Rescinding the Notice of Intent To Prepare Environmental Impact Statement (EIS): Hawaii County, Hawaii Publication: Federal Register Signing Official: Richelle Takara Agency: Federal Highway Administration Date: 27 September 2022

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 58637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20854]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


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

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that it 
is rescinding its Notice of Intent (NOI) and will not be preparing an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed highway project in 
Hawaii County, Hawaii. A NOI to prepare an EIS was published in the 
Federal Register on March 18, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richelle Takara, Division 
Administrator, 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 March 18, 2014, at 79 FR 
15204. This notice revised an earlier notice for the same project 
published in the Federal Register on July 13, 1999, at 64 FR 37827.
    The project intended to address the linkage between the Queen 
Kaahumanu Highway (State Highway 19) and the Mamalahoa Highway (State 
Highway 190) in the vicinity of the Daniel K. Inouye Highway (formerly 
Saddle Road [State Highway 200]). The purpose of the project was to 
further develop this inter-regional capacity and connectivity between 
the east and west regions on the island of Hawaii. The HDOT has 
determined continued preparation of the EIS for the Saddle Road 
Improvements (Project) is no longer feasible. The primary reason for 
this determination is the financial impact of the estimated right-of-
way and construction costs of the Project. Therefore, 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.

Richelle Takara,
Division Administrator, Honolulu, HI.
[FR Doc. 2022-20854 Filed 9-26-22; 8:45 am]
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