[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 33 (Friday, February 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 8407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3150]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Office of Community Oriented Policing Services FY 2005 Community 
Policing Discretionary Grants

AGENCY: Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Department of 
Justice.

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

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Assessment, which is available to the 
public, concludes that the methamphetamine investigation and 
clandestine laboratory closure activities of the Methamphetamine 
Initiative will not have significant impact on the quality of the human 
environment given adherence to all applicable laws and regulations.

ADDRESSES: For copies of the Environmental Assessment, please contact: 
COPS Grants Administration Division, 1100 Vermont Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20530; phone: (202) 616-3031 or 1-800-431-6770.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The U.S. Department of Justice 
Response Center, 1-800-421-6770 and ask to speak with your Grant 
Program Specialist.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In Fiscal Year 2003, the COPS Office 
prepared an Environmental Assessment for its methamphetamine law 
enforcement programs, with specific application for the Methamphetamine 
Initiative. This Environmental Assessment was prepared as required by 
the Council on Environmental Quality's regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 
through 1508), implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321, et al.) The Environmental Assessment is current 
and accurate, since the underlying science on which it was based has 
not changed. The Methamphetamine Initiative addresses a broad array of 
law enforcement initiatives pertaining to the investigation of 
methamphetamine trafficking in many heavily impacted areas of the 
country. For the purposes of this program, funded items may include 
training of law enforcement officers in methamphetamine-related issues; 
collection and maintenance of intelligence and information relative to 
methamphetamine trafficking and traffickers; investigation, arrest and 
prosecution of producers, traffickers and users of methamphetamine; 
interdiction and removal of laboratories, finished products, and 
precursor chemicals and other elements necessary to produce 
methamphetamine; transportation and storage of finished products, and 
precursor chemicals, and other elements necessary to produce 
methamphetamine; and preventive efforts to reduce the spread and use of 
methamphetamine. Individual projects will reflect a concentration on 
program areas consistent with Congressional appropriations.
    Among the many challenges faced by law enforcement agencies in the 
Methamphetamine Initiative will be discovery, interdiction, and 
dismantling of clandestine drug laboratories. These lab sites, as well 
as other methamphetamine crime venues must be comprehensively dealt 
with in compliance with a variety of health, safety and environmental 
laws and regulations. The COPS Office requires that recipients, when 
encountering illegal drug laboratories, use grant funds to effect the 
proper removal and disposal of hazardous materials located at those 
laboratories and directly associated sites in accordance with all 
applicable laws and regulations.

Overview

Environmental Assessment

    The COPS Office will award grants to State and local criminal 
justice agencies for the FY 2005 COPS Methamphetamine Initiative. The 
Environmental Assessment concludes that the funding of this program 
will not have a significant impact on the quality of the human 
environment given adherence to all applicable laws and regulations. 
Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement will not be prepared for 
the funding of this program.

    Dated: January 26, 2005.
Carl R. Peed,
Director, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.
[FR Doc. 05-3150 Filed 2-17-05; 8:45 am]
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