[Federal Register: April 22, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 77)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

 
Environmental Impact Statement; Will, DuPage, and Cook Counties, 
IL

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 a 
Supplement to a Final Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared 
for a proposed highway project in Cook, Will, and DuPage, Counties, 
Illinois.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jon-Paul Kohler, Environmental Engineer, Federal Highway 
Administration, 3250 Executive Park Drive, Springfield, Illinois 62703, 
Telephone: (217) 492-4988
Patrick Pechnick, Bureau Chief of Programming, Illinois Department of 
Transportation, 201 West Center Court, Schaumburg, Illinois 61096-1096, 
Telephone: (847) 705-4393

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Illinois 
Department of Transportation (IDOT), will prepare a Supplement to the 
Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposal for a new 
highway. The proposed highway facility would begin at the interchange 
of Interstate Routes 55 and 355 east of Bolingbrook, Illinois and 
extend southerly approximately 12 miles to Interstate Route 80 
northwest of New Lenox, Illinois. The proposed highway generally 
follows the previously recorded centerline for the Lake-Will Freeway 
(FA Route 61) in Will, DuPage, and Cook Counties and is designated FAP 
Route 340. The original EIS for the proposed project (FHWA-IL-EIS-93-
03-F/4(f)) was approved on February 21, 1996. The Record of Decision 
(ROD) was approved on April 15, 1996. The approved EIS and ROD indicate 
that the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority would construct and 
operate the new highway. The Supplement to the Final EIS will allow 
traffic projections to be updated to the current planning year horizon, 
2020. No-Action Alternative land use forecasts will be modified based 
on revisions to the Year 2020 transportation network. Various 
transportation alternatives including No-Action, No-Action with 
Transportation System Management, Mass Transit, and Build Alternates 
will be reexamined with regards to the new traffic. The Build 
Alternates include Further Improvements to the Existing Highway 
Network, Expressway, and Freeway/Tollway Alternates. Coordination 
meetings, three public meetings, and a public hearing were conducted as 
part of the previous EIS. Coordination with Federal, State, regional, 
county, and local agencies, community organizations, private industry, 
and the public was performed. Additional coordination will include 
coordination meetings and a public hearing. No formal scoping meeting 
will be held. If new information indicates a need to define issues 
attendant to the proposed action, scoping activities will be conducted 
with specific resource agencies. To ensure that the full range of 
issues related to the 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 Supplement to the Final EIS should be directed to FHWA 
or IDOT at the addresses provided above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205, 
Highway Research, Planning and Construction. The regulations 
implementing Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental 
consultation on Federal programs and activities apply to this 
program)

    Issued on: April 15, 1999.
Jon-Paul Kohler,
Environmental Engineer, Springfield, Illinois.
[FR Doc. 99-10056 Filed 4-21-99; 8:45 am]
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