Notice2021-12481
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement: Milwaukee County
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Published
June 15, 2021
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Highway Administration
Abstract
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) will be prepared for a proposed freeway corridor improvement project on I-94 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31782-31783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12481]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement: Milwaukee County
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
supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) will be prepared for
a proposed freeway corridor improvement project on I-94 in Milwaukee
County, Wisconsin.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bethaney Bacher-Gresock, Environmental
Program and Project Specialist, FHWA Wisconsin Division Office, City
Center West, 525 Junction Road, Suite 8000, Madison, WI 53717; email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dbb9beafb3bab5bea2f5b9bab8b3bea9f6bca9bea8b4b8b09bbfb4aff5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9efcfbeaf6fff0fbe7b0fcfffdf6fbecb3f9ecfbedf1fdf5defaf1eab0f9f1e8">[email protected]</span></a>; telephone: (608) 662-2119. Joshua
LeVeque, Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Project
Manager, WisDOT SE-Region Office, 141 NW Barstow Street, P.O. Box 798,
Waukesha, WI 53188 email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4923263a213c2867252c3f2c383c2c092d263d673e20672e263f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bcd6d3cfd4c9dd92d0d9cad9cdc9d9fcd8d3c892cbd592dbd3ca">[email protected]</span></a>; telephone: (414)
750-1468.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Wisconsin
Department of Transportation (WisDOT), will prepare a SEIS in
accordance with 23 CFR 771.130 for proposed improvements along
approximately 3.5 miles of I-94 (70th Street-16th Street) in Milwaukee
County, WI. The project includes the following interchanges: 68th
Street/70th Street, Hawley Road, Mitchell Boulevard, the Stadium
Interchange (I-94/WIS 175/Miller Park Way), 35th Street, and 25th/26th/
28th Street. The Bluemound Road/Wisconsin Avenue/Wells Street
interchange with WIS 175 is also included. The purpose of the project
remains the same as the original EIS: To address the deteriorated
condition of I-94, obsolete roadway and bridge design, existing and
future traffic demand, and high crash rates. The SEIS will evaluate and
provide additional analysis, if needed, on any new or changed impacts
to the human and natural environment since the approval of the January
29, 2016 final EIS (FEIS). For example, potential changes in study area
traffic patterns resulting from the pandemic, or potential changes in
traffic patterns resulting from the construction of, or may result
from, the identification of funding for transportation projects
identified in the regional transportation improvement plan for the
area. Also, as identified in the original EIS, FHWA and WisDOT propose
funding for the Milwaukee County East-West Bus Rapid Transit project as
traffic mitigation during the construction of the I-94 project.
The SEIS will follow the same process and format as the original
EIS (i.e., draft, final, record of decision (ROD)), except that scoping
is not required. Per 40 CFR 1506.13, the SEIS will follow Council on
Environmental Quality regulations in effect prior to September 14,
2020. The original EIS and other project documents will be available on
the I-94 project website <a href="http://www.wisconsindot.gov/94eastwest">http://www.wisconsindot.gov/94eastwest</a>.
Public involvement is a critical component of the project
development process and will occur throughout the development of the
SEIS. The draft SEIS will be made available for public and agency
review and comment prior to the public hearing. After public review of
the draft SEIS and public hearing, FHWA and WisDOT will issue a final
SEIS and ROD. The final SEIS and ROD may be issued as one combined
document pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 139(n)(2) and 23 CFR 771.124, unless
criteria are met for issuing the documents separately.
To ensure that the full range of issues related to the proposed
action are
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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.
(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: June 9, 2021.
Bethaney L. Bacher-Gresock,
Environmental Program and Project Specialist, Federal Highway
Administration, Madison Wisconsin.
[FR Doc. 2021-12481 Filed 6-14-21; 8:45 am]
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