Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation Projects

• Citation: 85 FR 8095
• Record Number: 2020-02726
• Published date: 12 February 2020
• Section: Notices
• Court: Federal Transit Administration,Transportation Department

Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2020)

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2020)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 8095]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-02726]
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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 July 13,
                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], 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: METRO Gold Line Bus Rapid Transit
                (BRT) Project, Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota. Project
                Sponsor: The Metropolitan Council, Saint Paul, Minnesota. Project
                description: The project consists of a 10-mile bus transitway in Ramsey
                and Washington counties in the eastern part of the Twin Cities
                Metropolitan Area. The Project will operate parallel to I-94 and
                connect downtown Saint Paul with the suburban cities of Maplewood,
                Landfall, Oakdale and Woodbury. The Project will use 8 existing
                stations in downtown Saint Paul, two new stations at Union Depot, and
                11 existing stations located along the remainder of the alignment. The
                Project will operate in a guideway dedicated to BRT for 66 percent of
                its route (new road construction) and in mixed traffic for 34 percent.
                Final agency action: Section 4(f) de minimis impact determination;
                executed Section 106 Programmatic Agreement, dated January 07, 2020;
                METRO Gold Line Bus Rapid Transit Project Finding of No Significant
                Impact, dated January 17, 2020. Supporting Documentation: METRO Gold
                Line Bus Rapid Transit Environmental Assessment, September 26, 2019.
                 Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).
                Mark A. Ferroni,
                Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
                [FR Doc. 2020-02726 Filed 2-11-20; 8:45 am]
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