[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38545-38546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13886]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Warren and Edmonson Counties in Kentucky

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 Federal 
Highway Administration (FHWA), is initiating a planning study for the 
following highway project ``Interstate 66 (I-66) from the William H. 
Natcher Parkway to the Louie B. Nunn Parkway''.

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

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Government Printing Office's Electronic Bulletin Board Service at (202) 
512-1661. Internet users may reach the Office of the Federal Register's 
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Background

    The I-66 project is part of a proposed Transamerica Transportation 
Corridor from the Atlantic Coast of Virginia to the Pacific Coast in 
California, in accordance with the legislative intent of the Intermodel 
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991 and subsequent 
Federal transportation legislation. This highway is to pass through 
southern Kentucky and will generally be centered on the cities of 
Pikeville, Jenkins, Hazard, London, Somerset, Columbia, Bowling Green, 
Hopkinsville, Benton, and Paducah. Segments of the corridor across 
Kentucky are in various stages of project development ranging from 
corridor studies to final design. The planning study will address 
alternatives and issues related to the development of an interstate 
highway that would provide continuity of I-66 between the Natcher and 
Nunn Parkways 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.)


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    Issued on: April 30, 2002.
Jose Sepulveda,
Kentucky Division Administrator, Frankfort.
[FR Doc. 02-13886 Filed 6-3-02; 8:45 am]
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