[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-202]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement; Tippecanoe, Carroll and Cass 
Countries, Indiana

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of scoping meeting.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing an announcement to the public that a 
Scoping Meeting will take place in regards to the environmental 
document for a proposed transportation project in Tippecanoe, Carroll 
and Cass Countries, Indiana to improve and/or relocate SR 25 from 
Lafayette to Logansport, a distance of approximately 54 kilometers (34 
miles). The meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 15, 2000 at 8:00 
a.m. in the Radisson Inn Lafayette Meeting Room, located at 4343 State 
Road 26 East, Lafayette, Indiana.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Heil, Planning and Program 
Development Manager, Federal Highway Administrator, Room 254, Federal 
Office Building, 575 North Pennyslvania Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 
46204, Telephone (317) 226-7491.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the scoping meeting is to 
invite local, State, and Federal agencies to help identify issues that 
may impact the proposed project. Scoping is intended to ensure that 
problems are identified early and properly studied, that issues of 
little significance do not consume time and effort, that the draft EIS 
is thorough and balanced, and that delays aoccasioned by an inadequate 
draft EIS is avoided. The scoping process should identify the public 
and agency concerns; clearly define the environmental issues and 
alternatives to be examined in the EIS including the elimination of 
nonsignificant issues; identify related issues which originate from 
separate legislation, regulation, or Executive Order (e.g., historic 
preservation or endangered species concerns); and identify state and 
local agency requirements which must be addressed.
    To ensure that the full range of issues related to the proposed 
action are addressed and all significant issues are identified, 
comments and suggestions are invited from all interested parties. 
Comments or questions concerning the proposed action and the 
environmental document should be directed to the FHWA at the address 
provided above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205, 
Highway Planning and Construction. The regulations implementing 
Executive Order 12372 regarding integovernmental consulation on 
Federal programs and activities apply to this program)

    Issued on: December 21, 1999.
Lawrence M. Heil,
Planning and Program Development Manager, Indianapolis, Indiana
[FR Doc. 00-202 Filed 1-4-00; 8:45 am]
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