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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. 

[FR Doc. E9–6917 Filed 3–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

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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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 dualtrack 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] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2009–0027] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Invitation for public comments 

on a requested administrative waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel 

Archangel. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 

12121, the Secretary of Transportation, 

as represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. The complete application 

is given in DOT docket MARAD–2009– 

0027 at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Interested parties may comment on the 

effect this action may have on U.S. 

vessel builders or businesses in the U.S. 

that use U.S.-flag vessels. If MARAD 

determines, in accordance with 46 

U.S.C. 12121 and MARAD’s regulations 

at 46 CFR part 388 (68 FR 23084; April 

30, 2003), that the issuance of the 

waiver will have an unduly adverse 

effect on a U.S.-vessel builder or a 

business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in 

that business, a waiver will not be 

granted. Comments should refer to the 

docket number of this notice and the 

vessel name in order for MARAD to 

properly consider the comments. 

Comments should also state the 

commenter’s interest in the waiver 

application, and address the waiver 

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR part 388. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

April 27, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2009–0027. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. You may also 

send comments electronically via the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments will become part of this 

docket and will be available for 

inspection and copying at the above 

address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

E.T., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. An electronic version 

of this document and all documents 

entered into this docket is available on 

the World Wide Web at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joann Spittle, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W21–203, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– 

366–5979. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described by the applicant the intended 

service of the vessel Archangel is: 

Intended Use: ‘‘Occasional crewed 

charter.’’ 

Geographic Region: ‘‘RI, MA, MD’’. 

Privacy Act 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). 

Dated: March 23, 2009. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Christine Gurland, 

Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–6913 Filed 3–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2009 0025] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Invitation for public comments 

on a requested administrative waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel 

Mango. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 

12121, the Secretary of Transportation, 

as represented by the Maritime 

Administration MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. The complete application 

is given in DOT docket MARAD–2009– 

0025 at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Interested parties may comment on the 

effect this action may have on U.S. 

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