Notice2021-19745
Rescinding a Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the I-71/I-75 Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Improvements Project, Hamilton County, OH and Kenton County, KY
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Published
September 14, 2021
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Highway Administration
Abstract
The FHWA, in cooperation with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), is issuing this Notice to advise the public that we are rescinding the July 20, 2006 Notice of Intent (NOI) to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the I-71/I-75 Brent Spence Bridge corridor improvements project, located in Hamilton County, Ohio and Kenton County, Kentucky. We are rescinding the NOI because the project was down scoped to an Environmental Assessment (EA) in 2010 and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) was issued in 2012.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 51219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19745]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Rescinding a Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement for the I-71/I-75 Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Improvements
Project, Hamilton County, OH and Kenton County, KY
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice to rescind a notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Ohio Department of
Transportation (ODOT), is issuing this Notice to advise the public that
we are rescinding the July 20, 2006 Notice of Intent (NOI) to Prepare
an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the I-71/I-75 Brent Spence
Bridge corridor improvements project, located in Hamilton County, Ohio
and Kenton County, Kentucky. We are rescinding the NOI because the
project was down scoped to an Environmental Assessment (EA) in 2010 and
a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) was issued in 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For FHWA: Laura S. Leffler, Division
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Ohio Division, 200 North
High Street, Suite 328, Columbus, OH 43215, Telephone: (614) 280-6896,
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9cd0fde9eef5f9b2f0f9fafaf0f9eedcf8f3e8b2fbf3ea"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="074b6672756e62296b6261616b62754763687329606871">[email protected]</span></a>. For ODOT: Timothy McDonald, Deputy
Director, Division of Planning, 1980 West Broad Street, Mail Stop 3200,
Columbus, OH 43223, Telephone: (614) 644-0273, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3e6a575310735d7a51505f525a7e5a514a105156575110595148"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7e2a171350331d3a11101f121a3e1a110a501116171150191108">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
The FHWA, in cooperation with the ODOT, previously intended to
prepare an EIS for proposed improvements to I-71/I-75 and connecting
routes in the vicinity of the existing Brent Spence Bridge Ohio River
crossing and the Cities of Cincinnati, OH and Covington, KY. The NOI,
which was published in the Federal Register on July 20, 2006 (71 FR
41310), indicated that the purpose and need of the project was to
improve traffic flow and level of service, improve safety, correct
geometric deficiencies, and maintain links in key mobility, trade, and
national defense transportation corridors.
As stated in the 2006 NOI, alternatives under consideration
included: (1) Taking no action; (2) rehabilitation/upgrading of the
existing infrastructure combined with construction of new facilities on
new alignment; (3) replacement infrastructure on new alignment; and,
(4) other alternatives that may be developed during the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process. During the NEPA process, the
conceptual alternatives were narrowed to feasible alternatives that
essentially stayed on the I-71/75 mainline, reducing the potential
impacts from the project. Due to this, ODOT asked that the project be
down scoped to an EA on December 11, 2009, which FHWA agreed to on
March 11, 2010. An EA was prepared and a FONSI was approved on August
9, 2012. However, the NOI was not rescinded at that time. FHWA is
rescinding the NOI at this time. Should a need to prepare an EIS arise
in the future, then another NOI would be issued at that time.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205,
Highway Research, Planning and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental
consultation on Federal programs and activities apply to this
program)
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; 23 CFR part 771.
Issued on: September 8, 2021.
Laura S. Leffler,
Ohio Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-19745 Filed 9-13-21; 8:45 am]
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