98-1725. Draft Environmental Impact Statement; Letcher County, Kentucky

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 3783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1725]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Draft Environmental Impact Statement; Letcher County, Kentucky

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Withdrawal of Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
(DEIS).

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that a 
final environmental impact statement (FEIS) will not be prepared for 
the proposed highway project in Letcher County, Kentucky. This is a 
formal withdrawal of the draft environmental document from the public 
record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jesse A. Story, Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, 
330 W. Broadway, John C. Watt Federal Building, Frankfort, Kentucky 
40602, Telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA in cooperation with the Kentucky 
Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) will not prepare a Final Environmental 
Impact Statement (FEIS) on the proposal to improve U.S. 119 in Letcher 
County, Kentucky. The original DEIS for the improvements (SSP 067 0119 
009-018 018 D) was approved for pubic circulation on August 4, 1994. 
The scope of this project was identified as a 12-mile long major 
reconstruction and relocation of US 119 from Partridge, Kentucky to 
Whitesburg, Kentucky. Several new alternates were evaluated in this 
DEIS.
    Based on an evaluation of the potentially significant environmental 
consequences and coupled with public and resource agency comments, the 
KYTC has reevaluated the proposed project and has determined that a 
reduced scope of work to provide a basic replacement of the two-lane 
facility with safety upgrades would substantially meet the purpose and 
need for the project. Since the reduced scope of work for the proposed 
project essentially negates the information contained in the DEIS, the 
FHWA is withdrawing the August 4, 1994 DEIS. The FHWA anticipates that 
no significant impacts will result from the proposed actions and that a 
FONSI will be issued.

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

    Issued on: January 16, 1998.
Jesse A. Story,
Division Administrator, Frankfort, Kentucky.
[FR Doc. 98-1725 Filed 1-23-98; 8:45 am]
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