Supplementary to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement: Crawford and Perry Counties, IN

Topics:  Federal Highway Administration

[Federal Register: March 27, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 59)]
[Notices]               
[Page 14989-14990]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr27mr98-139]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

 
Supplementary to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement: 
Crawford and Perry Counties, IN

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is issuing this 
notice to advise the pubic that a Supplementary to the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared for the proposed 
construction of a new road section of State Road 145 from Interstate 64 
near the town of St. Croix northward to the existing intersection of 
State Road 145 and State Road 64 for an approximate distance of 8.3 to 
9.6 miles depending on the alternate selected. The project is located 
in the southern Indiana counties of Crawford and Perry. The Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement was accepted by the FHWA on April 1, 
1996 and was circulated for comments. The Supplement will better define 
the purpose and need of the proposed action. Additionally, another 
alternate will be discussed to fully cover the proposed improvement 
area.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Douglas N. Head, Program 
Operations Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Office 
Building, 575 North Pennsylvania Street, Room 254, Indianapolis, 
Indiana, 46204. Telephone (317) 226-5353.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Highway Administration, in 
cooperation with the Indiana Dept of Transportation, will prepare a 
supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on these 
additional items covering the proposed State Road 145 and its 
alternatives in Crawford and Perry counties. The discussions of 
proposed alignments in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement are 
still valid. The Supplement will provide a revised purpose and need of 
the planned improvement as well as another alternate not discussed in 
the Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
    Since the additional alternate is being developed to consider all 
feasible alternates, additional coordination will be done with 
appropriate agencies. No formal scoping meetings are planned for these 
alterations to the approved Draft Environmental Impact Statement. An 
additional public hearing will be scheduled to discuss the additional 
information being developed for the proposed action. The Supplemental 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement will be made available for public 
and agency review and comment.
    To ensure that the full ranges of issues related to the proposed 
action are addressed and all significant issues identified, comments 
and suggestions are invited from all interested parties. Comments or 
questions concerning this proposed action and the Supplemental EIS 
should be directed to FHWA at the address provided above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 20.205, Highway 
Research,

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Planning and Construction. The regulations implementing Executive 
Order 12372 regarding inter-governmental consultation on Federal 
programs and activities apply to the program)
Douglas N. Head,
Program Operations Engineer, Indianapolis, Indiana.
[FR Doc. 98-7992 Filed 3-26-98; 8:45 am]
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