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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 67 (Friday, April 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20872-20873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8242]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement: 
Milwaukee and Ozaukee Counties

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared for a proposed 
freeway corridor improvement project on I-43 in Milwaukee and Ozaukee 
Counties, Wisconsin.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bethaney Bacher-Gresock, Environmental 
Program Manager, FHWA Wisconsin Division Office, City Center West, 525 
Junction Road, Suite 8000, Madison, WI 53717; Telephone: (608) 662-
2119.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Wisconsin 
Department of Transportation (WisDOT), will prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed improvements in the I-43 corridor 
and adjacent interchanges in Milwaukee and Ozaukee Counties,

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WI. The purpose of the project is to address emerging pavement and 
structural needs, safety issues and design deficiencies while 
identifying methods to accommodate existing and projected future 
traffic volumes; this may result in the full reconstruction and 
redesign of the I-43 corridor as well a potential new interchange at 
Highland Road. The EIS will evaluate the I-43 freeway corridor from I-
43 at Hwy. 60 on the north and I-43 at Silver Spring Drive on the 
south, approximately 14 miles in length. The EIS will also evaluate the 
service interchanges and adjacent arterial roads in Milwaukee and 
Ozaukee Counties, including the following service interchanges Hwy. 60, 
CTH C, Hwy. 167/Mequon Road, partial interchange northbound to Port 
Washington Road and southbound from County Line Road, Hwy. 100/Brown 
Deer Road, Good Hope Road, and Silver Spring Drive interchanges. The 
EIS will be developed in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 139, 23 CFR 771, and 
40 CFR 1500-1508.
    Public involvement is a critical component of the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) project development process and will 
occur throughout the development of the environmental documents. These 
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. A series of public 
information meetings will be held during the project study. Public 
notice will be given as to the time and place of all workshops and 
public information meetings. In addition, a public hearing will be held 
after the completion of the Draft EIS. Inquiries related to the I-43 
Corridor project study can be sent to [email protected], and 
a public Web site will be maintained throughout the study for public 
comment and information at http://www.sefreeways.org. To ensure that 
the full range of issues related to this 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 the EIS 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 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: March 29, 2012.
Bethaney Bacher-Gresock,
Environmental Program Manager, Federal Highway Administration, Madison 
Wisconsin.
[FR Doc. 2012-8242 Filed 4-5-12; 8:45 am]
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