[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12106-12107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4623]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Kapka Butte Sno-Park Construction

AGENCY: Western Federal Lands Highway Division, Federal Highway 
Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of the Federal Highway Administration's designation as 
Joint-Lead Agency for the Kapka Butte Sno-Park Construction project.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the 
FHWA is officially designated as the Joint-Lead Agency pursuant to 23 
U.S.C. 139(c)(1) for the Kapka Butte Sno-Park Construction project 
which is being studied in an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) under 
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

DATES: Comments concerning this notice must be received by 30 days 
following the date this notice appears in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David K. Kennedy--Environmental 
Program Manager, Western Federal Lands Highway Division, 360-619-7967.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 2, 2009 the United States Forest 
Service (USFS) published a ``Notice of Intent'' in the Federal Register 
at (Federal Register/Vol. 74, No. 1/Friday, January 2, 2009/Notices) to 
develop an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Kapka Butte 
Sno-Park Construction project. FHWA is providing funding to the USFS, 
the Federal Lead Agency, for the proposed project. The project includes 
construction of a new sno-park to accommodate motorized and non-
motorized trail use.
    The proposed sno-park would be located on National Forest lands on 
the Deschutes National Forest between Kapka Butte and the junction of 
Forest Road 46 (Cascade Lakes Highway) and Forest Road 45 (Sunriver 
cutoff). The proposed sno-park area is located about 30 miles west of 
Bend, Oregon; it is

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located in Section 35, Township 18S, Range 9E.

(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.)

    Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).

    Issued on: February 22, 2012.
David K. Kennedy,
Environmental Program Manager, Federal Highway Administration, 
Vancouver, Washington.
[FR Doc. 2012-4623 Filed 2-27-12; 8:45 am]
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