[Federal Register: November 2, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 212)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Notice of Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public
Transportation Projects
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for public transportation projects
in the following metropolitan areas: Orlando, Florida; Miami, Florida;
Salt Lake City, Utah; San Francisco, California; and Binghamton, New
York. 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 Title 23, United States Code (U.S.C.), section
139(l). A claim seeking judicial review of the FTA actions announced
herein for the listed public transportation projects will be barred
unless the claim is filed on or before April 30, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Ossi, Environmental Protection
Specialist, Office of Planning and Environment, 202-366-1613, or
Christopher Van Wyk, Office of Chief Counsel, 202-366-1733. FTA is
located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Office
hours are from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., e.t., 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 these projects, 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. The final agency
environmental decision documents--Records of Decision (RODs) or
Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSIs)--for the listed projects are
available online at http://www.fta.dot.gov/planning/environment/planning_environment_documents.html
or may be obtained by contacting
the FTA Regional Office for the metropolitan area where the project is
located. Contact information for the FTA 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, the National
Environmental Policy Act (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].
The projects and actions that are the subject of this notice are:
1. Project name and location: Central Florida Commuter Rail;
Orlando, Florida. Project sponsor: Florida Department of
Transportation. Project description: The Central Florida Commuter Rail
project extends 61 miles along the A-line rail corridor of CSX
Transportation from the Deland Amtrak station in Volusia County,
through downtown Orlando, to Poinciana Industrial Park in Osceola
County. Bi-directional commuter rail service would be provided at a
total of 16 stations using diesel multiple units (DMUs) in two-or
three-car consists operating on 15 minute headways in the peak hours
and 60 minute headways during the midday, off-peak hours. Other
infrastructure improvements of the project include: A new signalization
system, 42 miles of new second track, 16 platform stations of which 11
stations have parking facilities with a total of 4300 spaces, a DMU
vehicle storage and maintenance facility, and two end-of-line layover
facilities. The project would be built in phases. Final agency actions:
FONSI signed on April 27, 2007; Section 106 Finding of No Adverse
Effect; project-level Air Quality Conformity determination; finding of
no significant encroachment on floodplains in accordance with Executive
Order 11988; finding of no practicable alternative to new construction
in wetlands in accordance with Executive Order 11990; and consultation
with the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) under Section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act, resulting in DOI's issuance of a Biological
Opinion. Supporting documentation: Central Florida Commuter Rail
Transit North/South Corridor Project: Environmental Assessment issued
in December 2006.
2. Project name and location: Miami North Corridor Metrorail
Extension; Miami, Florida. Project sponsor: Miami-Dade County Transit
(MDT). Project description: The project consists of the design and
construction of a 9.5-mile heavy rail transit extension of the existing
Miami Metrorail system from NW 76th Street to NW 215th Street on or
adjacent to NW 27th Avenue. The project is a dual-track, fixed guideway
that would be exclusively elevated in the right of way of NW 27th
Avenue or in an exclusive MDT-owned right of way adjacent to NW 27th
Avenue. The project includes seven new stations of which six stations
are configured as center-platform and one as side-platform. Final
agency actions: ROD signed on April 26, 2007; Section 106 Finding of No
Adverse Effect; project-level Air Quality Conformity determination;
finding of no disproportionately high and adverse human health or
environmental effects on minority and low-income populations in
accordance with Executive Order 12898; and finding of no significant
encroachment on floodplains in accordance with Executive Order 11988.
Supporting documentation: Final Environmental Impact Statement: Miami
North Corridor issued on March 9, 2007.
3. Project name and location: Mid-Jordan Transit Corridor Project;
Salt Lake City, Utah. Project sponsor: Utah Transit Authority (UTA).
Project description: The project consists of a 10.6-mile light rail
transit (LRT) extension branching from the existing TRAX line between
Sandy and Salt Lake City at 6400 South in Murray in Salt Lake County
and proceeding to the new Daybreak Development in South Jordan via the
cities of Murray, Midvale, West
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Jordan and South Jordan. Two new tracks will be constructed along the
existing Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) Bingham Branch corridor from the
existing 6400 South/Fashion Place West Station to a new terminal
station in Daybreak at approximately 11400 South. The project includes
station improvements at the existing 6400 South/Fashion Place West
station and nine new stations at Bingham Junction (Midvale Slag Site),
Gardner Village, Redwood (West Jordan City Hall), 2700 West, Bangerter
(South Station Development), 4800 West, 5600 West, Daybreak North, and
Daybreak South. These stations will include feeder bus facilities and
4,200 park-and-ride spaces to be constructed in phases over time by the
year 2030. The LRT will use both of the new tracks during transit
operating hours, typically from 5 AM to midnight. Freight trains will
operate on the same tracks during non-LRT hours. Final agency actions:
ROD signed on September 24, 2007; Section 4(f) finding; Section 106
Memorandum of Agreement; project-level air quality conformity
determination; finding of no practicable alternative to significant
encroachment into floodplains in accordance with Executive Order 11988.
Supporting documentation: Final Environmental Impact Statement: Mid-
Jordan Transit Corridor Project issued on July 27, 2007.
4. Project name and location: Ed Roberts Campus Project; Berkeley,
California. Project sponsor: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit
District (BART) and the Ed Roberts Campus (ERC). Project description:
BART and ERC will construct a transit-oriented development on the
eastern parking lot of the BART Ashby station in Berkeley. The 3.6-acre
parking lot occupies the southern three quarters of the block bounded
by Essex Street on the north, Woolsey Street on the south, Adeline on
the west, and Tremont on the east. The project includes subdividing the
site to construct an 86,000-square-foot, two-story office building,
with its principal pedestrian entry at street level on Adeline Street
and a separate parking lot for the office building. The office building
will occupy the western 1.5 acres of the existing parking lot. The 250
parking spaces for BART customers in the existing parking lot will be
replaced by a parking structure with 187 parking spaces. The Ed Roberts
Campus incorporates universal design standards that are intended to
provide equal access to all people, regardless of their level of
ability. The office building will provide tenant spaces for nine
disability organizations, a computer lab, a child care center, a
fitness center and a caf. Final agency actions: FONSI signed on October
1, 2007 and Section 106 Finding of No Adverse Effect. Supporting
documentation: Environmental Assessment developed in accordance with
the NEPA regulation of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development, issued in May 2006 and adopted by FTA in October 2007.
5. Project name and location: Binghamton Intermodal Transit
Terminal; Binghamton, New York. Project sponsor: Broome County, New
York. Project description: The project consists of the following
elements: An 18,000-square-foot building to provide a weather-protected
passenger waiting area, ticketing, restrooms, telephones, and other
amenities; short-term parking for up to 50 vehicles; 12 bus bays for
Broome County Transit buses and 14 bus bays for intercity buses;
approximately 1,800 square feet of green space; bicycle storage; and a
taxi loading area. The project involves the acquisition of 12 parcels
of land, the complete demolition of three existing buildings and the
partial demolition of a fourth historic building, the Greyhound
Terminal building, to make room for the construction of the new
facility. The exterior wall and historic fade on the Chenango Street
(east) side of the existing Greyhound Terminal will be retained,
rehabilitated and incorporated into the design of the new facility.
Final agency actions: FONSI signed on June 27, 2007; Section 106
Programmatic Agreement; and finding of no disproportionately high and
adverse human health or environmental effects on minority and low-
income populations, in accordance with Executive Order 12898.
Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment issued in February
2007.
Issued on: October 26, 2007.
Susan Borinsky,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
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