[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 31, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53547-53548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18816]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Limitation on Claims Against a Proposed Public Transportation 
Project--Chicago Red Line Extension (RLE) Project

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the 
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) regarding the Chicago Red Line 
Extension (RLE) Project in Cook County, Chicago, Illinois. 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: 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 January 30, 2023.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn Loster, Assistant Chief 
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 705-1269, 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 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that FTA has taken 
final agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l) 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 files 
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.transit.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), 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: Chicago Red Line Extension (RLE) 
Project, Chicago, Illinois.
    Project sponsor: The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Chicago, 
Illinois.
    Project description: The Chicago RLE Project is a 5.6-mile heavy 
rail transit line extension from the existing 95th/Dan Ryan terminal to 
130th Street. The RLE Project involves construction of four (4) new 
stations near 103rd Street, 111th Street, Michigan Avenue, and 130th 
Street consisting of multimodal connections at each station including 
bus, bicycle, pedestrian, and park-and-ride facilities with 
approximately 1,340 parking spaces along the corridor. The project also 
includes construction of a modern, efficient railcar storage yard and 
shop facility at 120th Street.
    Final agency actions: Section 4(f) de minimis impact determination, 
dated July 28, 2022; Section 106 No Adverse Effect determination, dated 
August 10, 2021; and Chicago Red Line Extension (RLE) Project Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)/Record of Decision (ROD), dated 
July 28, 2022. Supporting documentation: Chicago Red Line Extension 
(RLE) Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), dated 
October 6, 2016, and Chicago Red Line Extension (RLE) Project 
Supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA), dated January 4, 2022. The 
ROD/FEIS, DEIS, SEA and associated documents can be viewed and 
downloaded from: https://www.transitchicago.com/rle/.
    Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).

Mark A. Ferroni,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2022-18816 Filed 8-30-22; 8:45 am]
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