[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 236 (Friday, December 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64785-64786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31031]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[CGD 95-066]
National Environmental Policy Act; Final Environmental Impact
Statement for the USCG Atlantic Protected Living Marine Resource
Initiative
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the record of decision.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the availability of the approved
Record of Decision for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
for the Atlantic Protected Living Marine Resource
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Initiative (the Initiative). Pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the regulations promulgated by
the Council on Environmental Quality, and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
NEPA Implementing Procedures and Policy for Considering Environmental
Impacts, the USCG has approved a Record of Decision adopting the
Initiative. The USCG will implement the proposed action (the preferred
alternative), the Initiative, as described in the FEIS. (The FEIS
notice of availability was published in the Federal Register on October
31, 1996.) The preferred alternative includes all components of the
proposed action as stated in the FEIS and is the environmentally
preferred alternative which incorporates mitigation and monitoring
measures.
DATES: The Record of Decision will be available to the public on
December 9, 1996.
ADDRESSES: For further information and/or copies of the approved Record
of Decision, contact Mr. Keith Boi, Chief, Planning and Coordination
Staff, Operations, at Commandant (G-O-1), 2100 Second Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20593, telephone number (202) 267-1439, fax number (202)
267-4185.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USCG preferred alternative as stated in
the FEIS is composed of two main components, an Internal Program and a
Conservation Program. Each program is made up of several elements or
activities designed to protect or conserve living marine resources more
effectively. The Internal Program of the preferred alternative focuses
on operating procedures and directives for USCG vessels and aircraft in
the Atlantic area that would prevent, to the maximum extent possible,
harmful interactions with protected living marine resources. The
Conservation Program focuses on the interaction of USCG personnel with
other Federal and state agencies and the public to promote conservation
of protected living marine resources. The preferred alternative was
developed from recommendations provided to the USCG by the National
Marine Fisheries Service, in Biological Opinions issued September 1995
and July 1996, and public comments received in response to the
Environmental Assessment of Potential Impacts of U.S. Coast Guard
Operations Along the U.S. Atlantic Coast and the Draft EIS.
Dated: November 29, 1996.
Keith Boi,
Chief, Planning and Coordination Staff, Operations.
[FR Doc. 96-31031 Filed 12-5-96; 8:45 am]
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