John F. Kennedy International Airport Draft Environmental Impact Statement; Notice of Availability

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. 92-181-3]

John F. Kennedy International Airport Draft Environmental Impact

Statement; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service has prepared a draft environmental impact statement

regarding a proposed gull hazard management program for John F. Kennedy

International Airport. This document analyzes the potential

environmental effects of the proposed alternatives for reducing the

interaction between gulls and aircraft at the airport. We are

requesting public comments on the draft environmental impact statement.

DATES: Consideration will be given only to comments received on or

before March 28, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Please send an original and three copies of your comments to

Mr. Richard L. Wadleigh, Staff Officer, Operational Support Staff,

Animal Damage Control, APHIS, USDA, room 819, Federal Building, 6505

Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782. Please state that your comments

refer to Docket No. 92-181-3. Comments received may be inspected at

USDA, room 1141, South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue

SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except holidays. Persons wishing to inspect comments are

requested to call ahead on (202) 690-2817 to facilitate entry into the

comment reading room.

Copies of the draft environmental impact statement are available

for review between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except

holidays, at the following locations:

APHIS Reading Room, room 1141, South Building, 14th Street and

Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC;

USDA-APHIS Library, room G180, Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road,

Hyattsville, MD;

Paterson Free Public Library, Reference Department, 250 Broadway,

Paterson, NJ;

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, John F. Kennedy

International Airport, Building 269, Jamaica, NY;

New York City Public Library, Reference Library, 5th Avenue and 42nd

Street, New York, NY.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of the draft environmental

impact statement by writing to Ms. Janet L. Bucknall at the address

listed below under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Janet L. Bucknall, State Director,

Animal Damage Control, APHIS, USDA, 140-C Locust Grove Road, Pittstown,

NJ 08867-9529, (908) 735-5654, or Mr. Richard L. Wadleigh, Staff

Officer, Operational Support Staff, Animal Damage Control, APHIS, USDA,

room 819, Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782,

(301) 436-8281.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), in

cooperation with the National Park Service and the Fish and Wildlife

Service, U.S. Department of Interior, has prepared a draft

environmental impact statement for a proposed comprehensive gull hazard

management program at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).

Copies of this document were filed with the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) on February 4, 1994, pursuant to section

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and the EPA's notice of availability is published

in the Notices section of today's Federal Register.

We published a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact

statement in the Federal Register on December 4, 1992 (57 FR 57414-

57415, Docket No. 92-181-1). This notice requested comments from the

public concerning issues that should be addressed in the environmental

impact statement. Comments were to be received on or before January 4,

1993. We published a notice of public meeting in the Federal Register

on April 13, 1993 (58 FR 19234, Docket No. 92-181-2). Thus, formal

scoping for the environmental impact statement was held between

December 4, 1992, when the comment period opened, and May 12, 1993,

when the public meeting was held. The comments received from the public

helped us to determine the principal focus of the draft environmental

impact statement.

The draft environmental impact statement is now available for

review and comment. We are seeking input from members of the public,

government agencies, and private industry.

APHIS will consider all comments received by March 28, 1994, in the

development of the final environmental impact statement for the

proposed gull hazard management program at JFK. A notice announcing the

availability of the final document will be published in a subsequent

Federal Register notice.

This notice is issued in accordance with: (1) NEPA, (2) Regulations

of the Council on Environmental Quality for Implementing the Procedural

Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), (3) USDA Regulations

Implementing NEPA (7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS Guidelines

Implementing NEPA (44 FR 50381-50384, August 28, 1979, and 44 FR 51272-

51274, August 31, 1979).

Done in Washington, DC, this 8th day of February 1994.

Lonnie J. King,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 94-3299 Filed 2-10-94; 8:45 am]

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