Statue of Liberty NM and Ellis Island, New York and New Jersey; Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement
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[Federal Register: June 25, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 122)]
[Notices]
[Page 37862]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Statue of Liberty NM and Ellis Island, New York and New Jersey;
Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement
In accordance with the National Environment Policy Act of 1969
(Pub. L. 91-109 section 102(c)), the National Park Service (NPS) has
prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Ellis Island
located in upper New York Harbor, within the States of New Jersey and
New York. The purpose of the DEIS is to assess the environmental
consequences of alternative management strategies for the
rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of 30 abandoned and deteriorating
buildings on Ellis Island and limited service and emergency access that
is described in a Development Concept Plan (DCP) that forms the basis
for the DEIS.
Copies of the DCP/DEIS are available in hard copy or Compact Disk
and may be obtained by contacting the Superintendent, Statue of Liberty
NM and Ellis Island, Ellis Island Receiving Office, Jersey City, NJ
07305. The DCP/DEIS may also be accessed via the park's Web site at
www.nps.gov/elis.
The NPS will also hold informational meetings in New Jersey and
Manhattan to present the management strategies and to provide the
public with an opportunity to comment.
Meeting times and locations will be posted in area newspapers and
on the park's Web site noted above.
Written comments may be sent to the Superintendent until August 8,
2003. After public and interagency review of the draft document
comments will be considered, and a Final EIS and Record of Decision
shall be prepared.
Dated: May 16, 2003.
Robert W. McIntosh, Jr.,
Associate Regional Director, Planning and Partnerships, Northeast
Region, National Park Service.
[FR Doc. 03-15977 Filed 6-24-03; 8:45 am]
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