[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 77 (Monday, April 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23817-23818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09368]


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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: Village of Thomaston, Nassau County, NY; Detroit, MI; and 
Los Angeles, 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 September 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 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: Colonial Road Improvement Project, 
Village of Thomaston, Nassau County, NY. Project sponsor: Metropolitan 
Transportation Authority (MTA) Long Island Rail Road. Project 
description: The Colonial Road Improvement Project will extend the 
existing Great Neck pocket track, install a crossover connecting the 
pocket track with Main Line track, replace the Colonial Road Bridge, 
and correct drainage deficiencies beneath the Colonial Road Bridge to 
improve track drainage. 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 March 12, 2013. Supporting documentation: 
Environmental Assessment, dated December 2012.
    2. Project name and location: Woodward Avenue Streetcar Project, 
Detroit, MI. Project sponsor: Michigan Department of Transportation. 
Project description: The project consists of a 3.3-mile, fixed-rail, 
at-grade streetcar system located entirely within the right-of-way of 
Woodward Avenue from Larned Street in downtown Detroit to Chandler 
Street/Delaware Street, north of Grand Boulevard in New Center. Final 
agency actions: No use determination of Section 4(f) resources; Section 
106 Memorandum of Agreement, dated March 22, 2013; project-level air 
quality conformity; and Amended Record of Decision, dated April 5, 
2013. Supporting documentation: Supplemental Environmental Assessment, 
dated February 2013.
    3. Project name and location: Westside Subway Extension Project, 
Los Angeles, CA. Project sponsor: Los Angeles County Metropolitan 
Transportation Authority (LACMTA). Project description: The project 
will extend heavy rail transit, in a subway, 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. LACMTA will construct a geotechnical exploratory test shaft 
near the planned Wilshire/Fairfax Station in order to study ground 
conditions and measure gas and soil pressures as part of the pre-
construction activities related to the project. This notice only 
applies to the discrete actions taken by FTA at this time, as described 
below. Nothing in this notice affects FTA's previous decisions, or 
notice thereof, for this project. Final agency actions: FTA 
determination that neither a supplemental environmental impact 
statement nor a supplemental environmental assessment is necessary. 
Supporting documentation: Final Exploratory Shaft Environmental 
Technical Memorandum, documenting any potential environmental impacts 
from construction of the exploratory shaft and mitigation measures 
implemented.
    4. Project name and location: Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor 
Project, Los Angeles, CA. Project sponsor: Los Angeles County 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA). Project description: 
The project will extend heavy rail transit from the existing Metro 
Exposition Line at Crenshaw and Exposition Boulevards to the Metro 
Green Line's Aviation/LAX Station. LACMTA proposes three modifications 
to the project. These modifications resulted from refinements to design 
and efforts to reduce cost, to respond to community concerns, reduce 
right-of-way acquisition, and to improve circulation. The proposed 
modifications

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and refinements include reconfiguration of a mid-block at-grade 
pedestrian crossing to an undercrossing at Faithful Central Bible 
Church; reconfiguration of a below-grade trench to an aerial guideway 
over La Brea Avenue; and elevation of the planned at-grade Florence/La 
Brea Station to street level. This notice only applies to the discrete 
actions taken by FTA at this time, as described below. Nothing in this 
notice affects FTA's previous decisions, or notice thereof, for this 
project. Final agency actions: FTA determination that neither a 
supplemental environmental impact statement nor a supplemental 
environmental assessment is necessary. Supporting documentation: 
Supplemental Environmental Technical Memorandum, documenting any 
potential environmental impacts from the proposed design changes.

    Issued on: April 16, 2013.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. 2013-09368 Filed 4-19-13; 8:45 am]
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