[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 93 (Thursday, May 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26840-26841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12876]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement: Tarrant County, TX
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing a third notice to advise the public that
the scope of the environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed
State highway 121 (SH 121) project in Tarrant County, Texas, will be
revised.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Walter C. Waidelich, District Engineer, Federal Highway Administration,
826 Federal Office Building, 300 E 8th Street, Austin, Texas 78701
Telephone: (512) 916-5988 or Dianna F. Noble, Director, Environmental
Affairs Division, Texas Department of
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Transportation, 125 East 11th Street, Austin, Texas 78701-2483
Telephone: (512) 416-2734.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The project was initially planned to be
studied in a single EIS with limits from Interstate Highway 35 West (IH
35W) in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, to State Highway 174 (SH 174) in
Johnson County. A first Notice of Intent (NOI) was published in the
August 4, 1988, Federal Register with the SH 121 EIS limits being
proposed for the South Section of the project. A second NOI was
published in the April 5, 1990, Federal Register with the SH 121 EIS
limits being proposed for the North Section of the project. This third
NOI will change the scope of the EIS. The result will be a change of
the limits and scope of the freeway project with portions that are
proposed to be developed as a toll road where it is determined to be
economically feasible. The limits of the EIS for the proposed project
are now portions of the North and the South Sections of SH 121 and will
extend from Interstate Highway 30 (IH 30) in Fort Worth to Farm-to-
Market Road 1187 (FM 1187), all within Tarrant County. The previous
documentation was subdivided into a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) for the North Section with another DEIS for the South
Section. The DEIS for South Section was completed and a public hearing
was held but a Record of Decision was not issued. The DEIS for the
North Section was not completed and work was suspended. The new EIS for
the proposed facility will cover a part of the South Section from IH 20
to FM 1187 and part of the North Section from IH 30 to IH 20. Companion
documentation is being prepared separately for the remainder of the
North Section of the proposed facility from IH 35W to IH 30 in Fort
Worth, Tarrant County, as well as the remainder of the South Section of
the proposed facility from FM 1187 in Tarrant County to U.S. Highway 67
(US 67) in Cleburne; Johnson County.
Numerous public involvement activities have taken place during the
development of the proposed project and will continue until a general
consensus is reached on a preferred alternative. Many alternatives and
routes have been considered. Among the alternatives considered for a
proposed project are build nothing, freeway development, and toll road
development.
To ensure that the full range of issues related to this proposed
action are addressed and all significant issues identified, comments
and suggestions are invited from all interested parties. Comments or
questions concerning the proposed action and the EIS should be directed
to the FHWA or TxDOT at the address provided.
(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)
Walter C. Waidelich,
District Engineer.
[FR Doc. 98-12876 Filed 5-13-98; 8:45 am]
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