[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 29, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41089-41090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18317]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Limited Scope Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement: Fond du Lac and Sheboygan Counties,
Wisconsin
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
new Limited Scope Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (LS SEIS)
will be prepared for proposed transportation improvements on Wisconsin
State Highway 23 (WIS 23) from U.S. Highway 151 to County Highway P in
Fond du Lac and Sheboygan Counties, Wisconsin.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Varney, Senior Field Operations
Engineer, FHWA, 525 Junction Road, Suite 8000, Madison, WI 53717;
Telephone: (608) 829-7514. You may also contact Steve Krebs, Director,
Bureau of Technical Services, Wisconsin Department of Transportation,
4802 Sheboygan Ave., Madison, WI 53707; Telephone (608) 220-2278.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Wisconsin
Department of Transportation (WisDOT), will prepare a new LS SEIS in
accordance with 23 CFR 771.130(f) and 40 CFR 1502.9 for proposed
improvements along approximately 19 miles of WIS 23 from U.S. Highway
151 in the City of Fond du Lac to County Highway P in the City of
Plymouth, in Fond du Lac and Sheboygan Counties, Wisconsin. In
accordance with its regulations, FHWA will evaluate and provide
additional analysis, if needed, on any new or changed impacts to the
human and natural environment since the issuance of the March 17, 2014
Limited Scope Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement. In
addition, the new LS SEIS will update and explain the methodology used
to develop the traffic forecasts, explain the role of demographic data
in traffic forecasts, as well as review the evaluation of reasonable
alternatives.
The new LS SEIS will follow the same process and format as the
original LS SEIS (Draft, Final, and Record of Decision [ROD]), except
that scoping is not required. The original LS SEIS and other project
documents will be available on the WIS 23 project Web site at https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/projects/by-region/ne/wis23exp/default. After
public review of the Draft LS SEIS document and public hearing(s), FHWA
and WisDOT will issue a Final LS SEIS and ROD. The Final LS SEIS and
ROD are anticipated to be issued as one combined document pursuant to
23 U.S.C. 139(n)(2), unless criteria are met for issuing the documents
separately. Completion of the Final LS SEIS and ROD is anticipated in
2018.
The Draft LS SEIS will be available for public and agency review
and comment prior to a public hearing. Public notice of the Draft LS
SEIS and the date and time of the public hearing(s) will be posted on
the project Web site and in local newspapers. 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 can be directed to the FHWA or WisDOT contacts listed
above, or the WIS 23 Study Project Manager Bryan Lipke at the WisDOT
Northeast Region, 944 Vanderperren Way, Green Bay, WI
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54304; Telephone: (920) 492-5703; Email: [email protected].
Project information can also be obtained by visiting the WIS 23 project
Web site at https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/projects/by-region/ne/wis23exp/default.
Projects receiving Federal funds must comply with Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act, and EO 12898 ``Federal Actions to Address
Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income
Populations.'' Federal law prohibits discrimination on the basis of
race, color, age, sex, or country of national origin in the
implementation of this project. It is also Federal policy to identify
and address any disproportionately high and adverse effects of federal
projects on the health or environment of minority and low income
populations to the greatest extent practicable and permitted by law.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205,
Highway Planning and Construction. The regulations implementing E.O.
12372 regarding intergovernmental consultation on Federal programs
and activities apply to this program.)
Issued on: August 23, 2017.
Michael Davies,
Division Administrator, FHWA Wisconsin Division, Madison, Wisconsin.
[FR Doc. 2017-18317 Filed 8-28-17; 8:45 am]
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