Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Realignment of F/A-18 Aircraft and Operational Functions From Naval Air Station (NAS) Cecil Field, Florida to Other East Coast Installations and Draft Clean Air Act (CAA) Conformity Determination

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of The Navy

Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Realignment of F/A-18

Aircraft and Operational Functions From Naval Air Station (NAS) Cecil

Field, Florida to Other East Coast Installations and Draft Clean Air

Act (CAA) Conformity Determination

Summary: The Department of The Navy Announces That the Public Comment

Period For the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) And Draft

Clean Air Act (CAA) Conformity Determination Which Evaluates The

Realignment of F/A-18 Aircraft And Operational Functions From NAS Cecil

Field, Florida To Other Navy And Marine Corps Air Stations On The East

Coast Of The United States Has Been Extended By Two Weeks To December

2, 1997.

Pursuant to section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by the Council on Environmental Quality

regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), the Department of the Navy filed

a DEIS with Environmental Protection Agency on September 12, 1997. A

Notice of Availability of the DEIS was published in the Federal

Register on September 19, 1997. This notice provided for a 60-day

public comment period on the DEIS which would have expired on November

18, 1997. However, due to the fact that an additional public hearing

has been scheduled for November 17, 1997 at the NC Aquarium in Manteo,

NC (see Federal Register: October 31, 1997, Page 58950), the Navy has

decided to extend the public comment period on the DEIS to December 2,

1997. All comments/questions on the DEIS must be received by close of

business (5 p.m.) on this date. Comments may be mailed to: Commander,

Atlantic Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Attention: Mr.

Dan Cecchini (Code 2032DC), 1510 Gilbert Street, Norfolk, VA 23511.

Comments may also be faxed to (757) 322-4894.

Point of Contact: Additional information concerning this notice may be

obtained by contacting Mr. Cecchini at (757) 322-4891.

Dated: November 7, 1997.

Darse E. Crandall,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 97-29940 Filed 11-13-97; 8:45 am]

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