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Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation Project--East-West Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project Publication: Federal Register Signing Official: Mark A. Ferroni Agency: Federal Transit Administration Date: 21 June 2022  
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36916-36917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13199]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation
Project--East-West Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) 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 the East-West Bus Rapid
Transit (BRT) Project in Madison, Wisconsin. 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 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 November 18, 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 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
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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.
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) requirements (23 U.S.C. 138, 49 U.S.C. 303),
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C.
306108), Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531), Clean Water Act (33
U.S.C. 1251), 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: East-West Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
Project, Madison, Wisconsin. Project Sponsor: City of Madison, Madison,
Wisconsin. Project description: The East-West Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
Project is a 15-mile route that will connect the east and west sides of
Madison, running through the isthmus, downtown, and the University of
Wisconsin (UW) campus. The Project route will operate in a combination
of exclusive, semi-exclusive, and mixed traffic lanes within the
existing transportation right-of-way. The Project involves construction
of 32 BRT stations and a park-and-ride facility at Junction Road,
purchase of diesel and electric buses, implementation of traffic signal
priority, purchase and installation of electric bus charging stations
and other associated roadway and infrastructure improvements.
Final agency actions: Section 4(f) de minimis impact determination,
dated May 16, 2022; Section 106 No Adverse Effect determination, dated
March 3, 2022; and Determination of the applicability of a categorical
exclusion pursuant to 23 CFR 771.118(c)(9), dated May 16, 2022.
Supporting documentation: Categorical Exclusion (CE) determination and
supporting materials, dated May 16, 2022. The CE determination and
associated documents can be viewed and downloaded from: https://www.cityofmadison.com/metro/routes-schedules/bus-rapid-transit/environmental-review.
(Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1))
Mark A. Ferroni,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2022-13199 Filed 6-17-22; 8:45 am]
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