[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 63 (Monday, April 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16547-16548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4759]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0035]


Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Gull Hazard 
Reduction Program at John F. Kennedy International Airport

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that a supplemental environmental 
impact statement will be prepared by the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service to analyze alternatives and methods for the 
reduction of additional wildlife hazards to aircraft and human health 
and safety at John F. Kennedy International Airport. This action is a 
supplement to the Gull Hazard Reduction Program at John F. Kennedy 
International Airport Final Environmental Impact Statement, May 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Richard Chipman, Wildlife 
Services, APHIS, 1930 Route 9, Castleton, NY 12033-9653; (518) 477-
4837.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS), in cooperation with the Department of the Interior's 
Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service, the Federal 
Aviation Administration, the New York State Department of Environmental 
Conservation, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and the 
New York City Department of Environmental Protection, intends to 
prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to address 
wildlife hazards to aircraft resulting from changes in wildlife 
populations and land uses in and around the John F. Kennedy 
International Airport (JFK). This action is a supplement to the Gull 
Hazard Reduction Program at John F.

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Kennedy International Airport Final Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS), May 1994.
    The scope of the EIS will be changed to include management of risks 
associated with bird species already addressed in the 1994 EIS and 
hazards associated with additional wildlife species including, but not 
limited to, double-crested cormorants and Canada geese. The SEIS will 
review the efficacy and impacts of current wildlife hazard management 
efforts and analyze impacts of new and/or expanded alternatives and 
methods for wildlife hazard management at JFK. We anticipate that the 
draft SEIS will be available for review by the general public in 
September 2006.
    The SEIS will be prepared in accordance with: (1) The National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
seq.), (2) regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality for 
implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-
1508), (3) USDA regulations implementing NEPA (7 CFR part 1), and (4) 
APHIS' NEPA Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 372).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 29th day of March 2006.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E6-4759 Filed 3-31-06; 8:45 am]
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