[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 242 (Thursday, December 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69707-69708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33425]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) DOT.

ACTION: Change from environmental impact statement to environmental 
assessment.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an 
environmental assessment will be prepared instead of an environmental 
impact statement for a proposed project in Allegheny County, 
Pennsylvania.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David W. Cough, P.E., District Engineer, Federal Highway 
Administration, 228 Walnut Street, Room 536, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 
17101-1720, Telephone (717) 221-3411, or Raymond S. Hack, P.E., 
District Engineer, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, 45 Thomas 
Run Road, Bridgeville. PA 15017, Telephone (412) 429-5001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the 
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PADOT), will prepare an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) instead of an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) on a proposal to improve access to and egress from the 
Parkway West (Routes 60, 30, 22). A Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS 
for the project was published in the Federal Register on August 23, 
1989. The original project proposed the construction of two new 
interchanges (Settlers Cabin Interchange and the Robinson-Collier 
Interchange) and widening Campbells Run Road, a two-lane County road, 
to four lanes. The proposed project currently includes one interchange 
(Settlers Cabin Interchange) and widening Campbells Run Road to three 
lanes. The limits of the project

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have been decreased and preliminary environmental and engineering 
studies have shown that the proposed project will have no significant 
impacts, and an EA will be prepared accordingly. The EA for the project 
will be made available for agency and public review and comment. EA 
availability will be advertised in local newpapers, and EA documents 
placed in local dispositories. Based on the impacts of the current 
alternatives under study, this project is likely to result in a Finding 
of No Significant Impact.
    To ensure that the full range of issues related to the proposed 
action are addressed and all issues are identified, comments and 
suggesting are invited from all interested parties. Comments or 
questions concerning the proposed action should be directed to the FHWA 
or PennDOT at the addresses noted above.

(Category of Federal Document Assistance Number 20.205, Highway 
Research, Planning, and Construction. The regulations implementing 
Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental consultation on 
Federal programs and activities apply to this program)
David Cough,
District Engineer, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
[FR Doc. 98-33425 Filed 12-16-98; 8:45 am]
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