[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 71715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27914]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement; Knox County, City of Vincennes, 
IN and Lawrence County, IL

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Revised notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is issuing this 
revised notice to advise the public that FHWA will not be preparing an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed relocation of 
railroad lines in Knox County, Indiana and Lawrence County, Illinois. A 
``Notice of Intent'' to prepare an EIS was published in the Federal 
Register on March 16, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janice Osadczuk, Planning and 
Environmental Specialist, Federal Highway Administration, Telephone: 
(317) 226-7486; or Frank Litherland, INDOT Project Manager, Telephone 
812-882-8364.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Indiana 
Department of Transportation (INDOT) and the Illinois Department of 
Transportation (IDOT), will not prepare an EIS as previously intended 
on a proposal to evaluate alternative alignments for the relocation of 
the two CSXT railroad mainline tracks, the north-south mainline and the 
east-west mainline that traverses through the City of Vincennes and 
portions of Knox County, Indiana and Lawrence County, Illinois. Based 
on further review of the project and related impacts it was determined 
that the scope of the project would be reduced in scope from a railroad 
relocation project requiring the preparation of an environmental impact 
statement to a series of spot improvements where the roadway bridges 
over the existing railroad. For these improvements either an 
environmental assessment or categorical exclusions will be prepared.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 20.205, Highway 
Planning and Construction. The regulations implementing Executive 
Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental consultation on Federal 
programs and activities apply to the program).

    Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 23 CFR 771.123; 49 CFR 1.48.

Robert F. Tally,
Division Administrator, Indianapolis, Indiana.
[FR Doc. E8-27914 Filed 11-24-08; 8:45 am]
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