Tennessee Division: Notice To Rescind a Notice of Intent (NOI) to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS): State Route 91 Improvements in Elizabethton, Carter County, TN, 31836 [2010-13428]
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activities. In addition, the rate on MD 4
from FDR Boulevard to MD 235, as well
as the rear end collision rate across the
Thomas Johnson Memorial Bridge, is
greater than the statewide average.
Alternatives under consideration
include taking no action and widening
existing MD 4 to a four-lane divided
highway, with various options for
bridge improvements and/or
reconstruction. The EA will be available
for public and agency review and
comment prior to a Public Hearing.
Public notice will be given of the
availability of the EA for review and of
the time and place of this hearing. A
Scoping Meeting was held in May 2007,
and two Open House Workshops were
held in June 2008 to solicit opinions
and ideas on proposed improvements
from local citizens.
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 determination
that an EA is the proper environmental
document should be directed to FHWA
at the address provided above.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Number 20.205, Highway Research,
Planning and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372
regarding intergovernmental consultation on
Federal programs and activities apply to this
program.)
Issued on May 27, 2010.
Jeanette Mar,
Environmental Program Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Tennessee Division: Notice To Rescind
a Notice of Intent (NOI) to Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS):
State Route 91 Improvements in
Elizabethton, Carter County, TN
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AGENCY: Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Rescind NOI to prepare an EIS.
SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this
notice to advise the public that the NOI
published on February 22, 2007, at 72
FR 8054, to prepare an EIS for the State
Route 91 Improvements in Elizabethton,
Carter County, Tennessee, is being
rescinded.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Charles J. O’Neill, Planning and
Program Management Team leader,
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The
FHWA, in cooperation with the
Tennessee Department of
Transportation (TDOT) is rescinding the
NOI to prepare an EIS for the State
Route 91 Improvements in Elizabethton,
Carter County, Tennessee.
The proposed project calls for
improving the State Route 91 corridor
from west of State Route 362 to just west
of State Route-37 (U.S. 19E), a distance
of approximately four miles. The
purpose of the project is to improve
traffic flow, travel time, and mobility;
reduce the conflicts between vehicles on
State Route 91; and create an easily
navigable route to area businesses along
State Route 91. Since the NOI to prepare
an EIS was published in the Federal
Register on February 22, 2007, TDOT
has conducted public involvement and
agency coordination, developed a
purpose and need for the project, and
developed preliminary alternatives to be
examined in the EIS. The preliminary
alternatives included No-Build, a
Transportation System Management
(TSM) alternative, build alternatives
that would construct a roadway on new
locations to the north and to the south
of the existing roadway, and an upgrade
to existing State Route 91. Preliminary
screenings identified sensitive
environmental features associated with
new location alternatives that could
result in potentially significant adverse
impacts.
FHWA and TDOT have determined
that a combination of TSM and upgrade
improvements along existing State
Route 91 would meet the need and
purpose of the project and could be
accomplished without potentially
significant adverse impacts to sensitive
environmental features. FHWA and
TDOT will evaluate these improvements
of State Route 91 along the existing
route as a Categorical Exclusion.
Comments and questions concerning
the proposed action should be directed
to FHWA at the address provided above.
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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
proposed program.)
Charles J. O’Neill,
Planning and Program Management Team
Leader, Nashville, TN.
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Withdrawal of Regulatory Guidance
Concerning the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Regulations
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; withdrawal of regulatory
guidance.
SUMMARY: FMCSA announces the
withdrawal of a number of items of
regulatory guidance concerning the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations (FMCSRs) that are now
obsolete as a result of rules published by
FMCSA and found in 49 CFR part 393,
‘‘Parts and accessories necessary for safe
operation.’’ All prior interpretations and
regulatory guidance concerning the
applicability of the obsolete FMCSRs
that were published in the Federal
Register, as well as memoranda and
letters concerning those regulations,
may no longer be relied upon as
authoritative if they are inconsistent
with the revised and/or amended
regulations.
DATES: Effective Date: This regulatory
guidance is effective on June 4, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Deborah M. Freund, Vehicle and
Roadside Operations Division, Office of
Bus and Truck Standards and
Operations, (202) 366–5370, Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington,
DC 20590–0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Legal Basis
The Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984
(Pub. L. 98–554, Title II, 98 Stat. 2832,
October 30, 1984) (the 1984 Act)
provides authority to regulate drivers,
motor carriers, and vehicle equipment.
It requires the Secretary of
Transportation (Secretary) to prescribe
regulations on minimum safety
standards for commercial motor vehicle
(CMV) safety. At a minimum, the
regulations shall ensure that: (1) CMVs
are maintained, equipped, loaded, and
operated safely; (2) the responsibilities
imposed on operators of CMVs do not
impair their ability to operate the
vehicles safely; (3) the physical
condition of operators of CMVs is
adequate to enable them to operate the
vehicles safely; and (4) the operation of
CMVs does not have a deleterious effect
on the physical condition of the
operators (49 U.S.C. 31136(a)). Section
211 of the 1984 Act also grants the
Secretary broad power, in carrying out
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Tennessee Division: Notice To Rescind a Notice of Intent (NOI) to
Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS): State Route 91
Improvements in Elizabethton, Carter County, TN
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Rescind NOI to prepare an EIS.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the
NOI published on February 22, 2007, at 72 FR 8054, to prepare an EIS
for the State Route 91 Improvements in Elizabethton, Carter County,
Tennessee, is being rescinded.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Charles J. O'Neill, Planning and
Program Management Team leader, FHWA-Tennessee Division Office, 404 BNA
Drive, Suite 508, Nashville, TN 37217.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Tennessee
Department of Transportation (TDOT) is rescinding the NOI to prepare an
EIS for the State Route 91 Improvements in Elizabethton, Carter County,
Tennessee.
The proposed project calls for improving the State Route 91
corridor from west of State Route 362 to just west of State Route-37
(U.S. 19E), a distance of approximately four miles. The purpose of the
project is to improve traffic flow, travel time, and mobility; reduce
the conflicts between vehicles on State Route 91; and create an easily
navigable route to area businesses along State Route 91. Since the NOI
to prepare an EIS was published in the Federal Register on February 22,
2007, TDOT has conducted public involvement and agency coordination,
developed a purpose and need for the project, and developed preliminary
alternatives to be examined in the EIS. The preliminary alternatives
included No-Build, a Transportation System Management (TSM)
alternative, build alternatives that would construct a roadway on new
locations to the north and to the south of the existing roadway, and an
upgrade to existing State Route 91. Preliminary screenings identified
sensitive environmental features associated with new location
alternatives that could result in potentially significant adverse
impacts.
FHWA and TDOT have determined that a combination of TSM and upgrade
improvements along existing State Route 91 would meet the need and
purpose of the project and could be accomplished without potentially
significant adverse impacts to sensitive environmental features. FHWA
and TDOT will evaluate these improvements of State Route 91 along the
existing route as a Categorical Exclusion.
Comments and questions concerning the proposed action should be
directed to FHWA 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, Nashville, TN.
[FR Doc. 2010-13428 Filed 6-3-10; 8:45 am]
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