83_FR_48873 83 FR 48686 - Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation Projects

83 FR 48686 - Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation Projects

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 187 (September 26, 2018)

Page Range48686-48687
FR Document2018-20916

This notice announces final environmental action taken by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit (MTA NYCT) Canarsie Tunnel Project Alternative Service Plan (ASP), in New York City, New York. The purpose of this notice is to announce publicly the environmental decision by FTA on the subject project and to activate the limitation on any claims that may challenge this final environmental action.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48686-48687]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20916]


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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 action taken by the 
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the Metropolitan 
Transportation Authority New York City Transit (MTA NYCT) Canarsie 
Tunnel Project Alternative Service Plan (ASP), in New York City, New 
York. The purpose of this notice is to announce publicly the 
environmental decision by FTA on the subject project and to activate 
the limitation on any claims that may challenge this final 
environmental action.

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 
project will be barred unless the claim is filed on or before February 
25, 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 action by issuing a certain approval for the public 
transportation project listed below. The action on the project, as well 
as the laws under which such action was taken, is 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 environmental file for the project. Interested parties may contact 
either the project sponsor or the 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 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. 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 
project and action that is the subject of this notice follow:
    Project name and location: The Alternative Service Plan for the 
Canarsie Tunnel Project in New York City, New York. Project Sponsor: 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit. Project 
description: The project proposes to implement the Alternative Service 
Plan (ASP), which will provide alternative transit and mobility 
services to diverted L train riders during the temporary 15-month 
service suspension of the L train between Brooklyn and Manhattan.
    The proposed ASP includes: Increased temporary alternative subway 
service during peak and off-peak hours; new temporary bus routes, 
including one across 14th Street and four over the Williamsburg Bridge 
between Brooklyn and Manhattan; new temporary ferry service between 
Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Stuyvesant Cove, Manhattan; station access 
and capacity improvements; additional temporary bicycle and pedestrian 
infrastructure; traffic management strategies, including a temporary 
busway on 14th Street and the temporary implementation of high-
occupancy vehicles with three or more people (HOV3+) on the 
Williamsburg Bridge. Previously, in 2015, FTA issued a categorical 
exclusions (CE), for the Canarsie Tunnel Restoration and Resiliency 
Projects, and in 2016, FTA issued a CE for the Canarsie Tunnel Core 
Capacity and State of Good Repair Project. The Core Capacity and State 
of Good Repair Projects included full-tunnel closure and partial-tunnel 
closure construction options as well as a preliminary concept of MTA 
NYCT's alternative service plan for displaced transit riders. Because 
the proposed alternative service plan is considered a change to the 
previously approved projects, and is new information not previously 
reviewed pursuant to NEPA, FTA initiated a Supplemental Environmental 
Assessment and Section 4(f) Review on the proposed alternative service 
plan.

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    Final agency action: Finding of No Significant Impact for the 
Alternative Service Plan for the Canarsie Tunnel Project New York City, 
New York, dated September 13, 2018.
    Supporting Documentation: Supplemental Environmental Assessment and 
Section 4(f) Review, dated July 20, 2018.

Elizabeth S. Riklin,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2018-20916 Filed 9-25-18; 8:45 am]
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                                               37 Minutes 27 Seconds East, a distance                  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION                          Section 4(f) requirements [23 U.S.C.
                                               of 131.32 feet to an Iron Pipe Survey                                                                         138, 49 U.S.C. 303], Section 106 of the
                                               Monument set; thence South 44 Degrees                   Federal Transit Administration                        National Historic Preservation Act [54
                                               25 Minutes 02 Seconds West, a distance                                                                        U.S.C. 306108], and the Clean Air Act
                                               of 306.41 feet to the Point of Beginning,               Limitation on Claims Against Proposed
                                                                                                                                                             [42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q]. This notice
                                               encompassing 0.93 acres, more or less,                  Public Transportation Projects
                                                                                                                                                             does not, however, alter or extend the
                                               situated in the Village of Rantoul,                     AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration                limitation period for challenges of
                                               Champaign County, Illinois.                             (FTA), DOT.                                           project decisions subject to previous
                                               A1b–3:1                                                 ACTION: Notice.                                       notices published in the Federal
                                                 A tract of land being part of Section                                                                       Register. The project and action that is
                                                                                                       SUMMARY:    This notice announces final               the subject of this notice follow:
                                               11, Township 21 North, Range 9 East of                  environmental action taken by the
                                               the third Principal Meridian,                           Federal Transit Administration (FTA)                     Project name and location: The
                                               Champaign County, Illinois, described                   for the Metropolitan Transportation                   Alternative Service Plan for the Canarsie
                                               as follows:                                             Authority New York City Transit (MTA                  Tunnel Project in New York City, New
                                                 Commencing at a Rantoul Brass                         NYCT) Canarsie Tunnel Project                         York. Project Sponsor: Metropolitan
                                               Monument found stamped ‘‘Rantoul                        Alternative Service Plan (ASP), in New                Transportation Authority New York City
                                               Survey Monument IPLS 2280’’ found at                    York City, New York. The purpose of                   Transit. Project description: The project
                                               the intersection of the Southeasterly                   this notice is to announce publicly the               proposes to implement the Alternative
                                               Right-of-way Line of Galaxy Drive and                   environmental decision by FTA on the                  Service Plan (ASP), which will provide
                                               the Northeasterly Right-of-Way Line of
                                                                                                       subject project and to activate the                   alternative transit and mobility services
                                               Pacesetter Drive, said corner being
                                                                                                       limitation on any claims that may                     to diverted L train riders during the
                                               Designated Point Number 288 and
                                                                                                       challenge this final environmental                    temporary 15-month service suspension
                                               shown as such on Plat of Survey by
                                                                                                       action.                                               of the L train between Brooklyn and
                                               David P. Phillippe, Illinois Professional
                                               Land Surveyor 2591, dated July 9, 2007                  DATES: By this notice, FTA is advising                Manhattan.
                                               and recorded as Document Number                         the public of final agency actions                       The proposed ASP includes:
                                               2007R22404 in the recorder’s office of                  subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l). A claim                  Increased temporary alternative subway
                                               Champaign County, Illinois; thence                      seeking judicial review of FTA actions                service during peak and off-peak hours;
                                               North 44 Degrees 16 Minutes 24                          announced herein for the listed public                new temporary bus routes, including
                                               Seconds east along the Southeasterly                    transportation project will be barred                 one across 14th Street and four over the
                                               Right-of-Way Line of said Galaxy Drive,                 unless the claim is filed on or before                Williamsburg Bridge between Brooklyn
                                               a distance of 836.86 feet to an Iron Pipe               February 25, 2019.                                    and Manhattan; new temporary ferry
                                               Survey Monument set; thence South 45                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      service between Williamsburg, Brooklyn
                                               Degrees 42 Minutes 05 Seconds East, a                   Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief                   and Stuyvesant Cove, Manhattan;
                                               distance of 1,351.83 feet to an Iron Pipe               Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312)               station access and capacity
                                               Survey Monument set; thence south 00                    353–2577, or Juliet Bochicchio,                       improvements; additional temporary
                                               Degrees 32 Minutes 38 Seconds East, a                   Environmental Protection Specialist,
                                               distance of 695.34 feet to an Iron Pipe                                                                       bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure;
                                                                                                       Office of Environmental Programs, (202)
                                               Survey Monument set; thence South 44                                                                          traffic management strategies, including
                                                                                                       366–9348. FTA is located at 1200 New
                                               Degrees 25 Minutes 02 Seconds West, a                   Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC                      a temporary busway on 14th Street and
                                               distance of 1,225.29 feet; thence North                 20590. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m.                the temporary implementation of high-
                                               45 Degrees 38 Minutes 48 Seconds                        to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,                  occupancy vehicles with three or more
                                               West, a distance of 80.00 feet to an Iron               except Federal holidays.                              people (HOV3+) on the Williamsburg
                                               Pipe Survey Monument set at a point of                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
                                                                                                                                                             Bridge. Previously, in 2015, FTA issued
                                               beginning; thence continue North 45                     hereby given that FTA has taken final                 a categorical exclusions (CE), for the
                                               Degrees 38 Minutes 48 Seconds West, a                   agency action by issuing a certain                    Canarsie Tunnel Restoration and
                                               distance of 132.22 feet to an Iron Pipe                 approval for the public transportation                Resiliency Projects, and in 2016, FTA
                                               Survey Monument set; thence north 44                    project listed below. The action on the               issued a CE for the Canarsie Tunnel
                                               Degrees 35 Minutes 13 Seconds East, a                   project, as well as the laws under which              Core Capacity and State of Good Repair
                                               distance of 306.46 feet to an Iron Pipe                 such action was taken, is described in                Project. The Core Capacity and State of
                                               Survey Monument set; thence South 45                    the documentation issued in connection                Good Repair Projects included full-
                                               Degrees 37 Minutes 27 Seconds East, a                   with the project to comply with the                   tunnel closure and partial-tunnel
                                               distance of 131.32 feet to an Iron Pipe                 National Environmental Policy Act                     closure construction options as well as
                                               Survey Monument set; thence South 44                    (NEPA) and in other documents in the                  a preliminary concept of MTA NYCT’s
                                               Degrees 25 Minutes 02 seconds West, a                   FTA environmental file for the project.               alternative service plan for displaced
                                               distance of 306.41 feet to the point of                 Interested parties may contact either the             transit riders. Because the proposed
                                               beginning, encompassing 0.93 acres,                     project sponsor or the FTA Regional
                                               more or less, situated in the Village of                                                                      alternative service plan is considered a
                                                                                                       Office for more information. Contact                  change to the previously approved
                                               Rantoul, Champaign County, Illinois.
                                                                                                       information for FTA’s Regional Offices                projects, and is new information not
                                                 Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois, on                   may be found at https://                              previously reviewed pursuant to NEPA,
                                               September 17, 2018.                                     www.fta.dot.gov.
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                                                                                                                                                             FTA initiated a Supplemental
                                               Deb Bartell,                                               This notice applies to all FTA                     Environmental Assessment and Section
                                               Manager, Chicago Airports District Office,              decisions on the listed project as of the
                                               FAA, Great Lakes Region.
                                                                                                                                                             4(f) Review on the proposed alternative
                                                                                                       issuance date of this notice and all laws
                                                                                                                                                             service plan.
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–20874 Filed 9–25–18; 8:45 am]             under which such actions were taken,
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                                                 Final agency action: Finding of No                      Supporting Documentation:                           Assessment and Section 4(f) Review,
                                               Significant Impact for the Alternative                  Supplemental Environmental                            dated July 20, 2018.
                                               Service Plan for the Canarsie Tunnel
                                                                                                                                                             Elizabeth S. Riklin,
                                               Project New York City, New York, dated
                                               September 13, 2018.                                                                                           Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning
                                                                                                                                                             and Environment.
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Document Created: 2018-09-26 00:47:54
Document Modified: 2018-09-26 00:47:54
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesBy 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 project will be barred unless the claim is filed on or before February 25, 2019.
ContactNancy-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.
FR Citation83 FR 48686 

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