[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 133 (Friday, July 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 37328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18265]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD01-97-051]


Construction of a Pier for Coast Guard Vessels at Military Ocean 
Terminal, Bayonne, New Jersey; Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) 
and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), in accordance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, for the proposed 
construction of a new pier for moorage of Coast Guard vessels at the 
Military Ocean Terminal, Bayonne (MOTBY). The EA concludes that there 
will be no significant impact on the environment and that preparation 
of an Environmental Impact Statement will not be necessary. This notice 
announces the availability of the EA and FONSI.

ADDRESSES: Requests to receive a copy of the EA and FONSI should be 
mailed to the Commanding Officer, Facilities Design and Construction 
Center-Pacific, Rm 2264, 915 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98174. The 
documents may also be picked up from the same address between 8 a.m. 
and 3 p.m., P.S.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays, by 
contacting Mr. John Vogel, United States Coast Guard, Facilities Design 
and Construction Center, at telephone (206) 220-7387.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. John Vogel, United States Coast Guard, Facilities Design and 
Construction Center, at telephone (206) 220-7387.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The U.S. Coast Guard operates several ice breakers, buoy tenders, 
and aids-to-navigation vessels in the greater New York Harbor area. 
These vessels have been homeported at Governors Island, NY, and are in 
the process of being relocated to the MOTBY. In 1995, the relocation 
was the subject of a prior EA and FONSI. At the time of preparation of 
the 1995 EA, the Coast Guard had anticipated the permanent use of 
existing Department of Defense (DOD) berths for the Coast Guard ice 
breakers and buoy tenders. However, negotiations with the DOD have 
revealed that permanent, exclusive use of these berths is not possible.
    The proposed action, required to furnish permanent moorage 
facilities for Coast Guard cutters at the MOTBY, would provide Coast 
Guard owned moorage for the cutters on Coast Guard owned submerged 
lands. A new concrete pile-supported pier, approximately 605 feet long, 
varying in width from 13 to 30 feet, is proposed to be constructed off 
of lot 75 to accommodate the cutters. Pile supported vehicle access to 
the proposed wharf would be provided at one location, tying into an 
existing roadway (F Street) at the MOTBY. The existing Coast Guard 
floating docks utilized by smaller USCG boats would be relocated 800 
feet west, to the eastern end of lot 85. A new pile supported 
pedestrian walkway would connect the floating docks to the existing 
roadway (18th Street).

Finding

    Construction of a new pier for Coast Guard vessels at the MOTBY is 
determined to have no significant effect on the quality of the human 
environment or require preparation of an Environmental Impact 
Statement.

    Dated: June 18, 1997.
J.L. Linnon,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, First Coast Guard District.
[FR Doc. 97-18265 Filed 7-10-97; 8:45 am]
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