Environmental Impact Assessment

WIMR East Wedge Cyclotron and Expansion Project

University of Wisconsin – Madison

UW Project # 1485-2343

Potter Lawson, Inc. retained Cornerstone Environmental Group, LLC – A Tetra Tech Company (Tetra Tech) to prepare an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the proposed Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR) East Wedge Cyclotron and Expansion Project on the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) campus in Madison, Wisconsin. The EIA is required by the state guidelines in compliance with the Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act (WEPA), Section 1.11, Wis. Stats. The purpose of the EIA is to assess potential environmental effects of the project relative to the quality of the human environment. University of Wisconsin System Administration (UWSA) Capital Planning and Budget is the project client.

The UW System WEPA compliance process began in September 2024 with authorization to prepare a Type II EIA. A scoping letter to solicit input on potential environmental impacts of the project was sent on November 8, 2024, to selected parties.

A public notice was posted in the Wisconsin State Journal newspaper to request public input prior to finalizing the EIA as well as to provide notification of the Public Meeting. The EIA was available for public review as of September 2, 2025 and ending September 16, 2025. A public meeting to present the project and EIA findings and to take verbal and written comments was held September 16, 2025, at 5:00 pm virtually. The minutes of that meeting, attendees, public comments, and other information pertinent to the meeting is included in the Final EIA. This Final EIA document and recommendation noted in Section 10 concludes this WEPA process in substantial conformance with state statutes.

A hard is available at the Helen C. White Library and Madison Public Library in Madison, Wisconsin and available for download below.