[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44377-44378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19102]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement; Sherburne 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 I environmental impact statement (EIS) will be prepared for 
proposed highway improvements to Trunk Highway (TH) 10 from 1.0 mile 
east of Big Lake to 0.75 mile west of Big Lake, in Sherburne County, 
Minnesota. The Tier I EIS will include the analysis needed for a 
location decision to facilitate preservation of right-of-way.

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 Claudia Dumont, Project 
Manager, Minnesota Department of Transportation--District 3B, 3725 12th 
Street North, ST. Cloud, Minnesota 56303, Telephone (320) 654-5134.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Minnesota 
Department of Transportation, will prepare a Tier I EIS on a proposal 
to improve TH 10 from 1.0 mile east of Big Lake to 0.75 mile west of 
Big Lake, in Sherburne County, Minnesota. The proposed action is being 
considered to preserve right-of-way for the proposed highway 
improvement. The proposed action is being considered to address future 
transportation demand, safety problems, access management and 
interregional corridor status.
    The Tier I EIS will evaluate the social, economic, transportation 
and environmental impacts of alternatives, including: (1) No-Build, (2) 
Improvements to the existing TH 10 corridor, and (3) One or more new 
alignments south of existing TH 10.
    The Tier II EIS will be prepared in approximately ten to fifteen 
years. At that time, design alternatives for the preferred alignment 
will be considered and environmental impacts and mitigation will be 
studied in greater detail. The construction of the preferred 
alternative is planned for implementation in approximately fifteen 
years.
    It is anticipated that the ``TH 10 Scoping Document/Draft Scoping 
Decision Document'' will be published in the Fall of 2003. A press 
release will be published to inform the public of the document's 
availability. Copies of the scoping document will be distributed to 
agencies, interested persons and libraries for review to aid in 
identifying issues and analyses to be contained in the Tier I EIS. A 
thirty-day comment period for review of the document will be provided 
to afford an opportunity for all interested persons, agencies and 
groups to comment on the proposed action. A public scooping meeting 
will also be held during the comment period. Public notice will be 
given for the time and place of the meeting. A Tier I Draft EIS will be 
prepared based on the

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outcome of the scoping process. 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. 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: July 10, 2003.
Stanley M. Graczyk,
Project Development, Team Leader, Federal Highway Administration, St. 
Paul, Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 03-19102 Filed 7-25-03; 8:45 am]
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