Federal Highway Administration July 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review; Re-Evaluation With Respect to the Willits Bypass Project, Willits, CA
Document Number: 2012-17875
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-07-23
Agency: Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation
This notice announces that Federal actions taken by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) pursuant to its assigned responsibilities under 23 U.S.C. 327 are final within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). FHWA, on behalf of Caltrans, is issuing this notice to announce that, with respect to the State Route 101 Willits Bypass Project in Willits (Mendocino County), California, two Re-evaluations were prepared in order to determine whether a supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) should be undertaken. Based upon the analyses contained in the Re-evaluations, Caltrans has made the determination that preparation of a SEIS is not warranted and will therefore not be undertaken.
Section 4(f) Policy Paper
Document Number: 2012-17461
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-07-20
Agency: Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation
This document provides notice of the availability of the final Section 4(f) Policy Paper that will provide guidance on the procedures FHWA will follow when approving the use of land from publicly owned public parks, recreation areas, wildlife and waterfowl refuges, and public or private historic sites for Federal highway projects.
Designation of Transportation Management Areas
Document Number: 2012-17514
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-07-18
Agency: Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are announcing that all urbanized areas (UZAs) with populations greater than 200,000 as determined by the 2010 Census are hereby designated as Transportation Management Areas (TMAs). The FTA and FHWA are taking this action in compliance with the agencies' authorizing statutes, 23 U.S.C. 134, and 49 U.S.C. 5303. This action supersedes the agencies' designations of TMAs made in the Federal Register on July 8, 2002, at 67 FR 45173.
Environmental Impact Statements: National Summary of Rescinded Notices of Intent
Document Number: 2012-16644
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-07-09
Agency: Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that 8 States have rescinded Notices of Intent (NOIs) to prepare 14 Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) for proposed highway projects. The FHWA Division Offices, in consultation with the State departments of transportation (State DOTs), determined that six projects were no longer viable and have formally cancelled the projects. No further Federal resources will be expended on these projects; the environmental review process has been terminated. Four projects have been reduced in scope or found not to have significant impacts and now meet the criteria for an Environmental Assessment (EA) or a Categorical Exclusion (CE). Two projects will be constructed using solely State funds, so EISs will not be required. One project will be divided into two future projects and NOIs will be issued as needed. Finally, one project is being significantly rescoped and required a new NOI, which has already been issued.
Cancellation of Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS); Travis County, TX
Document Number: 2012-16640
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-07-09
Agency: Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) are issuing this notice to advise the public that the Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for proposed improvements to U.S. Highway 290 (US 290)/State Highway (SH) 71 West through Oak Hill, in Travis County, Texas, is being rescinded.
2012 Temporary Closure of I-395 Just South of Conway Street in the City of Baltimore to Vehicular Traffic To Accommodate the Construction and Operation of the Baltimore Grand Prix
Document Number: 2012-16639
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-07-09
Agency: Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation
The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) has requested FHWA approval of MDTA's proposed plan to temporarily close a portion of I-395 (just south of Conway Street in Baltimore City) from approximately 6 p.m. on Wednesday, August 29, 2012, until approximately 6 a.m. on Tuesday, September 4, 2012. The closure is requested to accommodate the construction and operation of the Baltimore Grand Prix (BGP), which will use the streets of downtown Baltimore as a race course. The request is based on the provisions in 23 CFR 658.11 which authorizes the deletion of segments of the federally designated routes that make up the National Network designated in Appendix A of 23 CFR Part 658 upon approval by the FHWA. The FHWA seeks comments from the general public on this request submitted by the MDTA for a deletion in accordance with section 658.11(d) for the considerations discussed in this notice.
Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on the Interstate 395 High Occupancy (HOV) Vehicle Ramp at Seminary Road Project in Virginia
Document Number: 2012-16474
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-07-05
Agency: Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation
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 the Interstate 395 High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Ramp at Seminary Road project in the City of Alexandria, Virginia. Those actions grant licenses, permits, and approvals for the project.
Notice to Rescind the Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Kootenai County, ID
Document Number: 2012-16112
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-07-02
Agency: Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the Notice of Intent published on May 27, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 102) to prepare an EIS for a proposed highway project in Kootenai County, Idaho is being rescinded.
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