[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 53 (Monday, March 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 11081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6371]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Notice of Rescheduled Public Scoping Meetings and Extension of
Comment Period
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Rescheduled Public Scoping Meetings and Extension of
Comment Period.
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SUMMARY: 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 preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Terminal
Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) to serve John F. Kennedy International and
La Guardia Airports. The FAA will conduct scoping meetings to obtain
public comments on the issues and alternatives to be analyzed in this
EIS. Meetings were held in March at various locations as announced in
the Federal Register Notice of meetings, January 29, 1996. Scoping
meetings originally scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Wednesday March 6, 1996 and
for 7:00 p.m. Thursday March 7, 1996, have been rescheduled for
Wednesday April 17, 1996 at 7:00 p.m. at La Guardia Marriott Hotel,
East Elmhurst, NY, and for Thursday April 18, 1996, at 7:00 p.m. at The
Mill Basin School-Public School 236, Brooklyn, NY. A Scoping Paper
outlining the objectives and procedures of the scoping process and
technical issues to be addressed in the EIS is available upon request
to the FAA. Written requests for the Scoping Paper and comments on the
scope of the EIS can be submitted to the 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. The comment period is extended; comments will be accepted until
May 3, 1996. All scoping meetings are open to all interested parties.
DATES: The rescheduled public scoping meetings will take place the
evenings of Wednesday April 17, 1996, and Thursday April 18, 1996.
Information exhibits will open at 6:30 p.m. and the presentations will
begin at 7:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public scoping meeting on Wednesday April 17, 1996 will
be held at the La Guardia Marriott Hotel, 102-05 Ditmars Boulevard,
East Elmhurst, NY 11369, and the public scoping meeting on Thursday
April 18, 1996, will be held in the auditorium of The Mill Basin
School-Public School 236, 6302 Avenue U (at East 63rd Street),
Brooklyn, NY 11234.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jerome D. Schwartz, Environmental Specialist, Federal Aviation
Administration, Wind Shear and Weather Radar Products Team, AND-420,
800 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, 20591, telephone (202)
358-4946.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 preparing an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) to serve John
F. Kennedy International and La Guardia Airports. Rescheduled public
scoping meetings will be held as part of the scoping process to
determine the issues and alternatives to be analyzed in the EIS.
Comments from interested parties on the scope of the EIS are
encouraged and should be submitted to the FAA in writing or presented
verbally at a scoping meeting. Written comments must be received by May
3, 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. Submit
written requests for copies of the Scoping Paper and comments on the
Scoping Paper to: Federal Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief
Counsel, Attention: Docket (AGC-200), Docket No. 28365, 800
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20591.
Sign interpretation will be available if requested at least 10
calendar days before the meeting at which it is required.
Issued in Washington, DC on March 13, 1996.
Arthur R. Feinberg,
Acting Deputy Director of Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance
Systems, AND-2.
[FR Doc. 96-6371 Filed 3-15-96; 8:45 am]
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