Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on the Madawaska International Bridge Project Connecting Madawaska, Maine, USA and Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada

Todd D. Jorgensen
Federal Highway Administration
24 April 2020

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 80 (Friday, April 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23133-23134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08221]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on the Madawaska 
International Bridge Project Connecting Madawaska, Maine, USA and 
Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Action by 
FHWA.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces an action taken by FHWA and other 
Federal agencies that are final. The actions relate to the Madawaska 
International Bridge connecting

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Madawaska, Aroostook County, Maine and Edmundston, New Brunswick.

DATES: By this notice, 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 on the highway project will be barred 
unless the claim is filed on or before September 21, 2020. 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: Todd D. Jorgensen, Division 
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Edmund S. Muskie Federal 
Building, 40 Western Avenue, Room 614, Augusta, ME 04330, Telephone 
(207) 512-4911; or Kristen Chamberlain, Coordination, Assessments, & 
Permits Division Manager, Maine Department of Transportation, Child 
Street, 16 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333, Telephone (207) 557-
5089.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that FHWA and other 
Federal agencies have taken final agency actions by issuing licenses, 
permits, and approvals for the following highway project in the State 
of Maine: International Bridge Project (Bridge #2399), which crosses 
the Saint John River. The project proposes to replace the International 
Bridge, which connects Madawaska in Aroostook County, Maine, USA and 
Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada. The proposed action (Bridge 
Alternative 2) would include the construction of a new steel girder 
bridge approximately 1,840 feet in length with six spans. Of the five 
piers needed, one will be near the top of the riverbank in Madawaska, 
three piers will be in the river, and one will be near the bottom of 
the riverbank in Edmundston. The new International Bridge will connect 
the new Madawaska Land Port of Entry (LPOE) to the existing Edmundston 
Port of Entry. The existing bridge will be removed. The actions by the 
Federal agencies, and the laws under which such actions were taken, are 
described in the Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement/
Final Programmatic Section 4(f) Evaluation for the new United States 
LPOE and International Bridge which was noticed in the Federal Register 
on October 4, 2019, in the Record of Decision (ROD) approved on 
February 12, 2020, and in other documents in the administrative record. 
The Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement/Final 
Programmatic Section 4(f) Evaluation, ROD, and other documents in the 
FHWA project file are available by contacting FHWA or the MaineDOT at 
the addresses provided above. The Supplemental Final Environmental 
Impact Statement/Final Programmatic Section 4(f) Evaluation and ROD can 
be viewed and downloaded from the project website at: https://www.maine.gov/mdot/projects/madawaska/internationalbrg/.
    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. General: National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 
4321-4351]; Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 U.S.C. 109, 23 U.S.C. 128].
    2. Air: Clean Air Act, [42 U.S.C. 7401-7671(q)] (Transportation 
Conformity).
    3. Land: Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act of 
1966 [49 U.S.C. 303].
    4. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act [16 U.S.C. 153 1-1544 and 
Section 1536], Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act [16 U.S.C. 661-
667(d)], Migratory Bird Treaty Act [16 U.S.C. 703-712], Marine Mammal 
Protection Act [16 U.S.C. 1361], Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act of 1976, as amended [16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.].
    5. Historic and Cultural Resources: Section 106 of the National 
Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended [54 U.S.C. 306108 et 
seq.].
    6. Social and Economic: Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 
2000(d)-2000(d)(I)].
    7. Water Resources: Coastal Zone Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1451-
1465.
    8. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990 Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 11988 
Floodplain Management; E.O. 12898, Federal Actions to Address 
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income 
Populations; E.O. 13175 Consultation and Coordination with Indian 
Tribal Governments.

(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(1)(1), as amended by Moving Ahead for 
Progress in the 21st Century Act, (PL 112-141, 126 Stat. 405).

    Issued on: April 14, 2020.
Todd D. Jorgensen,
Division Administrator Augusta, Maine.
[FR Doc. 2020-08221 Filed 4-23-20; 8:45 am]
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