The Federal Highway Administration, as federal lead agency, and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), as project sponsor, issued this Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for the State College Area Connector Project, an approximately 8-mile four-lane limited access highway on US 322 between Potters Mills and Boalsburg in Centre County, Pennsylvania. Three build alternatives (US 322-1S, US 322-1OEX, and US 322-5, each roughly 8.3 to 8.4 miles long) plus a No Build alternative will be evaluated. Expected impacts include effects on threatened and endangered species, wetlands, environmental justice populations, farmland, and historic properties. The Draft EIS is targeted for July 2025 and the combined Final EIS/ROD for July 2026. Public comments on the NOI were due by August 23, 2024.1