[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 96 (Friday, May 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 29202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11779]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Grand Forks County, North Dakota 
and Polk County, Minnesota

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an 
environmental impact statement will be prepared for a proposed highway 
project in Grand Forks County, North Dakota and Polk County, Minnesota.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Schrader, Environment and Right-
of-Way Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, North Dakota Division 
Office, 1471 Interstate Loop, Bismarck, North Dakota 58503, Telephone: 
(701) 221-9464. Sheri G. Lares, Environmental Section Leader, North 
Dakota Department of Transportation, 608 E. Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, 
North Dakota 58505-0700, Telephone: (701) 328-2188.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the North 
Dakota and Minnesota Departments of Transportation, will prepare an 
environmental impact statement (EIS) on a proposal to rehabilitate or 
replace the historic Sorlie Bridge over the Red River between Grand 
Forks, North Dakota and East Grand Forks, Minnesota.
    Preliminary alternatives currently under consideration include (1) 
Taking no action to rehabilitate or replace the historic bridge; (2) 
rehabilitating the bridge on the existing alignment; (3) removal of the 
bridge and constructing a new bridge on the existing alignment; (4) 
rehabilitating the bridge and constructing a new bridge on new 
alignment; and (5) removal of the bridge and constructing a new bridge 
on new alignment.
    Letters describing the proposed action and soliciting comments will 
be sent to appropriate Federal, State, regional and local agencies, and 
to private organizations and citizens who previously have expressed, or 
are known to have, an interest in this project. Two public scoping 
meetings will be held during the 60 day scoping period. There will be 
one held in Grand Forks on June 12, 2013 at the City Hall from 5 p.m. 
until 8 p.m., and the other in East Grand Forks on June 13, 2013 from 5 
p.m. until 8 p.m. Locations of the public scoping meetings for the 
proposed project will be advertised in local newspapers and other media 
and will be hosted by the North Dakota and Minnesota Departments of 
Transportation.
    To ensure that the full range of issues related to this proposed 
action are addressed and all significant issues identified, comments 
and suggestions are invited from all interested parties. Comments or 
questions concerning this proposed action and the EIS should be 
directed to the FHWA at the address provided above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205, 
Highway Research, Planning, and Construction. The regulations 
implementing Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental 
consultation on Federal programs and activities apply to this 
program.)

    Issued on: May 13, 2013.
Wendall L. Meyer,
Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, North Dakota 
Division Office.
[FR Doc. 2013-11779 Filed 5-16-13; 8:45 am]
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