[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 2670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1110]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement; Jefferson Parish, LA

AGENCY:  Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION:  Withdrawal of Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY:  The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the 
Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for 
the proposed highway project in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana has been 
withdrawn. The Louisiana DOTD is not planning to pursue the project as 
proposed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mr. William C. Farr, Program 
Operations Manager, Federal Highway Administration, 5304 Flanders 
Drive, Suite A, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808 or Ms. Michele Deshotels, 
Environmental Impact Program Manager, Louisiana Department of 
Transportation and Development, Section 28, P.O. Box 94245, Baton 
Rouge, Louisiana 70804-9245, Telephone: (225) 929-9190.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  A Notice of Intent was published (Federal 
Register, Vol. 47, No. 229) to prepare and environmental impact 
statement (EIS) on a proposal to extend LA-3134 from its terminus at 
the south end of Wagner's Ferry Bridge southwesterly through the town 
of Jean Lafitte crossing Bayou Barataria and terminating at LA-301 in 
Barataria. The proposed facility would have been a two-lane highway 
between 2.4 miles and 3.6 miles in length, depending upon the location. 
The proposed highway would have provided improved access to and from 
Jean Lafitte and Barataria.
    Alternatives considered were: (1) No build; (2) a controlled access 
facility on structure; (3) a controlled access facility on embankment; 
and (4) upgrading LA-45 and a new bridge across Bayou Barataria between 
Jean Lafitte and Barataria.
    There were no plans to hold a formal scoping meeting for the 
proposed actions. A public hearing would have been held at a convenient 
time and place for persons in the project area after the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement had been circulated. The hearing would 
have been announced through the local news media.
    Comments and suggestions concerning the proposed action and the EIS 
were invited to be directed to the FHWA or Louisiana Department of 
Transportation and Development.
(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: January 5, 2000.
William A. Sussmann,
Division Administrator, FHWA, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
[FR Doc. 00-1110 Filed 1-14-00; 8:45 am]
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