South Mountain Freeway Project FEIS Comment Consideration

Karla S. Petty
Federal Highway Administration
November 7, 2014

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 216 (Friday, November 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 66448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26533]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


South Mountain Freeway Project FEIS Comment Consideration

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice of omission to advise the 
public that 10 comments submitted by email during the comment period 
for the South Mountain Freeway (Loop 202) Interstate 10 (Papago 
Freeway) to Interstate 10 (Maricopa Freeway) Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement and Section 4(f) Evaluation were inadvertently omitted from 
the South Mountain Freeway (Loop 202) Interstate 10 (Papago Freeway) to 
Interstate 10 (Maricopa Freeway) Final Environmental Impact Statement 
and Section 4(f) Evaluation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Hansen, Federal Highway 
Administration, 4000 North Central Avenue, Suite 1500, Phoenix, AZ 
85012; (602) 382-8964.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 26, 2014, at 79 FR 57929, FHWA 
published a notice of availability for its Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (FEIS) and Section 4(f) Evaluation for the South Mountain 
Freeway (Loop 202) Interstate 10 (Papago Freeway) to Interstate 10 
(Maricopa Freeway) project. On October 21, 2014, the Arizona Department 
of Transportation (ADOT) was contacted by a stakeholder organization 
and told that the comments they submitted on the Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement were not included in the FEIS. The ADOT examined this 
concern and found that the comments, submitted through email, had been 
received, but were never brought to the attention of the project team. 
The ADOT conducted a thorough search of the entire email system and 
found that 10 email comments had been inadvertently omitted from the 
FEIS. The omitted comments consist of the email from the stakeholder 
organization and 9 emails from other interested parties.
    Based on this, FHWA, in conjunction with ADOT, has published this 
omission notice in the Federal Register and will prepare an Errata to 
the FEIS including responses to the 10 omitted comments, will publish a 
notice of availability for the Errata to the FEIS in the Federal 
Register, and will provide a 30-day review period for the Errata to the 
FEIS.
    All interested parties who received project communications, 
including notice of the FEIS availability, will receive the notice of 
omission and notice of availability of the Errata to the FEIS. The 
Errata to the FEIS will also be available on the project Web site with 
the FEIS at www.azdot.gov/southmountainfreeway.

    Issued on: October 31, 2014.
Karla S. Petty,
Arizona Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, 
Phoenix, AZ.
[FR Doc. 2014-26533 Filed 11-6-14; 8:45 am]
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