[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21662]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS), Notice of Public Comment Period and Schedule of Public Hearings

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability, notice of comment period, notice of 
public hearings.

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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 
LaGuardia Airports, New York, New York. A Draft EIS document has been 
prepared and is available for public review and comment. Written 
request for the Draft EIS and written comments for the Draft EIS can be 
submitted as follows: Federal Aviation Administration, Office of the 
Chief Counsel, Attention: Docket No. 28365, 800 Independence Avenue, 
Washington, DC 20591. Public hearings will be held on September 17 and 
18, 1997. The public comment period will commence August 22, 1997 and 
will close on October 10, 1997.

DATES: The start of the comment period on Draft EIS will be concurrent 
with the Federal Register notice of availability as filed by the 
Environmental Protection Agency. The comment period will start on 
August 22, 1997 and will end on October 10, 1997. Public hearings on 
the Draft EIS will be held on Wednesday evening September 17, Thursday 
afternoon September 18, and Thursday evening September 18. On Wednesday 
evening September 17, 1997, information exhibits will open at 6:30 
p.m., and presentations and comments will start at 7:00 p.m. On 
Thursday afternoon September 18, 1997, exhibits will open at 12:30 p.m. 
and presentation and public comments will begin at 1:00 p.m., and on 
Thursday evening October 18, 1997, exhibits will open at 6:30 and the 
presentation and comments will begin at 7:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Locations for the public hearings are as follows: Wednesday 
evening, September 17, 1997, 6:30 p.m., The Bach Club, Ocean Room, 129 
Beach 116th Street, Rockaway Park, NY 11694. Thursday afternoon 
September 18, 1997, 12:30 p.m., The Playhouse Theater, Kingsborough 
Community College, The City University of New York, 2001 Oriental 
Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY 11235. Thursday evening September 18, 1997, 
6:30 p.m., The Mill Basin School, PS 236, 6302 Avenue U, Brooklyn, NY 
11234.
    Written requests for the Draft EIS and written comments on the 
Draft EIS should be submitted to the FAA as follows: Federal Aviation 
Administration, Attention: Office of the Chief Counsel, AGC-200, Docket 
No. 28365, 800 Independence Avenue, Washington, DC 20591.

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) 267-9841.

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). The Draft EIS analyzes potential impacts from the 
installation of the proposed Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) and 
alternative technologies. Public hearings on the Draft EIS will be held 
the evenings of September 17 and 18, and the afternoon of September 18, 
1997. For meeting details see above DATES and ADDRESSES sections.
    Comments from interested parties on the Draft EIS are encouraged 
and may be presented verbally at a public hearing or may be submitted 
in writing to the FAA at Federal Aviation Administration, Attention: 
Office of Chief Counsel, ACG-200, Docket 28365, 800 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20591. The public comment period will close 
on Friday October 10, 1997.
    Sign interpretation will be available if requested at least five 
calendar days before the meetings at which it is required.

    Issued in Washington, DC on August 12, 1997.
Daniel P. Salvano,
Acting Director, Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance Systems, 
AND-1.
[FR Doc. 97-21662 Filed 8-14-97; 8:45 am]
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