Environmental Impact Statement: Proposed Greeneville Bypass, From US-11E (SR-34), West of Greeneville to US-11E (SR-34) East of Greeneville; Greene County, TN, 29567 [E8-11342]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement:
Proposed Greeneville Bypass, From
US–11E (SR–34), West of Greeneville
to US–11E (SR–34) East of Greeneville;
Greene County, TN
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
The Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) is issuing this
notice to advise the public that an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
will be prepared for a proposed highway
project in Greene County, Tennessee.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Charles J. O’Neill, Planning and
Program Management Team Leader,
Federal Highway Administration—
Tennessee Division Office, 640
Grassmere Park Road, Suite 112,
Nashville, TN 37211; 615–781–5772.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
FHWA in cooperation with the
Tennessee Department of
Transportation will prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
on a proposal to construct a bypass
around the City of Greeneville.
Alternatives to be considered include:
(1) No-build, (2) Transportation System
Management (TSM) alternative, (3) Mass
Transit, (4) one or more build
alternatives that could include
constructing a roadway on a new
location, upgrading existing US–11E
(SR–34), or a combination of both, and
(5) other alternatives that may arise from
public input. Public scoping meetings
will be held for the project corridor. As
part of the scoping process, federal,
state, and local agencies and officials,
private organizations, citizens, and
interest groups will have an opportunity
to identify issues of concern and
provide input on the purpose and need
for the project, range of alternatives,
methodology, and the development of
the Environmental Impact Statement. A
Coordination Plan will be developed to
include the public in the project
development process. This plan will
utilize the following outreach efforts to
provide information and solicit input:
Newsletters, an internet Web site, e-mail
and direct mail, informational meetings
and briefings, public hearings, and other
efforts as necessary and appropriate. A
public hearing will be held upon
completion of the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement and public notice will
be given of the time and place of the
hearing. The Draft EIS will be available
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for public and agency review and
comment prior to the public hearings.
To ensure that the full range of issues
related to this proposed action are
identified and taken into account,
comments and suggestions are invited
from all interested parties. Comments
and questions concerning the proposed
action should be directed to the FHWA
contact person identified above 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
proposed program).
Charles J. O’Neill,
Planning and Program Management Team
Leader, Federal Highway Administration,
Nashville, TN.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Notice To Rescind a Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS): Appalachian
Development Highway System
Corridor K (Relocated U.S. 64), From
West of the Ocoee River to State Route
68 Near Ducktown, Polk County, TN
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) is issuing this
notice to advise the public that the
Notice of Intent published on October
28, 1999 to prepare a Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed
Appalachian Development Highway
System Corridor K (Relocated U.S. 64),
From West of the Ocoee River to State
Route 68 Near Ducktown, Polk County,
Tennessee, is being rescinded.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Charles J. O’Neill, Planning and
Program Management Team Leader,
Federal Highway Administration—
Tennessee Division Office, 640
Grassmere Park Road, Suite 112,
Nashville, TN 37211. 615–781–5772.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
FHWA, in cooperation with the
Tennessee Department of
Transportation, is rescinding the notice
of intent to prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
on the Appalachian Development
Highway System Corridor K (Relocated
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U.S. 64) project, from West of the Ocoee
River to State Route 68 near Ducktown,
Polk County, Tennessee. The proposed
project was proposed to construct a 20
mile segment of Corridor K of the
Appalachian Highway System (ADHS)
in Polk County, Tennessee.
The project as described in the
September 15, 2003 Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
was proposed to improve the
transportation system linkages in
southeastern Tennessee; provide a
highway that satisfies the design
standards appropriate to a roadway on
the ADHS and the National Truck
Network; improve safety for vehicles
and pedestrians; reduce travel delays for
through traffic; and promote the mission
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service’s Scenic Byway Program.
Since the approval of the DEIS, a
development and transportation study
of the Corridor K Region was
undertaken to further address the
economic development need for this
corridor. The study sponsored by the
Appalachian Regional Commission, the
Tennessee Department of
Transportation and the Southeast
Tennessee Development District was
completed in February 2008 and
concluded that there is a clear economic
development need for an improved eastwest transportation corridor to serve
this region. A new Environmental
Impact Statement will be prepared and
will evaluate all reasonable alternatives,
possibly including alignments not
evaluated in the original DEIS. The
original NOI is being rescinded and a
new NOI will be published subsequent
to this NOI.
To ensure that the full range of issues
related to this proposed action are
identified and taken into account,
comments and suggestions are invited
from all interested parties. Comments
and questions concerning the proposed
action should be directed to the FHWA
contact person identified above 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
proposed program.)
Charles J. O’Neill,
Planning and Program Management Team
Leader, Federal Highway Administration,
Nashville, TN.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement: Proposed Greeneville Bypass, From
US-11E (SR-34), West of Greeneville to US-11E (SR-34) East of
Greeneville; Greene County, TN
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is issuing this
notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) will be prepared for a proposed highway project in Greene County,
Tennessee.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Charles J. O'Neill, Planning and
Program Management Team Leader, Federal Highway Administration--
Tennessee Division Office, 640 Grassmere Park Road, Suite 112,
Nashville, TN 37211; 615-781-5772.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA in cooperation with the Tennessee
Department of Transportation will prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) on a proposal to construct a bypass around the City of
Greeneville.
Alternatives to be considered include: (1) No-build, (2)
Transportation System Management (TSM) alternative, (3) Mass Transit,
(4) one or more build alternatives that could include constructing a
roadway on a new location, upgrading existing US-11E (SR-34), or a
combination of both, and (5) other alternatives that may arise from
public input. Public scoping meetings will be held for the project
corridor. As part of the scoping process, federal, state, and local
agencies and officials, private organizations, citizens, and interest
groups will have an opportunity to identify issues of concern and
provide input on the purpose and need for the project, range of
alternatives, methodology, and the development of the Environmental
Impact Statement. A Coordination Plan will be developed to include the
public in the project development process. This plan will utilize the
following outreach efforts to provide information and solicit input:
Newsletters, an internet Web site, e-mail and direct mail,
informational meetings and briefings, public hearings, and other
efforts as necessary and appropriate. A public hearing will be held
upon completion of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and public
notice will be given of the time and place of the hearing. The Draft
EIS will be available for public and agency review and comment prior to
the public hearings.
To ensure that the full range of issues related to this proposed
action are identified and taken into account, comments and suggestions
are invited from all interested parties. Comments and questions
concerning the proposed action should be directed to the FHWA contact
person identified above 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 proposed program).
Charles J. O'Neill,
Planning and Program Management Team Leader, Federal Highway
Administration, Nashville, TN.
[FR Doc. E8-11342 Filed 5-20-08; 8:45 am]
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