DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Finding Crawford County [41 Pa.B. 5043]
[Saturday, September 17, 2011]Under section 2002(b) of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 512(b)), the Director of the Bureau of Project Delivery as delegated by the Secretary of Transportation makes the following written finding:
The Federal Highway Administration and the Department of Transportation (Department) are planning to replace the Mercer Pike Bridge which carries SR 2003 over the Conneaut Creek outlet in Crawford County. The project will require the use of the Mercer Pike Bridge which is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places and therefore qualifies as a Section 4(f)/Section 2002 resource. The project will also require a De Minimis use of approximately 0.5 acre of State Game Lands No. 213 which also qualifies as a Section 4(f)/Section 2002 resource.
In accordance with section 2002 of The Administrative Code of 1929 establishing the Department, a Level-2 Categorical Exclusion Evaluation (CEE) has been developed for the subject project along with a Determination of Section 4(f) De Minimis Use Section 2002 No Adverse Use Public Parks, Recreation Areas, Wildlife and/or Waterfowl Refuges, State Forest Land and State Game Land document and a Nationwide/Programmatic Section 4(f) Evaluation for Projects that Necessitate the Use of Historic Bridges document to evaluate the potential environmental impacts caused by the subject project. The Section 4(f) documents also serve as the Section 2002 Evaluation. The approved documents are available in the CE/EA Expert System.
Based upon studies, there is no feasible and prudent alternative to the proposed action. Mitigation measures will be taken to minimize harm as stipulated in the Level-2 CEE and the Section 4(f) documents.
The environmental, economic, social and other effects of the proposed project as enumerated in section 2002 of The Administrative Code of 1929 have been considered. It has been concluded that there is no feasible and prudent alternative to the project as designed and all reasonable steps have been taken to minimize the effects.
BRIAN G. THOMPSON, P.E.,
Director
Bureau of Project Delivery[Pa.B. Doc. No. 11-1614. Filed for public inspection September 16, 2011, 9:00 a.m.]
