[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 62527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29703]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Public 
Hearing; LaGuardia Airport East End Roadway Improvements Project

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice to hold a public hearing on a draft environmental impact 
statement.

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SUMMARY: The New York Airports District Office of the Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA) announces that the FAA, acting as ``Lead Agency'' 
and the New York State Department of Transportation (DOT), acting as a 
``joint lead agency'' have completed the preparation of a Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) assessing modifications to the 
roadways serving LaGuardia Airport that have been proposed by the Port 
Authority of New York and New Jersey. In addition, it is the intent of 
this notice to inform the public that the FAA and New York State 
Department of Transportation (DOT) will be conducting a Public Meeting 
to accept comments on the Draft EIS. The Public Meeting will be held:

Date: January 10, 1996
Time: 4:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Location: LaGuardia Marriott Hotel, 105-05 Ditmars Boulevard, East 
Elmhurst, Queens, New York

    Persons interested in contributing comments on the DEIS are invited 
to provide them orally at the Public Meeting. In addition, written 
comments may be submitted to Mr. Philip Brito at the location 
identified below. Written comments must be received by Mr. Brito, on or 
before, the end of the formal comment period on February 14, 1996. 
Comments received after the close of the comment period, but prior to 
FAA's environmental finding, will be considered by the FAA to the 
extent practicable. The FAA will issue a Final Environmental Impact 
Statement that includes corrections, clarifications, and responses to 
comments on the DEIS.
    Copies of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement are available 
for review at the following locations:

John Dent, Branch Manager, East Elmhurst Public Library, 95-06 
Astoria Boulevard, East Elmhurst, NY 11369
Orest Tuka, Branch Manager, Jackson Heights Public Library 35-51 
81st Street, Jackson Heights, NY
Andrew Jackson, Branch Manager, Langston Hughes Public Library, 102-
09 Northern Boulevard, Corona, NY 11368
Diane Vitale, Branch Manager, Corona Public Library, 38-23 104th 
Street, Corona, NY 11368
Gary Strong, Director, Queens Borough Public Library, 89-11 Merrick 
Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11432
Lynne Pickard, Manager, Environmental Needs Division, Office of 
Airport Planning and Programming, FAA, APP-600, 800 Independence SW, 
Washington, DC 20591
Queens Community Board #3, District Manager Mary Sarro, 34-33 
Junction Boulevard, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
New York City Department of City Planning, Director Joseph B. Rose, 
22 Reade Street, New York, NY 10007
Robert Grotell, Deputy Director, Mayor's Office of Environmental 
Coordination, 52 Chambers Street, Room 315, New York, NY 10007
Queens Borough President's Office, Mr. Bruce Ley, 120-55 Queens 
Boulevard, Kew Gardens, NY 11424

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Philip Brito, Federal Aviation Administration, New York Airports 
District Office, 600 Old Country Road, Suite 446, Garden City, NY 
11530, Phone: 516-227-3800.

Philip Brito,
Manager, New York Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 95-29703 Filed 12-5-95; 8:45 am]
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