[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 203 (Monday, October 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64694-64695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26720]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG-2002-13487]


Environmental Assessment of Implementation of the Coast Guard 
Training Center Cape May's Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

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ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces the availability of an Environmental 
Assessment (EA) of Implementation of the Coast Guard Training Center 
Cape May's Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP) Cape 
May, New Jersey. The Coast Guard concluded that the implementation of 
the INRMP would not have a significant, adverse impact on the 
environment and therefore has issued a draft Finding of No Significant 
Impact (FONSI). We request your comments on the EA, INRMP and draft 
FONSI.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before November 20, 
2002.

ADDRESSES: To make sure your comments and related material are not 
entered more than once in the docket, please submit them by only one of 
the following means:
    (1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility, (USCG-2002-13487), 
U.S. Department of Transportation, room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (2) By delivery to Mr. Chris Hajduk, Chief--Environmental 
Protection and Safety Section, U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape 
May, 1 Munro Avenue, Cape May, New Jersey, 08204 or by e-mail at 
[email protected]
    (3) By fax to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251.
    (4) Electronically through the Web Site for the Docket Management 
System at http://dms.dot.gov.
    The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this 
notice. Comments and material received from the public, as well as the 
INRMP, EA, and draft FONSI, will become part of this docket and will be 
available for inspection or copying at room PL-401 on the Plaza level 
of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 
9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The 
INRMP, EA, and draft FONSI also will be available for inspection or 
copying at the Cape May County Library, 30 West Mechanic St., Cape May 
Court House, NJ 08210, telephone: 609-463-6350. You may also find this 
docket, including the EA, on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice, 
the proposed project, or the associated INRMP, contact Mr. Chris 
Hajduk, Chief--Environmental Protection and Safety Section, U.S. Coast 
Guard Training Center Cape May, telephone 609-898-6889, or via e-mail 
at [email protected]. If you have questions on viewing or 
submitting material to the docket, call Ms. Dorothy Beard, Chief, 
Dockets, Department of Transportation, and telephone 202-366-5149.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

    We encourage you to review and submit comments on the Environmental 
Assessment (EA) of our Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan 
(INRMP) for the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, New Jersey, 
and our draft Finding Of No Significant Impact (FONSI). If you do so, 
please include your name and address, identify the docket number (USCG-
2002-13478), indicate the specific document and section of that 
document to which each comment applies, and give the reason for each 
comment. Please submit all comments and related material in an unbound 
format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for copying. If 
you would like to know that your submission reached us, please enclose 
a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all 
comments and material received during the comment period.

Proposed Action

    We have prepared an EA. The EA identifies and examines the 
reasonable alternatives and assesses their potential environmental 
impact. Our preferred alternative is to implement the Integrated 
Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP).
    We are requesting your comments on environmental concerns you may 
have related to the EA and the draft FONSI. This includes suggesting 
analyses and methodologies for use in the EA or possible sources of 
data or information not included in the EA. Your comments will be 
considered in preparing the complete EA.

Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact

    The EA examines potential effects of the proposed action of 
implementing the INRMP on 20 resource areas: environmental setting, 
climate, air quality, noise, topography, geology, soils, water 
resources, wetlands, floodplain and coastal zones, aquatic habitat, 
riparian habitat, terrestrial ecosystems, fauna, endangered, 
threatened, and rare species, land use, facilities, hazardous and toxic 
materials, socioeconomic resources, and environmental justice. The 
INRMP integrates all aspects of natural resource management at TRACEN 
Cape May, and identifies management approaches that would benefit local 
ecosystems. The INRMP was developed using an interdisciplinary approach 
that solicited information from a variety of Federal, state, and local 
agencies and groups. An INRMP Focus Group was formed, which included 
key Installation personnel and individuals from various agencies and 
groups that have an interest in TRACEN Cape May and the management of 
its resources. Agencies involved in the process include U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service and New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife 
Management. Proper utilization of this Plan for the conservation of 
natural resources should not impair the ability of the Installation to 
perform its mission(s).
    The EA concluded that the implementation of the INRMP would not 
have a significant, adverse impact on the environment--resulting in the 
issuance of a draft Finding Of No Significant Impact (FONSI). An 
Environmental Impact Statement is not required prior to implementation 
of the proposed action.

    Dated: October 10, 2002.
D.S. Klipp,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Facilities Engineer, Coast Guard Training 
Center Cape May.
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