[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 13 (Friday, January 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4191-4192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01012]


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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: Eugene, OR and Galveston, 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 June 17, 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 projects listed below. The actions on the 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 
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: West Eugene EmX Extension Project, 
Lane County, OR. Project sponsor: Lane Transit District (LTD). Project 
description: The West Eugene EmX Extension (WEEE) Project will be an 
8.8-mile (round trip) westerly extension of the Franklin/Gateway EmX 
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line. The West Eugene EmX Extension would be 
the third BRT corridor implemented in the Eugene-Springfield 
metropolitan area. This notice is for the West Eugene EmX Extension 
only. When the extension is complete, the EmX system will link 
residential and commercial activity centers in the West 11th Avenue 
Corridor with the region's two central business districts (Eugene and 
Springfield) and the region's two largest employers (the University of 
Oregon and Peace Health Hospital). The project includes approximately 
5.9 miles of new BRT lanes, 13 new stations, seven new hybrid electric 
vehicles, intersection and traffic-signal improvements, and a variety 
of bicycle and pedestrian improvements. Final agency actions: Section 
4(f) de minimis impact determination; Section 106 finding of no adverse 
effect; project-level air quality conformity, and Finding of No 
Significant Impact (FONSI), dated December 20, 2012. Supporting 
documentation: Environmental Assessment, dated July 2012.
    2. Project name and location: Galveston Downtown Transit Terminal/
Parking Facility Project, Galveston, TX. Project sponsor: City of 
Galveston, TX (Island Transit). Project description: The project will 
be an intermodal transit terminal and parking facility in downtown 
Galveston, on the northeast corner of 25th Street and Strand Street. 
The project will consist of a single building with bus boarding areas, 
passenger waiting areas, rest rooms, retail space, and two and one-half 
levels

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of parking. Final agency actions: No use determination 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 
September 4, 2012. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment, 
dated April 2012.

    Issued on: January 14, 2013.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
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