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

Federal Highway Administration

 
Environment Impact Statement: SR 20, Fredonia to 1-5, Skagit 
County, WA

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.


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ACTION: Cancellation of notice of intent, FR document 91-15994.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to rescind the previous Notice 
of Intent issued on June 21, 1991, to prepare an environmental impact 
statement (EIS) for the proposed highway project in Skagit County, 
Washington.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene K. Fong, Federal Highway 
Administration, Evergreen Plaza Building, Suite 501, 711 South Capitol 
Way, Olympia, Washington, 98501-1284, Telephone: (360) 753-9413; Brian 
Ziegler, State Design Engineer, Washington State Department of 
Transportation, Transportation Administration Building, Olympia, 
Washington, 98204, Telephone: (360) 705-7231; or, John Okamoto, WSDOT 
Northwest Region Administrator, 15700 Dayton Avenue North, PO Box 
330310, Seattle, Washington 98133-9710, Telephone: (206) 440-4691.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Washington 
State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), issued a Notice of Intent 
on June 21, 1991 to prepare an EIS on a proposal to improve or 
construct a 4-1/2 mile section of SR 20 from two lanes to four lanes. 
The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was originally 
circulated on May 30, 1995, and was followed by an EIS/Design Hearing 
on June 28, 1995. Since then, as the project elements have been 
refined, impacts have been more specifically identified, and public and 
agency comments have been evaluated, the FHWA and WSDOT have jointly 
decided that the project will not result in significant impacts to the 
environment and that an Environmental Assessment (EA) is the most 
appropriate environmental document under the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA) rather than an EIS. The EA is available through the 
above contacts. Because a previous hearing was held for this project, 
another hearing is not planned for the current EA. However, any person 
with questions about the project or wishing to request a hearing may 
write to Bill James at 15700 Dayton Avenue North, MS 11, PO. Box 
330310, Seattle, WA. 98133-9710, or call (206) 440-4139.

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

    Issued on: April 12, 1999.
Donald A Petersen,
Transportation and Environmental Engineer, Olympia, Washington.
[FR Doc. 99-10110 Filed 4-21-99; 8:45 am]
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