Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Dubuque County, IA and Jo Daviess County, IL,

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Federal Register: September 9, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 174)NoticesPage 49047From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

DOCID:fr09se99-94

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement: Dubuque County, Iowa/ Jo Daviess County, Illinois.

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent (cancellation).

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed highway capacity improvement project in Dubuque County, Iowa and Jo Daviess County, Illinois is cancelled. The NOI was originally published in the Federal Register on December 11, 1998. The cancellation is based on a decision to complete an Environmental Assessment (EA) for this project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Hiatt, Environmental Coordinator, Federal Highway Administration, 105 Sixth Street, Ames, Iowa 50010-6337, Telephone (515) 233-7300. Roger Larsen, Project Manager, Iowa Department of Transportation, 800 Lincoln Way, Ames, Iowa 50010, Telephone (515) 239-1791.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded using a modem and suitable communications software from the Government Printing Office's Electronic Bulletin Board Service at (202)512-1661. Internet users may reach the office of the Federal Register's home page at: http://www.nara.gov/fedreg and the Government Printing Office's database at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara.

Background

The NOI was originally published in the Federal Register on December 11, 1998 63FR68498. The cancelled EIS included alternatives located in a new corridor south of Dubuque and East Dubuque. Any alternative in this location would have significant environmental impacts. However, the study alternatives have been reduced to alignments following existing U.S. Route 20 (U.S. 20), and potentially significant environmental impacts have been avoided. Therefore, the Federal Highway Administration along with Federal and State resource agencies, has determined that an Environmental Assessment is the appropriate investigative process for this project. The FHWA, in cooperation with the Iowa Department of Transportation, will prepare an EA on a proposal to improve the capacity of U.S. 20 in Dubuque County, Iowa and Jo Daviess County, Illinois.

Comments or questions concerning this proposed action and EA should be directed to the FHWA or Iowa DOT at the addresses provided in the caption FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

(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.)

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

Issued on: August 30, 1999. Bobby W. Blackmon, Division Administrator.

FR Doc. 99-23405Filed9-8-99; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 4910-22-P

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