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[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 106 (Thursday, June 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35155-35156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13679]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Major Investment Study/Scoping Process and Environmental Impact 
Statement: Butler, Hamilton, Miami, Montgomery, and Warren Counties, 
Ohio and Kenton County, KY

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT in conjunction with 
Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the 
I-75 Corridor Major Investment Study (MIS) will serve as the formal 
scoping process for the preparation of one or more environmental 
documents--environmental assessment(s) (EA) and/or environmental impact 
statement(s) (EIS)--which may be prepared for proposed transportation 
improvements in one or more of the listed counties in Ohio and Kentucky 
as detailed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark L. Vonder Embse, Urban Programs

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Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, 200 North High Street, Room 
328, Columbus, Ohio 43215, Telephone: (614) 280-6854.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Ohio 
Department of Transportation (ODOT), the Kentucky Transportation 
Cabinet (KYTC), the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of 
Governments (OKI), and the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission 
(MVRPC), are conducting an MIS. The study will focus on the primary 
north/south transportation corridor through the Cincinnati and Dayton 
urban areas, bounded by Boone County south of the Ohio River to the 
City of Piqua 85 miles north of the Ohio River. The outcome of the I-75 
Corridor MIS will be to identify various regional transportation 
strategies for improving the safety and efficiency of the existing 
transportation system operating mainly along I-75 and adjacent roadways 
from south of Cincinnati to north of Dayton, Ohio. The I-75 Corridor 
MIS will analyze a wide range of potential transportation improvements 
including: (1) Take no action; (2) Transportation System Management 
(TSM)/ Transportation Demand Management (TDM) strategies to improve the 
existing system and minimize existing/future travel demand with minimal 
new construction; (3) construct various highway improvements (e.g., 
additional capacity (lanes), new ramps or interchanges on new or 
existing alignment(s)); (4) freight rail improvements; and (5) transit 
improvements.
    Letters describing the MIS process and soliciting comments and 
participation in the study will be sent to appropriate Federal, State, 
regional and local agencies, and to private organizations and citizens 
who have previously expressed or are known to have interest in this 
project. A wide range of public involvement activities, including a 
series of public meetings and forums, will be held in the study and 
beginning with a formal public scoping meeting.
    To ensure that the full range of issues related to this proposed 
action(s) are addressed and all significant issues identified, comments 
and suggests are invited from all interested parties. Comments or 
questions concerning this MIS, the scoping process or the range of 
proposed future action(s), including the preparation of any 
environmental document(s) 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 on 
Federal programs and activities apply to this program)

    Issued on: May 23, 2000.
Mark L. Vonder Embse,
Urban Programs Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, Columbus, 
Ohio.
[FR Doc. 00-13679 Filed 5-31-00; 8:45 am]
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