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Warren and Edmonson Counties in Kentucky
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[Federal Register: June 4, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 107)]
[Notices]
[Page 38545-38546]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Warren and Edmonson Counties in Kentucky
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of planning study.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC), in cooperation with the Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA), is initiating a planning study for the
following highway project "Interstate 66 (I-66) from the
William H. Natcher Parkway to the Louie B. Nunn Parkway".
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evan J. Wisniewski, Project
Development Team Leader, Federal Highway Administration, 330 West
Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601, Telephone: (502) 223-6740 or Ms.
Annette Coffey, Director, Division of Planning, Kentucky Transportation
Cabinet, 125 Holmes Street, Frankfort, KY, 40622, Telephone: (502)
564-7183.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Access
An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded by using a
computer, modem and suitable communications software from the
Government Printing Office's Electronic Bulletin Board Service at (202)
512-1661. Internet users may reach the Office of the Federal
Register's home page at http://www.nara.gov/fedreg 
and the
Government Printing Office's web page at http://www.acess.gpo.gov.nara.
Background
The I-66 project is part of a proposed Transamerica
Transportation Corridor from the Atlantic Coast of Virginia to the
Pacific Coast in California, in accordance with the legislative intent
of the Intermodel Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991
and subsequent Federal transportation legislation. This highway is to
pass through southern Kentucky and will generally be centered on the
cities of Pikeville, Jenkins, Hazard, London, Somerset, Columbia,
Bowling Green, Hopkinsville, Benton, and Paducah. Segments of the
corridor across Kentucky are in various stages of project development
ranging from corridor studies to final design. The planning study will
address alternatives and issues related to the development of an
interstate highway that would provide continuity of I-66 between
the Natcher and Nunn Parkways and improve accessibility throughout the
region.
During the development of this planning study, comments will be
solicited from appropriate Federal, state, and local agencies, as well
as other interested persons and the general public, in accordance with
requirements set forth in the National Environmental Policy Act NEPA)
of 1969 and subsequent Federal regulations and guidelines developed by
the Executive Office of the President's Council on Environmental
Quality and the United States Department of Transportation for the
implementation of the NEPA process.
This planning study will include a scoping process for the early
identification of potential alternatives for, and environmental issues
and impacts related to, the proposed project. At this time, the level
of environmental documentation that will ultimately be prepared is not
known. However, if an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is prepared
for the proposed project in the future, the information gained through
the scoping process in this planning study may be used as input to the
scoping process for the development of that EIS. If an EIS is prepared
in the future, written comments on the scope of alternatives and
impacts will still be considered at that time, after the filing of the
Notice of Intent (NOI).
(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.)
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Issued on: April 30, 2002.
Jose Sepulveda,
Kentucky Division Administrator, Frankfort.
[FR Doc. 02-13886 Filed 6-3-02; 8:45 am]
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