[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 198 (Friday, October 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 60397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23992]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Otter Tail and Wadena Counties, 
MN

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Terminate EIS.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process for proposed highway 
improvements to Trunk Highway (TH) 10 in Otter Tail and Wadena 
Counties, Minnesota is terminated. The original Notice of Intent for 
this EIS process was published in the Federal Register on March 27, 
2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Martin, Environmental Engineer, 
Federal Highway Administration, Galtier Plaza, Suite 500, 380 Jackson 
Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101, Telephone (651) 291-6120; or Lori 
Vanderhider, P. E., Project Manager, Minnesota Department of 
Transportation--District 4, 1000 Highway 10 West, Detroit Lakes, 
Minnesota 56501, Telephone (218) 846-7955; (651) 296-9930 TTY.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Minnesota 
Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) has terminated the EIS process 
begun in 2003 to address future transportation demand, safety problems, 
access management, interregional corridor status, and system continuity 
on TH 10 from 620th Avenue in Bluffton, Otter Tail County to 
approximately 1.5 miles east of Wadena, Wadena County, Minnesota, a 
distance of approximately 6.5 miles. The Scoping Decision Document for 
the project was approved by Mn/DOT on April 6, 2004. In June 2008, Mn/
DOT issued a press release to notify the agencies and public that work 
on the EIS was being discontinued after the Draft EIS studies were 
unable to identify a safety or capacity need for expansion of TH 10 in 
the project area. Therefore, the EIS for this project has been 
terminated.

(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: October 3, 2008.
Cheryl B. Martin,
Environmental Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, St. Paul, 
Minnesota.
 [FR Doc. E8-23992 Filed 10-9-08; 8:45 am]
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