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as recorded in Official Record Volume 

517, Page 79 of the Richland County 

Deed Records; 

Thence North 01°28′00′′ West, along 

the East Line of the Northwest Quarter 

of Section No. 3 and passing thru an 

iron pin found at 323.58 feet, a total 

distance of 423.58 feet to an iron pin 

found at the Northeast corner of the 

right-of-way for Rupp Avenue, said iron 

pin also being the true place of 

beginning of the parcel herein 

described; 

Thence South 88°29′32′′ West, along 

the North right-of-way line of Rupp 

Avenue, a distance of 100.00 feet to an 

iron pin found; 

Thence South 01°28′00′′ East, along 

the right-of-way line of Rupp Avenue, a 

distance of 20.00 feet to an iron pin 

found; 

Thence South 88°29′32′′ West, along 

the North right-of-way line of Rupp 

Avenue, a distance of 848.64 feet to an 

iron pin set, said iron pin also being at 

the Southwest corner of a parcel of land 

now owned by Milark Industries, Inc., 

as recorded in Official Record Volume 

306, Page 179 of the Richard County 

Deed Records; 

Thence North 01°28′00′′ West, along 

the East line of said Milark Industries, 

Inc., lands a distance of 418.98 feet to 

an iron pin set; 

Thence North 88°29′32′′ East, a 

distance of 938.94 feet to an iron pin set, 

said iron pin also being on the East line 

of the Northwest Quarter of Section No. 

3; 

Thence South 01°28′00′′ East, along 

the East line of said Northwest Quarter, 

a distance of 399.10 feet to the true 

place of beginning, containing 9.029 

acres, but subject to all legal highways 

and easements of record. 

Issued in Romulus, Michigan, on August 

13, 2008. 

Matthew J. Thys, 

Manager, Detroit Airports District Office, 

FAA, Great Lakes Region. 

[FR Doc. E8–21806 Filed 9–18–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: Kern 

County, CA 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of the 

California Department of Transportation 

(Caltrans), is issuing this notice to 

advise the public that an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared 

for the proposed Centennial Corridor 

highway project in Kern County, 

California. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Gassner, Senior Environmental 

Planner, Southern Sierra Environmental 

Analysis Branch, Caltrans, 2015 E. 

Shields Avenue, Suite 100, Fresno, 

California 93726 or call (559) 243–8243. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Effective July 1, 2007, the FHWA 

assigned, and Caltrans assumed, 

environmental responsibilities for this 

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

Caltrans as the delegated National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

agency will prepare an EIS on a route 

adoption study to extend State Route 58 

westerly to connect to Interstate 5, in 

Kern County, California. In addition, 

this EIS would provide environmental 

compliance documentation for 

construction of the project from State 

Route 58 to Heath Road. For purposes 

of the EIS, the project, known as the 

Centennial Corridor, is being evaluated 

in three segments. Two of the segments, 

from Interstate 5 to Heath Road and 

from Heath Road to Mohawk Street 

(Westside Parkway), have been the 

subject of previous NEPA documents. 

This EIS will incorporate by reference 

the previous documents: Final Route 58 

Route Adoption Project, A Tier 1 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report (Tier 1 

EIS/EIR) (2002) and the Westside 

Parkway Environmental Assessment/ 

Final Environmental Impact Report (EA/ 

FEIR) (2006). This EIS will serve as a 

revalidation of the previous analysis. 

The final segment of the Centennial 

Corridor, from Mohawk Street to State 

Route 58, will be evaluated at a 

construction level of analysis and will 

address multiple alternatives. 

Alternative alignments currently being 

evaluated include options west of State 

Route 99, east of State Route 99, and 

parallel to State Route 99, as well as a 

‘‘No Build’’ alternative, a transit 

alternative, and a transportation systems 

management alternative. All of the build 

alternative alignments would connect 

State Route 58 to the east end of the 

Westside Parkway project. Caltrans will 

continue to screen the alternatives 

identified through the scoping process 

and only carry forward those 

alternatives that are considered viable 

for evaluation in the EIS. The following 

alternatives are currently under 

consideration: Alternative A proposes to 

construct a new freeway west of the 

State Route 58/99 interchange. The 

alignment would travel in a westerly 

direction for approximately one mile on 

the south side of Stockdale Highway, at 

which point it would turn in a 

northwesterly direction and span the 

Carrier Canal, Truxtun Avenue, and the 

Kern River. The proposed route would 

then connect to the Westside Parkway 

alignment between Mohawk Street and 

Coffee Road. The total length of the 

project from the existing State Route 99/ 

State Route 58 interchange to Interstate 

5 utilizing Alternative A would be 

approximately 16.31 miles. 

Alternative B proposes to construct a 

new freeway west of the State Route 58/ 

99 interchange. The alignment would 

travel in a westerly direction for 

approximately one-half mile on the 

south side of Stockdale Highway, at 

which point it would turn to the 

northwest, span the Carrier Canal, 

Truxtun Avenue, and the Kern River. 

Alternative B would connect to the 

Westside Parkway alignment at the 

Mohawk Street interchange. The total 

length of the project from the existing 

State Route 99/State Route 58 

interchange to Interstate 5 utilizing 

Alternative B is approximately 16.61 

miles. 

Alternative C proposes to connect 

existing State Route 58 to the Westside 

Parkway by means of routing new lanes 

adjacent and parallel to existing State 

Route 99. These additional lanes would 

run parallel to and independent of State 

Route 99. Movements between State 

Route 58, State Route 99 and the 

Westside Parkway would likely be 

facilitated by braided ramps and 

freeway-to-freeway connector ramps. 

The total length of the project from State 

Route 99 to Interstate 5 utilizing 

Alternative C is approximately 18.51 

miles. 

Alternative D proposes to construct a 

new freeway in the vicinity of Union 

Avenue (State Route 204). The roadway 

would extend north from State Route 58 

for approximately one mile, where it 

would turn to the west and run parallel 

to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe 

railroad tracks. Alternative D would 

connect to the Westside Parkway 

alignment at the new interchange at 

Mohawk Street. The total length of the 

project from State Route 58 at Union 

Avenue to Interstate 5 is approximately 

18.98 miles. 

The ‘‘No Build’’ alternative, would 

not construct any improvements. State 

Route 58—East would continue to end 

at State Route 99 where it would jog to 

the north to tie into State Route 58— 

West (Rosedale Highway). The Westside 

Parkway would be constructed as a local 

facility, but would not connect to State 

Route 58, State Route 99, or Interstate 5. 

Alternative M would evaluate Transit 

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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– 

7671(q)]. 


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