Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in California

Rodney Whitfield
Federal Highway Administration
15 June 2020

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 115 (Monday, June 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36257-36258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12862]


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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), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims for judicial review of actions 
by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans).

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SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of Caltrans, is issuing this notice to 
announce actions taken by Caltrans that are final. The actions relate 
to a proposed highway project, the State Route 41 Ranchos 
Rehabilitation Project from post mile 6.3/9.2 in Madera County, 
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 November 
12, 2020. 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: Som Phongsavanh, Senior 
Environmental Planner, Caltrans, 855 M Street Suite 200 Fresno, CA 
93721, (559) 445-6447, som.phongsavanh@dot.ca.gov. For FHWA, contact 
David Tedrick at (916) 498-5024 or email david.tedrick@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective July 1, 2007, the FHWA assigned, 
and 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: Caltrans proposes to reconstruct 
the SR-41 Ranchos Rehabilitation Project, involving a two-lane 
conventional highway including widening the bridge over the Madera 
Canal and mainline to achieve standard shoulder width, replacing and/or 
adding culverts and raising the profile of the highway as needed to 
prevent flooding. The actions by the agencies, and the laws under which 
such actions were taken, are described in the Final Environmental 
Assessment (EA) for the project, approved on May 13th 2020, in the 
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) issued on May 13th 2020, 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 obtained by 
contacting Caltrans: Som Phongsavanh, Senior Environmental Planner, 
Caltrans, 855 M Street, Suite 200, Fresno, CA 93721, (559) 445-6447, 
som.phongsavanh@dot.ca.gov, or viewed at public libraries in the 
project area.

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    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. Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 
through 1599; 23 CFR part 771);
    2. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321-4351 et 
seq.);
    3. Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (Map-21, Pub. 
L. 112-141);
    4. Noise Control Act of 1979 (42 U.S.C. 4901 et seq.);
    3. Clean Air Act of 1963, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);
    4. Farmland Protection Policy Act (7 U.S.C. 4201-4209);
    5. Department of Transportation Act of 1966, Section 4(f) (49 
U.S.C. 303);
    6. Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-712);
    7. National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (54 
U.S.C. 306108 et seq.);
    8. Federal Highway Act of 1970 (23 U.S.C. 109);
    9. FHWA Noise Standards, Policies, and Procedures (23 CFR part 
772);
    10. Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543);

(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: June 9, 2020.
Rodney Whitfield,
Director, Financial Services, Federal Highway Administration, 
California Division.
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