Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in California

Matthew Schmitz
Federal Highway Administration
14 February 2017

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10627-10628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-02928]


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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 other federal agencies.

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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, on State Route 29, in the County of Lake, 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 July 14, 
2017. 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: For Caltrans: Chris Quiney, Branch 
Chief R-1, Caltrans Environmental Planning Office--District 2, 1657 
Riverside Drive, Redding, CA 96001, regular office hours 7:30 a.m.-4:15 
p.m. Monday-Friday, telephone: (530) 225-3174, email: 
chris.quiney@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 the 
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: Widening and improvement of an 
eight-mile segment of State Route (SR) 29, beginning 0.2 miles east of 
Diener Drive and ending 0.6 miles west of the SR 175 intersection, in 
Lake County. The project will widen and improve the existing two-lane 
highway to a four-lane divided expressway with access control to 
provide a modern transportation facility that will provide adequate 
capacity to accommodate anticipated traffic growth and improve safety 
and operation of SR 29. The actions by the Federal agencies, and the 
laws under which such actions were taken, are described in the 
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the project, approved on November 23, 
2016, in the FHWA Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) issued on 
November 23, 2016, and in other documents in the FHWA project records. 
The EA, FONSI, and other project records are available by contacting 
Caltrans at the addresses provided above. The Caltrans EA and FONSI can 
be viewed and downloaded from the project Web site at http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist1/d1projects/lake29/.
    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 and 23 U.S.C. 128]
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 
[49 U.S.C. 303]
4. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act [16 U.S.C. 1531-1544 and Section 
1536]; Migratory Bird Treaty Act [16 U.S.C. 703-712]
5. Historic and Cultural Resources: Section 106 of the National 
Historic

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Preservation Act of 1966, as amended [16 U.S.C. 470(f) et seq.]
6. Social and Economic: Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000(d)-
2000(d)(1)]
7. Wetlands and Water Resources: Clean Water Act (Section 404, Section 
401, Section 319) [33 U.S.C. 1251-1377]
8. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990 Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 11988 
Floodplain Management; E.O. 12898 Federal Actions to Address 
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low Income 
Populations; 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).

Matthew Schmitz,
Director, Project Delivery, Federal Highway Administration Sacramento, 
California.
[FR Doc. 2017-02928 Filed 2-13-17; 8:45 am]
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