Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 88 / Friday, May 7, 2010 / Notices 25309 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: Cook 

County, IL 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

Notice to advise the public that an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be prepared for the 75th Street 

Corridor Improvement Project, which 

involves construction of new railroad 

main tracks, two new rail flyover 

bridges, and a new rail/roadway grade 

separation structure within existing rail 

corridors in the cities of Chicago and 

Hometown, Cook County, Illinois. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Norman R. Stoner, P.E., Division 

Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration, Springfield, Illinois 

62703, Phone: (217) 492–4600. George 

Weber, Chief, Bureau of Railroads, 

Illinois Department of Transportation, 

100 W Randolph Street, Suite 6–600, 

Chicago, Illinois 60601–3229, Phone: 

(312) 793–4222. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA, in cooperation with the Illinois 

Department of Transportation, Bureau of 

Railroads, will prepare an EIS on a 

proposal to reconfigure freight and 

passenger rail tracks within an existing 

approximately 12-mile corridor 

generally centered along 75th Street in 

south Chicago. The proposed project 

comprises several elements of the 

overall Chicago Region Environmental 

and Transportation Efficiency Program 

(CREATE), a joint effort of the Illinois 

Department of Transportation, the 

Chicago Department of Transportation, 

and the Association of American 

Railroads to restructure, modernize, and 

expand freight and passenger rail 

facilities and highway grade separations 

in the Chicago metropolitan area. 

Alternative configurations of rail 

flyovers and track realignments will be 

considered and refined. The no-action 

alternative will also be evaluated. A 

preferred alternative will be presented 

at a public hearing. Preliminary 

measures to minimize harm, 

construction cost estimates, and 

estimated right-of-way and relocation 

requirements will also be developed. 

The proposed action will reduce rail 

congestion and delays by eliminating 

conflicts between four freight railroads 

and two passenger railroads operating in 

the corridor, improve roadway safety by 

eliminating an existing at-grade 

roadway crossing, and allow passenger 

rail access from the Metra Southwest 

Service to the LaSalle Street Station, 

thereby reducing congestion at Union 

Station. The project area consists of 

urban residential and industrial land 

uses, so no natural resource impacts are 

anticipated. Potential impacts may 

include residential relocations, effects 

on community cohesion and travel 

patterns, impacts to publicly-owned 

parks, and impacts to properties 

potentially eligible for listing on the 

National Register of Historic Places. 

There is also the potential for noise and 

air quality impacts. 

To ensure that the full range of issues 

related to this proposed action are 

addressed, and all substantive issues are 

identified, this project is being 

developed using the principles of 

Context Sensitive Solutions per the 

Illinois Department of Transportation’s 

Policies and Procedures. A Stakeholder 

Involvement Plan (SIP) will be 

developed that will detail the public 

involvement activities that will be 

conducted as part of this study, and will 

address the Coordination Plan 

requirements of 23 U.S.C. 139(g) within 

the context of the NEPA process. Under 

the SIP, an interdisciplinary Project 

Study Group will be formed to develop 

the project, and a Community Advisory 

Group will be formed to provide input 

to the study process. As part of the EIS 

process, a scoping meeting for obtaining 

input from Resource Agencies will be 

held on June 11, 2010. Public 

informational meetings, focus meetings 

with stakeholders, a public hearing, 

newsletters, a project Web site and 

interest group meetings will provide 

opportunities for public involvement. 

The project’s Draft EIS will be available 

for public and agency review prior to 

the public hearing. The time and 

location of the public hearing will be 

announced in local newspapers. 

Comments or questions concerning this 

proposed action and the Draft EIS 

should be directed to FHWA or the 

Illinois Department of Transportation at 

the addresses provided above. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation of 

Federal program and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Issued on: April 28, 2010. 

Norman R. Stoner, 

Division Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10770 Filed 5–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Expanded Intermodal 

Freight Terminal in Michigan 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Decision by FHWA 

and Notice of Limitation of Claims for 

Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA 

and Other Federal Agencies. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of a Record of Decision by 

FHWA pursuant to the requirements of 

the National Environmental Protection 

Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 

4321, as amended and the Council on 

Environmental Quality Regulations (40 

CFR Parts 1500–1508). In addition, this 

Notice announces actions taken by 

FHWA and other Federal agencies that 

are final within the meaning of 23 

U.S.C. 139(1)(1). These actions relate to 

proposed improvements to the 

Livernois-Junction Yard, also known as 

the Detroit Intermodal Freight Terminal 

(DIFT) and associated external-toterminal road and rail improvements in 

Wayne County, Michigan. These actions 

grant approvals for the project. 

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA is 

advising the public of final agency 

actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 771 and 23 

U.S.C. 139(1)(1). A claim seeking 

judicial review of the Federal Agency 

actions on the highway project will be 

barred unless the claim is filed on or 

before November 3rd, 2010 (180 days 

from May 7th). If the Federal law that 

authorizes that judicial review of a 

claim provides a time period of less 

than 180 days for filing such claim, then 

that shorter time period still applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David Williams, Environmental Program 

Manager, Federal Highway 

Administration Michigan Division, 315 

West Allegan Street, Room 201, Lansing, 

MI 48933; phone: (517) 702–1820, Fax: 

(517) 377–1804; and e-mail: 

David.Williams@dot.gov. Mr. Ryan 

Rizzo, Major Project Manager, Federal 

Highway Administration Michigan 

Division, 315 West Allegan Street, Room 

201, Lansing, MI 48933; phone: (517) 

702–1833, Fax: (517) 377–1844; e-mail: 

Ryan.Rizzo@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the FHWA and other 

Federal agencies have taken final agency 

actions by issuing approvals for the 

following expansion project in the State 

of Michigan: Detroit Intermodal Freight 

Terminal. The selected alternative will: 

Expand the Norfolk Southern (NS) and 


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