80_FR_19179 80 FR 19111 - Notice of Intent to Prepare a Tier I Environmental Impact Statement: Dane County, Wisconsin

80 FR 19111 - Notice of Intent to Prepare a Tier I Environmental Impact Statement: Dane County, Wisconsin

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 68 (April 9, 2015)

Page Range19111-19112
FR Document2015-08138

The FHWA is issuing this revised notice to advise the public that FHWA and WisDOT will be preparing a Tier 1 EIS for proposed transportation improvements in the United States Highway (US) 51 corridor in Dane County, Wisconsin generally between Interstate 39/90 east of the City of Stoughton and US 12/18 (Madison South Beltline Highway). The previous Notice of Intent was to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and was published in the Federal Register on February 1, 2012.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 68 (Thursday, April 9, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 68 (Thursday, April 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19111-19112]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08138]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Notice of Intent to Prepare a Tier I Environmental Impact 
Statement: Dane County, Wisconsin

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Wisconsin Department of 
Transportation (WisDOT).

ACTION: Federal Notice of Intent to Prepare a Tier 1 Environmental 
Impact Statement (Tier 1 EIS).

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this revised notice to advise the public 
that FHWA and WisDOT will be preparing a Tier 1 EIS for proposed 
transportation improvements in the United States Highway (US) 51 
corridor in Dane County, Wisconsin generally between Interstate 39/90 
east of the City of Stoughton and US 12/18 (Madison South Beltline 
Highway). The previous Notice of Intent was to prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement and was published in the Federal Register on February 
1, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Johnny Gerbitz, Field Operations 
Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, City Center West, 525 
Junction Road, Suite 8000, Madison, Wisconsin, 53717-2157, Telephone: 
(608) 829-7500.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A needs assessment was conducted for the 
project corridor in 2004 followed by initiation of the environmental 
review process for an environmental impact statement (EIS). The EIS 
review process examined factors contributing to the need for 
improvements within the US 51 study corridor (long-term planning and 
corridor preservation, safety,

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roadway deficiencies, bike and pedestrian accommodations, and travel 
demand and capacity). Because of fiscal constraints, a commitment to 
improvements that address all of the need factors could not be made and 
the environmental review process is being converted from a standard EIS 
to a Tier 1 EIS.
    The FHWA, in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of 
Transportation (WisDOT), will prepare a Tier 1 EIS for proposed 
improvements to address safety, operational and capacity concerns on 
approximately 18 miles of US 51 between Interstate 39/90, east of the 
City of Stoughton, to US 12/18 (Madison South Beltline Highway), north 
of the Village of McFarland. The study will also examine a bypass of 
Stoughton, as well as potential operational improvements on existing US 
51 in Stoughton. As alternatives to capacity improvements on US 51, the 
study will consider improvements on highways other than US 51 that 
might address the needs of travelers between the southeast portion of 
Dane County and the Madison Urban area. The Tier 1 EIS will evaluate 
the social, economic, and environmental impacts of the alternatives 
within the existing US 51 highway corridor, and other full build 
improvements on other regional highway corridors. The objective of this 
project is to address existing and future transportation demand and 
safety concerns as identified in the US 51 Needs Assessment Report. The 
Tier 1 EIS will be prepared in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 139, 23 CFR 
771, and 40 CFR 1500-1508. Completion of the Tier 1 EIS and the Record 
of Decision (ROD) is expected in 2018.
    Public involvement is a critical component of the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and will occur throughout the 
development of the draft and final Tier 1 EIS. All environmental 
documents will be made available for review by federal and state 
resource agencies and the public. Specific efforts to encourage 
involvement by, and solicit comments from, minority and low-income 
populations in the project study area will be made, with public 
involvement meetings held throughout the environmental document 
process. Public notice will be given as to the time and place of public 
involvement meetings. A public hearing will be held after the 
completion of the Draft Tier 1 EIS.
    Inquiries related to this study can be sent to 
[email protected]. A public Web site will be maintained throughout 
the study to provided information about the project and allow for on-
line public comment (http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/projects/swregion/5139901218/index.htm). To ensure the full range of issues related to 
the proposed action are addressed and all significant issues 
identified, comments and suggestions are invited from all interested 
parties. Comments and questions concerning the proposed action and this 
notice should be directed to the FHWA address provided above.
    Projects receiving Federal funds must comply with Title VI of the 
Civil Rights Act, and Executive Order 12898 ``Federal Actions to 
Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income 
Populations.'' Federal law prohibits discrimination on the basis of 
race, color, age, sex, or country of national origin in the 
implementation of this project. It is also Federal policy to identify 
and address any disproportionately high and adverse effects of federal 
projects on the health or environment of minority and low-income 
populations to the greatest extent practicable and permitted by law.

(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: April 2, 2015.
Johnny M. Gerbitz,
Field Operations Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, Madison, 
Wisconsin.
[FR Doc. 2015-08138 Filed 4-8-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 68 / Thursday, April 9, 2015 / Notices 19111 conditions, reservations and restrictions intention to request the Office of control U.S. airspace and to distribute on 450.358 acres of property identified Management and Budget (OMB) safety notices and airworthiness as SIA Section 10 (Central Portion) at approval to renew an information directives to aircraft owners. the former Stapleton International collection. The Federal Register Notice Respondents: Approximately 95,653 Airport. This parcel was conveyed from with a 60-day comment period soliciting aircraft owners. the United States of America to the City comments on the following collection of Frequency: Information is collected and County of Denver to be used for information was published on December triennially. aviation development on October 29, 22, 2014. The information collected on Estimated Average Burden per 1969. Denver voters endorsed the plan an Aircraft Registration Renewal Response: 30 minutes to complete the to build a new airport, to be called Application, AC Form 8050–1B, is used form manually, 10 minutes to complete Denver International Airport. Stapleton by the FAA to verify and update aircraft the form electronically. International Airport closed on February registration information collected for an Estimated Total Annual Burden: 28, 1995, when Denver International aircraft when it was first registered. 23,912 hours. Airport opened, and the FAA DATES: Written comments should be Issued in Washington, DC on April 2, 2015. transferred all City and County of submitted by May 11, 2015. Ronda Thompson, Denver’s grant obligations in connection ADDRESSES: Interested persons are FAA Information Collection Clearance with Stapleton International Airport to invited to submit written comments on Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services the development and operation of the proposed information collection to Division, ASP–110. Denver International Airport. The the Office of Information and Regulatory [FR Doc. 2015–08122 Filed 4–8–15; 8:45 am] Stapleton property has slowly been Affairs, Office of Management and BILLING CODE 4910–13–P redeveloped over the past 20 years for Budget. Comments should be addressed homes, businesses, roads, parks, and to the attention of the Desk Officer, open space, in accordance with zoning, Department of Transportation/FAA, and DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION plats, and general development plans sent via electronic mail to approved by the City and County of Federal Highway Administration oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed Denver. The sale of this property will be to (202) 395–6974, or mailed to the based on an appraisal conducted in Notice of Intent to Prepare a Tier I Office of Information and Regulatory Environmental Impact Statement: Dane January 2000 which was approved by Affairs, Office of Management and the FAA in April 2000. The City and County, Wisconsin Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, County of Denver will treat all proceeds 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC AGENCY: Federal Highway as airport revenue and will be used 20503. Administration (FHWA), Wisconsin exclusively in connection with Denver Public Comments Invited: You are Department of Transportation International Airport, specifically for asked to comment on any aspect of this (WisDOT). the payment of debt. information collection, including (a) ACTION: Federal Notice of Intent to Any person may inspect, by Whether the proposed collection of Prepare a Tier 1 Environmental Impact appointment, the request in person at information is necessary for FAA’s Statement (Tier 1 EIS). the FAA office listed above under FOR performance; (b) the accuracy of the FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this In addition, any person may, upon enhance the quality, utility and clarity revised notice to advise the public that appointment and request, inspect the of the information collection; and (d) FHWA and WisDOT will be preparing a application, notice and other documents ways that the burden could be Tier 1 EIS for proposed transportation germane to the application in person at minimized without reducing the quality improvements in the United States the Denver International Airport. of the collected information. The agency Highway (US) 51 corridor in Dane Issued in Denver, Colorado on April 3, will summarize and/or include your County, Wisconsin generally between 2015. comments in the request for OMB’s Interstate 39/90 east of the City of John P. Bauer, clearance of this information collection. Stoughton and US 12/18 (Madison Manager, Denver Airports District Office. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: South Beltline Highway). The previous [FR Doc. 2015–08219 Filed 4–8–15; 8:45 am] Ronda Thompson at (202) 267–1416, or Notice of Intent was to prepare an by email at: Ronda.Thompson@faa.gov. Environmental Impact Statement and BILLING CODE 4910–13–P was published in the Federal Register SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: on February 1, 2012. OMB Control Number: 2120–0729 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Title: Aircraft Registration Renewal. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Form Numbers: AC Form 8050–1B Johnny Gerbitz, Field Operations Federal Aviation Administration Type of Review: Revision of an Engineer, Federal Highway information collection. Administration, City Center West, 525 Agency Information Collection Background: The Federal Register Junction Road, Suite 8000, Madison, Activities: Requests for Comments; Notice with a 60-day comment period Wisconsin, 53717–2157, Telephone: Clearance of Renewed Approval of soliciting comments on the following (608) 829–7500. Information Collection: Aircraft collection of information was published SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A needs Registration Renewal on December 22, 2014 (79 FR 76437). assessment was conducted for the AGENCY: Federal Aviation The information collected on an Aircraft project corridor in 2004 followed by Rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Administration (FAA), DOT Registration Renewal Application (AC initiation of the environmental review ACTION: Notice and request for Form 8050–1B) is used by the FAA to process for an environmental impact comments. verify and update the aircraft statement (EIS). The EIS review process registration information collected for an examined factors contributing to the SUMMARY: In accordance with the aircraft when it was first registered. 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19112 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 68 / Thursday, April 9, 2015 / Notices roadway deficiencies, bike and comment (http:// By this notice, the FHWA is DATES: pedestrian accommodations, and travel www.dot.wisconsin.gov/projects/ advising the public of final agency demand and capacity). Because of fiscal swregion/5139901218/index.htm). To actions subject to 23 U.S.C. § 139(l)(1). constraints, a commitment to ensure the full range of issues related to A claim seeking judicial review of the improvements that address all of the the proposed action are addressed and Federal agency actions on the highway need factors could not be made and the all significant issues identified, project will be barred unless the claim environmental review process is being comments and suggestions are invited is filed on or before September 8, 2015. converted from a standard EIS to a Tier from all interested parties. Comments If the Federal law that authorizes 1 EIS. and questions concerning the proposed judicial review of a claim provides a The FHWA, in cooperation with the action and this notice should be time period of less than 150 days for Wisconsin Department of directed to the FHWA address provided filing such claim, then that shorter time Transportation (WisDOT), will prepare a above. period still applies. Tier 1 EIS for proposed improvements Projects receiving Federal funds must FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. to address safety, operational and comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Achille Alonzi, Division Administrator, capacity concerns on approximately 18 Act, and Executive Order 12898 Texas Division, Federal Highway miles of US 51 between Interstate 39/90, ‘‘Federal Actions to Address Administration, 300 E. 8th Street, Room east of the City of Stoughton, to US 12/ Environmental Justice in Minority 826, Austin, Texas 78701; 8:00 a.m. to 18 (Madison South Beltline Highway), Populations and Low-Income 5:00 p.m. (central daylight time) north of the Village of McFarland. The Populations.’’ Federal law prohibits Monday through Friday, 512–536–5902; study will also examine a bypass of discrimination on the basis of race, email: al.alonzi@dot.gov. Stoughton, as well as potential color, age, sex, or country of national SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is operational improvements on existing origin in the implementation of this US 51 in Stoughton. As alternatives to hereby given that the FHWA and other project. It is also Federal policy to Federal agencies have taken final agency capacity improvements on US 51, the identify and address any study will consider improvements on actions by issuing licenses, permits, and disproportionately high and adverse approvals for the following highway highways other than US 51 that might effects of federal projects on the health project in the State of Texas: The Trinity address the needs of travelers between or environment of minority and low- Parkway (Texas Department of the southeast portion of Dane County income populations to the greatest Transportation CSJ 0918–45–121) would and the Madison Urban area. The Tier extent practicable and permitted by law. consist of a limited-access toll facility 1 EIS will evaluate the social, economic, and environmental impacts of the (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance on new location in the City of Dallas, alternatives within the existing US 51 Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning extending from the IH 35E/SH 183 highway corridor, and other full build and Construction. The regulations interchange (northern terminus) to the implementing Executive Order 12372 US 175/SH 310 interchange (southern improvements on other regional regarding intergovernmental consultation on highway corridors. The objective of this terminus), a distance of approximately Federal programs and activities apply to this nine miles. The facility would project is to address existing and future program.) transportation demand and safety ultimately consist of six mixed-flow concerns as identified in the US 51 Issued on: April 2, 2015. tolled mainlanes, local street Needs Assessment Report. The Tier 1 Johnny M. Gerbitz, interchanges, and interchanges at the EIS will be prepared in accordance with northern terminus, southern terminus, Field Operations Engineer, Federal Highway 23 U.S.C. 139, 23 CFR 771, and 40 CFR Administration, Madison, Wisconsin. Woodall Rodgers Freeway, and IH 45. 1500–1508. Completion of the Tier 1 EIS The primary purpose for the Trinity [FR Doc. 2015–08138 Filed 4–8–15; 8:45 am] and the Record of Decision (ROD) is Parkway is to manage congestion on BILLING CODE 4910–22–P expected in 2018. existing highways through the Public involvement is a critical downtown Dallas area. Trinity Parkway component of the National DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION would help manage congestion on IH Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 35E (Lower Stemmons and South R.L. will occur throughout the development Federal Highway Administration Thornton Freeways), IH 30, and other of the draft and final Tier 1 EIS. All major transportation facilities within the environmental documents will be made Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions Trinity Parkway project area to improve available for review by federal and state on Proposed Highway in Texas mobility and safety, and thereby resource agencies and the public. increase accessibility to businesses and Specific efforts to encourage AGENCY: Federal Highway public facilities. involvement by, and solicit comments Administration (FHWA), DOT The actions by the Federal agencies, from, minority and low-income ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims and the laws under which such actions populations in the project study area for Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA were taken, are described in the Final will be made, with public involvement and Other Federal Agencies Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) meetings held throughout the for the project, approved on March 7, environmental document process. SUMMARY: This notice announces actions 2014, in the FHWA Record of Decision Public notice will be given as to the taken by the FHWA and other Federal (ROD) issued on April 2, 2015, and in time and place of public involvement agencies that are final within the other documents in the FHWA meetings. A public hearing will be held meaning of 23 U.S.C. § 139(l)(1). The administrative record. The FEIS, ROD, Rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES after the completion of the Draft Tier 1 actions relate to a proposed highway and other documents in the FHWA EIS. project, Trinity Parkway from Interstate administrative record file are available Inquiries related to this study can be Highway 35 East (IH35E)/State Highway by contacting the FHWA at the address sent to jeff.berens@dot.wi.gov. A public (SH) 183 to U.S. 175/SH 310 in the provided above. The FHWA FEIS and Web site will be maintained throughout County of Dallas, State of Texas. Those ROD can be viewed and downloaded the study to provided information about actions grant licenses, permits, and from the project Web site at: https:// the project and allow for on-line public approvals for the project. www.ntta.org/roadsprojects/futproj/ VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:13 Apr 08, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09APN1.SGM 09APN1


Document Created: 2015-12-18 11:23:30
Document Modified: 2015-12-18 11:23:30
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionFederal Notice of Intent to Prepare a Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement (Tier 1 EIS).
ContactMr. Johnny Gerbitz, Field Operations Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, City Center West, 525 Junction Road, Suite 8000, Madison, Wisconsin, 53717-2157, Telephone: (608) 829-7500.
FR Citation80 FR 19111 
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