Rescission of Finding of No Significant Impact for the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project in Portland, Oregon Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Phillip A. Ditzler Date: 8 February 2022 Subjects: American Government , The Environment, Roads & Highways Topic: Interstate Highway System

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 7234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02528]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Rescission of Finding of No Significant Impact for the I-5 Rose 
Quarter Improvement Project in Portland, Oregon

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that it 
has rescinded the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the I-5 
Rose Quarter Improvement Project, a proposed highway project on 
Interstate 5 in Portland, Oregon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Cline, Environmental Program 
Manager, FHWA Oregon Division Office, 530 Center St. NE, Salem, OR 
97301, Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Office Phone: 503-316-
2547, Email: Emily.cline@dot.gov. You may also contact Megan Channell, 
Rose Quarter Project Director, ODOT Region 1, 123 NW Flanders St., 
Portland, OR 97209, Office Phone: 971-233-6510, Office Hours, 8:00 
a.m.-5:00 p.m., Email: Megan.Channell@odot.state.or.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded from the 
Office of the Federal Register's website at www.FederalRegister.gov and 
the Government Publishing Office's website at www.GovInfo.gov.

Background

    On November 6, 2020, at 85 FR 71136, FHWA advised the public that 
it had prepared a Revised Environmental Assessment and a FONSI for the 
I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project. The proposed improvements would 
extend existing auxiliary lanes in the northbound and southbound 
directions to improve safety and operations on Interstate-5 (I-5) 
between Interstate 84 and Interstate 405, and make improvements to 
local streets to improve multimodal connections over I-5. Changes made 
to the project after the FONSI was issued necessitate vacating that 
finding and conducting additional analysis to account for altered 
environmental impacts before proceeding. A new decision under the 
National Environmental Policy Act and any other necessary Federal 
environmental determinations will be issued consistent with this 
additional analysis.

Phillip A. Ditzler,
Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-02528 Filed 2-7-22; 8:45 am]
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