[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 120 (Thursday, June 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 32563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15302]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Immigration and Naturalization Service
[INS No. 1726-95]
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) and Scoping Meeting
AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Justice.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY:
Proposed Action
The United States Department of Justice, Immigration and
Naturalization Service (INS) has determined that a Federal Detention
Center (FDC) is needed in its system.
The Notice of Intent is required to prepare a Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (DEIS) for the construction of a combined INS and U.S.
Marshalls Service (USMS) FDC near Batavia, Genesee County, New York or
Albion, Orleans County, New York.
The INS has preliminarily evaluated several sites in both Genesee
and Orleans Counties, and they will be the focus of the DEIS.
The INS proposes to build and operate a FDC in conjunction with the
USMS. The FDC will house individuals within the jurisdiction of the INS
and/or USMS while awaiting trial, facing deportation proceedings,
awaiting sentencing or having similar business before the courts. The
total population of the facility will be 250; 150 beds allocated for
USMS and 10 beds for INS.
The Process
In the process of evaluating the site, several aspects will receive
detailed examination including: utilities, traffic patterns, noise
levels, visual intrusion, threatened and endangered species, cultural
resources and socio-economic impacts.
Alternatives
In developing the DEIS, the options of ``no action'' and
``alternatives sites'' for the proposed facility will be fully and
thoroughly examined.
Scoping Process
During the preparation of the DEIS, there will be opportunities for
public involvement in order to determine the issues to be examined.
Scoping meetings will be held in two locations. One meeting will be in
Batavia, Genesee County, New York and the other will be in Albion,
Orelans County, New York. The specific time and place will be announced
at a later time. Consult with the local newspapers respectively or with
the Point of Contact. The meeting will be publicized and will be held
at a time which will make it possible for the public and interested
agencies or organizations to attend. In addition, public information
meetings will be held by representatives of the INS with interested
citizens, officials and community leaders.
DEIS Preparation
Public notice will be given in the Federal Register concerning the
availability of the DEIS for public review and comment.
Address
Questions concerning the proposed action and the DEIS may be
directed to the Point of Contact:
John W. Clarke, Director--Facilities and Space Management, U.S.
Immigration and Naturalization Service, Administrative Center
Burlington, 70 Kimball Avenue, South Burlington, Vermont 05403-6813,
Telephone: (802) 660-1154
or
Victoria L. Kingslien--Chief, Planning Branch, U.S. Immigration and
Naturalization Service, Headquarters Facilities Division, 425 I Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20536, Telephone: (202) 616-7575.
Dated: June 15, 1995.
Doris Meissner,
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service.
[FR Doc. 95-15302 Filed 6-21-95; 8:45 am]
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