[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 142 (Monday, July 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 48498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17469]


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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 Hennepin County, 
MN. 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 December 22, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay M. Fox, Acting Assistant Chief 
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (215) 656-7258 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 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. 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 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: Southwest Light Rail Transit (LRT) 
Project, Hennepin County, MN. Project sponsor: Metropolitan Council. 
Project description: The proposed project is approximately 14.5 miles 
of new double-track proposed as an extension of the METRO Green Line 
(Central Corridor LRT), which will operate from downtown Minneapolis 
through the communities of St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Minnetonka, and 
Eden Prairie, passing in close proximity to Edina. The project will 
operate primarily at-grade, with structures providing grade separation 
of LRT crossings, roadways, and water bodies at specified locations. 
For just under one-half mile, the project will operate in a shallow 
light rail tunnel in the Kenilworth Corridor, between West Lake Street 
and just south of the Kenilworth Lagoon. Proposed system elements 
include 16 new light rail stations (including the Eden Prairie Town 
Center Station that is deferred for construction at a later date), one 
operations and maintenance facility, 20 traction power substations, 25 
signal bungalow sites, and other ancillary facilities. Final agency 
actions: Section 4(f) determination; a Section 106 Memorandum of 
Agreement, dated July 13, 2016; project-level air quality conformity; 
and a Record of Decision, dated July 15, 2016. Supporting 
documentation: Final Environmental Impact Statement, dated May 13, 
2016.

Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2016-17469 Filed 7-22-16; 8:45 am]
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