[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45287-45288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17995]


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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 a final environmental action taken by 
the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for a project in New York, NY. 
The purpose of this notice is to announce publicly the environmental 
decision by FTA on the subject project and to activate the limitation 
on any claims that may challenge this final environmental action.

DATES: By this notice, FTA is advising the public of a final agency 
action subject to Section 139(l) of Title 23, United States Code 
(U.S.C.). A claim seeking judicial review of the FTA action announced 
herein for the listed public transportation project will be barred 
unless the claim is filed on or before December 23, 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 action by issuing a certain approval for the public 
transportation project listed below. The action on the project, as well 
as the laws under which such action was taken, are described in

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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 project. 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 
action was 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 project and action that are the subject of this 
notice are:
    Project name and location: Second Avenue Subway, New York, NY. 
Project sponsor: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Project 
description: The Second Avenue Subway Project is the phased 
construction of a new 8.5-mile subway line under Second Avenue in 
Manhattan from 125th Street to Hanover Square in Lower Manhattan. It 
includes 16 new stations that will be accessible by persons with 
disabilities. FTA has agreed to partially fund the first phase of the 
project, which will run between 105th Street and 62nd Street and will 
connect to the existing F Line at 63rd Street. Various changes to Phase 
1 of the project, as well as final design of certain elements of Phase 
1 of the project, have been evaluated in a number of technical 
memoranda. In Technical Memorandum No. 11, the MTA proposed to change 
the location of the street-level portion of Entrance 1 of the 72nd 
Street Station from within the building at 301 East 69th Street to the 
east sidewalk of Second Avenue in front of the building at 301 East 
69th Street. This notice only applies to the discrete action 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 action: FTA determination that neither a supplemental 
environmental impact statement nor a supplemental environmental 
assessment is necessary. Supporting documentation: Technical Memorandum 
No. 11, Assessing Design Changes: 72nd Street Station, Entrance 1.

Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. 2013-17995 Filed 7-25-13; 8:45 am]
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