65FR35155 Major Investment Study/Scoping Process and Environmental Impact Statement: Butler, Hamilton, Miami, Montgomery, and Warren Counties, Ohio and Kenton County, KY
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Posting-number: Volume 65, Issue 106, Page 35155
[Federal Register: June 1, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 106)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Major Investment Study/Scoping Process and Environmental Impact
Statement: Butler, Hamilton, Miami, Montgomery, and Warren Counties,
Ohio and Kenton County, KY
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT in conjunction with
Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the
I-75 Corridor Major Investment Study (MIS) will serve as the formal
scoping process for the preparation of one or more environmental
documents--environmental assessment(s) (EA) and/or environmental impact
statement(s) (EIS)--which may be prepared for proposed transportation
improvements in one or more of the listed counties in Ohio and Kentucky
as detailed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark L. Vonder Embse, Urban Programs
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Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, 200 North High Street, Room
328, Columbus, Ohio 43215, Telephone: (614) 280-6854.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Ohio
Department of Transportation (ODOT), the Kentucky Transportation
Cabinet (KYTC), the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of
Governments (OKI), and the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission
(MVRPC), are conducting an MIS. The study will focus on the primary
north/south transportation corridor through the Cincinnati and Dayton
urban areas, bounded by Boone County south of the Ohio River to the
City of Piqua 85 miles north of the Ohio River. The outcome of the I-75
Corridor MIS will be to identify various regional transportation
strategies for improving the safety and efficiency of the existing
transportation system operating mainly along I-75 and adjacent roadways
from south of Cincinnati to north of Dayton, Ohio. The I-75 Corridor
MIS will analyze a wide range of potential transportation improvements
including: (1) Take no action; (2) Transportation System Management
(TSM)/ Transportation Demand Management (TDM) strategies to improve the
existing system and minimize existing/future travel demand with minimal
new construction; (3) construct various highway improvements (e.g.,
additional capacity (lanes), new ramps or interchanges on new or
existing alignment(s)); (4) freight rail improvements; and (5) transit
improvements.
Letters describing the MIS process and soliciting comments and
participation in the study will be sent to appropriate Federal, State,
regional and local agencies, and to private organizations and citizens
who have previously expressed or are known to have interest in this
project. A wide range of public involvement activities, including a
series of public meetings and forums, will be held in the study and
beginning with a formal public scoping meeting.
To ensure that the full range of issues related to this proposed
action(s) are addressed and all significant issues identified, comments
and suggests are invited from all interested parties. Comments or
questions concerning this MIS, the scoping process or the range of
proposed future action(s), including the preparation of any
environmental document(s) 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 program)
Issued on: May 23, 2000.
Mark L. Vonder Embse,
Urban Programs Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, Columbus,
Ohio.
[FR Doc. 00-13679 Filed 5-31-00; 8:45 am]
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