[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 219 (Thursday, November 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 67544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26768]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Notice to Rescind Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement and Environmental Assessment for the I-20 East Transit
Initiative in the City of Atlanta and DeKalb County, Georgia
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Rescind Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact
statement and environmental assessment.
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SUMMARY: The FTA in cooperation with the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid
Transit Authority (MARTA) is issuing this notice to advise the public
that the Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed
public transportation improvement project in the City of Atlanta and
DeKalb County, Georgia is being rescinded.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Stan Mitchell, Environmental
Protection Specialist, Federal Transit Administration Region IV, 230
Peachtree Street NW., Atlanta, GA 30303, phone 404-865-5643, email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FTA, as lead federal agency, and MARTA
published a NOI on August 28, 2012 (77 FR 52128) to prepare an EIS and
EA for the MARTA I-20 East Transit Initiative project. This project
would extend the existing east-west rail Heavy Rail Transit (HRT) line
from the Indian Creek Station to the Mall at Stonecrest in eastern
DeKalb County and also create a new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service
along I-20 between downtown Atlanta and a new station at Wesley Chapel
Road, east of I-285 in DeKalb County.
Since that time, FTA and MARTA have conducted scoping activities
which have led to reevaluating the project in terms of Purpose and
Need. Based on these scoping activities, FTA is rescinding the August
28, 2012 NOI, and, in today's issue of the Federal Register, is issuing
a new NOI for the HRT extension. The environmental impacts of the BRT
service along I-20 will be evaluated as a separate project in an
environmental assessment. No changes will be made to the HRT or BRT
services as described in the August 28, 2012 NOI. Comments and
questions concerning the proposed action should be directed to FTA at
the address provided above.
Yvette G. Taylor,
Regional Administrator, FTA Region IV.
[FR Doc. 2014-26768 Filed 11-12-14; 8:45 am]
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