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respective projects. Within the limits of 

and adjacent to the study area, there are 

biological resources, cultural resources, 

agricultural lands, cross-border 

concerns, and potential growth issues. 

In addition to the no action 

alternative, there are alternatives for two 

proposed corridors to two POE locations 

under consideration. 

Letters describing the proposed action 

and soliciting comments will be sent to 

appropriate federal, state, and local 

agencies, and to private organizations 

and citizens who have previously 

expressed or are known to have interest 

in this proposal. A public scoping 

meeting will be held at an appropriate 

location in or near Otay Mesa in June 

2007. In addition, a public hearing will 

be held. Public notice will be given of 

the time and place of the meeting and 

hearing. The draft PEIS will be available 

for public and agency review prior to 

the public hearing. 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to this proposed action are 

addressed and all significant issues 

identified, comments and suggestions 

are invited from all interested parties. 

Comments or questions concerning this 

proposed action and the PEIS should be 

directed to FHWA and/or Caltrans at the 

addresses provided above. The views of 

the agencies having knowledge about 

the historic resources potentially 

affected by the proposal or interested in 

the effects of the project on historic 

properties are solicited. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation of 

federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Issued on: April 23, 2007. 

Steve Healow, 

Project Development Engineer, Federal 

Highway Administration, Sacramento, 

California. 

[FR Doc. E7–8444 Filed 5–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

Sunshine Act Meetings; Unified Carrier 

Registration Plan Board of Directors 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

TIME AND DATE: May 21, 2007, 11 a.m. to 

2 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. 

PLACE: This meeting will take place 

telephonically. Any interested person 

may call Mr. Avelino Gutierrez at (505) 

827–4565 to receive the toll free number 

and pass code needed to participate in 

this meeting by telephone. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified 

Carrier Registration Plan Board of 

Directors (the Board) will continue its 

work in developing and implementing 

the Unified Carrier Registration Plan 

and Agreement and to that end, may 

consider matters properly before the 

Board. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Avelino Gutierrez, Chair, Unified 

Carrier Registration Board of Directors at 

(505) 827–4565. 

Dated: April 25, 2007. 

William A. Quade, 

Acting Associate Administrator for 

Enforcement and Program Delivery. 

[FR Doc. 07–2181 Filed 4–30–07; 12:49 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

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 public transportation projects in the 

following metropolitan areas: Eugene, 

Oregon; Fort Myers, Florida; Houston, 

Texas; and New York, New York. 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 Title 23, United States Code 

(U.S.C.), section139(l). 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 

October 29, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph Ossi, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, Office of Planning and 

Environment, 202–366–1613, or 

Christopher Van Wyk, 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., e.t., 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 the project to 

comply with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and 

in other documents in the FTA 

administrative record for the project. 

The final agency environmental 

decision documents—Records of 

Decision (ROD) or Findings of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI)—for the 

listed projects are available online at 

http://www.fta.dot.gov/planning/ 

environment/planning—environment— 

documents.html or may be obtained by 

contacting the FTA Regional Office for 

the metropolitan area where the project 

is located. Contact information for the 

FTA 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, the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(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]. 

The projects and actions that are the 

subject of this notice are: 

1. Project name and location: Bus 

Rapid Transit System Improvements for 

the Pioneer Parkway Corridor; Eugene, 

Oregon. Project sponsor: Lane Transit 

District (LTD). Project description: The 

Pioneer Parkway bus rapid transit (BRT) 

project consists of construction of 5.2 

miles of exclusive transit lanes and 14 

transit stations. The southern part of the 

project alignment would follow Pioneer 

Parkway, utilizing portions of an 

abandoned railroad right-of-way. The 

existing pedestrian and bicycle path in 

this corridor will be maintained. Along 

the northern loop, a single lane will be 

located in the median of Martin Luther 

King Jr. Parkway. On RiverBend Drive 

and International Way, the BRT buses 

will operate in the median. On Gateway 

Street and Harlow Road, the BRT buses 

will operate in mixed traffic. Final 

agency actions: FONSI issued on 

December 22, 2006; Section 106 Finding 

of No Adverse Effect; project-level Air 

Quality Conformity determination. 

Supporting documentation: 

Environmental Assessment: Bus Rapid 

Transit System Improvements for the 

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