[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 164 (Thursday, August 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 51106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20771]


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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 the Westside Subway Extension 
project, Los Angeles, CA. The purpose of this notice is to announce 
publicly the environmental decisions by FTA on the subject project 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 February 19, 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., 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 project listed below. The actions on this project, 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 project 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. Sec.  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 
project and actions that are the subject of this notice are:
    Project name and location: Westside Subway Extension, Los Angeles 
County, CA.
    Project sponsor: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation 
Authority (LACMTA). Project description: The project will extend heavy 
rail transit, in a subway, nearly nine miles from the existing Metro 
Purple Line western terminus at the Wilshire/Western Station to a new 
western terminus at the Westwood/Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital 
station. The project includes seven new stations and enhancements to 
the Division 20 Maintenance and Storage Facility located in Downtown 
Los Angeles to accommodate additional heavy rail vehicles. Final agency 
actions: Determination of de minimis impact to four Section 4(f) 
resources and a direct use of one Section 4(f) resource; a Section 106 
Memorandum of Agreement; project-level air quality conformity; and 
Record of Decision (ROD), dated August 9, 2012. Supporting 
documentation: Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental 
Impact Report (Final EIS/EIR), dated March 2012.

    Issued on: August 20, 2012.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
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