[Federal Register: November 21, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 225)]
[Notices]
[Page 70289-70290]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[USCG-1998-3584]
Proposed Modernization of the Coast Guard National Distress and
Response System
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability of finding of no significant impact.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) and the Council on Environmental Quality's Regulations for
Implementing NEPA, the U.S. Coast Guard announces that it has approved
its Supplemental Program Environmental Assessment (SPEA) and has made
available its Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the proposed
modernization of the National Distress and Response System (NDRS) known
as ``Rescue 21.''
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ADDRESSES: Both the SPEA and FONSI are available for review or copying
at the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation,
Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between the hours
9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The
telephone number is 202-366-9329. The documents may also be viewed on
the Internet at Web address: http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice,
the proposed project, the Supplemental Program Environmental
Assessment, or the Finding of No Significant Impact, call Ms. Donna M.
Meyer, Environmental Program Manager, National Distress and Response
System Modernization Project, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, at 202-
267-1496. For questions on viewing material in the docket, call Ms.
Dorothy Beard, Chief, Dockets, Department of Transportation, at 202-
366-5149.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the
Council on Environmental Quality's Regulations for Implementing NEPA
(40 CFR parts 1500-1508), the Coast Guard is announcing that it has
approved its Supplemental Program Environmental Assessment (SPEA) and
has made available its Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the
proposed modernization of the National Distress and Response System
(NDRS) known as ``Rescue 21.''
Supplemental Program Environmental Assessment
The Coast Guard prepared an SPEA that assessed the impacts of the
no action alternative and three action alternatives that could meet the
system requirements for modernizing the National Distress and Response
System (NDRS). On September 30, 2002, we published a notice of
availability of the SPEA in the Federal Register (67 FR 61372). We also
circulated 183 copies of the SPEA to interested persons. During the
comment period, September 27, 2002, to October 28, 2002, a total of 18
comment letters were received. We reviewed the comments but they
revealed no new or additional environmental information.
Finding of No Significant Impact
After considering the comments received during the review and
comment period, the Coast Guard issued a Finding of No Significant
Impact as a result of modernizing the National Distress and Response
System. The modernization of the NDRS will utilize a combination of all
three of the action alternatives analyzed in the SPEA by using existing
antenna towers, leasing antenna space from a service provider, or
constructing a new antenna tower site.
The purpose of this notice is to inform local, State, and Federal
government agencies and the public that the Supplemental PEA and FONSI
are available for review.
Dated: November 12, 2002.
C.D. Wurster,
RADM, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant Commandant for Acquisitions.
[FR Doc. 02-29652 Filed 11-20-02; 8:45 am]
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