[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66800-66801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28457]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Southcentral, Alaska

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Amended Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is issuing this 
amended notice to advise the public that an environmental impact 
statement will not be prepared for the proposed Copper River Highway 
project in Southcentral, Alaska.

ADDRESSES: Federal Highway Administration, Alaska Division, 709 West 
9th Street, Room 851, P.O. Box 21648, Juneau, Alaska 99802-1648.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Haugh, Environmental/Right-of-Way 
Specialist, Federal Highway Administration, Alaska Division Office, 
P.O. Box 21648, Juneau, Alaska, 99802-1648.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Highway Administration, in 
cooperation with the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public 
Facilities (ADOT&PF) have agreed to terminate the preparation of the 
Copper River Highway Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). This EIS was 
to study a proposed highway route, along the old Copper River and 
Northwest Railroad right-of-way, which would connect the City of 
Cordova to the Alaskan highway system. In September 2000, the Alaska 
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities made a decision to 
not pursue the proposed highway project, thus this notice is to rescind 
the earlier notice, which was published in the Federal Register on 
February 27, 1992. Letters describing the termination of the Copper 
River Highway Environmental Impact Statement will be sent to 
appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, and to private 
organizations and citizens who have previously expressed an interest in 
or are known to have an interest in this action. This information will 
be published in various newspapers throughout the State of

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Alaska in affected regions and posted on-line on the Alaska Department 
of Transportation and Public Facilities home page 
(www.dot.state.ak.us). No formal public meetings or hearings are 
scheduled. Comments concerning the proposed action should be directed 
to the Federal Highway Administration at the address provided above.

    Dated: October 30, 2000.
David C. Miller,
Division Administrator.
[FR Doc. 00-28457 Filed 11-6-00; 8:45 am]
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