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and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

Communications received by 

February 26, 2018 will be considered by 

FRA before final action is taken. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered if practicable. 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of any written communications 

and comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

document, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT 

solicits comments from the public to 

better inform its processes. DOT posts 

these comments, without edit, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

See also https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacyNotice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, 

Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00245 Filed 1–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Limitation on Claims Against Proposed 

Public Transportation Projects 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces final 

environmental actions taken by the 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 

for a project in Seattle, Washington. 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. 

DATES: By this notice, FTA is advising 

the public of final agency actions 

subject to Section 139(l) of Title 23, 

United States Code (U.S.C.). A claim 

seeking judicial review of FTA actions 

announced herein for the listed public 

transportation projects will be barred 

unless the claim is filed on or before 

June 11, 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, but not limited to, 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 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: Madison Street 

Bus Rapid Transit Project, Seattle, 

Washington. Project Sponsor: Seattle 

Department of Transportation (SDOT). 

Project description: The project establishes a 

2.3-mile long bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor 

with 10 BRT station areas with 20 directional 

platforms, new Transit Only Lanes (TOLs) 

and Business Access & Transit (BAT) lanes, 

pedestrian and bicycle improvements, and 

signal and utility upgrades. The Project will 

also add Transit Signal Priority (TSP) at most 

signalized corridor intersections between 7th 

Avenue and MLK Jr. Way. 

Final agency actions: Determination that 

there is no use of Section 4(f) resources; 

Section 106 finding of no adverse effect dated 

April 13, 2017, project-level air quality 

conformity, and a determination of the 

applicability of a Documented Categorical 

Exclusion pursuant to 23 CFR 771.118(d) 

dated December 27, 2017. Supporting 

documentation: Documented Categorical 

Exclusion checklist and supporting materials 

dated December 2017. 

Lucy Garliauskas, 

Associate Administrator Planning and 

Environment. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00243 Filed 1–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2017–0097; Notice 1] 

General Motors, LLC, Receipt of 

Petition for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Receipt of petition. 

SUMMARY: General Motors, LLC (GM), 

has determined that the seat belt 

assemblies in certain model year (MY) 

2017–2018 Chevrolet Silverado and 

GMC Sierra heavy duty motor vehicles 

do not fully comply with Federal Motor 

Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 

209, Seat Belt Assemblies. GM filed a 

noncompliance report dated September 

14, 2017, and amended it on September 

22, 2017. GM also petitioned NHTSA on 

October 6, 2017, for a decision that the 

subject noncompliance is 

inconsequential as it relates to motor 

vehicle safety. 

DATES: The closing date for comments 

on the petition is February 9, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written data, views, 

and arguments on this petition. 

Comments must refer to the docket and 

notice number cited in the title of this 

notice and submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

• Mail: Send comments by mail 

addressed to U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver comments 

by hand to U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Section is open on weekdays from 10 

a.m. to 5 p.m. except Federal Holidays. 

• Electronically: Submit comments 

electronically by logging onto the 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) website at https://

www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 


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