[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55823-55824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22191]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Comment Period Extension for the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement for the South River, Raritan River Basin, Hurricane and Storm 
Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Study, Middlesex County, NJ

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

ACTION:  Notice; Comment period extension.

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SUMMARY: By Federal Register notice of June 7, 2002 (67 FR 39366) the 
New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) announced 
the availability of the Draft Environmental

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Impact Statement (DEIS) for the South River, Raritan River Basin, 
Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Study. 
The purpose of the study is to identify a plan that would protect local 
communities from damages caused by hurricanes and storms, and restore 
degraded ecosystem structure and function in the South River watershed.
    In response to requests to increase the public notice comment 
period, the Corps finds it appropriate to extend the comment period for 
an additional 45 days beyond the 22 July 2002 date previously in 
effect. All interested parties are notified that the comment period of 
this public notice is hereby extended until 5 September 2002.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before 5 September 
2002.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to Mark Burlas, Project 
Wildlife Biologist, Planning Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
New York District, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York 10278-0090.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Burlas, Project Wildlife 
Biologist, Planning Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York 
District, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York, 10278-0090 at (212) 
264-4663.

Luz D. Ortiz,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-22191 Filed 8-29-02; 8:45 am]
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