[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 55 (Monday, March 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 13349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6314]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Hays and Caldwell Counties, State 
of Texas

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to rescind NOI of November 17, 1987.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that they 
are rescinding the NOI to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) on a proposal to construct a loop designated as Farm-to-Market 
(FM) 110 Loop around the City of San Marcos in Hays and Caldwell 
Counties, Texas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Salvador Deocampo, District Engineer, 
FHWA, Texas Division Office, 300 E. 8th Street, Suite 826, Austin, 
Texas, 78701, Telephone: (512) 536-5950.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Texas 
Department of Transportation, is rescinding the NOI published in the 
Federal Register on November 17, 1987, to prepare an EIS for a proposed 
FM 110 Loop roadway in Hays and Caldwell Counties, Texas. The project 
limits, study area and the type of environmental documentation for the 
proposed FM 110 Loop have changed. In 1994, FM 110 was evaluated as a 
full-circle loop roadway in a Preliminary Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (PDEIS), which was never officially approved by FHWA or 
distributed for agency or public review and comment. Since the 
preparation of the PDEIS, the western portion of the FM 110 Loop 
project has been eliminated from further consideration. However, based 
on the information gathered from the PDEIS, enough environmental 
analysis was developed to assess any potential impacts associated with 
the proposed FM 110 portion located east of IH-35. Therefore, based on 
that information, and since the scope of the original FM 110 has been 
decreased, an Environmental Assessment (EA) for only the portion of FM 
110 east of IH-35 will be prepared instead of an EIS.

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

    Issued on: March 11, 2004.
Salvador Deocampo,
District Engineer, Austin, Texas.
[FR Doc. 04-6314 Filed 3-19-04; 8:45 am]
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