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Environmental Impact Statements:
National Summary of Rescinded
Notices of Intent
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The FHWA is issuing this
notice to advise the public that 11 States
have rescinded Notices of Intent (NOIs)
to prepare 21 Environmental Impact
Statements (EISs) for proposed highway
projects. The FHWA Division Offices, in
consultation with the State departments
of transportation (State DOTs),
determined that six projects were no
longer viable and have formally
cancelled the projects. No further
Federal resources will be expended on
these projects; the environmental review
process has been terminated. Seven
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projects have been reduced in scope or
found not to have significant impacts
and now meet the criteria for an
Environmental Assessment (EA) or a
Categorical Exclusion (CE). Six projects
are currently undergoing re-scoping.
After additional study, two individual
projects were combined into a new
single corridor project and a new EIS
will be prepared.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kreig Larson, Office of Project
Development and Environmental
Review, (202) 366–2056, or Janet Myers,
Office of the Chief Counsel, (202) 366–
2019; Federal Highway Administration,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590.
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Background
The FHWA, as lead Federal agency
under the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) and in furtherance of
its oversight and stewardship
responsibilities under the Federal-aid
highway program, periodically requests
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 EIS
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 financial resources should be
rescinded with a Federal Register notice
notifying the public that project activity
has been terminated. This notice covers
the time period since the last summary
was issued on July 6, 2010, and
published in the Federal Register at 75
FR 44044 (July 27, 2010). 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 at the request of
11 States (California, Idaho, Iowa,
Maine, Mississippi, New Mexico, New
York, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and
Washington) the FHWA recently
rescinded previously issued NOIs for 21
EISs for proposed highway projects. A
listing of these projects, general
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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 six of these projects
were no longer viable projects and have
formally cancelled those projects. The
projects are: The Skowhegan
transportation and accessibility project
in Somerset County, Maine; the I–10/
SR–25 connector in Harrison and Stone
Counties, Mississippi; US–49/I–20
interchange in Ranking County,
Mississippi; US–82/I–69 connector in
Washington and Bolivar Counties,
Mississippi; proposed SR–15 near
Beaumont, Harrison, George, Greene,
Jackson, Perry, and Stone, Mississippi;
and the Southeastern Parkway and
Greenbelt in Chesapeake and Virginia
Beach, Virginia.
The FHWA Division Offices, in
consultation with the State DOTs,
determined that seven additional
projects would be reduced in scope or
are expected not to have significant
impacts. In California, the proposed
24th Street Improvement Project in Kern
County has been reduced in scope and
now meets the criteria for an EA. New
Mexico’s Northwest Loop project in
Sandoval and Bernalillo Counties has
been reduced in scope and is now
eligible for a CE. The Bridge
Rehabilitation and Interchange
Improvements Project in Queens
County, New York, has been reduced in
scope and will be eligible for a CE.
Route 475 in Knoxville, Loudon, Knox,
and Anderson Counties, Tennessee,
now expects a significantly smaller
traffic volume and will no longer
require an EIS. Seattle, Washington’s
Seattle Ferry Terminal (Colman Dock)
project has been reduced in scope and
will require an EA or CE. The Forest
Road 56 improvement project in King
County, Washington, has been reduced
in scope and an EA will be published.
The extension of SR–374 in
Montgomery County, Tennessee, is not
expected to have a significant
environmental impact and an EA will
now be prepared.
Six projects are currently undergoing
re-scoping and are expected to require
either an EA or CE when re-scoping is
complete. These projects include: The
SH–44 project in Ada and Canyon
Counties, Idaho; the roadway
improvement project in Warren County,
Iowa; SH–71 in Travis County, Texas;
US–181/SH–286 in Nueces County,
Texas; US–181/SH–286 in Cameron
County, Texas; and the proposed I–69
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extension near Laredo and the Lower
Rio Grande Valley, Texas.
In addition, after further study and
interagency coordination, it was
determined that the SR138 and SR18
projects in Los Angeles County and San
Bernardino County, California, should
be combined into one project. A new
NOI was issued and an EIS will be
prepared.
State
Project name
Original
NOI date
Rescinded
NOI date
CA ......
CA ......
CA ......
ID .......
IA ........
ME ......
MS ......
MS ......
MS ......
MS ......
NM .....
NY ......
TN ......
TN ......
TX ......
TX ......
TX ......
TX ......
VA ......
WA .....
WA .....
New State Route 138 project in Los Angeles County ........................................................................................
High Desert Corridor project, State Route 18, in San Bernardino County .........................................................
24th Street Improvement Project in Kern County ...............................................................................................
State Highway 44 in Ada and Canyon County ...................................................................................................
Roadway improvement project in Warren County ..............................................................................................
The Skowhegan transportation and accessibility project in Somerset County ..................................................
I–10/SR–25 connector in Harrison and Stone Counties .....................................................................................
US–49/I–20 interchange in Ranking County .......................................................................................................
US–82/I–69 connector in Washington and Bolivar Counties ..............................................................................
SR–15 near Beaumont, Harrison, George, Greene, Jackson, Perry, and Stone ..............................................
Northwest Loop project in Sandoval and Bernalillo Counties ............................................................................
Bridge Rehabilitation and Interchange Improvements Project, Queens County ................................................
Route 475 in Knoxville, Loudon, Knox, and Anderson Counties .......................................................................
SR–374 extension in Montgomery County .........................................................................................................
SH–71 in Travis County ......................................................................................................................................
US–181/SH–286 in Cameron County .................................................................................................................
US–181/SH–286 in Nueces County ....................................................................................................................
I–69 extension near Laredo and the Lower Rio Grande Valley .........................................................................
Southeastern Parkway and Greenbelt in Chesapeake and Virginia Beach .......................................................
Seattle Ferry Terminal (Colman Dock) in Seattle ...............................................................................................
Forest Road 56 in King County ..........................................................................................................................
10/12/07
1/27/2009
4/23/2008
8/28/2007
4/26/2007
11/29/2005
8/12/2005
5/22/2009
11/29/2005
5/28/2009
1/16/2009
3/12/2004
11/4/2005
4/21/2010
6/2/2008
4/6/2007
4/6/2007
1/15/2004
12/24/2003
3/17/2006
4/27/2001
9/24/2010
9/24/2010
11/10/2010
3/17/2011
8/4/2010
9/3/2010
11/22/2010
11/30/2010
12/1/2010
12/28/2010
4/15/2011
9/7/2010
9/21/2010
1/19/2011
9/7/2010
10/15/2010
11/3/2010
1/25/2011
11/17/2010
2/10/2011
2/28/2011
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and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372
regarding intergovernmental consultation on
Federal programs and activities apply to this
program.)
Issued on: May 23, 2011.
Victor M. Mendez,
Federal Highway Administrator.
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Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions
on Proposed Highway in California
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
AGENCY:
Notice of Limitation on Claims
for Judicial Review of Actions by the
California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans), pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327.
ACTION:
The FHWA, on behalf of
Caltrans, is issuing this notice to
announce actions taken by Caltrans that
are final within the meaning of 23
U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a
proposed highway project, the US 101/
Broadway Interchange Reconstruction
Project in the City of Burlingame,
County of San Mateo, State of California
(Post Miles 16.30 to 17.06). Those
actions grant licenses, permits, and
approvals for the project.
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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 November 28, 2011. 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, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific
Standard Time, Telephone (510) 286–
5231, e-mail melanie_brent@dot.ca.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective
July 1, 2007, the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) assigned, and
the California Department of
Transportation (Caltrans) assumed,
environmental responsibilities for this
project pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327.
Notice is hereby given that Caltrans and
certain federal agencies have taken final
agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C.
139(l)(1) by issuing licenses, permits,
and approvals for the US 101/Broadway
Interchange Reconstruction Project in
the State of California. The project will
construct a new seven-lane Broadway
overcrossing approximately 170 feet to
the north of the existing four-lane
structure in the City of Burlingame,
County of San Mateo. The purpose of
the project is to improve traffic
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movements and access around the
interchange, accommodate future traffic
increases at adjacent intersections,
improve operations at the southbound
US 101 ramps, and increase bicyclist
and pedestrian access. The project
length is 0.76 mile, and construction is
anticipated to take 2 to 2.5 years. The
actions by the Federal agencies, and the
laws under which such actions were
taken, are described in the Initial Study
with Mitigated Negative Declaration/
Environmental Assessment (IS/EA) for
the project, approved on March 18,
2011, in the Finding of No Significant
Impact (FONSI) issued on March 18,
2011, and in other documents in the
FHWA project records. The IS/EA,
FONSI, and other project records are
available by contacting Caltrans at the
address provided above. The Caltrans
IS/EA and FONSI can be viewed and
downloaded from the project Web site at
https://www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/documents/
101_broadway_interch/ea_235840_
101bdwy_fed_1_front_matter_thru_
chapter_6.pdf.
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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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 (NOIs) to prepare 21
Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) for proposed highway projects.
The FHWA Division Offices, in consultation with the State departments
of transportation (State DOTs), determined that six projects were no
longer viable and have formally cancelled the projects. No further
Federal resources will be expended on these projects; the environmental
review process has been terminated. Seven projects have been reduced in
scope or found not to have significant impacts and now meet the
criteria for an Environmental Assessment (EA) or a Categorical
Exclusion (CE). Six projects are currently undergoing re-scoping. After
additional study, two individual projects were combined into a new
single corridor project and a new EIS will be prepared.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kreig Larson, Office of Project
Development and Environmental Review, (202) 366-2056, or 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
Policy Act (NEPA) and in furtherance of its oversight and stewardship
responsibilities under the Federal-aid highway program, periodically
requests 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 EIS 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 financial
resources should be rescinded with a Federal Register notice notifying
the public that project activity has been terminated. This notice
covers the time period since the last summary was issued on July 6,
2010, and published in the Federal Register at 75 FR 44044 (July 27,
2010). 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 at the
request of 11 States (California, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Mississippi, New
Mexico, New York, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington) the FHWA
recently rescinded previously issued NOIs for 21 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 six of these projects were no longer viable projects
and have formally cancelled those projects. The projects are: The
Skowhegan transportation and accessibility project in Somerset County,
Maine; the I-10/SR-25 connector in Harrison and Stone Counties,
Mississippi; US-49/I-20 interchange in Ranking County, Mississippi; US-
82/I-69 connector in Washington and Bolivar Counties, Mississippi;
proposed SR-15 near Beaumont, Harrison, George, Greene, Jackson, Perry,
and Stone, Mississippi; and the Southeastern Parkway and Greenbelt in
Chesapeake and Virginia Beach, Virginia.
The FHWA Division Offices, in consultation with the State DOTs,
determined that seven additional projects would be reduced in scope or
are expected not to have significant impacts. In California, the
proposed 24th Street Improvement Project in Kern County has been
reduced in scope and now meets the criteria for an EA. New Mexico's
Northwest Loop project in Sandoval and Bernalillo Counties has been
reduced in scope and is now eligible for a CE. The Bridge
Rehabilitation and Interchange Improvements Project in Queens County,
New York, has been reduced in scope and will be eligible for a CE.
Route 475 in Knoxville, Loudon, Knox, and Anderson Counties, Tennessee,
now expects a significantly smaller traffic volume and will no longer
require an EIS. Seattle, Washington's Seattle Ferry Terminal (Colman
Dock) project has been reduced in scope and will require an EA or CE.
The Forest Road 56 improvement project in King County, Washington, has
been reduced in scope and an EA will be published. The extension of SR-
374 in Montgomery County, Tennessee, is not expected to have a
significant environmental impact and an EA will now be prepared.
Six projects are currently undergoing re-scoping and are expected
to require either an EA or CE when re-scoping is complete. These
projects include: The SH-44 project in Ada and Canyon Counties, Idaho;
the roadway improvement project in Warren County, Iowa; SH-71 in Travis
County, Texas; US-181/SH-286 in Nueces County, Texas; US-181/SH-286 in
Cameron County, Texas; and the proposed I-69
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extension near Laredo and the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas.
In addition, after further study and interagency coordination, it
was determined that the SR138 and SR18 projects in Los Angeles County
and San Bernardino County, California, should be combined into one
project. A new NOI was issued and an EIS will be prepared.
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Original Rescinded
State Project name NOI date NOI date
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CA.......... New State Route 138 project in Los 10/12/07 9/24/2010
Angeles County.
CA.......... High Desert Corridor project, 1/27/2009 9/24/2010
State Route 18, in San Bernardino
County.
CA.......... 24th Street Improvement Project in 4/23/2008 11/10/2010
Kern County.
ID.......... State Highway 44 in Ada and Canyon 8/28/2007 3/17/2011
County.
IA.......... Roadway improvement project in 4/26/2007 8/4/2010
Warren County.
ME.......... The Skowhegan transportation and 11/29/2005 9/3/2010
accessibility project in Somerset
County.
MS.......... I-10/SR-25 connector in Harrison 8/12/2005 11/22/2010
and Stone Counties.
MS.......... US-49/I-20 interchange in Ranking 5/22/2009 11/30/2010
County.
MS.......... US-82/I-69 connector in Washington 11/29/2005 12/1/2010
and Bolivar Counties.
MS.......... SR-15 near Beaumont, Harrison, 5/28/2009 12/28/2010
George, Greene, Jackson, Perry,
and Stone.
NM.......... Northwest Loop project in Sandoval 1/16/2009 4/15/2011
and Bernalillo Counties.
NY.......... Bridge Rehabilitation and 3/12/2004 9/7/2010
Interchange Improvements Project,
Queens County.
TN.......... Route 475 in Knoxville, Loudon, 11/4/2005 9/21/2010
Knox, and Anderson Counties.
TN.......... SR-374 extension in Montgomery 4/21/2010 1/19/2011
County.
TX.......... SH-71 in Travis County............ 6/2/2008 9/7/2010
TX.......... US-181/SH-286 in Cameron County... 4/6/2007 10/15/2010
TX.......... US-181/SH-286 in Nueces County.... 4/6/2007 11/3/2010
TX.......... I-69 extension near Laredo and the 1/15/2004 1/25/2011
Lower Rio Grande Valley.
VA.......... Southeastern Parkway and Greenbelt 12/24/2003 11/17/2010
in Chesapeake and Virginia Beach.
WA.......... Seattle Ferry Terminal (Colman 3/17/2006 2/10/2011
Dock) in Seattle.
WA.......... Forest Road 56 in King County..... 4/27/2001 2/28/2011
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Highway Planning and Construction. The regulations implementing
Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental consultation on
Federal programs and activities apply to this program.)
Issued on: May 23, 2011.
Victor M. Mendez,
Federal Highway Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2011-13541 Filed 5-31-11; 8:45 am]
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