[Federal Register: March 27, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 59)]
[Notices]
[Page 15036-15037]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement; Otter Tail and Wadena Counties,
Minnesota
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 an
environmental impact statement (EIS) will be prepared for proposed
highway improvements to Trunk Highway (TH) 10 from Bluffton to 1.5
miles east of Wadena in Otter Tail and Wadena Counties, Minnesota.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Martin, Federal Highway
Administration, Galtier Plaza, 380 Jackson Street, Suite 500, St. Paul,
Minnesota 55101, Telephone (651) 291-6120; or Lori Vanderhider, Project
Management Engineer, Minnesota Department of Transportation--District
4, 1000 Trunk Highway 10 West, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota 56501,
Telephone (218) 847-1512; (651) 296-9930 TTY.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Minnesota
Department of Transportation, will prepare an EIS on a proposal to
improve TH 10 from Bluffton, in Ottertail County, to approximately 1.5
miles east of Wadena, in Wadena County, Minnesota, a distance of
approximately 6.5 miles. The proposed action is being considered to
address future transportation demand, safety problems, access
management, interregional corridor status, and system continuity.
Alternatives under consideration include (1) No-Build (2) variations of
``Build'' alternatives involving reconstruction and/or realignment and
new construction of TH 10 (3) ``Build'' alternative involving
improvements along the existing alignment of TH 10.
The ``Trunk Highway 10 Scoping Document/Draft Scoping Decision
Document'' will be published in 2003 and 2004. A press release will be
published to inform the public of the document's availability. Copies
of the Scoping Document will be distributed to agencies, interested
persons and libraries for review to aid in identifying issues and
analyses to be contained in the EIS. A thirty-day comment period for
review of the document will be provided to afford an opportunity for
all interested persons, agencies and groups to comment on the proposed
action. A public scoping meeting will also be held during the comment
period. Public notice will be given for the time and place of the
meeting.
A Draft EIS will be prepared based on the outcome of the scoping
process. The Draft EIS will be available for agency and public review
and comment. In addition, a public hearing will be held following
completion of the Draft EIS. Public Notice will be given for the time
and place of the public hearing on the Draft EIS.
Coordination has been initiated and will continue with appropriate
Federal, State and local agencies and private organizations and
citizens who have previously expressed or are known to have an interest
in the proposed action. 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 and the
EIS should be directed to the FHWA at the address provided above.
(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.)
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Issued on: March 14, 2003.
Stanley M. Graczyk,
Project Development Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, St. Paul
Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 03-7350 Filed 3-26-03; 8:45 am]
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