[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 130 (Friday, July 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 35691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16961]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Rockland County, New York

AGENCY: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the New York State 
Thruway Authority/Canal Corporation (NYSTA), and the New York 
Department of Transportation (DOT)

ACTION: Revised notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA, NYSTA and DOT announce the termination of the 
preparation of an environmental impact statement for the proposed 
Rockland County to Manhattan Ferry Project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Arnold, Division Administrator, 
FHWA, Leo W. O'Brien Federal Building, Room 719, Clinton Avenue and 
North Pearl Street, Albany, New York 12207, Telephone (518) 431-4127; 
Philip J. Clark, Director, Design Division, NYSDOT, Main Office, 1220 
Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12232, Telephone (518) 457-6452; 
John T. Brizzell, Deputy Executive Director/Chief Engineer, NYS Thruway 
Authority/Canal Corporation, 200 Southern Boulevard, Albany, New York 
12209, Telephone (518) 436-2811.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1996, FHWA, NYSTA and DOT initiated an 
environmental review of the construction of landside facilities in 
Rockland County to support a high-speed ferry service between Rockland 
County and Manhattan.
    A public scoping meeting was held on September 30, 1996 at Hyack 
High School, 360 Christian Herald Road, Upper Nyack, NY from 7:30 p.m. 
to 10:30 p.m. The scoping meeting provided information about the 
proposed project and allowed the public the opportunity to identify 
issues and concerns they believed should be addressed in the 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Comments and suggestions were 
invited from all interested parties.
    At present, FHWA, NYSTA and DOT will not exercise the option to 
prepare the draft EIS and are terminating the environmental review of 
the proposed action. This decision assumes that landside facilities to 
support a high speed ferry service between Rockland County and 
Manhattan would not be constructed by the project sponsors.

    Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 23 CFR 771.123

    Issued on: June 27, 2001.
David W. Nardone,
Senior Operations Engineer, New York Division.
[FR Doc. 01-16961 Filed 7-5-01; 8:45 am]
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