[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1782-1783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-193]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Notice of Final Federal Agency Action on Proposed Bridge 
Replacement in Massachusetts

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Limitations on Claims for Judicial Review of Action 
by FHWA.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces action taken by the FHWA that is final 
within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 39(l)(1). The action relates to the 
proposed Fore River Bridge (State Route 3A over the Weymouth Fore 
River) replacement project in Quincy and Weymouth, Massachusetts. The 
action grants an approval 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 action on the highway project will be barred 
unless the claim is filed on or before July 9, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For FHWA: Damaris Santiago, 
Environmental Engineer, FHWA Massachusetts Division Office, 55 
Broadway, 10th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02142, (617) 494-2419, 
[email protected]. For Massachusetts Department of Transportation 
(MassDOT) Highway Division: Michael Furlong, Project Manager, MassDOT 
Highway Division, 10 Park Plaza, Room 4260, Boston, MA 02116, 9 a.m. to 
5 p.m., (617) 973-8067, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the FHWA has 
taken final agency action subject to 23 U.S.C. Sec. 139(l)(1) by 
issuing approval for the following bridge project in the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts. The project proposes to replace the existing 
temporary bridge over the Weymouth Fore River in Quincy and Weymouth, 
Massachusetts that replaced a 1936 bascule bridge that was demolished 
in 2004. The proposed replacement Fore River Bridge will be a vertical 
lift movable bridge over a 225-foot navigable opening on the same 
alignment of the 1936 bridge. The replacement bridge will retain the 
same roadway capacity of two-lanes in each direction and include 
shoulders and sidewalks. The action by the Federal agency, and the law 
under which the action was taken, are described in the Environmental 
Assessment (EA), for which a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) 
was issued on December 19, 2011 and other documents in the FHWA project 
records. The EA, FONSI and other project records are available by 
contacting FHWA or MassDOT at the addresses above. The FHWA EA and 
FONSI can be viewed and downloaded from the project Web site at http://www.massdotprojectsforeriverbridgeinfo/ 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. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

    Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).


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    Issued on: January 3, 2012.
Pamela S. Stephenson,
Division Administrator, Cambridge, MA.
[FR Doc. 2012-193 Filed 1-10-12; 8:45 am]
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