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8The final decision will become effective 30 days 

after it is served. 

August 25, 2024 8—Board’s decision becomes 

effective. 

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BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2024–0014] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Cape Cod Bridges Program in 

Barnstable County, Massachusetts 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA in coordination 

with the Massachusetts Department of 

Transportation Highway Division 

(MassDOT) is issuing this Notice of 

Intent (NOI) to solicit comments and 

advise the public, agencies, and 

stakeholders that an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared 

in accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to 

study the potential environmental and 

related social and economic effects of 

proposed transportation improvements 

through the Cape Cod Bridges Program 

in the town of Bourne, Barnstable 

County, Massachusetts. The Cape Cod 

Bridges Program proposes critical 

transportation infrastructure 

improvements including replacement of 

the Bourne and Sagamore highway 

bridges spanning Cape Cod Canal; 

reconfiguration of the highway 

approach networks north and south of 

Cape Cod Canal to align with the 

replacement highway bridges; and 

provision of separated pedestrian and 

bicycle accommodations along the 

replacement bridges with connections to 

the local roadway network. This NOI 

contains a summary of the information 

required in the Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) NEPA 

regulations. This NOI should be 

reviewed together with the 

Supplementary NOI Document, which 

includes important details about the 

Cape Cod Bridges Program and 

complements the information in this 

NOI. Persons and agencies who may be 

interested in or affected by the Cape Cod 

Bridges Program are encouraged to 

comment on the information in this NOI 

and the Supplementary NOI Document. 

All comments received in response to 

this NOI will be considered and any 

information presented herein may be 

revised in consideration of the 

comments. 

DATES: Publication of this NOI initiates 

a 30-day public comment period. 

Comments on the NOI or the 

Supplementary NOI Document are to be 

received by FHWA through the methods 

below by April 1, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: This NOI and the 

Supplementary NOI Document are also 

available in the docket referenced above 

at www.regulations.gov and on the 

Program website located at http://

www.mass.gov/cape-bridges. The 

Supplementary NOI Document will be 

mailed upon request. Interested parties 

are invited to submit comments by any 

of the following methods: 

Website: For access to the documents, 

go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

located at www.regulations.gov or the 

Program website located at https://

www.mass.gov/cape-bridges. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Mailing address or for hand delivery 

or courier: Cassandra Ostrander, 

Program Development Team Leader, 

Federal Highway Administration, 220 

Binney Street, 9th Floor, Cambridge, 

Massachusetts 02142. Office Hours: 

Monday through Friday (except Federal 

holidays) from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

All submissions should include the 

agency name and the docket number 

that appears in the heading of this 

Notice. All comments received will be 

posted without change to 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. A 

summary of the comments will be 

included in the Draft EIS (DEIS). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

FHWA: Cassandra Ostrander, Program 

Development Team Leader, Federal 

Highway Administration, 220 Binney 

Street,9th Floor, Cambridge, 

Massachusetts 02142; email: cassandra.

ostrander@dot.gov; (617) 494–3113. 

MassDOT: Bryan Cordeiro, Project 

Manager, Massachusetts Department of 

Transportation, 10 Park Plaza, Suite 

6340, Boston, Massachusetts 02116; 

email: bryan.j.cordeiro@dot.state.ma.us; 

(774) 993–9632.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

FHWA and MassDOT are committed to

public involvement for this study. The

FHWA, as the Lead Federal Agency, and

MassDOT, as sponsor and joint lead

agency, are preparing an EIS for the

Cape Cod Bridges Program to identify,

analyze, and disclose the potential

environmental and related social and

economic effects of the Build and No

Build alternatives. The EIS will be

prepared in accordance with the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended (42 United States 

Code [U.S.C.] 4321, et seq.); 23 U.S.C. 

139; Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) regulations implementing NEPA 

(40 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] 

1500–1508); FHWA regulations 

implementing NEPA (23 CFR 771.101– 

771.139); and applicable Federal, State, 

and local laws and regulations. 

The Supplementary NOI Document 

provides additional information on the 

Purpose and Need for the proposed 

action, alternatives considered, and 

expected impacts on the human, natural 

and built environments. The FHWA 

requests comments and suggestions on 

the Purpose and Need, study 

alternatives and impacts, and the 

identification of any relevant 

information, studies or analyses of any 

kind concerning impacts to the quality 

of the human and natural environment. 

All public comments received in 

response to this NOI will be considered, 

and changes may be made to the study 

as appropriate. 

Program Background 

The Bourne and Sagamore Bridges, 

which were simultaneously built 

between 1933 and 1935, are two high 

level, fixed span highway bridges 

spanning Cape Cod Canal in the town of 

Bourne, Barnstable County, 

Massachusetts. The New England 

District of the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE) owns, operates, and 

maintains the Bourne and Sagamore 

Bridges (collectively referred to as the 

Cape Cod Canal highway bridges) as 

part of the Cape Cod Canal Federal 

Navigation Project. The Cape Cod Canal 

highway bridges provide the only 

roadway access for the more than 35 

million vehicles that cross Cape Cod 

Canal each year and serve as the 

gateway to Cape Cod for more than 

250,000 year-round residents of the 

Cape and Islands (Barnstable, Dukes, 

and Nantucket counties), and millions 

of annual visitors to the region during 

the height of the summer tourist season 

between Memorial Day and Labor Day. 

As the only roadway access points 

between mainland Massachusetts and 

Cape Cod, and by extension to the 

islands of Martha’s Vineyard and 

Nantucket via Cape Cod based ferry 

services, the Cape Cod Canal highway 

bridges serve as essential routes for 

general transportation, commerce, 

tourism, and evacuations in case of 

emergency. The Cape Cod Canal 

highway bridges, particularly the 

Bourne Bridge, also provide the only 

vehicular access points from the 


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mainland to major national defense 

facilities at Joint Base Cape Cod in the 

upper western portion of Cape Cod. 

In accordance with 23 U.S.C. 

139(f)(4)(E)(ii) and 40 CFR 1501.12, the 

Cape Cod Bridges Program builds upon 

and references prior, multi-year 

foundational studies, including: 

(1) The USACE Cape Cod Canal 

Bridges Major Rehabilitation Evaluation 

(MRE), which was completed to 

evaluate the current condition of the 

bridges and determine whether standard 

operation and maintenance, major 

rehabilitation, or replacement of either 

or both bridges would provide the most 

reliable, fiscally responsible solution for 

providing long-term vehicular access 

across Cape Cod Canal (https://

www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/ 

Projects-Topics/Cape-Cod-CanalBridges-Major-Rehabilitation-Study); 

and 

(2) The MassDOT Office of 

Transportation Planning (OTP) Cape 

Cod Canal Transportation Study, which 

was completed to identify and evaluate 

existing and future multimodal 

transportation deficiencies and needs of 

the existing roadway network around 

the Cape Cod Canal area (https://

www.mass.gov/lists/cape-cod-canalstudy-documents). 

On December 19, 2022, MassDOT 

requested that FHWA serve as lead 

Federal Agency for the Cape Cod 

Bridges Program. On January 20, 2023, 

FHWA responded in agreement to 

MassDOT’s request. On August 11, 

2023, FHWA determined the Cape Cod 

Bridges Program would require the 

preparation of an EIS to ensure full and 

fair discussion of significant 

environmental impacts are disclosed to 

decision makers and the public. This 

NOI initiates the FHWA NEPA review 

process. 

The following information provided 

in the NOI is supplemented with more 

detail in the Supplementary NOI 

Document. 

(a) The Purpose and Need for the 

Proposed Action 

The purpose of the Cape Cod Bridges 

Program is to improve cross-canal 

mobility and accessibility between Cape 

Cod and mainland Massachusetts for all 

road users and to address the increasing 

maintenance needs and functional 

obsolescence of the aging Cape Cod 

Canal highway bridges. 

The needs for the Cape Cod Bridges 

Program are as follows: address the 

deteriorating structural condition and 

escalating maintenance demands of the 

Cape Cod Canal highway bridges; 

address the substandard design 

elements of the Cape Cod Canal 

highway bridges, the immediate 

mainline approaches, and their adjacent 

interchanges and intersections; improve 

vehicular traffic operations; and 

improve accommodations for 

pedestrians and bicyclists. 

The Purpose and Need statement and 

supporting documentation, including 

data and public input summary, is 

included in the Supplementary NOI 

Document and will be available in the 

DEIS. The Purpose and Need may be 

revised based on consideration of public 

and agency comments received during 

the comment period for this NOI and 

during the Scoping process for the DEIS. 

(b) Preliminary Description of the 

Proposed Action and Alternatives the 

Environmental Impact Statement Will 

Consider 

Pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 139(f)(4)(E)(ii) 

and 40 CFR 1501.2, the FHWA and 

MassDOT’s Cape Cod Bridges Program 

EIS builds upon and references the 

analyses and findings of MassDOT’s 

Cape Cod Canal Transportation Study 

and the USACE’s Cape Cod Canal 

Highway Bridges MRER/EA. The Cape 

Cod Bridges Program EIS incorporates 

the USACE’s proposed action to replace 

the Bourne and Sagamore Bridges with 

new adjacent highway bridges, with 

each structure providing four throughtravel lanes and two auxiliary 

acceleration/deceleration lanes, updated 

to comply with current Federal and 

state highway design standards. 

Preliminary Description of the 

Proposed Action. The proposed action 

will replace the Bourne and Sagamore 

highway bridges with parallel, twin 

tied-arch bridge structures supported on 

Delta frames with an approximate 700- 

foot mainline span length. At both the 

Bourne and Sagamore crossings, the 

replacement bridge mainline alignment 

location will be fully offline (outside of 

the existing footprint) and inboard of 

the existing highway bridges, on the 

side of the canal between the existing 

Bourne Bridge and Sagamore Bridge. 

Additionally, at both canal crossings, 

the proposed action will reconfigure the 

highway interchange approach networks 

north and south of Cape Cod Canal to 

align with the replacement highway 

bridges. The FHWA and MassDOT have 

evaluated a range of highway 

interchange approach options at both 

the Sagamore and Bourne crossings; and 

it is FHWA’s and MassDOT’s intent to 

present an evaluation of the interchange 

options and identify a Preferred Option 

for the highway interchange approaches 

at both crossings in the DEIS. Refer to 

the Supplementary NOI Document for 

details of the analysis of design 

parameters that FHWA and MassDOT 

conducted to determine the 

recommended design elements of the 

replacement highway bridges. 

Range of Alternatives the EIS will 

Consider. The range of alternatives 

includes one Build Alternative retained 

for detailed study, described above as 

the proposed action, and the No Build 

Alternative. The No Build Alternative, 

which assumes no improvements other 

than those implemented as part of 

routine maintenance and to keep the 

bridge safe and open to traffic in the 

near term, will be carried forward for 

study in the DEIS as a baseline for 

comparison to the Build Alternative. 

The alternatives may be revised based 

on the consideration of public and 

agency comments. The range of 

reasonable alternatives to be carried 

forward and documented in the DEIS 

will be finalized after consideration of 

comments received during the comment 

period on this NOI and after conclusion 

of the Scoping outreach process. Refer 

to the Supplementary NOI Document for 

details of the analysis of design 

parameters that FHWA and MassDOT 

conducted to identify the recommended 

Alternatives Retained for Detailed Study 

in the DEIS. 

(c) Summary of Expected Impacts 

The FHWA and MassDOT have 

initiated data collection and agency 

coordination to identify the types of 

environmental, cultural, and socioeconomic resources present in the 

Program Study Areas and those likely to 

be impacted. The following key 

resources and issues have been 

identified for evaluation in the EIS and 

supporting technical studies: 

• Historic Properties: There are 

numerous historical and cultural 

resources within and adjacent to the 

Program Study Areas, including but not 

limited to the Bourne and Sagamore 

Bridges and the Cape Cod Canal Historic 

District, which are eligible for listing in 

the National Register of Historic Places. 

The EIS will provide a discussion of 

historical and cultural resources within 

and adjacent to the Program Study 

Areas. 

• Section 4(f) Properties: The Build 

Alternative may affect publicly owned 

parks and recreational areas, and public 

and private historical sites listed or 

eligible for listing on the National 

Register of Historic Places that are 

subject to protection under Section 4(f) 

of the Department of Transportation Act 

of 1966 [Section 4(f)]. The Section 4(f) 

protected public parks and recreational 

areas within the Program Study Areas 

include local, State, and Federal 

resources. Historic sites within and near 

the Program Study Areas include the 


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Bourne and Sagamore Bridges, the Cape 

Cod Canal Historic District, and other 

public and private historic properties. 

Potential impacts to Section 4(f) 

properties will be evaluated, avoided, or 

minimized to the greatest extent 

possible as the Program design elements 

are refined during development of the 

EIS and the Section 4(f) evaluation. 

• Relocations: The Build Alternative 

may require full and partial right-of-way 

acquisitions from residential and 

commercial properties within the 

Program Study Areas. Potential impacts 

to surrounding residential and 

commercial properties will be 

evaluated, avoided, or minimized to the 

greatest extent possible as the Program 

design elements are refined during 

development of the EIS. The FHWA and 

MassDOT will ensure that any necessary 

right-of-way is acquired in compliance 

with the Uniform Relocation Assistance 

and Real Property Acquisition Policies 

Act of 1970, as amended. 

The EIS will also evaluate potential 

impacts to the following: land use; 

social and community resources; local 

and regional economies; environmental 

justice; air quality and climate; 

transportation systems; threatened, 

endangered, and special status species; 

noise sensitive areas; wetlands and 

floodplains; coastal resources and 

navigation; stormwater and water 

quality; hazardous waste and 

contaminated materials; public utilities 

and services; and visual resources. The 

level of review of the identified 

resources for the EIS will be 

commensurate with the anticipated 

effects to each resource from the 

proposed action and will be governed 

by the statutory and regulatory 

requirements applicable to those 

resources. 

The analyses and evaluations 

conducted for the EIS will identify the 

potential for construction-related (shortterm) and operational (long-term) effects 

(direct, indirect, and cumulative); 

avoidance measures; whether 

anticipated effects would be adverse; 

and mitigation measures for any adverse 

effects. Additional information on the 

expected impacts is provided in the 

Supplementary NOI Document available 

for review in the docket established for 

this Program and on the Program 

website as noted in the ADDRESSES

section. Comments on the expected 

impacts to be analyzed in the DEIS are 

welcomed during the NOI comment 

period. The identification of impacts for 

analysis in the DEIS may be revised due 

to consideration of public comments. 

(d) Anticipated Permits and Other 

Authorizations 

Anticipated Federal permits and 

authorizations for the Cape Cod Bridges 

Program include: 

• USACE permits under Section 404 

of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) 

and Section 10 of the Rivers and 

Harbors Act (33 U.S.C. 403); 

• U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Bridge 

Permits under Section 9 of the Rivers 

and Harbors Act of 1899, as amended 

(33 U.S.C. 403); 

• National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) consultation under Section 7 of 

the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 

1536) and the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1371); 

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(USFWS) consultation under Section 7 

of the Endangered Species Act (16 

U.S.C. 1536), the Migratory Bird Treaty 

Act of 1918 (16 U.S.C. 703), the Bald 

and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 

U.S.C. 668), and the Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661); 

• NMFS Essential Fish Habitat 

Consultation/Assessment under the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act (16 

U.S.C. 1801–1891d); 

• Evaluation under Section 4(f) of the 

U.S. Department of Transportation Act 

(49 U.S.C. 303(c)); 

• Evaluation under Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act (54 

U.S.C. 306108); 

• USACE Section 408 approval under 

Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act 

of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 408); 

• United States Environmental 

Protection Agency (USEPA) National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES) Construction General Permit; 

• Federal Aviation Administration 

(FAA) review under 29 U.S.C. 44718; 

• Federal Archaeologist Permit under 

43 CFR 7. 

Anticipated state and local permits 

and approvals for the Cape Cod Bridges 

Program include: 

• Massachusetts Executive Office of 

Energy and Environmental Affairs (MA 

EEA) Secretary Certification under the 

Massachusetts Environmental Policy 

Act (MEPA) Regulations (301 CMR 

11.00); 

• Bourne Conservation Commission 

Order of Conditions (OOC) under the 

Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act 

(310 CMR 10.00); 

• Massachusetts Department of 

Environmental Protection (MassDEP) 

401 Water Quality Certification (WQC) 

under the 401 Water Quality 

Certification Regulations (314 CMR 

9.00); 

• MassDEP Chapter 91 Licenses 

under the Massachusetts Public 

Waterfront Act (310 CMR 9.00); 

• Massachusetts Office of Coastal 

Zone Management (MA CZM) Federal 

Consistency Review under the 

Massachusetts Coastal Zone 

Management Act (301 CMR 20.00); 

• Massachusetts Historical 

Commission (MHC) State Archaeologist 

Permit (950 CMR 70.00); 

• Potential Massachusetts Division of 

Fisheries and Wildlife (MA DFW) 

Conservation and Management Permit 

(CMP) under the Massachusetts 

Endangered Species Act (MESA) 

Regulations (321 CMR 10.00). 

(e) Schedule for the Decision-Making 

Process 

The schedule for the Cape Cod 

Bridges Program will be established as 

part of the requirements of the 

environmental review process under 23 

U.S.C. 139 and will comply with 40 CFR 

1501.10(a) and (b)(2) and 23 U.S.C. 23, 

which requires that environmental 

reviews and authorization decisions for 

major projects occur within two years 

from the date of publication of the NOI 

to the date of issuance of the Record of 

Decision (ROD), and all necessary 

authorizations be issued in 90 days from 

the ROD. 

Following the issuance of this NOI, 

FHWA and MassDOT will coordinate 

with the Participating and Cooperating 

Agencies to develop study 

documentation and the DEIS. 

• Continued Scoping outreach is 

anticipated in spring of 2024 following 

publication of this NOI. 

• The Draft EIS is anticipated to be 

issued in spring of 2025. 

• The combined Final EIS and ROD is 

anticipated to be issued in winter of 

2026. 

• All Federal permits and 

authorizations are anticipated to be 

received by spring of 2026. 

Refer to the Supplementary NOI 

Document for additional schedule 

details. 

(f) Scoping and Public Review 

In accordance with 23 U.S.C. 

139(f)(4)(E)(ii), FHWA and MassDOT 

have incorporated public and 

stakeholder comment obtained relative 

to the Cape Cod Bridges Program 

Environmental Notification Form (ENF) 

filing under the Massachusetts 

Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) 

(https://eeaonline.eea.state.ma.us/EEA/ 

MEPA-eMonitor/submittal/efe01f7d41af-4e7d-84b6-1de46baa8818). The 

MassDOT held five rounds of public 

information meetings between June 

2021 and March 2023 and convened an 


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Advisory Group comprised of local 

interests and representation to provide 

feedback and share information 

throughout Program development. 

The public and agency Scoping 

process is continuing with the 

publication of this NOI. Publication of 

this NOI initiates a 30-day Scoping 

period during which time the public, 

Tribal governments and other Federal, 

State, and local agencies are requested 

to review and comment on any element 

of the Cape Cod Bridges Program, 

including the Purpose and Need for the 

proposed action; the Alternatives 

Retained for Detailed Study; and 

identification of any potentially 

significant adverse environmental 

impacts to be evaluated in the EIS. 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to the Cape Cod Bridges Program 

is addressed, and all significant issues 

are identified, comments and 

suggestions are invited from all 

interested parties during Scoping. The 

FHWA will hold at least one public 

Scoping meeting upon publication of 

this NOI as part of the Scoping process 

for the EIS. Advanced notice of the date, 

time and location of the public Scoping 

meeting will be provided to the public 

through the Program website, public 

notices, and press releases. Such 

comments or questions concerning this 

Notice and/or the scope of the EIS, 

including the Purpose and Need, 

Alternatives Retained for Detailed 

Study, and impacts to be evaluated, may 

be submitted via the Program website or 

in writing to FHWA or MassDOT at the 

addresses provided above. Public input 

received during the Scoping process 

will be considered in the development 

of the DEIS. Once complete, the DEIS 

will be available for agency review and 

comment prior to the DEIS Public 

Hearing and for public review at the 

DEIS Public Hearing. Advanced notice 

of the date, time and location of the 

Public Hearing will be provided to the 

public through the Program website, 

public notices, and press releases. All 

substantive public comments on the 

DEIS will be addressed in the Final EIS 

(FEIS). 

The FHWA intends to issue a single 

document that consists of the FEIS and 

ROD pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 304a(b) [and 

23 U.S.C. 139(n)(2)] unless FHWA 

determines that statutory criteria or 

practicability considerations preclude 

issuance of such a combined document. 

(g) Request for Identification of Potential 

Alternatives, Information, and Analyses 

Relevant to the Proposed Action 

To ensure that a full range of issues 

related to the Cape Cod Bridges Program 

is addressed and all potential issues are 

identified, FHWA invites comments and 

suggestions from all interested parties. 

The FHWA requests comments and 

suggestions on potential alternatives 

and impacts, and the identification of 

any relevant information, studies, or 

analyses of any kind concerning impacts 

affecting the quality of the human and 

natural environment. Any information 

presented herein, including the Purpose 

and Need, Alternatives Retained for 

Detailed Study, and identification of 

impacts, may be revised after 

consideration of the comments. The 

purpose of this request is to bring 

relevant comments, information, and 

analyses to the attention of FHWA, as 

early in the process as possible, to 

enable FHWA to make maximum use of 

this information in decision making. 

Comments may be submitted according 

to the instructions in the ADDRESSES

section of this Notice. 

Joi B. Singh, 

Division Administrator, Cambridge, MA. 

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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), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims 

for judicial review of actions by the 

California Department of Transportation 

(Caltrans). 

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, State Route 

49 and State Route 4, from post miles: 

4–8.4–9.1, R20.8–21.4 within the City of 

Angels Camp in the County Calaveras 

County, State of California. Those 

actions grant licenses, permits, and 

approvals for the project. 

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA, on 

behalf of Caltrans, 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 July 29, 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: For 

Caltrans: Jonathan Coley-Branch Chief, 

California Department of 

Transportation, Northern San Joaquin 

Environmental Management Branch 1, 

1976 Doctor Martin Luther King Junior 

Boulevard, Stockton, CA 95205. Office 

Hours 8 a.m.–5 p.m., Pacific standard 

time, (209) 479–4083 or email at 

Jonathan.coley@dot.ca.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective 

July 1, 2007, the Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) assigned, and 

the California Department of 

Transportation (Caltrans) assumed, 

environmental responsibilities for this 

project pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327. 

Notice is hereby given that the Caltrans, 

have 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 Calaveras 49 Mobility 

Improvement Project will make 

intersection, roadway, pedestrian, and 

bicycle improvements along State Route 

49 from post miles 8.4 to 9.1 and on 

State Route 4 from post miles R20.8 to 

R21.4 in the City of Angels Camp in 

Calaveras County. The actions by the 

Federal agencies, and the laws under 

which such actions were taken, are 

described in the Final Environmental 

Assessment (EA)/Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) for the 

project, approved on June 29, 2023, in 

the Notice of Decision (NOD) issued on 

July 5, 2023, and in other documents in 

the project records. The EA, NOD, and 

other project records are available by 

contacting Caltrans at the address 

provided above. The Caltrans EA and 

NOD can be viewed and downloaded 

from the project website at https://dot.

ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-10/ 

district-10-current-projects/10-1h010. 

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. National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 

2. Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671 

3. Endangered Species Act of 1973 

(ESA), 16 U.S.C. 1531–1544 

4. National Historic Preservation Act of 

1966 (NHPA) 

5. Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251– 

1387 (sections 319, 401, and 404) 

6. Executive Order 12989, Federal 

Actions to Address Environmental 

Justice and Low-Income 

Populations 

7. Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act of 1976 

8. Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and 

Liability of Act of 1980 

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 

as amended 


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