[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13923-13924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05065]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Notice To Rescind Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement for the Gateway Corridor Project From Saint Paul to
Woodbury in Ramsey and Washington Counties, Minnesota
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Rescind Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS).
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SUMMARY: The FTA, in cooperation with the Washington County Regional
Railroad Authority (WCRRA) and the Metropolitan Council, is issuing
this notice to advise the public that the NOI to prepare an EIS for the
proposed Gateway Corridor project from Saint Paul to Woodbury in Ramsey
and Washington Counties, Minnesota, is being rescinded.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Reggie Arkell, Community Planner,
Federal Transit Administration, Region V, 200 West Adams Street, Suite
320, Chicago, IL 60606, phone 312-886-3704, email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FTA, as the lead federal agency, in
cooperation with WCRRA and the Metropolitan Council, published a NOI in
the Federal Register on February 12, 2014 (79 FR 8530-8532) to prepare
an EIS for the proposed Gateway Corridor project. The Gateway Corridor
project is a planned transitway approximately nine miles in length
located in Ramsey and Washington Counties in the eastern part of the
Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota. The project is located in a
corridor generally parallel to
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Interstate 94 (I-94). The purpose is to provide improved public
transportation between downtown Saint Paul with its east side
neighborhoods and the suburban cities of Maplewood, Landfall, Oakdale,
and Woodbury. Since the NOI was published, through the environmental
review and locally preferred alternative decision-making process, the
potential project length has been reduced by approximately three miles
and the transit technologies under evaluation have been reduced from
light rail transit, bus rapid transit (BRT), and managed lanes to only
BRT. Both these changes have minimized the potential impact of the
proposed action. FTA, WCRRA, and the Metropolitan Council anticipate
that an environmental assessment (EA), leading to a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI), would be the appropriate class of action
under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for this project.
Therefore, the FTA has decided to rescind the NOI for the EIS.
Comments and questions concerning the proposed actions should be
directed to FTA at the address provided above.
Marisol R. Sim[oacute]n,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2017-05065 Filed 3-14-17; 8:45 am]
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