Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume 3 Interstate 93 Improvements Salem to Manchester IM-IR-93-1(174)0, 10418-C Salem to Manchester, New Hampshire Prepared for New Hampshire Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration Prepared by /Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Bedford, NH April, 2004 NHbed\projects\50885\docs\DEIS _Comments\ 4/30/2004
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 SUMMARY OF PUBLIC HEARING TESTIMONY 2.0 COMMENTS AND RESPONSES ON DEIS FEDERAL PAGE CODING Department of the Army, New England District, Corps of Engineers, December 20, 2002... F-1 United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1, December 16, 2002... F-2 United States Department of Interior, December 30, 2002... F-3 STATE New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, December 16, 2002... S-1 State of New Hampshire, Department of Environmental Services, December 16, 2002... S-2 State of New Hampshire, State House, Representative Robert J. Letourneau, December 3, 2002... S-3 State of New Hampshire, House of Representatives, Representative Anthony R. DiFruscia, December 13, 2002... S-4 State of New Hampshire, General Court, Senator T. L. Gatsas, Representatives R. F. Langer, S. L Heureux, D. W. Hess, and J. Oliver, December 16, 2002... S-5 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Transportation and Construction, December 19, 2002... S-6 LOCAL Town of Salem, Town Manager Office, November 12, 2002... L-1 Town of Windham, Planning and Development, December 6, 2002... L-2 Town of Windham, Office of Selectmen and Town Administrator, December 17, 2002... L-3 Town of Londonderry, Town Council, December 12, 2003... L-4 Town of Derry, Town Council, December 12, 2002... L-5 Town of Derry, Conservation Commission, November 12, 2002... L-6 City of Manchester, Board of Aldermen, December 2, 2002... L-7 City of Manchester, Board of Aldermen, December 12, 2002... L-8 NHbed\projects\50885\docs\DEIS _Comments\ 4/27/2004
City of Manchester, Department of Highways, October 31, 2002... L-9 City of Manchester, Planning and Community Development, December 6, 2002... L-10 Town of Amherst, Planning Board and Amherst Conservation Commission, December 10, 2002... L-11 Town of Auburn, Conservation Commission, November 13, 2002; Dec 8, 2002... L-12 Town of Chester, Planning Board, December 13, 2002... L-13 Town of Chester, Board of Selectmen, December 16, 2002... L-14 Town of Chester, Conservation Commission, December 13, 2002... L-15 City of Concord, Community Development Department, December 6, 2002... L-16 Town of Deerfield, Conservation Commission, December 14, 2002... L-17 Town of Deerfield, Deerfield Open Space Committee, December 13, 2002... L-18 Town of Deering, Conservation Commission, December 16, 2002... L-19 Town of Dunbarton, Office of the Selectmen, December 14, 2002... L-20 Town of Goffstown, Board of Selectmen, December 12, 2002... L-21 Town of Goffstown, Goffstown Planning Board, December 13, 2002... L-22 Town of Hooksett, Conservation Commission, December 11, 2002... L-23 Town of Hooksett, Town Council, December 12, 2002... L-24 Town of Mont Vernon, Conservation Commission, December 13, 2002... L-25 REGIONAL/ REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS Rockingham Planning Commission, November 12, 2002 (Revised December 16, 2002)... R-1 Southern New Hampshire Planning Commission, November 26, 2002...R-2 Nashua Regional Planning Commission, December 13, 2002...R-3 Central New Hampshire Regional Planning Commission, December 16, 2002...R-4 Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, (Northern Massachusetts) December 16, 2002...R-5 PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS /INDIVIUALS Joint Comments (Conservation Law Foundation, Audubon Society of NH, NH Public Interest Research Group, Sierra Club-NH Chapter, Society for the Protection of NH Forests, Appalachian Mountain Club, NH Lakes Association, December 16, 2002... P-1 NHbed\projects\50885\docs\DEIS _Comments\ 4/27/2004
Attachment 1: Review of Interstate 93 Improvements-Salem to Manchester DEIS, Smart Mobility Report, December 2002 Attachment 2: Wildlife Impacts of the I-93 Widening Report, Audubon Society Report, December 2002 Attachment 3: Review of Regional Air Quality Analysis Referenced in the DEIS for the Proposed Widening of Interstate 93, AMC Report, undated Attachment 4: Comments on the Aquatic Resource Impacts, DEIS, Interstate 93 Improvements, Salem to Manchester, Klein Report, December 12, 2002 Merrimack River Watershed Council, December 12, 2002... P-2 New Hampshire Lakes Association, December 13, 2002... P-3 Piscataquog Watershed Association, December 12, 2002... P-4 Exeter River Local Advisory Committee, December 13, 2002... P-5 New Hampshire Sierra Club, December 16, 2002... P-6 A. Desouza (Bedford), W. H. Dunlap (Amherst), M. L. Gross (Concord), Hon. P. D. Spiess (State Representative (Amherst), F. M. Torres (Manchester Neighborhood Housing Services), A Williamson (Master s Candidate, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard), December 11, 2002... P-7 Kenyon F. Karl, Wentworth, NH November 18, 2002... P-8 Groundwork Lawrence, Groundwork Spicket River Task Force, Lawrence, MA, December 10, 2002... P-9 Robert A. Joubert, Methuen, MA, December 14, 2002... P-10 J. Mark Lennon, Warner, NH, December 15, 2002... P-11 Andrew P. Duncan, Concord, NH, December 13, 2002... P-12 National Wildlife Federation, Northeast Natural Resource Center, December 23, 2002... P-13 APPENDICES Appendix A. Sign-Off Letters on Alternatives and Purpose and Need from the US Army Corps of Engineers and Other Agencies Appendix B. Wetland Impact Database Summary Appendix C. Farmland Conversion Impact Rating Form Appendix D: Wildlife Species Lists (NEWILD Computer Program) Appendix E. Agency Coordination Relative to Threatened & Endangered Species Appendix F. Noise Report Appendix G. MOA and Determination of Eligibility/Effects for Historical Resources Appendix H. NHDOT Conceptual Relocation Plan Appendix I. Report of the Special Committee and Report of the Commissioner Appendix J. Federal/State Agency Wetland Mitigation/Coordination Letters NHbed\projects\50885\docs\DEIS _Comments\ 4/27/2004