[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 22756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09273]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Notice To Rescind Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement for Proposed Transit Improvements to the Red and 
Purple Lines, Cook County, Illinois

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Rescind notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), in cooperation with 
the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), is issuing this notice to advise 
the public that the Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed transportation improvements on 
the Red and Purple lines between Belmont Station in Chicago and Linden 
terminal in Wilmette, Illinois is being rescinded.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Reginald Arkell, Community 
Planner, Federal Transit Administration, Region V, 200 West Adams 
Street, Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606, phone 312-886-3704, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FTA, as the lead federal agency, in 
cooperation with the CTA published a NOI in the Federal Register on 
January 3, 2011 (76 FR 207-210) to prepare a Tier 1 EIS for the Red and 
Purple Modernization (RPM) project to bring 9.6 miles of the Red and 
Purple lines up to a state of good repair, from the track structure 
immediately north of Belmont Station in Chicago to the Linden terminal 
in Wilmette, Illinois. On July 26, 2012, FTA in cooperation with CTA 
published a supplemental NOI in the Federal Register (77 FR 43903) to 
inform interested parties that the EIS would no longer be a Tier 1 EIS 
as originally proposed and instead would be a standard project-level 
EIS. Since that time, FTA and CTA have decided to pursue a more 
tailored approach of environmental review for each project of 
independent utility within the RPM corridor. FTA and CTA anticipate 
that environmental assessments, leading to Findings of No Significant 
Impact (FONSI), and categorical exclusions would be the appropriate 
classes of action under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 
for these projects. Therefore, the FTA has decided to rescind the NOI 
for the EIS.
    Comments and questions concerning the proposed actions should be 
directed to FTA at the address provided above.

Marisol R. Sim[oacute]n,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2014-09273 Filed 4-22-14; 8:45 am]
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