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development process. A series of public

meetings will be held in the City of

Conway. In addition, a public hearing

will be held. The draft EIS 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 the FHWA 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 of

Federal programs and activities apply to this

program.)

Issued on: May 3, 2000.

Gary A. DalPorto,

Planning and Research Engineer, FHWA,

Little Rock, Arkansas.

[FR Doc. 00–11861 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement:

Tucker County, West Virginia

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this

notice to advise the public that a

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement (SEIS) will be prepared for

the Blackwater Avoidance area of the

Thomas-to-Davis portion of the Parsonsto-Davis project of the proposed

Appalachian Corridor H highway in

Tucker County, West Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Henry E. Compton, Division

Environmental Coordinator, Federal

Highway Administration, West Virginia

Division, Geary Plaza, Suite 200, 700

Washington Street East, Charleston,

West Virginia, 25301, Telephone: (304)

347–5268.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with a court approved

settlement agreement, the FHWA in

cooperation with the West Virginia

Department of Transportation (WVDOT)

will prepare an SEIS to examine one or

more potential alignment shifts for the

Thomas-to-Davis section of Parsons-toDavis project of the proposed

Appalachian Corridor H highway in

Tucker County, West Virginia. A Record

of Decision (ROD) for the entire

Appalachian Corridor H highhway

(FHWA–WV–EIS–92–01–F) from

Aggregates to the WV/VA state line, a

distance of approximately 100 miles,

was approved on August 2, 1996. The

proposed Parsons-to-Davis project will

provide a divided four-lane, partial

control of access highway on new

location for a distance of approximately

9 miles. The purpose of this project is

to provide safe and efficient travel

between population centers in Tucker

County (Parsons Area and Thomas/

Davis Area), while also contributing to

the completion of Corridor H in West

Virginia.

Alternates under consideration in the

SEIS will be: (1) The no-action

alternative, (2) the preferred alternative

that was approved in the 1996 ROD, and

(2) one or more alternatives that avoid

the Blackwater Area identified in

Exhibit 4 of the court approved Corridor

H Settlement Agreement. Based on

preliminary studies, it is expected that

the avoidance alternatives considered in

the SEIS will include one or more

alignments that would shift the project

to the north, resulting in additional

connections to US 219, WV Route 32,

and WV Route 93 in the vicinity of the

towns of Thomas and Davis. However,

final decisions on the scope of the SEIS

will be made only after an opportunity

for comment by interested agencies and

the public during the scoping process,

which will occur in May 2000.

Letters describing the proposed action

and soliciting comments will be sent to

appropriate federal, state, and local

agencies, and to private organizations

and citizens who have expressed or are

known to have an interest in this

proposal.

To ensure 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 should be directed to

the FHWA at the address provided

above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program 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)

Issued on: May 2, 2000.

Henry E. Compton,

Environmental Coordinator, Charleston, West

Virginia.

[FR Doc. 00–11860 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA–1999–6364]

Northeast Illinois Railroad

Corporation; Cancellation of Public

Hearing

On April 4, 2000, the Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA) published a

notice in the Federal Register (65 FR

17704) announcing that a public hearing

will be held based upon the Northeast

Illinois Railroad Corporation’s (Metra)

request seeking a permanent waiver of

compliance with the Passenger

Equipment Safety Standards, 49 CFR

part 238.303, which requires exterior

calendar day inspection, and 238.313,

which requires a class one brake test be

performed by a qualified maintenance

person. Metra has withdrawn its

request; therefore, the hearing

scheduled for Tuesday, May 16, 2000, in

Chicago, Illinois, has been canceled.

FRA regrets any inconvenience

occasioned by the cancellation of this

hearing.

Issued in Washington, DC on May 8, 2000.

Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety

Standards and Program Development.

[FR Doc. 00–11865 Filed 5–10–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

Notice of Safety Advisory 2000–1

AGENCY: Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA), Department of

Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of Safety Advisory.

SUMMARY: FRA is issuing Safety

Advisory 2000–1 addressing safety

concerns involving Model B1 relays,

manufactured by General Railway

Signal (GRS), between the years 1960

and 1985, and their potential to stick

and remain in the energized position.

ALSTOM Signaling, Inc., which has

acquired GRS, estimates that

approximately 2,000,000 relays are

affected worldwide.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William E. Goodman, Staff Director,

Signal and Train Control Division,

Office of Safety Assurance and

Compliance, FRA, 1120 Vermont

Avenue, NW, RRS–13, Mail Stop 25,

Washington, DC 20590 (telephone 202–

493–6325) or Mark Tessler, Trial

Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, 1120

Vermont Avenue, NW , RCC–12, Mail