[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 53 (Monday, March 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 11081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6371]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Notice of Rescheduled Public Scoping Meetings and Extension of 
Comment Period

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Rescheduled Public Scoping Meetings and Extension of 
Comment Period.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with requirements of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, as amended, (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the FAA 
is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Terminal 
Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) to serve John F. Kennedy International and 
La Guardia Airports. The FAA will conduct scoping meetings to obtain 
public comments on the issues and alternatives to be analyzed in this 
EIS. Meetings were held in March at various locations as announced in 
the Federal Register Notice of meetings, January 29, 1996. Scoping 
meetings originally scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Wednesday March 6, 1996 and 
for 7:00 p.m. Thursday March 7, 1996, have been rescheduled for 
Wednesday April 17, 1996 at 7:00 p.m. at La Guardia Marriott Hotel, 
East Elmhurst, NY, and for Thursday April 18, 1996, at 7:00 p.m. at The 
Mill Basin School-Public School 236, Brooklyn, NY. A Scoping Paper 
outlining the objectives and procedures of the scoping process and 
technical issues to be addressed in the EIS is available upon request 
to the FAA. Written requests for the Scoping Paper and comments on the 
scope of the EIS can be submitted to the FAA as follows: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Attention: Docket 
(AGC-200) Docket No. 28365, 800 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 
20591. The comment period is extended; comments will be accepted until 
May 3, 1996. All scoping meetings are open to all interested parties.

DATES: The rescheduled public scoping meetings will take place the 
evenings of Wednesday April 17, 1996, and Thursday April 18, 1996. 
Information exhibits will open at 6:30 p.m. and the presentations will 
begin at 7:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public scoping meeting on Wednesday April 17, 1996 will 
be held at the La Guardia Marriott Hotel, 102-05 Ditmars Boulevard, 
East Elmhurst, NY 11369, and the public scoping meeting on Thursday 
April 18, 1996, will be held in the auditorium of The Mill Basin 
School-Public School 236, 6302 Avenue U (at East 63rd Street), 
Brooklyn, NY 11234.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jerome D. Schwartz, Environmental Specialist, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Wind Shear and Weather Radar Products Team, AND-420, 
800 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, 20591, telephone (202) 
358-4946.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with requirements of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, (NEPA), 42 
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the FAA is preparing an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) for Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) to serve John 
F. Kennedy International and La Guardia Airports. Rescheduled public 
scoping meetings will be held as part of the scoping process to 
determine the issues and alternatives to be analyzed in the EIS.
    Comments from interested parties on the scope of the EIS are 
encouraged and should be submitted to the FAA in writing or presented 
verbally at a scoping meeting. Written comments must be received by May 
3, 1996. Comments should discuss environmental concerns and issues 
related to the proposed action, suggested analyses and methodologies 
for inclusion in the EIS, possible sources of relevant data or 
information, or feasible alternatives to the proposed action. Submit 
written requests for copies of the Scoping Paper and comments on the 
Scoping Paper to: Federal Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief 
Counsel, Attention: Docket (AGC-200), Docket No. 28365, 800 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20591.
    Sign interpretation will be available if requested at least 10 
calendar days before the meeting at which it is required.

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 13, 1996.
Arthur R. Feinberg,
Acting Deputy Director of Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance 
Systems, AND-2.
[FR Doc. 96-6371 Filed 3-15-96; 8:45 am]
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