Notice2021-15575
Notice of Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation Project
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Published
July 22, 2021
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Railroad AdministrationFederal Transit Administration
Abstract
This notice announces final environmental actions taken by FRA and FTA regarding the Hudson Tunnel Project (Project). The purpose of this notice is to announce publicly the environmental decisions on the subject project and to activate the limitation on any claims that may challenge these final environmental actions.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 138 (Thursday, July 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38789-38790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15575]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Transit Administration
Notice of Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public
Transportation Project
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Federal Transit
Administration (FTA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces final environmental actions taken by FRA
and FTA regarding the Hudson Tunnel Project (Project). The purpose of
this notice is to announce publicly the environmental decisions 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 actions announced herein for
the listed public transportation project will be barred unless the
claim is filed on or before December 20, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For FRA: Kathryn Johnson, Attorney-Advisor, Office of Chief
Counsel, telephone: (202) 493-0407, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#89e2e8fde1fbf0e7a7e3e6e1e7fae6e7c9ede6fda7eee6ff"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a4cfc5d0ccd6ddca8acecbcccad7cbcae4c0cbd08ac3cbd2">[email protected]</span></a>; or
Amishi Castelli, Northeast Corridor Program Manager, Office of Railroad
Policy and Development, telephone: (617) 431-0416, email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ec8d81859f8485c28f8d9f9889808085ac888398c28b839a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2445494d574c4d0a474557504148484d64404b500a434b52">[email protected]</span></a>.
For FTA: John A. Sautter, Region 2 Counsel, Office of Chief
Counsel, telephone: (202) 748-0700, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ed87828583c39e8c989999889fad898299c38a829b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9df7f2f5f3b3eefce8e9e9f8efddf9f2e9b3faf2eb">[email protected]</span></a>; or
Donald Burns, Region 2 Supervisory Transportation Program Specialist,
telephone: (212) 668-2203, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eb8f84858a878fc5899e998598ab8f849fc58c849d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="96f2f9f8f7faf2b8f4e3e4f8e5d6f2f9e2b8f1f9e0">[email protected]</span></a>; or Saadat Khan,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Environmental Programs,
telephone:
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(202) 366-9647, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8cffedede8edf8a2e7e4ede2cce8e3f8a2ebe3fa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="89fae8e8ede8fda7e2e1e8e7c9ede6fda7eee6ff">[email protected]</span></a>. FTA Region 2 is located at
1 Bowling Green, Room 428, New York, NY 10004. FTA and FRA Headquarters
are located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Office
hours for both Regional and Headquarters Offices are from 9:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that FRA and FTA have
taken final agency action by issuing certain approvals for the public
transportation project listed below. In accordance with 40 CFR 1506.3
and 23 U.S.C. 139, FRA and FTA issued a final environmental impact
statement (FEIS) and record of decision (ROD) on May 28, 2021. All
actions on the project, as well as the laws under which such actions
were taken, are described in the documentation issued in connection
with the project to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) as well as in documents in the FTA environmental project file.
Interested parties may find more information on the Project website
(<a href="http://www.hudsontunnelproject.com/">http://www.hudsontunnelproject.com/</a>) or FRA's website for the Project
(<a href="https://railroads.dot.gov/environmental-reviews/hudson-tunnel-project/environmental-impact-statement">https://railroads.dot.gov/environmental-reviews/hudson-tunnel-project/environmental-impact-statement</a>).
A summary of the Project that is the subject of this notice
follows:
Project name and location: Hudson Tunnel Project, Hudson River
passenger rail crossing, Hudson County, New Jersey and New York County,
New York.
Project Sponsor: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New
York, New York.
Project description: The Project involves construction of a two-
track tunnel under the Hudson River (the Hudson River Tunnel) and
railroad infrastructure in New Jersey and New York connecting the new
rail tunnel to the existing Northeast Corridor (NEC), and
rehabilitation of the existing North River Tunnel. The new Hudson River
Tunnel will have two new tracks extending from the NEC in Secaucus, New
Jersey, beneath the Palisades (North Bergen and Union City, New Jersey)
and the Hoboken/Weehawken, New Jersey waterfront area, and beneath the
Hudson River to connect to the existing tracks in Penn Station New York
(PSNY). The new Hudson River Tunnel will be parallel to, and south of,
the existing NEC between Secaucus, New Jersey and PSNY. This alignment
will extend for a distance of approximately 4.5 miles. New ventilation
shafts and associated fan plants will be located above the tunnel in
New Jersey and New York for regular and emergency ventilation and
emergency access and egress. The western terminus of the new tunnel and
related tracks and infrastructure will be at Allied Interlocking, east
of County Road in Secaucus, New Jersey and the eastern terminus will be
at approximately Ninth Avenue in Manhattan, New York.
This notice applies to all decisions on the 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], Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q], the Rivers and Harbors Act
of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403), and the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
(16 U.S.C. 1451).
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).
Jamie P. Rennert,
Director, Office of Infrastructure Investment, Federal Railroad
Administration.
Mark A. Ferroni,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment, Federal
Transit Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-15575 Filed 7-21-21; 8:45 am]
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