[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 57 (Thursday, March 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 14496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7298]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, 
Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie, Indian River, Brevard, Oceola, Orange, 
Polk, and Hillsborough Counties in Florida

AGENCIES: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Railroad 
Administration (FRA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of rescission of the Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA and FRA are issuing this notice of rescission to 
advise the public that preparation of an environmental impact statement 
(EIS) for a proposed Florida High Speed Rail project between Miami, 
Orlando, and Tampa, Florida has been terminated. This is a formal 
rescission of the Notice of Intent that was published in the Federal 
Register on April 8, 1998 (63 FR 17254).

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: George Hadley, Environmental Coordinator, 
Federal Highway Administration, 227 North Bronough Street, Tallahassee, 
Florida 32301, (850) 942-9594 and/or Mark Yachmetz, RDV-13, Chief of 
Passenger Programs, Federal Railroad Administration, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., MS-20, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 632-6389.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA and FRA in cooperation with the 
Florida Department of Transportation, will not prepare an EIS for a 
proposal to construct a high speed rail project between Miami, Orlando, 
and Tampa, Florida. The State of Florida has withdrawn the proposal to 
construct the proposed 320 mile long project that would allow trains to 
operate at speeds up to 200 miles per hour.

(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: March 11, 1999.
James E. St. John,
Division Administrator, Tallahassee, Florida.
[FR Doc. 99-7298 Filed 3-24-99; 8:45 am]
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