[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 90 (Thursday, May 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 31399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11524]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Ballard, Marshall, and McCracken Counties in Kentucky and Cape 
Girardeau and Mississippi Counties in Missouri; Notice of Planning 
Study

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of planning study.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the 
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC), in cooperation with the 
Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and the Federal Highway 
Administration (FHWA), is initiating a planning study for the following 
proposed highway project. ``Evaluation of Options for the Location of 
I-66 from Missouri to I-24 near Paducah, Kentucky.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evan J. Wisniewski, Project 
Development Team Leader, Federal Highway Administration, 330 West 
Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601, Telephone: (502) 223-6740 or Ms. Annette 
Coffey, Director, Division of Planning, Kentucky Transportation 
Cabinet, 125 Holmes Street, Frankfort, KY 40622, Telephone: (502) 564-
7183.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded by using a 
computer, modem and suitable communications software from the 
Government Printing Office's Electronic Bulletin Board Service (202) 
512-1661. Internet users may reach the Office of the Federal Register's 
home page at http://www.nara.gov/fedreg and the Government Printing 
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Background

    This project is part of a proposed Transamerica Transportation 
Corridor fro the Atlantic Coast of Virginia to the Pacific Coast in 
California, in accordance with the legislative intent of the Intermodal 
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991 and subsequent 
Federal transportation legislation. This highway is to pass through 
southern Kentucky and will generally be within a 50 mile wide band 
centered on the cities of Pikeville, Jenkins, Hazard, London, Somerset, 
Columbia, Bowling Green, Hopkinsville, Benton, and Paducah. The 
planning study will address alternatives and issues related to the 
development of an interstate highway that would provide continuity of 
I-66 between I-24 in Kentucky and Missouri and improve accessibility 
throughout the region.
    During the development of this planning study, comments will be 
solicited from appropriate Federal, state, and local agencies, as well 
as other interested persons and the general public, in accordance with 
requirements set forth in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 
of 1969 and subsequent Federal regulations and guidelines developed by 
the Executive Office of the President's Council on Environmental 
Quality and the United States Department of Transportation for the 
implementation of the NEPA process.
    This planning study will include a scoping process for the early 
identification of potential alternatives for, and environmental issues 
and impacts related to, the proposed project. At this time, the level 
of environmental documentation that will ultimately be prepared is not 
known. However, if an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is prepared 
for the proposed project in the future, the information gained through 
the scoping process in this planning study may be used as input to the 
scoping process for the development of that EIS. If an EIS is prepared 
in the future, written comments on the scope of alternatives and 
impacts will still be considered at that time, after the filing of the 
Notice of Intent (NOI).

(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: April 30, 2002.
Jose Sepulveda,
Kentucky Division Administrator, Frankfort.
[FR Doc. 02-11524 Filed 5-8-02; 8:45 am]
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