project 0.7 
miles south of a reconfigured Alston Avenue Station, over Durham 
Freeway/North Carolina Highway 147,

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and within the Alston Avenue median to a new station that would become 
the eastern terminus. The new station would be located just north of 
Lawson Street near the northeast corner of the North Carolina Central 
University campus. Nothing in this notice affects FTA's previous 
decisions, or notice thereof, for the D-O LRT Project. More 
specifically, the statute of limitations for the approvals documented 
in the D-O LRT Project's February 11, 2016 combined Final Environmental 
Impact Statement/Record of Decision expired on August 1, 2016, as 
noticed in the Federal Register on March 2, 2016 (81 FR 10952). This 
notice only applies to the discrete actions taken by FTA at this time, 
as described below. Final agency actions: No use determination of 
Section 4(f) resources; Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; and 
an amended Record of Decision, dated December 14, 2016. Supporting 
Documentation: Supplemental Environmental Assessment, dated November 
2016.

Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2016-30703 Filed 12-20-16; 8:45 am]
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