[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 67014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31314]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Section 4(f)/106 Evaluation;
Athens County, OH
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to announce the availability
of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Section 4(f)/106 Evaluation
on the proposed upgrading and relocation of existing U.S. Route 50
between the City of Athens and the Village of Coolville from a two-lane
highway to a controlled access, four-lane highway. The approximate
length of the improvement is 25.7 km (16 miles). The proposed project
would complete an unfinished segment of the Appalachian Highway.
Comments are due February 5, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William C. Jones, Division
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, 200 North High Street,
Room 328, Columbus, Ohio 43215, Telephone: (614) 469-6896.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 and in accordance with the Council on Environmental
Quality Regulations, 40 CFR (Sec. 1506.9) for implementing the Act, the
Federal Highway Administration submitted to the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Federal Activities the necessary
information for the publication of a Notice of Availability for the
Athens U.S. 50 Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Section 4(f)/106
Evaluation in the December 22, 1995, Federal Register which would
establish a 45 day review period. Due to circumstances beyond FHWA's
control, the Notice of Availability was not submitted to the Federal
Register for publication on December 22, 1995. This notice is to
document that the DEIS/Section 4(f)/106 Evaluation has been made
available on/or prior to December 22, 1995, to the involved Federal and
the State of Ohio permitting and resource agencies and to the public
through individual mailings, State of Ohio legal notices published in
local newspapers, and through the State Clearinghouse. All of the
foregoing notices established the expiration date of the review period
as February 5, 1996, which is based upon an 45 day review period
commencing on December 22, 1995.
The FHWA will initiate coordination with the U.S. EPA Office of
Federal Activities, pursuant to 40 CFR (Sec. 1506.10(d)) to reduce the
prescribed 45 day availability period to coincide with availability
period as established through other availability notices.
Issued on: December 20, 1995.
James J. Steele,
Assistant Division Administrator, Columbus/
[FR Doc. 95-31314 Filed 12-26-95; 8:45 am]
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