[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-202]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement; Tippecanoe, Carroll and Cass
Countries, Indiana
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of scoping meeting.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing an announcement to the public that a
Scoping Meeting will take place in regards to the environmental
document for a proposed transportation project in Tippecanoe, Carroll
and Cass Countries, Indiana to improve and/or relocate SR 25 from
Lafayette to Logansport, a distance of approximately 54 kilometers (34
miles). The meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 15, 2000 at 8:00
a.m. in the Radisson Inn Lafayette Meeting Room, located at 4343 State
Road 26 East, Lafayette, Indiana.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Heil, Planning and Program
Development Manager, Federal Highway Administrator, Room 254, Federal
Office Building, 575 North Pennyslvania Street, Indianapolis, Indiana
46204, Telephone (317) 226-7491.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the scoping meeting is to
invite local, State, and Federal agencies to help identify issues that
may impact the proposed project. Scoping is intended to ensure that
problems are identified early and properly studied, that issues of
little significance do not consume time and effort, that the draft EIS
is thorough and balanced, and that delays aoccasioned by an inadequate
draft EIS is avoided. The scoping process should identify the public
and agency concerns; clearly define the environmental issues and
alternatives to be examined in the EIS including the elimination of
nonsignificant issues; identify related issues which originate from
separate legislation, regulation, or Executive Order (e.g., historic
preservation or endangered species concerns); and identify state and
local agency requirements which must be addressed.
To ensure that the full range of issues related to the proposed
action are addressed and all significant issues are identified,
comments and suggestions are invited from all interested parties.
Comments or questions concerning the proposed action and the
environmental document should be directed to the FHWA at the address
provided above.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205,
Highway Planning and Construction. The regulations implementing
Executive Order 12372 regarding integovernmental consulation on
Federal programs and activities apply to this program)
Issued on: December 21, 1999.
Lawrence M. Heil,
Planning and Program Development Manager, Indianapolis, Indiana
[FR Doc. 00-202 Filed 1-4-00; 8:45 am]
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