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Environmental Impact Statement: Seattle, WA
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[Federal Register: January 31, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 20)]
[Notices]
[Page 4557-4558]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement: Seattle, WA
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Rescission of Notice of Intent, FR document 03-10244.
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SUMMARY: This notice rescinds the previous Notice of Intent issued on
April 18, 2003, to prepare an environmental impacts statement (EIS) for
the proposed Magnolia Bridge Replacement transportation project in the
city of Seattle, Washington.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Healy, Area Engineer, Federal
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Highway Administration, 711 S. Capitol Way, Suite 501, Olympia, WA
98501, Telephone (360) 753-9480 and Ed Conyers, Washington State
Department of Transportation, Local Programs Engineer for Northwest
Region, P.O. Box 330310, 15700 Dayton Avenue, Seattle, WA 98133,
Telephone (206) 440-4734.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Washington
State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and the Seattle Department
of Transportation (SDOT), issued a Notice of Intent on April 18, 2003
to prepare an EIS to evaluate the potential environmental impacts
associated with the proposed replacement of the Magnolia Bridge, which
spans from the intersection of 15th Avenue West and West Garfield
Street to the intersection of West Galer Street and Dartmouth Avenue
West in Seattle, Washington.
The initial proposal included the consideration of four
alternatives (three build alternatives and a no action alternative) for
evaluation in the proposed EIS. Since then, as the project elements
have been refined and completion of associated discipline reports have
helped to more specifically identify potential impacts, the build
alternative with significant impacts was eliminated from consideration.
As such, the FHWA, WSDOT, and SDOT have jointly decided that the
project will likely not result in significant impacts to the
environment and that an Environmental Assessment (EA) is the most
appropriate environmental document for compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The EA will be circulated, as
appropriate, once it is completed.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205,
Highway Research, Planning and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental
consultation of Federal programs and activities apply to this program.)
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: January 25, 2007.
Elizabeth Healy,
Area Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, Olympia, Washington.
[FR Doc. E7-1495 Filed 1-30-07; 8:45 am]
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