Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 91 / Thursday, May 10, 2001 / Notices 23967

State contacts FHWA Division contacts

Kentucky

John Carr, Deputy State Highway Engineer, Kentucky Transportation

Cabinet, State Office Building, Rm. 1005, 501 High Street, Frankfort,

KY 40622; Phone: 502–564–3730; Fax: 502–564–2277; e-mail:

jcarr@mail.kytc.state.ky.us.

Jose Sepulveda, Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, 330 W. Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601; Phone: 502–223–6720;

Fax: 502–223–6735; e-mail: jose.sepulveda@fhwa.dot.gov

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 20.205, Highway Planning and

Construction. The regulations implementing

Executive Order 12372 regarding

intergovernmental consultation on Federal

programs and activities apply to the

program).

Authority: 23 USC 315; 49 CFR 1.48.

Issued on: May 1, 2001.

Robert Dirks,

Environmental Specialist, FHWA,

Indianapolis, Indiana.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement:

Wythe County, VA

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA) is issuing this

notice to advise the public of its intent

to prepare an Environmental Impact

Statement in cooperation with the

Virginia Department of Transportation

(VDOT) for the I–77/I–81 Improvement

Project in Wythe County to address

safety and capacity issues.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Simkins, Environmental Protection

Specialist, Federal Highway

Administration, Post Office Box 10249,

Richmond, Virginia 23240–0249,

Telephone 804–775–3342.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Federal Highway Administration

(FHWA), in cooperation with the

Virginia Department of Transportation

(VDOT), will prepare an environmental

impact statement (EIS) for the I–77/I–81

Improvement Project in Wythe County.

Interstates 77 and 81 currently share a

common corridor for approximately

nine miles from immediately east of

Fort Chiswell to the Town of

Wytheville. The study area’s limits

begin just west of I–81 exit 70 and

extend east for a distance of

approximately 15 miles, ending west of

the I–81 exit 84. The study window’s

southern limits begin along I–77,

approximately three miles south of the

I–77/I–81 interchange. The northern

limits are located near Cove Mountain,

north of the I–77/I–81 separation in

Wytheville.

Recognizing that the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

process requires the consideration of a

reasonable range of alternatives that will

address the purpose and need, the EIS

will include a range of alternatives for

study consisting of a no-build

alternative as well as alternatives

consisting of transportation system

management strategies, mass transit,

improvements to existing roadways,

and/or new alignment facilities. These

alternatives will be developed,

screened, and carried forward for

analysis in the draft EIS based on their

ability to address the purpose and need

that will be developed while avoiding

known and sensitive resources.

The scoping process is currently

underway. Scoping letters describing

the proposed study and soliciting input

are being sent to the appropriate

Federal, State and local agencies who

have expressed or are known to have an

interest or legal role in this proposal.

Private organizations, citizens, and

interest groups also will have an

opportunity to provide input into the

development of the EIS and identify

issues that should be addressed. No

formal scoping meeting is planned at

this time.

A series of public informational

meetings and a public hearing will be

held. Notices of public meetings or

public hearings will be given through

various forums providing the time and

place of the meeting along with other

relevant information. 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

identified and taken into account,

comments and input are invited from all

interested parties. Comments and

questions concerning the proposed

action and draft EIS should be directed

to 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: May 3, 2001.

John Simkins,

Environmental Protection Specialist.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Annual List of Defect and

Noncompliance Decisions Affecting

Nonconforming Imported Vehicles

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Annual list of defect and

noncompliance decisions affecting

nonconforming imported vehicles.

SUMMARY: This document contains a list

of vehicles recalled by their

manufacturers during Calendar Year

2000 (January 1, 2000 through December

31, 2000) to correct a safety-related

defect or a noncompliance with an

applicable Federal motor vehicle safety

standard (FMVSS). The listed vehicles

are those that have been decided by

NHTSA to be substantially similar to

vehicles imported into the United States

that were not originally manufactured to

conform to all applicable FMVSS. The

registered importers of those

nonconforming vehicles are obligated to

provide their owners with notification

of, and a remedy for, the defects or

noncompliances for which the listed

vehicles were recalled.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George Entwistle, Office of Vehicle

Safety Compliance, NHTSA (202–366–

5306).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 49

U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A), a motor vehicle

that was not originally manufactured to

conform to all applicable Federal motor

vehicle safety standards (FMVSS) shall

be refused admission into the United

States unless NHTSA has decided that

the motor vehicle is substantially

similar to a motor vehicle of the same

model year that was originally