[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 140 (Monday, July 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35179-35180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15539]


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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 the Metropolitan 
Transportation Authority New York City Transit (MTA NYCT) Canarsie 
Tunnel Project Revised Alternative Service Plan. 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 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 December 
19, 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 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 environmental project file 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) 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 actions that are the subject of this notice 
follow: Project name and location: The Metropolitan Transportation 
Authority New York City Transit Revised Alternative Service Plan, in 
New York City, New York. Project Sponsor: Metropolitan Transportation 
Authority New York City Transit (MTA NYCT). Project description: The 
project proposes to implement a Revised Alternative Service Plan, 
Revised Construction Means and Methods, and Extended Work Hours for the 
Canarsie Tunnel Project in New York City, New York. Previously, in 
2015, FTA issued categorical exclusions (CE), for the Canarsie Tunnel 
Restoration and Resiliency Projects, in 2016, FTA issued a CE for the 
Canarsie Tunnel Core Capacity and State of Good Repair Project, and in 
2018, FTA issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the 
Canarsie Tunnel Alternative Service Plan. The Core Capacity, State of 
Good Repair, and Alternative Service Plan Projects included full-tunnel 
closure and partial-tunnel closure construction options as well as 
preliminary concepts of MTA NYCT's Alternative Service Plans for 
displaced transit riders. MTA NYCT submitted a draft Re-Evaluation for 
the proposal to FTA on March 1, 2019. MTA NYCT then submitted to FTA 
for approval a final Re-Evaluation on April 17, 2019. Because the 
Revised Alternative Service Plan as outlined in this Re-Evaluation is 
consistent with previously approved CEs and FONSI, FTA affirms the 
previous environmental decision documents associated with the Canarsie 
Tunnel Project remain valid, the proposed changes will not result in 
significant environment impacts, and no supplemental environmental 
review is necessary for the proposed changes.
    Final agency action: MTA NYCT's Environmental Re-evaluation for the 
Canarsie Tunnel Project: Revised Alternative Service Plan, Revised 
Construction Means and Methods, and Extended Work Hours, dated April 
19, 2019.
    Supporting Documentation: MTA NYCT's Environmental Re-evaluation 
Consultation Form for the Canarsie Tunnel Project: Revised Alternative 
Service Plan, Revised Construction Means and Methods, and Extended Work 
Hours, New York City, New York, dated April 17, 2019.

    Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).

Elizabeth S. Riklin,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2019-15539 Filed 7-19-19; 8:45 am]
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