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Environmental Impact Statement: State Route 91 Improvements. The Project Begins on State Route 91/State Route 67/U.S. 321 West of State Route 362 and Extends to Just West of State Route-37 (U.S. 19E), Elizabethton, Carter County, TN

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 [Federal Register: February 22, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 35)]
[Notices]
[Page 8054-8055]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr22fe07-104]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement: State Route 91 Improvements. The
Project Begins on State Route 91/State Route 67/U.S. 321 West of State
Route 362 and Extends to Just West of State Route-37 (U.S. 19E),
Elizabethton, Carter County, TN

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is issuing this
notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) will be prepared for a proposed highway project in Carter County,
Tennessee.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Karen M. Brunelle, Planning and
Program Management Team Leader, Federal Highway Administration--
Tennessee Division Office, 640 Grassmere Park Road, Suite 112,
Nashville, TN 37211. 615-781-5772.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An environmental assessment (EA) was
prepared for the proposed project and completed on June 7, 2002. Since
the June 7, 2002 EA approval, technical studies identified sensitive
environmental features which warranted the consideration of additional
alternatives beyond the ones studied for the western half of the
original preferred alternative presented in the EA. The identified
environmental issues could result in potential significant impacts. As
a result, the FHWA in cooperation with the Tennessee Department of
Transportation will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on
a proposal to provide an improved corridor from west of State Route 362
to just west of State Route-37 (U.S. 19E), a distance of approximately
four miles.
    Alternatives to be considered include: (1) No-build; (2) a
Transportation System Management (TSM) alternative; (3) a transit
alternative; (4) one or more build alternatives that could include
constructing a roadway on a new location, upgrading existing State
Route-91, or a combination of both, and (5) other alternatives that may
arise from public input. Public scoping meetings will be held for the
project corridor. As part of the scoping process, federal, state, and
local agencies and officials; private organizations; citizens; and
interest groups will have an opportunity to identify issues of concern
and provide input on the purpose and need for the project, range of
alternatives, methodology, and the development of the Environmental
Impact Statement. A Coordination Plan will be developed to include the
public in the project development process. This plan will utilize the
following outreach efforts to provide information and solicit input:
newsletters, an internet Web site, e-mail and direct mail,
informational meetings and briefings, public hearings, and other
efforts as necessary and appropriate. A public hearing will be held
upon completion of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and public
notice will be given of the time and place of the hearing. The Draft
EIS will be available for public and agency review and comment prior to
the public hearings.
    To ensure that the full range of issues related to this proposed
action are identified and taken into account, comments and suggestions
are invited from all interested parties. Comments and questions
concerning the proposed action should be directed to the FHWA contact
person identified above at the address provided above.

(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 proposed program).

    Issued on: February 15, 2007.
Karen M. Brunelle, P.E.,
Planning and Program Mgmt. Team Leader Nashville, TN.
[FR Doc. E7-2997 Filed 2-21-07; 8:45 am]
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