[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48686-48687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20916]


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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 action taken by the 
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the Metropolitan 
Transportation Authority New York City Transit (MTA NYCT) Canarsie 
Tunnel Project Alternative Service Plan (ASP), in New York City, New 
York. The purpose of this notice is to announce publicly the 
environmental decision 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 23 U.S.C. 139(l). 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 February 
25, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief 
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 353-2577, or Juliet Bochicchio, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Environmental Programs, 
(202) 366-9348. 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 action on the project, as well 
as the laws under which such action was taken, is 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 environmental file 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 [54 U.S.C. 306108], 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: The Alternative Service Plan for the 
Canarsie Tunnel Project in New York City, New York. Project Sponsor: 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit. Project 
description: The project proposes to implement the Alternative Service 
Plan (ASP), which will provide alternative transit and mobility 
services to diverted L train riders during the temporary 15-month 
service suspension of the L train between Brooklyn and Manhattan.
    The proposed ASP includes: Increased temporary alternative subway 
service during peak and off-peak hours; new temporary bus routes, 
including one across 14th Street and four over the Williamsburg Bridge 
between Brooklyn and Manhattan; new temporary ferry service between 
Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Stuyvesant Cove, Manhattan; station access 
and capacity improvements; additional temporary bicycle and pedestrian 
infrastructure; traffic management strategies, including a temporary 
busway on 14th Street and the temporary implementation of high-
occupancy vehicles with three or more people (HOV3+) on the 
Williamsburg Bridge. Previously, in 2015, FTA issued a categorical 
exclusions (CE), for the Canarsie Tunnel Restoration and Resiliency 
Projects, and in 2016, FTA issued a CE for the Canarsie Tunnel Core 
Capacity and State of Good Repair Project. The Core Capacity and State 
of Good Repair Projects included full-tunnel closure and partial-tunnel 
closure construction options as well as a preliminary concept of MTA 
NYCT's alternative service plan for displaced transit riders. Because 
the proposed alternative service plan is considered a change to the 
previously approved projects, and is new information not previously 
reviewed pursuant to NEPA, FTA initiated a Supplemental Environmental 
Assessment and Section 4(f) Review on the proposed alternative service 
plan.

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    Final agency action: Finding of No Significant Impact for the 
Alternative Service Plan for the Canarsie Tunnel Project New York City, 
New York, dated September 13, 2018.
    Supporting Documentation: Supplemental Environmental Assessment and 
Section 4(f) Review, dated July 20, 2018.

Elizabeth S. Riklin,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2018-20916 Filed 9-25-18; 8:45 am]
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