[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 18031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6852]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Seattle, WA

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Rescission of Notice of Intent, FR document 01-1508.

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SUMMARY: This notice rescinds the previous Notice of Intent issued on 
January 9, 2001, to prepare an environmental impacts statement (EIS) 
for the proposed NE Novelty Hill transportation project in King County, 
Washington.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pete Jilek, Urban Area Engineer, 
Federal Highway Administration, 711 South Capitol Way, Suite 501, 
Olympia WA 98501, Telephone (360) 753-9550 and Ed Conyers, Washington 
State Department of Transportation, Local Programs Engineer for 
Northwest Region, P.O. Box 330310, 15700 Dayton Avenue, Seattle, WA 
98133, Telephone (206) 440-4734.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Washington 
State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and the King County 
Department of Transportation (KCDOT), issued a Notice of Intent on 
January 18, 2001 to prepare an EIS to evaluate the potential 
environmental impacts associated with the proposed NE Novelty Hill 
transportation improvement project to improve immediate and long-range 
transportation mobility of people and goods in the NE Novelty Hill Road 
corridor area. This corridor area is located west of 243rd Avenue NE to 
Avondale Road NE., south of NE 133rd Street to NE Union Hill Road in 
King County, Washington.
    The initial proposal included the consideration of four 
alternatives (three build alternatives and a no action alternative) for 
evaluation in the proposed EIS. Since then, refinement of the project 
elements and review and analysis in the completion of thirteen 
associated discipline reports helped to more specifically identify 
potential impacts, resulting in the elimination of two of the build 
alternatives with significant impacts. As such, the FHWA, WSDOT, and 
KCDOT have jointly decided that the project will likely not result in 
significant impacts to the environment and that an Environmental 
Assessment (EA) is the most appropriate environmental document for 
compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The EA 
will be circulated, as appropriate, once it is completed.

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


    Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 40 CFR 1.48.

    Issued on: March 20, 2008.
Pete Jilek,
Urban Area Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, Olympia, 
Washington.
 [FR Doc. E8-6852 Filed 4-1-08; 8:45 am]
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