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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 99889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29048]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket Number USCG-2021-0183]

Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Expansion and Modernization of Base Seattle

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of Availability; extension of waiting period for the 
Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Expansion and 
Modernization of Base Seattle.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is extending the waiting period for the Final 
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for the proposed 
Expansion and Modernization of Base Seattle. We published a Notice of 
Availability of the Final PEIS on November 15, 2024. That notice marked 
the start of a 30-day waiting period. We are extending the wait period. 
January 10, 2025, is the earliest date that the Coast Guard would issue 
a final decision.

DATES: The Coast Guard will not issue a final decision on the proposed 
action until at least January 10, 2025.

ADDRESSES: The complete text of the Final PEIS is available in the 
docket, which can be found by searching the docket number USCG-2021-
0183 using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov or at https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/NEPA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be sent to U.S. Coast Guard, Shore Infrastructure Logistics 
Center, Environmental Management Division, ATTN: Dean Amundson, 1301 
Clay Street, Suite 700N, Oakland, CA 94612-5203; phone 510-637-5541; 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final PEIS was prepared in accordance 
with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 
the Council on Environmental Quality regulations implementing NEPA (40 
CFR 1500-1508), DHS procedures for implementing NEPA (DHS Instruction 
Manual 023-01-001-01 (series)), Coast Guard Environmental Planning 
Policy (Commandant Instruction [COMDTINST] 5090.1), and other 
applicable DHS and Coast Guard policies and guidance. A Notice of 
Intent (NOI) to prepare the PEIS was published in the Federal Register 
on May 7, 2021 (86 FR 24637). On October 11, 2022, the Coast Guard 
published a Notice of Availability (NOA) and a request for comments on 
the Draft PEIS (87 FR 61344). In response to a comment in the Docket 
the Coast Guard extended the Public Comment Period until December 16, 
2022, which was announced in the Federal Register (87 FR 73011) and in 
local newspapers on November 28, 2022.
    The NOA for the Final PEIS was published on November 15, 2024, and 
the original wait period would have concluded on December 16, 2024. The 
Coast Guard will extend the wait period for the Final PEIS to allow for 
additional time for public review due to the complexity of the proposed 
action and the presence of multiple federal holidays during the review 
period. The Coast Guard will not issue a Record of Decision until after 
January 10, 2025.
    For more detailed information, please see the original notice 
titled ``Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Expansion and Modernization of Base Seattle'' published on November 15, 
2024 (89 FR 90302). A copy of that notice is also available in the 
docket.
    Following the wait period concluding on January 10, 2025, the Coast 
Guard will announce its Record of Decision, which will be published in 
the Federal Register.

    Dated: December 5, 2024.
A. Grable,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Engineering 
and Logistics.
[FR Doc. 2024-29048 Filed 12-10-24; 8:45 am]
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