[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 2612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-367]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in 
Pennsylvania

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 and other 
Federal agencies that are final within the meaning of 23 USC 139(1)(1). 
The actions relate to a proposed highway project, Mon/Fayette 
Expressway, PA Route 51 in Large PA to I-376 in Monroeville and 
Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and 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 USC 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 21, 2006. 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: Karyn Vandervoort, Environmental 
Program Manager, Federal Highway Administration, 228 Walnut Street, 
Room 508, Harrisburg, PA 17101-1720, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., (717) 
221-2276, [email protected] or David Willis, Environmental 
Manager, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, P.O. Box 67676, Harrisburg, 
PA 17106-7676 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., (717) 939-9551, 
[email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the FHWA have 
taken final agency actions by issuing licenses, permits and approvals 
for the following highway project in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: 
a four-lane, limited access, tolled highway extending approximately 24 
miles from PA 51 in Large, Pennsylvania north to the Parkway East (I-
376) in the Municipality of Monroeville and west along the north shore 
of the Monongahela River to a connection with the Parkway East at Bates 
Street and Second Avenue (PA Route 885) in the City of Pittsburgh. The 
highway will improve access to neighborhoods, emergency providers and 
economic redevelopment areas; relieve existing and future congestion; 
improve major highway linkages, and improve vehicular and pedestrian 
safety. 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 January 8, 2004, 
in the FHWA Record of Decision (ROD) issued on December 7, 2004, and in 
other documents in the FHWA administrative record. The FEIS, ROD, and 
other documents in the FHWA administrative record file are available by 
contacting the FHWA or the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission at the 
addresses provided above. The FHWA ROD can be viewed and downloaded 
from the project Web site at http://www.paturnpike.com.
    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. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321-4351].
    2. Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 U.S.C. 109].
    3. Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act of 1966 [49 
U.S.C. 303].
    4. Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671(q).
    5. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, 
as amended [16 U.S.C. 470(f) et seq.].

(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 USC Sec.  139(l)(1).

    Issued on: January 10, 2006.
James A. Cheatham,
Division Administrator, Harrisburg.
[FR Doc. 06-367 Filed 1-13-06; 8:45 am]
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