Environmental Impact Statements: National Summary of Rescinded Notices of Intent, 39074-39075 [E8-15476]

Download as PDF 39074 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 131 / Tuesday, July 8, 2008 / Notices the Act under (c) Interim Operating Authority, (3) New entrant air tour operators (A), (B), & (C). The five new entrants seeking IOA are listed below: Operator name DBA National park unit/Abutting tribal land Kanab, Utah Air Service ........................................................ NA ....... Mauiscape Helicopters ........................................................... Skycraft Air Service ................................................................ Wings Air ................................................................................ Zip Aviation ............................................................................ NA NA NA NA Zion NP .................................................................................. Bryce Canyon NP .................................................................. Rainbow Bridge NM .............................................................. Canyon Lands NP ................................................................. Arches NP ............................................................................. Cedar Breaks NM .................................................................. Haleakala NP ......................................................................... Volcanoes NP ........................................................................ Statue of Liberty NM ............................................................. Statue of Liberty NM ............................................................. Discussion The operators cited above applied for New Entrant IOA between January of 2003 and November 2005. The FAA, having evaluated the applications, is now prepared to move forward with the application process. This notice fulfills that statutory requirement that mandates the IOA granted under the Act to be published in the Federal Register for notice and opportunity for comment. Issued in Washington, DC, on July 1, 2008. Gary Davis, Air Transportation Division, Acting Manager of AFS–200. [FR Doc. E8–15441 Filed 7–7–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Highway Administration Environmental Impact Statement: Crow Wing and Mille Lacs Counties, MN Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of Intent to Terminate EIS. ebenthall on PRODPC60 with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process for proposed highway improvements to Trunk Highway (TH) 169 in Crow Wing and Mille Lacs Counties, Minnesota is terminated. The original Notice of Intent for this EIS process was published in the Federal Register on July 17, 2000. A Revised Notice of Intent to revise the northern terminus was published in the Federal Register on February 4, 2002. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Martin, Environmental Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, Galtier Plaza, Suite 500, 380 Jackson Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101, Telephone (651) 291–6120; or James Haligren, P.E., Project Manager, Minnesota Department of VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:11 Jul 07, 2008 Jkt 214001 ....... ....... ....... ....... Transportation—District 3, 1991 Industrial Park Road, Baxter, Minnesota 56425, Telephone (218) 828–5797; (651) 296–9930 TTY. The FHWA, in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) has terminated the EIS process begun in 2000 to address transportation demand, safety problems, access management, interregional corridor status, design deficiencies and pavement condition on TH 169 from the intersection of TH 27 north of Onamia, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota to the Garrison, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. The Draft EIS for the project was approved on January 25, 2002 and included five build alternatives and the no-build alternative. On May 11, 2006, Mn/DOT notified federal, state and local agencies; tribal governments; interested parties; and the public that work on the EIS was being discontinued due to a lack of identified funding for any of the build alternatives. Mn/DOT will proceed with implementing more affordable and timely safety improvements on existing TH 169. Therefore, the EIS for this project has been terminated. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (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: June 27, 2008. Cheryl B. Martin, Environmental Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, St. Paul, Minnesota. [FR Doc. E8–15190 Filed 7–7–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–22–M PO 00000 IOA 120 120 120 120 120 120 4,140 600 1,500 12,000 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Highway Administration Environmental Impact Statements: National Summary of Rescinded Notices of Intent Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that 11 States have rescinded Notices of Intent (NOI) to prepare 19 Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) for proposed highway projects. FHWA Division Offices, in consultation with the State Departments of Transportation (State DOT), determined that 15 of these projects were no longer viable projects and have formally cancelled the projects. No resources will be expended on these projects; the environmental review process has been terminated. Four projects in four States have been reduced in scope and now meet the criteria for an Environmental Assessment (EA) rather than an EIS, or a revised NOI will be issued restarting the EIS process. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lamar Smith, Office of Project Development and Environmental Review, (202) 366–8994; Janet Myers, Office of the Chief Counsel, (202) 366– 2019; Federal Highway Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic Access An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded by accessing the Federal Register’s home page at: https://www.archives.gov and the Government Printing Office’s Web page at https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara. Background The FHWA, as lead Federal agency under the National Environmental Frm 00107 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\08JYN1.SGM 08JYN1 39075 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 131 / Tuesday, July 8, 2008 / Notices Policy Act and in furtherance of its oversight and stewardship responsibilities under the Federal-aid Highway Program, has requested that its Division Offices review, with the State DOTs, the status of all EISs and place those projects that are not actively progressing in a timely manner in an inactive project status. The FHWA maintains lists of active and inactive projects on its Web site at https:// www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/. The FHWA has determined that inactive projects that are no longer a priority or that lack resources should be rescinded with a Federal Register notice notifying the public that project activity has been terminated. As always, FHWA encourages State DOTs to work with their FHWA Division Office to determine when it is most prudent to initiate an EIS in order to best balance available resources as well as the expectations of the public. The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that 11 States (Alabama, California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington) have recently rescinded previously issued NOIs for 19 EISs for proposed highway projects. A listing of these projects, general location, original NOI date of publication in the Federal Register, and the date that the NOI was formally rescinded by notice published in the Federal Register, is provided below. The FHWA Division Offices, in consultation with the State DOTs, determined that 15 of these projects were no longer viable projects and have formally cancelled those projects. Four projects in California, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington have been reduced in scope and now meet the criteria for performing an EA rather than an EIS, or a revised NOI will be issued restarting the environmental review process. The South Stockton Six-Lane Project in Joaquin County, California, and the NE Novelty Hill project in King County, Washington, have been reduced in scope and will undergo analysis as EAs. The Mid-Currituck Sound Bridge Project in Currituck and Dare Counties, North Carolina, issued a notice on June 3, 2008, rescinding the original July 6, 1995, NOI as well as the January 1998 Draft EIS due to project changes including the adaptation of the project by the North Carolina Turnpike Authority. A new NOI for this project is expected. The South Padre Island Second Access Project in Cameron County, Texas, issued a revised NOI to rescind the original July 11, 2003, NOI and start the environmental review process again with an April 23, 2008, NOI. State Project name—location AL ................................... AL ................................... CA .................................. FL ................................... FL ................................... NC .................................. OR .................................. PA .................................. TN .................................. TX .................................. TX .................................. TX .................................. UT .................................. VA .................................. VA .................................. VA .................................. West Mobile Loop—Mobile County ............................................................................. Birmingham Northern Beltline Extension—St. Clair County ....................................... South Stockton Six-Lane Project—Joaquin County ................................................... Suncoast Parkway 2—Hernando and Citrus Counties ............................................... Upper Manatee River Road—Manatee County .......................................................... Mid-Currituck Sound Bridge Project—Currituck and Dare Counties .......................... Astoria Bypass—Clatsop County ................................................................................ Ligonier Truck Route—Westmoreland County ........................................................... Appalachian Development Highway System Corridor K—Polk County ..................... South Padre Island Second Access Project—Cameron County ................................ Bolivar Bridge—Galveston County .............................................................................. SH 122 Roadway between SH 6 and SH99—Fort Bend County .............................. I–15 North Corridor—Salt Lake City to Kaysville ........................................................ Outer Connector—Stafford and Spotsylvania Counties ............................................. I–77/I–81 Improvement Project—Wythe County ......................................................... Interstate 66 Multimodal Transportation and Environmental Study—Fairfax and Prince William Counties. Route 29 South Bypass Improvement Project—near Lynchburg ............................... Spotsylvania Parkway—Spotsylvania County ............................................................. NE Novelty Hill—King County ..................................................................................... VA .................................. VA .................................. WA ................................. (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: June 30, 2008. James D. Ray, Acting Federal Highway Administrator. [FR Doc. E8–15476 Filed 7–7–08; 8:45 am] ebenthall on PRODPC60 with NOTICES 15:11 Jul 07, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Highway Administration [FHWA Docket No. FHWA–2008–0070] Exploratory Advanced Research Program Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT. ACTION: Notice; Request for comments. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Section 502 of title 23 of the United States Code directs the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to establish an Exploratory Advanced Research Program (EARP). The stated purpose of the EARP is to address longer-term and higher-risk research with potentially dramatic breakthroughs for improving the BILLING CODE 4910–22–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 NOI date Jkt 214001 PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Rescinded date 8/28/2002 8/2/2006 1/29/2002 6/11/2002 1/21/2004 7/6/1995 9/28/1994 1/29/1993 10/28/1999 7/11/2003 2/10/2006 9/16/2002 1/22/1997 6/1/1995 5/10/2001 1/11/2002 5/7/2008 4/7/22008 3/13/2008 3/11/2008 3/14/2008 6/3/2008 4/7/2008 2/20/2008 5/21/2008 4/23/2008 1/30/2008 3/14/2008 4/10/2008 5/22/2008 5/22/2008 5/22/2008 3/4/2002 11/15/2002 1/18/2001 5/22/2008 5/22/2008 4/2/2008 durability, efficiency, environmental impact, productivity and safety aspects of highway and intermodal transportation systems. The purpose of this notice is to announce exploratory advanced research that will take place under the EARP, to encourage interest in such work by organizations or individuals conducting related work or anticipating the results of such work, and to solicit comments about the long-term impact of such work on future research, technical innovation, or transportation industry practices. FHWA requests comments on or before October 6, 2008 in order to consider and plan for coordination of research. DATES: E:\FR\FM\08JYN1.SGM 08JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39074-39075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15476]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statements: National Summary of Rescinded 
Notices of Intent

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that 11 
States have rescinded Notices of Intent (NOI) to prepare 19 
Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) for proposed highway projects. 
FHWA Division Offices, in consultation with the State Departments of 
Transportation (State DOT), determined that 15 of these projects were 
no longer viable projects and have formally cancelled the projects. No 
resources will be expended on these projects; the environmental review 
process has been terminated. Four projects in four States have been 
reduced in scope and now meet the criteria for an Environmental 
Assessment (EA) rather than an EIS, or a revised NOI will be issued 
restarting the EIS process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lamar Smith, Office of Project 
Development and Environmental Review, (202) 366-8994; Janet Myers, 
Office of the Chief Counsel, (202) 366-2019; Federal Highway 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded by accessing 
the Federal Register's home page at: https://www.archives.gov and the 
Government Printing Office's Web page at https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara.

Background

    The FHWA, as lead Federal agency under the National Environmental

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Policy Act and in furtherance of its oversight and stewardship 
responsibilities under the Federal-aid Highway Program, has requested 
that its Division Offices review, with the State DOTs, the status of 
all EISs and place those projects that are not actively progressing in 
a timely manner in an inactive project status. The FHWA maintains lists 
of active and inactive projects on its Web site at https://
www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/. The FHWA has determined that inactive 
projects that are no longer a priority or that lack resources should be 
rescinded with a Federal Register notice notifying the public that 
project activity has been terminated. As always, FHWA encourages State 
DOTs to work with their FHWA Division Office to determine when it is 
most prudent to initiate an EIS in order to best balance available 
resources as well as the expectations of the public.
    The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that 11 States 
(Alabama, California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, 
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington) have recently 
rescinded previously issued NOIs for 19 EISs for proposed highway 
projects. A listing of these projects, general location, original NOI 
date of publication in the Federal Register, and the date that the NOI 
was formally rescinded by notice published in the Federal Register, is 
provided below. The FHWA Division Offices, in consultation with the 
State DOTs, determined that 15 of these projects were no longer viable 
projects and have formally cancelled those projects. Four projects in 
California, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington have been reduced in 
scope and now meet the criteria for performing an EA rather than an 
EIS, or a revised NOI will be issued restarting the environmental 
review process. The South Stockton Six-Lane Project in Joaquin County, 
California, and the NE Novelty Hill project in King County, Washington, 
have been reduced in scope and will undergo analysis as EAs. The Mid-
Currituck Sound Bridge Project in Currituck and Dare Counties, North 
Carolina, issued a notice on June 3, 2008, rescinding the original July 
6, 1995, NOI as well as the January 1998 Draft EIS due to project 
changes including the adaptation of the project by the North Carolina 
Turnpike Authority. A new NOI for this project is expected. The South 
Padre Island Second Access Project in Cameron County, Texas, issued a 
revised NOI to rescind the original July 11, 2003, NOI and start the 
environmental review process again with an April 23, 2008, NOI.

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                   State                            Project name--location           NOI date     Rescinded date
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AL.........................................  West Mobile Loop--Mobile County....       8/28/2002        5/7/2008
 AL........................................  Birmingham Northern Beltline               8/2/2006       4/7/22008
                                              Extension--St. Clair County.
CA.........................................  South Stockton Six-Lane Project--         1/29/2002       3/13/2008
                                              Joaquin County.
FL.........................................  Suncoast Parkway 2--Hernando and          6/11/2002       3/11/2008
                                              Citrus Counties.
FL.........................................  Upper Manatee River Road--Manatee         1/21/2004       3/14/2008
                                              County.
NC.........................................   Mid-Currituck Sound Bridge                7/6/1995        6/3/2008
                                              Project--Currituck and Dare
                                              Counties.
OR.........................................  Astoria Bypass--Clatsop County.....       9/28/1994        4/7/2008
PA.........................................  Ligonier Truck Route--Westmoreland        1/29/1993       2/20/2008
                                              County.
TN.........................................  Appalachian Development Highway          10/28/1999       5/21/2008
                                              System Corridor K--Polk County.
TX.........................................   South Padre Island Second Access         7/11/2003       4/23/2008
                                              Project--Cameron County.
TX.........................................  Bolivar Bridge--Galveston County...       2/10/2006       1/30/2008
TX.........................................  SH 122 Roadway between SH 6 and           9/16/2002       3/14/2008
                                              SH99--Fort Bend County.
UT.........................................  I-15 North Corridor--Salt Lake City       1/22/1997       4/10/2008
                                              to Kaysville.
VA.........................................  Outer Connector--Stafford and              6/1/1995       5/22/2008
                                              Spotsylvania Counties.
VA.........................................  I-77/I-81 Improvement Project--           5/10/2001       5/22/2008
                                              Wythe County.
VA.........................................  Interstate 66 Multimodal                  1/11/2002       5/22/2008
                                              Transportation and Environmental
                                              Study--Fairfax and Prince William
                                              Counties.
VA.........................................  Route 29 South Bypass Improvement          3/4/2002       5/22/2008
                                              Project--near Lynchburg.
VA.........................................  Spotsylvania Parkway--Spotsylvania       11/15/2002       5/22/2008
                                              County.
WA.........................................  NE Novelty Hill--King County.......       1/18/2001        4/2/2008
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(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: June 30, 2008.
James D. Ray,
Acting Federal Highway Administrator.
 [FR Doc. E8-15476 Filed 7-7-08; 8:45 am]
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