[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22066-22067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10891]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Marin and Sonoma County, CA

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 will be prepared for a proposed highway 
project in Marin and Sonoma County, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. C. Glenn Clinton, Team Leader, 
Project Delivery Team-North, Federal Highway Administration, 980 9th 
Street, Suite 400, Sacramento, California 95814-2724, Telephone: (916) 
498-5020.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA in cooperation with the California 
Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will prepare an environmental 
impact statement (EIS) for a proposal to relieve recurring traffic 
congestion and to reduce high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane user delay 
on US 101 between State Route 37 in Marin County and the Old Redwood 
Highway Interchange in Sonoma County, a distance of approximately 27.5 
kilometers (16 miles). The proposed project is an important component 
of a comprehensive, multi-modal transportation plan.
    The Marin-Sonoma Narrows Project proposes to extend the existing 
high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane system in Marin County northward into 
southern Sonoma County. Alternatives under consideration include: (1) 
taking no action; (2) addition of a northbound and a southbound high 
occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane; (3) constructing a reversible HOV lane; 
and (4) construction of high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes. The project 
proposes conversion of existing expressway to access-controlled freeway 
and the addition and/or upgrade of intersections. Additional 
alternatives and design options will be developed during public scoping 
meetings.
    Information 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 previously expressed or are 
known to have interest in this proposal. Public scoping meetings will 
be held in Marin County and in Sonoma County in late spring and early 
summer 2001. A public hearing will be held later in the environmental 
process, after the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) is 
completed. Public notice will be given of the time and place of the 
meetings and hearing. 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

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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. Regulations implementing 
Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental consultation on 
Federal programs and activities apply to this program.)

    Issued on: April 23, 2001.
C. Glenn Clinton,
Team Leader, Program Delivery Team, North Sacramento, California.
[FR Doc. 01-10891 Filed 5-1-01; 8:45 am]
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