[Federal Register: October 28, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 208)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

 
Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Mission 
and Master Plan, Fort Bliss, Texas, and New Mexico

agency: Department of the Army, DoD.

action: Extension of public comment period.

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summary: To accommodate requests from the public, the Department of the 
Army has decided to extend the public comment period on the Draft 
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS) for the Mission and 
Master Plan, Fort Bliss, Texas and New Mexico from October 5, 1998 to 
November 5, 1998.

dates: Comments on the DEIS should be postmarked by November 5, 1998 to

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ensure consideration. Comments postmarked after that date will be 
considered to the extent practicable.

addresses: To request information about this DPEIS, contact Vicki 
Hamilton via e-mail at PEIS@emh10.bliss.army.mil. Written comments 
should be sent to U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center and Fort 
Bliss, Directorate of the Environment, ATTN: AZC-DOE-C (PEIS), Building 
624 North, Pleasanton Road, Fort Bliss, TX 79916-6812.

for further information contact: Vick Hamilton at (915) 568-2774.

supplementary information: On August 18, 1998, Department of the Army 
published a notice in the Federal Register (63 FR 44247) (63 FR 44247) 
announcing the availability of the subject DPEIS and the locations of 
the planned public meetings as well as the repositories for the DPEIS. 
The dates and times for the public meetings were announced subsequently 
in the public media in the vicinity of Fort Bliss and the meetings were 
held on September 3, 4, and 5, 1998. The Environmental Protection 
Agency published its Notice of Availability for the DPEIS on August 21, 
1998 (63 FR 44859). Department of the Army has received requests from 
several parties to extend the comment period. In response to these 
requests, and to ensure that all interested parties have time to 
comment, the comment period has been extended to November 5, 1998.

    Dated: October 23, 1998.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health) OSASA (I,L&E).
[FR Doc. 98-28886 Filed 10-27-98; 8:45 am]
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