Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on the Interstate 64 Peninsula Study in Virginia

Topics:  Interstate Highway System

John Simkins
Federal Highway Administration
24 March 2017

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 56 (Friday, March 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15098-15099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05628]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on the Interstate 64 
Peninsula Study in Virginia

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 
widening approximately eight miles of Interstate 64 from west of Exit 
242 (Marquis Parkway/State Highway 199) in the east to west of Exit 234 
(State Highway 199) to the west. Those actions grant licenses, permits, 
and 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). A claim seeking judicial review 
of the Federal agency actions on the project will be barred unless the 
claim is filed on or before August 21, 2017. If the Federal law that 
authorizes judicial review of a claim provides a time period of less 
than 150 days for filing such a claim, then that shorter time period 
still applies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For FHWA: Mr. Mack Frost, Planning and 
Environmental Specialist, Federal Highway Administration, 400 North 8th 
Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219; telephone: (804) 775-3352; email: 
Mack.frost@dot.gov. The FHWA Virginia Division Office's normal business 
hours are 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). For the Virginia 
Department of Transportation (VDOT): Mr. Scott Smizik, 1401 East Broad 
Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219; email: 
Scott.Smizik@vdot.virginia.gov; telephone: (804) 371-4082.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that FHWA has taken 
final agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) by issuing 
licenses, permits, and approvals for the following project in the State 
of Virginia: The widening of Interstate 64 for approximately eight 
miles from west of Exit 242 (Marquis Parkway/State Highway 199) in the 
east to west of Exit 234 (State Highway 199) to the west. The project 
would involve constructing one additional lane in each direction in the 
median. The actions taken by FHWA, and the laws under which such 
actions were taken, are described in the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (FEIS) approved on November 26, 2013, the Request for the 
Record of Decision (ROD) signed on June 15, 2016, and the ROD issued on 
October 10, 2016 and in other documents in the FHWA project files. The 
FEIS, Request for the ROD, and ROD can be viewed on the project's 
internet site at http://www.virginiadot.org/projects/hamptonroads/i-64_peninsula_study.asp.
    These documents and other project records are also available by 
contacting FHWA or the Virginia Department of

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Transportation at the phone numbers and addresses 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]; Federal-Aid Highway Act (FAHA) [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 [23 U.S.C. 138 and 49 U.S.C. 303].
    4. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act [16 U.S.C. 1531-1544 and 
Section 1536].
    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: Farmland Protection Policy Act (FPPA) [7 
U.S.C. 4201-4209].

(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: March 15, 2017.
John Simkins,
Planning and Environment Team Leader, Richmond, Virginia.
[FR Doc. 2017-05628 Filed 3-23-17; 8:45 am]
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