[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 145 (Monday, July 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 49056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19027]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement; Wiscasset and Edgecomb, ME

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 (EIS) will be prepared for a proposed 
highway project in the Towns of Wiscasset and Edgecomb, Sagadahoc 
County, Maine.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mark Hasselmann, Manager, Right of 
Way and Environment, Maine Division, Federal Highway Administration, 40 
Western Ave. Augusta, Maine 04330, Tel. 207/622-8355, ext. 24; Edward 
W. Hanscom, P.E., Project Manager, Maine Department of Transportation, 
State House Station 16, Augusta, Maine 04333-0016, Tel. 207/624-3320.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Maine 
Department of Transportation, will prepare an environmental impact 
statement (EIS) on a proposal to improve public safety, increase 
mobility and reduce congestion through the U.S. Route 1 corridor in the 
Wiscasset-Edgecomb area. The purpose of this EIS is to establish a 
preferred alternative that will address the study purpose and need. 
Alternatives under consideration include (1) taking no action, (2) 
transportation system management including upgrades within the existing 
highway facilities and construction of a limited access highway on new 
location.
    This project began in 1999 as an environmental assessment and the 
first public meeting was held in December 1999. An agency scoping 
meeting was held April 10, 2000 in Augusta, Maine and public scoping 
meetings were held in Wiscasset, Maine on May 24, 2000 and November 1, 
2000.

    Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48.

    Issued on: July 17, 2002.
Paul L. Lariviere,
Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Augusta, Maine.
[FR Doc. 02-19027 Filed 7-26-02; 8:45 am]
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