[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 61 (Monday, March 31, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18113-18114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07079]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Limitation on Claims Against a Proposed Public Transportation 
Project

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 Montgomery County 
and

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Prince George's County, MD. 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 FTA actions announced 
herein for the listed public transportation project will be barred 
unless the claim is filed on or before August 28, 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], 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 actions that are the 
subject of this notice are:
    Project name and location: Purple Line Project, Montgomery County 
and Prince George's County, MD. Project sponsor: Maryland Transit 
Administration (MTA). Project description: The proposed project is a 
16.2-mile east-west light rail transit (LRT) line between the Bethesda 
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metro Station in 
Montgomery County and the New Carrollton WMATA Metro Station in Prince 
George's County, Maryland. The LRT line will be at-grade except for one 
short tunnel section and three sections elevated on structures. It will 
operate mainly in dedicated or exclusive lanes. System elements also 
include 21 stations, two storage and maintenance facilities, 20 
traction power substations, 14 signal bungalows, and other ancillary 
facilities. Final agency actions: Section 4(f) de minimis impact 
determination; a Section 106 Programmatic Agreement, dated March 14, 
2014; project-level air quality conformity; and Record of Decision 
(ROD), dated March 19, 2014. Supporting documentation: Final 
Environmental Impact Statement, dated August 2013.

    Issued on: March 25, 2014.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2014-07079 Filed 3-28-14; 8:45 am]
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