[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55470-55471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22797]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Notice of Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public 
Transportation Project

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a final environmental action taken by 
the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the following project: 
Woodward Avenue Light Rail Transit Project, City of Detroit, Detroit, 
MI. The purpose of this notice is to announce publicly the 
environmental decision by FTA on the subject project and to activate 
the limitation on any claims that may challenge this final 
environmental action.

DATES: By this notice, FTA is advising the public of final agency 
action subject to Section 139(l) of Title 23, United States Code 
(U.S.C.). A claim seeking judicial review of the FTA actions announced 
herein for the listed public transportation project will be barred 
unless the claim is filed on or before March 5, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl Bausch, Director, Office of Human 
and Natural Environment, (202) 366-1626, 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.S.T., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that FTA has taken 
final agency action by issuing certain approvals for the public 
transportation project listed below. The action on this project, as 
well as the laws under which such action was 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. 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 project as 
of the issuance date of this notice and all laws under which such 
actions were taken, 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 project and action that 
are the subject of this notice are:
    Project name and location: Woodward Avenue Light Rail Transit 
Project, City of Detroit, Detroit, MI. Project sponsor: City of 
Detroit. Project description: The project consists of a 9.3-mile Light 
Rail Transit line along Woodward Avenue from the Central Business 
District in downtown Detroit to the Michigan State Fairgrounds at 8 
Mile Road. The project includes a total of 19 stations. Ancillary 
facilities include eight traction power sub-

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stations, one park and ride lot, one possible temporary vehicle storage 
and maintenance facility, and one permanent vehicle storage and 
maintenance facility. The project is mostly within the cities of 
Detroit and Highland Park. Final agency actions: Section 106 Memorandum 
of Agreement dated June 2011; no use of Section 4(f) resources; 
project-level air quality conformity; Record of Decision, dated August 
2011. Supporting documentation: Final Environmental Impact Statement, 
dated June 2011.

    Issued on: August 31, 2011
Elizabeth Day,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, 
Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. 2011-22797 Filed 9-6-11; 8:45 am]
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