Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Nebraska Highway 12 (N-12) Niobrara East and West Project

Citation84 FR 19060
Record Number2019-09060
Published date03 May 2019
SectionNotices
CourtArmy, Corps Of Engineers Department
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 86 (Friday, May 3, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 86 (Friday, May 3, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 19060]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-09060]
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                DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
                Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
                Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact
                Statement for the Nebraska Highway 12 (N-12) Niobrara East and West
                Project
                AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
                ACTION: Notice of intent.
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                SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is preparing a
                Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) to analyze
                the direct, indirect, and cumulative effects of a proposed
                transportation project, the Niobrara East and West Project.
                Construction of the proposed Project is expected to result in temporary
                and permanent impacts to jurisdictional waters of the United States,
                thereby requiring a Clean Water Act section 404 permit proposed by the
                Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT). NDOT proposes to
                rehabilitate two segments of N-12 east and west of Niobrara, between
                Verdel and Santee Spur 54-D (S-54D) in Knox County, Nebraska. A Draft
                EIS for this project was released on October 9, 2015. A public open
                house and hearing was held on November 9, 2015. After the public
                comment period ended, NDOT elected to withdraw its Section 404 permit
                application on November 20, 2015. Since that time, NDOT has developed a
                modified project purpose and need, and alternatives responsive to this
                purpose and need.
                DATES: Written comments for scoping will be accepted until May 24,
                2019.
                ADDRESSES: Questions and comments regarding the proposed action and
                SDEIS should be addressed to Becky Latka, Regulatory Field Support,
                U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1616 Capitol Ave., Omaha, NE 68102.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Becky Latka, (402) 995-2681;
                [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NDOT's stated project purpose is to
                rehabilitate the existing roadway and to maximize utilization of
                existing transportation infrastructure and right-of-way, to improve the
                safety and reliability of the roadway, and bring the roadway up to
                current NDOT design standards for a major arterial highway. The project
                is needed due to ongoing risk of flooding, unreliable operations, and
                interruptions to regional connectivity.
                 The Corps is requesting scoping comments on the Project,
                preliminary alternatives, the NEPA compliance process, and to solicit
                input on the issues and alternatives to be evaluated and other related
                matters. Additional information and links related to the EIS can be
                found at https://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory-Program/Nebraska/EIS-Highway-12/.
                 The Corps has invited the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
                National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Federal
                Highway Administration, and Knox County to continue as cooperating
                agencies in the formulation of the EIS. Additionally, the Corps has
                invited the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality and the
                Nebraska Department of Game and Parks to continue to serve as
                participating agencies during the preparation of the EIS.
                 The SDEIS will be prepared according to the Corps' procedures for
                implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as
                amended, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(c), and consistent with the Corps' policy to
                facilitate public understanding and review of agency proposals. As part
                of the EIS process, a full range of reasonable alternatives, including
                the proposed Project and no action, will be evaluated.
                John L. Moeschen,
                Nebraska State Program Manager, Regulatory Branch.
                [FR Doc. 2019-09060 Filed 5-2-19; 8:45 am]
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