[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 179 (Friday, September 16, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-22912]


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[Federal Register: September 16, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration

 

Environmental Impact Statement: Baldwin County, Alabama

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 the 
Notice of Intent (NOI) published on July 15, 1993, for a project from 
SR 182 at Orange Beach to Baldwin County Road 95 is revised to include 
the segment of the route from Baldwin County Road 95 north to I-10.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Joe D. Wilkerson, Division 
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, 500 Eastern Boulevard, 
Suite 200, Montgomery, Alabama 36117-2018, Telephone (205) 223-7370. 
Mr. G. M. Roberts, Alabama Department of Transportation, 1409 Coliseum 
Boulevard, Montgomery, Alabama 36130, Telephone (205) 242-6311.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Alabama 
Department of Transportation, is preparing two (2) Environmental Impact 
Statements (EIS's) for Alabama Project MAOA-0200( ). The proposal is to 
construct a multi-lane, limited access facility from Alabama State 
Route 182 near Orange Beach north to Interstate Highway 10. The project 
length is approximately 40.23 kilometers (25 miles). The new highway 
will serve as a proposed hurricane evacuation route for Orange Beach 
and surrounding communities to Interstate 10 facilitating faster and 
more efficient evacuation during emergencies. A Notice of Intent for 
Alabama Project MAOA-0200(6), the portion of the proposed hurricane 
evacuation route from Alabama State Route 182 near Orange Beach north 
to Baldwin County Road 95 including a bridge across Wolf Bay, was 
published on July 15, 1993. It is now intended to circulate the draft 
EIS's for the portion contained in the July 15, 1993, NOI and the 
portion from Baldwin County Road 95 north to Interstate Highway 10 
concurrently with an executive summary of cumulative impacts.
    Alternatives under consideration include: (1) Alternate route 
locations, (2) a no action alternative, and (3) postponing of action 
alternative.
    Early coordination has been initiated with Federal, State, and 
local environmental agencies and officials. Public involvement meetings 
were held on November 16 and 17, 1992, at Orange Beach and Eleanor, 
respectively.
    To ensure that the full range of issues related to this proposed 
action are addressed and all significant issues identified, comments 
and suggestions are invited from all interested parties. Comments or 
questions concerning this proposed action and the EIS should be 
directed to FHWA at the address provided above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistant Program Number 20.205, 
Highway, Research, Planning, and Construction. The provisions of OMB 
Circular No. A-95 regarding State and local clearinghouse review of 
Federal and federally-assisted programs and projects apply to this 
program).

    Issued on:
Joe D. Wilkerson,
Division Administrator, Montgomery, Alabama.
[FR Doc. 94-22912 Filed 9-15-94; 8:45 am]
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