Revised Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Proposed I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Keith Lynch Date: 12 March 2024 Subjects: American Government , The Environment, Roads & Highways Topic: Interstate Highway System

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17895-17896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05200]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Revised Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Finding of No 
Significant Impact for the Proposed I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement 
Project

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

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise other Federal, 
State, and local agencies, Tribes, and the public that a Revised 
Supplemental Environmental Assessment (RSEA) and Finding of No 
Significant Impact (FONSI) have been prepared in accordance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act for the proposed Interstate-5 (I-5) 
Rose Quarter Improvement Project to improve safety and operations on I-
5 between Interstate-84 and Interstate-405 in the Rose Quarter District 
of downtown Portland, Oregon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Lynch, Division Administrator, 
Federal Highway Administration, 530 Center Street NE, Suite 420, Salem, 
OR 97301; Telephone: (503) 399-5740. Thomas Parker, Environmental 
Program Manager, Federal Highway Administration, 530 Center Street NE, 
Suite 420, Salem, OR 97301; Telephone: (503) 316-2549; Email: 
thomas.w.parker@dot.gov. Megan Channell, Rose Quarter Project Director, 
ODOT Region 1, 123 NW Flanders St., Portland, OR 97209; Telephone: 971-

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233-6510; Email: megan.channell@odot.oregon.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA and the Oregon Department of 
Transportation (ODOT) propose to undertake safety and operational 
improvements to I-5 through the Rose Quarter district in downtown 
Portland, Oregon. Federal cooperating agencies in the preparation of 
the RSEA and FONSI include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, and the U.S. Coast Guard.
    The proposed improvements extend existing auxiliary lanes and adds 
a new auxiliary lane to improve safety and operations on I-5 between 
Interstate-84 and Interstate-405. Improvements also include a new 
highway cover to connect N Hancock Street to NE Hancock Street and 
provide buildable space, modifications to the Broadway-Weidler 
interchange, traffic flow revisions, and local system multimodal 
improvements. This RSEA evaluates the benefits and impacts of two 
alternatives: one in which the I-5 Project would move forward as 
planned (the Revised Build Alternative), and one in which the Project 
would not be built (the No-Build Alternative). The ODOT evaluated the 
Revised Build Alternative in the 2022 Supplemental Environmental 
Assessment (SEA) which was published on November 5, 2022, for a 50-day 
public comment period which ended on January 4, 2023. In response to 
public comments received on the SEA, ODOT refined the design of the 
Revised Build Alternative. This RSEA reflects changes to the SEA based 
on those design refinements.
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; 23 U.S.C. 139.

Keith Lynch,
FHWA Division Administrator, Salem, OR.
[FR Doc. 2024-05200 Filed 3-11-24; 8:45 am]
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