Notice2024-01830
Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision for the Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge Project
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Published
January 31, 2024
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Transportation DepartmentFederal Highway Administration
Abstract
The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise other Federal, State, and local agencies, Tribes, and the public that a combined Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) have been prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act for the Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge (EQRBB) Project to create a seismically resilient Burnside Street lifeline route crossing of the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6163-6164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01830]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
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Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision for
the Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge Project
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise other Federal,
State, and local agencies, Tribes, and the public that a combined Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) have
been prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act
for the Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge (EQRBB) Project to create a
seismically resilient Burnside Street lifeline route crossing of the
Willamette River in Portland, Oregon.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Lynch, Division Administrator,
Federal Highway Administration, 530 Center Street NE, Suite 420, Salem,
OR 97301; Telephone: (503) 316-2540. Thomas Parker, Environmental
Program Manager, Federal Highway Administration, 530 Center Street NE,
Suite 420, Salem, OR 97301; Telephone: (503) 316-2549.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, the Oregon Department of
Transportation (ODOT), and Multnomah County (County) propose to
undertake the seismic improvement of the Burnside Bridge over the
Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. Federal cooperating agencies in
the preparation of the FEIS and ROD include the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Coast Guard.
The EQRB Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) included a No-
Build Alternative and four build alternatives. It identified one build
alternative (the Long-span Alternative) as the Preferred Alternative.
Following the issuance of the Draft EIS, additional cost and funding
analysis identified a substantial risk that the construction costs of
any of the build alternatives would exceed $1 billion. The Selected
Alternative is anticipated to cost between $830 to $915 million. This
risk led the County to direct the project team to identify and evaluate
ways to reduce the Project's construction costs while still meeting the
Project's purpose and need and striving to achieve the other
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advantages of the Draft EIS Preferred Alternative. The Refined Long-
span Alternative, which addressed that directive and was evaluated in
the SDEIS, was identified as the Preferred Alternative in the SDEIS
that was made available for public review and comment. The public was
able to view and comment on the SDEIS for a period of 45 days from
April 29 to June 13, 2022. The SDEIS NOA was published in the Federal
Register on April 29, 2022. Multnomah County held live SDEIS Public
Hearing testimony on June 8, 2022.
(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; 23 U.S.C. 139)
Issued on: January 25, 2024.
Keith Lynch,
FHWA Division Administrator, Salem, OR.
[FR Doc. 2024-01830 Filed 1-30-24; 8:45 am]
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