Environmental Impact Statement: Los Angeles County, California

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement: Los Angeles County, California

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

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ACTION: Amended notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this amended notice to advise the public

that an environmental impact statement will not be prepared for a

proposed highway project in Los Angeles County, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

C. Glenn Clinton, Chief, District Operations--South, Federal Highway

Administration, 980--9th Street, Suite 400, Sacramento, CA 95814-2724;

Telephone: (916) 498-5037.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No federal funding is proposed to be used by

the City of Santa Clarita to construct the extension of Magic Mountain

Parkway (State Route 126) from west of San Fernando Road to Via

Princessa (2.5 miles) and to construct the extension of Via Princessa

from Magic Mountain Parkway to Rainbow Glen Drive (1.7 miles). Since

there is no federal action for the proposed project, the preparation of

an environmental impact statement (EIS) to satisfy the requirements of

the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 will not be

needed. Thus this amended notice is to rescind the earlier notice which

was published in the Federal Register on February 24, 1998 (63 FR

9293).

Per the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), a Notice of

Preparation on an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for this project

was published on February 12, 1997 and a 45-day public comment period

followed from February 12, 1997 to March 31, 1997, including a Public

Scoping Meeting held on March 5, 1997. In addition to the comment

period and scoping meeting, three public meetings were conducted by the

City of Santa Clarita in November 1996. The public and review agencies

have had the opportunity to comment on the scope and content of the

project.

Issued on: July 9, 1998.

C. Glenn Clinton,

Chief, District Operations--South, Sacramento, California.

[FR Doc. 98-20317 Filed 7-29-98; 8:45 am]

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