Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA and Other Federal Agencies: Final Federal Agency Actions on State Highway 99 (Segment E) in Texas

Federal Register: July 27, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 142)

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on State Highway 99

(Segment E) in Texas

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

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ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims for judicial review of actions by FHWA and other federal agencies.

SUMMARY: 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.

DATES: By this notice, the 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 January 25, 2010. If the Federal law that authorizes judicial review of a claim provides a time period of less than 180 days for filing such claim, then that shorter time period still applies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Gregory Punske, P.E., District

Engineer, District B (South), Federal Highway Administration, 300 East 8th Street, Room 826, Austin, Texas 78701; telephone: (512) 536-5960; e-mail: gregory.punske@fhwa.dot.gov. The FHWA Texas Division Office's normal business hours are 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (central time) Monday through Friday. You may also contact Dianna Noble, P.E., Environmental

Affairs Division, Texas Department of Transportation, 118 E. Riverside

Drive, Austin, Texas 78704; telephone: (512) 416-2734; e-mail: dnoble@dot.state.tx.us. The Texas Department of Transportation normal business hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (central time) Monday through

Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the 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 Texas: Grand Parkway (State Highway 99) Segment E from I- 10 to U.S. 290 in Harris County; FHWA Project Reference Number: FHWA-

TX-EIS-02-01-F. The project will be a 22.4 km (13.9 mi) long, four-lane controlled access toll road with intermittent frontage roads, grade- separated intersections with exit and entrance ramps at eight intersecting roadways, and elevated directional interchanges at State

Highway 99 and U.S. 290. It will begin in western Harris County at

Franz Road near I-10. It will then proceed north through Harris County and end at U.S. 290. The purpose of the project is to efficiently link the suburban communities and major roadways, enhance mobility and safety, and respond to economic growth. The actions by the Federal agencies, and the laws under which such actions were taken, are described in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the project, approved on November 19, 2007, in the FHWA Record of Decision

(ROD) issued on June 24, 2008, in the FHWA Revised ROD issued on June 9, 2009, and in other documents in the FHWA administrative record. The

FEIS, ROD, Revised ROD, and other documents in the FHWA administrative record file are available by contacting the FHWA or the Texas

Department of Transportation at the addresses provided above. The FHWA

FEIS and ROD can be viewed and downloaded from the Grand Parkway

Association Web site at http://www.grandpky.com/segments/e/.

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 USC 4321- 4335]; Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 U.S.C. 109]. 2. Air: Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671(q). 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. 1531-1544] Fish and

Wildlife Coordination Act [16 U.S.C. 661-667(d)], Migratory Bird Treaty

Act [16 U.S.C. 703-712]. 5. Historic and Cultural Resources: Section 106 of the National

Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended [16 U.S.C. 470(f) et seq.]; Archeological Resources Protection Act of 1977 [16 U.S.C. 470(aa)-(ll)]; Archeological and Historic Preservation Act [16 U.S.C. 469-469(c)]. 6. Social and Economic: Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000(d)-2000(d)(1)]; Farmland Protection Policy Act (FPPA) [7 U.S.C. 4201-4209]. 7. Wetlands and Water Resources: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251- 1342; Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), 16 U.S.C. 4601-4604. 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. 11514 Protection and Enhancement of Environmental

Quality.

(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).

Issued on: July 21, 2009.

Gregory S. Punske,

District Engineer, Austin.

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