[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 57 (Friday, March 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 15377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5952]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Notice of Intent, Project Cancellation, California Forest Highway 
224, Bautista Canyon Road, Riverside County, CA

AGENCY: Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration 
(FHWA).

ACTION: Notice of intent, project cancellation.

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SUMMARY: On August 20, 2004, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), 
Central Federal Lands Highway Division, and the County of Riverside 
published a notice of availability of a Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the proposed 
reconstruction of an 8.2-mile segment of California Forest Highway 224, 
Bautista Canyon Road. Preliminary engineering and environmental work on 
the project has been funded through the County of Riverside and the 
Federal Lands Forest Highway Program, which is jointly administered by 
the FHWA, the USDA Forest Service and the California Department of 
Transportation. Following public hearings on the Draft EIS/EIR, 
comments were received from the general public, the USDA Forest 
Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of the 
Interior. On the basis of these comments, and upon further analysis of 
the project purpose and need, alternatives, and the cost to mitigate 
impacts to biological and cultural resources, the Forest Highway 
programming agencies and the County of Riverside have determined that 
the project is not viable. The project is being removed from the 
Federal Lands Highway Program of projects. All engineering and 
environmental studies have been sopped.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Stephen Hallisy, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Federal Highway Administration, 12300 West 
Dakota Avenue, Lakewood, Colorado 80228, telephone 720 963-3685.

    Dated: March 18, 2005.
Bernardo Bustamante,
Project Manager.
[FR Doc. 05-5952 Filed 3-24-05; 8:45 am]
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