[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 101 (Friday, May 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36578-36579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13042]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Montauk Point Storm Damage Reduction Project, Town of East Hampton, 
Suffolk County, Long Island, NY

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District, 
is preparing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to ascertain 
compliance with and to lead to the production of a National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document in accordance with the 
President's Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) Rules and 
Regulations, as defined and amended in 40 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), parts 1500-1508, USACE principals and guidelines as defined in 
Engineering Regulation (ER) 1105-2-100, and other applicable Federal 
and State environmental laws for the proposed Storm Damage Reduction 
Project at the Montauk Point Lighthouse in Montauk, New York. The study 
area consists of the Montauk Point Lighthouse bluff in the Town of East 
Hampton, Long Island, New York.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Ricciardi, Project 
Archaeologist, Planning Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New 
York District, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 2131, New York, New York, 10278-
0090 at (212) 264-0204 or at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This study is authorized by a U.S. House of 
Representatives Resolution adopted May 15, 1991 to provide, in part, 
storm damage protection for the bluff and lighthouse.
    1. A public scoping meeting was held in November of 2001 and the 
results were collected in the Public Scoping Document. These results 
are available for review and additional scoping comments. All results 
from public and agency scoping coordination will be addressed in the 
DEIS. Parties interested in receiving the Scoping Document should 
contact Christopher Ricciardi at the above address.
    2. A DEIS is due for completion by March 2003.
    3. Federal agencies interested in participating as a Cooperating 
Agency are requested to submit a letter of intent

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to COL John B. O'Dowd, District Engineer, at the above address.

Luz D. Ortiz,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-13042 Filed 5-23-02; 8:45 am]
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