[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.
[FR Doc. 2020-10505 Filed 5-15-20; 8:45 am]
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