[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 173 (Thursday, September 8, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-22050]


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[Federal Register: September 8, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration

 

Environmental Impact Statement: Centre County, PA

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an 
Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared for a proposed highway 
project in Centre County, Pennsylvania.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin M. Mahoney, District Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, 
228 Walnut Street, P.O. Box 1086, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108-1086, 
Telephone (717) 782-3411 or James Bathurst, Design Services Engineer, 
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, 1920-30 Daisy Street, 
Clearfield, Pennsylvania 16830, Telephone (814) 765-0437.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the 
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), will prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement on a proposal to accommodate interstate 
bound truck traffic between the end of the 4-lane U.S. 322, 1.61 
kilometers (approximately 1 mile) south of Potters Mills to the 
terminal of the Traffic Route 26 Bypass of Bellefonte at its 
intersection with Traffic Route 64 northeast of Pleasant Gap. This 
project is located in the vicinity of State College, Centre County, 
Pennsylvania.
    Alternatives will be investigated in both the Route 144 and Route 
322 Corridors. The Route 144 alternatives will include bypasses of 
Centre Hall, Pleasant Gap and Potters Mills with transportation systems 
management alternatives between the bypasses. The length of the project 
is approximately 14.5 kilometers (9 miles). The Route 322 alternatives 
will include upgrading of the existing Route 322 Corridor and 
alternatives on new location from its southern termini near Potters 
Mills to the Mount Nittany Expressway (Route 322). The length of this 
project is 16.12 kilometers (approximately 10 miles). Traffic would 
follow the existing route 322 and 26 Corridors to its northern termini 
at the Bellefonte Bypass. A no-build alternative will also be 
investigated. For each of the alternatives under study, the following 
areas will be investigated: traffic, preliminary design and cost, air 
quality, noise, energy, water quality and aquatic biota, groundwater, 
and hydrogeology, vegetation and wildlife, floodplains and flood hazard 
areas, endangered species, hazardous waste facilities, wetlands, soils 
and erosion, farmlands, visual quality, socio-economics and land use, 
construction impacts, and archaeological and historic resources. 
Section 4(f) Evaluations will be performed as necessary in conjunction 
with the project.
    Public involvement and interagency coordination will be maintained 
throughout the development of the Environmental Impact Statement. A 
Plan of Study and an invitation to scoping meetings will be distributed 
to interested agencies. A public hearing will be held if required to 
obtain formal public input on the findings of the environmental and 
engineering studies.
    To ensure that the full range of issues related to the proposed 
action are addressed and that all significant issues are identified, 
comments or questions concerning this action and the Environmental 
Impact Statement should be directed to the FHWA or PennDOT at the 
addresses listed above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205, 
Highway Research, Planning and Construction. The provisions of 
Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs, 
regarding State and local review of Federal and Federally assisted 
programs and projects apply to this program)

    Dated: August 29, 1994.
George L. Hannon,
Assistant Division Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-22050 Filed 9-7-94; 8:45 am]
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