[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 23 (Monday, February 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 5142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2561]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement; Crow Wing and Mille Lacs 
Counties, Minnesota

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Revised notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this revised notice to advise the public 
that the northern terminus for the environmental impact statement (EIS) 
being prepared for proposed highway improvements to Trunk Highway (TH) 
169 in Crow Wing and Mille Lacs Counties, Minnesota, has been revised.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Martin, Federal Highway 
Administration, Galtier Plaza, 380 Jackson Street, Suite 500, St. Paul, 
Minnesota 55101, Telephone (651) 291-6120; or James Hallgren, Project 
Manager, Minnesota Department of Transportation--District 3, 1991 
Industrial Park Road, Baxter, Minnesota 56425, Telephone (218) 828-
2773, V (651) 296-9930 TTY.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As indicated in the Notice of Intent 
published in the Federal Register on July 17, 2000, the FHWA, in 
cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), is 
preparing an EIS on a proposal to expand TH 169 from a two-lane roadway 
to a four-lane facility. As a result of agency and public involvement 
during scoping, the alternatives to be studied in the EIS have been 
expanded, requiring a revision to the northern terminus for the 
project. The EIS will consider alternatives to improve TH 169 from the 
intersection of TH 27 north of Onamia, Minnesota to the intersection of 
TH 18 and TH 6 northwest of the City of Garrison, Minnesota, 
approximately 36.5 kilometers (22.7 miles).
    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: December 26, 2001.
Stanley M. Graczyk,
Project Development Engineer, Federal Highway Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-2561 Filed 2-1-02; 8:45 am]
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