[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 248 (Friday, December 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71528-71529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27902]


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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 projects in Denver, Colorado, 
Portland, Oregon, and Las Vegas, Nevada. The purpose of this notice is 
to announce publicly the environmental decisions by FTA on the subject 
projects 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 
projects will be barred unless the claim is filed on or before May 26, 
2020.

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.

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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 projects listed below. The actions on the projects, as 
well as the laws under which such actions were taken, are described in 
the documentation issued in connection with the projects to comply with 
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and in other documents in 
the FTA environmental project file for the projects. 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 projects 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 projects and actions that are the subject of this notice 
follow:
    1. Project name and location: The16th Street Mall Improvement 
Project in Denver, Colorado. Project Sponsor: The Regional 
Transportation District and the City and County of Denver. Project 
description: The 16th Street Mall Improvement Project will reconstruct 
the 16th Street Mall between Market Street and Broadway. The project 
will reconstruct 12.5 blocks of the historic 16th Street Mall to 
address infrastructure, mobility, safety and public use needs and 
install a new granite paver system with improved surface friction and 
proper drainage. The spatial reconfiguration will create wider 
pedestrian areas, transit lanes will be consolidated in the center of 
the Mall, and the Free MallRide shuttle bus service will continue. 
Final agency action: Section 4(f) determination of the historic 16th 
Street Mall, concurrence dated October 4, 2019; Section 106 finding of 
adverse effect to the historic 16th Street Mall, concurrence dated June 
5, 2018, and executed Section 106 Programmatic Agreement, dated 
September 18, 2019; and the 16th Street Mall Alternatives Analysis and 
Environmental Clearance Finding of No Significant Impact, dated 
November 25, 2019. Supporting Documentation: the 16th Street Mall 
Alternatives Analysis and Environmental Assessment, April, 2019; and 
the 16th Street Mall Alternatives Analysis and Environmental Assessment 
Errata Sheet, November, 2019.
    2. Project name and location: MAX Red Line Extension and 
Reliability Improvements Project, Portland, Oregon. Project Sponsor: 
The Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon. Project 
description: The MAX Red Line Extension and Reliability Improvements 
Project includes capital improvements of the MAX light rail system at 
four station locations to improve MAX systemwide reliability. The 
project will extend MAX Red Line service to ten existing MAX Blue Line 
stations from west of the Beaverton Transit Center to a terminus at the 
existing Fair Complex/Hillsboro Airport Station. Final agency actions: 
Section 4(f) exception and Section 4(f) de minimis impact 
determination; Section 106 finding of no adverse effect, concurrence 
dated August 16 and 19, 2019; and determination of the applicability of 
a Categorical Exclusion pursuant to 23 CFR 771.118(d), dated October 1, 
2019. Supporting documentation: Documented Categorical Exclusion 
checklist and supporting materials, dated July 9, 2019.
    3. Project name and location: Maryland Parkway High Capacity 
Transit Project, City of Las Vegas, Nevada. Project Sponsor: The 
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada. Project 
description: The project consists of an 8.7-mile-long route that will 
replace the existing local Route 109 bus service with an enhanced bus 
rapid transit system from Las Vegas Medical District to the Bonneville 
Transit Center and through downtown Las Vegas, along Maryland Parkway 
to Russell Road. The project encompasses the construction of 24 new bus 
stations, with accompanying 44 new platforms, spaced approximately 
0.35-mile apart, and all associated bus rapid transit roadway and hard 
surface improvements. Final agency action: Section 4(f) de minimis 
impact determination; project-level air quality conformity; Section 106 
finding of no adverse effect to historic properties, concurrence dated 
July 18, 2019; and Maryland Parkway High Capacity Transit Project 
Finding of No Significant Impact, dated December 16, 2019. Supporting 
Documentation: Maryland Parkway High Capacity Transit Environmental 
Assessment, November, 2019.

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

Felicia L. James,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
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