[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 1282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00243]


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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 a project in Seattle, 
Washington. 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 this final 
environmental action.

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 June 11, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief 
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 353-2577 or Alan Tabachnick, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Environmental Programs, 
(202) 366-8541. 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 action by issuing a certain approval 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 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 action that is the 
subject of this notice follow:

    Project name and location: Madison Street Bus Rapid Transit 
Project, Seattle, Washington. Project Sponsor: Seattle Department of 
Transportation (SDOT). Project description: The project establishes 
a 2.3-mile long bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor with 10 BRT station 
areas with 20 directional platforms, new Transit Only Lanes (TOLs) 
and Business Access & Transit (BAT) lanes, pedestrian and bicycle 
improvements, and signal and utility upgrades. The Project will also 
add Transit Signal Priority (TSP) at most signalized corridor 
intersections between 7th Avenue and MLK Jr. Way.
    Final agency actions: Determination that there is no use of 
Section 4(f) resources; Section 106 finding of no adverse effect 
dated April 13, 2017, project-level air quality conformity, and a 
determination of the applicability of a Documented Categorical 
Exclusion pursuant to 23 CFR 771.118(d) dated December 27, 2017. 
Supporting documentation: Documented Categorical Exclusion checklist 
and supporting materials dated December 2017.

Lucy Garliauskas,
Associate Administrator Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2018-00243 Filed 1-9-18; 8:45 am]
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