[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 92 (Tuesday, May 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26346-26347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12458]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement; Crow Wing County, MN

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 a 
Tier II Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for a 
proposed highway project to relocate Trunk Highway 371 (TH 371) in Crow 
Wing County, Minnesota. The Tier II EIS examines the preferred location 
alternative in greater detail and addresses specific social, economic 
and environmental concerns; develops specific mitigation; and considers 
final design issues.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheryl Martin, Environmental Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, 
Galtier Plaza, Box 75, 175 Fifth Street East, Suite 500, St. Paul, 
Minnesota 55101-2901, Telephone (612) 291-6120; or Curt Eastlund, 
Project Manager, Minnesota Department of Transportation--District 3, 
1991 Industrial Park Road, Baxter, Minnesota 56401, Telephone (218) 
828-2482.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Minnesota 
Department of Transportation, will prepare a Tier II EIS on a proposal 
to relocate TH 371 in Crow King County, Minnesota. The

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proposed improvement would involve the construction of approximately 
10.5 kilometers (km) of roadway (7.9 km on new alignment and 2.6 km on 
existing TH 371) from 0.8 km north of the entrance to Crow Wing State 
Park to the existing intersection of TH 371 and TH 210 in Baxter, 
Minnesota. Improvements to the corridor are considered necessary to 
provide for the existing and projected traffic demand. Also included in 
this proposal is a new crossing over the Mississippi River. The Tier I 
EIS has been completed, resulting in a preferred location. The Tier I 
EIS was published, reviewed, comments were addressed, and a Record of 
Decision issued.
    The Tier II EIS will include work accomplished for the Tier I EIS 
by reference and expand into several special studies, specific 
mitigation and detail design issues. The Tier II EIS will examine 
design alternatives for the South Extension, the junction of County 
State Aid Highway 48 and the bridge over the Mississippi River.
    Coordination has been initiated and will continue with appropriate 
Federal, State and local agencies and private organizations and 
citizens who have previously expressed or are known to have an interest 
in the proposed action.
    Public meetings have been held in the past and will continue to be 
held, with public notice given for the time and place of the meetings. 
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 Planning and Construction. The regulations implementing 
Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental consultation on 
Federal programs and activities apply to this program)

    Issued on: May 5, 1997.
Stanley M. Graczyk,
Project Development Engineer, Federal Highway Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-12458 Filed 5-12-97; 8:45 am]
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