Rescinding the Notice of Intent for an Environmental Impact Statement; Multiple Counties, Alabama

Mark Bartlett
Federal Highway Administration
29 August 2018

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44120-44121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18670]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Rescinding the Notice of Intent for an Environmental Impact 
Statement; Multiple Counties, Alabama

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Rescind Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the 
2005 Notice of Intent (NOI) published in the

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Federal Register for Federal-aid project NCPD-PE02(910), the I-85 
Extension, in multiple counties in Alabama is being rescinded. A final 
environmental impact statement (EIS) will not be prepared for this 
project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mark D. Bartlett, Division 
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, 9500 Wynlakes Place, 
Montgomery, Alabama 36117; Email: mark.bartlett@dot.gov; Telephone: 
(334) 274-6350.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Alabama 
Department of Transportation, is rescinding the NOI to prepare an EIS 
for Federal-aid project NCPD-PE02(910). The proposed project was to 
construct a multi-lane, limited access roadway to provide a connecting 
link in the freeway/Interstate system between Interstate 59/Interstate 
20 (I-59/I-20) near the Mississippi state line and I-85 in Montgomery, 
Alabama. The study area included large parts of six Black Belt Counties 
(Dallas, Hale, Lowndes, Marengo, Perry, and Sumter), as well as Autauga 
and Montgomery Counties.
    The NOI for the project was published in the Federal Register on 
September 20, 2005. A draft EIS was released in April 2010. The FHWA 
has determined, in conjunction with ALDOT, the NOI for the project 
shall be rescinded due to changes in economic projections and the lack 
of available funding. ALDOT has reassessed the needs and timing for the 
completion of this project and indefinitely postponed development.
    Any future Federal-aid actions within this corridor will comply 
with environmental review requirements of the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.), FHWA environmental 
regulations (23 CFR 771) and related authorities, as appropriate.

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

(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: August 20, 2018.
Mark Bartlett,
Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Montgomery, 
Alabama.
[FR Doc. 2018-18670 Filed 8-28-18; 8:45 am]
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