[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 96 (Monday, May 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 29787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10505]


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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). 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 October 
15, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief 
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 353-2577 or Saadat Khan, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Environmental Programs, 
(202) 366-9647. 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], Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 [33 U.S.C. 
403], Clean Water Act [33 U.S.C. 1251] 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: NJ Transitgrid Traction Power System 
Project, Kearny and Jersey City, New Jersey. Project Sponsor: New 
Jersey Transit Corporation, Newark, New Jersey. Project description: 
The project consists of a central, natural gas-fired power plant and 
transmission lines to traction power substations that electrify the 
tracks and operating controls on portions of the NJ Transit and Amtrak 
systems, the installation of up to 19.6 miles of new electrical lines, 
the construction of two new electrical substations in Kearny and Jersey 
City, NJ, and the installation of emergency generators at HBLR 
Headquarters in Jersey City, NJ. Final agency action: Section 4(f) 
individual use determination; executed Section 106 Programmatic 
Agreement, dated January 16, 2020; NJ Transitgrid Traction Power System 
Combined Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)/Record of Decision 
(ROD), dated April 15, 2020. Supporting Documentation: NJ Transitgrid 
Traction Power System Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), 
dated, May 8, 2019. The Combined FEIS/ROD and associated documents can 
be viewed and downloaded from: https://njtransitresilienceprogram.com/documents/combined-final-environmental-impact-statement-record-of-decision/.

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

Mark A. Ferroni,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
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