Notice of Final Federal Agency Action on Proposed Bridge Replacement in Massachusetts

Pamela S. Stephenson
Federal Highway Administration
July 3, 2013

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 40265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15755]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Notice of Final Federal Agency Action on Proposed Bridge 
Replacement in Massachusetts

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Limitations on Claims for Judicial Review of Action 
by FHWA and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

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SUMMARY: This notice announces action taken by the FHWA and the United 
States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) that is final within the meaning 
of 23 U.S.C. Sec. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to the proposed 
Mitchell River Bridge (Bridge Street over the Mitchell River) 
Replacement Project in Chatham-Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The 
action grants an approval 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). A claim seeking judicial review 
of the Federal agency actions on the bridge project will be barred 
unless the claim is filed on or before November 30, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For FHWA: Mr. Michael Chong, FHWA 
Massachusetts Division Office, 55 Broadway, 10th Floor, Cambridge, MA 
02142, 617-494-3275, michael.chong@dot.gov. For Massachusetts 
Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Highway Division: Michael 
Bastoni, Project Manager, MassDOT Highway Division, 10 Park Plaza, Room 
6500, Boston, MA 02116, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 857-368-8789, 
michael.bastoni@state.ma.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the FHWA and 
USACE have taken final agency action subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) by 
issuing approval for the following bridge project in the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts. The project consists of replacing the existing 
Mitchell River Bridge with a new bridge that will consist generally of 
an all timber superstructure (including the wearing surface, structural 
deck, beams, sidewalks, and railings) with the exception of the bascule 
leaf frame. The superstructure would be supported on pile bent 
substructure units constructed with concrete-filled steel piles and 
concrete caps. The bascule span superstructure consists of a timber 
roadway deck and sidewalks on steel open grid flooring panels on the 
concrete bascule pier substructure. Additional improvements include 
transitioning and resurfacing of the approach roadways. The navigable 
channel will also be shifted 5 feet to the west and widened to provide 
25 feet of horizontal clearance, fender to fender. The actions by the 
Federal agencies, and the laws under which the actions were taken, are 
described in the Environmental Assessment (EA), for which a Finding of 
No Significant Impact (FONSI) was issued on May 30, 2013. Notice is 
hereby given that the USACE has taken final agency actions within the 
meaning of 23 U.S.C. Sec.  139(l)(1) by issuing permits and approvals 
for this bridge replacement project. The actions by the USACE, related 
final actions by other Federal agencies, and the laws under which such 
actions were taken, are described in the USACE decision and its 
administrative record for the project, referenced as USACE Permit 
Number NAE-2012-02157. The EA, FONSI and other project records are 
available by contacting MassDOT at the address provided above. 
Information about the project is also available from the FHWA at the 
address provided above.
    This notice applies to all FHWA and USACE and other Federal agency 
final actions taken after the issuance date of the FHWA Federal 
Register notice described above. The laws under which actions were 
taken include, but are not limited to:

1. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and
2. Section 404 of the Clean Water Act of 1972

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

    Issued on: June 24, 2013.
Pamela S. Stephenson,
Division Administrator, Cambridge.
[FR Doc. 2013-15755 Filed 7-2-13; 8:45 am]
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