Environmental Impact Statement: Grand Forks County, North Dakota and Polk County, Minnesota

Wendall L. Meyer
Federal Highway Administration
November 17, 2014

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 221 (Monday, November 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 68502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27104]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Grand Forks County, North Dakota 
and Polk County, Minnesota

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), North Dakota Department 
of Transportation (NDDOT), DOT.

ACTION: Rescind Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this revised notice to advise the public 
that FHWA and NDDOT will not prepare an Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) for a proposed highway project in Grand Forks County, North 
Dakota and Polk County, Minnesota. A Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS 
was published in the Federal Register on May 17, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sheri G. Lares, Environmental Program 
Manager and Planning Specialist, Federal Highway Administration, North 
Dakota Division Office, 4503 Coleman Street, Suite 205, Bismarck, North 
Dakota 58503, Telephone: (701) 221-9464. Terry Udland, Bridge Division, 
North Dakota Department of Transportation, 608 E. Boulevard Avenue, 
Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0700, Telephone: (701) 328-1969.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the North 
Dakota and Minnesota Departments of Transportation, had proposed to 
prepare an EIS on a proposal to rehabilitate or replace the historic 
Sorlie Bridge over the Red River between Grand Forks, ND and East Grand 
Forks, MN. After further analysis of the bridge condition, it was 
determined that rehabilitation alternatives and replacement 
alternatives to be evaluated in the EIS for the structure were not 
warranted. Preliminary alternatives that will be analyzed through a 
Categorical Exclusion include various degrees of maintenance of the 
existing bridge.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205, 
Highway Research, Planning, and Construction. The regulations 
implementing Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental 
consultation on Federal programs and activities apply to this 
program.)


    Issued on: November 6, 2014.
Wendall L. Meyer,
Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, North Dakota 
Division Office.
[FR Doc. 2014-27104 Filed 11-14-14; 8:45 am]
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