[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 28592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12980]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[CGD09-01-027]


Great Lakes Icebreaking: Recording Decision on Final 
Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the availability of its Record of 
Decision for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (``FEIS'') issued 
on 26 July 2000. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy 
Act and the Council of Environmental Quality Regulations, the Coast 
Guard has approved the preferred alternative for Ninth Coast Guard 
District icebreaking activity.

ADDRESSES: The Record of Decision is available for inspection or 
copying at the Ninth Coast Guard District Legal Office, 1240 East Ninth 
Street, Room 2075, Cleveland, Ohio 44199-2060 between 8 a.m. and 4 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, Telephone (216) 
902-6010. Any interested party may request a copy of the EIS by writing 
or calling the National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal 
Road, Springfield, Virginia, 22161, (800) 553-6847 and asking for 
document number PB 2000-105-877.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions regarding the Record of 
Decision, contact LCDR Clayton Diamond, Ninth Coast Guard District 
Legal Office, 1240 East Ninth Street, Room 2075, Cleveland, Ohio 44199-
2060, Telephone (216) 902-6010. For questions regarding the FEIS, 
contact Mr. Frank Blaha, U.S. Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit, 1240 
East Ninth Street, Room 2179, Cleveland, Ohio 44199-2060, Telephone 
(216) 902-6258.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Record of Decision is based upon the 
FEIS for USCG icebreaking operations on the Great Lakes. The USCG will 
implement the preferred alternative by continued icebreaking operations 
in order to engage in the agency's primary duties: facilitation of 
shipping, flood control, search and rescue, and research and 
development, through icebreaking in the Great Lakes. All practicable 
measures to avoid or minimize environmental impacts from winter 
commercial shipping operations, including icebreaking, have been 
identified and incorporated in the preferred alternative.

    Dated: May 3, 2001.
James D. Hull,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Ninth Coast Guard District.
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