Notice2024-29588
Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation Project-Port Authority Bus Terminal Replacement Project, New York, New York
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Published
December 16, 2024
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Transit Administration
Abstract
This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) regarding the following project: Midtown Manhattan Bus Terminal Replacement Project, also known as the Port Authority Bus Terminal, in New York, New York. The purpose of this notice is to publicly announce FTA's 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 89, Number 241 (Monday, December 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 101687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29588]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation
Project--Port Authority Bus Terminal Replacement Project, New York, New
York
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 following project:
Midtown Manhattan Bus Terminal Replacement Project, also known as the
Port Authority Bus Terminal, in New York, New York. The purpose of this
notice is to publicly announce FTA's 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 FTA actions announced herein
for the listed public transportation project will be barred unless the
claim is filed on or before May 15, 2025.
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 Policy and
Programs, (202) 366-9647. FTA is located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 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
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 <a href="https://www.transit.dot.gov/about/regional-offices/regional-offices">https://www.transit.dot.gov/about/regional-offices/regional-offices</a>.
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 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (54
U.S.C. 306108), Section 4(f) requirements (49 U.S.C. 303 and 23 U.S.C.
138), 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 project and actions that are the
subject of this notice follow:
Project name and location: Port Authority Bus Terminal Replacement
Project (Project), New York, New York.
Project sponsor: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Project description: The Project would replace the existing Port
Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan, New York, with a new Main
Terminal, a Storage and Staging Facility, and associated ramp
infrastructure, collectively called the `Replacement Facility.' The
Project involves a portion of West 41st Street to be permanently closed
between Eighth and Ninth Avenue in order to accommodate the new Main
Terminal. The project also includes construction of two decks over
below-grade portions of Dyer Avenue and the Lincoln Tunnel Expressway
to facilitate construction-period bus operations. These two decks,
referred to as the ``Dyer Deck-Overs,'' would be converted to publicly
accessible open space following completion of the Replacement Facility.
Final agency actions: Section 106 Programmatic Agreement, executed
July 2, 2024; Section 4(f) individual use determination and Port
Authority Bus Terminal Final Environmental Impact Statement, dated
October 4, 2024. Port Authority Bus Terminal Record of Decision (ROD),
dated December 4, 2024.
Supporting documentation: Port Authority Bus Terminal Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), dated October 4, 2024. Port
Authority Bus Terminal Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS),
dated February 2, 2024. The ROD, FEIS, DEIS and associated documents
can be viewed and downloaded from: <a href="https://www.panynj.gov/bus-terminals/en/port-authority/midtown-bus-terminal-replacement/resources.html">https://www.panynj.gov/bus-terminals/en/port-authority/midtown-bus-terminal-replacement/resources.html</a>.
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).
Megan Blum,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2024-29588 Filed 12-13-24; 8:45 am]
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