35300 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 123 / Wednesday, June 27, 2007 / Notices 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: June 20, 2007. 

James R. Kabel, 

Chief, Management Programs and Analysis 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E7–12455 Filed 6–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: Rock 

and Walworth Counties, Wisconsin 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be prepared for the proposed 

improvement of USH 14/STH 11 

between Janesville, in Rock County, and 

IH 43 near Darien, in Walworth County, 

Wisconsin. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mark Chandler, Field Operations 

Engineer, Federal Highway 

Administration 567 D’Onofrio Drive, 

Suite 100, Madison, Wisconsin, 53719–

2814; telephone: (608) 829–7514. You 

may also contact Mr. Eugene Johnson, 

Director, Bureau of Equity and 

Environmental Services, Wisconsin 

Department of Transportation, P.O. Box 

7965, Madison, Wisconsin, 53707–7965; 

telephone: (608) 267–9527. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded from the 

Government Printing Offices’ Electronic 

Bulletin Board Service at (202) 512–

1661, by using a computer, modem, and 

suitable communications software. 

Internet users may reach the Office of 

Federal Register’s home page at: http:// 

www.archives.gov/ and the Government 

Printing Offices’ database at: http:// 

www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html. 

Background 

The FHWA, in cooperation with the 

Wisconsin Department of 

Transportation, will prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement to 

evaluate improvement alternatives for 

USH 14/STH 11. The project begins at 

USH 14 on the northwest side of 

Janesville, in Rock County, and extends 

approximately 25 miles to IH 43 near 

Darien, in Walworth County, Wisconsin. 

The EIS will be prepared in accordance 

with 40 CFR Part 1500 and FHWA 

regulations. 

Improvements to the highway are 

considered necessary to lessen 

congestion, improve safety, and provide 

efficient regional connections. 

Planning, environmental, and 

engineering studies are underway to 

develop transportation alternatives. The 

EIS will assess the need, location, and 

environmental impacts of alternatives 

within the study area. Possible 

improvement alternatives include a no 

build alternative, which assumes the 

continued use of the existing facility 

with the improvements necessary to 

ensure its continued use; an improved 

2-lane highway with intersection 

improvements, passing lanes, and wider 

shoulders; the addition of lanes to create 

a 4-lane highway, and evaluation of one 

or more alternatives that follow new 

alignments. In addition, alternatives for 

a potential by-pass connecting USH 14 

and STH 11 on the west side of 

Janesville will be evaluated. These 

alternatives include 2 and 4-lane 

connections along various alignments, 

as well as consideration of a freeway 

type highway. 

Information describing the proposed 

action and soliciting comments will be 

sent to appropriate Federal, State, and 

local agencies, and to private 

organizations and citizens who have 

previously expressed, or are known to 

have interest in this proposal. Local 

officials and the public will be given 

many opportunities to provide 

comments during the course of the 

study. There will be public information 

meetings throughout the data gathering 

and development and evaluation of 

alternatives. Two public hearings will 

be held. Public notice will be given of 

the time and place of the meetings and 

hearings. The Draft EIS will be available 

for public and agency review prior to 

the hearings. Several newsletters will be 

sent to keep local residents informed of 

the study’s progress. A project Web site 

has been established to help provide 

information on the project. The Web site 

address is http:// 

www.dot.wisconsin.gov/projects/dl/ 

wis11study/index.htm. 

In addition, two committees have 

been formed, a Technical Committee 

and an Advisory Committee, that will 

meet throughout the life of the study. 

These committees are made up of local 

government officials and agency 

personnel and they will be responsible 

for helping define the project purpose 

and need, as well as providing input 

and comments on alternatives. 

The anticipated format for the EIS 

will be Screening Worksheets rather 

than the typical narrative form. The 

Wisconsin Department of 

Transportation has developed a series of 

Environmental Screening Worksheets, 

which are divided into Basic Sheets and 

Factor Sheets. The Screening 

Worksheets provide a flexible means of 

addressing the requirements for an 

Environmental Document. 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to this proposed action is 

addressed, and all substantive issues are 

identified, comments and suggestions 

are invited from all interested parties. 

Comments or questions concerning this 

proposed action and the EIS should be 

directed to FHWA or the Wisconsin 

Department of Transportation at the 

addresses provided in the caption FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Federal law prohibits discrimination 

on the basis of race, color, age, sex, or 

country of national origin in the 

implementation of this action. It is also 

Federal and State policy that no group 

of people bears the negative 

consequences of this action in a 

disproportionately high and adverse 

manner without adequate mitigation. 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: May 24, 2007. 

Mark R. Chandler, 

Field Operations Engineer, Federal Highway 

Administration, Madison, Wisconsin. 

[FR Doc. 07–3141 Filed 6–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. FTA–2007–28563] 

Notice of Request for the Revision of 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 35001 et seq.), this notice 

announces the intention of the Federal 

Transit Administration (FTA) to request 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to approve the revision of the 

currently approved information 

collection: 49 U.S.C. 5335(a) and (b) 

National Transit Database NTD). FTA 

would like to add the collection of rural 

transit data under the NTD to this 

collection, as mandated by the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU), enacted August 

10, 2005. 


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