[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27623-27624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9377]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Notice of Limitation on Claims for the Campus Parkway

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FWHA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions 
by FHWA and other Federal Agencies.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces actions taken by FHWA and other Federal 
agencies that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(I)(1). 
These actions relate to a proposed 7.25 km (4.5 mile) Campus Parkway, 
which would be a four-lane expressway beginning at the Mission Avenue 
Interchange on State Route 99 and extending north on new alignment to 
Yosemite Avenue, south and east of the City of Merced in Merced County, 
State of California. These 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(I)(1). A claim seeking judicial review 
of the Federal agency actions on the expressway project will be barred 
unless the claim is filed on or before November 13, 2007. 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:  Edrie Vinson, Senior Environmental 
Specialist, Federal Highway Administration, 650 Capitol Mall, Suite 4-
100, Sacramento, CA 95814, weekdays between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. (Pacific 
Time), telephone (916) 498-5852, e-mail: [email protected] or 
Kim Turner, Wildlife Biologist, Endangered Species Program, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, 2800 Cottage Way W-2605, Sacramento, CA 95825, 
telephone (916) 414-6577, e-mail: [email protected]. Margaret 
Lawrence, Senior Environmental Planner, California Department of 
Transportation, 1976 East Charter Way, Stockton, CA 95201, telephone 
(209) 948-7427, e-mail: [email protected] or Steve Rough, 
Project Manager, Merced County, 345 West 7th Street, Merced, CA 95340, 
telephone (209) 385-7601, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the FHWA and 
other Federal agencies have taken final agency actions subject to 23 
U.S.C. 139(I)(1) by issuing approvals for the following expressway 
project in the State of California: Campus Parkway between the Mission 
Avenue Interchange on State Route 99 in Merced County. This project 
would improve existing and future circulation east of the City of 
Merced and provide access to planned developments north and east of the 
city as well as the first phase of the Merced Campus of the University 
of California. This would be accomplished by constructing a four-lane 
expressway south and east of the City of Merced, in Merced County, from 
the Mission Avenue Interchange at State Route 99 north to Yosemite 
Avenue northeast of the city.
    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 November

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28, 2006, in the Record of Decision (ROD) issued on April 30, 2007, and 
in other documents in the FHWA project files. The FEIS, ROD, and other 
project records are available by contacting the FHWA or the California 
Department of Transportation at the addresses provided above. The FHWA 
FEIS and ROD can be viewed and downloaded from the project Web site 
http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist10/d10projects/merced/reports.htm or viewed 
at public libraries in the project area.
    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).
    2. Air: Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671(q).
    3. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531-1544 and 
Section 1536), Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703-712).
    4. Historic and Cultural Resources: Section 106 of the National 
Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470[f] et 
seq.).
    5. Social and Economic: Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
2000[d]-2000[d][1]; Farmland Protection Policy Act (FPPA) (7 U.S.C. 
4201-4209).
    6. Wetlands and Water Resources: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251-
1377 (Section 404, Section 401, Section 319).
    7. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990 Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 11990 
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(I)(1).

    Issued on: May 8, 2007.
Gene K. Fong,
Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Sacramento, 
California.
[FR Doc. E7-9377 Filed 5-15-07; 8:45 am]
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