[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4960-4961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1077]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket Number: MARAD 2005--22519]


Availability of a Finding of No Significant Impact

AGENCY: Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration.

ACTION: Notice of the availability of a finding of no significant 
impact and finding of no practicable alternative.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this Notice is to make available to the public 
the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) derived from the 
Environmental Assessment (EA) regarding the Cherry Hill Material 
Extraction and Transport Project on Elmendorf Air Force Base. Included 
in the FONSI is a Finding of No Practicable Alternative that addresses 
wetland loss.
    The objective of this Project is to extract and transport suitable 
fill material for the Port of Anchorage Intermodal Expansion 
(Expansion). The Expansion will improve and enhance the existing dock 
and terminal capability at the Port to facilitate the transportation of 
goods and people within the State of Alaska.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel E. Yuska, Jr., Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Office of Environmental Activities, U.S. 
Maritime Administration, 400 7th Street, SW., Room 7209, Washington, DC 
20590; telephone (202) 366-0714, fax (202) 366-6988.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Maritime Administration, in cooperation 
with the Port of Anchorage, completed an EA that studied potential 
environmental effects associated with the extraction and transport of 
suitable fill material from the Cherry Hill Borrow Site on Elmendorf 
Air Force Base. The EA considered potential effects to the natural and 
human environment including: air quality; water quality; geology and 
soils; coastal resources; terrestrial resources; aquatic resources;

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navigation; hazardous materials; cultural and historic resources; 
visual and aesthetic resources; and other topics associated with the 
proposed action. The FONSI is based on the analysis presented in the 
Cherry Hill Material Extraction and Transport EA.
    The FONSI and the EA are available for review at Loussac Library in 
Anchorage or online at http://www.portofanchorage.org and http://www.dms.dot.gov.

    Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: January 24, 2006.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
 [FR Doc. E6-1077 Filed 1-27-06; 8:45 am]
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