Notice To Rescind a Notice of Intent for an Environmental Impact Statement for the Kake Access Project in Southeast Alaska, 21951 [2016-08456]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Notice To Rescind a Notice of Intent
for an Environmental Impact Statement
for the Kake Access Project in
Southeast Alaska
Federal Highway
Administration, Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice to rescind a Notice of
Intent for an Environmental Impact
Statement.
AGENCY:
A Notice of Intent (NOI) to
prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) was published in the
Federal Register on January 22, 2013.
The FHWA is issuing this notice to
advise the public that FHWA and the
Alaska Department of Transportation
and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) will
no longer prepare an EIS for the Kake
Access project. The purpose of the Kake
Access project was to provide Kake
residents with more frequent, faster and
cost effective surface transportation
access to medical facilities, goods and
services, education facilities, and
economic opportunities not available in
Kake.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mike Traffalis, Project Manager, Federal
Highway Administration-Western
Federal Lands, 610 E. 5th St.,
Vancouver, WA 98661. 360–619–7700.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2004
Southeast Alaska Transportation Plan
(SATP) identified the need to improve
the transportation system between
communities in southeast Alaska. One
improvement includes providing local
access between the community of Kake
and a major transportation and
commercial hub. The 2012 Alaska
Legislature appropriated $40 million to
ADOT&PF for construction of a roadway
connecting the communities of Kake
and Petersburg.
On January 22, 2013, FHWA issued a
Notice of Intent (NOI) to advise the
public that it intended to prepare an EIS
for a proposed transportation project to
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improve access to and from the
community of Kake (Federal Register
Volume 78, Number 14). The Western
Federal Lands Highway Division of
FHWA was the lead Federal agency for
the project. A draft purpose and need
statement was prepared in June 2013.
Scoping meetings were held on the
purpose and need statement and
preliminary alternatives. Following the
public meeting, FHWA and ADOT&PF
determined that the purpose and need
statement should be better defined.
To refine the project’s purpose and
need statement, a public phone survey
and a transportation needs assessment
were completed to provide more
information about current travel
patterns between Kake and surrounding
communities. The needs assessment
summarized prior work on the Kake
Access Project, analyzed travel patterns,
documented perceptions of project
benefits and potential negative effects,
and estimated potential annual average
daily traffic counts for round trips
between Kake and Petersburg. Public
meetings were held in Kake and
Petersburg in March 2014 to present the
results and to give residents an
opportunity to provide input and ask
questions about the proposed project. A
revised purpose and need statement was
drafted in May 2015. The FHWA and
ADOT&PF studied project alternatives
and began narrowing down the list to a
reasonable range of alternatives to be
analyzed in the EIS. Public meetings
were held in Kake and Petersburg in
September 2015 and another public
survey was completed November 2015
through January 2016 to collect public
input on the project.
In February 2016, ADOT&PF decided
to close the Kake Access project. The
principal factors supporting the
decision to close the project is that the
Federal project is not fully funded and
the need to operate and maintain a
shuttle ferry would add significantly to
ADOT&PF’s annual maintenance and
operating expense.
The purpose of this notice is to
rescind the January 22, 2013 NOI to
prepare an EIS for the Kake Access
project.
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: April 7, 2016.
Sandra L. Otto,
Division Director, Western Federal Lands
Highway Division, Federal Highway
Administration.
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2015, that announced a request for
public comment on proposed collection
of information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Walter Culbreath, U.S. Department of
Transportation, NHTSA, Room W51–
316, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Culbreath’s
telephone number is (202) 366–1566.
SUMMARY:
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In the Federal Register of December 4,
2015, in FR Doc. NHTSA–2015–0115,
on page 75894, column 2 needs to read:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Notice To Rescind a Notice of Intent for an Environmental Impact
Statement for the Kake Access Project in Southeast Alaska
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice to rescind a Notice of Intent for an Environmental
Impact Statement.
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SUMMARY: A Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) was published in the Federal Register on January 22,
2013. The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that FHWA
and the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
(ADOT&PF) will no longer prepare an EIS for the Kake Access project.
The purpose of the Kake Access project was to provide Kake residents
with more frequent, faster and cost effective surface transportation
access to medical facilities, goods and services, education facilities,
and economic opportunities not available in Kake.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Traffalis, Project Manager,
Federal Highway Administration-Western Federal Lands, 610 E. 5th St.,
Vancouver, WA 98661. 360-619-7700.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2004 Southeast Alaska Transportation
Plan (SATP) identified the need to improve the transportation system
between communities in southeast Alaska. One improvement includes
providing local access between the community of Kake and a major
transportation and commercial hub. The 2012 Alaska Legislature
appropriated $40 million to ADOT&PF for construction of a roadway
connecting the communities of Kake and Petersburg.
On January 22, 2013, FHWA issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to advise
the public that it intended to prepare an EIS for a proposed
transportation project to improve access to and from the community of
Kake (Federal Register Volume 78, Number 14). The Western Federal Lands
Highway Division of FHWA was the lead Federal agency for the project. A
draft purpose and need statement was prepared in June 2013. Scoping
meetings were held on the purpose and need statement and preliminary
alternatives. Following the public meeting, FHWA and ADOT&PF determined
that the purpose and need statement should be better defined.
To refine the project's purpose and need statement, a public phone
survey and a transportation needs assessment were completed to provide
more information about current travel patterns between Kake and
surrounding communities. The needs assessment summarized prior work on
the Kake Access Project, analyzed travel patterns, documented
perceptions of project benefits and potential negative effects, and
estimated potential annual average daily traffic counts for round trips
between Kake and Petersburg. Public meetings were held in Kake and
Petersburg in March 2014 to present the results and to give residents
an opportunity to provide input and ask questions about the proposed
project. A revised purpose and need statement was drafted in May 2015.
The FHWA and ADOT&PF studied project alternatives and began narrowing
down the list to a reasonable range of alternatives to be analyzed in
the EIS. Public meetings were held in Kake and Petersburg in September
2015 and another public survey was completed November 2015 through
January 2016 to collect public input on the project.
In February 2016, ADOT&PF decided to close the Kake Access project.
The principal factors supporting the decision to close the project is
that the Federal project is not fully funded and the need to operate
and maintain a shuttle ferry would add significantly to ADOT&PF's
annual maintenance and operating expense.
The purpose of this notice is to rescind the January 22, 2013 NOI
to prepare an EIS for the Kake Access project.
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: April 7, 2016.
Sandra L. Otto,
Division Director, Western Federal Lands Highway Division, Federal
Highway Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-08456 Filed 4-12-16; 8:45 am]
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