# Draft Environmental Assessment > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A97-29774 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** November 13, 1997 - **Citation:** 62 FR 60916 ## Text DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Draft Environmental Assessment ACTION: Release of Draft Environmental Assessment for Navigational Improvements for Washington Sailing Marina and Columbia Island Marina for public review and announcement of a public meeting on November 21, 1997 at Patowmack Landing Restaurant at the Washington Sailing Marina in Alexandria, Virginia. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Washington Sailing Marina (WSM), located on Dangerfield Island, just opposite National Airport and Columbia Island Marina (CIM), at the southern end of Lyndon Baines Johnson Grove and 3 miles upstream from WSM are owned by the National Park Service (NPS) and managed by Guest Services, Inc. The marinas provide for recreational boating and access to the Federal navigational project in the Potomac River. The WSM provides recreational sailing and the CIM provides recreational power boating. The access channels serving to connect these marinas with the Federal Navigational channel are inadequate and unsafe for the types of boats currently using these marinas. Through both studies, the benefits which may reasonably be expected to accrue from the proposed project are being balanced against its reasonable foreseeable detriments. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and Clean Water Act the NPS is soliciting comments from the public, state, and local agencies and officials, and other interested parties. The public review and comment period for the draft feasibility study and draft environmental assessment will begin on November 21, 1997 and close on December 21, 1997. A public meeting will be held on November 21, 1997 at 7:00 p.m. at Patowmack Landing Restaurant meeting room, located at the Washington Sailing Marina, one mile south of National Airport, on George Washington Memorial Parkway. For further information please contact Superintendent, George Washington Memorial Parkway at 703-285-2600. Requests for copies of the draft plan or written comments may be addressed to Superintendent, at George Washington Memorial Parkway, c/o Turkey Run Park, McLean, Virginia 22101. Comments must be received by December 21, 1997, to be addressed by the Final Feasibility Study and Environmental Assessment. Dated: November 3, 1997. Audry F. Calhoun, Superintendent, George Washington Memorial Parkway. [FR Doc. 97-29774 Filed 11-12-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-70-M --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A97-29774. Public record. Not legal advice.