[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 2864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1536]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Notice of Availability of Scoping Paper for Environmental Impact 
Statement, Proposed Terminal Doppler Weather Radar To Serve John F. 
Kennedy International and La Guardia Airports

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The FAA announces the availability of a Scoping Paper for the 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Terminal Doppler Weather Radar 
(TDWR) to serve John F. Kennedy International and La Guardia Airports. 
In accordance with requirements of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969, as amended, (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the FAA is 
conducting a scoping process to determine the issues and alternatives 
to be analyzed in this EIS. The Scoping Paper outlines objectives and 
procedures of the scoping process and technical issues to be addressed 
in the EIS. Copies of the Scoping Paper are available upon request to 
the FAA.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA announces the availability of a 
Scoping Paper for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Terminal 
Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) to serve John F. Kennedy International and 
La Guardia Airports. In accordance with requirements of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C), the FAA is conducting a scoping process to determine the 
issues and alternatives to be analyzed in this EIS.
    The Scoping Paper covers the objectives of the scoping process, 
procedures to be followed by the FAA during the scoping process, 
planned times and locations of public scoping meetings, the proposed 
action and alternatives to be addressed in the EIS and anticipated 
environmental issues. The Scoping Paper also lists the EIS core team 
members and agencies likely to participate in the EIS process, and 
includes a draft outline for the EIS. Comments from interested parties 
on the scope of the EIS and the contents of the Scoping Paper are 
encouraged and may be submitted to the FAA in writing to the address 
given below or presented verbally at the scoping meetings. Times and 
locations of the scoping meetings are given in the Scoping Paper. 
Written comments must be received by April 2, 1996. Comments should 
discuss environmental concerns and issues related to the proposed 
action, suggested analyses and methodologies for inclusion in the EIS, 
possible sources of relevant data or information, or feasible 
alternatives to the proposed action.
    Copies of the Scoping Paper are available upon request to the FAA 
or may be obtained at the scoping meetings. Written requests for copies 
of the Scoping Paper and written comments on the Scoping Paper should 
be addressed to FAA as follows: Federal Aviation Administration, Office 
of the Chief Counsel, Attention: Docket (AGC-200) Docket No. 28365, 800 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerome D. Schwartz, Environmental 
Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, Wind Shear Products Team, 
AND-420, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, telephone 
(202) 358-4946.

    Issued in Washington, DC on January 23, 1996.
Loni Czekalski,
Director of Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance Systems, AND-
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[FR Doc. 96-1536 Filed 1-26-96; 8:45 am]
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