[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 32332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-13015]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Liberty State Park Ecosystem Restoration Project, Jersey City, Hudson 
County, NJ

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

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), New York District, 
is preparing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to ascertain 
compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which 
will lead to the production of a NEPA document in accordance with the 
President's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Rules and 
Regulations, as defined and amended in 40 CFR parts 1500-1508, Corps 
principles and guidelines as defined in Engineering Regulation (ER) 
1105-2-100, and other applicable Federal and State environmental laws, 
for the proposed Ecosystem Restoration Project at Liberty State Park, 
Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ. The study area includes Liberty State 
Park, the immediately adjacent environs of Jersey City and the 
surrounding proximal waters of Upper New York Bay.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Will, Project Biologist, U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, Planning Division, 
Environmental Analysis Branch, 26 Federal Plaza, room 2151, New York, 
NY 10278-0090 at (212) 264-2165 or at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. This study was authorized in a resolution of the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the U.S. House of Representatives, 
dated April 15, 1999, Docket 2596.
    2. A Public Scoping Meeting was held on July 17, 2003 and the 
results collected in a Public Scoping Document. These results are 
available for review and additional scoping comments. All results from 
public and agency scoping coordination will be addressed in the DEIS. 
Parties interested in receiving the Public Scoping Document should 
contact Mr. Will at the above address.
    3. A DEIS is due for completion by July 2004.
    4. Federal agencies interested in participating as a Cooperating 
Agency are requested to submit a letter of intent to COL John B. 
O'Dowd, District Engineer, at the above address.

Leonard Houston,
Chief, Environmental Analysis Branch.
[FR Doc. 04-13015 Filed 6-8-04; 8:45 am]
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