[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 1 (Thursday, January 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 181-182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31395]


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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: Mesa, AZ; Azusa, CA; San Francisco, CA; and New York, NY. 
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 2, 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

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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: Gilbert Road Light Rail Transit 
Extension, Mesa, AZ. Project sponsor: Valley Metro. Project 
description: The proposed project will construct a 1.9-mile light rail 
extension to the region's light rail system from the future eastern 
terminus near the intersection of Main Street/Mesa Drive (part of the 
Central Mesa Extension project currently under construction) east to 
the intersection of Main Street/Gilbert Road, in Mesa. Valley Metro 
will construct two stations and a new park-and-ride facility near the 
Main Street/Gilbert Road station. 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 November 15, 2013. Supporting documentation: 
Environmental Assessment, dated June 2013.
    2. Project name and location: Azusa Intermodal Transit Facility 
Project, Azusa, CA. Project sponsor: Foothill Transit. Project 
description: The proposed project would construct an approximately 36 
to 38-foot tall parking structure with up to 550 parking spaces, 
including rooftop parking. The proposed project also includes four bus 
bays for loading and unloading passengers and for layovers. An 
additional bus bay may include space for an electric bus charging 
station. The parking structure would be located north of the Azusa 
Civic Center and adjacent to the planned Los Angeles County 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Gold Line (Metro Gold Line) 
Foothill Extension Azusa-Alameda Station. 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 November 29, 2013. Supporting 
documentation: Environmental Assessment, dated July 2013.
    3. Project name and location: Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit Project, 
San Francisco, CA. Project sponsor: San Francisco County Transportation 
Authority (SFCTA), in coordination with San Francisco Municipal 
Transportation Agency (SFMTA). Project description: The proposed 
project would convert two mixed-flow traffic lanes (one southbound and 
one northbound) into two dedicated transit lanes and implement bus 
rapid transit (BRT) service on Van Ness Avenue, extending approximately 
two miles from Mission Street in the south to Lombard Street in the 
north. The project would also replace the Overhead Contact System 
support poles/streetlights from Mission Street north to North Point 
Street and include street-scaping throughout the corridor. The project 
proposes consolidation and removal of existing bus stops in each 
direction to reduce dwell time delays and improve service reliability. 
The project includes nine northbound and nine southbound center lane 
stations. Final agency actions: No use determination of Section 4(f) 
resources; Section 106 finding of no adverse effect; project-level air 
quality conformity; and Record of Decision (ROD), dated December 20, 
2013. Supporting documentation: Final Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report, dated July 2013.
    4. Project name and location: East Side Access, New York, NY. 
Project sponsor: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Project 
description: The East Side Access Project will connect the Long Island 
Rail Road's (LIRR) Main and Port Washington Lines in Queens to a new 
LIRR terminal beneath Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. The MTA 
evaluated various project changes in six previous technical memoranda. 
In Technical Memorandum No. 7, the MTA proposed to extend the use of 
the 37th Street shafts for tunnel access, including materials and 
concrete delivery and personnel access, until the second quarter of 
2016. 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 
actions: FTA determination that neither a supplemental environmental 
impact statement nor a supplemental environmental assessment is 
necessary. Supporting documentation: Technical Memorandum No. 7--37th 
Street Shaft--Construction Access, dated September 2013.

Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2013-31395 Filed 12-31-13; 8:45 am]
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