[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-1844]


[Federal Register: January 28, 1994]


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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION


Border Station, Highgate Springs, VT; Environmental Impact 
Statement

AGENCY: General Services Administration.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: The General Services Administration (GSA) is issuing this 
notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) will be prepared and considered for the construction of a new 
Border Station in Highgate Springs, Vermont.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ralph A. Scalise, Senior Planner, 
General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, 10 Causeway 
Street, Boston, MA 02222, (617) 565-5821.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSA will prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement for the construction of a Border Station in Highgate Springs, 
Vermont. The proposed Border Station will contain approximately 37,800 
occupiable square feet of space and house 75 employees. The operations 
of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and U.S. Customs 
Service at the existing Border Station in Highgate Springs are severely 
hindered due to the functional obsolescence of the existing facilities. 
The proposed project is being undertaken to accommodate the expansion 
requirements of the U.S. Customs Service, Immigration and 
Naturalization Service (INS), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture 
(USDA).
    The EIS will evaluate alternatives, including the no-action 
alternative. The EIS will evaluate impacts on the affected environment 
for the following resource areas: subsurface and geological conditions, 
landforms, vegetation and wildlife, natural hazards, air quality/
meteorological conditions, population/fiscal conditions, land use and 
zoning, traffic and transportation, utilities, cultural resources, and 
hazardous wastes.

Public Scoping Meeting

    To ensure that the full range of issues relating to the proposed 
project are addressed and all potential significant issues are 
identified, comments and suggestions are being solicited. To facilitate 
the receipt of comments, a public scoping meeting will be held on March 
8, 1994, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Town 
Hall in Highgate Center, Vermont. The Highgate Center Town Hall is 
located on Route 78 (exit 21 on Route 89).
    Written comments may be mailed to the informational contact person 
no later than March 23, 1994.

    Issued in New York, NY on January 13, 1994.
Karen R. Adler,
Regional Administrator, General Services Administration, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 94-1844 Filed 1-27-94; 8:45 am]
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