[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 78 (Monday, April 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21090-21091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6038]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No: MARAD 2006-24149]


Availability of a Draft FONSI/FONPA

AGENCY: Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration.

ACTION: Notice of the Availability of a draft Finding of No Significant 
Impact/Finding of No Practicable Alternative.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this Notice is to make available to the public 
the draft Finding of No Significant Impact/Finding of No Practicable 
Alternative (FONSI/FONPA) for the Port of Anchorage Intermodal 
Expansion, North End Runway Material Extraction and Transport Project 
(Project).
    A draft Environmental Assessment (EA), dated March 2006, was 
prepared that analyzed the potential impacts on the human and natural 
environment associated with the proposed material extraction activities 
at the North End Borrow Site and potential transportation corridors 
located on Elmendorf Air Force Base (EAFB). A final EA and a final 
FONSI/FONPA will be published once comments have been properly 
addressed. This environmental documentation supports the proposed 
expansion of the Port of Anchorage (POA), which includes a variety of 
activities to enhance the transportation of goods and people within the 
State of Alaska.

DATES: Comments on this draft FONSI/FONPA must be received by May 24, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 
MARAD-2006-24149] by any of the following methods:

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     Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 7th St., SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401, 
Washington, DC 20590-001.
     Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the 
Nassif Building, 400 7th St., SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number for this action. Note that all comments received will be 
posted without change to http://dms.dot.gov including any personal 
information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading below.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL-
401 on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 7th St., SW., 
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal Holidays.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An electronic version of this document and 
all documents entered into this docket are available at http://dms.dot.gov. In addition, copies of the EA are available for public 
viewing on the Port of Anchorage Web site (www.portofanchorage.org) or 
at the Loussac Library in Anchorage.

Privacy Act

    Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments 
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit 
http://dms.dot.gov.


    Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.


    Dated: April 18, 2006.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
 [FR Doc. E6-6038 Filed 4-21-06; 8:45 am]
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