Rescinding the Notice of Intent To Prepare Environmental Impact Statement (EIS): Maui County, Hawaii

Ralph Rizzo
Federal Highway Administration
5 June 2020

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 109 (Friday, June 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34712-34713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12119]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Rescinding the Notice of Intent To Prepare Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS): Maui County, Hawaii

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice to rescind notice of intent (NOI) to prepare an 
environmental impact statement (EIS).

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the 
FHWA will not be preparing an EIS to evaluate alternatives that would 
reduce congestion and improve safety and reliability of Hana Highway 
between the intersection of Hana Highway with Haleakala Highway and 
Maliko Gulch on the north side of the Paia-Haiku region, Maui County, 
Hawaii. An NOI to prepare an EIS was published in the Federal Register 
on November 17, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ralph Rizzo, Division Administrator,

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Federal Highway Administration, 300 Ala Moana Boulevard, Box 50206, 
Honolulu, Hawaii 96850, Telephone: (808) 541-2700.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the State of 
Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), initiated an EIS with an 
NOI published in the Federal Register on November 17, 2009, at 67 FR 
38310, to prepare an EIS.
    The EIS identified three build alternatives within the initial 
project limits which varied from 6.3 miles to 6.9 miles in total 
length. An extensive Archaeological Inventory Survey (AIS) which 
covered 552 acres was conducted and resulted in the identification of 
52 newly identified possible historic properties and 11 previously 
identified historic properties within or in the proximity of the study 
corridor. The AIS revealed that the three build alternatives all would 
have impacts on archaeological and historic resources and a Section 
4(f) use would likely occur. A shorter avoidance alternative 
approximately 2.5 miles in total length was identified, however public 
opinion favors a considerably longer alternative not within the current 
project area and above the limited funding resources currently 
available. Therefore, HDOT has decided not to pursue the project and 
the preparation of the EIS is being terminated.

(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.)

    Authority:  23 U.S.C. 139, 23 CFR 771, and 40 CFR 1500-1508.

    Issued on: May 29, 2020.
Ralph Rizzo,
Division Administrator Honolulu, HI.
[FR Doc. 2020-12119 Filed 6-4-20; 8:45 am]
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