[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 184 (Monday, September 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 59593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24020]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Planning Study: Lyon, Caldwell, Hopkins, Webster, and Henderson 
Counties in Kentucky

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 of its 
intent to initiate a planning study for a proposed highway project in 
the southwestern portion of Kentucky, located between Eddyville and 
Henderson, 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, e-mail: 
[email protected]; or Ms. Annette Coffey, Director, Division 
of Planning, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, 125 Holmes Street, 
Frankfort, KY 40622, Telephone: (502) 564-7183, e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

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Background

    The I-69 project is part of a proposed ``High Priority Corridor'' 
of national significance (Corridor 18) that extends from the Canadian 
border at Port Huron, Michigan, to the Mexican border in the Lower Rio 
Grande Valley of Texas, in accordance with the legislative intent of 
the Intermodel Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991 
and subsequent federal transportation legislation. Segments of the 
corridor across Kentucky are in various stages of project development. 
This study will address alternatives and issues related to the 
development of an interstate highway between Eddyville and Henderson 
that will improve travel within the study area and become a segment of 
the national I-69 corridor.
    During this study, comments will be gathered 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 study will include a scoping process for the early 
identification of potential alternatives and environmental issues 
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.) (23 U.S.C. 
315; 49 CFR 1.48)

    Issued on: September 16, 2002.
Evan J. Wisniewski,
Project Delivery Team Leader, Kentucky Division, Frankfort, KY 40601.
[FR Doc. 02-24020 Filed 9-20-02; 8:45 am]
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