[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33748]


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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 projects in the following 
locations: New York, NY; Charlotte, NC; Savannah, GA; and Irving and 
Grapevine, TX. 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 July 2, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief 
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: 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: East Side Access, New York, NY. 
Project sponsor: Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Project 
description: The East Side Access Project will connect the Long Island 
Rail Road's (LIRR) Main and Port Washington Lines in Queens to a new 
LIRR terminal beneath Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. Various 
project changes have been evaluated in five technical memoranda. Final 
agency actions: FTA determination that neither a supplemental 
environmental impact statement nor a supplemental environmental 
assessment is necessary. Supporting documentation: Technical Memorandum 
No. 6, assessing design changes to the 48th Street Entrance, dated 
November 2011.
    2. Project name and location: LYNX Blue Line Extension Northeast 
Corridor Light Rail Project, Charlotte, NC. Project sponsor: Charlotte 
Area Transit System. Project description: The project will add 
approximately 9.4 miles of light rail line and 11 new stations to the 
existing light rail system. This will extend service from Ninth Street 
in Center City through the North Davidson and University areas to UNC 
Charlotte. Final agency actions: Section 4(f) de minimis impact 
determination; Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; project-level 
air quality conformity; and Record of Decision, dated December 2011. 
Supporting documentation: LYNX Blue Line Extension Northeast Corridor 
Light Rail Project Final Environmental Impact Statement, August 2011.
    3. Project name and location: Chatham Area Transit Downtown 
Intermodal Terminal, Savannah, GA. Project sponsor: Chatham Area 
Transit Authority (CAT). Project description: The proposed change in 
the project consists of the construction of a Downtown Intermodal 
Terminal for bus operations in Savannah, GA. The facility will be 
constructed in an existing transportation building that currently is 
used by the Greyhound Bus Service. The building will be renovated to 
allow for joint operations of both the local transit system operated by 
CAT as well as the intercity transit system operated by Greyhound. 
Final agency actions: Section 4(f) de minimis impact determination; a 
Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement; project-level air quality 
conformity; and Revised Finding of No Significant Impact (Revised 
FONSI), dated December 2011. Supporting documentation: Chatham Area 
Transit Environmental Assessment, dated September 2008.
    4. Project name and location: Dallas Area Rapid Transit Orange Line 
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) Airport Extension (Irving-3), Irving and 
Grapevine, TX. Project sponsor: Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART). 
Project description: The project consists of a 5.17-mile light rail 
transit (LRT), double track alignment that extends northwest from the 
Belt Line Station (current terminus of the Orange Line) before turning 
south along International Parkway to end near Terminal A. The alignment 
is primarily at-grade but also consists of portions of retained earth 
and aerial structures. A storage yard, the DFW Airport LRT Station and 
its pedestrian linkages are included as part of the project. Final 
agency actions: 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 October 2011. Supporting 
documentation: Orange Line DFW Airport Extension (Irving-3) 
Environmental Assessment, September 2011.

    Issued on: December 29, 2011.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
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