[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 128 (Thursday, July 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 31388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14170]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement: I-94 Rehabilitation
Project From East of I-94 to East of Conner Avenue in Detroit, Michigan
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA).
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (SEIS) and section 4(f) evaluation.
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SUMMARY: FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that a SEIS
will be prepared for the I-94 Rehabilitation Project.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Marchman, Environmental
Program Manager, Federal Highway Administration, 315 W. Allegan, Room
201, Lansing, Michigan 48933. Telephone: (517) 702-1820. Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The FHWA, in cooperation with the Michigan Department of
Transportation (MDOT), will prepare a SEIS to examine the impacts of
modifying the approved selected alternative for the I-94 Rehabilitation
Project from the Record of Decision (FHWA-MI-EIS-01-01-F). The approved
selected alternative included the complete reconstruction of 6.7 miles
of I-94 in the City of Detroit, with widening from three lanes to four
lanes in each direction, continuous service roads, new interchanges at
M-10 and I-75 and new bridges over I-94.
The SEIS will study the use of local roads as local connections to
the service drives and interchanges, modification of local access ramps
to and from I-94, M-10 and I-75, and the addition of several vehicular
and pedestrian bridges as well as non-motorized walkways/paths. The
SEIS will analyze the potential impacts to natural, human, and cultural
resources (Section 4(f), local streets, air, noise, contaminated sites,
etc.).
Opportunity for input will be provided through a public involvement
program. A Public Hearing on the Draft SEIS will be scheduled and held
to solicit formal input. The Draft SEIS will be made available for
public review and comment and comments will be responded to in a Final
SEIS. A Notice of Availability of the Draft SEIS will be made through
direct mail, publication in the Federal Register, and other media.
Notification will also be sent to appropriate Federal, State, and
Participating agencies, local agencies, as well as people and private
organizations that submit comments or questions. Additional project
information will be made available through a widely-distributed
newsletter and on the project Web site www.michigan.gov/94detroit.
Comments or questions from all interested parties concerning this
proposed action and the SEIS should be directed to FHWA at the address
provided above.
Paperwork Reduction
The Paperwork Reduction Act seeks, in part, to minimize the cost to
the taxpayer of the creation, collection, maintenance, use,
dissemination, and disposition of information. Consistent with this
goal and with principles of economy and efficiency in government, FHWA
tries to limit insofar as possible distribution of complete printed
sets of NEPA documents. Accordingly, unless a specific request for a
complete printed set of the NEPA document is received before the
document is printed, FHWA and MDOT will distribute only electronic
copies of the NEPA document. A complete printed set of the
environmental document will be available for review at MDOT's offices;
an electronic copy of the complete environmental document will be
available on the Project Web site.
Issued on: June 12, 2017.
Mark G. Lewis,
Program Development Team Leader.
[FR Doc. 2017-14170 Filed 7-5-17; 8:45 am]
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