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release of the information, FTA will 

provide the applicant timely notice of 

such order to allow the applicant the 

opportunity to challenge such an order. 

FTA will not challenge a court order on 

behalf of an applicant. 

2. Pilot Program Administration and 

Reporting Requirements 

The Pilot Program is not funded with 

Federal funds; selected nonprofit 

entities may charge the grantee 

participants in the cooperative 

procurement contract for the cost of 

administering, planning, and providing 

technical assistance for the contract in 

an amount that is not more than 1 

percent of the contract price. The 

selected nonprofit entity may 

incorporate the cost into the price of the 

contract or directly charge the grantee 

participants for the cost, but not both. 

To achieve a comprehensive 

understanding of the utility and 

effectiveness of the Pilot Program, FTA, 

or its designated independent evaluator, 

will require access to project data. 

Selected nonprofit entities should be 

prepared to collect and maintain data 

related to participating vendors, 

participating grantees, and the quantity 

and price of rolling stock and related 

equipment procured by grantees 

through the cooperative procurement. 

3. Expiration of Pilot Program 

After selection of eligible nonprofit 

entities for the Pilot Program, the Pilot 

Program will expire six years from the 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register or when the contract with the 

longest term, including option periods, 

awarded by a nonprofit entity in the 

Pilot Program expires, whichever date is 

earlier. 

Matthew J. Welbes, 

Executive Director. 

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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 a final 

environmental action taken by the 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 

for a project in Hudson County, New 

Jersey. The purpose of this notice is to 

announce publicly the environmental 

decision 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 

January 19, 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 action on the 

project, as well as the laws under which 

such action was taken, is 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 action was 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 are 

the subject of this notice follows: 

Project name and location: Portal Bridge 

Capacity Enhancement Project, Hudson 

County, New Jersey. Project Sponsor: New 

Jersey Transit Corporation. Project 

description: This project consists of the 

demolition of the 100-year old moveable 

swing-span two-track Portal Bridge between 

the Town of Kearny and the Town of 

Secaucus, and its replacement with two new 

bridges: a northern fixed two-track bridge 

and a southern fixed two-track bridge. The 

existing Portal Bridge experiences frequent 

mechanical and operational failures which 

pose reliability concerns, capacity 

constraints, operational inflexibility, and 

commuter delays along the Northeast 

Corridor. Additionally, the bridge’s low 

vertical clearance conflicts with maritime 

uses. By replacing the movable two-track 

bridge with two fixed two-track bridges at 

higher elevations, this project will increase 

reliability and operational flexibility, 

eliminate capacity constraints, reduce 

commuter delays, and support additional 

maritime uses along the Northeast Corridor. 

In 2008, the Federal Railroad Administration 

(FRA) completed an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for this project; FTA was a 

cooperating agency. FRA subsequently issued 

a Record of Decision (ROD) and completed 

three re-evaluations in 2010, 2011, and 2016. 

FTA has reviewed the environmental record, 

and in accordance with 40 CFR 1506.3 and 

23 U.S.C. 139, FTA is issuing a ROD which 

adopts FRA’s EIS. Final agency actions: 

Section 4(f) determination (included in the 

EIS, dated December 23, 2008), an 

amendment to the Section 106 Memorandum 

of Agreement dated July 25, 2017 which adds 

FTA as a signatory, project-level air quality 

conformity, and a ROD dated July 25, 2017. 

Supporting documentation: EIS with ROD 

dated December 23, 2008, Re-evaluation 

dated May 2010; Re-evaluation dated January 

2011; and Re-evaluation dated August 2016. 

Lucy Garliauskas, 

Associate Administrator Planning and 

Environment. 

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UNITED STATES SENTENCING 

COMMISSION 

Final Priorities for Amendment Cycle 

AGENCY: United States Sentencing 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of final priorities. 

SUMMARY: In June 2017, the Commission 

published a notice of proposed policy 

priorities for the amendment cycle 

ending May 1, 2018. See 82 FR 28381 

(June 21, 2017). After reviewing public 

comment received pursuant to the 

notice of proposed priorities, the 

Commission has identified its policy 

priorities for the upcoming amendment 

cycle and hereby gives notice of these 

policy priorities. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christine Leonard, Director, Office of 

Legislative and Public Affairs, (202) 

502–4500, pubaffairs@ussc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Sentencing Commission is 

an independent agency in the judicial 

branch of the United States 

Government. The Commission 

promulgates sentencing guidelines and 


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