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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

 

Availability of the Record of Decision for the Proposed Institute 
of Marine Science Infrastructure Improvement Project Located in Seward, 
AK

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior (DOI).

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Record of Decision for the 
Proposed Institute of Marine Science Infrastructure Improvement Project 
in Seward, Alaska.

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SUMMARY: The DOI, as lead Federal Agency on behalf of the Exxon Valdez 
Oil Spill (EVOS) Trustee Council, announces the availability of the 
Record of Decision (ROD) for the Proposed Institute of Marine Science 
(IMS) Infrastructure Improvement Project in Seward, Alaska. The 
proposed project is intended to enhance the Trustee Council's 
capabilities to study marine mammals, marine birds, and the ecosystem 
injured by the EVOS. Further, the improvements are intended to help 
focus and carry out a long-term research and monitoring program for the 
EVOS area as part of an overall restoration plan.
    The DOI, as lead Federal Agency on behalf of the EVOS Trustee 
Council, published a Federal Register Notice of Intent to prepare an 
environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed project on March 
9, 1994 (59 FR 11082-1183). Pursuant to the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, DOI prepared a draft and final EIS on the proposed 
project. The final EIS describes three alternatives, including the 
proposed action; presents the major issues associated with the proposed 
action and its alternatives as identified through the public scoping 
process; examines the environmental consequences of each alternative; 
presents measures to avoid or minimize adverse environmental effects; 
and presents and responds to comments made during the public review of 
the draft EIS.
    The ROD documents DOI's decision regarding the environmental 
aspects of the proposed project, based on information, analysis and 
public comments in the final EIS. The ROD was approved by DOI and 
concurred in by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on October 31, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Single copies of the ROD can be obtained from the Oil Spill 
Public Information Center, 645 G Street, Anchorage, Alaska 99501. 
Telephone Numbers: (907) 278-8008, (800) 478-7745 (within Alaska), or 
(800) 283-7745 (outside Alaska). Copies of the ROD have been sent to 
public libraries in Seward, Homer, Kodiak, Valdez, Cordova, Kenai, 
Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau, among others, as well as the DOI 
Library in Washington, D.C.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy K. Swanton, DOI Project Manager, 
949 East 36th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99508-4302. Telephone Numbers: 
(907) 271-6622 (voice) or (907) 271-6507 (fax).

    Dated: November 7, 1994.
George T. Frampton, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the 
Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-28078 Filed 11-14-94; 8:45 am]
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