[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 144 (Tuesday, July 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 40332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20144]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Frederick County, Maryland

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Revised Notice of Intent.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Pamela Stephenson, Environmental Protection Specialist, Federal 
Highway Administration, Maryland Division, The Rotunda--Suite 220, 711 
West 40th Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21211 (410-962-4342, ext. 145); 
Mr. Stan Aldridge, Frederick City Engineer, 101 North Court Street, 
Frederick, Maryland 21701 (301-694-1404); or Mr. Paul F. Maloney, 
Project Manager, Maryland State Highway Administration, Mail Stop C-
301, Project Planning Division, 707 North Calvert Street, Baltimore, 
Maryland 21202 (410-545-8516).

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public and 
interested agencies that an environmental impact statement will no 
longer be prepared for the proposed East Street Extended project in the 
City of Frederick, Maryland.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Draft Environmental Impact Statement was 
prepared by the City of Frederick and approved by the Federal Highway 
Administration, and a public hearing was conducted in 1983. The project 
was placed on hiatus following the public hearing and was recently 
reinitiated in a scaled back version as a project being undertaken in 
cooperation with the City of Frederick and the Maryland State Highway 
Administration.
    We have determined that an Environmental Impact Statement is no 
longer the appropriate level of documentation to assess the changes for 
the revised proposed project because of the reduced level and extent of 
environmental impacts. Instead, an Environmental Assessment/Section 
4(f) Evaluation will be prepared and circulated for public and agency 
review and comment for 45 days beginning on August 3, 1998. The limits 
of the proposed project originally extended from north of 9th Street to 
the vicinity of I-70 (interchange at I-70 and Walser Drive) and 
included improvements in the existing East Street corridor as well as 
an extension of East Street on new location from its current terminus 
to an interchange at I-70 and Walser Drive. The revised proposed 
project now consists only of the extension to the I-70 interchange. A 
public hearing will be conducted in late August 1998.
    Comments and questions concerning this proposed action should be 
directed to the FHWA at the address provided above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic 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)

    Issued on July 16, 1998.
George K. Frick, Jr.,
Acting Division Administrator, Baltimore, Maryland.
[FR Doc. 98-20144 Filed 7-27-98; 8:45 am]
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