[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 6658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3802]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Immigration and Naturalization Service
[INS No. 1726-96]


Notice of Final Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Justice.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Decision. The United States Department of Justice, Immigration 
and Naturalization Service (INS), has decided to proceed with the 
construction of the Federal Detention Center in Buffalo, New York.
    The INS, in conjunction with the United States Marshals Service 
(SMS), proposes to construct and oversee operation of a 454-bed Federal 
Detention Center (FDC) on a site of approximately 22.5 acres located in 
Genesse County, the Town of Batavia, Buffalo, New York. The FDC will be 
designed to provide detention facilities for individuals within the 
jurisdiction of INS and/or USMS while awaiting trial, awaiting 
sentencing, facing deportation proceedings, or who may have been 
charged with immigration violations and may have been found guilty of 
additional crimes, or having other business before the Federal courts 
for which sentences have been served at correctional facilities. The 
initial construction stage of the FDC will provide 254 beds. The 
facility may be expanded to provide a total of 454 beds. More detailed 
information describing programs, operations, and architectural and site 
development features of the FDC is included in a Final Environmental 
Impact Statement (FEIS) dated December 22, 1995.

Addresses: Questions concerning the Decision or requests for copies of 
the Environmental Impact Statement for the Federal Detention for the 
Federal Detention Center at Buffalo, New York, may be directed to:

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

Ramon Garcia, Project Manager--Planning Branch, U.S. Immigration and 
Naturalization Service, Facilities and Engineering Division, 425 I 
Street, NW., Room 2060, Washington, DC 20536, Telephone: (202) 616-
2588.

    Dated: February 13, 1996.
Doris Meissner,
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service.
[FR Doc. 96-3802 Filed 2-20-96; 8:45 am]
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