[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 25 (Monday, February 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6130-6131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2972]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[USCG-1998-3584]


Proposed Modernization of the Coast Guard National Distress 
System

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of the availability of the finding of no significant 
impact (FONSI) for the National Distress System Modernization Project 
(NDSMP).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and 
the Council of Environmental Quality Regulations, the Coast Guard has 
approved its Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for the 
National Distress System Modernization Project (NDSMP). Based

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on the final PEA, the Coast Guard makes a finding of no significant 
impact (FONSI) for the proposed NDSMP Action.

ADDRESSES: The FONSI and final PEA are available for inspection or 
copying at the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Room PL 401, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington DC. 
between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays. The telephone number to the Docket Management 
Facility is (202) 366-9329. You may also access the final PEA and FONSI 
on the Internet at the Web Sites: http://dms.dot.gov and http://
ndsmp.spawar.navy.mil.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on this notice, contact 
Mr. Gerald Busch, Commandant (G-AIR), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 Second 
Street SW, Washington, DC. 20593-0001, telephone: (202) 267-2643. For 
questions on viewing this docket contact Dorothy Walker, Chief, 
Dockets, Department of Transportation, telephone (202) 366-9329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final PEA is based on the draft PEA, 
which was published in the Federal Register on June 5, 1998 (63 FR 
30803), and reflects, as appropriate, comments received on the draft 
PEA.

    Dated: January 11, 1999.
R.J. Casto,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Acquisition.
[FR Doc. 99-2972 Filed 2-5-99; 8:45 am]
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