Notice2022-28424
Notice of Availability of Adopted Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Combined Record of Decision (ROD)
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Published
December 30, 2022
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Transportation DepartmentFederal Highway Administration
Abstract
The FHWA, on behalf of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), is issuing this notice to announce Caltrans' adoption of the Maritime Administration's (MARAD) Combined Final Environmental Impact Statement/Record of Decision and Final Section 4(f) Evaluation (FEIS/ROD) for the Port of Long Beach (POLB or Port) Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility Project (Project).
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 250 (Friday, December 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80577-80578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28424]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Notice of Availability of Adopted Final Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) and Combined Record of Decision (ROD)
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of the California Department of
Transportation (Caltrans), is issuing this notice to announce Caltrans'
adoption of the Maritime Administration's (MARAD) Combined Final
Environmental Impact Statement/Record of Decision and Final Section
4(f) Evaluation (FEIS/ROD) for the Port of Long Beach (POLB or Port)
Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility Project (Project).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Caltrans District 7: Michael
Enwedo, Branch Chief, Division of Environmental Planning, California
Department of Transportation--District 7, 100 S Main Street, Los
Angeles, CA 90012. Office Hours: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Pacific Standard
Time, telephone (213) 335-0060 or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d1bcb8b2b9b0b4bdffb4bfa6b4b5be91b5bea5ffb2b0ffb6bea7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4f22262c272e2a23612a21382a2b200f2b203b612c2e61282039">[email protected]</span></a>. For
FHWA, contact Shawn Oliver at (916) 498-5048 or email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5c0f343d2b32721330352a392e1c383328723b332a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="99caf1f8eef7b7d6f5f0effcebd9fdf6edb7fef6ef">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final EIS and ROD for the Pier B On-Dock
Rail Support Facility Project were approved by MARAD on April 7, 2022.
MARAD's Notice of Availability for the Final EIS and ROD was published
in the Federal Register on April 15, 2022. Under 49 U.S.C. 304a(b),
MARAD issued a single Final EIS and ROD (USEPA, 2022). Therefore, the
30-day wait/review period under the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) did not apply to the action (Federal Register, 2022).
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.3(b)(2), Caltrans was a cooperating agency
on this project. Therefore, recirculation of the document is not
necessary under Section 1506.3(c) of the Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ) regulations.
Subsequent to MARAD's ROD issued for the entire Pier B On-Dock Rail
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Support Facility Project, pursuant to 40 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) 1505.2 and 23 CFR 771.127, Caltrans issued a ROD for the Pier B
Street Freight Corridor Reconstruction Project, which is a component of
the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility Project. Caltrans is a
cooperating agency for the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility
Project. This ROD is solely for Caltrans approval of the Pier B Street
Freight Corridor Reconstruction Project.
The Pier B Street Freight Corridor Reconstruction Project scope
includes the following:
<bullet> Pier B Street: Realignment of Pier B St between Pico
Avenue and Anaheim Street and widening into two lanes in each direction
to improve goods movement mobility and enhance pedestrian travel. The
realignment of Pier B Street would require the reconstruction of two
intersections, at Anaheim Way and Edison Avenue.
<bullet> 9th Street Crossing: The existing at-grade 9th Street
railroad grade crossing would be closed. After the intersection with
9th street is closed, access to Interstate 710 (I-710) would remain
open at Pico Avenue, where the existing ramp at the 9th Street/Pico
Avenue intersection is located. Access to Anaheim Street would be
shifted to Anaheim Way and Farragut Avenue at the western end of Pier B
Street.
<bullet> Removal of Shoemaker Ramps: The Shoemaker ramps and
approaches would be removed. The Shoemaker north approach and the 9th
Street bridge north approach would be demolished.
<bullet> Pico Avenue: Pico Avenue is located within a narrow
corridor between I-710 and several buildings, terminals, and ramps.
Pico Avenue would be realigned to the west from Pier B St/I-710 ramps
south to approximately Pier D Street to accommodate the addition of
railroad tracks. The existing at-grade crossing at Pico Avenue/Pier D
Street would be closed.
<bullet> Sidewalk: The construction of new sidewalk on the south
side of Pier B St and along the west 7 side of Pico Ave.
Dated: December 23, 2022.
Vincent P. Mammano,
Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, California
Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-28424 Filed 12-29-22; 8:45 am]
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