[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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