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Management (TSM) improvements. 

TSM focuses on low capital, 

environmentally-responsive 

improvements that maximize efficiency 

of existing facilities. An example of 

TSM improvements would be providing 

signal interconnects to facilitate the 

flow of traffic or providing bus turn-out 

bays to minimize the interruption of 

buses along a specific route. Specific 

transit and TSM measures have not been 

developed at this point. Preliminary 

traffic data is required to determine the 

most effective transit and TSM 

measures. Once the traffic data is 

available it would be determined if 

transit and TSM improvements would 

be separate alternatives or if it is more 

effective to evaluate a single alternative 

that includes both transit and TSM 

improvements. 

It is anticipated that the proposed 

project may require the following 

federal permits and approvals: A 

Biological Opinion from the United 

States Fish & Wildlife Service, approval 

of a PM10–PM2.5 Hot Spot Analysis by 

the Inter-Agency Consultation 

Committee, an Air Quality Conformity 

determination from the Federal 

Highway Administration, Section 401, 

402 and 404 permits under the Clean 

Water Act and a Farmland Conversion 

Impact Rating for Corridor Type Projects 

from the United States Soil 

Conservation Service. Letters describing 

the proposed action and soliciting 

comments will be sent to appropriate 

Federal, State, local and participating 

agencies. In addition, the following 

Native American groups have been 

notified: The Chumash Council of 

Bakersfield, Kawaiisu Tribe, Kawaiisu 

Tribe of the Tejon Indian Reservation, 

Kern Valley Indian Community, Kern 

Valley Paiute Council, Kawaiisu Band of 

Kern Valley Indians, Kudzubitcwanap 

Palap Tribe, Native American Heritage 

Council of Kern County, Santa Rosa 

Rancheria—Tachi Yokuts Tribe, 

Tubatalabals of Kern Valley, Tinoqui— 

Chalola Council of Kitanemuk and 

Yowlumne Tejon Indians, Tule River 

Indian Reservation and the White 

Blanket Paiute Rancheria. Private 

organizations and citizens who have 

previously expressed or are known to 

have interest in this proposal have also 

received notification on the project. The 

environmental scoping process began in 

March 2008. Public information 

meetings were held on March 4, 2008, 

May 22, 2008, July 21, 2008, and August 

21, 2008, in Bakersfield, California. 

Several community focus meetings have 

been and are continuing to be held in 

neighborhoods affected by the proposed 

project alternatives. 

A scoping meeting will be held on 

October 2, 2008. The meeting will be 

held for agencies from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. 

at the Thomas Roads Improvement 

Program Offices located at 900 Truxtun 

Avenue, Suite 200, Bakersfield, 

California. The meeting for the public 

will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 

at the Kern County Administrative 

Offices, in the Building Rotunda located 

at 1115 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, 

California to provide additional 

opportunities for agency and public 

input on the proposed project. Public 

notice will be given of the time and 

place of the meeting. 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to this proposed action are 

addressed and all significant issues 

identified, comments and suggestions 

are invited from all interested parties. 

Comments or questions concerning this 

proposed action and the EIS should be 

directed to Caltrans at the address 

provided above. 

(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: September 11, 2008. 

Nancy Bobb, 

Director, State Programs, Federal Highway 

Administration, Sacramento, California. 

[FR Doc. E8–21933 Filed 9–18–08; 8:45 am] 

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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), 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 California Department of 

Transportation (Caltrans) pursuant to its 

assigned responsibilities under 23 

U.S.C. 327 that are final within the 

meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). These 

actions relate to a proposed highway 

project, the State Route 84 (SR 84) 

Expressway Widening Project between 

approximately Jack London Boulevard 

and Ruby Hill Drive (Post Miles 22.5 to 

27.3) in the County of Alameda, 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 March 18, 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: 

Melanie Brent, Caltrans District 4 Office 

of Environmental Analysis, 111 Grand 

Avenue, P. O. Box 23660, Oakland, CA 

94623–0660, during normal business 

hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Telephone 

(510) 286–5621, e-mail Melanie Brent/ 

D04/Caltrans/CAGov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that Caltrans, pursuant to 

its assigned responsibilities under 23 

U.S.C. 327, and certain Federal agencies 

have taken final agency actions subject 

to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) by approving the 

SR 84 Expressway Widening Project in 

the State of California. When completed, 

the project will widen SR 84 from two 

to four lanes between Ruby Hill Drive 

and Stanley Boulevard and two to six 

lanes between Stanley Boulevard and 

Jack London Boulevard in the City of 

Livermore, Alameda County, California. 

The purpose of the project is to improve 

SR 84 as a regional route, improve 

traffic circulation, upgrade SR 84 to an 

expressway facility, and improve 

bicycle and pedestrian access. The 

project length is 4.8 miles. The actions 

by the Federal agencies, and the laws 

under which such actions were taken, 

are described in the Initial Study with 

Negative Declaration/Environmental 

Assessment for the project, approved on 

August 5, 2008 and in the Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) issued on 

August 5, 2008, and in other documents 

in the project records. The Initial Study 

with Negative Declaration/ 

Environmental Assessment, FONSI, and 

other project records are available by 

contacting Caltrans at the address 

provided above. The FONSI can be 

viewed and downloaded from the 

project Web site at http:// 

www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/envdocs.htm. 

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 and 23 U.S.C. 128]. 

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

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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 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]. 

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.]. 

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 (Section 404, Section 

401, Section 319) [33 U.S.C. 1251– 

1377]; Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) 

[42 U.S.C. 300(f)–300(j)(6)]. 

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. 13112 Invasive 

Species. (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). 

Shawn E. Oliver, 

Team Leader, State Projects, Federal Highway 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–21729 Filed 9–18–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; 

Notice of Application for Special 

Permits 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: List of Applications for Special 

Permits. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

procedures governing the application 

for, and the processing of, special 

permits from the Department of 

Transportation’s Hazardous Material 

Regulations (49 CFR Part 107, Subpart 

B), notice is hereby given that the Office 

of Hazardous Materials Safety has 

received the application described 

herein. Each mode of transportation for 

which a particular special permit is 

requested is indicated by a number in 

the ‘‘Nature of Application’’ portion of 

the table below as follows: 1–Motor 

vehicle, 2–Rail freight, 3–Cargo vessel, 

4–Cargo aircraft only, 5–Passengercarrying aircraft. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 20, 2008. 

Address Comments To: Record 

Center, Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

Comments should refer to the 

application number and be submitted in 

triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of 

comments is desired, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard showing 

the special permit number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the applications are available 

for inspection in the Records Center, 

East Building, PHH–30, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC or 

at http://dms.dot.gov. 

This notice of receipt of applications 

for special permits is published in 

accordance with Part 107 of the Federal 

hazardous materials transportation law 

(49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 49 CFR 1.53(b)). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

10, 2008. 

Delmer F. Billings, 

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, 

Special Permits and Approvals. 

NEW SPECIAL PERMITS

Application 

No. Docket No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected Nature of special permits thereof 

14751–N ...... .................. ExxonMobil, Mont Belvieu, 

TX.

49 CFR 173.242 ................ To authorize the transportation in commerce of an 

Organometallic substance, solid in a non-DOT specification portable tank. (modes 1, 2, 3). 

14756–N ...... .................. Univation Technologies, 

LLC, Houston, TX.

49 CFR 173.242 ................ To authorize the transportation in commerce of a Division 4.2 hazardous material in a non-DOT specification portable tank. (modes 1, 3). 

14762–N ...... .................. PPG Industries, Inc, Pittsburgh, PA.49 CFR 173.173, 173.242, 

172.326 and 172.504.

To authorize the transportation in commerce of certain 

open-top cylindrical mixing tanks containing the residue of a Class 3 hazardous material by motor vehicle. (mode 1). 

14763–N ...... .................. Weatherford International, 

Fort Worth, TX.

49 CFR 173.302a and 

173.301(t).

To authorize the manufacture, marking, sale and use 

of a non-DOT specification cylinder similar to a DOT 

Specification 3A cylinder for transportation of hydrocarbon formation fluid sample from oil well sites. 

(modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). 

14764–N ...... .................. SAFC Hitech Inc. Milwaukee, WI.49 CFR 703.301, 173.304 

and 173.304a.

To authorize the filling, for export only, of non-DOT 

specification pressure vessels with boron trichloride, 

Division 2.3, Hazard Zone C. (modes 1, 2, 3). 

14765–N ...... .................. Chemtrade Logistics, Inc., 

Chicago, IL.

49 CFR 180.407 ................ To authorize the transportation in commerce of certain 

DOT Specification MC 312 and DOT 412 cargo 

tanks containing sulfuric acid that have been tested 

using alternative methods. (mode 1). 

14766–N ...... .................. JL Shepherd & Associates, 

San Fernando, CA.

49 CFR 173.416 ................ To authorize the continued transportation in commerce 

of certain DOT Specification 2OWC radioactive material packagings after October 1, 2008. (mode 1). 

14767–N ...... .................. Commodore Applied Technologies, Inc., Broomfield, CO.49 CFR 173.420 ................ To authorize the one-time transportation in commerce 

of uranium hexafluoride in a DOT Specification 

4B240ET cylinder. (mode 1). 


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