[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 92 (Thursday, May 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30424-30425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11751]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. Docket No. FR-4491-N-04]


Draft SEQRA/NEPA Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIR/EIS); City of Yonkers, NY; Affordable Housing Ordinance 
(AHO) Mandated By a 1988 Federal Long-Term Plan Order

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Housing and Urban Development gives this 
notice to the public that the City of Yonkers, New York, intends to 
prepare an Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIR/EIS) for a proposed apartment project located at 1105-1135 
Warburton Avenue containing 524 units, 58 units (11% of the total 
units) of which are intended to be affordable housing.
    This notice is in accordance with regulations of the Council on 
Environmental Quality as described in 40 CFR parts 1500-1508. Federal 
agencies having jurisdiction by law, special expertise, or other 
special interest should report their interests and indicate their 
readiness to aid in the EIR/EIS efforts as a ``Cooperating Agency''. 
Particularly solicited is information on reports or other environmental 
studies planned or completed in the project area, major issues and 
dates which the EIR/EIS should consider and recommend mitigation 
measures and alternatives associated with the proposed project.
    A Draft EIR/EIS will be completed and pubished about June 30, 2000 
for the proposed action described herein. Comments relating to the 
Draft EIR/EIS

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are requested and will be accepted by the contact person listed below. 
When the Draft EIR/EIS is completed, a notice will be sent to 
individuals and groups known to be interested in the Draft EIR/EIS. Any 
person or agency interested in receiving a notice and making comment on 
the Draft EIR/EIS should contact the person listed below.

ADDRESSES: All interested agencies, groups and persons are invited to 
submit written comments on the within-named project and the Draft EIR/
EIS to: Lee Ellman, Planning Director, Department of Planning and 
Development, City of Yonkers, 87 Nepperhan Avenue, Suite 311, Yonkers, 
New York, 10701, (914) 377-6558. Comments pertaining to the proposed 
project should be received by the person and office named above within 
15 days of the publication of this notice in order for all comments to 
be considered in the preparation of the Draft EIR/EIS.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The City of Yonkers, acting on behalf of the 
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will prepare an EIR/
EIS to analyze the potential impacts of developing a 4.6 acre property, 
located on the west side of Warburton Avenue, north of Odell Avenue. 
The proposed project would include 524 units of housing with a 2-
building rental apartment complex. It is proposed that 58, studio, one 
and two bedroom affordable units will be mixed with market rate units.
    Amenities of the complex are to include a fitness center, swimming 
pool, a club room and enclosed parking for use by residents. The entire 
building is expected to be 597,380 square feet in size with 705 parking 
spaces.
    A 0.91 acre portion is wetland. On site mitigation is expected to 
retain a portion of the wetland. Off site mitigation will create 
additional wetland areas. Both of these actions will be subject to 
approval by the Army Corps of Engineers under application number 1999-
10770-YN.
    The project is expected to take advantage of 80/20 Program tax 
exempt financing and federal tax credits to offset the loss of revenue 
from the affordable housing units.

Need for the EIS

    It has been determined that the project may constitute an action 
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment and an 
Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement will be 
prepared by the City of Yonkers in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190) on such project.
    Responses to this notice will be used to:
    1. Determine significant environmental issues
    2. Identify data which the EIS/EIR should address, and,
    3. Identify agencies and other parties which will participate in 
the EIR/EIS process and the basis for their involvement.
    This notice is in accordance with the regulations of Housing and 
Urban Development under its rule (HUD Title 24, Part 58, Subpart G, 
Section 58.55) and of the Council on Environmental Quality under its 
rule (40 CFR part 1500-1508).

Scoping

    This notice is part of the process used for scoping the EIR/EIS. 
Responses will help determine the significant environmental issues, 
identify data which the EIR/EIS should address, and help identify 
cooperating agencies.
    A scoping session to determine the issues of the Draft EIR/EIS was 
opened on March 23, 2000. The closing of the scoping session will not 
be less than fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice.
    The Draft EIR/EIS will be published on or about June 30, 2000 and 
will be on file, and available for public inspection, at the address 
listed above. Copies may also be obtained upon request at the same 
address.
    This notice shall be in effect for one year. If one year after the 
publication of the Notice in the Federal Register a Draft EIS has not 
been filed on the project, then the Notice for that project shall be 
cancelled. If the Draft EIS is expected more than one year after the 
publication of this Notice, a new updated Notice shall be published.

    Dated: May 5, 2000.
Richard H. Broun,
Director, Office of Community Viability.
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