Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in California

Topics:  United States Numbered Highways

Omar A. Elkassed
Federal Highway Administration
29 May 2018

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24551-24552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11442]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in 
California

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions 
by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

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SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of Caltrans, is issuing this notice to 
announce actions taken by Caltrans, that are final. The actions relate 
to a proposed highway project, U.S. Route 101 (US-101) between postmile 
32.8 to postmile 33.8, immediately west of Liberty Canyon Road, in the 
City of Agoura Hills, in the County of Los Angeles, State of 
California. Those actions grant licenses, permits, and approvals for 
the project.

DATES: 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 October 26, 2018. 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: For Caltrans: Susan Tse-Koo, Branch 
Chief, Division of Environmental Planning, California Department of 
Transportation. Address: 100 S. Main Street MS16A, Los Angeles CA 
90012, Regular Office Hours M-F 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Phone number 
(213) 897-1821, Email Susan_Tse@dot.ca.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective July 1, 2007, the Federal Highway 
Administration (FHWA) assigned, and the California Department of

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Transportation (Caltrans) assumed, environmental responsibilities for 
this project pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327. Notice is hereby given that the 
Caltrans has taken final agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) 
by issuing licenses, permits, and approvals for the following highway 
project in the State of California: The California Department of 
Transportation (the Department) proposes to construct a vegetated 
bridge across the US-101 west of Liberty Canyon Road and across Agoura 
Road. The overcrossing over Agoura Road will have a maximum width of 
54-feet and height of 16.5-feet. The project is located at postmile 
32.8 to postmile 33.8 in the City of Agoura Hills, in the County of Los 
Angeles. The project also includes the improvement of wildlife fencing, 
enhancement of habitat adjacent to the overcrossing structure through 
planting of native vegetation, construction of sound walls and 
retaining walls, and construction of an unpaved path around the south 
side of the bridge over Agoura Road. The actions by the Federal 
agencies, and the laws under which such actions were taken, are 
described in the Environmental Assessment with Finding of No 
Significant Impact (EA, FONSI) for the project, approved on April 12, 
2018, and in other documents in the FHWA project records. The EA, FONSI 
and other project records are available by contacting Caltrans at the 
addresses provided above. The Caltrans EA, FONSI can be viewed and 
downloaded from the project website at http://www.dot.ca.gov/d7/projects/libertycanyon/.
    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. Memorandum of Understanding with FHWA for NEPA assignment dated, 
December 23, 2016.
    2. Safe, Accountable, Flexible and Efficient, Transportation Equity 
Act, A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU Section 6002).
    3. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1967.
    4. MAP-21 (Pub. L. 112-141).
    5. Section 4(f), Department of Transportation Act of 1966.

(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).

Omar A. Elkassed,
Sr. Transportation Engineer & TIGER/ATCMTD Program Coordinator, FHWA 
California Division--Calsouth Office.
[FR Doc. 2018-11442 Filed 5-25-18; 8:45 am]
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