Environmental Impact Statement: Adoption: St. Tammany Parish, LA

Charles W. Bolinger
Federal Highway Administration
November 1, 2013

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 212 (Friday, November 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 65747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26051]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Adoption: St. Tammany Parish, LA

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: FHWA is issuing this notice of intent to advise the public of 
its intent to adopt an existing Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in 
accordance with the Council on Environment Quality regulations, 40 CFR 
1506.3. The final EIS was prepared and approved by the US Army of 
Engineers, New Orleans District for LA 3241, I-12 to Bush Highway in 
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. The FEIS will be supplemented to include 
a noise analysis in accordance with 23 CFR part 772, a Section 4(f) 
evaluation in accordance with 23 CFR part 774, and an analysis of the 
effects resulting from a change in the location of the connection with 
LA 434.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl Highsmith, Project Delivery Team 
Leader, Louisiana Division, Federal Highway Administration, 5304 
Flanders Drive, Suite A, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 Telephone: 225.757.7615. 
See also the project Web site at http://www.i12tobush.com.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Louisiana 
Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), intends to adopt 
an approved Final EIS for the I-12 to Bush Highway in St. Tammany 
Parish, Louisiana. The EIS was prepared by the US Army Corps of 
Engineers, New Orleans District, as part of a Section 404 permit 
application number MVN-2005-00037. The NOI for the EIS appeared in the 
FR, Volume 73, Number 224, November 19, 2008. The project calls for the 
construction of a new four-lane highway connecting I-12 to Bush, 
Louisiana, in St. Tammany Parish. The preferred alternative is 
approximately 19.8 miles in length and begins at LA 434, north of the 
existing LA 434 interchange, and traverses in a northeasterly direction 
until encountering an abandoned rail corridor. It then follows the rail 
corridor terminating at the LA 21/LA 41 intersection near Bush, 
Louisiana. The EIS considered the social, environmental, and economic 
impacts of the project. The No-Action alternative and four roadway 
alternatives were evaluated and discussed in the draft and final EIS. 
The FHWA will prepare a noise study in accordance with 23 CFR part 772 
and coordinate the Section 4(f) evaluation for the project in 
accordance with 40 CFR 1505.2. The public will be given an opportunity 
to comment on the proposed action prior to issuance of a ROD by FHWA. 
The public notice will be published in local newspapers and on the 
project Web site at www.i12tobush.com.
    Comments or questions concerning this proposed action and the EIS 
should be directed to the 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: October 23, 2013.
Charles W. Bolinger,
Division Administrator, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
[FR Doc. 2013-26051 Filed 10-31-13; 8:45 am]
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