71180 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 224 / Monday, November 22, 2010 / Notices 

for a proposed highway project in San 

Diego County, California. 

DATES: Public Scoping Meeting: January 

12, 2011; 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Sherman Heights 

Community Center, 2258 Island 

Avenue, San Diego, California 92102. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin Hovey, Environmental Analysis 

Branch Chief, California Department of 

Transportation, District 11— 

Environmental Division, MS 242, 4050 

Taylor Street, San Diego, CA 92110, 

Regular Office Hours 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., 

Telephone number 619–688–0240, email Kevin.Hovey@dot.ca.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective 

July 1, 2007, the Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) assigned, and 

Caltrans assumed environmental 

responsibilities for this project pursuant 

to 23 U.S.C. 327. Caltrans as the 

delegated National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) agency will prepare 

a Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

on a proposal for a highway project in 

San Diego County, California. 

The project is approximately three 

miles in length and its project limits are 

post miles (PM) 1.4 to 4.4 along SR–94, 

PM 12.95 to 13.51 along Interstate 805 

(I–805), and PM R0.655 to R3.4 along 

State Route 15 (SR–15). The proposed 

action includes the addition of two 

dedicated HOV/BRT lanes and, 

depending on the alternative, the 

following additional improvements: 

Relocating left-hand connectors; 

constructing new interchanges and 

improvements along the existing 

connectors; removal, replacement, and 

relocation of bridge overcrossings; and 

drainage modifications within the 

project corridor. Retaining/Sound walls 

would also be added and new right-ofway (ROW) would be required. 

Two build alternatives and one no 

build alternatives are under 

consideration. The No Build Alternative 

assumes that no improvements would 

be made along the SR–94 project 

corridor and that conditions would 

remain the same. No HOV/BRT lanes 

would be constructed, and no other 

freeway improvements would be made. 

Maintaining existing conditions would 

not manage the available capacity on 

SR–94 and would not facilitate the use 

of HOV/BRT. 

Alternative 1 would provide a HOV/ 

BRT lane in each direction of SR–94 

between I–5 and I–805. These lanes 

would be constructed in the median of 

SR 94. The HOV/BRT lanes also include 

direct connectors at I–805 in the northwest and east-south directions and at 

SR–15 in the south-west and east-north 

directions. This alternative would 

remove the left hand branch connectors 

at the SR–94/SR–15 interchange and 

replace them with right hand branch 

connectors. The estimated capital cost 

of this alternative is 465 million dollars. 

Alternative 2 would provide a HOV/ 

BRT lane in each direction on SR–94 

between I–5 and I–805. These lanes 

would be constructed in the median of 

SR 94. The HOV/BRT lanes also include 

direct connectors at I–805 in the northwest and east-south directions, and at I– 

15 in the south-west and east-north 

directions. The I–805/SR–94 HOV/BRT 

connector would stay elevated over SR– 

15 and 32nd Street and touchdown west 

of 30th Street. The existing left hand 

branch connectors at SR–15 would be 

left in place. The estimated capital cost 

of this alternative is 452 million dollars. 

This project will be subject to the 

Section 6002 Environmental Review 

process and potential final approvals for 

the proposed project include, but are 

not limited to, consultation with the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under 

Section 7 of the Federal Endangered 

Species Act; conformance with Section 

404 of the Clean Water Act; 

conformance with Section 4(f) of the 

Department of Transportation Act of 

1966; conformance under Section 106 of 

the National Historic Preservation Act; 

and conformance of the Clean Air Act. 

Letters describing the proposed action 

and soliciting comments will be sent to 

appropriate Federal, State, Participating 

Agencies, and local agencies, and to 

private organizations and citizens who 

have previously expressed or are known 

to have interest in this proposal. A 

public scoping meeting will be held at 

the Sherman Heights Community Center 

in San Diego, California on January 12, 

2011 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. In addition, 

a public hearing will be held. Public 

notice will be given of the time and 

place of the meeting and hearing. The 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

will be available for public and agency 

review and comment prior to the public 

hearing. 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to this proposed action are 

addressed and all significant issues 

identified, comments, and suggestions 

are invited from all interested parties. 

Comments or questions concerning this 

proposed action and the EIS should be 

directed to Caltrans 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 

program.) 

Issued on: November 16, 2010. 

Cindy Vigue, 

Director, State Programs, Federal Highway 

Administration, Sacramento, California. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29338 Filed 11–19–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Rescinding the Notice of Intent for an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS): 

Harrison and Stone Counties, MS 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Rescind Notice of Intent to 

prepare an EIS. 

SUMMARY: This notice rescinds the 

Notice of Intent for preparing an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for proposed highway, State Route 601, 

to provide a connection between 

Interstate 10 at the Canal Road 

Interchange and State Route 26 in the 

City of Wiggins, Harrison and Stone 

Counties, Mississippi. The original 

Notice of Intent for this EIS process was 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 12, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Claiborne Barnwell, Project 

Development Team Leader, Federal 

Highway Administration, Mississippi 

Division, 100 West Capitol Street, Suite 

1026, Jackson, Mississippi 39269, 

Telephone: (601) 965–4217. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Federal Highway Administration 

(FHWA) in cooperation with the 

Mississippi Department of 

Transportation (MDOT) initiated an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

with a Notice of Intent August 12, 2005, 

to provide a connector road, to be built 

to interstate standards, between 

Interstate 10 and State Route 26. 

Due to funding constraints the Notice 

of Intent is rescinded. 

Andrew H. Hughes, 

Division Administrator, Mississippi, Federal 

Highway Administration, Jackson, 

Mississippi. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29141 Filed 11–19–10; 8:45 am] 

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