Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 29 / Monday, February 12, 2024 / Notices 9905 

The agency will summarize and/or 

include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as 

amended; and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: February 7, 2024. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02840 Filed 2–9–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Limitation on Claims Against Proposed 

Public Transportation Project— 

METRORapid University Corridor 

Project, Houston, Harris County, Texas 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces final 

environmental actions taken by the 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 

regarding the METRORapid University 

Corridor Project, Houston, Harris 

County, Texas. The purpose of this 

notice is to publicly announce FTA’s 

environmental decisions on the subject 

project, and to activate the limitation on 

any claims that may challenge these 

final environmental actions. 

DATES: 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 11, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathryn Loster, Assistant Chief Counsel, 

Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 705–1269, 

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 a.m. to 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that FTA has taken final 

agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 

139(l) 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 files 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.transit.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 (49 U.S.C. 303), section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. 306108). 

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 

modifications and actions that are the 

subject of this notice follow: 

Project name and location: 

METRORapid University Corridor 

Project (Project), Houston, Harris 

County, Texas. Project Sponsor: 

Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris 

County (METRO), Houston, Texas. 

Project description: The project would 

construct an approximately 25-mile bus 

rapid transit (BRT) line from Westchase 

Park & Ride to Tidwell Transit Center in 

the City of Houston, Texas (City). The 

BRT line would operate in dedicated, 

METRO-owned right-of-way from 

Westchase Park & Ride to Interstate-610 

then transition to the center of Cityowned and maintained streets. The 

project would also include 42 stations 

plus one stop at each end with 

accessible platforms, level boarding, 

next-bus arrival signs, security cameras, 

lighting, and offboard fare payment via 

ticket vending machines, electronic fare 

cards, or mobile devices. 

Final agency actions: Section 4(f) de 

minimis impact determination, dated 

November 22, 2023; Section 106 No 

Adverse Effect determination, dated 

October 24, 2023; and Determination of 

the applicability of a categorical 

exclusion pursuant to 23 CFR 

771.118(d), dated November 22, 2023. 

Supporting documentation: 

Documented Categorical Exclusion (CE) 

and supporting materials, dated 

November 22, 2023. The CE and 

associated documents can be viewed 

and downloaded from: https://

www.ridemetro.org/about/metronext/ 

metrorapid/metrorapid-universitycorridor-project. 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). 

Megan Blum, 

Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Planning and Environment. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02778 Filed 2–9–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

Notice of Solicitation of Nominations 

for Membership for the U.S. Maritime 

Transportation System National 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of solicitation for 

membership. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to authority 

delegated by the Secretary of 

Transportation (Secretary) to the 

Maritime Administrator (Administrator) 

and the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act implementing regulations, the 

Maritime Administration (MARAD) 

requests nominations for membership 

on the U.S. Maritime Transportation 

System National Advisory Committee 

(Committee or MTSNAC). 

DATES: Nominations for immediate 

consideration for appointment must be 

received on or before 5 p.m. ET on 

March 15, 2024. After that date, 

MARAD will continue to accept 

applications under this notice for a 

period of up to two years from the 

deadline to fill any vacancies that may 

arise. The Agency encourages 

nominations submitted any time before 

the deadline. 

ADDRESSES: 

• Email: MTSNAC@dot.gov, subject

line: MTSNAC Application. 

• Mail: MARAD–MTSNAC

Designated Federal Officer, Room W21– 

310, U.S. Department of Transportation, 

1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, 

DC 20590; please include name, mailing 

address, and telephone number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Capt. Jeffrey Flumignan, Designated 

Federal Officer, at MTSNAC@dot.gov or 

(347) 491–2349. Please visit the

MTSNAC website at http://

www.marad.dot.gov/ports/marinetransportation-system-mts/marinetransportation-system-nationaladvisory-committee-mtsnac/.

For supplemental information: 

https://www.maritime.dot.gov/outreach/ 

maritime-transportation-system-mts/ 

maritime-transportation-systemnational-advisory-0. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Who should be considered for

nomination as MTSNAC members?

The Maritime Administration seeks 

nominations for immediate 

consideration to fill approximately 6–8 

positions on the Committee for the 

upcoming 2024–2026 Charter term and 

will continue to accept nominations 


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