[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46357-46359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-19434]


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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 the following projects: (1) 
Ardmore Transit Center, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation 
Authority (SEPTA), Ardmore, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, 
PA; (2) Charlotte Streetcar Project, City of Charlotte, Charlotte, NC; 
(3) Cincinnati Streetcar Project, City of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, 
Hamilton County, OH; (4) Greenville Intermodal Transportation Center, 
City of Greenville, Greenville, NC; (5) New Kirk Bus Division, Maryland 
Transit Administration, Baltimore City, MD; (6) Mid-City/Exposition 
Corridor Light Rail Transit Project, Los Angeles County Metropolitan 
Transportation Authority (LACMTA), Los Angeles, CA; (7) Moline 
Multimodal Station, Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit 
District (MetroLINK), Moline, IL; (8) North White Plains Parking Garage 
Project, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Metro-North Railroad, 
White Plains, NY. 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 Section 139(l) of Title 23, United States Code 
(U.S.C.). 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 January 30, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Stephenson, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Office of Planning and Environment, 202-366-
5183, 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., EST, 
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 projects. Interested parties may 
contact either the project sponsor or the relevant FTA Regional Office 
for more information on the project. Contact information for FTA's 
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,

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including, but not limited to, 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]. This notice does not, 
however, alter or extend the limitation period of 180 days for 
challenges of project decisions subject to previous notices published 
in the Federal Register. The projects and actions that are the subject 
of this notice are:
    1. Project name and location: Ardmore Transit Center, Ardmore, 
Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, PA. Project sponsor: 
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). Project 
description: The project is the Ardmore Transit Center, which will be 
located between, approximately, Station Avenue and the Amtrak Line and 
Anderson Avenue and the Lower Merion Township Building. The transit 
center will consist of three main elements: The reconstructed Ardmore 
Station, located on the site of the existing train station; the parking 
garage, located on the site of the existing municipal (Athensville) 
parking lot; and a mixed-use building with below grade parking for 
tenants, located at the site of the existing SEPTA/Amtrak and municipal 
parking lots. Final agency actions: Section 106 finding of no historic 
properties affected; no use of Section 4(f) properties; regional and 
project-level air quality conformity determination; and a Finding of No 
Significant Impact (FONSI) dated June 2011. Supporting documentation: 
Environmental Assessment dated February 2011.
    2. Project name and location: Charlotte Streetcar Project, 
Charlotte, NC. Project sponsor: City of Charlotte. Project description: 
The project is a conventional in-street-running electric streetcar 
operating in mixed traffic along a l0-mile corridor, beginning at Rosa 
Parks Place Community Transit Center, and proceeding through downtown 
Charlotte to the proposed Charlotte Gateway Station, the Charlotte 
Transportation Center, and finally to the Eastland Community Transit 
Center. A streetcar vehicle maintenance facility will be constructed in 
a future phase of the project. Final agency actions: Section 106 
finding of no adverse effect; Section 4(f) de minimis impact 
determination; regional and project-level air quality conformity; and a 
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) dated June 22, 2011. 
Supporting documentation: Draft Environmental Assessment dated March 
28, 2011.
    3. Project name and location: Cincinnati Streetcar Project, 
Cincinnati, OH. Project sponsor: City of Cincinnati. Project 
description: The project is a streetcar system that will include one 
set of at-grade tracks placed along 3.1 miles of city streets, along 
with 16 new stops with shelters. The project also includes four 
traction power stations and a maintenance and storage facility. Final 
agency actions: a Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement; no use of 
Section 4(f) properties; project-level air quality conformity; and a 
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) dated June 2011. Supporting 
documentation: Environmental Assessment dated March 2011 and 
Supplemental Environmental Assessment dated May 2011.
    4. Project name and location: Greenville Intermodal Transportation 
Center, Greenville, NC. Project sponsor: City of Greenville. Project 
description: The project will construct an intermodal transportation 
center (ITC) in downtown Greenville. The project would include a two-
story transfer center with space for public areas, ticketing services, 
support facilities, small retail areas, covered bus bays, limited 
automobile parking, taxi waiting space, and space for regional bus 
services. Final agency actions: a Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement; 
Section 4(f) determination; and a Finding of No Significant Impact 
(FONSI) dated June 2011. Supporting documentation: Environmental 
Assessment dated April 2011.
    5. Project name and location: New Kirk Bus Division, Baltimore 
City, MD. Project sponsor: Maryland Transit Administration. Project 
description: The project is to expand and modernize the existing Kirk 
Division bus garage and maintenance facility. Final agency actions: 
Section 106 finding of no historic properties affected; no use of 
Section 4(f) properties; and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) 
dated April 2011. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment 
dated March 2011.
    6. Project name and location: Mid-City/Exposition Corridor Light 
Rail Transit Project, Los Angeles, CA. Project sponsor: Los Angeles 
County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Project description: The 
Mid-City/Exposition Corridor Light Rail Transit Project consists of a 
light rail system that would run 8.6 miles from 7th Street/Metro Center 
Station in Downtown Los Angeles to the intersection of Washington and 
National Boulevards in Culver City. The light rail transit fixed 
guideway would operate in a dual track configuration mainly at-grade in 
selected streets or in an exclusive LACMTA-owned Right-of-Way. FTA 
reviewed information provided by LACMTA on project enhancements 
proposed since the FTA issued a First Addendum to the Record of 
Decision (ROD) in March 2009. Since the First Addendum, the project 
changed to include the addition of the Farmdale Station, which requires 
construction of a new Dorsey High School staff parking lot. The 
Farmdale Station and associated parking lot construction were fully 
evaluated in a Supplemental Environmental Assessment/Finding of No 
Significant Impact (EA/FONSI). The revised project also includes 
modification of the Storage and Inspection Facility at Long Beach 
Avenue. The concept for the Storage and Inspection Facility is similar 
to the Midday Layover Facility that was originally proposed in the 
Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/
EIR), and would not result in any environmental changes or new 
potentially significant environmental impacts beyond those evaluated in 
the Final EIS/EIR. Final agency actions: FONSI, dated November 2010 and 
the Second Addendum to the ROD signed June 2011. Supporting 
documentation: Final EIS/EIR dated October 2005; Supplemental EA, dated 
October 2010.
    7. Project name and location: Moline Multimodal Station, Moline, 
IL. Project sponsor: Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit 
District (MetroLINK). Project description: The project is to construct 
a Multimodal Station in Moline, IL, which includes the adaptive re-use 
of a six-story warehouse located at 1201 4th Avenue. Final agency 
actions: Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; de minimis impact to 
Section 4(f) properties; and Documented Categorical Exclusion and FTA 
Findings dated June 2011. Supporting documentation: Documented 
Categorical Exclusion and FTA Findings dated June 2011.
    8. Project name and location: North White Plains Parking Garage 
Project, White Plains, NY. Project sponsor: Metropolitan Transportation 
Authority Metro-North Railroad. Project description: The project is to 
construct an approximately 500-space, five-story parking garage to 
accommodate the future long-term ridership growth and demand for 
parking at the North White Plains railroad station. The parking garage 
would be located on a 0.854-acre property owned by Metro-North located 
at 50 Harlem Avenue. Final agency actions: Section 106 finding of no 
effect; no use of Section 4(f) properties and a Finding of No 
Significant Impact

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(FONSI) dated June 2011. Supporting documentation: Environmental 
Assessment dated January 2010.

    Issued on: July 27, 2011.
Elizabeth S. Riklin,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, 
Washington, DC.
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