[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 219 (Thursday, November 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 67544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26768]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Notice to Rescind Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement and Environmental Assessment for the I-20 East Transit 
Initiative in the City of Atlanta and DeKalb County, Georgia

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Rescind Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact 
statement and environmental assessment.

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SUMMARY: The FTA in cooperation with the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid 
Transit Authority (MARTA) is issuing this notice to advise the public 
that the Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed 
public transportation improvement project in the City of Atlanta and 
DeKalb County, Georgia is being rescinded.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Stan Mitchell, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Federal Transit Administration Region IV, 230 
Peachtree Street NW., Atlanta, GA 30303, phone 404-865-5643, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FTA, as lead federal agency, and MARTA 
published a NOI on August 28, 2012 (77 FR 52128) to prepare an EIS and 
EA for the MARTA I-20 East Transit Initiative project. This project 
would extend the existing east-west rail Heavy Rail Transit (HRT) line 
from the Indian Creek Station to the Mall at Stonecrest in eastern 
DeKalb County and also create a new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service 
along I-20 between downtown Atlanta and a new station at Wesley Chapel 
Road, east of I-285 in DeKalb County.
    Since that time, FTA and MARTA have conducted scoping activities 
which have led to reevaluating the project in terms of Purpose and 
Need. Based on these scoping activities, FTA is rescinding the August 
28, 2012 NOI, and, in today's issue of the Federal Register, is issuing 
a new NOI for the HRT extension. The environmental impacts of the BRT 
service along I-20 will be evaluated as a separate project in an 
environmental assessment. No changes will be made to the HRT or BRT 
services as described in the August 28, 2012 NOI. Comments and 
questions concerning the proposed action should be directed to FTA at 
the address provided above.

Yvette G. Taylor,
Regional Administrator, FTA Region IV.
[FR Doc. 2014-26768 Filed 11-12-14; 8:45 am]
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