[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 2864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1536]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Notice of Availability of Scoping Paper for Environmental Impact
Statement, Proposed Terminal Doppler Weather Radar To Serve John F.
Kennedy International and La Guardia Airports
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The FAA announces the availability of a Scoping Paper for the
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Terminal Doppler Weather Radar
(TDWR) to serve John F. Kennedy International and La Guardia Airports.
In accordance with requirements of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, as amended, (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the FAA is
conducting a scoping process to determine the issues and alternatives
to be analyzed in this EIS. The Scoping Paper outlines objectives and
procedures of the scoping process and technical issues to be addressed
in the EIS. Copies of the Scoping Paper are available upon request to
the FAA.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA announces the availability of a
Scoping Paper for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Terminal
Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) to serve John F. Kennedy International and
La Guardia Airports. In accordance with requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, (NEPA), 42 U.S.C.
4332(2)(C), the FAA is conducting a scoping process to determine the
issues and alternatives to be analyzed in this EIS.
The Scoping Paper covers the objectives of the scoping process,
procedures to be followed by the FAA during the scoping process,
planned times and locations of public scoping meetings, the proposed
action and alternatives to be addressed in the EIS and anticipated
environmental issues. The Scoping Paper also lists the EIS core team
members and agencies likely to participate in the EIS process, and
includes a draft outline for the EIS. Comments from interested parties
on the scope of the EIS and the contents of the Scoping Paper are
encouraged and may be submitted to the FAA in writing to the address
given below or presented verbally at the scoping meetings. Times and
locations of the scoping meetings are given in the Scoping Paper.
Written comments must be received by April 2, 1996. Comments should
discuss environmental concerns and issues related to the proposed
action, suggested analyses and methodologies for inclusion in the EIS,
possible sources of relevant data or information, or feasible
alternatives to the proposed action.
Copies of the Scoping Paper are available upon request to the FAA
or may be obtained at the scoping meetings. Written requests for copies
of the Scoping Paper and written comments on the Scoping Paper should
be addressed to FAA as follows: Federal Aviation Administration, Office
of the Chief Counsel, Attention: Docket (AGC-200) Docket No. 28365, 800
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerome D. Schwartz, Environmental
Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, Wind Shear Products Team,
AND-420, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, telephone
(202) 358-4946.
Issued in Washington, DC on January 23, 1996.
Loni Czekalski,
Director of Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance Systems, AND-
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[FR Doc. 96-1536 Filed 1-26-96; 8:45 am]
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