[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 194 (Thursday, October 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51944-51945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24218]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement: Lafayette Parish, LA

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent amendment.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the 
December 16, 2005 Notice of Intent for the subject Tier 1 Environmental 
Impact Statement is amended to: (1) change the name of the proposed 
project from the Lafayette Metropolitan Expressway to the Lafayette 
Regional Xpressway (LRX) and (2) add the Louisiana Department of 
Transportation and Development (DOTD) as a Joint Lead Agency.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Carl M. Highsmith, Project 
Delivery Team Leader, Federal Highway Administration, 5304 Flanders 
Drive, Suite A, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808, Telephone: (225) 757-
7615, or Mr. Michael Mangham, Commission Chairperson, Lafayette 
Metropolitan Expressway Commission, 406 Audubon Boulevard, Lafayette, 
Louisiana 70503, Telephone: (337) 233-6200, or Ms. Noel Ardoin, 
Environmental Engineer Administrator, Louisiana Department of 
Transportation and Development, Room 502P, 1201 Capitol Access Road, 
Post

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Office Box 94245, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804-9245, Telephone: (225) 
242-4502. Project information may be obtained from the project Internet 
Web site at http://lrxpressway.com.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Lafayette Metropolitan Expressway 
Commission (LMEC) changed the name of the proposed project from the 
Lafayette Metropolitan Expressway to the Lafayette Regional Xpressway 
(LRX). The name of the project was changed to reflect the regional 
context and setting of the proposed toll facility.
    The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development agreed 
to be a Joint Lead Agency for the Lafayette Regional Xpressway Tier 1 
Environmental Impact Statement.

(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; 23 CFR 771.123.

    Dated: September 30, 2009.
Charles W. Bolinger,
Division Administrator, FHWA, Louisiana Division.
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