[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 186 (Friday, September 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 51369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25648]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Environmental Statements; Availability, etc.: Southern Terminus 
(Section 3X), Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi

AGENCY: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement, Southern Terminus (Section 3X), Natchez Trace Parkway, 
Natchez, Mississippi.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Southern Terminus 
(Section 3X), of the Natchez Trace Parkway.

DATES: A 30-day no-action period will follow the Environmental 
Protection Agency's publication of the Notice of Availability of the 
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Public reading copies of the Natchez Trace Parkway Southern 
Terminus (Section 3X) Final Environmental Impact Statement will be 
available for public review at the following locations:

1. Natchez Trace Parkway Headquarters, 2680 Natchez Trace Parkway, 
Tupelo, Mississippi 38801, (601) 680-4005
2. Natchez National Historical Park, Post Office Box 1208, Natchez, 
Mississippi 39121, (601) 442-7047
3. Judge George W. Armstrong Library, 220 South Commerce Street, 
Natchez, Mississippi 39120, (601) 445-8862
4. Jackson/Hinds Library System, Eudora Wetly Library, 300 North State 
Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39201, (601) 968-5809 (This is the 
Headquarters or main library in Jackson).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final Environmental Impact Statement 
(FEIS) for the Southern Terminus (Section 3X) of the Natchez Trace 
Parkway is presented in abbreviated form. The abbreviated FEIS includes 
responses to public comments, errata, and a Statement of Findings, for 
Wetlands. The abbreviated FEIS, when combined with the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement, Natchez Trace Parkway, Section 3X, 
Southern Terminus (May 8, 1998), comprises the complete Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). Only minor revisions to the DEIS 
were necessary.
    The FEIS presents a proposal and two alternative locations for the 
Southern Terminus of the Natchez Trace Parkway. Alternative 1, the no 
action alternative, would construct an interchange at U.S. 84/98 and 
make that point the southern terminus of the parkway. The proposal, 
alternative 2, would extend the parkway another 4.2 miles from U.S. 84/
98 toward Natchez to terminate at Liberty Road, where an interchange 
would be constructed. Alternative 3 would extend the parkway about 4.3 
miles from U.S. 84/98 to terminate with an interchange at Sargent 
Prentiss Drive. Alternative 3 is the only alternative which would not 
require the acquisition of some additional property. In every 
alternative, parkway users would enter or exist the parkway utilizing 
existing city streets to reach the city center or other locations.
    The FEIS evaluates the environmental consequences associated with 
the proposed action and the other alternatives on local traffic and 
transportation routes, cultural resources, wetland, visual quality, 
visitor experience, economics and land use, and nearby residents and 
businesses, amount other topics.

    Dated: September 16, 1998.
Daniel W. Brown,
Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 98-25648 Filed 9-24-98; 8:45 am]
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