Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in California |
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Jack Lord
Federal Highway Administration
June 4, 2015
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 107 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31948-31949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13625]
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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 (USACOE).
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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,
San Diego Freeway (I-405) Improvement Project from State Route (SR) 73
to Interstate 605 (I-605). Work is proposed as follows:
--From Post Mile (PM) 9.3 to Post Mile 24.2 in Orange County and Post
Mile 0.0 to Post Mile 1.2; 12-ORA-22 p.m. R0.7/R3.8/12-ORA-22 p.m.
R0.5/R0.7; 12-ORA-73 p.m. R27.2/R27.8/12-ORA-605 p.m. 3.5/R1.6; 07-LA-
605 p.m. R0.0/R1.2 in the Counties of Orange and Los Angeles, 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(I)(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 November
2, 2015. 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: Smita Deshpande, Branch Chief,
California Department of Transportation District 12, Division of
Environmental Analysis, 3347 Michelson Drive, Suite 100, Irvine,
California 92612, during normal business hours from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m., Telephone number (949) 724-2800, email:
smita.deshpande@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(I)(1)
by issuing licenses, permits, and approvals for the I-405 Improvement
Project in the State of California. The project's Selected Alternative
includes the addition of one GP lane in each direction on I-405 from
Euclid Street to the I-605 interchange, plus the addition of a tolled
Express Lane in each direction of I-405 from SR-73 to SR-22 East. The
tolled Express Lane and the existing HOV lanes would be managed jointly
as a tolled Express Facility with two lanes in each direction from SR-
73 to I-605. Access to the SR-73 Express Lane Facility would be via
construction of the new direct connector to SR-73 south of the I-405
junction. Auxiliary lanes would be added at various locations. The
project may be implemented in phases and/or segments and procured under
one or more contracts, including the option of using design/bid/build,
design-build or public/private contract authority. The project is
planned to be constructed in 54 months. The project is intended to
reduce congestion, enhance operations, increase mobility, improve trip
reliability, maximize throughput, optimize operations, and minimize
environmental impacts and ROW acquisition. It will more effectively
serve existing and future travel demand within Orange County and
between Orange and Los Angeles Counties. The
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project will provide improvements along the I-405 corridor 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 March 26, 2015, in the
Record of Decision (ROD) issued on May 15, 2015, and in other documents
in the FHWA project records. The FEIS, ROD, and other project records
are available by contacting Caltrans at the address provided above. The
FEIS and ROD can be viewed and downloaded from the project Web site at
http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist12/405/index.htm. The section 404 Nationwide
Permit Status is available by contacting California Department of
Transportation District 12 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. Air: Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401-7671(q))
3. Wildlife: Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-712); Federal
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543)
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. Wetland and Water Resources: Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251-1377)
(section 404, section 401, section 319);
6. Land: Department of Transportation Act of 1966, (49 U.S.C. 303)
(section 4(f))
7. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990- Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 11988--
Floodplain Management; E.O. 12898--Federal Actions to Address
Environmental Justice in Minority and Low Income Populations; E.O.
11593--Protection and Enhancement of Cultural Resources; E.O. 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)
Jack Lord,
Planning and Air Quality Team Leader, Federal Highway Administration,
Sacramento, California.
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