[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50428-50429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25404]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Clark County, Nevada and Mohave 
County, Arizona

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an 
environmental impact statement (EIS) will be prepared for a proposed 
highway project in Clark County, Nevada and Mohave County, Arizona.

for further information contact: Terry K. Haussler, Project Manager, 
Federal Highway Administration, 555 Zang Street, Lakewood, Colorado 
80228, telephone 303-969-5916.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Bureau of 
Reclamation (Reclamation), National Park Service, Nevada Department of 
Transportation, and Arizona Department of Transportation, will prepare 
an EIS on a proposal to construct a bridge across the Colorado River 
near Hoover Dam. The FHWA is resuming work on the EIS that Reclamation 
initiated in 1989. Reclamation published a notice of intent in the 
Federal Register to prepare a draft EIS (NOI Citation: 55 FR 19364, May 
9, 1990). Reclamation stopped work on the project and subsequently 
canceled the notice of intent to prepare a draft EIS (60 FR 54382, 
October 23, 1995).
    The purpose of the proposal is to remove through-traffic and trucks 
from the Hoover Dam crossing. Alternatives under consideration include: 
(1) The ``no build'' alternative; (2) construction of a bridge 
approximately 0.2 mile upstream from Hoover Dam; (3) construction of a 
bridge approximately 0.3 mile downstream from Hoover Dam; and (4) 
construction of a bridge approximately 1.0 mile downstream from Hoover 
Dam. Alternatives 2, 3, and 4 also require approximately three miles of 
associated new roadway construction.
    Notices 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 interest in this 
proposal. Interagency meetings, public scoping meetings and public 
hearings will be held in the project area and in other appropriate 
areas. Information on the time and place of public scoping meetings and 
public hearings will be provided in the local news media. The

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draft EIS will be available for public and agency review and comment 
prior to the hearings.
    To ensure that the full range of issues related to the proposed 
action are addressed and all significant issues are identified, 
comments and suggestions are invited from all interested parties. 
Comments and questions concerning the proposed action should be 
directed to 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: September 10, 1997.
Larry C. Smith, P.E.,
Division Engineer, FHWA, Lakewood, CO.
[FR Doc. 97-25404 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]
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