Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in Vermont

Kenneth R. Sikora, Jr.
Federal Highway Administration
October 13, 2010

[Federal Register: October 13, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 197)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

 
Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in 
Vermont

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 a 
proposed highway project, the Southern Connector/Champlain Parkway in 
the City of Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont. Those actions grant 
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 highway project will be barred 
unless the claim is filed on or before April 11, 2011. If the Federal 
law that authorizes judicial review of a claim provides a time period 
of less than 180 days for filing such claim, then that shorter time 
period still applies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For FHWA: Mr. Kenneth R. Sikora, Jr., 
Environmental Program Manager, Federal Highway Administration, P.O. Box 
568, Montpelier, Vermont 05601-0568; telephone: (802) 828-4573; e-mail: 
Kenneth.Sikora@dot.gov. The FHWA Vermont Division Office's normal 
business hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (eastern time). For the Vermont 
Agency of Transportation: Mr. Wayne Davis, Project Supervisor, Vermont 
Agency of Transportation, One National Life Drive, Montpelier, Vermont 
05633; telephone: (808) 828-5609; e-mail: Wayne.Davis@state.vt.us. The 
Vermont Agency of Transportation's normal business hours are 7:45 a.m. 
to 4:30 p.m. (eastern time).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the FHWA, has 
taken final agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) by issuing 
approvals for the following highway project in the State of Vermont: 
the Southern Connector/Champlain Parkway, Federal-aid Project Number 
MEGC-M5000(1), in the City of Burlington, Chittenden County. The 
project will consist of approximately 2.3 miles of a two-lane roadway 
with turning lanes on both new location and existing roadways. The 
project will begin at the western terminus of I-189 at Shelburne Street 
(U.S. Route 7) and will extend westerly and then northerly to the City 
Center District (CCD) at the intersection of Pine Street and Main 
Street. The general purposes of the project are to improve access from 
the vicinity of the interchange of I-189 and U.S. Route 7 to the 
Burlington CCD and the downtown waterfront area; and to improve 
circulation, reduce congestion, and improve safety on the local 
roadways in the project study area. The project includes a section of 
previously constructed roadway that has never been opened to traffic, 
new alignment from the end of the previously constructed section to 
Lakeside Avenue, and existing roadway along Lakeside Avenue and Pine 
Street. The actions by the Federal agencies, and the laws under which 
such actions were taken, are described in the Final Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) for the project, approved on 
September 22, 2009, in the FHWA Record of Decision (ROD) issued on 
January 13, 2010, and in other documents in the FHWA project files. The 
FSEIS, ROD, and other project records are available by contacting the 
FHWA or the Vermont Agency of Transportation at the addresses provided 
above. The FHWA FSEIS and ROD can also be viewed and downloaded from 
the project Web site at http://www.aot.state.vt.us/progdev/Sections/
LTF/SouthernConnectorSEIS/SouthernConnectorFSEIS.htm.
    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. Land: Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act of 
1966 [49 U.S.C. 303].
    3. Historic and Cultural Resources: Section 106 of the National 
Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended [16 U.S.C. 470(f) et 
seq.].
    4. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990 Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 12898, 
Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority 
Populations and Low Income Populations.

(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: October 6, 2010.
Kenneth R. Sikora, Jr.,
Environmental Program Manager, Montpelier, Vermont.
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