[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 209 (Friday, October 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64474-64475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27603]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement; Rutland County, VT

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an

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environmental impact statement is no longer being prepared for a 
previously proposed highway project [FEGC 419-3(44)] in Rutland County, 
Vermont.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth R. Sikora, Jr., FHWA 
Environmental Program Manager, P.O. Box 568, Montpelier, Vermont 05601, 
telephone: (802) 828-4423; or David J. Scott, P.E., Director of Project 
Development, Vermont Agency of Transportation, National Life Building, 
Drawer 33, Montpelier, Vermont 05633-5001, telephone: (802) 828-2663.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Intent to prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement for a bypass or upgrade of U.S. Routes 4 
and 7 in Rutland, Vermont, was published by FHWA in the March 22, 1993 
Federal Register. A Notice of Availability for the Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed project was issued in the 
December 19, 1997 Federal Register. The DEIS was circulated with the 
comment period ending on March 6, 1998.
    Because of the many environmental issues associated with the 
preferred alternative, the Vermont Legislature terminated the 
environmental impact study for the project in Section 1(c)(2) of Act 
156 of the 1999-2000 Legislative Session. Accordingly, FHWA has 
determined that a Final Environmental Impact Statement will not be 
prepared. (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.)

    Issued on October 19, 2000.
Kenneth R. Sikora, Jr.,
Environmental Program Manager, Montpelier, Vermont.
[FR Doc. 00-27603 Filed 10-26-00; 8:45 am]
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