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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 241 (Monday, December 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 101687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29588]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration

Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation 
Project--Port Authority Bus Terminal Replacement Project, New York, New 
York

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the 
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) regarding the following project: 
Midtown Manhattan Bus Terminal Replacement Project, also known as the 
Port Authority Bus Terminal, in New York, New York. 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 May 15, 2025.

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 Policy and 
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/about/regional-offices/regional-offices.
    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 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (54 
U.S.C. 306108), Section 4(f) requirements (49 U.S.C. 303 and 23 U.S.C. 
138), Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531), Clean Water Act (33 
U.S.C. 1251), the Uniform Relocation and Real Property Acquisition 
Policies Act (42 U.S.C. 4601), 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 actions that are the 
subject of this notice follow:
    Project name and location: Port Authority Bus Terminal Replacement 
Project (Project), New York, New York.
    Project sponsor: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
    Project description: The Project would replace the existing Port 
Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan, New York, with a new Main 
Terminal, a Storage and Staging Facility, and associated ramp 
infrastructure, collectively called the `Replacement Facility.' The 
Project involves a portion of West 41st Street to be permanently closed 
between Eighth and Ninth Avenue in order to accommodate the new Main 
Terminal. The project also includes construction of two decks over 
below-grade portions of Dyer Avenue and the Lincoln Tunnel Expressway 
to facilitate construction-period bus operations. These two decks, 
referred to as the ``Dyer Deck-Overs,'' would be converted to publicly 
accessible open space following completion of the Replacement Facility.
    Final agency actions: Section 106 Programmatic Agreement, executed 
July 2, 2024; Section 4(f) individual use determination and Port 
Authority Bus Terminal Final Environmental Impact Statement, dated 
October 4, 2024. Port Authority Bus Terminal Record of Decision (ROD), 
dated December 4, 2024.
    Supporting documentation: Port Authority Bus Terminal Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), dated October 4, 2024. Port 
Authority Bus Terminal Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), 
dated February 2, 2024. The ROD, FEIS, DEIS and associated documents 
can be viewed and downloaded from: https://www.panynj.gov/bus-terminals/en/port-authority/midtown-bus-terminal-replacement/resources.html.
    Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).

Megan Blum,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2024-29588 Filed 12-13-24; 8:45 am]
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