[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 56 (Thursday, March 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12649-12650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05762]


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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 Miami-Dade 
County, Florida. 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,

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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 August 20, 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) requirements [23 U.S.C. 138, 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: Miami Intermodal Center Capacity 
Improvement Project, Miami-Dade County, Florida. Project Sponsor: 
South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA). Project 
description: The project provides an additional mainline track 
within the South Florida Rail Corridor (SFRC) from north of Hialeah 
Market Tri-Rail Station to the Tri-Rail Miami Airport Station, 
located within the Miami Intermodal Center. The project also 
includes replacement of the existing bascule bridge over the Miami 
River with a new fixed double track bridge to be installed slightly 
to the west of the existing bridge. Improvements will also be made 
to the existing Hialeah Market Tri-Rail Station, including 
construction of a new 400-foot center platform passenger boarding 
area to the east of the existing track with a continuous canopy and 
at-grade pedestrian crossing. Final agency actions: Section 4(f) 
determination, dated January 12, 2018; Section 106 finding of 
adverse effect dated April 10, 2017; A Section 106 Memorandum of 
Agreement, dated January 12, 2018; project-level air quality 
conformity, and a Finding of No Significant Impact, dated January 
12, 2018. Supporting documentation: Environmental Assessment dated 
April 1, 2016.

Elizabeth S. Riklin,
Deputy Associate Administrator Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2018-05762 Filed 3-21-18; 8:45 am]
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