[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 190 (Friday, September 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60963-60964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25266]


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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) 
Middletown Train Station Relocation, Pennsylvania Department of 
Transportation, Middletown Borough and Lower Swatara Township, PA; (2) 
Union Station to Oak Cliff Dallas Streetcar, North Central Texas 
Council of Governments, Dallas, TX; (3) Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit 
Project, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Los 
Angeles, CA; (4) Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit Station-to-Station 
Service, Minnesota Valley Transit Authority and Metropolitan Council, 
Cities of Lakeville, Apple Valley, Eagan, and Bloomington, MN; and (5) 
Albany Multimodal Transit Center, City of Albany and Georgia Department 
of Transportation, City of Albany, Dougherty County, GA. 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 the FTA actions announced 
herein for the listed public transportation project will be barred 
unless the claim is filed on or before March 28, 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., 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, 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: Middletown Train Station Relocation, 
Middletown Borough and Lower Swatara Township, PA. Project sponsor: 
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Project description: The 
project will relocate the Middletown Train Station in from Mill Street 
to Ann Street/Airport Drive (State Road 441). The project would require 
acquisition of land from Abbco Real Properties at the proposed 
Westporte Retail Center (on the AP Green site) for the proposed parking 
lot at 350 West Main Street (Route 230). The proposed Train Station 
platforms would be located just west of 350 West Main Street in 
Middletown. Final agency actions: Section 4(f) determination; Section 
106 finding of no adverse effect; regional and project-level air 
quality conformity; and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), 
dated August 2011. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment, 
dated June 2011.
    2. Project name and location: Union Station to Oak Cliff Dallas 
Streetcar, Dallas, TX. Project sponsor: North Central Texas Council of 
Governments. Project description: The project consists of an 
approximately 1.6-mile streetcar alignment operating on an at-grade 
track in a dedicated, bi-directional streetcar lane. The project 
includes four proposed stops, all located within the roadway right-of-
way. To maintain and store the streetcar vehicles, the project will 
rely on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit's Central Rail Operating 
Facility. Final agency actions: Section 4(f) de minimis impact 
determination; Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; regional and 
project-level air quality conformity; and a Finding of No Significant 
Impact (FONSI), dated July 2011. Supporting documentation: 
Environmental Assessment, dated May 2011.
    3. Project name and location: Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit Project, 
Los Angeles, CA. Project sponsor: Los Angeles County Metropolitan 
Transportation Authority. Project description: The project involves 
construction of 9.7 miles of dedicated bus lanes from Valencia Street 
to San Vicente Boulevard (6.1 miles), the western

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border of the City of Beverly Hills to Sepulveda Boulevard (2.3 miles), 
and Bonsall Avenue to Centinela Avenue (1.3 miles). It also includes 
3.0 miles of curb lane reconstruction/resurfacing between Western 
Avenue and Fairfax Avenue and removal of jut-outs and realignment of 
curbs for dedicated bus lanes between Comstock Avenue and Malcolm 
Avenue (1.0 mile). Wilshire Boulevard would be widened between Bonsall 
Avenue and Barrington Avenue to accommodate dedicated bus lanes (0.7 
mile). It would also lengthen the eastbound left-turn pocket at 
Sepulveda Boulevard by approximately 470 feet. Final agency action: no 
use of Section 4(f) resources; Section 106 finding of no adverse 
effect; project-level air quality conformity; and Finding of No 
Significant Impact (FONSI), dated August 2011. Supporting 
documentation: Revised Final Environmental Assessment, dated April 
2011.
    4. Project name and location: Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) 
Station-to-Station Service, Cities of Lakeville, Apple Valley, Eagan, 
and Bloomington, MN. Project sponsor: Minnesota Valley Transit 
Authority, in cooperation with the Metropolitan Council. Project 
description: The project consists of the procurement of branded BRT 
vehicles for new station-to-station service along the Cedar Avenue 
Corridor between the 28th Avenue Transit Center in Bloomington, 
Hennepin County and 215th Street in Lakeville, Dakota County. This 
project also includes the construction of walk-up transit stations at 
140th and 147th Street, and the use of five existing transit stations 
located at the 28th Avenue Transit Center in Bloomington, Mall of 
America Transit Center in Bloomington, Cedar Avenue Transit Center in 
Eagan, Cedar Avenue Transit Center in Apple Valley, and the Lakeville 
Cedar Park-and-Ride Transit Center in Lakeville. Final agency action: 
no use of Section 4(f) resources; Section 106 finding of no adverse 
effect; project-level air quality conformity; and Finding of No 
Significant Impact (FONSI), dated August 2011. Supporting 
documentation: Environmental Assessment, dated August 2011.
    5. Project name and location: Albany Multimodal Transit Center, 
City of Albany, Dougherty County, GA. Project sponsor: City of Albany 
and Georgia Department of Transportation. Project description: The 
project involves the site preparation and construction of a multimodal 
transportation center, relocating the existing Albany Transit System 
(ATS) bus transfer operations from the existing interim transfer 
facility at the Greyhound Terminal approximately 1,500 feet to the 
northeast to the proposed multimodal transportation center located 
between Flint Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue. In addition to its 
functionality as the central transfer station for the ATS buses, the 
facility would also house and support dispatch facilities and would 
accommodate other potential uses, such as intercity bus, rural transit, 
future intercity rail support services, taxis, private auto services, 
and typical transit oriented and transit-related commercial uses. Final 
agency action: no use of Section 4(f) resources; a Section 106 
Memorandum of Agreement; project-level air quality conformity; and 
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), dated September 2011. 
Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment, dated January 2011.

    Issued on: September 27, 2011.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
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