Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 8 / Tuesday, January 13, 2009 / Notices 1757 

Transportation, 600 Stewart Street, 

Suite 520, Seattle, Washington, 98101, 

Telephone: (206) 770–3519. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA is issuing a Revised Notice of 

Intent (NOI) to advise the public of 

revisions to the scope of the 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

for the proposed development of a site 

to build pontoons for the SR 520 bridge 

in case of a catastrophic failure. A NOI 

was published in the January 3, 2008, 

Federal Register. The FHWA, in 

cooperation with the Washington State 

Department of Transportation (WSDOT), 

has revised the scope of the EIS since 

that time and will prepare an EIS on a 

proposal to expedite construction of 

pontoons needed to replace the existing 

traffic capacity of the State Route 520 

(SR 520) Evergreen Point Bridge, and to 

store those pontoons until they are 

needed for catastrophic failure response 

or incorporated into the anticipated SR 

520 bridge replacement. FHWA and 

WSDOT will prepare the EIS in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 

Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU), and 

Washington’s State Environmental 

Policy Act (SEPA). 

The EIS will evaluate potential effects 

on the physical, human, and natural 

environments. Alternatives under 

consideration will include (1) taking no 

action and (2) building a new pontoon 

construction facility. Each proposed 

location for the casting basin facility 

will be evaluated as a separate 

alternative. 

Information describing the proposed 

action and a request for comments will 

be sent to appropriate Federal, State, 

and local agencies, and to Tribal 

nations, private organizations, and 

citizens who have previously expressed 

or are known to have interest in this 

proposal. Public and agency scoping 

meetings were held in January 2008 for 

one site under consideration in 

Hoquiam, Washington. Additional 

public and agency scoping meetings 

will be held to solicit comments and 

provide information on other sites 

advanced for full assessment in the 

project EIS in January 2009. The public, 

agencies, and Tribal nations will be 

invited to comment on the Draft EIS, 

and a public meeting will be held 

during the Draft EIS comment period. 

Public notice will be given of the time 

and place of these meetings. Project 

information will be available for public, 

agency, and Tribal nation review prior 

to scheduled meetings. 

(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.) 

Issued on: December 17, 2008. 

Stephen P. Boch, 

Major Project Oversight Manager, Seattle, 

Washington. 

[FR Doc. E9–429 Filed 1–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–RY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

[4910–RY] 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on a Proposed Highway Project in 

California 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), U.S. DOT. 

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(1)(1). These 

actions relate to a proposedHighway 

project on State Route 101 in San 

Francisco County, State of California. 

These actions grant 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(1)(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 13, 2009. 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: 

Cesar Perez, Senior Project 

DevelopmentEngineer, Federal Highway 

Administration, 650 Capitol Mall, #4– 

100, Sacramento, CA 95814, weekdays 

between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m., telephone 

916–498–5065, 

cesar.perez@fhwa.dot.gov, or Jared 

Goldfine, Office Chief, California 

Department of Transportation, District 

4, P.O. Box 23660, Oakland, CA 94623– 

0660, weekdays between 8 a.m. and 4:30 

p.m., (510) 286–6203, 

Jared.Goldfine@dot.ca.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the FHWA and other 

Federal agencies have taken final agency 

actions by issuing approvals for the 

following highway project in the State 

of California. The Doyle Drive project 

will replace the existing facility with a 

new six-lane facility and an southbound 

auxiliary lane between the Park Presidio 

Interchange and the new Presidio access 

at Girard Road. The new facility would 

consist of two 3.4 meter (11 foot) lanes 

and one 3.6 meter (12 foot) outside lane 

in each direction with 3.0-meter (10 

foot) outside shoulders and 1.2-meter (4 

foot) inside shoulders. The landscaped 

median between the northbound and 

southbound traffic lanes will vary from 

five meters (16 feet) to 12.5 meters (41 

feet). 

A 390 meter (1,279 foot) long highviaduct will be constructed between the 

Park Presidio Interchange and San 

Francisco National Cemetery. Shallow 

cut-and-cover tunnels would extend 260 

meters (853 feet) past the cemetery to 

east of Battery Blaney. 

Actions by the Federal agencies and 

the laws under which such actions were 

taken are described in the Final 

Environmental Assessment for the 

project. The Record of Decision (ROD) 

was approved on December 19, 2008. 

The ROD and other documents in the 

FHWA Administrative record file are 

available by contacting the FHWA or the 

California Department of Transportation 

at the addresses provided above. 

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]. 

2. Air: Clean Air Act 42 U.S.C. 7401– 

7671(q). 

3. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act 

[16 U.S.C. 1531–1544 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]. 

4. Historic and Cultural Resources: 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act of 1966, as amended 

[16 U.S.C. 470(aa)–11]; Archeological 

Resources Protection Act of 1977 [16 

U.S.C. 470(aa)–11]; Archeological and 

Historic Preservation Act [16 U.S.C. 

469–469(c)]; Native American Grave 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA) [25 U.S.C. 3001–3013]. 

5. Social and Economic: Civil Rights 

Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000(d)–2000(d) 

(1)]; American Indian Religious 

Freedom Act [42 U.S.C. 1996]; Farmland 

Protection Policy Act (FPPA) [7U.S.C. 

4201–4209]; The Uniform Relocation 

Assistance and Real Property 

Acquisition PoliciesAct of 1970, as 

amended. 

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6. Hazardous Materials: 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9601–9675; 

Superfund Amendments and 

Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA); 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6901–6992(k). 

7. 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. 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. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

andConstruction. 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). 

Issued on: January 6, 2009. 

Cindy Vigue, 

Director, State Programs,Federal Highway 

Administration,Sacramento, California. 

[FR Doc. E9–459 Filed 1–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–1998–3637; FMCSA– 

2000–7006; FMCSA–2000–7165; FMCSA– 

2000–7363; FMCSA–2000–8203] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Vision 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of final disposition. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA previously 

announced its decision to renew the 

exemptions from the vision requirement 

in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations for 14 individuals. FMCSA 

has statutory authority to exempt 

individuals from the vision requirement 

if the exemptions granted will not 

compromise safety. The Agency has 

reviewed the comments submitted in 

response to the previous announcement 

and concluded that granting these 

exemptions will provide a level of safety 

that will be equivalent to, or greater 

than, the level of safety maintained 

without the exemptions for these 

commercial motor vehicle (CMV) 

drivers. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Mary D. Gunnels, Director, Medical 

Programs, (202) 366–4001, 

fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA, 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W64– 

224, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

You may see all the comments online 

through the Federal Document 

Management System (FDMS) at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Background 

Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, 

FMCSA may grant an exemption for a 2- 

year period if it finds ‘‘such exemption 

would likely achieve a level of safety 

that is equivalent to, or greater than, the 

level that would be achieved absent 

such exemption.’’ The statute also 

allows the Agency to renew exemptions 

at the end of the 2-year period. The 

comment period ended on December 15, 

2008. 

Discussion of Comments 

FMCSA received no comment in this 

proceeding. 

Conclusion 

The Agency has not received any 

adverse evidence on any of these drivers 

that indicates that safety is being 

compromised. Based upon its 

evaluation of the 14 renewal 

applications, FMCSA renews the 

Federal vision exemptions for Henry W. 

Adams, Delbert R. Bays, Eugene A. 

Gitzen, Nelson V. Jaramillo, Larry D. 

Johnson, Bruce T. Loughary, Demetrio 

Lozano, Wayne R. Mantela, Kenneth D. 

May, Gordon L. Nathan, Bernice R. 

Parnell, Patrick W. Shea, Roy F. 

Varnado, Jr., and Rick A. Young. 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) 

and 31315, each renewal exemption will 

be valid for 2 years unless revoked 

earlier by FMCSA. The exemption will 

be revoked if: (1) The person fails to 

comply with the terms and conditions 

of the exemption; (2) the exemption has 

resulted in a lower level of safety than 

was maintained before it was granted; or 

(3) continuation of the exemption would 

not be consistent with the goals and 

objectives of 49 U.S.C. 31136 and 31315. 

Issued on: January 6, 2009. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–389 Filed 1–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Notice of Continuation of the Early 

Scoping—Efficient Transportation 

Decision Making Process for the South 

Florida East Coast Corridor Transit 

Analysis 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

U.S. Department of Transportation and 

Florida Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Continuation of the Early 

Scoping—Efficient Transportation 

Decision Making Process for the South 

Florida East Coast Corridor Transit 

Analysis. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) and the Florida 

Department of Transportation (FDOT) 

issue this notice to advise governmental 

agencies, the public and other interested 

stakeholders of FTA’s and FDOT’s 

intent to continue the early scoping and 

planning-level National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA)/Florida’s Efficient 

Transportation Decision Making 

(ETDM) process previously initiated for 

the South Florida East Coast Corridor 

Transit Analysis (SFECCTA) study. This 

notice is announcing to interested 

parties that additional early scoping 

meetings will be held at the beginning 

of the second phase of early scoping/ 

ETDM on the dates provided below, and 

to inform the general public regarding 

the ongoing planning process. 

The FTA and FDOT have been 

exploring transportation alternatives 

along an 85-mile section of the existing 

Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway freight 

corridor between Miami and Tequesta, 

Florida. A programmatic Tier 1 Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 

developed an approach for evaluating 

impacts associated with various 

transportation improvement 

alternatives. The Tier 1 DEIS identified 

a number of transportation 

improvement alternatives that will be 

further evaluated in the continuation of 

the early scoping/ETDM process. This 

process is intended to result in selection 

of one or more locally-preferred 

transportation improvement 

alternatives. FDOT has been engaged in 

alternatives analysis and produced the 

Final Conceptual Alternatives Analysis/ 

Environmental Screening Report (AA/ 

ESR) that documents the results of the