[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 13300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5096]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4912-N-22]


Notice of Availability of Addendum to the Record of Decision and 
Lead Agency Findings Statement for the World Trade Center Memorial and 
Redevelopment Plan in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, NY

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD gives notice to the public, agencies, and Indian tribes 
that the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) has adopted 
Addendum D-1 (ROD Addendum) to the Record of Decision and Lead Agency 
Findings Statement (ROD) for the World Trade Center Memorial and 
Redevelopment Plan (Approved Plan). This notice is given on behalf of 
LMDC. LMDC is a subsidiary of the New York State Urban Development 
Corporation d/b/a Empire State Development Corporation (a political 
subdivision and public benefit corporation of the State of New York). 
As the recipient of HUD Community Development Block Grant funds 
appropriated for the World Trade Center disaster recovery and 
rebuilding efforts, LMDC acts, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5304(g), as the 
responsible entity for compliance with the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA) in accordance with 24 CFR 58.4. LMDC also acts under 
its authority as lead agency in accordance with the New York State 
Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA). The ROD Addendum has been 
adopted in coordination with the Port Authority of New York and New 
Jersey (Port Authority). This notice is given in accordance with the 
Council on Environmental Quality regulations at 40 CFR parts 1500-1508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Further information and a copy of the 
ROD Addendum and Technical Memorandum may be obtained by contacting 
Avalon Simon, Paralegal, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, One 
Liberty Plaza, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10006; telephone number (212) 
962-2300. Further information and a copy of the ROD Addendum and 
Technical Memorandum are also available on LMDC's Web site: http://renewnyc.com in the ``Planning, Design & Development'' section. A copy 
of the ROD Addendum and Technical Memorandum is also available for 
public review at the following locations: (1) Chatham Square Library, 
33 East Broadway, New York, NY 10002; (2) New Amsterdam Library, 9 
Murray Street, New York, NY 10007; (3) Humanities and Social Sciences 
Library, 476 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018; (4) Hamilton Fish 
Library, 415 East Houston Street, New York, NY 10002; (5) Hudson Park 
Library, 66 Leroy Street, New York, NY 10014; (6) Manhattan Community 
Board 1, 49-51 Chambers Street, 715, New York, NY 10007; (7) 
Manhattan Community Board 2, 3 Washington Square Village, Suite 1A, New 
York, NY 10012; and (8) Manhattan Community Board 3, 59 East 4th 
Street, New York, NY 10003.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Technical Memorandum on the ROD Addendum, 
which creates an alternative compliance path to achieve the objectives 
of the Sustainable Design Guidelines set forth in Appendix D to the 
ROD, as well as other project changes, has been prepared by LMDC, as 
lead agency, in cooperation with HUD and the Port Authority. Based on 
this assessment, LMDC has determined that the ROD Addendum will not, 
either individually or cumulatively, have a significant impact on the 
quality of the human environment or a significant adverse environmental 
impact not already analyzed and disclosed in the ROD or the FGEIS for 
the Approved Plan. Therefore, a supplemental environmental impact 
statement will not be undertaken under NEPA or SEQRA. LMDC has adopted 
all practicable means to avoid or minimize environmental harm from the 
selected project and adopted monitoring and enforcement programs where 
applicable for mitigation.
    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Dated: March 13, 2007.
Nelson R. Breg[oacute]n,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development.
 [FR Doc. E7-5096 Filed 3-20-07; 8:45 am]
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