[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 27142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10572]


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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 
18, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Micah M. Miller, Regional Counsel, 
Office of Chief Counsel, (404) 865-5474 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], Endangered Species Act [16 U.S.C. 1531], Clean Water Act [33 
U.S.C. 1251], the Uniform Relocation and Real Property Acquisition 
Policies Act [42 U.S.C. 4601], and the Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 401-
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: Dallas CBD Second Light Rail Alignment (D2 
Subway) Project, City of Dallas, Texas. Project Sponsor: Dallas Area 
Rapid Transit (DART), City of Dallas, Texas. Project description: The 
project includes a 2.4-mile light rail transit (LRT) alignment 
extending from the existing Victory Station through the core of 
downtown Dallas, reconnecting to the Green Line along North Good 
Latimer Expressway in the Deep Ellum Area. The Project would include 
four new stations and would relocate the existing Deep Ellum Station 
approximately one block to the north, renamed as the Live Oak Station, 
due to the new Green Line connection. The alignment would be a 
combination of at-grade and below-grade sections, with the below-grade 
subway segment running primarily under Griffin and Commerce Streets. 
Final agency action: Section 4(f) use determination; executed Section 
106 Programmatic Agreement, dated December 21, 2020; Dallas CBD Second 
Light Rail Alignment (D2 Subway) Project Combined Final Environmental 
Impact Statement (FEIS)/Record of Decision (ROD), dated April 9, 2021. 
Supporting documentation: Dallas CBD Second Light Rail Alignment (D2 
Subway) Project Supplement Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
(SDEIS), dated, May 05, 2020. The Combined FEIS/ROD and associated 
documents can be viewed and downloaded from: www.DART.org/D2.

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

Mark A. Ferroni,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2021-10572 Filed 5-18-21; 8:45 am]
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