[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 192 (Friday, October 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 51968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26326]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Extension of Comment Period and Additional Public 
Hearings

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period and additional public 
hearings.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the 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 to serve John F. Kennedy 
International and LaGuardia Airports. The Draft EIS document was 
distributed in August 1997. Written requests for the Draft EIS and 
written comments on the Draft EIS should be submitted 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 has been extended; 
comments on the Draft EIS will be accepted until November 21, 1997. 
Additional public hearings will be held Wednesday, November 5, 1997, 
and Thursday, November 6, 1997.

DATES: The comment period is extended until November 21, 1997. Two 
additional public meetings will be held; one on November 5, 1997, PS 
114--The Belle Harbor School, Belle Harbor, NY; and one on November 6, 
1997, PS 236--The Mill Basin School, Brooklyn, NY. For both meetings 
there will be exhibits and sign-in at 6:30 p.m.; a brief presentation 
followed by public comments on the Draft EIS will begin at 7:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted as follows: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Attention: Docket 
(AGC-200) Docket No. 28365, 800 Independence Avenue, Washington, DC 
20591. The meeting locations are:
    1. November 5, 1997, PS 114--The Belle Harbor School, 400 Beach 
135th, Belle Harbor, NY 11694.
    2. November 6, 1997, PS 236--The Mill Basin School, 6302 Avenue U, 
Brooklyn, NY 11234.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jerome D. Schwartz, Federal Aviation Administration, Environmental 
Specialist, Wind Shear Products Team, AND-420, 800 Independence Avenue, 
SW, Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 267-9841.

    Issued in Washington, DC on September 30, 1997.
James Link,
Deputy Leader, Integrated Product Team for Surveillance, AND-400.
[FR Doc. 97-26326 Filed 10-2-97; 8:45 am]
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