[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19368-19369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07931]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation
Projects--Ontario International Airport Connector Project and Draw One
Bridge Replacement 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 two projects: the
Ontario International Airport Connector Project, Cities of Rancho
Cucamonga and Ontario, San Bernardino County, California; and the Draw
One Bridge Replacement Project in Boston, Suffolk County and Cambridge,
Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The purpose of this notice is to
publicly announce FTA's environmental decisions on the subject
projects, 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 projects will be barred unless the
claim is filed on or before October 6, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn Loster, Assistant Chief
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (202) 360-2322, or Saadat Khan,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Environmental Policy and
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 projects listed below. The
actions on the projects, 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 projects. 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 projects 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 (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), Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), 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 projects actions that are the subject of this
notice follow:
1. Project name and location: Ontario International Airport (ONT)
Connector Project (CA Project), Cities of Rancho Cucamonga and Ontario,
San Bernardino County, California.
Project Sponsor: San Bernardino County Transportation Authority
(SBCTA).
Project description: The CA Project would construct a 4.2-mile-long
transit service tunnel directly connecting the Southern California
Regional Rail Authority Cucamonga Metrolink Station in the City of
Rancho Cucamonga with ONT in the City of Ontario. The CA Project would
provide a direct airport connection from Cucamonga Metrolink Station to
support ONT's projected growth. Transit facilities would be
constructed, including stations to serve Cucamonga Metrolink Station,
ONT Terminals 2 and 4; a maintenance and storage facility to store and
maintain vehicles; and an emergency access and ventilation shaft to
provide a means of emergency passenger egress and first responder
access.
Final agency action: Section 106 No Historic Properties Affected
determination, dated December 2, 2024; and Finding of No Significant
Impact (FONSI), dated April 10, 2025.
Supporting documentation: The ONT Connector Project Environmental
Assessment (EA), dated October 18, 2024. The FONSI, EA and associated
documents can be viewed and downloaded from: https://
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www.gosbcta.com/ontconnector/#ont-docs.
2. Project name and location: Draw One Bridge Replacement Project
(MA Project), Boston, Suffolk County, and Cambridge, Middlesex County,
Massachusetts.
Project Sponsor: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA).
Project description: The MA Project would involve the replacement
of the Draw One Bridge, which carries Amtrak passenger and MBTA
commuter rail traffic over the Charles River in the cities of Boston
and Cambridge, Massachusetts. The existing two two-track bascule bridge
spans would be replaced with three two-track, standalone vertical lift
bridge structures within the footprint of the existing bridges. The new
bridge structures would carry six tracks, rather than the four on the
current crossings. The MA Project would also replace the Boston and
Main Railroad (B&MRR) Signal Tower A and modify the Massachusetts
Department of Conservation and Recreation-owned North Bank Bridge,
which crosses the MBTA right-of-way north of the Draw One Bridge. The
MA Project work would also include replacing the existing signal system
and switch heaters associated with the Draw One Bridge, and installing
a new drainage system.
Final agency action: Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement, dated
December 18, 2024; Section 4(f) de minimis, dated January 8, 2025; Draw
One Bridge Replacement Project Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI), dated January 16, 2025.
Supporting documentation: Draw One Bridge Replacement Project,
Final Environmental Assessment (Final EA), dated January 16, 2025. The
FONSI, EA and supporting documents can be viewed and downloaded from:
https://www.mbta.com/projects/north-station-drawbridge-replacement.
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).
Megan Blum,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2025-07931 Filed 5-6-25; 8:45 am]
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