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Please note this sources sought is an add on to the Madawaska Industry day sources sought under solicitation 47PB0019N0001-R which closed on 7/20/2019. Madawaska LPOE and International Bridge FSEIS / ... Please note this sources sought is an add on to the Madawaska Industry day sources sought under solicitation 47PB0019N0001-R which closed on 7/20/2019. Madawaska LPOE and International Bridge FSEIS / Programmatic Section 4(f) Evaluation On behalf of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT), in cooperation with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), and in coordination with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), attached and below please find the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) / Final Programmatic Section 4(f) Evaluation assessing the potential impacts of a proposed new U.S. Land Port of Entry (LPOE) in Madawaska, Maine and an International Bridge project between Madawaska and Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada (the "Proposed Action"). The FSEIS identifies the GSA's Preferred Alternative for the new U.S. LPOE and the FHWA's and MaineDOT's Preferred Alternative for the International Bridge location and design and why they were identified over the other alternatives considered. It also describes the potential environmental impacts of the Proposed Action and mitigation measures and other commitments and addresses comments received on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Draft Programmatic Section 4(f) Evaluation issued on November 26, 2018. The GSA's Preferred Alternative for the LPOE is Alternative C from the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) with inbound and outbound access to Mill Street. The FHWA's and MaineDOT's Preferred Alternative for the International Bridge is Alternative 2 from the DSEIS with a bridge anticipated to have six spans and five piers. The Preferred Alternatives for the LPOE and International Bridge will continue to evolve as the design for both progresses. The GSA, FHWA, and MaineDOT will have copies of the FSEIS / Final Programmatic Section 4(f) Evaluation for review at the Town of Madawaska Town Office on 328 St. Thomas Street, Suite 101, Madawaska, Maine 04756. Further information, including an electronic copy of the FSEIS / Final Programmatic Section 4(f) Evaluation, may be found online on the following websites: gsa.gov/madawaskalpoe, https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/New%20Madawaska%20US%20LPOE%20and%20International%20Bridge%20Project%20FSEIS%2009232019.pdf https://www.maine.gov/mdot/planning/studies/meib/ The GSA and FHWA are accepting comments on FSEIS / Final Programmatic Section 4(f) Evaluation until November 4, 2019. PLEASE NOTE THE NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY WILL BE POSTED ON THE FEDERAL REGISTER ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 4, 2019 AND WILL OFFICIALLY BEGIN THE 30 DAY COMMENT PERIOD FOR BOTH FEDERAL REGISTER, E-MAIL AND MAIL COMMENTS. The GSA website above will be updated to reflect that Federal Register posting. For further information or to submit comments, please contact Alexas Kelly, Project Manager, GSA, New England Region, 10 Causeway Street, 11th Floor, Boston, MA 02222, by phone at 617-549-8190, or by e-mail at alexandria.kelly@gsa.gov or Cheryl Martin, Assistant Division Administrator, FHWA, Edmund S. Muskie Federal Building, 40 Western Avenue, Room 614, Augusta, ME 04330, by phone at (207) 512-4912, or by e-mail at cheryl.martin@dot.gov . Please note this sources sought is an add on to the Madawaska Industry day sources sought under solicitation 47PB0019N0001-R which closed on 7/20/2019.