97-13085. Environmental Impact Statement: Townships of Manns Harbor and Manteo, Dare County, NC

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 27648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13085]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Townships of Manns Harbor and 
Manteo, Dare County, NC

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Rescind notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an 
environmental impact statement will not be prepared for a proposed 
highway project within the townships of Manns Harbor and Manteo and a 
new crossing of the Croatan Sound, Dare County, North Carolina.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Roy C. Shelton, Operations Engineer, Federal Highway 
Administration, 310 New Bern Avenue, Suite 410, Raleigh, North Carolina 
27601, Telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Intent to prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed highway project to 
improve a portion of US 64-264 from the intersection of US 64 and US 
264 west of Manns Harbor to the intersection of US 64 and NC 345 south 
of Manteo was issued on November 23, 1993 and published in the November 
12, 1993 Federal Register. The FHWA, in cooperation with North Carolina 
Department of Transportation, has since determined that preparation of 
an EIS is not necessary for this proposed highway project and hereby 
rescinds the previous Notice of Intent.

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

    Issued on: May 12, 1997.
Roy C. Shelton,
Operations Engineer, Raleigh, North Carolina.
[FR Doc. 97-13085 Filed 5-19-97; 8:45 am]
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