[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 24, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35706-35707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15696]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Notice To Rescind Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement for the GA 400 Transit Initiative in Fulton County,
Georgia
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Rescind Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact
statement.
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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
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Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed public
transportation improvement project in Fulton 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rescinded.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 March 31, 2015 (80 FR 17147) to prepare an EIS for
the MARTA GA 400 Transit Initiative project. This project would extend
the existing north-south rail Heavy Rail Transit (HRT) line northward
from the North Springs MARTA Station to Windward Parkway near the
Fulton/Forsyth County border.
Since that time, FTA and MARTA have reevaluated the transit need in
the corridor and have determined that a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) option
is more suitable. Based on this change in the transit mode, FTA is
rescinding the March 31, 2015 NOI. The environmental impacts of the BRT
service along on GA 400 will be evaluated in a yet-to-be-determined
document. No changes will be made to the HRT services as described in
the March 31, 2015 NOI. Comments and questions concerning the proposed
action should be directed to FTA at the address provided above.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5323(c); 40 CFR 1501.7.
Yvette G. Taylor,
Regional Administrator, FTA Region IV.
[FR Doc. 2019-15696 Filed 7-23-19; 8:45 am]
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