Rescinding the Notice of Intent for an Environmental Impact Statement; Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama

Topics:  Interstate Highway System

Mark Bartlett
Federal Highway Administration
29 August 2018

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 44120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18669]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Rescinding the Notice of Intent for an Environmental Impact 
Statement; Gadsden, Etowah County, 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 
2004 Notice of Intent (NOI) published in the Federal Register for 
Federal-aid project HPP-1602(539), the I-759 Extension, in Etowah 
County, Alabama is being rescinded. An 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 HPP-1602(539). The proposed project was to 
construct a limited access roadway from the eastern terminus of 
Interstate Highway 759 (I-759) near George Wallace Drive to a proposed 
interchange with U.S. Highway 431 and U.S. Highway 278 in the city of 
Gadsden. The proposed project would have been a multi-lane roadway on a 
new location.
    The NOI for the project was published in the Federal Register on 
October 4, 2004. The FHWA has determined, in conjunction with ALDOT, 
the NOI for the project shall be rescinded due to the numerous impacts 
under Section 4(f) to historic resources identified during the 
project's environmental studies and opposition to Section 4(f) 
avoidance alternatives.
    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. 2018-18669 Filed 8-28-18; 8:45 am]
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