[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 140 (Friday, July 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34679-34680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15531]


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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 the Santa Clara Valley 
Transportation Authority's (VTA's) Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) 
Silicon Valley Phase II Extension project in Santa Clara County, 
California. The project will extend the BART system from the Berryessa/
North San Jos[eacute] Station through downtown San Jos[eacute] to the 
Santa Clara Caltrain Station. The project will include design, 
construction, and future operation of a six-mile transit extension 
consisting of a five-mile-long single-bore tunnel; three transit 
stations in the City of San Jos[eacute], one transit station and a 
maintenance facility in the City of Santa Clara, and two ventilation 
structures along the alignment. 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 
this final environmental action.

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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 December 
17, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief 
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 353-2577, or Alan Tabachnick, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Environmental Programs, 
(202) 366-8541. 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 action by issuing a certain approval 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 administrative record for the project. Interested parties may 
contact either the project sponsor or the 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 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 [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 for challenges of project decisions 
subject to previous notices published in the Federal Register. The 
project and action that is the subject of this notice follow:
    Project name and location: Santa Clara Valley Transportation 
Authority's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Silicon Valley Phase II 
Extension from the Berryessa/North San Jos[eacute] Station to the Santa 
Clara Caltrain Station, in Santa Clara County, California.
    Project Sponsor: The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority 
(VTA).
    Project description: VTA's BART Silicon Valley Program consists of 
a 16-mile extension of the BART system from BART's existing Warm 
Springs/South Fremont Station in southern Fremont in Alameda County 
into Santa Clara County through the Cities of Milpitas, San 
Jos[eacute], and Santa Clara. VTA's BART Silicon Valley Program is 
being implemented in two phases, the Phase I Project (Berryessa 
Extension) and the Phase II Project (Silicon Valley Extension). The 
Phase I Project is a 10-mile extension from the existing Warm Springs/
South Fremont Station to the Berryessa/North San Jos[eacute] Station in 
the City of San Jos[eacute]. In 2010, FTA issued a Record of Decision 
(ROD) for the Phase I Project, which is currently under construction 
and scheduled to be open in late 2018. The Phase II Project consists of 
the remaining approximately six-mile extension of VTA's BART Silicon 
Valley Program, and is the subject of this limitation on claims notice. 
The Phase II Project was the subject of VTA's BART Silicon Valley Phase 
II Extension Project Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/
Subsequent Environmental Impact Report and Section 4(f) Evaluation 
(SEIS/SEIR), dated February 2018, which included both NEPA and 
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) analyses. The project will 
consist of the design, construction and operation of approximately six 
miles of new double-track light rail transit to extend the BART system 
from the Berryessa/North San Jos[eacute] Station through downtown San 
Jos[eacute] to the Santa Clara Caltrain Station. The Notice of 
Availability for the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Phase I 
and II Projects was published in 2010.
    Final agency actions: Section 4(f) determination, dated February 
2018; Section 106 Programmatic Agreement dated May 9, 2018; project-
level air quality conformity; and Record of Decision, dated June 4, 
2018.
    Supporting documentation: VTA's BART Silicon Valley Phase II 
Extension Project Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/
Subsequent Environmental Impact Report and Draft Section 4(f) 
Evaluation dated December 2016.

Elizabeth S. Riklin,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2018-15531 Filed 7-19-18; 8:45 am]
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