[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 77823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32001]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Suffolk County, NY

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration, NYSDOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an 
environmental impact statement will be prepared for proposed highway 
project PIN 0016.20, Reconstruction of NY Route 112, I-495 to Skips 
Road (Mill Road Connector), Suffolk County, New York.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Oelerich, P.E., Acting Regional Director, New York State 
Department of Transportation, 250 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, 
New York 11788, Telephone: (631) 952-6632, or
Robert Arnold, Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, 
New York Division, Leo W. O'Brien Federal Building, 7th Floor, Room 
719, Clinton Avenue and North Pearl Street, Albany, New York 12207, 
Telephone: (518) 431-4127.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with New York State 
Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) will prepare an environmental 
impact statement (EIS) on the proposal to improve NY Route 112, I-495 
to Skips Road (Mill Road Connector), Suffolk County, New York. The 
proposed improvement would involve the reconstruction of the existing 
route in the hamlets of Coram and Medford, Town of Brookhaven for a 
distance of 4.6 km (3 miles). The objectives of the project are:
    [sbull] Provide cost effective improvements so that the existing 
facility will provide adequate capacity and operational 
characteristics, which are compatible with planned current and long-
range transportation improvements to address project area development 
and growth.
    [sbull] Improve highway conditions to provide satisfactory access 
to abutting land uses.
    [sbull] Provide cost effective improvements to the existing 
transportation factility which will mitigate adverse social, economic 
and environmental consequences; minimize adverse effects on culturally 
significant sites; and which are acceptable to the community.
    [sbull] Improve intersection capacity and operation to eliminate 
recurring daily delay.
    [sbull] Provide transportation improvements that reduce or 
eliminate the potential of vehicular conflict/accident.
    [sbull] Correct identified pavement deficiencies in order to attain 
a structurally sound highway.
    [sbull] Provide an adequate closed drainage system to convey 
roadway storm water runoff and eliminate existing roadway flooding 
conditions.
    Alternatives under consideration include one no-build and one build 
alternatives as follows:
    [sbull] Alternative I--no build.
    [sbull] Alternative II--build; involving reconstruction and 
realigning of NY Route 112 into a four-lane highway with two-way 
continuous left turn land or raised median.
    Letters describing the proposed action and soliciting comments will 
be sent to appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, and to 
private organizations and citizens who have previously expressed 
interest in this proposal. In addition, a public information center/
scoping meeting will be held in Brookhaven Town Hall in Medford on 
January 14, 2002. Public notice will be given of the time and place of 
the meeting. A formal NEPA scoping meeting will not be held.
    To ensure that the full range of issues related to this proposed 
action are addressed and all substantial issues and alternatives 
identified, comments and suggestions are invited from all interested 
parties. Comments or questions concerning this proposed action should 
be directed to the NYSDOT and FHWA at the addresses provided above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205, 
Highway Research, Planning and Construction. The regulation 
implementing Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental 
consultation on Federal programs and activities apply to this 
program)

    Authority:  23 U.S.C. 315; 23 CFR 771.123.


    Issued on: December 10, 2002.
Douglas P. Conlan,
District Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, New York Division, 
Albany, New York.
[FR Doc. 02-32001 Filed 12-18-02; 8:45 am]
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