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STATE OF MINNESOTA MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ADEQUACY DETERMINATION MINNESOTA TRUNK HIGHWAY 371 SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT The pages to follow contain the Minnesota Department of Transportation Adequacy Determination regarding the Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement (SFEIS) for the Highway 371 Improvements from Nisswa to Pine River. This Determination was developed in conformance with Minnesota Rules 4410, particularly 4410.2800. Those rules charge the Minnesota Responsible Governmental Unit (RGU) with making such a Determination whenever it has completed a Final EIS, and further set forth the conditions under which a Final EIS shall be determined Adequate. The Minnesota Department of Transportation is the RGU for this project under the environmental review laws and rules found at Minnesota Statutes 116D and Minnesota Rules Chapter 4410. Regarding the Adequacy Determination required by State of Minnesota environmental review rules, Minnesota Rule 4410.2800 stipulates the following: Subp. 4. Conditions. The final EIS shall be determined adequate if it: A. addresses the potentially significant issues and alternatives raised in scoping so that all significant issues for which information can be reasonably obtained have been analyzed in conformance with part 4410.2300, items G and H; B. provides responses to the substantive comments received during the draft EIS review concerning issues raised in scoping; and C. was prepared in compliance with the procedures of the act and parts 4410.0200 to 4410.6500. A Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was completed for the.TH 371 Nisswa to Pine River project in December, 2003. A Final EIS was completed and approved by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in January, 2005. The Adequacy Determination for the Final EIS was completed in March, 2005. A draft Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement (SFEIS) was completed in February, 2010, consistent with the requirements of Minnesota Rules 4410.3 000, to address changes to the preferred alternative, based on a request from the City of Pequot Lakes to change from a through -City design (the 2005 preferred alternative) to .a bypass. The final SFEIS was completed and approved by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in July, 2010. TH 371 Nisswa to Pine River Adequacy Determination October 2010