[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 9328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4431]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Chautauqua County, NY

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Revised notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this revised notice to advise the public 
that FHWA will not be preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 
for the proposed Millennium Parkway project in Chautauqua County, New 
York. A Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS was published in the Federal 
Register on December 27, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey W. Kolb, Division 
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, New York Division, Leo 
W. O'Brien Federal Building, 9th Floor, Clinton Avenue and North Pearl 
Street, Albany, New York 12207, Telephone: (518) 431-4127.
    Or
    Alan E. Taylor, Regional Director, NYSDOT Region 5; 100 Seneca 
Street, Buffalo NY 14203, Telephone: 716-847-3238.
    Or
    George P. Spanos, P.E., Director, CCDPF, 454 North Work Street, 
Falconer, New York 14733, Telephone: (716) 661-8400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the New York 
State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), and Chautauqua County 
Department of Public Facilities (CCDPF) will not prepare an EIS as 
previously intended on a proposal to progress the construction of the 
Millennium Parkway in Chautauqua County, New York. The purpose of the 
Millennium Parkway Project is to improve tractor-trailer truck traffic 
access to the industrial corridor, including the Chadwick Bay 
Industrial Park, from New York (NY) Route 60 (Bennett Road). Based upon 
further review of the project and related impacts it was determined 
that the scope of the project would be reduced to use an alignment that 
would be comprised of a combination of reconstruction of the existing 
portion of Talcott Street between NY Route 60 and CR 81, and the 
construction of a roadway on a new alignment, approximately 1000 meters 
through a previously disturbed, vacant area between CR 81 and CR 82. 
The improvements being considered will not have a significant impact on 
the environment. In light of the minimal environmental impacts a 
Categorical Exclusion with Documentation is being prepared to progress 
the project.

(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.)

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

    Issued on: February 24, 2009.
Jeffrey W. Kolb,
Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Albany, New 
York.
 [FR Doc. E9-4431 Filed 3-2-09; 8:45 am]
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