[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 141 (Monday, July 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43144-43145]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17838]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation 
Projects

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the 
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for projects in the following 
locations: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT; Alameda County, CA; 
Cambridge, Medford, and Somerville, MA; Contra Costa County, CA; and 
Los Angeles County, CA. 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 January 21, 2013.

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. 
EDT, 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: Central Bus Operations and 
Maintenance Facility, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT. Project 
sponsor: Utah Transit Authority (UTA). Project description: The project 
will construct a new and larger bus facility to replace the existing 
one. The new facility will include bus storage for up to 250 vehicles, 
a new maintenance and operations building, fuel/wash operations, a tank 
farm, compressed natural gas fueling facilities, detail bays, chassis 
wash bays, and a permanent location for support vehicles and equipment. 
Final agency actions: Section 4(f) determination; a Section 106 
Memorandum of Agreement; project-level air quality conformity; and 
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), dated June 30, 2012. 
Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment, dated May 2012.
    2. Project name and location: East Bay Bus Rapid Transit Project, 
Alameda County, CA. Project sponsor: Alameda Contra Costa Transit 
District (AC Transit). Project description: The project proposes to 
provide bus rapid transit (BRT) service along 9.52 miles from Downtown 
Oakland to the San Leandro BART Station. The project would operate with 
transit priority at all signalized intersections, new passenger 
stations, and a combination of mixed-flow and dedicated travel lanes 
throughout the alignment. The project would also feature pedestrian 
amenities, landscape treatments, barrier-free self-service proof of 
payment fare collection, real-time bus arrival information, and low-
floor, dual-sided door buses. Final agency actions: No use of Section 
4(f) resources; Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; project-level 
air quality conformity; and Record of Decision (ROD), dated June 8, 
2012. Supporting documentation: Final Environmental Impact Statement/
Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIS/EIR), dated January 2012.
    3. Project name and location: Green Line Extension Project; 
Cambridge, Medford, and Somerville, MA. Project sponsors: Massachusetts 
Department of Transportation and Massachusetts Bay Transportation 
Authority. Project description: The project is to extend light rail 
transit service to College Avenue in Medford and Union Square in 
Somerville using a two branch operation, both within existing commuter 
rail rights-of-way. The 3.4 mile-long Medford Branch would operate from 
a relocated Lechmere Station to College Avenue. The 0.9 mile-long Union 
Square Branch would begin at the relocated Lechmere Station and 
terminate at Union Square in Somerville. The project includes a 
proposed maintenance and storage facility that will be required to 
support the Green Line Extension. Final agency actions: Section 4(f) 
determination; a Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement; project-level air 
quality conformity; and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), dated 
July

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9, 2012. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment, dated 
October 2011.
    4. Project name and location: Hercules Intermodal Transit Center, 
Contra Costa County, CA. Project sponsor: City of Hercules, CA. Project 
description: The project proposes to construct an intermodal transit 
center, which would include a new passenger train station on the 
existing Capitol Corridor line, a transit bus terminal, access 
roadways, trails, and parking facilities. The transit center would be 
located on the southeastern shoreline of San Pablo Bay and would be 
designed to accommodate potential future ferry service. Final agency 
actions: No use of Section 4(f) resources; a Section 106 finding of no 
adverse effect; project-level air quality conformity; and Record of 
Decision (ROD), dated June 14, 2012. Supporting documentation: Final 
Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (Final EIS/
EIR), dated April 2012.
    5. Project name and location: Regional Connector Transit Corridor 
Project, Los Angeles County, CA. Project sponsor: Los Angeles County 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA). Project description: 
The project will provide a 1.9-mile direct connection of light rail 
transit (LRT) service from the shared Metro Blue Line and Metro 
Exposition Line terminus at the 7th Street/Metro Center Station to the 
Metro Gold Line tracks near 1st and Alameda Streets with three new 
below grade stations at 2nd/Hope Street, 2nd/Broadway, and 1st/Central 
Avenue. Final agency actions: Determination of de minimis impact to one 
Section 4(f) resource; a Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement; project-
level air quality conformity; and Record of Decision (ROD), dated June 
29, 2012. Supporting documentation: Final Environmental Impact 
Statement/Environmental Impact Report (Final EIS/EIR), dated January 
2012.

    Issued on: July 18, 2012.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
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