Gary Marina, Final Environmental Impact Statement

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Gary Marina, Final Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior

ACTION: Availability of the final environmental impact statement for

the proposed Gary Marina, adjacent to Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) announces the

availability of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the

Gary Marina. The city of Gary proposes to construct a marina on Lake

Michigan adjacent to the west boundary of Indiana Dunes National

Lakeshore. The proposed marina would require an access road through

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The FEIS was prepared by the city of

Gary and the NPS.

The city of Gary's and the NPS's preferred alternative for marina

access is to construct a road on the abandoned Indiana Harbor Belt

Railroad bed, within the west end of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore,

and on U.S. Steel Corporation property adjacent to but outside Indiana

Dunes National Lakeshore. The city of Gary's and the NPS's preferred

alternative for the marina location is behind an existing breakwater on

land currently owned by U.S. Steel Corporation.

The FEIS includes written responses to comments received on the

supplement to the draft environmental impact statement (SDEIS),

released in April of 1994, as well as minor changes to the text of the

SDEIS.

The 30-day no action period for review of the FEIS will end on

October 28, 1995. A Record of Decision will be issued following the 30-

day no action period.

ADDRESSES: Public reading copies of the FEIS, 1994 SDEIS, and the 1989

DEIS will be available for review at the following locations:

Headquarters and Visitor Center (corner of Hwy 12 and Kemil Road),

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 1100 N. Mineral Springs Road, Porter,

Indiana 46304 (219-926-7561)

City Hall, City of Gary, 401 Broadway, Gary, Indiana 46402 (219-881-

1332)

Gary Public Library, City of Gary, 220 West 5th Avenue, Gary, Indiana

46402 (219-886-2484)

A limited number of the FEIS, the 1994 SDEIS, and the 1989 DEIS are

available on request from the Superintendent of Indiana Dunes National

Lakeshore (refer to address below).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Dale Engquist, Superintendent,

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 1100 N. Mineral Springs Road, Porter,

Indiana 46304, 219-926-7561.

Dated: September 18, 1995.

William W. Schenk,

Field Director, Midwest Region, National Park Service.

[FR Doc. 95-23985 Filed 9-26-95; 8:45 am]

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