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involved and must be received on or 

before April 16, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2009–0041 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-Wide Rulemaking Web 

Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy: We post all comments we 

receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Forseth, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, ANM–113, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., 

Renton, WA 98057–3356, fax 425–227– 

1320, telephone 425–227–2796. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 24, 

2009. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2009–0041. 

Petitioner: International Lease 

Finance Corporation (ILFC). 

Description of Relief Sought: ILFC 

requests relief from the requirements of 

Special Conditions No. 25–367–SC, for 

seat installations on two Boeing Model 

777 Series airplanes. Due to seat-weight 

constraints, the seats contain composite 

handrails that may not comply with the 

heat-release and smoke-emission testing 

requirements. 

[FR Doc. E9–6893 Filed 3–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Safety Advisory 2009–01 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of safety advisory; side 

sill failure of ACF Center Flow® 

Covered Hopper Cars. 

SUMMARY: FRA is recommending 

inspection and, when necessary, repair 

of American Car and Foundry (ACF) 

Center Flow® Covered Hopper Cars, 

when appropriate. These cars have a 

history of side sill failure. On April 16, 

2008, FRA was notified that car CSXT 

254526, an ACF Center Flow® Covered 

Hopper Car, experienced a catastrophic 

side sill failure. Both sides of the side 

sill, the side sheet, and the roof 

fractured. As a result, the A-end of the 

car was pulled away from the rest of the 

car body. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom 

Blankenship, Mechanical Engineer, 

MP&E Division (RRS–14); FRA Office of 

Safety Assurance and Compliance, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, telephone: (202) 493–6446. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ACF 

Center Flow® Covered Hopper Cars 

have a history of side sill failures. 

Records from 1999 indicate ACF has 

constructed approximately 120,000 

center flow cars since 1978 using this 

side sill design. On May 14, 1979, the 

Association of American Railroads 

(AAR) issued Circular Letterc–5162 

notifying railroads that a number of ACF 

Center Flow® Covered Hopper Cars 

were discovered with side sill cracks, 

and recommended that the cars be 

inspected. ACF issued Procedure 

Number P064, ‘‘Maintenance of Side 

Sills-Body Bolster Area,’’ in 1989, 

providing detailed instructions for 

inspection and repair of all ACF Center 

Flow® Covered Hopper Cars. On 

February 19, 1999, AAR issued 

Maintenance Advisory MA–53, (c– 

8991), advising the industry of 

additional side sill failures on ACF 

Center Flow® Covered Hopper Cars. 

As a result of the above-referenced 

incident that occurred on April 16, 

2008, CSX Transportation, Inc., (CSXT) 

has recently taken additional action by 

issuing inspection and repair 

instructions for its cars (CSXT Car 

Maintenance Instruction 13–1004, dated 

April 28, 2008). The instructions 

provide guidance on how to properly 

inspect and handle the ACF Center 

Flow® Covered Hopper Cars. 

Recommended Action: Recognizing 

the need to ensure safety, FRA 

recommends that railroads and car 

owners that operate the ACF Center 

Flow® Covered Hopper Cars inspect, 

and when necessary, repair and 

reinforce the side sills (at four locations) 

using ACF Procedure Number P064 

(dated January 31, 1994). This ACF 

Procedure Number P063 may be 

obtained by contacting Mr. Roger 

Dalske,Manager–Product Engineering, 

American Railcar Industries, at (636) 

940–6185;e-mail: 

rdalske@americanrailcar.com. 

FRA may modify this Safety Advisory 

(2009–01), issue additional safety 

advisories, or take other appropriate 

action it deems necessary to ensure the 

highest level of safety on the Nation’s 

railroads. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 24, 

2009. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Acting Associate Administrator for Railroad 

Safety/Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–6919 Filed 3–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for Transit 

Improvements in the Westside 

Extension Transit Corridor, Los 

Angeles, CA 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) and the Los 

Angeles County Metropolitan 

Transportation Authority (LACMTA) 

intend to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed 

transit improvements in the Westside 

Extension Transit Corridor in Los 

Angeles County, California. The 

proposed project would provide for 

transit improvements within the 

Westside Extension Transit Corridor. 

The EIS will be prepared in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

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(NEPA) and its implementing 

regulations, as well as provisions of the 

recently enacted Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 

Act: A Legacy for Users. LACMTA will 

also use the EIS document to comply 

with the California Environmental 

Quality Act (CEQA), which requires an 

Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The 

purpose of this notice is to alert 

interested parties regarding the intent to 

prepare the EIS to provide information 

on the nature of the proposed project 

and possible alternatives, to invite 

public participation in the EIS process 

(including providing comments on the 

scope of the Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (DEIS), to announce that 

public scoping meetings will be 

conducted, and to identify participating 

and cooperating agency contacts. 

DATES: Written comments on the scope 

of the EIS, should be sent to LACMTA 

on or before May 7, 2009 at the address 

below. Public scoping meetings to 

accept comments on the scope of the 

EIS/EIR will be held on the following 

dates: 

• Monday, April 13, 2009, from 6 

p.m. to 8 p.m., at Los Angeles County 

Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire 

Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036. 

• Tuesday, April 14, 2009, from 6 

p.m. to 8 p.m., at Plummer Park, 7377 

Santa Monica Boulevard, West 

Hollywood, CA 90046. 

• Thursday, April 16, 2009, from 6 

p.m. to 8 p.m., at Beverly Hills Public 

Library, 444 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly 

Hills, CA 90210. 

• Monday, April 20, 2009, from 6 

p.m. to 8 p.m., at Westwood 

Presbyterian Church, 10822 Wilshire 

Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90024. 

• Thursday, April 23, 2009, from 6 

p.m. to 8 p.m., at Santa Monica Public 

Library, 601 Santa Monica Boulevard, 

Santa Monica, CA 90401. 

The project’s purpose and need, and 

the description of alternatives for the 

proposed project will be presented at 

these meetings. The buildings used for 

the scoping meetings are accessible to 

persons with disabilities. Any 

individual who requires special 

assistance, such as a sign language 

interpreter, to participate in a scoping 

meeting should contact Ms. Jody Litvak, 

Community Relations Manager, Los 

Angeles County Metropolitan 

Transportation Authority (LACMTA) at 

213–922–1240, or litvakj@metro.net. 

Scoping materials will be available at 

the meetings and on the LACMTA Web 

site (http://www.metro.net/westside). 

Paper copies of the scoping materials 

may also be obtained from Ms. Jody 

Litvak, Community Relations Manager, 

LACMTA, at 213–922–1240, or 

litvakj@metro.net. An interagency 

scoping meeting will be held on 

Monday, April 13, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 

12 p.m. at the LACMTA, in the Windsor 

Conference Room, 15th Floor, One 

Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012. 

Representatives of Native American 

tribal governments and of all Federal, 

State, regional and local agencies that 

may have an interest in any aspect of 

the project will be invited to be 

participating or cooperating agencies, as 

appropriate. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to Mr. David Mieger, AICP, 

Project Director and Deputy Executive 

Officer, Los Angeles County 

Metropolitan Transportation Authority 

(LACMTA), One Gateway Plaza, Los 

Angeles, CA 90012, phone 213–922– 

3040, e-mail address 

miegerd@metro.net. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Ray Tellis, Team Leader, Los Angeles 

Metropolitan Office, Federal Transit 

Administration, 888 South Figueroa 

Street, Suite 1850, Los Angeles, CA 

90017, phone 213–202–3950, e-mail 

ray.tellis@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Proposed Project 

The proposed subway extension 

project is in western Los Angeles 

County and includes portions of five 

jurisdictions: the Cities of Los Angeles, 

West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Santa 

Monica, as well as portions of 

unincorporated Los Angeles County. 

The project is generally bounded by the 

Santa Monica Mountains along 

Hollywood, Sunset and San Vicente 

Boulevards, east to the Metro Rail 

stations at Hollywood/Highland and 

Wilshire/Western, south to Pico 

Boulevard, and west to the Pacific 

Ocean. Project length for the Wilshire 

Boulevard Subway Alignment Heavy 

Rail (Alternative 1) is 12.5 miles 

extending from the Metro Purple Line 

Wilshire/Western Station to 4th Street 

and Wilshire Boulevard in Santa 

Monica and would include 10 stations 

and 1 optional station. Wilshire/Santa 

Monica Boulevards Combined HRT 

Subway (Alternatives 11) includes the 

full Wilshire Boulevard HRT Subway 

and adds a second line extending west 

from the Metro Red Line Hollywood/ 

Highland Station via Santa Monica 

Boulevard to join the Wilshire Line in 

Beverly Hills. The total combined line is 

17 miles long and includes 14 stations 

and 1 optional station. Population and 

employment densities in the Project 

area are among the highest in the 

metropolitan region, averaging 

approximately 13,100 persons per 

square mile and 12,500 jobs per square 

mile. These high population and 

employment concentrations make the 

Project Area one of the densest places to 

live and work in the county. 

The proposed Westside Extension 

project would offer a viable alternative 

to driving in the heavily congested 

Project Area. The mobility 

improvements offered by such a system 

will improve job accessibility for transitdependent residents within, as well as 

outside, the Project Area, as well as 

greater Los Angeles, and improve 

transportation equity for all population 

groups. The high-quality transit solution 

will complement existing transitsupporting land uses and present new 

opportunities for mixed-use and highdensity development in the Project 

Area. 

The various alternatives to be 

considered for the Westside Extension 

project generally traverse Wilshire 

Boulevard from the Metro Purple Line 

Wilshire/Western station to 4th Street 

and Wilshire Boulevard in Santa 

Monica (Alternative 1), and a second 

line extending west from the Metro Red 

Line Hollywood/Highland Station via 

Santa Monica Boulevard to join the 

Wilshire Line in Beverly Hills 

(Alternative 11). 

Purpose and Need for the Project 

The purpose of the project is to 

address the mobility needs of residents, 

workers, and visitors traveling to, from, 

and within the highly congested 

Westside Extension Study Area by 

providing faster and more reliable highcapacity public transportation than 

existing services which operate in 

mixed-flow traffic. This proposed 

subway improvement will bring about a 

significant increase in east-west 

capacity and improvement in personmobility by reducing transit travel time. 

On a county-wide level, the project will 

strengthen regional access by 

connecting Metro bus, Metro rail, and 

Metrolink networks to a high-capacity 

transit serving the Study Area. The 

overall goal of the project is to improve 

mobility in the Westside Extension 

Transit Corridor by extending the 

benefits of the existing Metro Red/Metro 

Purple Line rail and bus services 

beyond their current termini near 

Highland Avenue and/or Western 

Avenue in Los Angeles as far as Ocean 

Avenue in Santa Monica. 

Mobility problems and the need for 

improvements in this corridor have 

been well documented in many studies, 

including the numerous Metro Red Line 

planning studies, Southern California 

Association of Governments (SCAG) 

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planning studies, the Mid-City/Westside 

Transit Corridor Re-Evaluation/Major 

Investment Study (2000), the Metro 

Rapid Demonstration Project (2000), the 

Mid-City/Westside Transit Corridor 

Draft EIS/EIR (2001), the American 

Public Transit Association Review of 

Wilshire Corridor Tunneling (2005), and 

in the Southern California Association 

of Governments Regional Transportation 

Plan (2008). 

Most recently, an Alternatives 

Analysis Study for the Westside 

Extension Transit Corridor as required 

by 49 U.S.C. 5309 for New Starts-funded 

projects, was completed and, was 

adopted by the LACMTA Board of 

Directors on January 22, 2009, and is 

available for review on the project Web 

site at http://www.metro.net/westside. 

The public and participating and 

cooperating agencies are invited to 

consider and comment on this statement 

of the purpose and need for the 

proposed subway project. 

Alternatives 

The Westside Extension proposes to 

extend the Metro Rail heavy rail 

technology westward from the terminus 

of the Metro Purple Line at the 

Wilshire/Western station and 

potentially a second leg from the Metro 

Red Line at the Hollywood/Highland 

station. The Alternatives Analysis (AA) 

Study was completed in January 2009. 

The process began with the 

identification of initial conceptual 

alternatives and early public and agency 

scoping. Then a set of 17 initial 

conceptual alternatives was identified, 

screened, and narrowed down to a most 

promising set of five alternatives. These 

five alternatives were then evaluated at 

a more detailed level and as a result, the 

following two subway alignment 

alternatives plus the No Build and 

Transportation Systems Management 

(TSM) alternatives were recommended 

to be carried forward for analysis in the 

EIS: 

Wilshire Boulevard Alignment Heavy 

Rail Transit (HRT) Subway: This 

alternative alignment extends 

underground from the Metro Purple 

Line Wilshire/Western station to 4th 

Street and Wilshire Boulevard in Santa 

Monica. It has 10 stations and 1 optional 

station. The alignment is generally 

under Wilshire Boulevard with various 

route alignments between Century City 

and Santa Monica. 

Wilshire/Santa Monica Boulevard 

Combined HRT Subway: This alignment 

alternative extends underground from 

the Metro Purple Line Wilshire/Western 

station and from the Metro Red Line at 

the Hollywood/Highland station to 4th 

Street and Wilshire Boulevard in Santa 

Monica. It has 14 stations and 1 optional 

station. 

This alternative has two alignment 

options in the Beverly Center area. One 

option follows San Vicente Boulevard 

from Santa Monica Boulevard to La 

Cienega Boulevard, where it curves 

south and then west to meet the 

Wilshire Boulevard alignment. The 

second option follows La Cienega 

Boulevard from Santa Monica 

Boulevard, past the Beverly Center, and 

curves west at Wilshire Boulevard. 

Minimum Operable Segments: A total 

of four Minimum Operable Segment 

Alternatives will be included for 

analysis including the following: (1) 

Wilshire Boulevard HRT Subway from 

Wilshire/Western to Fairfax (3 miles); 

(2) Wilshire Boulevard HRT Subway 

from Wilshire/Western to Century City 

(6.5 miles); (3) Wilshire Boulevard HRT 

Subway from Wilshire/Western to 

Westwood/UCLA vicinity (8 to 9.5 

miles); and (4) MOS #3 plus Metro Red 

Line HRT Subway from Hollywood/ 

Highland via Santa Monica Boulevard 

(12.5 to 14 miles). 

No Build Alternative: This EIS will 

also consider the No Build Alternative 

that includes all existing highway and 

transit services and facilities and the 

committed highway and transit projects 

in the current LACMTA Long Range 

Transportation Plan and the current 

2008 Southern California Association of 

Governments’ Regional Transportation 

Plan. No new infrastructure would be 

built within the Study Area, aside from 

projects currently under construction, or 

funded for construction and operation 

by 2030 by the recently approved 

Measure R and identified in the 

LACMTA Long Range Transportation 

Plan. Proposed major highway 

improvements affecting the Westside 

Extension Transit Corridor between now 

and 2030 include completing missing 

segments of high occupancy vehicle 

(HOV) lanes on Interstate 405 (I–405) 

Freeway. From a rail transit perspective, 

the No Build Alternative includes the 

Metro Purple and Metro Red Lines along 

the eastern and northeastern edges of 

the study area. This alternative also 

includes a rich network of local, 

express, and Metro Rapid bus routes 

that will continue to be provided, with 

both bus route and additions and 

modifications proposed. 

Transportation System Management 

(TSM) Alternative: The EIS will also 

consider the TSM Alternative which 

enhances the No Build Alternative and 

improves upon the existing Metro Rapid 

Bus service and local bus service in the 

Westside Extension Transit Corridor 

study area. This alternative emphasizes 

more frequent service and low cost 

capital and operations improvements to 

reduce delay and enhance mobility. 

Although the frequency of service is 

already very good, this alternative 

considers improved bus services during 

peak periods on selected routes. 

In addition to the alternatives 

described above, other transit 

alternatives not previously considered 

in the Alternatives Analysis Study and 

brought forward during the public and 

agency scoping process will be 

evaluated for potential inclusion in the 

EIS. 

The EIS Process and the Role of 

Participating Agencies and the Public 

The purpose of the EIS process is to 

explore, in a public setting, the effects 

of the proposed project and its 

alternatives on the physical, human, 

and natural environment. The FTA and 

LACMTA will evaluate all significant 

environmental, social, and economic 

impacts of the construction and 

operation of the proposed subway 

project. Impact areas to be addressed 

include: transportation, land use and 

development, land acquisition, 

displacements and relocations, cultural 

resources (including historical, 

archaeological and paleontological 

resources and parklands/recreation 

areas), community and neighborhood 

compatibility and environmental 

justice, visual and aesthetic impacts, 

natural resources (including air quality, 

wetlands, water resources, noise, 

vibration), climate change and energy 

use, safety and security, geotechnical 

factors (including subsurface and 

seismic hazards) and hazardous 

materials, and wildlife and ecosystems 

(including endangered species). 

Measures to avoid, minimize, and 

mitigate all adverse impacts will be 

identified and evaluated. 

The regulations implementing NEPA, 

including the 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 requires that FTA 

and LACMTA 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 

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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 LACMTA 

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 and a Coordination Plan for 

public and interagency involvement 

will be developed for the project and 

posted by LACMTA on the project Web 

page at http://www.metro.net/westside. 

The public involvement program 

includes a full range of activities 

including a public scoping process to 

define the issues of concern among all 

parties interested in the project: a 

project Web page on the LACMTA Web 

site, development and distribution of 

project newsletters, and other 

information pieces: outreach to local 

officials, community and civic groups, 

periodic meetings with various local 

agencies, organizations, and 

committees, the general public, and a 

public hearing on release of the draft 

environmental impact statement (DEIS). 

Specific activities or events for 

involvement will be detailed in the 

public involvement program. 

LACMTA may seek New Starts 

funding for the proposed project under 

49 United States Code 5309 and will, 

therefore, be subject to New Starts 

regulations (49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 611). The New 

Starts regulation requires a planning 

Alternatives Analysis that leads to the 

selection of a Locally Preferred 

Alternative and the inclusion of this 

alternative in the long-range 

transportation plan adopted by the 

LACMTA and Southern California 

Association of Governments. LACMTA 

has completed the planning Alternatives 

Analysis Study in January 2009. The 

New Starts regulations also require the 

submission of certain projectjustification information to support a 

request to initiate preliminary 

engineering. This information is 

normally developed in conjunction with 

the NEPA process. Pertinent New Starts 

evaluation criteria will be included in 

the EIS. 

The EIS will be prepared in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act 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). 

In accordance with 23 CFR 771.105(a) 

and 771.133, FTA will comply with all 

Federal environmental laws, 

regulations, and executive orders 

applicable to the proposed project 

during the environmental review 

process to the maximum extent 

practicable. These requirements 

include, but are not limited to, the 

environmental and public hearing 

provisions of Federal transit laws (49 

U.S.C. 5301(e), 5323(b), and 5324); the 

project-level air quality conformity 

regulation of the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) (40 CFR part 

93); the section 404(b)(1) guidelines of 

EPA (40 CFR part 230); the regulation 

implementing section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act (36 

CFR part 800); the regulation 

implementing section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act (50 CFR part 

402); section 4(f) of the Department of 

Transportation Act (23 CFR 771.135); 

and Executive Orders 12898 on 

environmental justice, 11988 on 

floodplain management, and 11990 on 

wetlands. 

Issued on: March 24, 2009. 

Leslie T. Rogers, 

Regional Administrator, Federal Transit 

Administration, Region IX. 

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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. 

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, 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 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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