[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 93 (Thursday, May 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26644-26645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10879]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Providence, RI

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 will be prepared for a proposed 
transportation project in the city of Providence, Rhode Island.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lucy Garliauskas, Division 
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, 380 Westminster Mall, 
Room 547, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, Telephone: (401) 528-4541, OR 
Kazem Farhoumand, P.E., Deputy Chief Engineer, Rhode Island Department 
of Transportation, 2 Capitol Hill, Room 236, Providence, Rhode Island 
02903,

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Telephone: (401) 222-2023, Extension 4020.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Rhode 
Island Department of Transportation, will prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposal to improve the US Route 6 / State 
Route 10 interchange in Providence, Rhode Island. The proposed project 
would involve the rehabilitation, reconstruction or replacement of U.S. 
Route 6 and State Route 10 for a distance of approximately one mile 
each.
    The EIS will investigate the environmental and socioeconomic 
impacts of various routing options to improve the interchange 
considered necessary to address the deterioration of the existing 
structures and substandard geometry. Preliminary studies undertaken to 
date have identified the following options to be considered for further 
evaluations. The options under review include (1) taking no action; (2) 
rehabilitating the existing bridges; (3) replacing all components of 
the existing bridges on current location; (4) reconstructing the 
interchange on new location, construction of new bridges, and 
completing all movements of the interchange.
    A scoping meeting to discuss the potential environmental impacts 
will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 16, 2004, at Rhode Island 
Department of Administration, One Capitol Hill, Providence, Rhode 
Island 02903 in Conference Room A on the second floor. Written comments 
received within 30 days of the scoping meeting will be incorporated 
into the record.
    In addition to the scoping meeting, public participation will 
continue throughout the EIS process. Public workshops will be held in 
Providence, and potentially in other affected communities, to discuss 
the proposed Environmental Impact Statement including all project 
options and issues. Written Comments will be incorporated into this 
NEPA scoping process.
    In addition, a formal public hearing will be held to receive 
comments regarding the proposed Environmental Impact Statement. Public 
notice will be given of the time and place of the public hearing. The 
draft EIS will be available for public and agency review and comment 
prior to the public hearing.
    Comments and suggestions regarding this proposed action and the EIS 
are requested from all interested parties and should be directed to the 
Rhode Island Department of Transportation, 2 Capitol Hill, Room 231-D, 
Providence, Rhode Island 02903.

(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: May 7, 2004.
Lucy Garliauskas,
Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Providence, 
Rhode Island.
[FR Doc. 04-10879 Filed 5-12-04; 8:45 am]
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