[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 27585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13565]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement USH 
41, Brown County, WI

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for 
transportation improvements in the USH 41 corridor in Brown County, 
Wisconsin. The EIS is being prepared in conformance with 40 CFR 1500 
and FHWA regulations.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), 
in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation 
(WisDOT), will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on 
improvements needed to safely accommodate local and regional traffic 
and to preserve the traffic carrying capacity on an approximate 3.5-
mile portion of USH 41 between Memorial Drive and CTH M (Lineville 
Road) including the reconstruction of the interchange at USH 41 and 
Interstate 43 in the City of Green Bay, the Village of Howard and the 
Village of Suamico, Brown County, Wisconsin. The EIS will evaluate no 
build and build alternatives for this portion of the USH 41 corridor.
    Participation by the public, local officials, State and Federal 
regulatory agencies, American Indian Tribes and other interests will be 
solicited through public information meetings, agency coordination 
meetings, and a public hearing. Opportunities to be participating and/
or cooperating agencies and to provide input on the project's 
coordination plan and impact assessment methodology will also be 
provided under section 6002 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU).
    This study shall comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and 
of Executive Order 12898, which prohibits discrimination on the basis 
of race, color, age, sex, or country of national origin in the 
implementation of this action. To ensure that the full range of issues 
related to this proposed action is addressed, and all substantive 
issues are identified, comments and suggestions are invited from all 
interested parties. Comments or questions concerning this proposed 
action should be directed to FHWA or WisDOT at the addresses provided 
below (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205, 
Highway Planning and Construction.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Platz, Field Operations 
Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, 525 Junction Road, Suite 
8000, Madison, WI 53717-2157; Telephone: (608) 829-7509. You may also 
contact Eugene Johnson, Director, Bureau of Equity and Environmental 
Services, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, P.O. Box 7916, 
Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7916: Telephone: (608) 267-9527.
    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded from the 
Government Printing Office's Electronic Bulletin Board Service at (202) 
512-1661 by using a computer modem and suitable communications 
software. Internet users may reach the Office of Federal Register's 
home page at: http://www.archives.gov/ and the Government Printing 
Office's database at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html.

    Authority:  23 U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48.

    Issued on June 4, 2009.
Tracey McKenney,
Program Operations Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, Madison, 
Wisconsin.
[FR Doc. E9-13565 Filed 6-9-09; 8:45 am]
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