[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9517-9518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03171]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
DEPARTMENT OF VETARANS AFFAIRS
Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation
Projects
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA); DOT; U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA).
ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims for judicial review of actions
by the VA.
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SUMMARY: FTA is issuing this notice to announce actions taken by the VA
that are final within the meaning of the United States Code and to
activate the limitation on any claims that may challenge these actions.
The actions relate to the construction and operation of Section 3 of
the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA)
Westside Purple Line Extension project (the WPLE Project).
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
the identified Federal agency action related to the Project will be
barred unless the claim is filed on or before July 20, 2020. If the
Federal law that authorizes judicial review of a claim provides a time
period of less than 150 days for filing such claim, then that shorter
time period still applies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For FTA: 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 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
For VA: Glenn Elliott, Environmental Officer, U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs, Construction and Facilities Management Office, 425 I
Street NW, Washington, DC 20001; telephone: (202) 632-5879.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that VA has taken
final agency actions by issuing certain approvals related to the
Project. 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 VA administrative
record for the project. Interested parties may contact the VA Office of
Construction and Facilities Management for more information on these VA
approvals. Contact information for the appropriate VA representative is
above. Contact information for FTA's Regional Offices may be found at
https://www.fta.dot.gov.
This notice applies to all VA 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 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act [54 U.S.C.
306108], and the Clean Water Act [33 U.S.C. 1251-1387]. 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 is the subject of this
notice follow:
Project name and location: Westside Purple Line Extension (WPLE)
Project, Los Angeles, California. Project Sponsor: Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA). Project description:
The WPLE Project is an approximately 9-mile heavy rail transit subway
that will operate as an extension of the Metro Purple line from its
current western terminus at the Wilshire/Western Station to a new
western terminus near the Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles (WLA)
Campus. Section 3 of the WPLE Project extends from Century City to
Westwood/VA Hospital with two new stations: Westwood/UCLA and Westwood/
VA Hospital. Final agency action: Department of Veterans Affairs Record
of Decision for Construction and Operation of the Metro Westside Purple
Line Extension Project within the
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Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Campus, dated December 19, 2019.
Supporting documentation: Westside Subway Extension Final
Environmental Impact Statement, dated March 2012, Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement, dated November 2017, and Final 130(c)
Environmental Technical Memorandum, dated December 2018, prepared by
FTA and LACMTA and adopted by VA on June 21, 2019. This notice applies
to all Federal agency decisions as of the issuance date of this notice
and all laws under which the final actions were taken.
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).
Felicia L. James,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2020-03171 Filed 2-18-20; 8:45 am]
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