[Federal Register: December 4, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 232)]
[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: Brownsville, Texas; Chicago,
Illinois; Dayton, Ohio; San Francisco, California; and Washington, DC.
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 (USC) Sec. 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 June 4, 2007.
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 400 Seventh Street, SW., 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
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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: Multimodal Terminal Facility;
Brownsville, Texas. Project sponsors: City of Brownsville and the
Brownsville Urban System (BUS). Project description: The project is the
construction of a multimodal facility in the Brownsville central
business district. The facility includes a bus terminal with bus bays
and canopies, and automobile parking on a 5-acre site. Final agency
action: FONSI issued August 21, 2006. Supporting documentation: Final
Environmental Assessment: Multimodal Terminal Facility, August 2006.
2. Project name and location: Long Lake Station Parking Expansion;
metropolitan Chicago, Illinois. Project sponsor: Metra Commuter Rail.
Project description: Construction of parking facilities at the existing
Metra Commuter Rail Station in the Village of Round Lake in Illinois.
Final agency action: FONSI issued on July 18, 2006. Supporting
documentation: Environmental Assessment, June 2006.
3. Project name and location: Market Street Plaza Improvement;
Dayton, Ohio. Project sponsor: Greater Dayton Regional Transit
Authority. Project description: The project is the construction of an
off-street bus terminal and layover area on the block bounded by Third
and Fourth streets, and Main and Jefferson streets in Dayton. The site
is currently occupied by the vacant Admiral Benbow hotel building,
which will be demolished. Final agency actions: FONSI issued on August
1, 2006; Section 106 Finding of No Adverse Effect. Supporting
documentation: Environmental Assessment, June 2006.
4. Project name and location: BART Warm Springs Extension Project;
metropolitan San Francisco, California. Project sponsors: San Francisco
Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART). Project description: This
project is a 5.4-mile extension of the BART heavy rail system on the
east side of San Francisco Bay from its current terminus at the Fremont
Station in Fremont to a new station in Warm Springs. The extension will
also include a new station at Irvington if sufficient funding is
available. Final agency actions: ROD issued on October 24, 2006;
Section 4(f) finding; Section 4(f) de minimis impact finding; Section
106 Memorandum of Agreement; project-level Air Quality Conformity
determination; 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: Final
Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Evaluation: BART Warm
Springs Extension issued on July 14, 2006.
5. Project name and location: Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project;
metropolitan Washington, DC. Project sponsors: Virginia Department of
Rail and Public Transportation, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority (WMATA), and Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
Project description: The project is an extension of the Washington
regional Metrorail system in Fairfax and Loudoun Counties, Virginia. It
will include approximately 23 miles of electrically-powered rapid rail
transit operating in exclusive right-of-way with at-grade, aerial, and
subway sections, 11 new stations, parking facilities, new and improved
yard and shop facilities, new rail vehicles, and related systems and
equipment. The project has two phases with the first phase extending
from the existing Metrorail Orange Line near the West Falls Church
Station through Tysons Corner to a temporary terminus at Wiehle Avenue
in Reston. The second phase of the project will extend west of Wiehle
Avenue to Dulles International Airport and eastern Loudoun County.
Between Tysons Corner and the Airport, the project is generally aligned
in the median of the Dulles International Airport Access Highway. Final
agency actions: Amended ROD issued on November 17, 2006; Section 4(f)
finding; Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement; project-level Air Quality
Conformity determination. Supporting documentation: Final Environmental
Impact Statement issued on December 23, 2004; Environmental Assessment,
February 2006.
Issued on: November 28, 2006.
Brigid Hynes-Cherin,
Associate Administrator, for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
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