Notice To Rescind a Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement: Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford Counties, Illinois

Notice To Rescind a Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement: Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford Counties, Illinois

Topics: Interstate Highway System

Notice To Rescind a Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement: Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford Counties, Illinois

Arlene K. Kocher
Federal Highway Administration
3 March 2021

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 12512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04321]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Notice To Rescind a Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement: Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford Counties, Illinois

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice to rescind a notice of intent to prepare an 
environmental impact statement.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an 
environmental impact statement (EIS) will not be prepared for the 
Eastern Bypass Study, a proposed highway within Peoria, Tazewell and 
Woodford Counties in Illinois. The termini for the bypass were proposed 
to be Interstate 74, east of the city of East Peoria, and Illinois 
Route 6, north of the City of Peoria. The FHWA is rescinding its notice 
of intent (NOI) to prepare a Tier I EIS which was published in the 
Federal Register on May 8, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For FHWA: Arlene K. Kocher, Division 
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, 3250 Executive Park 
Drive, Springfield, Illinois 62703; telephone: (217) 492-4600; email 
address: Arlene.Kocher@dot.gov. For Illinois Department of 
Transportation: Kensil Garnett, P.E., Region 3 Engineer, Illinois 
Department of Transportation, 401 Main Street, Peoria, Illinois 61602-
1111; telephone: (309) 671-3333; email: kensil.garnett@illinois.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Illinois 
Department of Transportation (IDOT), issued an NOI to prepare a Tier I 
EIS for the proposed Eastern Bypass Study on May 8, 2014 (79 FR 26497). 
The project was being considered in order to improve vehicular mobility 
and access across the Illinois River between Tazewell and Woodford 
Counties. The FHWA is rescinding the NOI because IDOT has no plans to 
continue the project study and no further activities will occur in its 
development.
    Comments or questions concerning this notice should be directed to 
FHWA or the IDOT contacts provided in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section of this notice.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205, 
Highway Research, Planning and Construction. The regulations 
implementing Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental 
consultation on Federal programs and activities apply to this 
program).

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; 23 CFR part 771.

    Dated: February 25, 2021.
Arlene K. Kocher,
Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Springfield, 
Illinois.
[FR Doc. 2021-04321 Filed 3-2-21; 8:45 am]
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