[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 212 (Friday, November 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 65756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-25972]


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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 a project in Honolulu, HI. 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 March 31, 2014.

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 the 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 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 
actions were taken, including, but not limited to, NEPA [42 U.S.C. 
4321-4375] and Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act of 
1966 [49 U.S.C. 303]. This notice does not alter or extend the 
limitation period for challenges of project decisions subject to 
previous notices for the Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor 
Project published in the Federal Register. The project and actions that 
are the subject of this notice are:
    Project name and location: Honolulu Rail Transit Project, City and 
County of Honolulu, O'ahu, HI. Project sponsor: Honolulu Authority for 
Rapid Transportation (HART). Project description: The Honolulu Rail 
Transit Project (Project) is a 20-mile grade-separated, fixed-guideway 
rail transit project that extends from Kapolei to Ala Moana Center, via 
the Honolulu waterfront. In June 2010, the FTA and City and County of 
Honolulu (City) prepared and distributed a Final Environmental Impact 
Statement/Section 4(f) Evaluation [EIS/4(f)] for the Project, which was 
then called the Honolulu High-Capacity Transit Corridor Project. The 
Final EIS/4(f) identified environmental impacts and mitigations for the 
Project, including the use of properties protected under Section 4(f) 
of the Department of Transportation Act. In January 2011, the FTA 
issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the Project. Subsequently, the 
FEIS and ROD were challenged in federal court. On November 1, 2012, the 
Court issued a Judgment and Partial Injunction Order (Judgment) of the 
United States District Court for the District of Hawai`i (Court) in 
HonoluluTraffic.com et al. v. Federal Transit Administration et al., 
2012 WL 5386595 (D. Haw. 2012). Pursuant to that decision, the FTA 
prepared additional analysis for the Project. The FTA prepared a draft 
version and final version Supplemental EIS/4(f). The Supplemental EIS/
4(f) was limited in its scope. Thus, the FTA issued the Final 
Supplemental EIS/Section 4(f) concurrently with an Amended ROD per 
Public Law 112-141, 126 Stat. 405, Section 1319(b). This notice only 
applies to the discrete actions taken by the FTA at this time. Nothing 
in this notice affects the FTA's previous decisions, or notice thereof, 
for this project. Final agency actions: Section 4(f) determination and 
Amended Record of Decision, dated September 30, 2013. Supporting 
documentation: Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/
Section 4(f) Evaluation, dated September 30, 2013.

Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
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