Notice of Withdrawal of the Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Proposed Sheep Mountain Parkway Multimodal Transportation Project, Clark County, NV |
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Susan Klekar
Federal Highway Administration
August 28, 2012
[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 52108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21190]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Notice of Withdrawal of the Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Proposed Sheep Mountain
Parkway Multimodal Transportation Project, Clark County, NV
AGENCY: U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Withdrawal of the Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS
for Sheep Mountain Parkway Multimodal Transportation Project, which
includes highway, transit, and non-motorized trail components in Clark
County, Nevada.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that,
effective immediately, the Notice of Intent (NOI) (Federal Register
Vol. 72, No. 214; FR Doc. 07-5518) to prepare an EIS for the proposed
Sheep Mountain Parkway Transportation Project, which includes highway,
transit, and non-motorized trail components in Clark County, Nevada is
being withdrawn. The NOI for the EIS was announced on November 6, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the Federal Highway
Administration: Mr. Abdelmoez Abdalla, Environmental Program Manager,
Federal Highway Administration, 705 N. Plaza, Suite 220, Carson City,
NV 89701, Telephone: 775-687-1231, email:
Abdelmoez.Abdalla@fhwa.dot.gov. For the Nevada Department of
Transportation: Mr. Steve Cooke, Chief, Environmental Services, Nevada
Department of Transportation, 1263 South Stewart Street, Carson City,
NV 89712, Telephone: 775-888-7686, email: scooke@dot.state.nv.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Nevada
Department of Transportation, the Regional Transportation of Southern
Nevada, and the City of Las Vegas (City) will not pursue the
development of an EIS for the Sheep Mountain Parkway. The purpose of
the proposed project was to accommodate travel demands resulting from
existing and planned development in the northern Las Vegas Valley by
considering multimodal transportation facilities. Based on a number of
external issues affecting the completion of the Sheep Mountain Parkway
EIS, the City has decided not to pursue the project as originally
envisioned at this time. The City plans to pursue only the western
portion of Sheep Mountain Parkway extending from Fort Apache Road to
Clark County 215 (CC-215). The City will initiate the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) activities with the Bureau of Land
Management as the Lead Agency to secure the additionally needed right-
of-way.
Issued on August 21, 2012.
Susan Klekar,
Division Administrator, Carson City, Nevada.
[FR Doc. 2012-21190 Filed 8-27-12; 8:45 am]
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