Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 12 / Thursday, January 18, 2018 / Notices 2719 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

of Proposed Highway Improvement in 

California; Statute of Limitations on 

Claims 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims 

for Judicial Review of Actions by the 

California Department of Transportation 

(Caltrans), pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of 

Caltrans, is issuing this notice to 

announce actions taken by Caltrans. The 

actions relate to the proposed widening 

project on State Route 138 (SR–138) 

between 5th Street East and 10th Street 

East from two lanes to three lanes in 

each direction, a distance of 

approximately 0.5 mile. Additionally, 

the project proposes to widen Sierra 

Highway from two lanes to three lanes 

in each direction between Avenue R and 

a point 500 feet south of Avenue Q, a 

distance of approximately 0.9 mil, in the 

City of Palmdale within the County of 

Los Angeles, 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 June 18, 2018. 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: Lourdes Ortega, Branch Chief, 

Environmental Planning Division, 

California Department of 

Transportation—District 7, 100 South 

Main Street, Los Angeles, California, 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m., 213–897–9572, 

lourdes.ortega@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 Caltrans, has 

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: Caltrans proposes to widen 

State Route (SR) 138 (Palmdale 

Boulevard) between 5th Street East and 

10th Street East in downtown Palmdale 

from two lanes to three lanes in each 

direction. Additionally, Caltrans 

proposes to widen Sierra Highway from 

two lanes to three lanes in each 

direction between Avenue R and a point 

500 feet south of Avenue Q, a distance 

of approximately 0.9 mile. Double leftturn lanes and a right-turn lane are 

proposed in the northbound and 

southbound directions of Sierra 

Highway and SR–138 (Palmdale 

Boulevard) intersection. The existing 

on-street parking along northbound 

Sierra Highway between SR–138 and 

Avenue Q6 would be maintained. 

Additionally, the project proposes to 

extend the existing Class I bicycle path, 

which runs along the west side of Sierra 

Highway, southerly to provide 

connectivity to Avenue R. The actions 

by the Federal agencies, and the laws 

under which such actions were taken, 

are described in the Final Initial Study 

(IS) with Mitigated Negative Declaration 

(MND)/Environmental Assessment (EA) 

with Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI), approved on December 29, 

2017, and in other documents in the 

FHWA project records. The Final IS/EA 

with MND/FONSI, and other project 

records are available by contacting 

Caltrans at the addresses provided 

above. The Caltrans Final IS/EA with 

MND/FONSI can be viewed and 

downloaded from the project website at: 

http://www.dot.ca.gov/d7/env-docs/ 

docs/, or viewed at public libraries in 

the project area. 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) Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations; 

(2) National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA); 

(3) Moving Ahead for Progress in the 

21st Century Act (MAP–21); 

(4) Department of Transportation Act 

of 1966; 

(5) Federal Aid Highway Act of 1970; 

(6) Clean Air Act Amendments of 

1990; 

(7) Noise Control Act of 1970; 

(8) 23 CFR part 772 FHWA Noise 

Standards, Policies and Procedures; 

(9) Department of Transportation Act 

of 1966, Section 4(f); 

(10) Clean Water Act of 1977 and 

1987; 

(11) Endangered Species Act of 1973; 

(12) Migratory Bird Treaty Act; 

(13) National Historic Preservation 

Act of 1966, as amended; 

(14) Historic Sites Act of 1935; and, 

(15) Executive Order 13112, Invasive 

Species. 

(16) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 

1964. 

(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) 

Omar Elkassed, 

Senior Transportation Engineer, Federal 

Highway Administration, California Division. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00775 Filed 1–17–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–RY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket no. FHWA–2017–0049] 

Automated Driving Systems 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Request for Information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: Automated Driving Systems 

(ADS) are increasingly being tested and 

introduced onto the public roadways. 

The FHWA is interested in hearing from 

the public, including stakeholders (e.g., 

State and local agencies, vehicle 

manufacturing industry, road hardware 

and intelligent transportation systems 

industry, related associations, 

transportation advocates, ADS hardware 

and software platform developers, etc.), 

on a range of issues related to assessing 

the infrastructure requirements and 

standards that may be necessary for 

enabling safe and efficient operations of 

ADS. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 5, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: 

To ensure that you do not duplicate 

your docket submissions, please submit 

all comments by only one of the 

following means: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE, W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE, between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is (202) 366–9329. 

• Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number at the 

beginning of your comments. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 


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