[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 22756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09273]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Notice To Rescind Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement for Proposed Transit Improvements to the Red and
Purple Lines, Cook County, Illinois
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Rescind notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), in cooperation with
the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), is issuing this notice to advise
the public that the Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed transportation improvements on
the Red and Purple lines between Belmont Station in Chicago and Linden
terminal in Wilmette, Illinois is being rescinded.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Reginald Arkell, Community
Planner, Federal Transit Administration, Region V, 200 West Adams
Street, Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606, phone 312-886-3704, email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FTA, as the lead federal agency, in
cooperation with the CTA published a NOI in the Federal Register on
January 3, 2011 (76 FR 207-210) to prepare a Tier 1 EIS for the Red and
Purple Modernization (RPM) project to bring 9.6 miles of the Red and
Purple lines up to a state of good repair, from the track structure
immediately north of Belmont Station in Chicago to the Linden terminal
in Wilmette, Illinois. On July 26, 2012, FTA in cooperation with CTA
published a supplemental NOI in the Federal Register (77 FR 43903) to
inform interested parties that the EIS would no longer be a Tier 1 EIS
as originally proposed and instead would be a standard project-level
EIS. Since that time, FTA and CTA have decided to pursue a more
tailored approach of environmental review for each project of
independent utility within the RPM corridor. FTA and CTA anticipate
that environmental assessments, leading to Findings of No Significant
Impact (FONSI), and categorical exclusions would be the appropriate
classes of action under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
for these projects. Therefore, the FTA has decided to rescind the NOI
for the EIS.
Comments and questions concerning the proposed actions should be
directed to FTA at the address provided above.
Marisol R. Sim[oacute]n,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2014-09273 Filed 4-22-14; 8:45 am]
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