[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 137 (Monday, July 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 42162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18060]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in North 
Carolina

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions 
by Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

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SUMMARY: This notice announces actions taken by the USACE that are 
final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to 
a proposed highway project, the Monroe Connector/Bypass, from US 74 
near I-485 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, to US 74 between the 
towns of Wingate and Marshville in Union County, North Carolina. The 
Monroe Connector/Bypass is also known as State Transportation 
Improvement Program Project R-3329/R-2559. 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 that are covered by this notice will be 
barred unless the claim is filed on or before January 17, 2012. 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. George Hoops, P.E., 
Major Projects Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, 310 New Bern 
Avenue, Suite 410, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-1418, Telephone: (919) 
747-7022; e-mail: [email protected]. FHWA North Carolina Division 
Office's normal business hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time). For 
the North Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA): Ms. Jennifer Harris, 
P.E., Director of Planning and Environmental Studies, North Carolina 
Turnpike Authority (NCTA), 1578 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North 
Carolina 27699, Telephone: (919) 707-2700; e-mail: [email protected]. 
NCTA's normal business hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time). For 
USACE: Ms. Liz Hair, Project Manager, US Army Corps of Engineers, 
Asheville Regulatory Field Office, 151 Patton Avenue, Room 208, 
Asheville, North Carolina 28801, Telephone: (828) 271-7980; e-mail: 
[email protected]. USACE's normal business hours are 8 a.m. 
to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 27, 2010, the FHWA published a 
``Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in North 
Carolina'' in the Federal Register in Volume 75, Number 186 for the 
following highway project: The Monroe Connector/Bypass, a 20 mile long, 
multi-lane, fully access-controlled, new location toll road located in 
Mecklenburg and Union Counties, North Carolina. The purpose of the 
project is to improve mobility and capacity within the project study 
area by providing a facility for the US 74 corridor from near I-485 in 
Mecklenburg County to between the towns of Wingate and Marshville in 
Union County that allows for high-speed regional travel consistent with 
the designations of the North Carolina Strategic Highway Corridor 
program and the North Carolina Intrastate System, while maintaining 
access to properties along existing US 74. 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 May 25, 2010, and the FHWA Record of Decision 
(ROD) issued on August 27, 2010 approving the Monroe Connector/Bypass 
project, 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 NCTA at the addresses provided 
above. Notice is hereby given that, subsequent to the earlier FHWA 
notice, the USACE has taken final agency actions within the meaning of 
23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) by issuing permits and approvals for the highway 
project. Specifically, the USACE issued an Environmental Assessment 
(EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on April 5, 2011, and 
on April 15, 2011, issued a permit for the Monroe Connector/Bypass 
project. Both of these documents can be viewed at the following link: 
http://www.saw.usace.army.mil/Wetlands/Projects/MonroeBypass/index.html. The actions by the USACE, and the laws under which such 
actions were taken, are described in the USACE decisions and its 
project records, referenced as Department of the Army Permit Number 
2009-00876. That information is available by contacting the USACE at 
the address or Web site provided above. This notice does not apply to 
any Federal agency actions and decisions addressed in the ``Notice of 
Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in North Carolina'' 
previously published in the Federal Register on September 27, 2010.
    Information about the project also is available from the FHWA and 
the NCTA at the addresses provided above. The FEIS and ROD can be 
viewed and downloaded from the ``Project Library'' link on the project 
Web site at http://www.ncturnpike.org/projects/monroe or viewed at the 
offices of the North Carolina Turnpike Authority. The USACE decision 
can be viewed and downloaded from the project Web site at http://www.ncturnpike.org/projects/monroe/documents.asp.
    This notice applies to all USACE final actions taken after the 
issuance date of the FHWA Federal Register notice described above. The 
laws under which actions were taken include, but are not limited to:
    1. Wetlands and Water Resources: Clean Water Act (Section 404, 
Section 401, Section 319) [33 U.S.C. 1251-1377].

(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: July 12, 2011.
George W. Hoops,
Major Projects Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, Raleigh, North 
Carolina.
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