[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10589-10590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2924]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Notice of Limitation on Claims on Proposed Public Transportation 
Projects

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces actions taken by FTA as final for 
purposes of the limitation on claims. The FTA actions described in this 
notice consist of various environmental approvals for proposed public 
transportation projects in the following urbanized areas: New York 
(lower Manhattan), Seattle, Buffalo, New York (remainder), Providence, 
Hartford, Boston, Brattleboro (Vermont), and Bridgeport.

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 
the Federal agency actions on any of the listed public transportation 
projects will be barred unless the claim is filed on or before August 
28, 2006. If the Federal law that authorizes judicial review of a claim 
provides a time period of less than 180 days for filing such claim, 
then that shorter time period still applies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Ossi, 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., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that FTA has taken 
final agency actions by issuing approval 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) and 
Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSIs)--for the listed projects can 
be obtained by contacting the FTA Regional Office for the urbanized 
area where the project is located. The decision documents for the first 
three projects listed can be obtained by contacting the Lower Manhattan 
Recovery Office (LMRO) (contact information for the Regional Offices 
and for LMRO can be found at http://www.fta.dot.gov/about/offices/4978_ENG_HTML.htm).
    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 of 1966, as amended [16 
U.S.C. 470f], and the Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q].
    The projects subject to this notice are:
    1. Project name and location: Fulton Street Transit Center, New 
York, NY. Project sponsor: Metropolitan Transportation Authority 
Capital Construction. Project description: This project is a transit 
center that will make connections between a number of transit 
facilities in Lower Manhattan. Final agency actions: ROD issued 
November 22, 2004; Section 4(f) Finding; and Section 106 Programmatic 
Agreement. Supporting documentation: Final Environmental Impact 
Statement issued October 8, 2004.
    2. Project name and location: South Ferry Terminal Station, New 
York, NY. Project sponsor: Metropolitan Transportation Authority 
Capital Construction. Project description: This project will replace 
the existing station with a new terminal that addresses the functional 
and operational deficiencies of the existing station. Final agency 
actions: FONSI issued August 30, 2004; Section 4(f) Finding; and 
Section 106 Programmatic Agreement. Supporting documentation: 
Environmental Assessment issued May 3, 2004.
    3. Project name and location: Permanent World Trade Center (WTC) 
PATH Terminal, New York, NY. Project sponsor: Port Authority of New 
York and New Jersey. Project description: The project will result in a 
new permanent Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) Terminal on the WTC 
site that combines an above-grade terminal building and sub-level 
pedestrian concourses on the eastern portion of the WTC site with 
additional pedestrian concourses, tracks, platforms, and a mezzanine on 
the western portion of the site. Final agency actions: ROD issued June 
28, 2005; Section 4(f) Finding; and Section 106 Memorandum of 
Agreement. Supporting documentation: Final Environmental Impact 
Statement issued May 13, 2005.
    4. Project name and location: Downtown Bremerton Pedestrian/
Bremerton Transportation Center Access Improvements Project, Bremerton, 
WA. Project sponsors: Washington State Department of Transportation and 
Kitsap Transit. Project description: Project involves construction of a 
new access route to and from the Bremerton Transportation Center, as 
well as construction of a new passenger-only ferry facility, a new 
intermodal terminal and transit deck, and improved vehicle ferry 
waiting area and parking structure. Final agency actions: FONSI issued 
August 11, 2005; Section 4(f) Finding;

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and Section 106 Finding of No Adverse Effect. Supporting documentation: 
Environmental Assessment issued April 4, 2005.
    5. Project name and location: Lakewood-to-Tacoma Sounder Commuter 
Rail, Tacoma, WA. Project sponsor: Sound Transit. Project description: 
Commuter rail facilities along an approximately 12-mile rail corridor 
between the City of Lakewood and the City of Tacoma. Final agency 
actions: ROD issued December 30, 2003; Section 4(f) Finding; and 
Section 106 Finding of No Adverse Effect. Supporting documentation: 
Final Environmental Impact Statement issued July 5, 2002.
    6. Project name and location: Erie Canal Harbor Project, Buffalo, 
NY. Project sponsors: Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority and 
Empire State Development Corporation. Project description: 
Reconfiguration of a portion of the Buffalo River bulkhead and 
redevelopment of a site within the City's Waterfront Development 
Project Urban Renewal Area into a new harbor with series of landside 
improvements to facilitate and enhance public access to the waterfront, 
connect pedestrian and bicycle paths, and provide opportunities for 
private development. Final agency actions: Revised ROD issued March 2, 
2005; Section 4(f) Finding; and Section 106 Programmatic Agreement. 
Supporting documentation: Supplemental Final Environmental Impact 
Statement issued December 7, 2004.
    7. Project name and location: Second Avenue Subway, New York, NY. 
Project sponsors: Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New York 
City Transit. Project description: A new subway line extending the 
length of Manhattan's East Side from 125th Street in East Harlem to 
Hanover Square in the Financial District. Final agency actions: ROD 
issued July 8, 2004; Section 4(f) Finding; and Section 106 Programmatic 
Agreement. Supporting documentation: Final Environmental Impact 
Statement issued April 8, 2004.
    8. Project name and location: East Side Access Project, New York, 
NY. Project sponsors: Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the 
Long Island Railroad. Project description: Construction of new tunnels 
in Queens and Manhattan that will bring Long Island Railroad trains 
into a new terminal beneath Grand Central Terminal on the east side of 
Manhattan. Final agency actions: ROD issued May 21, 2001; Section 4(f) 
Finding; and Section 106 Programmatic Agreement. Supporting 
documentation: Final Environmental Impact Statement issued March 6, 
2001.
    9. Project name and location: South County Commuter Rail, 
Providence, RI. Project sponsor: Rhode Island Department of 
Transportation. Project description: 20-mile commuter rail extension 
along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor from Providence to North Kingston. 
Final agency actions: FONSI issued on February 6, 2003; Section 4(f) 
Finding; and Section 106 Programmatic Agreement. Supporting 
documentation: Environmental Assessment issued on August 3, 2002.
    10. Project name and location: New Britain-Hartford Busway, 
Hartford, CT. Project sponsor: Connecticut Department of 
Transportation. Project description: 12-station, 9.4 mile exclusive bus 
rapid transit system operating primarily in an existing and abandoned 
railroad right-of-way on a new roadway between downtown New Britain and 
downtown Hartford. Final agency actions: ROD issued on March 13, 2002; 
Section 4(f) Finding; and Section 106 Finding of No Effect. Supporting 
documentation: Final Environmental Impact Statement issued on December 
21, 2001.
    11. Project name and location: Copley Station Accessibility 
Improvements, Boston, MA. Project sponsor: Massachusetts Bay 
Transportation Authority (MBTA). Project description: Reconstruction of 
Copley Station on MBTA's Green Line to make it compliant with the 
Americans with Disabilities Act. Final agency actions: FONSI issued on 
December 30, 2004; Section 4(f) Finding; and Section 106 Finding of No 
Adverse Effect. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment 
issued on June 28, 2004.
    12. Project name and location: Arlington Street Station 
Accessibility Improvements, Boston, MA. Project sponsor: Massachusetts 
Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). Project description: 
Reconstruction of Arlington Street Station on MBTA's Green Line to make 
it compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Final agency 
actions: FONSI issued on May 14, 2004; Section 4(f) Finding; and 
Section 106 Finding of No Adverse Effect. Supporting documentation: 
Environmental Assessment issued on July 21, 2003.
    13. Project name and location: Government Station Accessibility 
Improvements, Boston, MA. Project sponsor: Massachusetts Bay 
Transportation Authority (MBTA). Project description: Reconstruction of 
Government Station on MBTA's Blue and Green Lines to make it compliant 
with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Final agency actions: FONSI 
issued on November 29, 2004; Section 4(f) Finding; and Section 106 
Finding of No Adverse Effect. Supporting documentation: Environmental 
Assessment issued in July 2002.
    14. Project name and location: Brattleboro Multimodal Transit 
Facility, Brattleboro, VT. Project sponsor: Town of Brattleboro. 
Project description: Construction of two transportation facilities, the 
Brattleboro Transportation Center and the Brattleboro Union Station. 
Final agency actions: FONSI issued on September 14, 2001; Section 4(f) 
Finding; and Section 106 Finding of No Adverse Effect. Supporting 
documentation: Environmental Assessment issued on June 22, 2001.
    15. Project name and location: Bridgeport Intermodal Transportation 
Center, Bridgeport, CT. Project sponsor: City of Bridgeport. Project 
description: Construction of a new multimodal transportation center in 
the downtown. Final agency actions: FONSI issued on August 19, 2003; 
Section 4(f) Finding; and Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement. 
Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment issued on June 17, 
2003.

    Issued on: February 24, 2006.
David J. Vozzolo,
Acting Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, 
Washington, DC.
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