Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway Project in Wisconsin |
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R. Kirk Fredrichs
Federal Highway Administration
April 25, 2014
[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 80 (Friday, April 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23053-23054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09254]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway
Project in Wisconsin
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions
by FHWA.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA that are final
within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a
proposed highway project, the WIS 23 Corridor Expansion Project, in
Fond du Lac and Sheboygan Counties, Wisconsin. Those actions grant
approvals for the project.
DATES: By this notice, the FHWA is advising the public of final agency
actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). Claims seeking judicial review
of the Federal agency actions on the highway project will be barred
unless the claim is filed on or before September 22, 2014. If this date
falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, parties are advised to
file their claim no later than the business day preceding this date. 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: Bethaney Bacher-Gresock, FHWA, 525
Junction Road Suite 8000, Madison, Wisconsin 53717; telephone: (608)
662-2119; email: Bethaney.Bacher-Gresock@dot.gov. The FHWA Wisconsin
Division's normal office hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. central time. For
the Wisconsin Department of
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Transportation (WisDOT): Name, Wisconsin Department of Transportation,
Northeast Region, 944 Vanderperren Way, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54304;
telephone: (920) 920-492-5698; email: Jill.Michaelson@dot.wi.gov. The
WisDOT Northeast Region's normal office hours are 7:45 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. central time.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that FHWA has taken
final agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) by issuing
approvals for the following highway project: WIS 23 Corridor Expansion
Project in Fond du Lac and Sheboygan Counties, Wisconsin. The purpose
of the project is to provide additional highway capacity to serve
existing and projected traffic volumes and improve operational
efficiency and safety for local and through traffic while avoiding or
minimizing environmental effects. The project will widen the existing
WIS 23 two-lane roadway and construct a four-lane divided highway with
a median approximately 19.1 miles from US 151 to County UU. Project
specific actions include acquiring right-of-way, constructing two
diamond interchanges and one jug-handle interchange, constructing a
roundabout, constructing new travel lanes and frontage roads, modifying
local roads, improving two local trails and extending another,
installing new bridges and culverts, removing and placing fill,
removing vegetation, providing stormwater management measures, and
implementing mitigation measures.
The actions by FHWA on this project, and the laws under which such
actions were taken, are described in the combined Record of Decision
(ROD) and Limited Scope Supplemental Final Environmental Impacts
Statement (LS SFEIS) approved on March 17, 2014, and in other documents
in the FHWA administrative record. The decisions approved in the
combined ROD and LS SFEIS are consistent with the September 27, 2010
ROD. The combined ROD and LS SFEIS supersedes the 2010 ROD where it
addresses issues identified as part of the Limited Scope Supplemental
EIS pursuant to 23 CFR 771.130. The combined ROD and LS SFEIS was
prepared pursuant to Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act
(MAP-21), Public Law 112-141, Sec. 1319, 126 Stat. 405 (2012).
The combined ROD and LS SFEIS, and other documents in the
Administrative Record are available by contacting FHWA or WisDOT at the
addresses provided above. The combined ROD and LS SFEIS can be viewed
and downloaded from the project Web site at http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/projects/neregion/23/index.htm or viewed at the
Fond du Lac or Plymouth public libraries.
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]; Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 U.S.C. 109, 23 U.S.C. 128, and
U.S.C. 139].
2. Air: Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401- 7671(q)].
3. Land: Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act of
1966 [23 U.S.C. 138 and 49 U.S.C. 303].
5. Historic and Cultural Resources: Section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended [16 U.S.C. 470(f) et
seq.].
6. Social and Economic: Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real
Property Acquisition Act of 1970 [42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq. as amended by
the Uniform Relocation Act Amendments of 1987 [Pub. L. 100-17].
7. Wetlands and Water Resources: Clean Water Act (Section 404,
Section 401, Section 319) [33 U.S.C. 1251- 1376].
(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), as amended by Moving Ahead for
Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), Pub. L. 112-141, Sec.
1308, 126 Stat. 405(2012).
Issued on: April 14, 2014.
R. Kirk Fredrichs,
Assistant Division Administrator, FHWA Wisconsin Division, Madison,
Wisconsin.
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