[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21256-21257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08552]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

United States Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2010-0455]


Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Proposed Construction of a Highway Bridge Across the Manatee River at 
Parrish, Manatee County, FL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the availability of the final 
environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the proposed construction of 
a

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highway bridge across the Manatee River at Parrish, Manatee County, 
Florida. As a structure over navigable waters of the United States, the 
proposed bridge would require a Coast Guard bridge permit. The FEIS 
presents an analysis of the potential for impact to the natural, human 
and cultural environment of the proposed bridge.

ADDRESSES: The FEIS is available online at http://www.regulations.gov. 
It can also be viewed at the Coast Guard's Seventh District Bridge 
Office, 909 SE 1st Avenue, Brickell Plaza Federal Building, Ste 432, 
Miami, Florida, 33131, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document 
call or email Randall Overton, Bridge Management Specialist, Seventh 
Coast Guard District, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone 305-415-6736, email 
[email protected]. If you have questions on viewing or 
submitting material to the docket, call Cheryl Collins, Program 
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is issued under the authority of 
5 U.S.C. 552(a) and the regulations governing NEPA (40 CFR 1501, et. 
seq.). Under the General Bridge Act of 1946 (33 U.S.C. 525-533), 
construction of a bridge over a navigable U.S. waterway requires the 
Coast Guard to grant a bridge permit. Such a permit would be needed for 
the proposed Manatee River highway bridge, and under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a FEIS 
is necessary before the permit can be issued. The environmentally 
preferred alternative is identified as a bridge connecting Upper 
Manatee River Road and Fort Hamer Road near mile 15.0 of the Manatee 
River at Parrish, Florida. The purpose of the proposed bridge is to 
facilitate local transportation east of Interstate 75 due to the high 
population growth in this area. It would provide vertical clearance of 
at least 26 feet. Public comments on a draft environmental impact 
statement were received and are discussed in section 5.4 of the FEIS.
    In addition to making the FEIS available as noted under ADDRESSES, 
copies of the FEIS are available from the Manatee County Chamber of 
Commerce (telephone 941-748-3411) and at county library locations 
(Central Library telephone 941-748-5555 and Rocky Bluff Library 
telephone 941-723-4821). Also, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) will issue its own notice of the FEIS's availability. The FEIS 
will be considered final 30 days after publication of the EPA notice, 
and the Coast Guard will thereafter issue its Record of Decision, 
completing its NEPA analysis.

    Dated: April 7, 2014.
Brian L. Dunn,
Chief, Office of Bridge Programs, U.S. Coast Guard.
[FR Doc. 2014-08552 Filed 4-14-14; 8:45 am]
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