Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in California

Basem Muallem
Federal Highway Administration
November 5, 2012

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 214 (Monday, November 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 66500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26937]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in 
California

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions 
by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), pursuant to 
23 U.S.C. 327, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of Caltrans, is issuing this notice to 
announce actions taken by Caltrans that are final within the meaning of 
23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project, 
State Route 91 from the cities of Anaheim and Yorba Linda to the City 
of Riverside, in the counties of Orange and Riverside, State of 
California. Those actions grant licenses, permits, and approvals for 
the project.

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA, on behalf of Caltrans, is advising the 
public of final agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A claim 
seeking judicial review of the Federal agency actions on the highway 
project will be barred unless the claim is filed on or before April 4, 
2013. If the Federal law that authorizes judicial review of a claim 
provides a time period of less than 150 days for filing such claim, 
then that shorter time period still applies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aaron Burton, Branch Chief, California 
Department of Transportation District 8, Division of Environmental 
Planning, 464 West 4th Street, 6th Floor, MS 829, San Bernardino, 
California 92401-1400, during normal business hours from 9:00 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m., telephone (909) 383-2841, email aaron_burton@dot.ca.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective July 1, 2007, the Federal Highway 
Administration (FHWA) assigned, and the California Department of 
Transportation (Caltrans) assumed environmental responsibilities for 
this project pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327. Notice is hereby given that 
Caltrans has taken final agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) 
by issuing licenses, permits, and approvals for the following highway 
project in the State of California: The State Route 91 (SR-91) Corridor 
Improvement Project includes one general purpose lane would be 
constructed in each direction on SR-91, from the SR-91/Route 241 (SR-
241) interchange in the Cities of Anaheim and Yorba Linda to Pierce 
Street in the City of Riverside. The existing express lanes in Orange 
County will be extended east from the Orange/County line to Interstate 
15 (I-15) in the City of Corona. The existing HOV lanes would be 
converted to tolled express lanes, and one additional tolled express 
lane would be added in each direction on SR-91. Direct tolled express 
lane connectors would be constructed on southbound and northbound I-15 
near the Ontario Avenue interchange through the SR-91/I-15 interchange 
to connect to the eastbound and westbound SR-91 tolled express lanes. 
Auxiliary lanes would be added at various locations.
    The project is intended to improve the vehicle, person, and goods 
movement within the SR-91 corridor to more effectively serve existing 
and future travel demand between and within Riverside and Orange 
Counties; and to provide improvements along the SR-91 and I-15 
transportation corridors as well as to related local roads, and to 
reduce diversion of regional traffic from the freeways into the 
surrounding communities.
    The actions by the Federal agencies, and the laws under which such 
actions were taken, are described in the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (FEIS) for the project, approved on August 10, 2012, in the 
FHWA Record of Decision (ROD) issued on October 23, 2012, and in other 
documents in the FHWA project records. The Final FEIS, ROD, and other 
project records are available by contacting Caltrans at the address 
provided above. The Caltrans FEIS and ROD can be viewed and downloaded 
from the project Web site at http://www.sr91project.info/index.php.,or 
viewed at public libraries in the project area.
    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision and Section 404 
Nationwide Permit are available by contacting California Department of 
Transportation District 8 at the address provided above.
    This notice applies to all Federal agency decisions as of the 
issuance date of this notice and all laws under which such actions were 
taken, including but not limited to:
    1. General: National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 
4321-4351).
    2. Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401-7671(q)).
    3. Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-712).
    4. Historic and Cultural Resources: Section 106 of the National 
Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470(f) et 
seq.).
    5. Clean Water Act (Section 401) (33 U.S.C. 1251-1377).
    6. Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543).
    7. Executive Order 11990--Protection of Wetlands.
    8. Executive Order 11988--Floodplain Management.
    9. Executive Order 12898--Environmental Justice.
    10. Department of Transportation Act of 1966, Section 4(f) (49 
U.S.C. 303).
    11. Executive Order 13112--Invasive Species.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205, 
Highway Planning and Construction. The regulations implementing 
Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental consultation on 
Federal programs and activities apply to this program.)

    Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).

    Issued on: October 23, 2012.
Basem Muallem,
District Director, District 8, California Department of Transportation.
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