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West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number or the 

Information Collection Review (ICR/ 

RFC) Reference Number for this Notice 

at the beginning of your comments. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Jodoin, 202–366–5465, Office of 

Operations, Federal Highway 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: National Traffic Incident 

Management Annual Self-Assessment 

(TIMSA). 

Background: Each of the over 6 

million crashes per year presents a 

safety danger to motorists and 

responders while often causing delays 

on the nation’s roads. It is critical to 

safety and mobility for these crashes to 

be mitigated as efficiently and safely as 

possible. To address these concerns, 

dozens of Traffic Incident Management 

(TIM) Programs have been established 

throughout the country over the past 

25–30 years. Most of the top 75 

metropolitan areas and several rural 

areas have some form of TIM Program, 

often coordinated through a multidisciplinary committee comprised of all 

the response disciplines. The TIMSA 

tool was established to help regions 

assess the level of TIM Program 

maturity and to identify areas for 

improvement. 

The information is used by each 

jurisdiction to better understand 

opportunities for improving safety and 

mobility in their region. The FHWA also 

uses the data to assess progress of the 

FHWA national TIM program and 

identify opportunities to help regions 

improve. 

Respondents: Approximately 100 

individuals will complete the 

questionnaire in collaboration with an 

estimated average of 5 other 

participants. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: Approximately 1–2 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 200. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for FHWA’s performance; (2) 

the accuracy of the estimated burdens; 

(3) ways for FHWA to enhance the 

quality, usefulness, and clarity of the 

collected information; and (4) ways that 

the burden could be minimized, 

including the use of electronic 

technology, without reducing the 

quality of the collected information. The 

agency will summarize or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as 

amended. 

Issued on: September 12, 2023. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on the Mid-States Corridor Project in 

Indiana 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims 

for judicial review of actions by FHWA 

and other Federal agencies. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces final 

actions taken by FHWA and the United 

States Fish and Wildlife Service 

(USFWS) relating to the proposed MidStates Corridor Project in southern 

Indiana. The public is advised that 

FHWA issued a Record of Decision 

(ROD) which concludes the Tier 1 MidStates Corridor Project studies. The ROD 

is combined with the Mid-States 

Corridor Project Tier 1 Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

prepared by FHWA and the Indiana 

Department of Transportation (INDOT). 

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 February 12, 2024. 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: Mr. 

Jermaine R. Hannon, Division 

Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration, 575 North Pennsylvania 

Street, Room 254, Indianapolis, IN 

46204–1576; telephone: (317) 226–7475; 

email: jermaine.hannon@dot.gov. For 

the USFWS: Ms. Susan E. Cooper, Field 

Supervisor, Indiana Field Office, 

USFWS, 620 South Walker Street, 

Bloomington, IN 47403–2121; 

telephone: (812) 334–4261; email: 

Susan_E_Cooper@fws.gov. Normal 

business hours for the USFWS Indiana 

Field Office are: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Eastern Time. For INDOT, you may 

contact Laura Hilden, Director— 

Environmental Services, 100 North 

Senate Avenue, Room N758–ES, 

Indianapolis, IN 46204; telephone: (317) 

552–9692; email: lhilden@indot.in.gov. 

Normal business hours for INDOT are: 

8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that FHWA has approved 

the Tier 1 Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (FEIS) for the Mid-States 

Corridor Project and issued the 

combined FEIS/ROD on September 15, 

2023. The FHWA used a tiered EIS for 

the Mid-States Corridor Project in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations implementing NEPA (40 

CFR parts 1500 through 1508), FHWA’s 

regulations implementing NEPA (23 

CFR part 771), and Section 4(f) (23 CFR 

part 774). The Tier 1 FEIS included indepth analysis of environmental, 

transportation, and economic impacts 

and estimated project costs. The Tier 1 

EIS also analyzed a reasonable range of 

corridor alternatives, which led to 

identification of Refined Alternative P 

as the selected alternative. The FHWA 

has concurred in that recommendation. 

The Tier 1 FEIS and ROD established 

Sections of Independent Utility (SIUs) 

for the project. A Tier 2 NEPA study 

will be conducted for each SIU prior to 

construction and will include 

identification of specific alignments and 

alternatives. The Tier 2 studies will be 

more closely tailored to address 

transportation needs within the SIUs, 

and evaluation of alternatives will 

include consideration of the social, 

economic, traffic, cost, and 

environmental impacts among other 

factors. 

This FEIS and ROD identified Refined 

Alternative P as the Selected 

Alternative. Decisions in the FEIS and 

ROD included, but were not limited to, 

the following: 

1. Purpose and need for the project. 

2. Range of alternatives for analysis. 

3. Screening of alternatives and the 

identification of alternatives to be 

carried forward for more detailed 


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analysis in the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (DEIS). 

4. Identification of Alternative P as 

the Preferred Alternative in the DEIS. 

5. Refinement to the Preferred 

Alternative P based on public input 

(Refined Preferred Alternative P). 

6. Identification of Refined Preferred 

Alternative P as the Selected Alternative 

in the FEIS and ROD. 

The Selected Alternative, Refined 

Preferred Alternative P, begins at the I– 

64/US 231 interchange and continues 

north and west to the I–69/US 231 

Interchange, and includes local 

improvements along the existing US 

231. The analysis showed that Refined 

Alternative P has the lowest impacts to 

environmental resources and the lowest 

cost of the three alternatives determined 

to meet the Purpose and Need. In 

response to public comments and in the 

interest of minimizing any potential 

economic impacts, Refined Alternative 

P contains three additional variations in 

the area near Loogootee, Indiana, which 

will be further evaluated in Tier 2 

studies to determine a single alignment. 

Interested parties may consult the FEIS 

and ROD for details about each of the 

decisions described above and for 

information on other issues decided. 

The FEIS and ROD can be viewed and 

downloaded from the project website at 

https://midstatescorridor.com/. People 

unable to access the website may 

contact FHWA or INDOT at the 

addresses listed above. 

This notice applies to all final Federal 

Agency decisions in the Mid-States 

Corridor Tier 1 FEIS and ROD as of the 

issuance date of this notice, and all laws 

under which such actions were taken, 

including but not limited to: 

1. National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321–4351]. 

2. Endangered Species Act [16 U.S.C. 

1531–1544]. 

3. Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act 

[16 U.S.C. 661–667d]. 

4. Migratory Bird Treaty Act [16 

U.S.C. 703–712]. 

5. Bald and Golden Eagle Protection 

Act [16 U.S.C. 688–688c]. 

6. Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 

U.S.C. 109 and 23 U.S.C. 128]. 

7. Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401– 

7671(q). 

8. Section 4(f) of the Department of 

Transportation Act of 1966 [49 U.S.C. 

303]. 

9. Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act of 1966, as amended 

[16 U.S.C. 470] and Native American 

Grave Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA) [25 U.S.C. 3001–3013]. 

10. Land and Water Conservation 

Fund (LWCF) [16 U.S.C. 4601–4604]; 

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act [16 U.S.C. 

1271–1287]; Safe Drinking Water Act 

(SDWA) [42 U.S.C. 300(f)–300(j)(6)]. 

11. Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA) [42 U.S.C. 9601–9675]; 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA) [42 U.S.C. 6901–6992(k)]. 

12. Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 

2000(d)–2000(d)(1)]; Uniform 

Relocation Assistance and Real Property 

Acquisition Act [42 U.S.C. 61]. 

13. Farmland Protection Policy Act 

(FPPA) [7 U.S.C. 4201–4209]. 

14. Noise Control Act of 1972 [42 

U.S.C. 4901 et seq]. 

15. Clean Water Act (Section 319, 

Section 401, Section 402, Section 404) 

[22 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.]. 

16. Executive Order (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. 11593 Protection and 

Enhancement of Cultural Resources; 

E.O. 13007 Indian Sacred Sites; E.O. 

13287 Preserve America; E.O. 13175 

Consultation and Coordination with 

Indian Tribal Governments; E.O. 11514, 

Protection and Enhancement of 

Environmental Quality; E.O. 13112 

Invasive Species; E.O. 13166, Improving 

Access for Persons with Limited English 

Proficiency. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

USFWS has taken the final agency 

actions within the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 

139(l)(1) by issuing the following: 

1. A letter dated June 29, 2023, 

concurring with the effects 

determinations in the Biological 

Assessment (BA) and identifying that 

absent new information in Tier 2 studies 

or significant change to the project 

plans, no further coordination with the 

USFWS is needed for the gray bat, 

sheepnose mussel, rough pigtoe mussel 

and lake sturgeon which received a 

‘‘may effect, not likely to adversely 

affect’’ determination. 

2. A Biological Opinion (BO) dated 

June 29, 2023, that the Mid-States 

Corridor Project would not jeopardize 

the continued existence of the Indiana 

bat, northern long eared bat, fanshell 

mussel, and fat pocketbook mussel. 

3. A Conference Opinion (CO) dated 

June 29, 2023, that the Mid-States 

Corridor Project would not jeopardize 

the continued existence of the tricolored 

bat, little brown bat, salamander mussel 

and monarch butterfly. 

4. The BO and CO also identified 

activities for Tier 2 studies. They 

included bat surveys, mussel surveys 

and anticipated mitigation activities. 

5. In its June 29, 2023, letter USFWS 

also states that incidental take 

statements would be developed during 

Tier 2 studies, and are not made as part 

of this Tier 1 BO and CO. 

The BA and BO/CO and other project 

records relating to the USFWS actions, 

taken pursuant to the Endangered 

Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1531–1544, are 

available by contacting the FHWA, 

INDOT, or USFWS at the addresses 

provided above. The BA and BO/CO can 

be viewed in Appendices PP and QQ of 

the Mid-States Corridor Tier 1 FEIS, 

respectively. 

(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). 

Jermaine R. Hannon, 

Division Administrator, FHWA, Indianapolis, 

Indiana. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2023–0026] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection; 

Withdrawal 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is withdrawing 

the notice, ‘‘Agency Information 

Collection Activities: Request for 

Comments for a New Information 

Collection,’’ published in the Federal 

Register on August 31, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Spencer Stevens, 202–366–6221, Office 

of Planning, Environment and Realty 

Federal Highway Administration, 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA is withdrawing the notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 31, 2023 at 88 FR 60260 (FR 

Number 2023–18838). 

Issued on: September 7, 2023. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19697 Filed 9–14–23; 8:45 am] 

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