[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.
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