[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 242 (Friday, December 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78332-78333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32305]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Amended Notice of Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public 
Transportation Project

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Amended Notice of Limitation on Claims.

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SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of final environmental actions 
taken by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the project in 
the following location: King County, WA. The purpose of this amended 
notice is to correct a prior notice of limitation of claims for this 
project and provide notice of a finding of Section 106 adverse impacts 
by the project. This amended notice will act 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 June 13, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief

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Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 353-2577, or Terence Plaskon, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Human and Natural 
Environment, (202) 366-0442. 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: The prior notice of limitation of claims at 
26 Federal Register 72746 (November 25, 2011) is amended to read that 
the project has a Section 106 adverse impact instead of no impact. The 
project and actions that are the subject of this notice are:
    1. Project name and location: East Link Light Rail Transit Project, 
King County, WA. Project sponsor: Central Puget Sound Regional Transit 
Authority (Sound Transit). Project description: The project extends the 
current light rail system an additional 18 miles from Downtown Seattle 
to Mercer Island and Bellevue along Interstate 90 (I-90), and then 
through Bellevue to Overlake and Redmond in the Puget Sound region of 
Washington State. The project includes 12 stations, four park-and-ride 
lots, and supporting facilities. The project also includes storage 
tracks and facilities located just north of the Hospital Station to 
allow for overnight storage of vehicles and daily startup operations. 
Final agency actions: Section 4(f) determination; Section 106 finding 
of adverse effect; regional and project-level air quality conformity; 
and Record of Decision, dated November 2011. Supporting documentation: 
East Link Final Environmental Impact Statement, dated July 2011.

    Issued on: December 13, 2011.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
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