Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in Alaska, 38021-38022 [E8-14962]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 128 / Wednesday, July 2, 2008 / Notices 17. City of Cooper City, Cooper City Hall, 9090 S.W. 50th Place, Cooper City, FL 33328 (Telephone: 954–434–4300) 18. City of Sunrise, 10770 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Sunrise, FL 33351 (Telephone: 954–741–2580) 19. City of Fort Lauderdale, 100 N. Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 (Telephone: 954–761–5000) 20. City of Plantation, Plantation City Hall, 400 N.W. 73rd Avenue, Plantation, FL 33317 (Telephone: 954–797–2221) 21. City of Hollywood, Hollywood City Hall, 2600 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, FL 33020 (Telephone: 954– 921–3473) 22. City of Dania Beach, Dania Beach City Hall, 100 W. Dania Beach Boulevard, Dania Beach, FL 33004 (Telephone: 954–924–3600) 23. Town of Davie, Davie Town Hall, 6591 S.W. 45th Street, Davie, FL 33314 (Telephone: 954–797–1000) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments should be as specific as possible. Comments should address the contents of the Final EIS, such as the analysis of potential environmental impacts, the adequacy of the proposed action to meet the stated need, or the merits of the various alternatives. This commenting procedure is intended to ensure that substantive comments and concerns are made available to the FAA in a timely and effective manner, so that the FAA has an opportunity to address them. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Virginia Lane, FAA Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, Florida 32822–5024. Telephone: (407) 812– 6331, Fax: (407) 812–6978 Issued in Orlando, Florida on June 27, 2008. W. Dean Stringer, Manager, FAA Orlando Airports District Office. [FR Doc. E8–15061 Filed 7–1–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To Release Airport Property at the Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport, Brownsville, TX Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of Request to Release Airport Property. jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES AGENCY: The FAA proposes to rule and invite public comment on the release of land at the Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport under the SUMMARY: VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:51 Jul 01, 2008 Jkt 214001 provisions of Section 125 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR 21). Comments must be received on or before August 1, 2008. ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered to the FAA at the following address: Mr. Mike Nicely, Manager, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, Airports Division, Texas Airports Development Office, ASW–650, Fort Worth, Texas 76193–0650. In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be mailed or delivered to Mr. Larry Brown, Director of Aviation, at the following address: City of Brownsville, Department of Aviation, 700 South Minnesota Avenue, Brownsville, Texas 78521–5721. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mike Nicely, Manager, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Region, Airports Division, Texas Airports Development Office, ASW–650, Fort Worth, Texas 76193–0650, e-mail: Mike.Nicely@faa.gov, fax: (817) 222– 5989. The request to release property may be reviewed in person at this same location. DATES: The FAA invites public comment on the request to release property at the Brownsville/ South Padre Island International Airport under the provisions of the AIR 21. On June 19, 2008, the FAA determined that the request to release property at Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport, submitted by the City, met the procedural requirements of the Federal Aviation Regulations, Part 155. The FAA may approve the request, in whole or in part, 30 days from the posting of this Federal Register Notice. The following is a brief overview of the request: The City of Brownsville requests the release of 5 acres of non-aeronautical airport property. The land is part of a War Assets Administration deed of airport property to the City in 1948. The funds generated by the release will be used for upgrading, maintenance, operation and development of the airport. Any person may inspect the request in person at the FAA office listed above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. In addition, any person may, upon request, inspect the application, notice and other documents relevant to the application in person at the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 38021 Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport, telephone number (956) 542–4373. Issued in Fort Worth, Texas on June 23, 2008. Kelvin L. Solco, Manager, Airports Division. [FR Doc. E8–15021 Filed 7–1–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–M DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Highway Administration Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in Alaska Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), DoD, and other Federal Agencies. AGENCY: SUMMARY: This notice announces actions taken by the USACE and other Federal agencies that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project, the East Lynn Canal Highway, Alaska Route Number 7, from Echo Cove to Katz Point in the Haines and Juneau Boroughs, State of Alaska. Those actions grant a permit 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 December 29, 2008. 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: Tim Haugh, Environmental and Right-ofWay Programs Manager, FHWA Alaska Division, P.O. Box 21648, Juneau, Alaska 99802–1648; office hours 7 a.m.– 4:30 p.m. (AST), phone (907)586–7418; e-mail Tim.Haugh@fhwa.dot.gov. You may also contact Reuben Yost, Special Projects Manager, Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF), 6860 Glacier Highway, P.O. Box 112506, Juneau, Alaska 99811– 2506; office hours 8am–5pm (AST), phone (907)465–1774, e-mail Reuben.Yost@alaska.gov. On April 27, 2006, the FHWA published a ‘‘Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in Alaska’’ in the Federal Register at Volume 71, Number SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\02JYN1.SGM 02JYN1 38022 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 128 / Wednesday, July 2, 2008 / Notices jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES 81 for the following project: FHWA Alaska Division Project Number STP– 000S(131) titled the Juneau Access Improvements Project, involving construction of approximately 51 miles of two lane highway from the end of Glacier Highway at Echo Cove in the City and Borough of Juneau to a point two miles north of the Katzehin River in the Haines Borough. A ferry terminal will be constructed at the north end of the highway, and new shuttle ferries will be constructed to run from Haines and Skagway. Three major rivers will be bridged as well as several streams. A Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the project was approved on January 18, 2006; the FHWA Record of Decision (ROD) was issued on April 3, 2006. 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(I)(1) by issuing a permit and approvals for the highway project. The actions by the USACE, related final actions by other Federal agencies, and the laws under which such actions were taken, are described in the USACE decision and its administrative record for the project, referenced as POA– 2006–597–2, Lynn Canal. The permit and decision document is available by contacting DOT&PF at the address above. The FEIS, ROD, and other documents in the FHWA administrative record file are available by contacting the FHWA or the DOT&PF at the addresses provided above. The FHWA FEIS and ROD can be viewed and downloaded from the project Web site at https:// dot.alaska.gov/juneauaccess or viewed at public libraries in the project area. The USACE decision can be viewed and downloaded at the same project Web site. This notice applies to all USACE and other Federal agency decisions taken after the issuance date of the FHWA Federal Notice described above. The laws under which actions were taken, include but are not limited to: 1. Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251– 1377 (Section 404, Section 401, Section 319). 2. Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. 401–406. (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). VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:51 Jul 01, 2008 Jkt 214001 Issued on: June 25, 2008. David C. Miller, Division Administrator, Juneau, Alaska. [FR Doc. E8–14962 Filed 7–1–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–22–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Highway Administration Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement: Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF). ACTION: Notice of Intent. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Pursuant to 40 CFR 1501.7, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in cooperation with the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is issuing this notice to advise the public that a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) will be prepared for the Gravina Access Project in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Ketchikan, Alaska. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Vanderhoof, Environmental Coordinator, Federal Highway Administration, P.O. Box 21648, Juneau, Alaska 99802, (907) 586–7464, e-mail (Michael.vanderhoof@dot.gov), fax (907) 586–7420; or Reuben Yost, Project Environmental Coordinator, DOT&PF, P.O. Box 2506, Juneau, AK 99811–2506, e-mail (Reuben.Yost@alaska.gov), fax (907–465–2030). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the DOT&PF, will prepare a SEIS to examine ways to link Revillagigedo Island, home of Ketchikan and Saxman, to Gravina Island, the location of the Ketchikan International Airport, and adjoining lands that offer recreational and development potential. Currently, a ferry across Tongass Narrows provides the only regular access to Gravina Island. The need for improving access is threefold: to provide the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and its residents more reliable, efficient, convenient, and costeffective access for vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians to Borough lands and other developable or recreation lands on Gravina Island in support of the Borough’s adopted land use plans; to improve the convenience and reliability of access to Ketchikan International Airport for passengers, airport tenants, emergency personnel and equipment, and shipment of freight; and to promote environmentally sound, planned long- PO 00000 Frm 00095 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 term economic development on Gravina Island. In August 2004, the FHWA issued a Final EIS for the Gravina Access Project (FHWA–AK–EIS–03–01–F) that identified Alternative F1: Bridges (200foot high East and 120-foot high West) Between South Tongass Avenue and the Airport, via Pennock Island, as FHWA’s and DOT&PF’s Preferred Alternative. FHWA issued a Record of Decision on September 15, 2004, and identified Alternative F1 as the Selected Alternative. More information can be found at the project Web site: https:// dot.alaska.gov/stwdplng/projectinfo/ser/ Gravina/documents.shtml. The DOT&PF moved forward in 2006 with the first phase of implementing Alternative F1: construction of the Gravina Island Highway segment, which extends from the Ketchikan International Airport south approximately 3 miles to the proposed bridge spanning the west channel of Tongass Narrows, and is expected to be completed in 2008. On September 21, 2007, due to rapidly escalating costs, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin directed the DOT&PF to look for a lower cost alternative for access to Gravina Island instead of proceeding further with Alternative F1. Therefore, the DOT&PF intends to re-examine alternatives and identify and select a new preferred alternative. FHWA informed the DOT&PF that if the Gravina Island Highway segment was not incorporated into any new preferred alternative that segment may be determined ineligible for federal aid. Most of the reasonable alternatives evaluated in the FEIS did not include the Gravina Island Highway. A SEIS is being prepared to consider the impacts of the Gravina Island Highway in the analysis of reasonable alternatives, to address the reduced funding levels available, and to identify a new preferred alternative. The Gravina Access Project SEIS will build on the studies completed and previously approved by FHWA to identify a lower cost alternative for access to Gravina Island. The SEIS will examine several alternatives including: three ferry alternatives—one located north of the airport, one located near the existing ferry, and one located south of the airport; two 200-foot high bridge crossings located near the airport; two 120-foot high bridge crossings located near the airport; a bridge alternative that crosses Pennock Island with a 200-foot high bridge from Revilla Island to Pennock Island and a 120-foot high bridge from Pennock Island to Gravina Island; and a bridge alternative that crosses Pennock Island with a 60-foot high bridge from Revilla Island to E:\FR\FM\02JYN1.SGM 02JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38021-38022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14962]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in 
Alaska

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions 
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), DoD, and other Federal 
Agencies.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces actions taken by the USACE and other 
Federal agencies that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 
139(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project, the East 
Lynn Canal Highway, Alaska Route Number 7, from Echo Cove to Katz Point 
in the Haines and Juneau Boroughs, State of Alaska. Those actions grant 
a permit 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 December 29, 2008. 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: Tim Haugh, Environmental and Right-of-
Way Programs Manager, FHWA Alaska Division, P.O. Box 21648, Juneau, 
Alaska 99802-1648; office hours 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (AST), phone (907)586-
7418; e-mail Tim.Haugh@fhwa.dot.gov. You may also contact Reuben Yost, 
Special Projects Manager, Alaska Department of Transportation and 
Public Facilities (DOT&PF), 6860 Glacier Highway, P.O. Box 112506, 
Juneau, Alaska 99811-2506; office hours 8am-5pm (AST), phone (907)465-
1774, e-mail Reuben.Yost@alaska.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 27, 2006, the FHWA published a 
``Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in 
Alaska'' in the Federal Register at Volume 71, Number

[[Page 38022]]

81 for the following project: FHWA Alaska Division Project Number STP-
000S(131) titled the Juneau Access Improvements Project, involving 
construction of approximately 51 miles of two lane highway from the end 
of Glacier Highway at Echo Cove in the City and Borough of Juneau to a 
point two miles north of the Katzehin River in the Haines Borough. A 
ferry terminal will be constructed at the north end of the highway, and 
new shuttle ferries will be constructed to run from Haines and Skagway. 
Three major rivers will be bridged as well as several streams. A Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the project was approved on 
January 18, 2006; the FHWA Record of Decision (ROD) was issued on April 
3, 2006. 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(I)(1) by issuing a permit and approvals for the highway 
project. The actions by the USACE, related final actions by other 
Federal agencies, and the laws under which such actions were taken, are 
described in the USACE decision and its administrative record for the 
project, referenced as POA-2006-597-2, Lynn Canal. The permit and 
decision document is available by contacting DOT&PF at the address 
above.
    The FEIS, ROD, and other documents in the FHWA administrative 
record file are available by contacting the FHWA or the DOT&PF at the 
addresses provided above. The FHWA FEIS and ROD can be viewed and 
downloaded from the project Web site at https://dot.alaska.gov/
juneauaccess or viewed at public libraries in the project area. The 
USACE decision can be viewed and downloaded at the same project Web 
site.
    This notice applies to all USACE and other Federal agency decisions 
taken after the issuance date of the FHWA Federal Notice described 
above. The laws under which actions were taken, include but are not 
limited to:
    1. Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251-1377 (Section 404, Section 401, 
Section 319).
    2. Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. 401-406.

(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: June 25, 2008.
David C. Miller,
Division Administrator, Juneau, Alaska.
 [FR Doc. E8-14962 Filed 7-1-08; 8:45 am]
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