[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 81 (Friday, April 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24794-24795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09776]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on the Proposed Presque
Isle Bypass in Aroostook County, Maine
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), U.S. 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 the FHWA and other
Federal agencies that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C.
139(l)(1). The actions relate to the proposed Aroostook County
Transportation Study Tier II Presque Isle Bypass FEIS located in the
Town of Presque Isle, Aroostook County, Maine. Those 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(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 September 23, 2013. If this date
falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, parties are advised to
file their claim no later than the business day preceding this date. 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: Todd D. Jorgensen, Division
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Edmund S. Muskie Federal
Building, 40 Western Avenue, Room 614, Augusta, ME 04330, Telephone
(207) 512-4911; or Russell D. Charette, Project Manager, Maine
Department of Transportation, Child Street, 16 State House Station,
Augusta, ME 04333-0016, Telephone (207) 624-3238.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the FHWA and
other Federal agencies have taken final agency actions by issuing
licenses, permits, and approvals for the following highway project in
the State of Maine: Aroostook County Transportation Study Tier II
Presque Isle Bypass Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), a
proposed new controlled access highway extending northeast from U.S.
Route 1 immediately north of Cambridge Road in Westfield, Maine,
continuing north for 7.3 miles, crossing the Aroostook River, and
reconnecting to Route 1 immediately south of Brewer Road in Presque
Isle, Maine. The total length of the proposed Presque Isle Bypass is
9.8 miles, of which 0.6 miles is in Westfield, Maine. The actions by
the Federal agencies, and the laws under which such actions were taken,
are described in the FEIS for the project, approved on January 22,
2013, in the FHWA Record of Decision (ROD) issued on April 15, 2013,
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 the Maine Department of
Transportation at the addresses provided above. The FHWA FEIS and ROD
can be viewed and downloaded from the project Web site at http://www.maine.gov/mdot 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-
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4351]; Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 U.S.C. 109].
2. Air: Clean Air Act, [42 U.S.C. 7401-7671(q)].
3. Land: Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act of
1966 [49 U.S.C. 303]; Section 6(f) of the Land and Water Conservation
Fund Act of 1965 [16 U.S.C. 460]; Farmland Protection Policy Act [7
U.S.C. 4201-4209].
4. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act [16 U.S.C. 1531-1544 and
Section 1536]; Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
of 1976, as amended [16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.]; Bald and Golden Eagle
Protection Act of 1940 [16 U.S.C. 668-668c].
5. Historic and Cultural Resources: Section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended [16 U.S.C. 470(f) et
seq.].
6. Social and Economic: Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C.
2000(d)-2000(d)(1)].
7. Executive Orders; E.O. 11990 Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 11988
Protection of Floodplains; E.O. 12898 Federal Actions to Address
Environmental Justice in Minority and Low Income Populations; E.O.
13175 Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments.
(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), as amended by Moving Ahead for
Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), Pub. L. 112-141, Sec.
1308, 126 Stat. 405 (2012).
Issued on: April 15, 2013.
Todd D. Jorgensen,
Division Administrator, Augusta, ME.
[FR Doc. 2013-09776 Filed 4-25-13; 8:45 am]
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