[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 248 (Friday, December 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71528-71529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27902]
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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) for projects in Denver, Colorado,
Portland, Oregon, and Las Vegas, Nevada. The purpose of this notice is
to announce publicly the environmental decisions by FTA on the subject
projects 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
projects will be barred unless the claim is filed on or before May 26,
2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 9:00 a.m.
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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 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 projects to comply with
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and in other documents in
the FTA environmental project file 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.fta.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 [23 U.S.C. 138, 49 U.S.C. 303],
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act [54 U.S.C.
306108], 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 and actions that are the subject of this notice
follow:
1. Project name and location: The16th Street Mall Improvement
Project in Denver, Colorado. Project Sponsor: The Regional
Transportation District and the City and County of Denver. Project
description: The 16th Street Mall Improvement Project will reconstruct
the 16th Street Mall between Market Street and Broadway. The project
will reconstruct 12.5 blocks of the historic 16th Street Mall to
address infrastructure, mobility, safety and public use needs and
install a new granite paver system with improved surface friction and
proper drainage. The spatial reconfiguration will create wider
pedestrian areas, transit lanes will be consolidated in the center of
the Mall, and the Free MallRide shuttle bus service will continue.
Final agency action: Section 4(f) determination of the historic 16th
Street Mall, concurrence dated October 4, 2019; Section 106 finding of
adverse effect to the historic 16th Street Mall, concurrence dated June
5, 2018, and executed Section 106 Programmatic Agreement, dated
September 18, 2019; and the 16th Street Mall Alternatives Analysis and
Environmental Clearance Finding of No Significant Impact, dated
November 25, 2019. Supporting Documentation: the 16th Street Mall
Alternatives Analysis and Environmental Assessment, April, 2019; and
the 16th Street Mall Alternatives Analysis and Environmental Assessment
Errata Sheet, November, 2019.
2. Project name and location: MAX Red Line Extension and
Reliability Improvements Project, Portland, Oregon. Project Sponsor:
The Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon. Project
description: The MAX Red Line Extension and Reliability Improvements
Project includes capital improvements of the MAX light rail system at
four station locations to improve MAX systemwide reliability. The
project will extend MAX Red Line service to ten existing MAX Blue Line
stations from west of the Beaverton Transit Center to a terminus at the
existing Fair Complex/Hillsboro Airport Station. Final agency actions:
Section 4(f) exception and Section 4(f) de minimis impact
determination; Section 106 finding of no adverse effect, concurrence
dated August 16 and 19, 2019; and determination of the applicability of
a Categorical Exclusion pursuant to 23 CFR 771.118(d), dated October 1,
2019. Supporting documentation: Documented Categorical Exclusion
checklist and supporting materials, dated July 9, 2019.
3. Project name and location: Maryland Parkway High Capacity
Transit Project, City of Las Vegas, Nevada. Project Sponsor: The
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada. Project
description: The project consists of an 8.7-mile-long route that will
replace the existing local Route 109 bus service with an enhanced bus
rapid transit system from Las Vegas Medical District to the Bonneville
Transit Center and through downtown Las Vegas, along Maryland Parkway
to Russell Road. The project encompasses the construction of 24 new bus
stations, with accompanying 44 new platforms, spaced approximately
0.35-mile apart, and all associated bus rapid transit roadway and hard
surface improvements. Final agency action: Section 4(f) de minimis
impact determination; project-level air quality conformity; Section 106
finding of no adverse effect to historic properties, concurrence dated
July 18, 2019; and Maryland Parkway High Capacity Transit Project
Finding of No Significant Impact, dated December 16, 2019. Supporting
Documentation: Maryland Parkway High Capacity Transit Environmental
Assessment, November, 2019.
Authority: Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).
Felicia L. James,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2019-27902 Filed 12-26-19; 8:45 am]
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