[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 110 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 26541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12238]


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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 extending the METRO 
Green Line from downtown Minneapolis through the communities of St. 
Louis Park, Hopkins, Minnetonka, and Eden Prairie, passing near Edina, 
Minnesota. 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 project will be barred 
unless the claim is filed on or before November 5, 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 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: Southwest Light Rail Transit Project 
(LRT), Minneapolis to Eden Prairie, Minnesota (METRO Green Line 
Extension). Project Sponsor: The Metropolitan Council (Council). 
Project description: The project is approximately 14.5 miles of new 
double-track light rail transit to extend the METRO Green Line from 
downtown Minneapolis through the communities of St. Louis Park, 
Hopkins, Minnetonka, and Eden Prairie, passing close to Edina. The 
Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) 
for the Southwest LRT Project was issued in May and July 2016, 
respectively. A Supplemental Environmental Assessment (EA) was issued 
in February 2018 to address and incorporate 10 design modifications 
that were identified during the final design and permitting processes, 
leading to the preparation of an Amended ROD.
    Final agency actions: Amended Section 4(f) determination dated 
February 2018; Section 106 finding of adverse effect dated April 18, 
2018; Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement dated June 2016; project-
level air quality conformity, and an Amended Record of Decision dated 
May 15, 2018. Supporting documentation: Southwest LRT Project 
Supplemental EA and Amended Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation dated 
February 2018.

Elizabeth S. Riklin,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
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