[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 68 (Monday, April 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 18133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-3376]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement Adoption: Douglas County, KS

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 of its 
intent to adopt an existing Final Environmental Impact Statement in 
accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality regulations, 40 
CFR 1506.3. The Final EIS has been prepared and approved by the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, for the South Lawrence 
Trafficway located in Lawrence, Kansas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Wendall L. Meyer, Assistant 
Division Administrator, FHWA, Kansas Division Office, 6111 SW., 29th 
Street, Topeka, KS 66614, Telephone: (785) 228-2544; or Mr. Corky 
Armstrong, Road Design Engineer, Kansas Department of Transportation, 
Dwight D. Eisenhower Building, 700 SW Harrison Street, Topeka, KS 
66603-3754, Telephone: (785) 296-3901.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Kansas 
Department of Transportation (KDOT), intends to adopt an approved Final 
EIS for the South Lawrence Trafficway located in Lawrence, Kansas. The 
EIS was prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City 
District, as part of a Section 404 Permit Application, Permit 
Application Number 200101697. The Notice of Intent for the EIS appeared 
in the FR, Volume 66, Number 152, August 7, 2001. The project consists 
of construction of a new section of K-10 Highway beginning in Douglas 
County at the existing K-10/U.S. 59 Highway interchange in southwest 
Lawrence extending approximately six miles north and east to a location 
on the existing K-10 alignment near the eastern edge of the City of 
Lawrence. The preferred alternative would replace the existing K-10 
route through Lawrence with a limited access freeway along the southern 
edge of the city on an alignment identified as 32nd Street Alignment B. 
The EIS considered the social, environmental, and economic impacts of 
the project. The No-Action alternative and five roadway corridors with 
a total of twelve reasonable build alternative alignments were 
evaluated and discussed in the Draft and Final EIS. The FHWA will also 
prepare and coordinate the distribution of a Draft and Final Section 
4(f) Evaluation for the project, in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 303. 
These documents will evaluate the reasonable alternatives to determine 
if they are feasible and prudent as they relate to section 4(f). In 
addition, FHWA will prepare its own Record of Decision for the South 
Lawrence Trafficway alternative in accordance with 40 CFR 1505.2. 
Comments or questions concerning these proposed actions should be 
directed to the FHWA or KDOT at the addresses provided above.

(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: April 3, 2006.
Wendell L. Meyer,
Assistant Division Administrator, Topeka, Kansas.
[FR Doc. 06-3376 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am]
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