[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 2947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1454]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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 
Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared for the SR 30 Section 
S01 (US 30) corridor in East Lampeter Township, Salisbury Township, 
Leacock Township, and Paradise Township, Lancaster County, 
Pennsylvania.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Suciu Smith, Environmental 
Specialist, Federal Highway Administration, 228 Walnut Street, Room 
536, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101-1720, Telephone: 717-221-3785, or 
Larry Graeff, Project Manager, Pennsylvania Department of 
Transportation 2140 Herr Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17103, 
Telephone 717-783-5119.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the 
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PENNDOT) and the Lancaster 
County Planning Commission, will prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) to identify and evaluate alternatives to address 
transportation problems within the SR 30 Section S01 corridor. The 
proposed project study area runs approximately from the PA 896/U.S. 30 
intersection on the west and the PA 897/U.S. 30 intersection on the 
east, including the intersection with PA 41.
    Notices of Intent concerning this proposal were previously 
published in the Federal Register. The Notice published on February 27, 
1987 described a two-phase approach to identify and evaluate 
alternatives that would provide a variable means of relieving traffic 
congestion on Traffic Route (T.R.) 23 and US 30 in Eastern Lancaster 
County, Pennsylvania. The Notice published on June 16, 1988 announced 
that separate Environmental Impact Statements to evaluate alternatives 
for the two projects would be prepared.
    Improvements to the corridor are considered necessary to provide 
for the existing and project traffic demand. A needs study has been 
undertaken and a range of transportation alternatives, including but 
not limited to No-Build, Transportation Systems Management (TSM), 
widening the existing three-lane highways to five lanes, bypasses 
around communities, and constructing a four-lane limited access highway 
on new location will be considered. These alternatives will be 
developed consistent with land use strategies to address the identified 
transportation needs. The development of alternatives will be based on 
traffic demands, engineering requirements, environmental and 
socioeconomic constraints, the county's growth management plan, and 
public input. Public involvement and inter-agency coordination will be 
maintained throughout the development of the EIS.
    To issue that the full range of issues related to this proposed 
action are addressed and that all significant issues are identified, 
comments and suggestions are invited from interested parties. Comments 
or questions concerning this proposed action and the EIS should be 
directed to the FHWA at the address above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistant 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: January 15, 2002.
James A. Cheatham,
Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Harrisburg, 
Pennsylvania.
[FR Doc. 02-1454 Filed 1-18-02; 8:45 am]
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