[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2212-2213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-917]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement; Sequoyah and LeFlore Counties, OK

agency: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

action: Notice of intent.

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summary: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an 
environmental impact statement will be

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prepared for a proposed highway project in Sequoyah and LeFlore 
Counties, Oklahoma.

for further information contact: Mr. Jim Erickson, Division 
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, 715 South Metropolitan 
Avenue, Suite 700, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73108, Telephone: (405) 945-
6173.

supplementary information: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Oklahoma 
Department of Transportation, will prepare an environmental impact 
statement (EIS) on a proposal to improve US Route 59 (US59) from a two-
lane to a four-lane facility from its intersection with State Highway 9 
(SH 9), also known as Sunset Corner, north to Interstate 40 (I-40).
    This facility has been identified as a Transportation Improvement 
Corridor (TIC) in the Statewide Intermodal Transportation Plan and 
improvements to the corridor are considered necessary to meet TIC 
policy as well as present and future traffic demands. Alternatives 
under consideration include (1) improve the existing alignment, (2) 
improve the existing alignment with a new roadway alignment over Wild 
Horse Mountain, and (3) a new alignment corridor from Sunset Corner 
north to I-40 just east of Sallisaw.
    Letters describing the proposed action and soliciting comments have 
been sent to appropriate Federal, State and local agencies, and to 
private organizations and citizens who have previously expressed or are 
known to have interest in this proposal. Public meetings and/or public 
hearings will be held in the vicinity of the proposal in the future. 
Public notice will be given of the time and place of the meetings and/
or hearings.
    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 this proposed action and the EIS should be 
directed to the FHWA at the address provided above.

(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).

    Issued on: January 6, 1997.
Jim Erickson,
FHWA, Division Administrator, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
[FR Doc. 97-917 Filed 1-14-97; 8:45 am]
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