[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 223 (Friday, November 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67711-67712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25681]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Athens Navigation Project, Village of Athens, Greene County, NY

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 (USACE), New York District, 
is preparing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to ascertain 
compliance with and to lead to the production of a National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document in accordance with the 
President's Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) Rules and 
Regulations, as defined and

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amended in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), parts 1500-1508, Corps 
principals and guidelines as defined in Engineering Regulation (ER) 
1105-2-100, Planning Guidance Notebook, ER200-2-2, Procedures for 
Implementing NEPA, and other applicable Federal and State environmental 
laws for the proposed Athens Navigation Project, Village of Athens, 
Greene County, NY.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, 26 Federal 
Plaza, Room 2146, New York, NY 10278-0090.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bonnie Hulkower, Project Biologist, 
Planning Division--Environmental Branch, at (212) 264-5798 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This project is a modification to the Hudson 
River to Waterford project, authorized and directed by Section 110 of 
the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 
104-206).
    1. A Public Scoping Meeting was held in May 2002 and the results 
were collected in the Public Scoping Document. These results are 
available for review. All results from public and agency scoping 
coordination will be addressed in the DEIS. Parties interested in 
receiving the Scoping Document should contact Bonnie Hulkower (see 
ADDRESSES).
    2. A DEIS is scheduled for completion by January 2005.
    3. Federal agencies interested in participating as a Cooperating 
Agency are requested to submit a letter of intent to COL Richard J. 
Polo, Jr., District Engineer, (see ADDRESSES).

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-25681 Filed 11-18-04; 8:45 am]
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