[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 111 (Monday, June 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32625-32626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12814]


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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 areas: Jacksonville, Florida; Denver, Colorado; Staten 
Island, New York; Gig Harbor, Washington; Wasilla, Alaska. 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 December 8, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Zelasko, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Office of Planning and Environment, 202-366-
0244, or Christopher Van Wyk, Attorney-Advisor, 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

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decision documents--Records of Decision (ROD) or Findings of No 
Significant Impact (FONSI)--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: Jacksonville Bus Rapid Transit 
System, Jacksonville, Florida. Project sponsor: Jacksonville 
Transportation Authority (JTA). Project description: The FTA and the 
JTA have completed a Tier 1 Programmatic Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (PFEIS) of the Jacksonville Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system. 
The Jacksonville BRT program consists of BRT lines and stations in four 
corridors, construction of BRT ancillary facilities, and the 
acquisition of BRT vehicles. The BRT system corridors would extend from 
downtown Jacksonville north to the intersection of Lem Turner Road and 
Norwood Avenue; southeast toward the intersection of Baymeadows Road 
and I-95; east to Regency Square Mall; and southwest to 103rd Street. 
On the basis of the Tier 1 Programmatic EIS, FTA and JTA identified 14 
proposed station locations along the four corridors for proposed 
property acquisition. Five other proposed station locations would 
require further examination of potential impacts on communities and 
historic properties in Tier 2 NEPA documents. When JTA seeks FTA 
funding for any of the BRT lines covered by the Tier 1 PFEIS, FTA and 
JTA would perform a Tier 2 NEPA review of the proposed project to 
identify potential environmental impacts and develop appropriate 
mitigation measures in more detail. Final Agency Actions: ROD signed on 
April 2, 2008. Supporting documentation: JTA Bus Rapid Transit Tier 1 
Programmatic Final Environmental Impact Statement issued in January 
2008.
    2. Project name and location: West Corridor Light Rail Project, 
Denver and Jefferson Counties, Colorado. Project sponsor: Regional 
Transportation District. Project description: The project consists of 
the design and construction of 12.1 miles of light rail transit (LRT) 
from the existing LRT at the Auraria West Station to the Jefferson 
Government Center. The project was documented in a previous EIS and ROD 
that was issued in April 2004. Since April 2004, the Regional 
Transportation District made a number of changes to the project 
including changes to the alignment, LRT frequency, the number of tracks 
west of the Denver Federal Center, station location and layout, 
bridges, and pedestrian facilities. The final agency actions announced 
in this notice apply only to these changes. Final agency actions: FONSI 
signed on November 16, 2007; Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement 
Amendment 1 signed September 2007; Project-level Air Conformity 
determination; Section 4(f) de minimis impact finding. Supporting 
documentation: Revised Environmental Assessment of changes to the West 
Corridor Light Rail Project issued in November 2007.
    3. Project name and location: Charleston Bus Annex, Staten Island, 
New York. Project sponsors: Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) and 
New York City Transit (NYCT). Project description: The Charleston Bus 
Annex project consists of construction of a two-story bus maintenance 
and administration building and two outdoor parking areas on a 10.8-
acre site under jurisdiction of New York City's Department of Citywide 
Administrative Services. As part of the project, NYCT will also 
construct a new stormwater sewer, install a deep groundwater well to 
ensure adequate bus washing water supply during drought conditions, 
relocate maintenance and storage of 220 buses from existing bus depots, 
modify several bus routes to originate and terminate in front of the 
Charleston Bus Annex site, implement traffic improvement measures, and 
construct two new bus stops along Arthur Kill Road. Final agency 
actions: FONSI signed on November 30, 2007; Section 106 Finding of No 
Adverse Effect. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment for 
the Charleston Bus Annex issued in September 2007.
    4. Project name and location: Peninsula Park and Ride, Gig Harbor, 
Washington. Project sponsor: Pierce Transit. Project description: The 
Peninsula Park and Ride project is located on a 7-acre site on the west 
side of State Route 16 at Hunt Street between 1,500 and 2,500 feet 
south of Wollochet Drive NW/Pioneer Way. The main components of the 
project include a 600-space park and ride lot; a pedestrian/bicycle 
overpass approximately 200 feet long over State Route 16; facilities 
for limited local bus service; landscaping; sidewalks; and stormwater 
facilities. Final agency actions: FONSI signed on April 6, 2006; 
Section 4(f) de minimis impact finding; Section 106 Finding of No 
Adverse Effect; Project-level Air Conformity determination. Supporting 
documentation: Environmental Assessment for the Peninsula Park and Ride 
issued in September 2005 and Errata issued in March 2006.
    5. Project name and location: South Wasilla Track Realignment, 
Wasilla, Alaska. Project sponsor: Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC). 
Project description: ARRC will realign approximately 4 miles of 
mainline track from milepost 154 to milepost 158 in the southeast 
portion of Wasilla in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough of south-central 
Alaska. The project includes a new 225-foot bridge over Wasilla Creek, 
a new embankment west of the creek crossing with 2 underpasses through 
the embankment to allow vehicular access, acquisition of a minimum of 
200 foot right-of-way, construction of two grade-separated crossings, 
elimination of 5 mainline at-grade crossings, and the realignment of 
Old Matanuska Road. Portions of the existing track will be left in 
place for use as a temporary siding; the remaining track will be 
removed. Final agency actions: FONSI signed on February 1, 2006; 
Section 106 Determination of No Adverse Effect; Section 4(f) de minimis 
impact finding. Supporting documentation: South Wasilla Track 
Realignment Environmental Assessment issued in August 2005.

    Issued on: June 2, 2008.
Susan Borinsky,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
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