[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29998-29999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10553]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation 
Projects--Southwest Corridor Light Rail Project, RapidRide Roosevelt 
(RapidRide J Line) Project, and Northern Bus Garage Renovation Project

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 three projects: 
Southwest Corridor Light Rail Project, Portland, Tigard, and Tualatin 
County, Oregon; RapidRide Roosevelt (RapidRide J Line) Project, 
Seattle, Washington; and Northern Bus Garage Renovation Project, 
Washington, DC. The purpose of this notice is to announce publicly the 
environmental decisions by FTA on the subject projects 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 projects will be barred unless the 
claim is filed on or before October 14, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn Loster, Assistant Chief 
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 353-3869, or Saadat Khan, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Environmental Programs, 
(202) 366-9647. 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 actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l) by issuing certain 
approvals for the public transportation projects listed below. The 
actions on the projects, as well as the laws under which such actions 
were taken, are described in the documentation issued in connection 
with the projects to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA) and in other documents in the FTA environmental project files 
for the projects. 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.
    This notice applies to all FTA decisions on the listed projects 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) requirements (23 U.S.C. 138, 49 U.S.C. 303), 
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. 
306108), Section 6(f) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
1965 (54 U.S.C. 200305), 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.

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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 projects and 
actions that are the subject of this notice follow:
    1. Project name and location: Southwest Corridor Light Rail 
Project, Portland, Tigard, and Tualatin, Oregon. Project Sponsor: Metro 
and Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet), 
Portland, Oregon. Project description: The Project extends the existing 
MAX light rail transit network with a new 11-mile light rail service 
serving southwest Portland, Tigard, and Tualatin, Oregon. The new light 
rail alignment will generally be either center-running within existing 
or new streets, or adjacent to roadways or railroads. The project 
includes construction of 13 new stations, as well as up to 2,020 park 
and ride spaces at 5 new or modified park and ride facilities. 
Additionally, the project work involves new or rebuilt roadways and 
bridges, as well as streetscape elements such as sidewalks, bicycle 
facilities, landscape buffers, and lighting. Final agency action: 
Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement, dated December 15, 2021; Section 
4(f) determination dated April 8, 2022; Southwest Corridor Light Rail 
Project Record of Decision (ROD), dated April 08, 2022. Supporting 
documentation: Southwest Corridor Light Rail Project Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), dated January 13, 2022. 
Southwest Corridor Light Rail Project Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (DEIS), dated May 25, 2018. The ROD, FEIS, DEIS and 
associated documents can be viewed and downloaded from: https://www.oregonmetro.gov/southwest-corridor-plan.
    2. Project name and location: RapidRide Roosevelt (RapidRide J 
Line) Project, Seattle, Washington. Project Sponsor: Seattle Department 
of Transportation (SDOT) and King County Metro (Metro), Seattle, 
Washington. Project description: The Project involves implementing a 
bus rapid transit service with 2.3 miles of new transit lane 
improvements that serves the neighborhoods from Downtown Seattle to the 
Roosevelt neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. The project work 
includes construction of up to 26 new RapidRide stations, bicycle 
lanes, signal infrastructure, sidewalk upgrades, signage, and roadway 
channelization. Final agency action: Section 106 No Adverse Effect 
determination, dated April 16, 2021; Section 4(f) de minimis impact 
determination, dated May 14, 2020; RapidRide Roosevelt Project Finding 
of No Significant Impact (FONSI), dated April 26, 2022. Supporting 
documentation: RapidRide Roosevelt Project Supplemental Environmental 
Assessment (EA), dated October 13, 2021. RapidRide Roosevelt Project 
EA, dated January 3, 2020. The FONSI, Supplemental EA, EA and 
associated documents can be viewed and downloaded from: https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/programs/transit-program/transit-plus-multimodal-corridor-program/rapidride-roosevelt.
    3. Project name and location: Northern Bus Garage Renovation 
Project, Washington, DC. Project Sponsor: Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority (WMATA), Washington, DC. Project description: The 
Project involves the replacement and renovation of the existing bus 
garage, which has met its useful life. The structural improvements are 
needed in order to maintain efficient storage and maintenance, replace 
deteriorating concrete conditions, better accommodate articulated 
buses, and reduce deadheading. The project will be constructed within 
the existing current facility footprint located on an approximately 
5.25-acre site at 4615 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC. Final agency 
actions: Section 4(f) individual use determination, dated April 20, 
2022; Section 106 Memorandum of Agreement, dated December 20, 2021; and 
Determination of the applicability of a categorical exclusion pursuant 
to 23 CFR 771.118(d), dated April 20, 2022. Supporting documentation: 
Documented Categorical Exclusion (CE) checklist and supporting 
materials, dated April 01, 2022. The CE checklist and associated 
documents can be viewed and downloaded from: https://wmata.com/initiatives/plans/northern-bus-garage/building-new.cfm.
    Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).

Mark A. Ferroni,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2022-10553 Filed 5-16-22; 8:45 am]
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