Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation Projects--TEXRail Extension Project and Richmond Highway Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Transit Administration Byline: Mark A. Ferroni Date: 3 February 2022 Subjects: American Government , Buses

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 23 (Thursday, February 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6236-6237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02175]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation 
Projects--TEXRail Extension Project and Richmond Highway 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 two projects: the 
TEXRail Extension Project in Tarrant County, Texas, and the Richmond 
Highway Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project in Fairfax County, Virginia. 
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 July 5, 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), 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 projects and actions that are 
the subject of this notice follow:
    1. Project name and location: TEXRail Extension Project, City of 
Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. Project Sponsor: Trinity Metro, City 
of Fort Worth, Texas. Project description: The Project extends TEXRail 
commuter rail service approximately 2.1 miles south from the Fort Worth 
Texas & Pacific (T&P) Station to the Near Southside Station in the Fort 
Worth Medical District. The new station will be located behind Baylor 
Scott & White All Saints Medical Center, adjacent to the Mistletoe 
Heights neighborhood. The Project will utilize the Union Pacific 
Railroad right-of-way (ROW) traveling west from the Fort Worth T&P 
Station to a connection with the Fort Worth & Western Railroad (FWWR), 
where it then turns south to transition onto its own alignment running 
adjacent to the FWWR freight track, generally in the FWWR ROW. Final 
agency action: Section 106 Amended Memorandum of Agreement,

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dated December 17, 2021; TEXRail Extension Project Finding of No 
Significant Impact (FONSI), dated December 17, 2021. Supporting 
documentation: TEXRail Extension Project Environmental Assessment (EA), 
dated October 31, 2021. The EA, FONSI and associated documents can be 
viewed and downloaded from: https://ridetrinitymetro.org/texrail-extension/.
    2. Project name and location: Richmond Highway Bus Rapid Transit 
(BRT) Project, Fairfax County, Virginia. Project Sponsor: Fairfax 
County Department of Transportation, Fairfax, Virginia. Project 
description: The Richmond Highway BRT Project is a 7.4-mile fixed 
guideway BRT project on the Richmond Highway corridor from the 
Huntington Metrorail Station to Ft. Belvoir. The Project includes the 
construction of new BRT-dedicated median lanes, nine BRT stations, 
roadway widening, streetscape improvements, and construction of 
sidewalks and bicycle facilities along the Richmond Highway (or Route 
1) predominantly within the existing transportation right-of-way in 
Fairfax County, VA. Final agency actions: Section 4(f) de minimis 
impact determination, dated January 7, 2022; Section 106 No Adverse 
Effect determination, dated January 15, 2021 with State Historic 
Preservation Officer (SHPO) concurrence on February 17, 2021; and 
Determination of the applicability of a categorical exclusion pursuant 
to 23 CFR 771.118(d) dated January 7, 2022. Supporting documentation: 
Documented Categorical Exclusion (CE) checklist and supporting 
materials dated January 4, 2022. The CE checklist and associated 
documents can be viewed and downloaded from: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/transportation/richmond-hwy-brt.
    Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).

Mark A. Ferroni,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2022-02175 Filed 2-2-22; 8:45 am]
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