[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 124 (Thursday, June 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 35537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12492]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Mississippi Division; Notice To Rescind a Notice of Intent To 
Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS): Hancock, Harrison, 
Jackson Counties, MS

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Rescind Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the 
Notice of Intent published on April 23, 2003 to prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed relocation study of 
the CSX Railroad through the six counties of the Mississippi Gulf Coast 
is being rescinded.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cecil Vick, Environment and Planning 
Management Team Leader, Federal Highway Administration, Mississippi 
Division, 666 North Street, Suite 105, Jackson, Mississippi 39202, 
Telephone: (601) 965-4217.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The FHWA is rescinding the notice of intent to prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposal to study the 
relocation of the CSX Railroad through the six counties of the 
Mississippi Gulf Coast--Jackson, Harrison, Hancock, Greene, Stone, and 
Pearl River Counties with logical termini at the Alabama and Louisiana 
State lines.
    The purpose of the CSX Study was three-fold: Identify the best 
feasible corridor for relocation of the CSX Railroad in Mississippi; 
obtain the necessary environmental clearances; and, demonstrate the 
applicability of remote sensing technologies to environmental analysis 
for transportation planning projects and decision making. Of paramount 
importance to this effort was the public participation process.
    Federal-aid funds are no longer available for the proposed action.

Andrew H. Hughes,
Division Administrator, Mississippi, Federal Highway Administration, 
Jackson, Mississippi.
 [FR Doc. E7-12492 Filed 6-27-07; 8:45 am]
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