[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 198 (Friday, October 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 60397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23991]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Olmsted County, MN

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Terminate EIS.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process for proposed highway 
improvements to Trunk Highway (TH) 14 in Olmsted County, Minnesota is 
terminated. The original Notice of Intent for this EIS process was 
published in the Federal Register on October 7, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Martin, Environmental Engineer, 
Federal Highway Administration, Galtier Plaza, Suite 500, 380 Jackson 
Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101, Telephone (651) 291-6120; or Greg 
Paulson, P.E., Project Manager, Minnesota Department of 
Transportation--District 6, 2900 48th Street NW., Rochester, Minnesota 
55901, Telephone (507) 286-7502; (651) 296-9930 TTY.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Minnesota 
Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) has terminated the EIS process 
begun in 2002 to address safety, operational, structural and geometric 
deficiencies on TH 14 from the end of the four-lane roadway on the east 
side of Rochester through Eyota, approximately eight miles, Olmsted 
County, Minnesota. The Scoping Decision Document for the project was 
approved by Mn/DOT on October 1, 2003. On December 18, 2003, Mn/DOT 
notified federal, state and local agencies through the Minnesota 
Environmental Quality Board's Distribution List that funding 
constraints have resulted in a delay in proceeding with the 
environmental review process for the project. At such time when funding 
is available to proceed with the project, the results of the scoping 
process will be reviewed and updated, as appropriate. Therefore, the 
EIS for this project has been terminated.

(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: October 2, 2008.
Cheryl B. Martin,
Environmental Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, St. Paul, 
Minnesota.
 [FR Doc. E8-23991 Filed 10-9-08; 8:45 am]
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