[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 207 (Friday, October 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 65637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27195]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center


FLETC Glynco, GA; Notice of Intent

AGENCY: Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of intent to hold public meeting and prepare an 
environmental assessment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center (FLETC), pursuant to the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations 
for Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR parts 
1500-1508), and the Department of the Treasury Directive 75-02 
(Department of the Treasury Environmental Quality Program), proposes to 
prepare an Environmental Assessment related to the limited acquisition 
of certain public roadways adjacent to the FLETC Glynco, Georgia 
facility. The proposed action is associated with a previous FLETC 
action involving the purchase of property and buildings located at the 
intersection of Sidney Lanier Drive and Ethridge Drive, Brunswick, 
Georgia, which are adjacent to the existing FLETC site. The action 
addressed herein includes acquisition of portions of these public roads 
near their intersection, construction of cul-de-sacs where these public 
roads are blocked to allow turnarounds, security fencing to connect and 
incorporate the property and buildings noted above into the perimeter 
of the adjacent FLETC site, and extension of the current FLETC internal 
perimeter road. Double leaf security gates will be installed in each 
cul-de-sac.
    Meeting Information: Public participation in the scoping process 
will be an integral part of this project. During the scoping process 
the FLETC will seek information, comments, and guidance from agencies 
and the public that may be interested in, or affected by, this project. 
The scoping process will include: (a) Identification of potential 
issues; (b) identification of issues to be analyzed in depth; (c) 
elimination of insignificant issues; (d) identification of potential 
environmental effects; (e) exploration of potential alternatives; and 
(f) determination of potentially involved agencies. The FLETC will 
conduct a meeting associated with the scoping of the assessment of 
potential significant environmental impacts related to the project. The 
meeting will be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the 
project area. The meeting will be open to the interested public, and 
federal, state, and local government agencies, and will be held on 
November 7, 2002 from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. at the Coastal Georgia 
Community College 3700 Altama Avenue Brunswick, Georgia in the 
Southeast Georgia Conference Center for Continuing Education Building. 
The public and agencies are invited to participate in the planning and 
analysis of the proposed project. Representatives of the FLETC and its 
consultants will be available at the meeting to discuss the FLETC's 
environmental review process, describe the project and alternatives 
under consideration, discuss the scope of environmental issues to be 
considered in accordance with the requirements of NEPA, and answer 
questions and written comments.

DATES: Written comments will be accepted until December 8, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: FLETC, Building T-726, Glynco, GA 31524.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Shaw, NEPA Coordinator/Project 
Manager, FLETC, at (912) 261-4557. Ms. Shaw's e-mail address is 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 
has a mission of providing high quality, cost-effective training of 
federal law enforcement personnel. The Glynco, Georgia FLETC facility 
is the primary training location for FLETC, with others located in 
Maryland and New Mexico.
    Alternatives being considered by the FLETC for this project 
include: (a) No Action--Continuation of the present road configuration 
and public access without security improvements to the buildings; (b) 
Proposed Action--Acquisition of public roads, inclusion of the 
buildings into the FLETC site, construction of cul-de-sacs, and 
construction of perimeter fencing and road; (c) Alternative--
Improvements to building security without road acquisition, with 
continued isolation of the buildings from the contiguous FLETC site.
    Based on the input received at the public meeting, and ongoing 
contact and involvement of the interested agencies and the public, the 
FLETC will prepare a Draft Environmental Assessment addressing the 
significance of the project and its impact for public review and 
comment. Distribution and placement of this document in publicly 
accessible places such as the regional library and government offices 
will occur. A Final Environmental Assessment will be prepared 
considering the comments from agencies and the public received 
following the review period for the draft document.
    Should the FLETC determine, based on the information presented in 
the Final Environmental Assessment for the project, that the impacts of 
the acquisition and associated construction will not have a significant 
environmental impact, it will prepare a Finding of No Significant 
Impact (FONSI) for publication in the Federal Register and in a 
newspaper of general circulation in the project area. Should 
significant environmental impacts be determined to exist due to the 
project, the FLETC will proceed with the preparation of an 
Environmental Impact Statement, per the requirements of NEPA, the 
Council on Environmental Quality, and its own environmental policies 
and procedures.

    Authority: The Council on Environmental Quality's National 
Environmental Policy Act, 40 CFR parts 1500 et seq.

    Dated: October 21, 2002.
Paul Magalski,
Assistant Director, Office of Compliance, Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center.
[FR Doc. 02-27195 Filed 10-24-02; 8:45 am]
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