[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2947-2948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1544]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Lehigh and Northhampton Counties, 
Pennsylvania; Cancellation of the Notice

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Cancellation of the notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: This notice rescinds the previous Notice of Intent (issued May 
8, 2000) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a proposed 
highway project along U.S. Route 22 between its interchanges with 
Interstate 78 to the west and State Route 248 to

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the east, a distance of approximately 31 km (19 miles).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David W. Cough, P.E., Director of 
Operations, Federal Highway Administration, Pennsylvania Division 
Office, 228 Walnut Street, Room 508, Harrisburg, PA 17101-1720, 
Telephone (717) 221-3411--OR--Donald Lerch, Assistant District 
Engineer, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, District 5-0, 1713 
Lehigh Street, Allentown, PA 18103, Telephone (610) 798-4131.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional traffic analyses have indicated 
that the proposed project consists of distinct sections based on 
traffic patterns, origins and destinations, safety and capacity needs. 
Environmental Assessments of Categorical Exclusion Evaluations will be 
prepared for each section, as appropriate, based on project scoping.

(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.)


James A. Cheatham,
FHWA Division Administator, Harrisburg, PA.
[FR Doc. 02-1544 Filed 1-17-02; 8:45 am]
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