[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 58 (Friday, March 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13510-13511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6803]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Notice of Limitation on Claims Against a Proposed Public 
Transportation Project

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces final environmental action taken by the 
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the Mid-City/Exposition 
Transit Corridor Light Rail Transit Project in Los Angeles, California. 
The purpose of this notice is to announce the decision by FTA to not 
perform supplemental review under the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA) on the subject project and to activate the limitation on any 
claims that may challenge this final agency action. This notice does 
not alter or extend the limitation period of 180 days for challenge of 
project decisions subject to a previous notice published in the Federal 
Register on August 17, 2006.

DATES: By this notice, FTA is advising the public of final agency 
action subject to Title 23, United States Code (U.S.C.), section 
139(l). A claim seeking judicial review of the FTA action announced 
herein for the listed public transportation project will be barred 
unless the claim is filed on or before September 23, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Zelasko, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Office of Planning and Environment, 202-366-
0244, or Christopher Van Wyk, Attorney-Advisor, 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 action by issuing certain approvals for the public 
transportation project listed below. This notice applies to all FTA 
decisions on the listed project since FTA published its notice 
concerning this project in the Federal Register on August 17, 2006, 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]. 
This notice describes the discrete action taken for which the 180-day 
statute of limitations will apply. Nothing in this notice affects FTA's 
previous decisions, or notice thereof, for this project.
    The final agency environmental decision documents--the Record of 
Decision (ROD) and the ROD Addendum--for the listed project 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.
    The project and action that are the subject of this notice are:
    Project name and location: Mid-City/Exposition Transit Corridor 
Light Rail Transit (LRT) Project, Los Angeles, California. Project 
sponsor: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority 
(LACMTA). Project

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description: The Mid-City/Exposition Corridor Project is an LRT project 
that will run 8.6 miles from 7th Street/Metro Center Station in 
downtown Los Angeles to the intersection of Venice and Robertson 
Boulevards in Culver City. The LRT will operate in a dual-track 
configuration mainly at-grade on existing streets or in a street-median 
right-of-way owned by LACMTA. The project includes nine new LRT 
stations and three grade separations: one below grade segment at Flower 
and Figueroa Streets; an aerial segment at La Brea Avenue; and an 
aerial segment at La Cienega Boulevard, extending over Jefferson 
Boulevard and the Ballona Creek to Fay Avenue in Culver City. Final 
Agency Actions: FTA has reviewed information provided by LACMTA on 
project enhancements proposed since the FTA issued the ROD on February 
24, 2006. These project enhancements include the addition of the new 
University of Southern California (USC)/Expo Park station adjacent to 
the U.S.C. campus and Expo Park museums near downtown Los Angeles, the 
addition of the new aerial Venice/Robertson Station and Structure at 
the eastern terminus in Culver City to replace the interim at-grade 
Washington/National Station, and the addition of a Storage and 
Inspection facility. The Storage and Inspection facility will 
supplement the planned Mid-day Layover facility and replace the 
Operations and Maintenance facility that was originally planned to be 
located on property adjacent to the existing Metro Division 11 facility 
in Carson, California. The newly added USC/Expo Park station and the 
newly added aerial Venice/Robertson Station were fully evaluated in the 
Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/
EIR). The Storage and Inspection Facility was evaluated pursuant to 23 
CFR Section 771.130(c), and approved in subsequent action whereby FTA 
determined that no new or changed significant impacts from those 
evaluated in the Final EIS/EIR would occur. Supporting documentation: 
ROD Addendum signed on March 10, 2009 and the Mid-City/Exposition 
Transit Corridor Light Rail Transit Project Final EIS/EIR.

    Issued on: March 20, 2009.
Susan Borinsky,
Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. E9-6803 Filed 3-26-09; 8:45 am]
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