94-8673. Gary Marina, Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

 

Gary Marina, Supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Availability of supplement to the draft environmental impact 
statement for the Gary Marina, adjacent to Indiana Dunes National 
Lakeshore.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) announces the 
availability of a supplement to the draft environmental impact 
statement (DEIS) for the Gary Marina. The city of Gary proposes to 
construct a marina on Lake Michigan adjacent to the west boundary of 
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The proposed marina would require an 
access road through Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The supplement to 
the DEIS was prepared by the city of Gary and the NPS.
    The city of Gary and the NPS's preferred alternative for marina 
access is identified in the supplement to the DEIS as the ``proposed'' 
access alternative; construction of an access road on the abandoned 
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad bed, within the west end of Indiana Dunes 
National Lakeshore, and on U.S. Steel Corporation property, adjacent 
to, but outside, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. This is a new 
alternative that was not previously described in the DEIS of April 
1989. The new alternative was developed in response to public and 
agency comment on the DEIS. Many comments called for the development of 
an access alternative with less impact to Indiana Dunes National 
Lakeshore than those presented in the DEIS.
    The city of Gary and the NPS's preferred alternative for the marina 
location is identified in the DEIS as Site 1, which is behind an 
existing breakwater on land currently owned by U.S. Steel Corporation. 
All other marina site alternatives described in the DEIS have been 
eliminated from further consideration.
    Comments on the Supplement to the DEIS should be received no later 
than June 7, 1994.
    Comments on the supplement to the DEIS should be submitted to: Mr. 
Dale Engquist, Superintendent, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 1100 
N. Mineral Springs Road, Porter, Indiana 46304, [phone]
    Public reading copies of the supplement to the DEIS and the 1989 
DEIS, will be available for review at the following locations:

Office of Public Affairs, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior, 18th and C Streets, NW., Washington, DC 20240, [phone]
Headquarters and Visitor Center (corner of Hwy 12 and Kemil Road), 
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 1100 N. Mineral Springs Road, Porter, 
Indiana 46304, [phone]
City Hall, City of Gary, 401 Broadway, Gary, Indiana 46402, (219) 881-
1332
Gary Public Library, City of Gary, 220 West 5th Avenue, Gary, Indiana, 
46402, [phone]

    A limited number of the supplement to the DEIS and the 1989 DEIS 
are available on request from the Superintendent, Indiana Dunes 
National Lakeshore (refer to address above).

    Dated: March 28, 1994.
F.A. Calabrese,
Acting Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. 94-8673 Filed 4-11-94; 8:45 am]
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