Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement: I-94 Rehabilitation Project From East of I-94 to East of Conner Avenue in Detroit, Michigan

Topics:  Interstate Highway System

Mark G. Lewis
Federal Highway Administration
6 July 2017

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 128 (Thursday, July 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 31388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14170]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement: I-94 Rehabilitation 
Project From East of I-94 to East of Conner Avenue in Detroit, Michigan

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

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement (SEIS) and section 4(f) evaluation.

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SUMMARY: FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that a SEIS 
will be prepared for the I-94 Rehabilitation Project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Marchman, Environmental 
Program Manager, Federal Highway Administration, 315 W. Allegan, Room 
201, Lansing, Michigan 48933. Telephone: (517) 702-1820. Email: 
Patrick.Marchman@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The FHWA, in cooperation with the Michigan Department of 
Transportation (MDOT), will prepare a SEIS to examine the impacts of 
modifying the approved selected alternative for the I-94 Rehabilitation 
Project from the Record of Decision (FHWA-MI-EIS-01-01-F). The approved 
selected alternative included the complete reconstruction of 6.7 miles 
of I-94 in the City of Detroit, with widening from three lanes to four 
lanes in each direction, continuous service roads, new interchanges at 
M-10 and I-75 and new bridges over I-94.
    The SEIS will study the use of local roads as local connections to 
the service drives and interchanges, modification of local access ramps 
to and from I-94, M-10 and I-75, and the addition of several vehicular 
and pedestrian bridges as well as non-motorized walkways/paths. The 
SEIS will analyze the potential impacts to natural, human, and cultural 
resources (Section 4(f), local streets, air, noise, contaminated sites, 
etc.).
    Opportunity for input will be provided through a public involvement 
program. A Public Hearing on the Draft SEIS will be scheduled and held 
to solicit formal input. The Draft SEIS will be made available for 
public review and comment and comments will be responded to in a Final 
SEIS. A Notice of Availability of the Draft SEIS will be made through 
direct mail, publication in the Federal Register, and other media. 
Notification will also be sent to appropriate Federal, State, and 
Participating agencies, local agencies, as well as people and private 
organizations that submit comments or questions. Additional project 
information will be made available through a widely-distributed 
newsletter and on the project Web site www.michigan.gov/94detroit.
    Comments or questions from all interested parties concerning this 
proposed action and the SEIS should be directed to FHWA at the address 
provided above.

Paperwork Reduction

    The Paperwork Reduction Act seeks, in part, to minimize the cost to 
the taxpayer of the creation, collection, maintenance, use, 
dissemination, and disposition of information. Consistent with this 
goal and with principles of economy and efficiency in government, FHWA 
tries to limit insofar as possible distribution of complete printed 
sets of NEPA documents. Accordingly, unless a specific request for a 
complete printed set of the NEPA document is received before the 
document is printed, FHWA and MDOT will distribute only electronic 
copies of the NEPA document. A complete printed set of the 
environmental document will be available for review at MDOT's offices; 
an electronic copy of the complete environmental document will be 
available on the Project Web site.

    Issued on: June 12, 2017.
Mark G. Lewis,
Program Development Team Leader.
[FR Doc. 2017-14170 Filed 7-5-17; 8:45 am]
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