DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Finding Potter County [35 Pa.B. 2036] Under section 2002(b) of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 512(b)), the Deputy Secretary for Highway Administration makes the following written finding:
The Department of Transportation plans to update a deteriorated section of SR 0049 between the Village of Mills and the Village of Harrison Valley in Harrison Township, Potter County. The subject project will include drainage improvements, shoulder improvements, new guide rail and roadway resurfacing. It will require the acquisition of a small amount of right-of-way from the C. A. Swetland Homestead property, which has been determined to be eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
Information describing the project, together with the associated environmental analysis, is contained in the Categorical Exclusion Evaluation/Section 2002 Evaluation that was prepared for this project.
Based upon studies, there is no prudent and feasible alternative to the taking of right-of-way from the C. A. Swetland Homestead property, which is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Deputy Secretary for Highway Administration has considered the environmental, economic, social and other effects of the proposed project as enumerated in section 2002 of The Administrative Code of 1929 and has concluded that there is no feasible and prudent alternative to the project as designed, and all reasonable steps have been taken to minimize effects.
No adverse environmental effect is likely to result from the reconstruction of this section of highway.
GARY L. HOFFMAN, P. E.,
Deputy Secretary for Highway Administration[Pa.B. Doc. No. 05-620. Filed for public inspection April 1, 2005, 9:00 a.m.]
