[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 88 (Monday, May 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 26818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10941]


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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: Minneapolis, MN; Coatesville, PA; City of St. Louis and 
University City, MO; and West Fitchburg, MA. 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 November 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 9:00 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: Minneapolis Interchange Project, 
Minneapolis, MN. Project sponsor: Metropolitan Council and Hennepin 
County Regional Railroad Authority. Project description: The project 
proposes to provide transportation infrastructure improvements near the 
existing Hiawatha Light Rail Transit Target Field Station, including 
elevated track, a second platform, storage track, construction of two 
connected pedestrian plaza areas, and reconfiguration of the 5th Street 
North/6th Avenue North intersection. Final agency actions: No use of 
Section 4(f) resources; Section 106 Programmatic Agreement; project-
level air quality conformity; and Finding of No Significant Impact 
(FONSI), dated March 2012. Supporting documentation: Environmental 
Assessment, dated January 2012.
    2. Project name and location: Coatesville Train Station Relocation, 
City of Coatesville, Chester County, PA. Project sponsor: Pennsylvania 
Department of Transportation (PennDOT). Project description: The 
project proposes to relocate the Coatesville Train Station 
approximately 450 feet east of the current location. It entails 
construction of the station platforms and access, provision of surface 
parking for Amtrak patrons, and improvements to Fleetwood Street. 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 March 2012. Supporting 
documentation: Environmental Assessment, dated December 2011.
    3. Project name and location: St. Louis Loop Trolley, City of St. 
Louis and University City, MO. Project sponsor: East-West Gateway 
Council of Governments. Project description: The project is an 
approximately two-mile long, fixed-guideway trolley system in St. Louis 
and University City, MO. It will be constructed on Delmar Boulevard and 
DeBaliviere Avenue, and run from the History Museum in Forest Park in 
St. Louis to Trinity Avenue in University City, MO. Final agency 
actions: Determination of de minimis impact to one Section 4(f) 
resource and Section 106 finding of no adverse effect. Supporting 
documentation: Environmental Assessment Re-evaluation, dated March 
2012.
    4. Project name and location: Fitchburg Commuter Rail Extension 
Project/Wachusett Station and Westminster Layover Facility, West 
Fitchburg, MA. Project sponsor: Montachusett Area Regional Transit 
Authority (MART) and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). 
Project description: The project extends commuter rail service 4.5 
miles from downtown Fitchburg to a new rail station in West Fitchburg, 
to be called Wachusett Station. A new layover facility adjacent to the 
end of the line is also part of the project. Final agency actions: No 
use of Section 4(f) resources; Section 106 finding of no historic 
properties affected; and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), 
dated October 2010. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment, 
dated September 2010.

    Issued on: May 2, 2012.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
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