[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 174 (Thursday, September 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 49047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23405]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Dubuque County, Iowa/ Jo Daviess 
County, Illinois.

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent (cancellation).

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the 
Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) for a proposed highway capacity improvement project in Dubuque 
County, Iowa and Jo Daviess County, Illinois is cancelled. The NOI was 
originally published in the Federal Register on December 11, 1998. The 
cancellation is based on a decision to complete an Environmental 
Assessment (EA) for this project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Hiatt, Environmental 
Coordinator, Federal Highway Administration, 105 Sixth Street, Ames, 
Iowa 50010-6337, Telephone (515) 233-7300. Roger Larsen, Project 
Manager, Iowa Department of Transportation, 800 Lincoln Way, Ames, Iowa 
50010, Telephone (515) 239-1791.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded using a modem 
and suitable communications software from the Government Printing 
Office's Electronic Bulletin Board Service at (202)512-1661. Internet 
users may reach the office of the Federal Register's home page at: 
http://www.nara.gov/fedreg and the Government Printing Office's 
database at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara.

Background

    The NOI was originally published in the Federal Register on 
December 11, 1998 63FR68498. The cancelled EIS included alternatives 
located in a new corridor south of Dubuque and East Dubuque. Any 
alternative in this location would have significant environmental 
impacts. However, the study alternatives have been reduced to 
alignments following existing U.S. Route 20 (U.S. 20), and potentially 
significant environmental impacts have been avoided. Therefore, the 
Federal Highway Administration along with Federal and State resource 
agencies, has determined that an Environmental Assessment is the 
appropriate investigative process for this project. The FHWA, in 
cooperation with the Iowa Department of Transportation, will prepare an 
EA on a proposal to improve the capacity of U.S. 20 in Dubuque County, 
Iowa and Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
    Comments or questions concerning this proposed action and EA should 
be directed to the FHWA or Iowa DOT at the addresses provided in the 
caption FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

(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.)

    (Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48)

    Issued on: August 30, 1999.
Bobby W. Blackmon,
Division Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-23405 Filed 9-8-99; 8:45 am]
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