[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 77689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31462]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Dallas County, TX

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA issued a Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) for a Trinity Parkway reliever route, a 
transportation project, in the Federal Register on June 16, 1999 
(Volume 64, Number 115). The FHWA is now issuing this supplementary 
Notice of Intent to include in the EIS a City of Dallas evaluation of a 
proposed City of Dallas Lake Plan located within the Trinity River 
Dallas Floodway in Dallas County, Texas. This proposed Lake Plan 
potentially affects the project corridor for the transportation 
project, and several of the route alternatives under consideration. 
Supplementary analysis is needed to fully address the impacts of joint 
development of these actions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Patrick A. Bauer, P.E., District 
Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, 300 East Eighth Street, 
Federal Office Building, Room 826, Austin, Texas 78701, Telephone (512) 
536-5950. Mr. Jerry Hiebert, Executive Director, North Texas Tollway 
Authority (NTTA), 5900 West Plano Parkway, Suite 100, Plano, Texas 
75093, Telephone (214) 522-6200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, jointly with the Texas Department 
of Transportation and the NTTA, and in cooperation with the City of 
Dallas, will prepare an EIS for the Trinity Parkway reliever route and 
associated improvements in the project corridor. Associated 
improvements include one or more proposed lakes, recreation amenities, 
and possible wetlands as identified in the City of Dallas Trinity River 
Corridor Master Implementation Plan Lake Design and Recreational 
Amenities Report, which are located within the Dallas Floodway.
    Impacts caused by construction and operation of the Trinity Parkway 
and the Dallas Lake Plan will vary according to the alternatives 
selected. Generally, these projects may impact floodplains, water 
quality, air quality, socio-economic conditions, historic and other 
man-made structures.
    The Draft EIS will be available for public and agency review and 
comment prior to the public hearing. To ensure that the full range of 
issues related to this proposed action are addressed and all 
significant issues identified, comments and suggestions are invited 
from all interested parties. Comments or questions concerning this 
proposed action and the EIS should be directed to the FHWA or NTTA at 
the address provided above.

    Issued on: December 1, 2000.
Salvador Deocampo,
Urban Programs Engineer, Federal Highway Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-31462 Filed 12-11-00; 8:45 am]
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