[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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