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the proposed project will not affect, or 

affect substantially, many of those areas. 

However, if any adverse impacts are 

identified, measures to avoid, minimize, 

or mitigate those adverse impacts will 

be proposed. 

FTA Procedures 

Regulations implementing NEPA, as 

well as provisions of the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU), call for public 

involvement in the EIS process. Section 

6002 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 139) 

requires that FTA and WETA do the 

following: (1) Extend an invitation to 

other Federal and non-Federal agencies 

and Native American Tribes that may 

have an interest in the proposed project 

to become ‘‘participating agencies;’’ (2) 

provide an opportunity for involvement 

by participating agencies and the public 

to help define the purpose and need for 

a proposed project, as well as the range 

of alternatives for consideration in the 

EIS; and (3) establish a plan for 

coordinating public and agency 

participation in, and comment on, the 

environmental review process. An 

invitation to become a participating or 

cooperating agency, with scoping 

materials appended, will be extended to 

other Federal and non-Federal agencies 

and Native American Tribes that may 

have an interest in the proposed project. 

It is possible that FTA and WETA will 

not be able to identify all Federal and 

non-Federal agencies and Native 

American Tribes that may have such an 

interest. Any Federal or non-Federal 

agency or Native American Tribe 

interested in the proposed project that 

does not receive an invitation to become 

a participating agency should notify at 

the earliest opportunity the Project 

Manager identified above under 

ADDRESSES. 

A comprehensive public involvement 

program for public and interagency 

involvement will be developed for the 

project and posted on WETA’s Web site: 

http://www.watertransit.org. The public 

involvement program includes a full 

range of activities including maintaining 

the project Web page on the WETA Web 

site and outreach to local officials, 

community and civic groups, and the 

public. 

Paperwork Reduction 

The Paperwork Reduction Act seeks, 

in part, to minimize the cost to the 

taxpayer of the creation, collection, 

maintenance, use, dissemination, and 

disposition of information. Consistent 

with this goal and with principles of 

economy and efficiency in government, 

it is FTA policy to limit insofar as 

possible distribution of complete 

printed sets of environmental 

documents. Accordingly, unless a 

specific request for a complete printed 

set of environmental documents is 

received (preferably in advance of 

printing), FTA and its grantees will 

distribute only the executive summary 

of the environmental document together 

with a compact disc of the complete 

environmental document. A complete 

printed set of the environmental 

document will be available for review at 

the grantee’s offices and elsewhere; an 

electronic copy of the complete 

environmental document will also be 

available on the grantee’s Web site. 

Other 

The EIS will be prepared in 

accordance with NEPA and its 

implementing regulations issued by the 

Council on Environmental Quality (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508), and with the 

FTA/Federal Highway Administration 

regulations ‘‘Environmental Impact and 

Related Procedures’’ (23 CFR part 771). 

Issued on: March 31, 2011. 

Leslie T. Rogers, 

Regional Administrator, FTA, Region 9. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8227 Filed 4–6–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Notice of Limitation on Claims Against 

Proposed Public Transportation 

Projects 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces final 

environmental actions taken by the 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 

for the following projects: (1) Hatcher 

Pass Recreational Area Access, Trails, 

and Transit Facilities Project, 

Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Hatcher 

Pass, AK; (2) Bus Rapid Transit Project, 

Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, 

Pitkin, Eagle, and Garfield Counties, CO; 

(3) Second Avenue Subway Project, 

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 

New York, NY; and (4) Sugar House 

Streetcar Project, Utah Transit 

Authority, South Salt Lake and Salt 

Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT. 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 Section 139(l) of Title 23, 

United States Code (U.S.C.). A claim 

seeking judicial review of the FTA 

actions announced herein for the listed 

public transportation projects will be 

barred unless the claim is filed on or 

before September 30, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katie Grasty, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, Office of Planning and 

Environment, 202–366–9139, or 

Christopher Van Wyk, AttorneyAdvisor, Office of Chief Counsel, 202– 

366–1733. FTA is located at 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 

20590. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 

5:30 p.m., EST, 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 

these projects, as well as the laws under 

which such actions were taken, are 

described in the documentation issued 

in connection with each project to 

comply with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

in other documents in the FTA 

administrative record for the project. 

Interested parties may contact either the 

project sponsor or the relevant FTA 

Regional Office for more information on 

these projects. Contact information for 

FTA’s Regional Offices may be found at 

http://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) of the 

Department of Transportation Act of 

1966 [49 U.S.C. 303], Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act [16 

U.S.C. 470f], and the Clean Air Act [42 

U.S.C. 7401–7671q]. This notice does 

not, however, alter or extend the 

limitation period of 180 days for 

challenges of project decisions subject 

to previous notices published in the 

Federal Register. For example, this 

notice does not extend the limitation on 

claims announced for earlier decisions 

on the Second Avenue Subway project. 

The projects and actions that are the 

subject of this notice are: 

1. Project name and location: Hatcher 

Pass Recreational Area Access, Trails, 

and Transit Facilities Project, Hatcher 

Pass, AK. Project sponsor: MatanuskaSusitna Borough. Project description: 

The project consists of the development 

of transportation access and transitrelated infrastructure to improve access 

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1AGS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Norfolk 

Southern Railway Company. 

2Service on the line (plus an additional segment 

between mileposts 0.00–PT and 1.00–PT) was 

discontinued in 2006 pursuant to Board 

authorization in Alabama Great Southern 

Railroad—Discontinuance of Service Exemption— 

in Saint Bernard Parish, La., Docket No. AB 290 

(Sub-No. 273X) (served July 18, 2006). 

to the Government Peak Subunit of 

Hatcher Pass. The proposed actions 

include the construction of access roads, 

parking lots, and enclosed transit 

facilities. Final agency actions: Section 

106 finding of no historic properties 

affected; Section 4(f) determination; and 

a Record of Decision dated January 

2011. Supporting documentation: Final 

Environmental Impact Statement dated 

November 2010. 

2. Project name and location: Bus 

Rapid Transit Project, Pitkin, Eagle, and 

Garfield Counties, CO. Project sponsor: 

Roaring Fork Transportation Authority. 

Project description: The project consists 

of a Bus Rapid Transit project with 

service along approximately 40 miles of 

Colorado State Highway 82 from 

Glenwood Springs to Aspen, CO. The 

project includes 18 buses, nine stations, 

and five park and ride lots. Final agency 

actions: Section 106 finding of no 

historic properties affected; no use of 

Section 4(f) properties; project-level air 

quality conformity; and a Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) dated 

November 2010. Supporting 

documentation: Environmental 

Assessment dated August 2010. 

3. Project name and location: Second 

Avenue Subway, New York, NY. Project 

sponsor: Metropolitan Transportation 

Authority. Project description: The 

Second Avenue Subway project is the 

phased construction of a new 8.5-mile 

subway line under Second Avenue in 

Manhattan from 125th Street to Hanover 

Square in Lower Manhattan. It includes 

sixteen new stations which will be 

accessible by persons with disabilities. 

FTA has agreed to partially fund the 

first phase of the project which will run 

between 105th Street and 62nd Street 

and will connect to the existing F line 

at 63rd Street, so that Phase 1 can be 

operated before the other phases are 

built. Various changes to Phase 1 have 

been evaluated in a number of technical 

memorandums. Final agency actions: 

FTA determination that neither a 

supplemental environmental impact 

statement nor a supplemental 

environmental assessment is necessary. 

Supporting documentation: Technical 

Memorandum No. 8 assessing design 

changes for the 86th Street Station 

Ancillary Facility #2 dated January 

2011. 

4. Project name and location: Sugar 

House Streetcar Project, South Salt Lake 

and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, 

UT. Project sponsor: Utah Transit 

Authority. Project description: The 

project is a 2-mile streetcar line on an 

existing railroad right-of-way between 

1700 South and Interstate 80 in Salt 

Lake County, UT. The streetcar will 

connect a commercial center to the 

existing TRAX light rail system. Final 

agency actions: Section 4(f) 

determination; Section 106 finding of no 

adverse effect; project-level air quality 

conformity; and a Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) signed 

February 2011. Supporting 

documentation: Environmental 

Assessment dated November 2010. 

Issued on: April 1, 2011. 

Elizabeth S. Riklin, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning 

and Environment, Washington, DC. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8225 Filed 4–6–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket Number MARAD 2010 0115] 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) for the Beaumont Layberth 

Facility 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Finding 

of No Significant Impact. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Maritime Administration, of the U.S. 

Department Transportation (US DOT) 

has made available to interested parties 

the Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) for the Beaumont Layberth 

Facility. An environmental assessment 

(EA) and FONSI have been prepared 

pursuant to the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.) in accordance with the Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) 

regulations for implementing the 

procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 

1500–1508). 

The purpose of the EA is to evaluate 

the potential environmental impacts 

from the construction of a Layberth 

facility that can accommodate eight 

Large Medium Speed Roll-on/Roll-off 

sized vessels at the Beaumont National 

Defense Reserve Fleet anchorage. A 

preliminary cost feasibility assessment 

determined that building a permanent 

Layberth facility would be more costeffective over the long term than using 

commercial Layberth facilities. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kris 

Gilson 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., 

Washington, DC 20590; phone 

(202) 366–1939; or e-mail 

Kristine.gilson@dot.gov. Persons who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1–800–877–8339 to contact the above 

individuals during business hours. The 

FIRS is available twenty-four hours a 

day, seven days a week, to leave a 

message or question with the above 

individuals. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. A copy 

of the Final EA and Finding of No 

Significant Impact can be obtained or 

viewed online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. The files are in a 

portable document format (pdf); in order 

to review or print the document, users 

need to obtain a free copy of Acrobat 

Reader. The Acrobat Reader can be 

obtained from http://www.adobe.com/ 

prodindes/acrobat/readstep.html. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Dated: March 31, 2011. 

Christine Gurland, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8080 Filed 4–6–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 323X)] 

The Alabama Great Southern Railroad 

Company—Abandonment Exemption— 

in Saint Bernard Parish, LA 

The Alabama Great Southern Railroad 

Company (AGS),1 filed a verified notice 

of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 

subpart F–Exempt Abandonments to 

abandon a 3.50-mile rail line between 

mileposts 1.00–PT and 4.50–PT, near 

Toca, in Saint Bernard Parish, La.2 The 

line traverses United States Postal 

Service Zip Code 70085. 

AGS has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) no overhead traffic has 

moved over the line for at least 2 years, 

and that overhead traffic, if there were 

any, could be rerouted over other lines; 

(3) no formal complaint filed by a user 

of rail service on the line (or by a state 

or local government entity acting on 

behalf of such user) regarding cessation 

of service over the line either is pending 

with the Surface Transportation Board 

(Board) or with any U.S. District Court 

or has been decided in favor of 

complainant within the 2-year period; 

and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR 

1105.7(c) (environmental report), 49 

CFR 1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR 

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