Notice To Rescind Notice of Intent To Prepare Environmental Impact Statement, Route 82/85/11 Corridor, New London County, Connecticut

Amy Jackson-Grove
Federal Highway Administration
4 October 2016

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 68499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23934]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Notice To Rescind Notice of Intent To Prepare Environmental 
Impact Statement, Route 82/85/11 Corridor, New London County, 
Connecticut

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that FHWA 
is rescinding its Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) for transportation improvements within the 
Connecticut Route 82/85/11 corridor in the towns of Salem, Montville, 
Waterford, and East Lyme, Connecticut.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy D. Jackson-Grove, Division 
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, 628-2 Hebron Avenue, 
Suite 303, Glastonbury, CT 06033, Telephone: (860) 659-6703.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An NOI to prepare an EIS for the Route 82/
85/11 corridor was published in the Federal Register in 1998 (Federal 
Register Vol. 63, No. 50; FR Doc. 98-6598). The Draft EIS was issued in 
February 1999, and the Final EIS was issued in July 2007. A Record of 
Decision was never signed due to environmental concerns and lack of 
financial resources to construct the project.
    Numerous environmental studies have exposed the magnitude of 
potential environmental impacts to a variety of resources, such as 
wetlands, endangered species, Section 4(f), and cultural resources. 
Accordingly, FHWA is hereby rescinding the NOI.

(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: September 28, 2016.
Amy Jackson-Grove,
Division Administrator, Glastonbury, Connecticut.
[FR Doc. 2016-23934 Filed 10-3-16; 8:45 am]
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