Environmental Impact Statements, etc.: National Summary of Rescinded Notices of Intent
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Federal Register: May 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 102)
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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Environmental Impact Statements: National Summary of Rescinded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.
SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that 12
States have rescinded Notices of Intent (NOI) to prepare 17
Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) for proposed highway projects.
FHWA Division Offices, in consultation with the State Departments of
Transportation (State DOT), determined that eight projects were no longer viable and have formally cancelled the projects. No resources will be expended on these projects; the environmental review process has been terminated. Seven projects are being reevaluated and, or have been reduced in scope and now meet the criteria for an Environmental
Assessment (EA) or a Categorical Exclusion (CE). Two projects rescinded
NOIs and will issue new NOIs as the project limits and impacts have changed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bethaney Bacher-Gresock, Office of
Project Development and Environmental Review, (202) 366-4196; 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
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Background
The FHWA, as lead Federal agency under the National Environmental
Policy Act and in furtherance of its oversight and stewardship responsibilities under the Federal-aid Highway Program, has requested 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 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 The FHWA has determined that inactive projects that are no longer a priority or that lack resources should be rescinded
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with a Federal Register notice notifying the public that project activity has been terminated. 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 12 States
(California, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee) have recently rescinded previously issued NOIs for 17 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 eight of these projects were no longer viable projects and have formally cancelled those projects. The projects are: Northwest
Corridor/Northwest Parkway project in Broomfield and Jefferson
Counties, Colorado; TH 169 in Millie Lacs and Crow Wing Counties,
Minnesota; TH 10 project in Sherburne County, Minnesota; TH 10 in Otter
Tail and Wadena Counties, Minnesota; TH 14 in Olmsted County,
Minnesota; I 55 connection to I 20 in Hinds and Madison Counties,
Mississippi; improvements to the transportation system in Lawrence,
Christian and Greene Counties, Missouri; and US-127 and SR-63/SR-4
Interchange highway improvements near Trenton in Butler County, Ohio.
The FHWA Division Offices, in consultation with the State DOTs, determined that seven projects should be reevaluated and, or reduced in scope. In California, the US 395 project from I 15 to Farmington Road in San Bernardino County is being reduced in scope; the I 5 HOV Truck
Lanes project between SR 14 and Parker Road in Los Angeles County has been reviewed and will now be processed with an EA. In Idaho, the I 84
Karcher Interchange project in Ada and Canyon Counties will now most likely be processed as an EA. In Indiana, the proposed relocation of railroad lines in Knox County, Indiana and Lawrence County, IL will be reduced in scope. In Massachusetts, the Berkley-Dighton Bridge over the
Taunton River, Bristol County project has been reduced in scope and now meets the criteria for a CE. In New York, the Millennium Parkway project in Chautauqua County has been reduced in scope and now meets the criteria for a CE. In Pennsylvania, SR 56 in Johnstown has been reduced in scope and now meets the criteria for a CE.
In addition, the FHWA Division Office, in consultation with the
State DOT, determined that two projects in Tennessee had changed project limits and impacts therefore it was best to rescind the original NOIs and issue new NOIs. The SR 374 project from SR 13 to SR 76 in Montgomery County, Tennessee will reissue an NOI. The North
Second Street Connector project in Shelby County issued a new NOI on
February 5, 2009.
Rescinded
State
Project name--location
NOI date
date
CA......................................... U.S. 395 Realignment--San
7/5/2006
10/30/2008
Bernardino County.
CA......................................... Interstate 5 (I-5) HOV Truck Lanes
5/10/2007
11/10/2008
SR14 and Parker Road Interchange--
Los Angeles County.
CO......................................... Northwest Corridor/Northwest
7/21/2003
7/1/2008
Parkway--Broomfield and Jefferson
Counties.
ID......................................... I 84 Karcher Interchange--Ada and
7/17/2007
7/17/2008
Canyon Counties.
IN......................................... Railroad Line Relocations--Knox
3/16/2007
11/25/2008
County, Indiana and Lawrence
County Illinois.
MA......................................... Berkley-Dighton Bridge over the
10/9/1985
6/19/2008
Taunton River--Bristol County.
MN......................................... TH 169--Mille Lacs and Crow Wing
7/17/2000
7/8/2009
Counties.
2/4/2002
MN......................................... Tier 1--TH 10--Sherburne County....
7/28/2003
10/10/2008
MN......................................... TH 10--Otter Tail and Wadena
3/27/2003
10/10/2008
Counties.
MN......................................... TH 14--Olmstead County.............
10/7/2002
10/10/2008
MS......................................... Interstate Facility Connecting I-55
8/10/2007
10/1/2008 with I-20--Hinds and Madison
Counties.
MO......................................... Transportation System in Lawrence
\(1)\
1/23/2009
Christian and Green Counties.
NY......................................... Millennium Parkway Project
12/27/2007
3/3/2009
Chautauqua County.
OH......................................... Highway Improvement Project US-127
10/6/2000
6/30/2008 and SR-63/SR-4 Interchange--
Trenton, Butler County.
PA......................................... SR 56--Johnstown...................
7/14/2001
10/l/2008
TN......................................... State Route 374, State Route 13,
11/12/1996
12/24/2008
State Route 76--Montgomery County.
TN......................................... North Second Street Connector--
11/2/2002
12/24/2008
Shelby County.
\1\ Unknown.
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Issued on: May 14, 2009.
Jeffrey F. Paniati,
Acting Deputy Federal Highway Administrator.
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