Notice2024-05200
Revised Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Proposed I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project
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Published
March 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
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 Revised Supplemental Environmental Assessment (RSEA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) have been prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act for the proposed Interstate-5 (I-5) Rose Quarter Improvement Project to improve safety and operations on I- 5 between Interstate-84 and Interstate-405 in the Rose Quarter District of downtown Portland, Oregon.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17895-17896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05200]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Revised Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for the Proposed I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement
Project
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of
Transportation (USDOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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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 Revised
Supplemental Environmental Assessment (RSEA) and Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) have been prepared in accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act for the proposed Interstate-5 (I-5)
Rose Quarter Improvement Project to improve safety and operations on I-
5 between Interstate-84 and Interstate-405 in the Rose Quarter District
of downtown Portland, Oregon.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Lynch, Division Administrator,
Federal Highway Administration, 530 Center Street NE, Suite 420, Salem,
OR 97301; Telephone: (503) 399-5740. Thomas Parker, Environmental
Program Manager, Federal Highway Administration, 530 Center Street NE,
Suite 420, Salem, OR 97301; Telephone: (503) 316-2549; Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#53273b3c3e32207d247d23322138362113373c277d343c25"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="57233f383a36247920792736253c32251733382379303821">[email protected]</span></a>. Megan Channell, Rose Quarter Project Director,
ODOT Region 1, 123 NW Flanders St., Portland, OR 97209; Telephone: 971-
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233-6510; Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3d50585a5c53135e555c53535851517d5259524913524f585a5253135a524b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87eae2e0e6e9a9e4efe6e9e9e2ebebc7e8e3e8f3a9e8f5e2e0e8e9a9e0e8f1">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA and the Oregon Department of
Transportation (ODOT) propose to undertake safety and operational
improvements to I-5 through the Rose Quarter district in downtown
Portland, Oregon. Federal cooperating agencies in the preparation of
the RSEA and FONSI include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, and the U.S. Coast Guard.
The proposed improvements extend existing auxiliary lanes and adds
a new auxiliary lane to improve safety and operations on I-5 between
Interstate-84 and Interstate-405. Improvements also include a new
highway cover to connect N Hancock Street to NE Hancock Street and
provide buildable space, modifications to the Broadway-Weidler
interchange, traffic flow revisions, and local system multimodal
improvements. This RSEA evaluates the benefits and impacts of two
alternatives: one in which the I-5 Project would move forward as
planned (the Revised Build Alternative), and one in which the Project
would not be built (the No-Build Alternative). The ODOT evaluated the
Revised Build Alternative in the 2022 Supplemental Environmental
Assessment (SEA) which was published on November 5, 2022, for a 50-day
public comment period which ended on January 4, 2023. In response to
public comments received on the SEA, ODOT refined the design of the
Revised Build Alternative. This RSEA reflects changes to the SEA based
on those design refinements.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; 23 U.S.C. 139.
Keith Lynch,
FHWA Division Administrator, Salem, OR.
[FR Doc. 2024-05200 Filed 3-11-24; 8:45 am]
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