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Chapter 24: Distribution of DEIS

FRA sent notification of availability of the DEIS and Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation with a link to the 

website posting and a list of document availability locations to the entities included in the project 

mailing list. This includes approximately 110 individual contacts including agency staff; staff of 

elected officials; Manhattan Community Boards 4 and 5 officials and staff; residents of 

neighborhoods near the Project Site; and members of the general public, including meeting 

attendees and others who have signed up to receive notifications through the project website.

FRA specifically invited the following agencies and organizations to review and comment on the 

EIS and Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation: 

24.1 FEDERAL AGENCIES

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (USDHS)

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

U.S. Department of Interior (USDOI), Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance (OEPC)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

USDOI, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

24.2 STATE AGENCIES

Hudson River Park Trust (HRPS)

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)

MTA Long Island Railroad (LIRR)

New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC)

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)

New York State Department of State (NYSDOS)

New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT)

New York State Historic Preservation Office (NYSHPO)
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24.3 LOCAL AGENCIES

New York City Department of City Planning (NYCDCP)

New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP)

New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (NYCLPC)

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks)

New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT)

New York City Mayor's Office of Environmental Coordination (NYCMOEC)

24.4 ELECTED OFFICIALS

Peter Abbate, Assemblymember District 49

Robert Carroll, Assemblymember District 44

Simcha Eichenstein, Assemblymember District 48

Helene Weinstein, Assemblymember District 41

Deborah Glick, Assemblymember District 66

Linda Rosenthal, Assemblymember District 67

Jerrold Nadler, Congressman, 10th Congressional District

Bill de Blasio, Mayor, New York City

Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator, New York

Chuck Schumer, U.S. Senator, New York

Richard Gottfried, Assemblymember District 75

Bradley Hoylman, State Senator, District 27

Gale Brewer, Borough President, Manhattan

Robert Jackson, State Senator, District 31

Colin Schmitt, Assemblymember District 99

Corey Johnson, Council Speaker, District 3

Kenneth P. Zebrowski, Assemblymember District 96

Andrew Cuomo, Governor, New York

24.5 OTHER SECTION 106 CONSULTING PARTIES

Delaware Nation

Delaware Tribe

Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Mohican Indians of Wisconsin

Shinnecock Indian Nation

National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) 

Friends of the High Line
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Society for Industrial Archeology

Professional Archaeologists of New York City (PANYC)

Anthracite Railroads Historical Society

Erie Lackawanna Railroad Historical Society

National Railway Historical Society, Inc.

Railway & Locomotive Historical Society

Tri-State Railway Historical Society, Inc.

Eastern Delaware Nation

Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania

24.6 DEIS DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY LOCATIONS

In addition to posting on the project website (www.westernrailyardinfrastructure.com) and on the 

Federal Docket system at Regulations.gov (Docket FRA-2020-0039), FRA made hard copies of 

the DEIS and Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation available for public review at the following local 

document repositories (by appointment): 

Manhattan Community Board 4

330 West 42nd Street, 26th Floor 

New York, NY

Telephone: (212) 736-4536

Manhattan Community Board 5

450 Fashion Avenue, #2109

New York, NY

Telephone: (212) 465-0907

Libraries may not yet be open to visitors during the DEIS comment period. Please call the following

libraries to obtain current operating hours and accessibility information for public review of the 

DEIS and Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation at those locations, as FRA provided hard copies to these 

libraries. 

Jack Brause Library Mid-Manhattan Library

11 West 42nd Street, #510 455 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY New York, NY

Telephone: (212) 992-3627 Telephone: (212) 340-0863

NYPL Columbus Branch Library

742 Tenth Avenue

New York, NY

Telephone: (212) 586-5098

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