[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15840-15841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8043]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Release No. 45668; File No. S7-06-02]


Notice of Intent to Prepare Environmental Assessment

March 28, 2002.
    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) intends to 
prepare an environmental assessment of its planned lease of 
approximately 650,000 square feet of office space at the Station Place 
facility at 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC, currently being 
developed by Louis Dreyfus Properties, LLC. This space will consolidate 
and

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replace the Commission's current office space located in its existing 
headquarters building at 450 5th Street, NW., and in an overflow 
facility at 901 E Street, NW., in Washington, DC. The Commission plans 
to lease this replacement space in Station Place because its lease is 
expiring at its current headquarters at 450 5th Street, and because its 
space requirements exceed its current capacity at both 450 5th Street 
and 901 E Street. The environmental assessment will be prepared in 
accordance with Section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the Council on Environmental Quality 
implementing regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and Section 106 of 
the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. The 
environmental assessment shall also determine whether the Commission's 
decision to lease office space in Station Place will significantly 
affect the quality of the human environment, and hence require an 
environmental impact statement (EIS), or a finding of no significant 
impact (FONSI) under NEPA.
    Interested individuals and groups and other members of the public 
are invited to identify environmental concerns that should be addressed 
during preparation of the environmental assessment. Interested Federal, 
regional and local agencies have also been solicited for comment. 
Public comments received on the potential impacts of the proposed 
action will be considered for the environmental assessment. To be most 
helpful, comments would clearly describe specific issues or topics that 
the community believes the environmental assessment should address. All 
written comments regarding the proposed project must be postmarked no 
later than April 17, 2002 and should be submitted in triplicate to 
Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 
450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549-0609. All comment letters 
should refer to File Number S7-06-02. Comment letters will be available 
for inspection and copying in the Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth 
Street, NW., Washington, DC.

Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-8043 Filed 4-2-02; 8:45 am]
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