Environmental Impact Statements; National Summary of Rescinded Notices of Intent |
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Victor M. Mendez
Federal Highway Administration
June 21, 2013
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37652-37653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14827]
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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Environmental Impact Statements; National Summary of Rescinded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 five
States have rescinded Notices of Intent (NOIs) to prepare nine
Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) for proposed highway projects.
The FHWA Division Offices, in consultation with the State departments
of transportation (State DOT), determined that three 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. Four projects are being reassessed
and may be reconsidered in whole or in part, by the State DOT at a
later time. One project is being rescoped and may not require an EIS.
Finally, one project was rescinded without a specific reason for its
rescission.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill Ostrum, Office of Project
Development and Environmental Review, (202) 366-4651; 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: http://www.archives.gov and the
Government Printing Office's Web page at http://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
http://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
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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 June 3, 2012, and published
in the Federal Register at 77 FR 40406 (July 9, 2012). 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 five
States (Arizona, California, Mississippi, Nevada, and Texas) have
recently rescinded previously issued NOIs for nine 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 three projects were no longer viable and have formally
cancelled the projects. The projects are: Vernalis Expressway along
State Route 132 in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties California; the
connector road between I-10 and the intersection of SR43 and SR 603
outside Kiln, Mississippi; and Loop 9 from US 387 to IH 20 in Dallas
and Ellis Counties, Texas.
Four projects are being reassessed and may be reconsidered, in
whole or in part, by the State DOT at a later time. These projects
include: I-10 Corridor Improvement Study in Maricopa County, Arizona;
Sheep Mountain Parkway Transportation Project in Clark County, Nevada;
Loop 1604 from I-35 to US 90 in Bexar County, Texas; and the SEIS for
US 290/State Highway 71 West improvements through Oak Hill in Travis
County, Texas.
One Project will be rescoped and may not require an EIS. This
project is: Interstate 515 improvements from Las Vegas to Henderson in
Clark County, Nevada.
Finally, one project was rescinded without a specific reason for
its rescission. This project is: SR 75/282 Transportation Corridor
Project in the city of Coronado, San Diego County, California.
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Original NOI Rescinded NOI
State Project name date date
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AZ I-10 Corridor Improvement 2/4/2002 12/17/2012
Study.
CA Vernalis Expressway...... 6/3/2002 10/2/2012
CA State Route 75/282 1/17/2007 11/7/2012
Transportation Corridor
Project.
MS Connector Road between I- 8/26/2011 4/3/2013
10 and intersection of
State Routes 43 and 603.
NV I-515 improvements....... 8/13/2004 6/20/2012
NV Sheep Mountain Parkway 11/6/2007 8/28/2012
Multimodial
Transportation Project.
TX US 290/State Highway 71 8/15/2008 7/9/2012
West Improvements.
TX Loop 9 from US 287 to IH 8/2/2002 3/20/2013
20.
TX Loop 1604 from I-35 to US 7/31/2009 5/7/2013
90.
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(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.)
Issued on: June 14, 2013.
Victor M. Mendez,
Federal Highway Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2013-14827 Filed 6-20-13; 8:45 am]
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