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their own for purposes of complying

with NEPA. FHWA will coordinate with

the Advisory Council on Historic

Preservation on cultural resources and

develop a Section 4(f) Evaluation as

appropriate. In addition, FHWA will

solicit comments by circulating the final

environmental impact statement and

send out letters describing our

intentions and changes that have

occurred to the project to the

appropriate Federal, State, and local

agencies, private organizations, and

citizens who have previously been

involved or are known to have an

interest in this proposal. Finally, notice

of the document’s availability will be

published in local newspapers.

To ensure that the full range of issues

related to this proposed action are

identified and addressed, comments and

suggestions are invited from all

interested parties. Comments or

questions concerning the proposed

action 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

proposed action)

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48.

Issued on: July 20, 1998.

Edward S. Sundra,

Environmental/Air Quality Engineer,

Richmond, Virginia.

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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.

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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