Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation Projects--Inglewood Transit Connector Project, and METRORapid Inner Katy Bus Rapid Transit Project Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Transit Administration Byline: Megan Blum Date: 10 April 2023 Subjects: American Government , Buses

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 68 (Monday, April 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21229-21230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07465]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation 
Projects--Inglewood Transit Connector Project, and METRORapid Inner 
Katy Bus Rapid Transit 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 two projects: Inglewood

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Transit Connector Project, City of Inglewood (City), Los Angeles 
County, California; and METRORapid Inner Katy Bus Rapid Transit Project 
West Valley, Houston, Harris County, Texas. The purpose of this notice 
is to publicly announce FTA's environmental decisions 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 September 7, 2023.

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 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), Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531), Clean Water Act (33 
U.S.C. 1251), 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 projects and actions that are 
the subject of this notice follow:
    1. Project name and location: Inglewood Transit Connector Project, 
City of Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California. Project Sponsor: The 
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), Los 
Angeles, California. Project description: The Project includes 
construction of an approximately 1.6-mile long, fully elevated 
automated transit system (ATS), primarily located within the public 
right-of-way along Market Street, Manchester Boulevard, and Prairie 
Avenue. The elevated dual track guideway will include railroad switches 
for train crossover and other operational- and safety-related 
infrastructure improvements. The Project consists of construction of 
three center-platform stations, elevated pedestrian bridges, public 
parking lots and associated infrastructure improvements to address 
mobility and ADA compliance. The Project also involves construction of 
a maintenance and storage facility for maintenance of the ATS trains, 
operating equipment, and storage of the fleet as well as the 
construction of two power distribution system substations to run the 
train on the guideway and power for auxiliary and housekeeping needs.
    Final agency actions: Section 4(f) de minimis impact determination, 
dated March 06, 2023; Section 106 No Adverse Effect determination, 
dated March 06, 2023; and Inglewood Transit Connector Project Finding 
of No Significant Impact (FONSI), dated March 16, 2023. Supporting 
documentation: The Inglewood Transit Connector Project Environmental 
Assessment (EA), dated October 14, 2022. The FONSI, EA and associated 
documents can be viewed and downloaded from: https://envisioninglewood.org/transportation-solutions/itc/.
    2. Project name and location: METRORapid Inner Katy Bus Rapid 
Transit Project, Houston, Harris County, Texas. Project Sponsor: 
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO), Houston, 
Texas. Project description: The project involves construction of a 
dedicated rapid transit route on the I-10 West Inner Katy corridor 
between I-610 and Downtown Houston. The project begins at Northwest 
Transit Center (NWTC) and continue east, south of I-10, on an 
approximately four-mile-long elevated guideway to Downtown Houston. 
Once in Downtown, the project will continue along the street pairings 
of Capitol and Rusk Streets to St. Emanuel Street. The project is 
divided into two segments: the Inner Katy Segment and Downtown Segment. 
The Inner Katy Segment will be grade-separated on new and existing 
structures. The Downtown Segment will be street-running. The project 
includes five new stations--three in the Inner Katy Segment and two in 
the Downtown Segment. In addition to the new stations, the project 
would also utilize the existing NWTC and three existing METRORail Green 
and Purple Lines stations along Capitol and Rusk Streets in Downtown.
    Final agency actions: Section 4(f) No Use determination, dated 
January 23, 2023; Section 106 No Adverse Effect determination, dated 
October 17, 2022; and Determination of the applicability of a 
categorical exclusion pursuant to 23 CFR 771.118(d), dated January 23, 
2023. Supporting documentation: Documented Categorical Exclusion (CE) 
and supporting materials, December 2022. The CE and associated 
documents can be viewed and downloaded from: https://www.ridemetro.org/about/metronext/metrorapid/metrorapid-inner-katy-corridor-project.
    Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).

Megan Blum,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2023-07465 Filed 4-7-23; 8:45 am]
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