[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 38546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13887]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Warren County 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 proposed highway project: ``Eastern Beltline of Bowling 
Green, Kentucky from Scottsville Road (US 231) to Interstate 65 (I-
65)''.

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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512-1661. Internet users may reach the Office of the Federal Register's 
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Background

    This planning study is to determine the feasibility of an Eastern 
Beltline of Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Bowling Green Urban 
Transportation Study has identified both and Eastern and Northern 
Beltline as a need since 1972. The Eastern Beltline is to be located 
east of I-65 and is to connect US 231 (Scottsville Road) with I-65. 
This planning study will consider how the Beltline projects should be 
coordinated with a proposed Interstate 66 (I-66) project and if 
segments of one project can be incorporated into the other project.
    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. 02-13887 Filed 6-3-02; 8:45 am]
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