[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 77 (Thursday, April 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21145-21146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9290]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of the California Department of
Transportation (Caltrans), announces the availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed highway project and
route adoption study in San Benito and Santa Clara Counties,
California.
DATES: Public circulation of this document will begin on April 26, 2010
and will end on June 10, 2010. An open forum public hearing will be
held for this project on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 between 5 p.m. and 8
p.m. in Hollister. The location is R.O. Hardin Elementary School, 881
Line Street, Hollister, CA 95023 in the Multi-purpose Room.
ADDRESSES: This document will be available at the Caltrans District 5
office, 50 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 on weekdays from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. (except for the first, second, and third Fridays of the
month, when Caltrans offices are closed). Copies of the document can
also be read at the San Benito County Free Library, 470 Fifth Street,
Hollister, CA 95023 and at the Santa Clara County Library, 7562
Monterey Street, Gilroy, CA 95020. The Draft EIS is also available at
http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist05/paffairs/hwy25widening/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: G. William `Trais' Norris III, Sierra
Pacific Environmental Analysis Branch, 2015 East Shields Avenue, Suite
100, Fresno, CA 93726. E-mail [email protected]. Telephone (805)
542-4711.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective July 1, 2007, the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) assigned, and (Caltrans) assumed, environmental
responsibilities for this project pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327. Caltrans
as the delegated National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) agency, has
prepared a Draft Tier I Environmental Impact Statement that evaluates
two proposed projects: (1) A route adoption of State Route 25 between
Hollister in San Benito County and US 101 just south of Gilroy in Santa
Clara County and (2) a proposed four-lane expressway construction
project within the limits of the proposed route adoption in San Benito
County. Caltrans approved the Draft EIS on April 13, 2010.
Alternatives 1 and 2, the route adoption alternatives, would share
the same alignment from \1/2\ mile south of Shore Road in San Benito
County to US 101 in Santa Clara County. Between \1/2\ mile south of
Shore Road and the southern end of the proposed project at San Felipe
Road, these alternatives separate. In this area Alternative 1 proposes
to align the future four-lane expressway generally to the east of the
existing highway, while Alternative 2 would be aligned mostly to the
west of the existing two-lane highway.
The proposed widening project extends from San Felipe Road in
Hollister to just west of Hudner Lane in San Benito County. A four-lane
expressway would be built on a new alignment. Alternative A would be
within the footprint of Alternative 1, and Alternative B would be
within the footprint of Alternative 2. Because this project is really
two projects, it would be possible for the No-Build Alternative to be
selected instead of a construction project, and to also have an action:
a route adoption. The No-Action Alternative would result in no action
being taken.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205,
Highway Planning
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and Construction. The regulations implementing Executive Order 12372
regarding intergovernmental consultation on Federal programs and
activities apply to this program.)
Issued on: April 16, 2010.
Cindy Vigue,
Director, State Programs, Federal Highway Administration, Sacramento,
California.
[FR Doc. 2010-9290 Filed 4-21-10; 8:45 am]
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