[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 50 (Thursday, March 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13615-13616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5010]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: San Joaquin County, CA

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Revised Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the 
Notice of Intent, to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 
for the proposed South Stockton Six-Lane Project, on State Route 99, in 
San Joaquin County, California will be withdrawn; and an Environmental 
Assessment (EA) in lieu of an EIS is being prepared for this proposed 
highway project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dominic Hoang, Highway Engineer, FHWA, 
California Division, 650 Capitol Mall, Suite 4-100, Sacramento, CA 
95814-4708; weekdays 7 a.m.-4 p.m. (Pacific time); telephone: (916) 
498-5002; e-mail: [email protected]. Gail Miller, Senior 
Environmental Planner, Caltrans, 2015 E. Shields Avenue, 100, 
Fresno, CA 93726; weekdays 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (Pacific time); telephone: 
(916) 243-8274; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with Caltrans, 
conducted studies of the potential environmental impacts associated 
with the proposed highway project to widen a three-mile stretch of 
State Route 99 from four lanes to six lanes, from 0.4 mile north of the 
Arch Road Interchange to 0.1 mile south of State Route 4 West in 
Stockton, San Joaquin County, California. During the course of 
conducting these studies, it was identified that many of the potential 
costly environmental impacts that led to issuing the Notice of Intent 
could be avoided by adding the additional lanes to the existing median, 
instead of to the outside of the existing freeway where residents and 
businesses are built up close to the roadway. Additional design changes 
were identified to avoid or minimize potential impacts by further 
reducing the amount of right-of-way needed to construct the project. 
Therefore, the FHWA has determined that an EA would be the appropriate 
environmental document for the project, and that the Notice of Intent 
previously issued on January 29, 2002 on the Federal Register, should 
be withdrawn.
    The EA will be available for public inspection prior to a public 
hearing, anticipated to be held in the Spring of 2008. Comments or 
questions concerning this proposed action and the determination that an 
EA is the proper environmental document should be directed to the FHWA 
or Caltrans at the addresses provided above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205, 
Highway Research Planning and Construction. The regulations 
implementing Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental 
consultation on federal programs and activities apply to this 
program.)


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    Issued on: March 6, 2008.
Nancy Bobb,
Director, State Programs, Federal Highway Administration, Sacramento, 
California.
[FR Doc. E8-5010 Filed 3-12-08; 8:45 am]
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