[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 53 (Friday, March 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 13305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5939]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Bureau of Prisons


Notice of Cancellation of the Environmental Impact Statement for 
the Criminal Alien Requirement 9

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons.

ACTION: Notice of Cancellation of the Environmental Impact Statement.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), 
announces that it is has decided to discontinue preparation of the 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Criminal Alien Requirement 
9 project (CAR 9). This notice briefly describes the history of the CAR 
9 EIS.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 
1969, the Council of Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 
1500-1508), and the Department of Justice procedures for implementing 
NEPA (28 CFR 61), the BOP prepared a Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (DEIS) for the proposed contract with one or more private 
contractor's to house up to 1,889 federal, low-security, adult male, 
non-U.S. citizen, criminal aliens at contractor-owned, contractor-
operated correctional facilities located in Baldwin, Michigan or Lake 
City, Florida. The BOP began the EIS process with a Notice of Intent 
published in the Federal Register on June 19, 2009. Public scoping 
meetings were then held in Lake City, Florida on June 30, 2009, and in 
Baldwin, Michigan on July 7, 2009. Following the close of the public 
scoping period, the DEIS was developed. A Notice of Availability of the 
DEIS was placed in the Federal Register on November 6, 2009, initiating 
the 45-day public comment period which closed on December 21, 2009. 
Public Hearings were held November 17, 2009 in Lake City, Florida, and 
November 24, 2009 in Baldwin, Michigan.
    This notice announces the decision by the BOP to cancel the DEIS 
following cancellation of the underlying proposed contracting action 
due to lack of funding.
    Questions Concerning This Matter May Be Directed To: Richard A. 
Cohn, Chief, Capacity Planning and Site Selection Branch, or Issac J. 
Gaston, Site Selection Specialist, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 320 First 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20534, Tel: 202-514-6470, Fax: 202-616-
6024/E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected].

    Dated: March 12, 2010.
Richard A. Cohn,
Chief, Capacity Planning and Site Selection Branch.
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