[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 57583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23243]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy


Notice of Additional Public Hearing in the City of Washington, NC 
(Beaufort County) and Extension of Public Comment Period for the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Clean Air Act Conformity 
Determination for Introduction of F/A-18 E/F (Super Hornet) Aircraft to 
the East Coast of the United States

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act, of 1969 and the regulations implemented by the Council on 
Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), the Department of the 
Navy prepared and filed a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 
and Draft Clean Air Act (CAA) Conformity Determination with the 
Environmental Protection Agency on July 26, 2002. An announcement of 
public hearing dates and locations was published in the Federal 
Register (Volume 67, Number 148) on August 1, 2002, and a Notice of 
Availability was published in the Federal Register (Volume 67, Number 
149) on August 2, 2002. At the public hearing held on August 29, 2002, 
in Plymouth, NC, it was requested that another meeting be held in the 
City of Washington in Beaufort County, NC. This notice announces the 
date and location of an additional public hearing on the DEIS.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: A public hearing has been scheduled for September 
26, 2002, at Washington High School, 400 Slatestown Road, Washington, 
NC. An open information session will precede the scheduled public 
hearing and will allow individuals to review the data presented in the 
DEIS. The open information session is scheduled from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 
p.m., followed by the public hearing from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
    Federal, State, and local agencies, as well as interested parties 
are invited and urged to be present or represented at the hearing. Oral 
statements will be heard and transcribed by a stenographer; however, to 
ensure the accuracy of the record, all statements should be submitted 
in writing. All statements, both oral and written, will become part of 
the public record on the DEIS and Draft CAA Conformity Determination 
and will be responded to in the Final Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS). Equal weight will be given to both oral and written statements.
    In the interest of available time and to ensure all who wish to 
give an oral statement have the opportunity to do so; each speaker's 
comments will be limited to three (3) minutes. If a longer statement is 
to be presented, it should be summarized at the public hearing and the 
full text submitted in writing either at the hearing, mailed, or faxed 
to the contact.
    The Department of the Navy also announces that the public comment 
period for the DEIS and Draft CAA Conformity Determination has been 
extended from October 2, 2002, to October 11, 2002. The Notice of 
Availability provided for a 60-day comment period on the DEIS which 
would have ended on October 2, 2002. However, due to the fact that an 
additional pubic hearing has been scheduled for September 26, 2002, the 
Navy has extended the public comment period on the DEIS and Draft CAA 
Conformity Determination to October 11, 2002. All comments on the DEIS 
must be postmarked on or before October 11, 2002, to be considered in 
the Final EIS. Comments may be mailed to: Commander, Atlantic Division, 
Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Attn: Fred Pierson (Code BD32FP), 
1510 Gilbert Street, Norfolk, VA 23511-2699, Fax (757) 322-4894.
    A copy of the DEIS was distributed to the following library: 
Beaufort County Library, 122 Van Norden, Washington, NC. An electronic 
copy is also available for public viewing at: http://www.efaircraft.ene.com.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Pierson, Atlantic Division, Naval 
Facilities Engineering Command, Norfolk, VA at (757) 322-4935. A 
limited number of single copies of the DEIS, Executive Summary, and 
Draft CAA Conformity Determination are available upon request by 
contacting Mr. Pierson.

    Dated: September 9, 2002.
R.E. Vincent II,
Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, 
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-23243 Filed 9-10-02; 8:45 am]
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