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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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