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include evaluations of water, sewage

system, parking, supporting

administrative spaces, gates, gate access,

lighting, and surveillance components.

The direct project impacts, as well as

cumulative impacts of the project, will

also be addressed in the DEIS.

According to the Council on

Environmental Quality’s regulation 40

CFR 1508.22, a scoping process is

required prior to preparing a DEIS. As

part of the DEIS process, the INS will

hold a public meeting in the Houston,

Texas area. Interested parties will be

invited to help identify significant

environmentally related items for

evaluation in the DEIS. Notices will be

published in the Houston local

newspapers to provide the time, date,

and location of the hearing.

Alternatives

The DEIS will include discussions of

the alternative approaches to fulfilling

the requirement for a detention facility

in the area. This will include a review

of potential construction sites within a

35-mile radius of the George Bush

International Airport. The No Action

alternative (i.e., cancellation of the

proposed project) will also be reviewed.

Scoping Process

In developing the DEIS, interested

parties and the public are invited to

help decide the most significant issues

to be examined. A scoping meeting will

be held in the Houston area in the

future. Notice of the meeting will be

published in local newspapers prior to

the meeting indicating the date, time,

and location of the meeting.

DEIS Preparation

The identified significant and relevant

scoping issues will be used to determine

the environmental focus of the DEIS.

Environmental experts will be used to

prepare the analysis of the major

environmental concerns in the DEIS.

After completion, the DEIS will be made

available for public review and

comment prior to the preparation of the

Final Environmental Impact Statement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Diefenbeck, Director of

Facilities and Engineering Division, 425

‘‘I’’ Street, NW, Washington, DC 20536,

Telephone 202–514–3099.

Dated: May 1, 2000.

Doris Miessner,

Commissioner, Immigration and

Naturalization Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Immigration and Naturalization Service

[INS No. 2054–00]

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Construction of a Detention Facility

in the Seattle, Washington Area

AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization

Service, Justice.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS).

SUMMARY:

Proposed Action

The Immigration and Naturalization

Service (INS) will prepare a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

for evaluation of the environmental

impacts of the construction of a

Contractor-Owned Contractor-Operated

(COCO) detention facility near Seattle,

Washington. The INS has a requirement

to expand the total capacity in the area

by 500 beds. The facility is needed in

the Seattle area to house and care for

illegal aliens detained by the INS for

illegal entry into the United States. With

regard to planned construction, the

DEIS will include evaluations of water,

sewage system, parking, supporting

administrative spaces, gates, gate access,

lighting, and surveillance components.

The direct project impacts, as well as

cumulative impacts of the project, will

also be addressed in the DEIS.

According to the Council on

Environmental Quality’s regulation 40

CFR 1508.22, a scoping process is

required prior to preparing a DEIS. As

part of the DEIS process, the INS will

hold a public meeting in the Seattle,

Washington area. Interested parties will

be invited to help identify significant

environmentally related items for

evaluation in the DEIS. Notice will be

published in the Seattle local

newspapers to provide the time, date,

and location of the hearing.

Alternatives

The DEIS will include discussions of

the alternative approaches to fulfilling

the requirement for a detention facility

in the area. This will include a review

of potential construction sites. The No

Action alternative (i.e., cancellation of

the proposed project) will also be

reviewed.

Scoping Process

In developing the DEIS, interested

parties and the public are invited to

help decide the most significant issues

to be examined. A scoping meeting will

be held in the Seattle area in the future.

Notice of the meeting will be published

in local newspapers prior to the meeting

indicating the date, time, and location of

the meeting.

DEIS Preparation

The identified significant and relevant

scoping issues will be used to determine

the environmental focus of the DEIS.

Environmental experts will be used to

prepared the analysis of the major

environmental concerns in the DEIS.

After completion, the DEIS will be made

available for public review and

comment prior to the preparation of the

Final Environmental Impact Statement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Diefenbeck, Director of

Facilities and Engineering Division, 425

‘‘I’’ Street, NW, Washington, DC 20536,

Telephone 202–514–3099.

Dated: May 1, 2000.

Doris Meissner,

Commissioner, Immigration and

Naturalization Service.

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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION

SAFETY BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, May

16, 2000.

PLACE: NTSB Board Room, 429 L’Enfant

Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20594.

STATUS: Open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

7257—Special Investigation Report:

Actions to Reduce Fatalities, Injuries,

and Crashes Involving the Hard Core

Drinking Driver.

7258—Special Investigation Report:

Truck Parking Areas.

7154A—Brief of Accident/Safety

Recommendation: Resulting from a

spill of hydrogen peroxide in cargo

compartment on Northwest Airlines

Flight 957 from Orlando, Florida to

Memphis, Tennessee on October 28,

1998.

NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Telephone: (202)

314–6100.

Individuals requesting specific

accommodation should contact Mrs.

Barbara Bush at (202) 314–6220 by

Friday, May 12, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rhonda Underwood (202) 314–6065.

Dated: May 5, 2000.

Rhonda Underwood,

Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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