Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS); Newark International Airport MonorailNortheast Corridor Connection Project; Public Hearing

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS); Newark International

Airport Monorail--Northeast Corridor Connection Project; Public Hearing

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

ACTION: Notice of public hearing.

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SUMMARY: The Eastern Region of the FAA announces:

The FAA, acting as ``Lead Agency,'' has prepared a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)--for a proposal by the Port

Authority of New York and New Jersey, acting as ``Sponsor,'' to develop

the Newark International Airport (EWR) Monrail--Northeast Corridor

Connection Project (Newark Airport Monorail-NEC Connection Project).

The DEIS has been prepared to evaluate environmental impacts

associated with the project. Three alternatives are analyzed in the

DEIS: a ``No Build'' alternative; a Transportation Systems Management

option; and a Build alternative, which is the extension of the monorail

system (currently under construction at the airport) to the northeast

rail corridor, along with construction of a new rail station. Three

monorail alignments are under consideration for the extension; their

associated environmental impacts are analyzed in the DEIS.

A Public Hearing has been scheduled to discuss the project

alternatives, present the three alignments under consideration, and

receive comments on the DEIS:

Date: Wednesday, August 17, 1994.

Time: 4:00 pm-6:00 pm Presentation/Comment Period; 7:00 pm-9:00 pm

Repeat Presentation/Comment Period.

Place: Holiday Inn North, 169 Holiday Plaza, Newark, NJ 07114.

In the advance of the Hearing, you are invited to review copies of

the complete DEIS at the following locations (call to confirm hours):

Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07101, (201)

733-7800

Elizabeth Public Library, 11 South Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07202,

(908) 354-6060

Federal Aviation Administration, US Department of Transportation,

Fitzgerald Federal Building--Room 347, JFK International Airport,

Jamaica, NY 11430, (718) 553-1250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Anthony P. Spera, Federal Aviation Administration, Eastern Region

Office, AEA-620, Fitzgerald Federal Building, John F. Kennedy

International Airport, Jamaica, New York 11430. Telephone (718) 553-

1250.

Issued in Jamaica, New York on August 9, 1994.

Anthony P. Spera,

Manager, Planning and Programming Branch, Airports Division, Federal

Aviation Administration, Eastern Regional Office, Jamaica, New York.

[FR Doc. 94-20002 Filed 8-15-94; 8:45 am]

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