[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55658-55659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20777]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Assessment; Finding of No Significant Impact 
(FONSI): George Washington Memorial Parkway, Arlington, VA and District 
of Columbia

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Eastern Federal Lands 
Highway Division, DOT.

SUMMARY: The FHWA, in cooperation with the National Park Service (NPS), 
is issuing a Finding of No Significant Impact for the replacement of an 
existing bridge and related vehicular and pedestrian/bicycle safety 
improvements on the George Washington Memorial Parkway located in 
Arlington County, VA and the District of Columbia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Jack Van Dop, Technical Specialist, Federal 
Highway Administration, 21400 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, VA 20166, 
Telephone: (703) 404-6282, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the NPS, is 
issuing a FONSI for the preferred alternative as identified in the 
Environmental Assessment (EA) for Roadway and Trail Safety Improvements 
for the George Washington Memorial Parkway. This project is located in 
Arlington County, Virginia and Washington, DC and includes replacement 
of the existing Parkway Boundary Channel Bridge (also known as the 
Humpback Bridge), modifications to the Parkway's vehicular entrance to 
Columbia Island, and improvements to the existing trail network. The 
purpose of the EA is to record the selection of a preferred alternative 
and its potential impacts on the environment. The determination as to 
whether the selected alternative (undertaking) will have (or not have--
FONSI) a significant impact on the environment has been made pursuant 
to the Council on Environmental Quality's regulations (40 CFR 1500) for 
implementing the National Environmental Policy Act.
    The FONSI can be viewed at http://www.efl.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nepa/ and http://www.nps.gov/gwmp/.


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

Jack Van Dop,
Technical Specialist.
[FR Doc. 04-20777 Filed 9-14-04; 8:45 am]
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