Environmental Impact Statement: Maui County, HI; Notice of Intent, 59341 [E9-27200]
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Environmental Impact Statement: Maui
County, HI; Notice of Intent
AGENCY: Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), Hawaii
Department of Transportation (HDOT).
SUMMARY: The Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) is issuing this
notice of intent in order to advise the
public that an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) will be prepared to
evaluate alternatives that would reduce
congestion and improve safety and
reliability of Hana Highway between the
intersection of Hana Highway with
Haleakala Highway and Maliko Gulch
on the north side of the Island of Maui
in the Paia-Haiku region. This section is
the primary travel way for the
movement of people and goods between
east Maui and the Wailuku/Kahului area
where connections are made to other
parts of the island.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat
V. Phung, Lead Civil Engineer, Federal
Highway Administration, Hawaii
Division, Box 50206, 300 Ala Moana
Boulevard, Room 3–306, Honolulu,
Hawaii 96850, Telephone: (808) 541–
2305.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
FHWA, in cooperation with the Hawaii
Department of Transportation (HDOT),
will prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) to evaluate alternatives
that would reduce congestion and
improve safety and reliability of Hana
Highway between the intersection of
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Hana Highway with Haleakala Highway
and Maliko Gulch on the north side of
the Island of Maui in the Paia-Haiku
region.
Purposes and needs for the project
have been established through a
collaborative effort that has included
community input. The Purpose and
Need for the project will be finalized
after the completion of the scoping
process. The project’s purposes have
been defined to date as follows:
1. Reduce Vehicle Travel Times.
2. Alleviate Congestion in Paia.
3. Improve Safety for All Modes of
Travel.
4. Provide Improved, More
Convenient Access to the Towns of Paia
and Haiku.
5. Support Paia’s Quality of Life
through Transportation Improvements.
The NEPA scoping process being
initiated by the publication of this NOI
is intended to generate a full range of
project alternatives for subsequent
evaluation. The No-Build alternative
would leave Hana Highway in its
current condition except for possible
short-term and minor improvements
such as safety upgrades and
maintenance. A Transportation System
Management (TSM) alternative would
include elements such as restriping the
roadway, enhancing transit service,
establishing contra-flow lanes, and/or
widening the roadway in place. The
TSM alternative could also include
establishing and improving
intersections along the existing roadway
through techniques such as
channelization, parking removal,
roundabouts, or left turn lanes. Build
alternatives are anticipated to widen the
existing Hana Highway, use different
alignments to bypass Paia, or
incorporate a combination of these
measures.
The purpose of the EIS process is to
explore in a public setting potentially
significant effects of implementing the
proposed action on the physical,
human, and natural environment. Areas
of investigation for this project will
include but are not limited to cultural
resources, archaeological resources,
biological resources, social impact,
engineering feasibility, schedule, land
use pattern, shoreline access, residential
displacements, impacts on existing
businesses, air quality, and noise.
Measures to avoid, minimize, or
mitigate any significant adverse impacts
will be identified. The documents that
will be produced include the Draft and
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS and FEIS) and the Record of
Decision (ROD).
The EIS will be prepared in
accordance with regulations
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implementing the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as
well as provisions of the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users (SAFETEA–LU). The purpose of
this Notice of Intent is to alert interested
parties regarding the plan to prepare the
EIS, to provide information on the
nature of the proposed project, to invite
participation in the EIS process,
including comments on the scope of the
EIS proposed in this notice. An
announcement of formal public scoping
meeting will published at a later date.
Regulations implementing NEPA, as
well as provisions of SAFETEA–LU, call
for public involvement in the EIS
process. Section 6002 of SAFETEA–LU
requires that FHWA and HDOT do the
following: (1) Extend an invitation to
other government agencies and Native
Hawaiian organizations that may have
an interest in the proposed project to
become ‘‘participating agencies,’’ (2)
provide an opportunity for involvement
by participating agencies and the public
in helping to define the purpose and
need for this proposed project, as well
as the range of alternatives for
consideration in the impact statement,
and (3) establish a plan for coordinating
public and agency participation in and
comment on the environmental review
process.
To comply with these regulations, an
invitation to become a participating
agency will be extended to other
government agencies and Native
Hawaiian organizations that may have
an interest in the proposed project.
The Paia Relief Route Advisory Group
(PRAG) has also been formed to help
advise HDOT on key aspects of the
project such as project purpose and
need, project goals, and development
and ranking of alternatives. Similar to
all community meetings, the Advisory
Group meetings will be open to the
public, accessible to people with
disabilities, and held on Maui at times
and locations convenient to those that
live and work in the study area.
Issued on: October 29, 2009.
Abraham Wong,
Division Administrator, Hawaii Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Project No. STP-036-1 (11) Paia Bypass]
Environmental Impact Statement: Maui County, HI; Notice of Intent
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Hawaii Department of
Transportation (HDOT).
SUMMARY: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is issuing this
notice of intent in order to advise the public that an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared to evaluate alternatives that
would reduce congestion and improve safety and reliability of Hana
Highway between the intersection of Hana Highway with Haleakala Highway
and Maliko Gulch on the north side of the Island of Maui in the Paia-
Haiku region. This section is the primary travel way for the movement
of people and goods between east Maui and the Wailuku/Kahului area
where connections are made to other parts of the island.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat V. Phung, Lead Civil Engineer,
Federal Highway Administration, Hawaii Division, Box 50206, 300 Ala
Moana Boulevard, Room 3-306, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850, Telephone: (808)
541-2305.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Hawaii
Department of Transportation (HDOT), will prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate alternatives that would reduce
congestion and improve safety and reliability of Hana Highway between
the intersection of Hana Highway with Haleakala Highway and Maliko
Gulch on the north side of the Island of Maui in the Paia-Haiku region.
Purposes and needs for the project have been established through a
collaborative effort that has included community input. The Purpose and
Need for the project will be finalized after the completion of the
scoping process. The project's purposes have been defined to date as
follows:
1. Reduce Vehicle Travel Times.
2. Alleviate Congestion in Paia.
3. Improve Safety for All Modes of Travel.
4. Provide Improved, More Convenient Access to the Towns of Paia
and Haiku.
5. Support Paia's Quality of Life through Transportation
Improvements.
The NEPA scoping process being initiated by the publication of this
NOI is intended to generate a full range of project alternatives for
subsequent evaluation. The No-Build alternative would leave Hana
Highway in its current condition except for possible short-term and
minor improvements such as safety upgrades and maintenance. A
Transportation System Management (TSM) alternative would include
elements such as restriping the roadway, enhancing transit service,
establishing contra-flow lanes, and/or widening the roadway in place.
The TSM alternative could also include establishing and improving
intersections along the existing roadway through techniques such as
channelization, parking removal, roundabouts, or left turn lanes. Build
alternatives are anticipated to widen the existing Hana Highway, use
different alignments to bypass Paia, or incorporate a combination of
these measures.
The purpose of the EIS process is to explore in a public setting
potentially significant effects of implementing the proposed action on
the physical, human, and natural environment. Areas of investigation
for this project will include but are not limited to cultural
resources, archaeological resources, biological resources, social
impact, engineering feasibility, schedule, land use pattern, shoreline
access, residential displacements, impacts on existing businesses, air
quality, and noise. Measures to avoid, minimize, or mitigate any
significant adverse impacts will be identified. The documents that will
be produced include the Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS and FEIS) and the Record of Decision (ROD).
The EIS will be prepared in accordance with regulations
implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as well as
provisions of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). The purpose of this Notice
of Intent is to alert interested parties regarding the plan to prepare
the EIS, to provide information on the nature of the proposed project,
to invite participation in the EIS process, including comments on the
scope of the EIS proposed in this notice. An announcement of formal
public scoping meeting will published at a later date.
Regulations implementing NEPA, as well as provisions of SAFETEA-LU,
call for public involvement in the EIS process. Section 6002 of
SAFETEA-LU requires that FHWA and HDOT do the following: (1) Extend an
invitation to other government agencies and Native Hawaiian
organizations that may have an interest in the proposed project to
become ``participating agencies,'' (2) provide an opportunity for
involvement by participating agencies and the public in helping to
define the purpose and need for this proposed project, as well as the
range of alternatives for consideration in the impact statement, and
(3) establish a plan for coordinating public and agency participation
in and comment on the environmental review process.
To comply with these regulations, an invitation to become a
participating agency will be extended to other government agencies and
Native Hawaiian organizations that may have an interest in the proposed
project.
The Paia Relief Route Advisory Group (PRAG) has also been formed to
help advise HDOT on key aspects of the project such as project purpose
and need, project goals, and development and ranking of alternatives.
Similar to all community meetings, the Advisory Group meetings will be
open to the public, accessible to people with disabilities, and held on
Maui at times and locations convenient to those that live and work in
the study area.
Issued on: October 29, 2009.
Abraham Wong,
Division Administrator, Hawaii Division.
[FR Doc. E9-27200 Filed 11-16-09; 8:45 am]
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