[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 8306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4379]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Worcester County, Maryland

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 prepared for a proposed highway 
project in Worcester County, Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Renee Sigel, Planning, Research and Environment Team Leader, 
Federal Highway Administration, The Rotunda-Suite 220, 711 West 40th 
Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21211, Telephone: (410) 962-4342.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Maryland 
State Highway Administration and Worcester County, will prepare an 
environmental impact statement (EIS) on a proposal to improve US 113 in 
Worcester County. The proposed improvement would address the project's 
purpose and need which is to improve safety and traffic flow along US 
113 from Snow Hill to the Delaware State Line.
    Improvements to this roadway are considered necessary because of 
the high number of fatal accidents in the study area. Additionally, an 
increase in travel demand is projected to lower the level of service of 
this roadway throughout the project area by the year 2020.
    The alternatives under consideration include: (1) Taking no action, 
(2) construction improvements that are part of an integrated plan of 
phased safely and capacity improvements, as well as traffic management 
strategies, that would provide lower cost refinements to the existing 
transportation system without major alteration to the existing two lane 
highway, (3) dualization on existing alignment, (4) dualization on new 
alignment and (5) a combination of dualization on new alignment with 
dualizing US 113 in selected areas.
    Letters describing the proposed action and soliciting comments will 
be sent to appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, and to 
private organizations and citizens who have previously expressed or are 
known to have an interest in this proposal. A public hearing will be 
held in May of 1997. Public notice will be given of the time and place 
of this hearing.
    The draft EIS will be available for public and agency review and 
comment prior to the public hearing. A formal scoping meeting for this 
project was held in May of 1995.
    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 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 of Federal Programs and 
activities apply to this program).

    Issued on: February 12, 1997.
Renee Sigel,
Planning, Research and Environment Team Leader.
[FR Doc. 97-4379 Filed 2-21-97; 8:45 am]
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