Federal Highway Administration – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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 a proposed highway project, the Prairie Parkway, for construction of an access-controlled, four-lane freeway on new right-of-way between 1-80 and 1-88 and the widening of IL-47 to four-lanes from 1-80 to Caton Farm Road in Grundy, Kendall and Kane Counties, Illinois. Those actions grant licenses, permits and approvals for the project.

Section 6005 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) established the Surface Transportation Project Delivery Pilot Program, codified at 23 U.S.C. 327. To ensure compliance by each State participating in the Pilot Program, 23 U.S.C. 327(g) mandates semiannual audits during each of the first 2 years of State participation. This final report presents the findings from the first FHWA audit of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) under the pilot program.

This notice announces actions taken by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) pursuant to its assigned responsibilities under 23 U.S.C. 327 that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). These actions relate to a proposed highway project, the State Route 84 (SR 84) Expressway Widening Project between approximately Jack London Boulevard and Ruby Hill Drive (Post Miles 22.5 to 27.3) in the County of Alameda, State of California. Those actions grant licenses, permits, and approvals for the project.

In order to more efficiently facilitate innovative financing transactions, the DOT intends to develop an expedited process for execution of TIFIA loans for certain eligible highway projects developed pursuant to concession agreements with senior bank and/or bond debt facilities. To the extent applicants choose to take advantage of the expedited process, utilizing standardized documents and terms, as well as meet standard closing conditions, the DOT will commit to execute a final loan agreement within 45 days of the applicant's agreement to all of the terms and conditions contained in a template term sheet and a template loan agreement, drafts of which are published for comment on the docket for this notice and at the TIFIA Web site listed below. In addition, the DOT seeks comment regarding which term sheet and loan terms would need to be amended to provide an expedited process and which terms need to be amended for eligible transit projects developed pursuant to concession agreements.

This notice invites State and local governments and other public authorities to apply to participate in the Value Pricing Pilot (VPP) program and presents guidelines for program applications. This notice supersedes three previous notices about the VPP program under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) published in the Federal Register on January 6, 2006 (71 FR 970), July 17, 2006 (71 FR 40578), and December 22, 2006 (71 FR 77084). A January 6, 2006, notice covering non-grant tolling programs, which was a companion to the original January 6, 2006, VPP program notice, remains in effect. That notice was entitled ``Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU); Opportunities for States and Other Qualifying Agencies to Gain Authority to Toll Facilities Constructed Using Federal Funds'' (71 FR 965). Today's new notice and the previous companion notice covering non-grant tolling programs are together intended to cover all of the opportunities for States and other qualifying transportation agencies to obtain approval to toll their respective facilities.

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 a proposed highway project, Grand Parkway (State Highway 99) Segment E, from Interstate Highway 10 (I-10) to United States Highway 290 (U.S. 290) in Harris County, Texas. Those actions grant licenses, permits, and approvals for the project.

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 a proposed highway project, SH-75 Timmerman Junction to Ketchum, Project No. STP-F-2392(035), Key No. 3077, in Blaine County, in the State of Idaho. Those actions grant licenses, permits, and approvals for the project.

This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project, 11th Street Bridges, Anacostia Freeway (I- 295/DC 295) to Southeast/Southwest Freeway (I-695), and Washington, DC. Those actions grant approvals for the project.

The FHWA is revising its regulation for advance construction of Federal-aid projects by: (a) Removing the restriction that a State must obligate all of its allocated or apportioned funds, or demonstrate that it will use all obligation authority allocated to it for Federal- aid highways and highway safety construction, prior to the approval of advance construction projects; and (b) clarifying that advance construction procedures may be used for all categories of Federal-aid highway funds, and that any available Federal-aid funds for which a project is eligible may be used when a project is converted to a Federal-aid project. These revisions make the regulation consistent with the advance construction statute, which was amended by a provision enacted in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU).

The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for a new information collection, which is summarized below under Supplementary Information. We published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this information collection on July 19, 2007. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1508.22 and 43 TAC Sec. 2.5(e)(2), the FHWA and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) are issuing this notice to advise the public that a limited-scope supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) will be prepared for a transportation project in Travis County, Texas.

This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA and other Federal agencies that are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(I)(1). The actions relate to a proposed highway project, the Triangle Parkway, which begins at NC 540 in Wake County and ends at I- 40 in Durham County. The Triangle Parkway is also known as State Transportation Improvement Program Project U-4763B. Those actions grant licenses, permits, and approvals for the project.

The OST invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for renewal of a previously approved information collection that is summarized below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this information collection on May 22, 2008. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

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). These actions relate to the proposed replacement of the existing non-standard connector, from the southbound San Diego Freeway (Interstate-405 PM 39.4/40.5) to the northbound Ventura Freeway (U.S. Highway-101 PM 17.0/19.4), with an upgraded connector. The new 50 mph two-lane connector would replace the current 20 mph single-lane connector. The project area is located in the communities of Encino and Sherman Oaks, in the City of Los Angeles, in the County of Los Angeles, in the State of California.

The purpose of this notice is to publish changes in the Fixed Residential Moving Cost Schedule for the States and Territories of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Virgin Islands, Virginia, and Wyoming as provided for by section 4622(b) of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended. The schedule amounts for the States and Territories not listed above remain unchanged. The Uniform Act applies to all programs or projects undertaken by Federal agencies or with Federal financial assistance that cause the displacement of any person.

This notice provides information regarding the FHWA's finding that a Buy America waiver is appropriate for certain steel products used in Federal-aid construction projects in Florida and Illinois.

The Federal Highway Administration is issuing this notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared to study improvements to State Route 15 to provide a four-lane facility beginning in the vicinity of Ramsey Springs, Mississippi and terminating on U.S. Highway 98 near Beaumont, Mississippi, a distance of approximately 35 miles.

The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the Notice of Intent (NOI) published on July 17, 2007 to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed highway project in Ada County, Idaho is being rescinded.

The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public, tribes, and agencies that an environmental impact statement will be prepared for a proposed transportation systems improvement project in Seattle, King County, Washington.

The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that a First Tier Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for proposed improvements to I-70 from the end of the last ramp termini east of the Missouri and Kansas state line to east of the I-470 interchange, including the entire Kansas City Downtown Central Business District (CBD) Freeway Loop, in Jackson County, Missouri.

The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that 11 States have rescinded Notices of Intent (NOI) to prepare 19 Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) for proposed highway projects. FHWA Division Offices, in consultation with the State Departments of Transportation (State DOT), determined that 15 of these projects were no longer viable projects and have formally cancelled the projects. No resources will be expended on these projects; the environmental review process has been terminated. Four projects in four States have been reduced in scope and now meet the criteria for an Environmental Assessment (EA) rather than an EIS, or a revised NOI will be issued restarting the EIS process.

The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process for proposed highway improvements to Trunk Highway (TH) 169 in Crow Wing and Mille Lacs Counties, Minnesota is terminated. The original Notice of Intent for this EIS process was published in the Federal Register on July 17, 2000. A Revised Notice of Intent to revise the northern terminus was published in the Federal Register on February 4, 2002.

The FHWA, on behalf of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), is issuing this notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for the proposed State Route 91 (SR-91) Corridor Improvement Project, in the Counties of Orange and Riverside, California.

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.

This notice rescinds the Notice of Intent for preparing an Environmental Impact Statement that was issued on July 21, 2003, for a proposed transportation improvement project in Boulder, Broomfield, and Jefferson Counties, Colorado. The action is being taken because there are no federal or state funds identified to make the proposed transportation improvements in the corridor for the next 20 years. It is not known when federal or state funds may become available for these improvements therefore an Environmental Impact Statement will not be prepared until further notice.