Rescinding the Notice of Intent for an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS): Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
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Renee Sigel
Federal Highway Administration
July 10, 2014
[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 132 (Thursday, July 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39456-39457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16135]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Rescinding the Notice of Intent for an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS): Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Rescind Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS.
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SUMMARY: This notice rescinds the Notice of Intent for preparing an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed highway in
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The project study area includes SR 30
Section S01 (US 30) corridor in East Lampeter Township, Salisbury
Township, Leacock Township, and Paradise Township, Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania. The original Notice of Intent for this EIS process was
published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Walston, Transportation Planning
Specialist, Federal Highway Administration, Pennsylvania Division, 228
Walnut Street, Room 508, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101-1720,
Telephone: (717) 221-2290 (email: Christopher.Walston@dot.gov,) or Mike
Lapano, Project Manager, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation,
2140 Herr Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101-1720, Telephone: 717-
787-7482 (email: mlapano@pa.gov.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in
cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
(PennDOT) and the Lancaster County Planning Commission initiated an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) with a Notice of Intent, January
22, 2002, to identify and evaluate alternatives to address
transportation problems within the SR 30 Section S01 corridor. The
proposed project study area runs approximately from the PA 896/U.S. 30
intersection on the west and the PA 897/U.S. 30 intersection on the
east, including the intersection with PA 41. Notices of Intent
concerning this proposal were previously published in the Federal
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Register. The original Notice of Intent published on February 27, 1987
described a two-phase approach to identify and evaluate alternatives
that would provide a variable means of relieving traffic congestion on
Traffic Route (T.R.) 23 and US 30 in Eastern Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania. A revised Notice of Intent published on June 16, 1988
announced the separate Environmental Impact Statements to evaluate
alternatives for the two projects would be prepared.
Improvements for this corridor were considered necessary to provide
for the existing and project traffic demand. A needs study was
undertaken and a range of transportation alternatives, including but
not limited to No-Build, Transportation Systems Management (TSM),
widening the existing three-lane highways to five lanes, bypasses
around communities, and constructing a four-lane limited access highway
on new location were considered. These alternatives were developed
consistently with land use strategies to address the identified
transportation needs. The developments of alternatives were based on
traffic demands, engineering requirements, environmental and
socioeconomic constraints, the county's growth management plan, and
public input. Public involvement and inter-agency coordination were
maintained throughout the development of the EIS.
Due to funding constraints the Notice of Intent is rescinded.
Issued on: June 30, 2014.
Renee Sigel,
Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-16135 Filed 7-9-14; 8:45 am]
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