Environmental Impact Statement: Smith County, Texas, 17376 [2020-05601]
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number 59008)
James Rivera,
Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement:
Smith County, Texas
Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT), Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Federal notice of intent to
prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS).
AGENCY:
The FHWA, on behalf of
TxDOT, is issuing this notice to advise
the public that an EIS will be prepared
for a proposed transportation project to
construct Toll 49, Segment 6 located
partially within and just east of the City
of Tyler in Smith County, Texas. The
project is sponsored by the North East
Texas Regional Mobility Authority.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Ford, Project Delivery Manager,
Environmental Affairs Division, Texas
Department of Transportation, 125 E
11th Street, Austin, Texas 78701–2483,
telephone (512) 416–2687, email:
scott.ford@txdot.gov. TxDOT’s normal
business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(central time), Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
environmental review, consultation, and
other actions required by applicable
Federal environmental laws for this
project are being, or have been, carried
out by TxDOT pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327
and a Memorandum of Understanding
dated December 9, 2019, and executed
by FHWA and TxDOT.
Toll 49, Segment 6 will be an
extension of Toll 49 from the Toll 49,
Segment 5 eastern terminus at State
Highway (SH) 110 to United States (US)
271. There is no existing facility;
therefore, the project is proposed on a
new location. The proposed roadway
will consist of an interim two-lane
facility (one lane in each direction) with
an intermittent single passing lane that
alternates direction along the length of
the corridor (Super 2) and an ultimate
four-lane divided highway.
The EIS will evaluate a range of build
alternatives and a no-build alternative.
Possible build alternatives include three
route options identified in the Toll 49,
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Segment 6 Feasibility Study completed
in November 2019. The three route
options begin at the Toll 49, Segment 5
terminus at SH 110, end at different
locations on US 271, and range from 10
to 13 miles long. TxDOT will issue a
single Final Environmental Impact
Statement and Record of Decision
document pursuant to 23 U.S.C.
139(n)(2), unless TxDOT determines
statutory criteria or practicability
considerations preclude issuance of a
combined document.
In accordance with 23 U.S.C. 139,
cooperating agencies, participating
agencies, and the public will be given
an opportunity for continued input on
project development. A public scoping
meeting is planned for Spring 2020 at a
location to be determined. An agency
scoping meeting will also be held with
participating and cooperating agencies.
The agency and public scoping meetings
will provide an opportunity for the
participating/cooperating agencies and
public to review and comment on the
draft coordination plan and schedule,
the project purpose and need, the range
of alternatives, and methodologies and
level of detail for analyzing alternatives.
In addition to the agency and public
scoping meetings, a public hearing will
be held. Public notice will be given of
the time and place of the meetings and
hearing.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning
and Construction.)
Issued on: March 12, 2020.
Michael T. Leary,
Director, Planning and Program Development,
Federal Highway Administration.
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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–RSPA–2003–15122]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special
Permit; Texas Eastern Transmission,
L.P.
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
PHMSA is publishing this
notice to solicit public comment on a
request from Texas Eastern
Transmission L.P., (TET) to renew a
previously issued special permit. TET is
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or deny the special permit renewal
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2020.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement: Smith County, Texas
AGENCY: Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Federal notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS).
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SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of TxDOT, is issuing this notice to advise
the public that an EIS will be prepared for a proposed transportation
project to construct Toll 49, Segment 6 located partially within and
just east of the City of Tyler in Smith County, Texas. The project is
sponsored by the North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Ford, Project Delivery Manager,
Environmental Affairs Division, Texas Department of Transportation, 125
E 11th Street, Austin, Texas 78701-2483, telephone (512) 416-2687,
email: [email protected]. TxDOT's normal business hours are 8:00
a.m. to 5 p.m. (central time), Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The environmental review, consultation, and
other actions required by applicable Federal environmental laws for
this project are being, or have been, carried out by TxDOT pursuant to
23 U.S.C. 327 and a Memorandum of Understanding dated December 9, 2019,
and executed by FHWA and TxDOT.
Toll 49, Segment 6 will be an extension of Toll 49 from the Toll
49, Segment 5 eastern terminus at State Highway (SH) 110 to United
States (US) 271. There is no existing facility; therefore, the project
is proposed on a new location. The proposed roadway will consist of an
interim two-lane facility (one lane in each direction) with an
intermittent single passing lane that alternates direction along the
length of the corridor (Super 2) and an ultimate four-lane divided
highway.
The EIS will evaluate a range of build alternatives and a no-build
alternative. Possible build alternatives include three route options
identified in the Toll 49, Segment 6 Feasibility Study completed in
November 2019. The three route options begin at the Toll 49, Segment 5
terminus at SH 110, end at different locations on US 271, and range
from 10 to 13 miles long. TxDOT will issue a single Final Environmental
Impact Statement and Record of Decision document pursuant to 23 U.S.C.
139(n)(2), unless TxDOT determines statutory criteria or practicability
considerations preclude issuance of a combined document.
In accordance with 23 U.S.C. 139, cooperating agencies,
participating agencies, and the public will be given an opportunity for
continued input on project development. A public scoping meeting is
planned for Spring 2020 at a location to be determined. An agency
scoping meeting will also be held with participating and cooperating
agencies. The agency and public scoping meetings will provide an
opportunity for the participating/cooperating agencies and public to
review and comment on the draft coordination plan and schedule, the
project purpose and need, the range of alternatives, and methodologies
and level of detail for analyzing alternatives. In addition to the
agency and public scoping meetings, a public hearing will be held.
Public notice will be given of the time and place of the meetings and
hearing.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205,
Highway Planning and Construction.)
Issued on: March 12, 2020.
Michael T. Leary,
Director, Planning and Program Development, Federal Highway
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-05601 Filed 3-26-20; 8:45 am]
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