[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 94 (Thursday, May 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29015-29016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10371]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in 
California

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims for judicial review of actions 
by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans).

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SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of Caltrans, is issuing this notice to 
announce actions taken by Caltrans that are final. The actions relate 
to the proposed highway project, Merced Seismic Retrofit Project, which 
is a seismic retrofit project of seven bridges on State Route 59, 140 
and 152 in the County of Merced, 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

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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 October 13, 2020. 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: For Caltrans: Jennifer Lugo, Branch 
Chief, Central Sierra Environmental Analysis Branch, 855 M Street, 
Suite 200, Fresno, CA 93721, weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., 
[email protected], telephone 559-445-6172. For FHWA, contact 
David Tedrick at (916) 498-5024 or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective July 1, 2007, the FHWA assigned, 
and the Caltrans assumed, environmental responsibilities for this 
project pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327. Notice is hereby given that the 
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: Merced Seismic Retrofit Project on 
State Routes 59, 140, and 152 in Merced County. The project would 
seismically retrofit seven bridges to bring them to current standard. A 
Draft Initial Study/Environmental Assessment was circulated, which 
proposed to bring the Bear Creek Bridge on State Route 59, the Los 
Banos Creek Bridge and the San Joaquin Bridge on State Route 140, and 
the San Joaquin (Santa Rita) Bridge and the Eastside Bypass Bypass 
Channel on State Route 152 to current seismic standards. The actions by 
the Federal agencies, and the laws under which such actions were taken, 
are described in the Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No 
Significant Impact (FONSI) for the project, approved on March 2, 2020, 
and in other documents in the FHWA project records. The EA, FONSI, and 
other project records are available by contacting Caltrans at the 
addresses provided above. The Caltrans EA and FONSI can be viewed and 
downloaded from the project website at https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-10, or due to the current COVID 19 pandemic, please 
contact David Farris at [email protected] for a printed version 
of this document.
    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)
2. Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (Fast Act)
3. Clean Air Act
4. Federal-Aid Highway Act
5. Clean Water Act
6. Historic Sites Act
7. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act
8. Archeological Resources Protection Act
9. Archeological and Historic Preservation Act
10. Antiquities Act
11. Endangered Species Act
12. Migratory Bird Treaty Act
13. Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
14. Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
15. Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act
16. Civil Rights Act, Title VI
17. Farmland Protection Policy Act
18. Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition 
Policies Act
19. Rehabilitation Act
20. Americans with Disabilities Act
21. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (CERCLA)
22. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
23. Safe Drinking Water Act
24. Occupational Safety and Health Act
25. Atomic Energy Act
26. Toxic Substances Control Act
27. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
28. E.O. 11990 Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 11988 Floodplain Management
29. E.O. 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in 
Minority Populations and Low Income Populations
30. E.O. 12088, Federal Compliance with Pollution Control Standards

(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)

Rodney Whitfield,
Director, Financial Services, Federal Highway Administration, 
California Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-10371 Filed 5-13-20; 8:45 am]
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