Federal Highway Administration December 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice announces action taken by the USACE that is final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The action relates to a proposed highway project, Sandpoint North and South, Federal-aid Project No. DHP-NH-IR-CM-F-5116(068), Idaho Department of Transportation (ITD) Key No. 1729, Sandpoint in Bonner County in the State of Idaho. The action grants a Clean Water Act (CWA), section 404 permit for the project, pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1344.

The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval of an extension of a currently approved information collection. We published a Federal Register. Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this information collection on August 17, 2007. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is issuing this notice of intent to advise agencies and the public than an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared to assess the impacts of proposed modifications to U.S. 97 in Deschutes County, Oregon.

This notice announces actions taken by FHWA that are final agency actions within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139 (I)(1). These final agency actions relate to a proposed highway project, U.S. 64 ImprovementsAsheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina from just east of SR 1424 (Stutts Road) to U.S. 64 east of U.S. 64/Presnell Street, where the Record of Decision (ROD) identifies Alternative 29 as the selected alternative, as it is the Least Environmentally Damaging Practicable Alternative (LEDPA). The Abbreviated Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was approved and published by FHWA in March, 2007 and a ROD was issued on December 6, 2007. FHWA selects Alternative 29 in the ROD based on public and resource agency input, including the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Selecting Alternative 29 is in the best overall public interest because it was identified as the LEDPA, it avoids controversial and serious neighborhood impacts of other alternative analyzed, has the fourth fewest number of stream crossings, affects the smallest area of wetlands, has the fourth lowest noise receiver impacts of the nine alternatives considered, is supported by local governments including the city of Asheboro, and is supported by many citizens.

This notice announces that Federal actions taken by the California Department of Transportation (Department) pursuant to its assigned responsibilities under 23 U.S.C. 327, as well as actions by other Federal agencies, are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed Highway 49 Widening at La Barr Meadows (Post Miles 9.7 to 11.2), from Ponderosa Way to North of Lode Line Way near Grass Valley in Nevada County, State of California. This action grants approval for the project.

The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for proposed improvements to Route MM between Route 21 and Route 30 in Jefferson County, Missouri.

The FHWA is adding a new Subpart K to 23 CFR part 630 to supplement existing regulations that govern work zone safety and mobility in highway and street work zones to include conditions for the appropriate use of, and expenditure of funds for, uniformed law enforcement officers, positive protective measures between workers and motorized traffic, and installation and maintenance of temporary traffic control devices during construction, utility, and maintenance operations. These regulations are intended to decrease the likelihood of fatalities and injuries to road users, and to workers who are exposed to motorized traffic (vehicles using the highway for purposes of travel) while working on Federal-aid highway projects. The regulations are issued in accordance with section 1110 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), Public Law 109-59, 119 Stat. 1227, codified at 23 U.S.C. 109(e) and 112(g).