[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 38 (Thursday, February 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10564-10565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03953]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)


Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in 
California

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions 
by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), pursuant to 
23 U.S.C. 327 and other Federal agencies.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of Caltrans, is issuing this notice to 
announce actions taken by Caltrans, that are final within the meaning 
of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway 
project, Interstate 5 from the cities of San Clemente to San Juan 
Capistrano in Orange County, California. Those actions grant licenses, 
permits, and approvals for the project.

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA, on behalf of Caltrans, 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 July 27, 
2015. If the Federal law that authorizes judicial review of a claim 
provides a time period of less than 150 days for filing such claim, 
then that shorter time period still applies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Smita Deshpande, Branch Chief, 
California Department of Transportation District 12, Division of 
Environmental Analysis, 3347 Michelson Drive, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 
92612, during normal business hours from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 
telephone (949) 724-2245, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective July 1, 2007, the Federal Highway 
Administration (FHWA) assigned, and the California Department of 
Transportation (Caltrans) assumed environmental responsibilities for 
this project pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327. Notice is hereby given that 
Caltrans has taken final agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) 
by issuing licenses, permits, and approvals for the following highway 
project in the State of California. The project proposes to add one 
high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane in each direction on Interstate 5, 
reestablish existing auxiliary lanes and construct new auxiliary lanes, 
and improve several existing on- and off-ramps. The project limits 
extend from 0.4 miles (mi) south of the Avenida Pico Undercrossing (UC) 
(Post Mile [PM] 3.0) to 0.1 mi south of the San Juan Creek

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Road UC (PM 8.7). The total length of the project is 5.7 mi. The 
actions by the Federal agencies, and the laws under which such actions 
were taken, are described in the Environmental Assessment/Finding of No 
Significant Impacts (EA/FONSI) for the project, approved on October 26, 
2011 and in other documents in the FHWA project records. Due to the 
length of time since the approval of the environmental document, the 
document was revisited. It was concluded that the EA/FONSI was still 
valid and no new issues were identified. The EA/FONSI and other project 
records are available by contacting Caltrans at the address provided 
above. The FONSI can be viewed from the project Web site at http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist12/.
    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)
2. Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401-7671 (q))
3. 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. Clean Water Act (Section 401) (33 U.S.C. 1251-1377)
6. Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543)
7. Executive Order 11990--Protection of Wetlands
8. Executive Order 11988--Floodplain Management
9. Executive Order 12898--Environmental Justice
10. Department of Transportation Act of 1966, Section 4(f) (49 U.S.C. 
303)
11. Executive Order 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(l)(1).

Gary Sweeten,
North Team Leader, Project Delivery, Federal Highway Administration, 
Sacramento, California.
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