[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 26 (Monday, February 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5993-5994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2650]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for 
the National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratories Facility in 
Boston, MA

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health (NIH), DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement 
for the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories facility in 
Boston, MA--extension of comment period and rescheduling of public 
meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National 
Institutes of Health (NIH), announced its intent to prepare an 
environmental impact statement (EIS) to evaluate a proposed new 
National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratories facility in Boston, 
MA in the Federal Register on January 9, 2004. The Public Scoping 
meeting has been rescheduled to

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Tuesday, February 17th from 7 to 9 p.m. in Fanueil Hall, One Dock 
Square (corner of Congress and North Streets), Boston, MA 02109. The 
comment period on the scope of the EIS for the proposed project is 
extended to March 2, 2004. Comments should be received no later than 
March 2, 2004. All comments and questions should be directed to the 
address listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Valerie Nottingham, Chief, 
Environmental Quality Branch, Division of Environmental Protection, 
Office of Research Facilities, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, 
B13/2W64, Bethesda, MD 20892; by telephone 310-496-7775; fax 301-480-
8056; or e-mail [email protected].

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321-4341 (National Environmental Policy 
Act).

    Dated: January 29, 2004.
Stephen A. Ficca,
Associate Director for Research Services, National Institutes of 
Health.
[FR Doc. 04-2650 Filed 2-6-04; 8:45 am]
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