83 FR 62322 - Notice of Availability of a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the New U.S. Land Port of Entry in Madawaska, Maine and Madawaska-Edmundston International Bridge Project
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 232 (December 3, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 232 (December 3, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-26125 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 232 (Monday, December 3, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 62322-62323] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-26125] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION [Notice-PBS-2018-14; Docket No. 2018-0002; Sequence No. 33] Notice of Availability of a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the New U.S. Land Port of Entry in Madawaska, Maine and Madawaska-Edmundston International Bridge Project AGENCY: Public Buildings Service (PBS), General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Highway Administration (FHWA); Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT). ACTION: Notice of availability. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations, the GSA Public Buildings Service NEPA Desk Guide, and the FHWA Policy Guide, GSA, PBS, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and MaineDOT, in cooperation with the U.S. Coast Guard and in coordination with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), announce the availability of a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) assessing the potential impacts of a proposed new U.S. Land Port of Entry (LPOE) in Madawaska, Maine and an International Bridge project between Madawaska and Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada (the ``Proposed Action''). DATES: The GSA, FHWA, and MaineDOT will host a public hearing on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. ADDRESSES: Madawaska High School gymnasium at 135 7th Avenue, Madawaska, Maine 04756, at 6:30 p.m. EST (Eastern Standard Time). The evening of the public hearing will consist of an open house to view displays beginning at 6:00 p.m., a brief presentation beginning at 6:30 p.m., followed by an opportunity to provide comments on the contents of the DSEIS. Interested parties are encouraged to attend and provide written comments by Thursday, January 31, 2019. Written comments can be submitted by the following methods:Regulations.gov: http://www.regulations.gov (http://www.regulations.gov). Submit comments via the Federal eRulemaking portal by searching the Notice number or ``New U.S. Land Port of Entry in Madawaska, Maine and Madawaska-Edmundston International Bridge Project.'' Select the link ``Comment Now'' that corresponds with ``Notice of Availability of a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the New U.S. Land Port of Entry in Madawaska, Maine and Madawaska-Edmundston International Bridge Project'' on your attached document. Postal Mail or Email: Ms. Alexas Kelly, Project Manager, GSA, 10 Causeway Street, 11th Floor, Boston, MA 02222, or [email protected]. Postal Mail: Ms. Cheryl Martin, Assistant Division Administrator, FHWA, Edmund S. Muskie Federal Building, 40 Western Avenue, Room 614, Augusta, ME 04330. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexas Kelly, Project Manager, GSA, New England Region, by phone at 617-549-8190 or by email at [email protected]. Please also call this number if special assistance is needed to attend and participate in the public hearing. [[Page 62323]] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSA, FHWA, and MaineDOT will have copies of the DSEIS for review at the Town of Madawaska Town Office on 328 St. Thomas Street, Suite 1012, Madawaska, Maine 04756. Further information, including an electronic copy of the Draft SEIS, may be found online on the following website: https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/regions/welcome-to-the-new-england-region-1/buildings-and-facilities/development-projects/madawaska-land-port-of-entry-madawaska-me. Background The purpose of the project is to provide for the long-term safe and efficient flow of current and projected traffic volumes, including the movement of goods and people between Edmundston, New Brunswick and Madawaska, Maine. The need is that (1) the existing International Bridge is nearing the end of its useful life, and (2) the existing Madawaska Land Port of Entry is substandard, inhibiting the agencies assigned to the Port from adequately fulfilling their respective missions. The existing Madawaska-Edmundston International Bridge, opened in 1921, and its design life has been exceeded. Notable bridge deficiencies are (1) substandard roadway width and clearance, (2) foundation susceptible to undermining, (3) piers cracked and deteriorated, (4) significant steel corrosion, (5) bridge capacity is insufficient, and (6) deficiencies prompting the bridge posting on October 27, 2017, from 50 tons to 5 tons. A Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) were published in January 2007, which addressed the construction of a new Madawaska LPOE. Built in 1959, the current LPOE suffers from facility, operational and site deficiencies, and does not meet current CBP mission and operational requirements for an LPOE. A few noted deficiencies: (1) Lack of office and inspection areas, (2) deficient inbound and outbound passenger and commercial processing areas, (3) inadequate queuing space for vehicles, and (4) inability to meet the Architectural Barriers Act. In furtherance of the LPOE Project, GSA previously acquired approximately nine acres of land but did not commence construction. A Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) is needed due to a change in circumstance, specifically the decision by MaineDOT and New Brunswick Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (NBDTI) to initiate the Madawaska-Edmundston International Bridge project. The SEIS will address changes to the Proposed Action, including an updated design in accordance with current GSA and CBP requirements, and options for rehabilitation or replacement of the International Bridge (the totality of which may require additional land acquisition). The Proposed Action consists of replacing the existing International Bridge and the existing Madawaska LPOE to improve safety, security, and functionality. The new LPOE would consist of a main administration building and support building with parking, circulation and processing areas. The new LPOE would be designed in accordance with the requirements and criteria of the GSA and CBP to provide facilities adequate for fulfilling the agencies' respective missions. Portions of Mill Street and Main Street adjacent to the LPOE may be reconstructed or re- profiled to provide smooth ingress and egress to the LPOE. The Proposed Action may include the demolition of the existing LPOE. The Proposed Action may include the demolition of the existing International Bridge. This DSEIS evaluates a no action alternative and several build alternatives for the LPOE and International Bridge. No alternative has been identified as the preferred alternative. However, a preferred location for the new LPOE and a preferred corridor for a new International Bridge have been selected. A no-build alternative is being studied that evaluates the consequences of not constructing the new International Bridge and LPOE. This alternative is included to provide a basis for comparison to the action alternatives described above as required by the NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1002.14(d)). The GSA, FHWA, and MaineDOT invite individuals, organizations, and agencies to submit comments concerning the content and findings of the DSEIS. The public comment period starts with the publication of this notice in the Federal Register and will continue until January 31, 2019. The GSA, FHWA, and MaineDOT will consider and respond to comments received on the DSEIS in preparing the Final SEIS. The GSA, FHWA and MaineDOT expect to issue the Final SEIS by spring 2019, at which time its availability will be announced in the Federal Register and local media. Dated: November 21, 2018. Drew Dilks, Project Management Branch Chief, Design and Construction, Public Buildings Service. [FR Doc. 2018-26125 Filed 11-30-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820-23-P
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Government prime contracts, and 1. Consent to subcontract. GSA Public Buildings Service NEPA
modifications. Generally, a CPSR is not Respondents: 2,053. Desk Guide, and the FHWA Policy
performed for a specific contract. The Responses per Respondent: 3. Guide, GSA, PBS, the Federal Highway
head of the agency responsible for Total Annual Responses: 6,159. Administration (FHWA), and
contract administration may raise or Hours per Response: 3. MaineDOT, in cooperation with the U.S.
lower the $25 million review level if it Total Burden Hours: 18,477. Coast Guard and in coordination with
is considered to be in the Government’s 2. Advance notification. the U.S. Customs and Border Protection
best interest. Once an initial Respondents: 1,336. (CBP), announce the availability of a
determination has been made to Responses per Respondent: 3. Draft Supplemental Environmental
conduct a review, at least every three Total Annual Responses: 4,008. Impact Statement (DSEIS) assessing the
years the ACO shall determine whether Hours per Response: 0.25. potential impacts of a proposed new
a purchasing system review is Total Burden Hours: 1,002. U.S. Land Port of Entry (LPOE) in
necessary. If necessary, the cognizant 3. Contractors’ Purchasing System Madawaska, Maine and an International
contract administration office will Review. Bridge project between Madawaska and
conduct a purchasing system review. Respondents: 240. Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
A CPSR provides the administrative Responses per Respondent: 1. (the ‘‘Proposed Action’’).
contracting officer (ACO) a basis for Total Annual Responses: 240.
Hours per Response: 160. DATES: The GSA, FHWA, and
granting, withholding, or withdrawing
Total Burden Hours: 38,400. MaineDOT will host a public hearing on
approval of a contractor’s purchasing
4. Summary. Wednesday, December 12, 2018.
system. An approved purchasing system
allows the contractor more autonomy in Respondents: 3,629. ADDRESSES: Madawaska High School
subcontracting actions. Without an Total Annual Responses: 10,407. gymnasium at 135 7th Avenue,
approved purchasing system more Total Burden Hours: 57,879. Madawaska, Maine 04756, at 6:30 p.m.
Government oversight is necessary, and Affected Public: Businesses or other EST (Eastern Standard Time). The
Government consent to subcontract is for-profit and not-for-profit institutions. evening of the public hearing will
required. Generally, a CPSR is not Obtaining Copies: Requesters may consist of an open house to view
performed for a specific contract. obtain a copy of the information displays beginning at 6:00 p.m., a brief
Rather, CPSRs are conducted on collection documents from the General presentation beginning at 6:30 p.m.,
contractors based on the factors Services Administration, Regulatory followed by an opportunity to provide
identified above. Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F comments on the contents of the DSEIS.
The cognizant ACO is responsible for Street NW, Washington, DC 20405, Interested parties are encouraged to
granting, withholding, or withdrawing telephone 202–501–4755. Please cite attend and provide written comments
approval of a contractor’s purchasing OMB Control No. 9000–0149, by Thursday, January 31, 2019.
system and for promptly notifying the Subcontract Consent and Contractors’ Written comments can be submitted
contractor of same (FAR 44.305–1). Purchasing System Review, in all by the following methods:
Related administrative requirements correspondence. • Regulations.gov: http://
are as follows: FAR 44.305–2(c) requires Dated: November 27, 2018. www.regulations.gov (http://
that when recommendations are made Janet Fry, www.regulations.gov). Submit
for improvement of an approved system, Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division, comments via the Federal eRulemaking
the contractor shall be requested to Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy, portal by searching the Notice number
reply within 15 days with a position Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of or ‘‘New U.S. Land Port of Entry in
regarding the recommendations. FAR Governmentwide Policy. Madawaska, Maine and Madawaska-
44.305–3(b) requires when approval of [FR Doc. 2018–26165 Filed 11–30–18; 8:45 am] Edmundston International Bridge
the contractor’s purchasing system is BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P Project.’’ Select the link ‘‘Comment
withheld or withdrawn, the ACO shall Now’’ that corresponds with ‘‘Notice of
within 10 days after completing the in- Availability of a Draft Supplemental
plant review (1) inform the contractor in GENERAL SERVICES Environmental Impact Statement for the
writing, (2) specify the deficiencies that ADMINISTRATION New U.S. Land Port of Entry in
must be corrected to qualify the system [Notice–PBS–2018–14; Docket No. 2018– Madawaska, Maine and Madawaska-
for approval, and (3) request the 0002; Sequence No. 33] Edmundston International Bridge
contractor to furnish within 15 days a Project’’ on your attached document.
plan for accomplishing the necessary Notice of Availability of a Draft • Postal Mail or Email: Ms. Alexas
actions. If the plan is accepted, the ACO Supplemental Environmental Impact Kelly, Project Manager, GSA, 10
shall make a follow-up review as soon Statement for the New U.S. Land Port Causeway Street, 11th Floor, Boston,
as the contractor notifies the ACO that of Entry in Madawaska, Maine and MA 02222, or alexandria.kelly@gsa.gov.
the deficiencies have been corrected. Madawaska-Edmundston International • Postal Mail: Ms. Cheryl Martin,
B. Public Comment Bridge Project Assistant Division Administrator,
AGENCY: Public Buildings Service (PBS), FHWA, Edmund S. Muskie Federal
A notice was published in the Federal
General Services Administration (GSA); Building, 40 Western Avenue, Room
Register at 83 FR 42651, on August 23,
Federal Highway Administration 614, Augusta, ME 04330.
2018. No comments were received.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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(FHWA); Maine Department of
C. Annual Reporting Burden Transportation (MaineDOT). Alexas Kelly, Project Manager, GSA,
The burden estimates provided in the ACTION: Notice of availability. New England Region, by phone at 617–
notice published in the Federal Register 549–8190 or by email at
at 83 FR 42651, on August 23, 2018, SUMMARY: Pursuant to the requirements alexandria.kelly@gsa.gov. Please also
have been adjusted to reflect current, of the National Environmental Policy call this number if special assistance is
relevant data and appropriate Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Council on needed to attend and participate in the
methodology. Environmental Quality Regulations, the public hearing.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSA, (NBDTI) to initiate the Madawaska- Dated: November 21, 2018.
FHWA, and MaineDOT will have copies Edmundston International Bridge Drew Dilks,
of the DSEIS for review at the Town of project. The SEIS will address changes Project Management Branch Chief, Design
Madawaska Town Office on 328 St. to the Proposed Action, including an and Construction, Public Buildings Service.
Thomas Street, Suite 1012, Madawaska, updated design in accordance with [FR Doc. 2018–26125 Filed 11–30–18; 8:45 am]
Maine 04756. Further information, current GSA and CBP requirements, and BILLING CODE 6820–23–P
including an electronic copy of the Draft options for rehabilitation or replacement
SEIS, may be found online on the of the International Bridge (the totality
following website: https://www.gsa.gov/ of which may require additional land DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
about-us/regions/welcome-to-the-new- acquisition).
england-region-1/buildings-and- GENERAL SERVICES
The Proposed Action consists of ADMINISTRATION
facilities/development-projects/
replacing the existing International
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LPOE to improve safety, security, and SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Background functionality.
[OMB Control No. 9000–0189; Docket 2018–
The purpose of the project is to The new LPOE would consist of a XX; Sequence X]
provide for the long-term safe and main administration building and
efficient flow of current and projected support building with parking, Submission for OMB Review;
traffic volumes, including the circulation and processing areas. The Identification of Predecessors
movement of goods and people between new LPOE would be designed in
Edmundston, New Brunswick and accordance with the requirements and AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD),
Madawaska, Maine. The need is that (1) criteria of the GSA and CBP to provide General Services Administration (GSA),
the existing International Bridge is facilities adequate for fulfilling the and National Aeronautics and Space
nearing the end of its useful life, and (2) agencies’ respective missions. Portions Administration (NASA).
the existing Madawaska Land Port of of Mill Street and Main Street adjacent ACTION: Notice.
Entry is substandard, inhibiting the to the LPOE may be reconstructed or re-
agencies assigned to the Port from SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the
profiled to provide smooth ingress and Paperwork Reduction Act, the
adequately fulfilling their respective egress to the LPOE. The Proposed
missions. Regulatory Secretariat Division will be
Action may include the demolition of submitting to the Office of Management
The existing Madawaska-Edmundston the existing LPOE.
International Bridge, opened in 1921, and Budget (OMB) a request to review
and its design life has been exceeded. The Proposed Action may include the and approve an extension of a
Notable bridge deficiencies are (1) demolition of the existing International previously approved information
substandard roadway width and Bridge. collection requirement regarding
clearance, (2) foundation susceptible to This DSEIS evaluates a no action identification of predecessors.
undermining, (3) piers cracked and alternative and several build DATES: Submit comments on or before
deteriorated, (4) significant steel alternatives for the LPOE and January 2, 2019.
corrosion, (5) bridge capacity is International Bridge. No alternative has ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding
insufficient, and (6) deficiencies been identified as the preferred this burden estimate or any other aspect
prompting the bridge posting on alternative. However, a preferred of this collection of information,
October 27, 2017, from 50 tons to 5 tons. location for the new LPOE and a including suggestions for reducing this
A Final Environmental Impact preferred corridor for a new burden to: Office of Information and
Statement (FEIS) and Record of Decision International Bridge have been selected. Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention:
(ROD) were published in January 2007, A no-build alternative is being studied Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236,
which addressed the construction of a that evaluates the consequences of not NEOB, Washington, DC 20503.
new Madawaska LPOE. constructing the new International Additionally submit a copy to GSA by
Built in 1959, the current LPOE Bridge and LPOE. This alternative is any of the following methods:
suffers from facility, operational and site included to provide a basis for • Federal eRulemaking Portal: This
deficiencies, and does not meet current comparison to the action alternatives website provides the ability to type
CBP mission and operational described above as required by the short comments directly into the
requirements for an LPOE. A few noted NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1002.14(d)). comment field or attach a file for
deficiencies: (1) Lack of office and lengthier comments. Go to http://
inspection areas, (2) deficient inbound The GSA, FHWA, and MaineDOT www.regulations.gov and follow the
and outbound passenger and invite individuals, organizations, and instructions on the site.
commercial processing areas, (3) agencies to submit comments • Mail: General Services
inadequate queuing space for vehicles, concerning the content and findings of Administration, Regulatory Secretariat
and (4) inability to meet the the DSEIS. The public comment period Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW,
Architectural Barriers Act. In starts with the publication of this notice Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms.
furtherance of the LPOE Project, GSA in the Federal Register and will Mandell/IC 9000–0189, Identification of
previously acquired approximately nine continue until January 31, 2019. The Predecessors.
GSA, FHWA, and MaineDOT will Instructions: Please submit comments
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acres of land but did not commence
construction. consider and respond to comments only and cite Information Collection
A Supplemental Environmental received on the DSEIS in preparing the 9000–0189, Identification of
Impact Statement (SEIS) is needed due Final SEIS. The GSA, FHWA and Predecessors, in all correspondence
to a change in circumstance, specifically MaineDOT expect to issue the Final related to this collection. Comments
the decision by MaineDOT and New SEIS by spring 2019, at which time its received generally will be posted
Brunswick Department of availability will be announced in the without change to http://
Transportation and Infrastructure Federal Register and local media. www.regulations.gov, including any
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| Action | Notice of availability. | |
| Dates | The GSA, FHWA, and MaineDOT will host a public hearing on Wednesday, December 12, 2018. | |
| Contact | Alexas Kelly, Project Manager, GSA, New England Region, by phone at 617-549-8190 or by email at [email protected] Please also call this number if special assistance is needed to attend and participate in the public hearing. | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 62322 |
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