[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 89 (Thursday, May 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26498-26499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10549]


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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: Boise, ID and Houston, TX. 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 FTA actions announced 
herein for the listed public transportation projects will be barred 
unless the claim is filed on or before October 6, 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 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

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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: Downtown Boise Multimodal Center, 
Boise, ID. Project sponsor: Valley Regional Transit. Project 
description: The proposed project consists primarily of an underground 
facility with eight bus bays and dedicated entry and exit ramps for 
buses. The facility would be complemented by four reconfigured bus bays 
on Main Street, for a total of 12 bus bays. The underground facility is 
to be built as part of a new office, convention, and retail development 
on the west side of the U.S. Bank Building near the corner of North 8th 
Street and Main Street. Final agency actions: No use determination of 
Section 4(f) resources; Section 106 finding of no historic properties 
affected; project-level air quality conformity; and Finding of No 
Significant Impact (FONSI), dated April 23, 2014. Supporting 
documentation: Environmental Assessment, dated March 2014.
    2. Project name and location: Post Oak Boulevard Reconstruction 
with Dedicated Bus Lanes, Houston, TX. Project sponsor: Uptown Houston 
District. Project description: The proposed project would reconstruct 
and make improvements to Post Oak Boulevard from IH 610 to Richmond 
Avenue. The reconstructed street would retain six lanes for general 
traffic while accommodating bi-directional bus service operating in 
dedicated lanes in the expanded median. Improvements would be made to 
sidewalks, landscape/hardscape, pedestrian lighting, and other 
pedestrian amenities. Final agency actions: Section 106 finding of no 
historic properties affected and determination of categorical 
exclusion. Supporting documentation: Categorical exclusion pursuant to 
23 CFR 771.118(d), dated March 26, 2014.

Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2014-10549 Filed 5-7-14; 8:45 am]
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