[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 145 (Thursday, July 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 45370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17288]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket No.: MARAD 2004-17166]


Availability of a Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Final Environmental Assessment and 
Finding of No Significant Impact.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Maritime Administration 
(MARAD), of the U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) has made 
available for review to interested parties the Final Environmental 
Assessment (FEA) for the transfer and disposal of approximately nine 
obsolete vessels from the James River Reserve Fleet (JRRF) to the Able 
UK facility located in Teeside, United Kingdom. The FEA studied 
potential environmental effects associated with the transfer of the 
obsolete vessels for disposal. The FEA considered potential effects to 
the natural and manmade environments including: Air quality; water 
quality; geology and soils; coastal resources; terrestrial resources; 
aquatic resources; navigation; hazardous materials; cultural and 
historic resources; and visual and aesthetic resources, among other 
topics associated with the proposed action.
    Conclusion: The Maritime Administration assessed the potential 
environmental consequences of the proposed action and the no action 
alternative, and found no significant impacts to the human and natural 
environments from implementation of the proposed alternative.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debra Aheron, U.S. DOT, Maritime 
Administration, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, tel: (202) 
366-8887/fax: (202) 366-6988, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the Final EA are available on the 
MARAD Web site (http://www.marad.dot.gov) and on the Department of 
Transportation Docket Management System (http://dms.dot.gov).

(Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.)


    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: July 26, 2004.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-17288 Filed 7-28-04; 8:45 am]
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