[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 118 (Monday, June 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 35124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14863]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT); 
Environmental Impact Statement: Monroe County, New York

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 and NYSDOT will not be preparing an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) for the proposed improvements to extend Route 531 in 
the Towns of Ogden and Sweden, Monroe County, New York (NYSDOT Project 
Identification Number: 4531.05). A Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS 
was published in the Federal Register on January 14, 2005.

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
    Robert A. Traver, Acting Regional Director, New York State 
Department of Transportation Region 4; 1530 Jefferson Road, Rochester, 
New York 14623, Telephone: (585) 272-3310.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the New York 
State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) will not prepare an EIS as 
previously intended on a proposal to extend Route 531 in Monroe County, 
New York. The purpose of the Route 531 Extension study was to develop 
improvements to the 6.5 mile long corridor that could provide for the 
existing and projected traffic demand and to address highway safety. 
During the scoping phase of the project however, the results of traffic 
studies and accident analysis indicated that future Route 31 traffic 
will operate at capacity during the commuter peak. As such, most of the 
traffic problems, other than those at the current Route 531 terminus 
with Route 36, will not occur until 15 years or more in the future. The 
study indicated that few highway improvements are required other than 
addressing the Route 531 terminus and identified safety issues within 
the study area. The improvements being considered will not have a 
significant impact on the environment and will be progressed as 
Categorical Exclusion(s).

(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: June 10, 2010.
Jeffrey W. Kolb,
Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Albany, New 
York.
[FR Doc. 2010-14863 Filed 6-18-10; 8:45 am]
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