[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13919-13920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05139]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Notice To Rescind a Notice of Intent for an Environmental Impact 
Statement: Dane and Columbia Counties, Wisconsin

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice to rescind a Notice of Intent for a Tier 1 Environmental 
Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: A Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare a Tier 1 Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) was published in the Federal Register Vol. 80 
No. 184, Sept. 23, 2015 for a proposed freeway corridor improvement 
project on Interstate (I)-39/90/94 from the United States Highway (US) 
12/18 interchange to the I-39/Wisconsin State Highway (WIS) 78 
interchange in Dane and Columbia counties in south-central Wisconsin. 
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that FHWA and the 
Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) will no longer prepare 
a Tier 1 EIS in this corridor due to recent and on-going 
reprioritization of major transportation projects.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Davies, Division 
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, 525 Junction Road, Suite 
8000, Madison, Wisconsin, 53717-2157, Telephone: (608) 829-7500. You 
may also contact Steve Krebs, Director, Bureau of Technical Services, 
Wisconsin Department of Transportation, P.O. Box 7965, Madison, 
Wisconsin 53707-7965, Telephone: (608) 246-7930.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA originally issued an NOI to prepare 
an EIS in the Federal Register Vol. 79 No. 224, Nov. 20, 2014 for an 
approximately 35-mile freeway corridor improvement project on I-39/90/
94 from the United States Highway (US) 12/18 interchange to the I-39/
Wisconsin State Highway (WIS) 78 interchange in Dane and Columbia 
counties in south Central Wisconsin. A revised NOI was published in the 
Federal Register Vol 80 No. 184, Sept. 23, 2015 to advise the public 
that FHWA and WisDOT would be preparing a Tier 1 EIS for proposed 
transportation improvements along the I-39/90/94 corridor, from the US 
12/18 Interchange to the I-39/WIS 78 interchange in Dane and Columbia 
Counties in south-central Wisconsin. As part of the Tier 1 EIS, more 
detailed analysis for a 6.6 mile portion of the corridor from Columbia 
County Highway CS to the I-39/WIS 78 interchange (south of Portage) had 
been planned. The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that 
FHWA and WisDOT will no longer prepare a Tier 1 EIS for the I-39/90/94 
corridor in Dane and Columbia Counties, Wisconsin generally along the 
I-39/90/94 corridor, from the US 12/18 interchange to the I-39/WIS 78 
interchange. The project is being canceled due to recent and on-going 
reprioritization of major transportation projects. As such the 
preparation of the Tier 1 EIS for proposed transportation improvements 
along the I-39/90/94 corridor, from the US 12/18 Interchange to the I-
39/WIS 78 interchange in Dane

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and Columbia Counties in south-central Wisconsin will not be completed. 
Any future transportation improvements along the corridor, will 
progress under a separate environmental review process in accordance 
with all applicable laws and regulations.

(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: March 6, 2017.
Michael Davies,
Division Administrator, FHWA Wisconsin Division, Madison, Wisconsin.
[FR Doc. 2017-05139 Filed 3-14-17; 8:45 am]
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