[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 20169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07675]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Rescinding the Notice of Intent for an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS): Hancock County, Mississippi

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Rescind Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS.

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SUMMARY: This notice rescinds the Notice of Intent for preparing an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed highway in Hancock 
County, Mississippi. The project study area extended a distance of 
approximately six (6) miles from Interstate 10 to the intersection of 
State Routes 43 and 603 in the vicinity of Kiln Mississippi. The 
original Notice of Intent for this EIS process was published in the 
Federal Register on August 26, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claiborne Barnwell, Project 
Development Team Leader, Federal Highway Administration, Mississippi 
Division, 100 West Capitol Street, Suite 1062, Jackson, Mississippi 
39269, Telephone: (601) 965-4217 (email: [email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in 
cooperation with the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) 
initiated an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) with a Notice of 
Intent August 26, 2011, to provide a connector road between Interstate 
10 and the intersection of State Routes 43 and 603 just north of Kiln, 
Mississippi, a distance of approximately 6-miles.
    Due to funding constraints the Notice of Intent is rescinded.

Andrew H. Hughes,
Division Administrator, Mississippi, Federal Highway Administration, 
Jackson, Mississippi.
[FR Doc. 2013-07675 Filed 4-2-13; 8:45 am]
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