Rescinding the Notice of Intent for an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS): 14th Street Bridge Corridor, Arlington County, Virginia and Washington, DC

Kurt Dowden
Federal Highway Administration
9 February 2018

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 28 (Friday, February 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 5824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02605]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Rescinding the Notice of Intent for an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS): 14th Street Bridge Corridor, Arlington County, 
Virginia and Washington, DC

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Rescind Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the 
Notice of Intent (NOI) for the preparation of an Environmental Impact 
Statement to study ways to reduce congestion, enhance safety, and 
improve traffic operation in the 14th Street Bridge Corridor 
(Interstate 395) is being rescinded. The NOI was published in the 
Federal Register on July 18, 2006. A draft EIS was released in January 
2012. This rescission is based on a lack of available funding for the 
full corridor proposals and has led to identification of numerous 
individual projects of independent utility.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt Dowden, Chief of Business 
Operations, Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division, FHWA, 21400 
Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, VA 20166, Telephone (571) 434-1598

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA in cooperation with the District of 
Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT), Virginia Department of 
Transportation (VDOT), Arlington County, U.S. Department of Defense and 
National Park Service initiated preparation of an EIS to study actions/
alternatives to reduce congestion, enhance safety, and improve traffic 
operations in the 14th Street Bridge Corridor of Interstate 395. The 
study limits were generally between South Capitol Street in DC and 
Arlington Ridge Road in Arlington County, VA. The NOI was noticed in 
the Federal Register on July 18, 2006.
    The NOI for this EIS is being rescinded due to funding restraints 
that have led to a reduced set of separate projects with independent 
utility. Several of the proposed separate projects would today likely 
qualify as Categorical Exclusions. Anticipated funding for several of 
the proposed actions/alternatives could be provided by DDOT and VDOT 
but they have yet to do so. Comments or questions concerning the 
rescission of this NOI and the EIS should be directed to the FHWA at 
the address provided above.

    Authority: [23 U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48 rescind].

    Issued on: January 31, 2018.
Kurt Dowden,
Chief of Business Operations, Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division, 
FHWA.
[FR Doc. 2018-02605 Filed 2-8-18; 8:45 am]
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