Environmental Impact Statement: King County, Washington

Daniel Mathis
Federal Highway Administration
8 July 2016

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 131 (Friday, July 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44673-44674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16204]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: King County, Washington

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

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.

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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 
project in King County, Washington.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lindsey Handel, Urban Area Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, 
711 South Capitol Way, Suite 501, Olympia, WA 98501; telephone: (360) 
753-9550; email: Lindsey.Handel@dot.gov.
Jane Lewis, Project Coordinator, Washington State Convention Center, c/
o Pine Street Group L.L.C., 1500 Fourth Ave., Suite 600, Seattle, WA 
98101; telephone: (206) 340-9897; email: wscc@pinest.com.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with WSCC, will 
prepare an EIS on the Washington State Convention Center Addition 
Project to construct an addition to the Washington State Convention 
Center. The project requires FHWA approvals for closure of access to an 
Interstate ramp and use of Interstate airspace (air and ground lease), 
and related breaks in access.
    Preliminary alternatives under consideration include: (1) Taking no 
action; (2) construct approximately 1.50 million square feet of gross 
floor area composed of approximately 1.26 million square feet of 
addition to the convention

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center and 262,000 square feet of related ancillary development.
    The FHWA along with WSCC are holding a public scoping meeting on 
July 20, 2016, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Washington State 
Convention Center, 800 Convention Place, Room 206, Seattle, WA to 
solicit public comments regarding the scope of issues to be addressed 
in the NEPA EIS. The public will be notified by a flyer that will be 
mailed to interested agencies, organizations, and individuals affected 
by the project, as well as published in The Seattle Times and the Daily 
Journal of Commerce. In addition, notice of the EIS Scoping meeting 
will be posted at locations on the project site. The meeting will 
include a brief presentation followed by public comments.
    Agencies, Tribes, and the public are encouraged to submit comments 
on the purpose and need and preliminary range of alternatives during 
the scoping period. Comments must be received by July 26, 2016, to be 
included in the formal scoping record. To ensure that the full range of 
issues related to this proposed action is addressed, and all the 
significant issues identified, comments and suggestions are invited 
from interested parties during the scoping period. Comments concerning 
this proposal will be accepted at the public meeting or can be sent by 
mail to: Lindsey Handel, Urban Area Engineer, Federal Highway 
Administration, 711 South Capitol Way, Suite 501, Olympia, WA 98501; 
telephone: (360) 753-9550; email: Lindsey.Handel@dot.gov.

(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.)

Daniel Mathis,
Division Administrator, Washington Division, Federal Highway 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-16204 Filed 7-7-16; 8:45 am]
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