[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 130 (Thursday, July 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 41278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15449]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4912-N-09]


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision and Lead Agency 
Findings Statement for the World Trade Center Memorial and 
Redevelopment Plan in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, NY

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
announces the availability of the Record of Decision and Lead Agency 
Findings Statement (ROD) for the World Trade Center Memorial and 
Redevelopment Plan. This notice is given on behalf of the Lower 
Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC). LMDC is a subsidiary of the 
New York State Urban Development Corporation d/b/a Empire State 
Development Corporation (a political subdivision and public benefit 
corporation of the State of New York). As the recipient of HUD 
Community Development Block Grant funds appropriated for the World 
Trade Center disaster recovery and rebuilding efforts, LMDC acts, 
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5304(g), as the responsible entity for compliance 
with the National Environmental Policy Act in accordance with 24 CFR 
58.4. LMDC also acts under its authority as lead agency in accordance 
with the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act. The ROD has 
been prepared in cooperation with The Port Authority of New York and 
New Jersey. This notice is given in accordance with the Council on 
Environmental Quality regulations at 40 CFR parts 1500-1508. The Final 
Generic Environmental Impact Statement (FGEIS) for the World Trade 
Center Memorial and Redevelopment Plan was available for public comment 
from April 16, 2004 through May 24, 2004. All substantive comments 
received were considered during the preparation of the ROD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Further information and a copy of the 
ROD may be obtained by contacting: William H. Kelley, Planning Project 
Manager, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, One Liberty Plaza, 
20th Floor, New York, NY 10006; telephone: (212) 962-2300; fax: (212) 
962-2431; e-mail: [email protected]. A copy of the ROD is 
also available on LMDC's Web site: http://www.RenewNYC.com in the 
``Planning, Design & Development'' section.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: After considering a variety of alternatives, 
including a no-action alternative, LMDC has selected the ``Proposed 
Action'' as defined in the FGEIS along with the possible use of the 
``Northern Service Option,'' a refinement of the ``At-Grade Loading 
Alternative'' discussed in the FGEIS (the Selected Project). The 
Selected Project will provide for the construction on the Project Site 
of a WTC Memorial (Memorial), an interpretive museum (Memorial Center) 
and cultural facilities, up to approximately 10 million square feet of 
above-grade Class A office space with associated storage, mechanical, 
loading, below-grade parking, and other non-office space, up to 1 
million square feet of retail space, a hotel with up to 800 rooms and 
up to 150,000 square feet of conference space, open space areas, and 
certain infrastructure improvements. The combined total of the retail 
and hotel facilities will not exceed 1.6 million square feet. The 
Selected Project will be assisted in part by HUD Community Development 
Block Grant funds appropriated by Congress for the World Trade Center 
disaster recovery and rebuilding efforts.
    The Project Site includes the WTC Site and the Southern Site. The 
WTC Site is a parcel bounded by Liberty, Church, and Vesey Streets and 
Route 9A. The Southern Site comprises two adjacent blocks south of the 
WTC Site--one bounded by Liberty, Washington, Albany, and Greenwich 
Streets, and the other bounded by Liberty, Cedar, and Washington 
Streets and Route 9A--and portions of two streets: Liberty Street 
between those blocks and the WTC Site and Washington Street between 
Cedar and Liberty Streets. Together the sites comprise approximately 
20.6 acres in Lower Manhattan.
    LMDC has adopted all practical means to avoid or minimize 
environmental harm from the Selected Project and adopted monitoring and 
enforcement programs where applicable for mitigation. Monitoring 
procedures and enforcement mechanisms for the Selected Project will 
include the implementation of the Commercial Design Guidelines and 
Sustainable Design Guidelines, participation in the Lower Manhattan 
Construction Coordination Group, cooperation with the Lower Manhattan 
Construction Command Center, implementation of the World Trade Center 
Memorial and Redevelopment Plan Programmatic Agreement, implementation 
of traffic mitigation measures and compliance with the discharge limits 
and requirements of the State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
permit for the Hudson River pump station and its cooling water intake 
system.
    Questions may be directed to the individual named in this notice 
under the heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Dated: June 29, 2004.
Nelson Breg[oacute]n,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Community Planning and Development.
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