Environmental Process

Project Manager
Lori Vanderhider, PE
1000 Highway 10 West
Detroit Lakes, MN 56501
218-846-7955
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What is an EIS?

The current study to evaluate alternatives and impacts on US Highway 10 is an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).  An EIS is a full disclosure document used to evaluate impacts of a proposed action and to provide information to guide decision-making on a proposed action. An EIS has two parts:  a Draft EIS (DEIS) and a Final EIS (FEIS).

The Draft EIS is intended to provide information for governmental units, the proposer of the project and other persons to:

• Evaluate a proposed project which has the potential for significant environmental effects
• Consider alternatives to the proposed project
• Explore methods for reducing adverse environmental effects

The Draft EIS discusses:

• Purpose and need of the action
• Reasonable alternatives
• Summarizes the studies, reviews, consultation and coordination required to complete this stage of the environmental process.

The Final EIS documents:

• The citizen involvement process (see public involvement)
• Responds to substantive comments received on the DEIS
• Discusses alternatives considered
• Identifies a preferred alternative
• Describes environmental mitigation

The US Highway 10 Wadena Draft EIS process began in Spring 2006 with the first Policy/Technical Advisory Committee and first open house held in June 2006.  The various steps involved in completing the environmental process for the US Highway 10 Wadena project are shown on the schedule below:

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