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VOL. 59, NO. 29
Friday, February 11, 1994
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 92-181-3]
John F. Kennedy International Airport Draft Environmental Impact
Statement; Notice of Availability
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service has prepared a draft environmental impact statement
regarding a proposed gull hazard management program for John F. Kennedy
International Airport. This document analyzes the potential
environmental effects of the proposed alternatives for reducing the
interaction between gulls and aircraft at the airport. We are
requesting public comments on the draft environmental impact statement.
DATES: Consideration will be given only to comments received on or
before March 28, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Please send an original and three copies of your comments to
Mr. Richard L. Wadleigh, Staff Officer, Operational Support Staff,
Animal Damage Control, APHIS, USDA, room 819, Federal Building, 6505
Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782. Please state that your comments
refer to Docket No. 92-181-3. Comments received may be inspected at
USDA, room 1141, South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except holidays. Persons wishing to inspect comments are
requested to call ahead on (202) 690-2817 to facilitate entry into the
comment reading room.
Copies of the draft environmental impact statement are available
for review between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
holidays, at the following locations:
APHIS Reading Room, room 1141, South Building, 14th Street and
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC;
USDA-APHIS Library, room G180, Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road,
Hyattsville, MD;
Paterson Free Public Library, Reference Department, 250 Broadway,
Paterson, NJ;
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, John F. Kennedy
International Airport, Building 269, Jamaica, NY;
New York City Public Library, Reference Library, 5th Avenue and 42nd
Street, New York, NY.
Interested persons may obtain a copy of the draft environmental
impact statement by writing to Ms. Janet L. Bucknall at the address
listed below under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Janet L. Bucknall, State Director,
Animal Damage Control, APHIS, USDA, 140-C Locust Grove Road, Pittstown,
NJ 08867-9529, (908) 735-5654, or Mr. Richard L. Wadleigh, Staff
Officer, Operational Support Staff, Animal Damage Control, APHIS, USDA,
room 819, Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782,
(301) 436-8281.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in
cooperation with the National Park Service and the Fish and Wildlife
Service, U.S. Department of Interior, has prepared a draft
environmental impact statement for a proposed comprehensive gull hazard
management program at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
Copies of this document were filed with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) on February 4, 1994, pursuant to section
102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the EPA's notice of availability is published
in the Notices section of today's Federal Register.
We published a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact
statement in the Federal Register on December 4, 1992 (57 FR 57414-
57415, Docket No. 92-181-1). This notice requested comments from the
public concerning issues that should be addressed in the environmental
impact statement. Comments were to be received on or before January 4,
1993. We published a notice of public meeting in the Federal Register
on April 13, 1993 (58 FR 19234, Docket No. 92-181-2). Thus, formal
scoping for the environmental impact statement was held between
December 4, 1992, when the comment period opened, and May 12, 1993,
when the public meeting was held. The comments received from the public
helped us to determine the principal focus of the draft environmental
impact statement.
The draft environmental impact statement is now available for
review and comment. We are seeking input from members of the public,
government agencies, and private industry.
APHIS will consider all comments received by March 28, 1994, in the
development of the final environmental impact statement for the
proposed gull hazard management program at JFK. A notice announcing the
availability of the final document will be published in a subsequent
Federal Register notice.
This notice is issued in accordance with: (1) NEPA, (2) Regulations
of the Council on Environmental Quality for Implementing the Procedural
Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), (3) USDA Regulations
Implementing NEPA (7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS Guidelines
Implementing NEPA (44 FR 50381-50384, August 28, 1979, and 44 FR 51272-
51274, August 31, 1979).
Done in Washington, DC, this 8th day of February 1994.
Lonnie J. King,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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