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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 04-448

NOTICES

Finding

Erie County

[34 Pa.B. 1524]

   Under section 2002(b) of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 512(b)), the Secretary of Transportation makes the following written finding:

   The Department of Transportation (Department) plans to replace the existing Powell Avenue Bridge, carrying S.R. 0299 over the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks in Millcreek Township, Erie County. The existing Powell Avenue Bridge has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The effect of this project on the existing Powell Avenue Bridge will be mitigated by the following measures to minimize harm to the resource.

   A.  The Department shall ensure that the Powell Avenue Bridge is documented to State-level standards prior to its demolition. The documentation will include a short narrative on the Powell Avenue Bridge and photographic recordation, which will be submitted to the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) for review and comment. Copies of the approved documentation will be made available to the SHPO and the Erie County Historical Society.

   1.  The Department shall ensure that the narrative provides a physical description of the Powell Avenue Bridge.

   2.  The Department shall ensure that the photographic documentation of the Powell Avenue Bridge follows standards established by the Historical and Museum Commission. These standards include preparing archivally stable, 35mm black and white photographs printed in a 5" × 7" format and each print labeled in pencil with the name and location of the Powell Avenue Bridge, date of photograph and view shown. The photographs will be keyed to a site plan/map.

   B.  Prior to demolition of the Powell Avenue Bridge, the Department shall ensure that the SHPO or other parties identified by the SHPO will have the opportunity to remove the bridge plaques from the Powell Avenue Bridge for display and reuse in the aesthetic treatment of the new bridge. The Department shall ensure that the bridge plaques are removed in a manner that minimizes damage and are delivered with legal title to the SHPO or other parties.

   The Secretary 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 the effect.

ALLEN D. BIEHLER, P. E.,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-448. Filed for public inspection March 12, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]


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