[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22160-22161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08537]


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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 New York, NY; 
North Brunswick Township and City of New Brunswick, NJ; and Cobb and 
Fulton Counties, GA. 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 September 12, 2016.

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 Environmental Programs, 
(202) 366-0442. FTA is located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 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

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described in the documentation issued in connection with the projects 
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. Contact information 
for FTA's Regional Offices may be found at https://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: East Side Access, New York, NY. 
Project sponsor: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Project 
description: The East Side Access Project (ESA) 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 seven prior technical memoranda. 
In Technical Memorandum No. 8, the MTA proposed to construct a new 
elevator that would connect the ESA command center (or Terminal 
Management Center) in the new LIRR Concourse with the existing Metro 
North Railroad command center, which is located in the Station Master's 
Office in Grand Central Terminal. In Technical Memorandum No. 9, the 
MTA proposed to extend the construction period at 55th Street, between 
Park and Madison Avenues, by approximately 48 additional months to 
allow concrete deliveries to the tunnels to facilitate the remaining 
Manhattan construction work and potentially allow hatch access for 
construction personnel. In Technical Memorandum No. 10, the MTA 
proposed a new concrete delivery location on 49th Street between 
Madison and Park Avenues, and a modification to the design for the 
entrance located at 415 Madison Avenue. This notice only applies to the 
discrete actions 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 in each case that 
neither a supplemental environmental impact statement nor a 
supplemental environmental assessment is necessary. Supporting 
documentation: Technical Memorandum No. 8--Command Center Elevator, 
dated March 26, 2015; Technical Memorandum No. 9--Concrete Deliveries 
at 55th Street, dated June 8, 2015; and Technical Memorandum No. 10--
Concrete Deliveries at 49th Street and 415 Madison Entrance Design 
Enhancement, dated February 10, 2016.
    2. Project name and location: Delco Lead Safe Haven Storage and Re-
Inspection Facility, North Brunswick Township and City of New 
Brunswick, NJ. Project sponsor: New Jersey Transit Corporation. Project 
description: The proposed project would construct a rail vehicle 
service and inspection facility and outdoor storage rail track for up 
to 444 rail vehicles. The project would require the acquisition of 
eight properties with a combined total area of 42.6 acres. Final agency 
actions: Section 4(f) determination; a Section 106 Programmatic 
Agreement, dated September 16, 2015; project-level air quality 
conformity; and Finding of No Significant Impact, dated February 19, 
2016. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment, dated 
December 2015.
    3. Project name and location: Connect Cobb Corridor Project, Cobb 
and Fulton Counties, GA. Project description: The proposed project 
would build an approximately 25-mile arterial rapid transit (ART) bus 
system with associated improvements on US 41/Cobb Parkway. The ART 
system would run from the Kennesaw area to the existing Metropolitan 
Atlanta Regional Transit Authority Arts Center Station, with the 
majority of the project operating in a dedicated guideway. 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, dated April 1, 2016.

Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2016-08537 Filed 4-13-16; 8:45 am]
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