Notice of Completion and Availability of the Final EIS JFK International Airport Light Rails System (LRS)

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 100 (Friday, May 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28529-28530]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13680]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Completion and Availability of the Final EIS JFK 
International Airport Light Rails System (LRS)

summary: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the New York 
State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) are Joint Lead Agencies for 
purposes of implementing the procedures required by the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, for a proposed 
transportation system access improvement project for John F. Kennedy 
International Airport (JFK), located in Queens, New York. The project 
is sponsored by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
    The project is an 8.4 mile light rail system (LRS) that would link 
the Central Terminal Area at JFK with the regional transit system 
through service to multimodal hubs at Jamaica Station and Howard Beach 
Station. The primary purpose of the proposed project is to improve 
ground access for air passengers and airport employees by providing a 
safe, quick reliable and efficient means of travel to, from and on the 
Airport.
    The proposed LRS will be located primarily within existing 
transportation rights-of-way and on airport property. The FEIS examines 
and analyses the potential environmental impacts resulting from the 
construction of the proposed LRS.
    Requests to obtain a copy of the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement and comments should be made to:

Mr. Laurence Schaefer, Federal Aviation Administration, AEA-610, 
Fitzgerald Federal Building, John F. Kennedy International Airport, 
Jamaica, New York 11430, Telephone (718) 553-3340, Fax: (718) 995-9219
Mr. Victor Teglasi, New York State Department of Transportation, Region 
11, Hunters Point Plaza, 47-40 21st Street, Long Island City, NY 11101, 
Telephone: (718) 482-4610, Fax: (718) 482-4660

    For information purposes, copies of the DEIS (Airport Access 
Programs--LaGuardia--John F. Kennedy International Airports), the 
Written Reevaluation/Technical Report on Changes to the proposed JFK 
Airport Access Program and the FEIS for the Proposed JFK Light Rail 
System are available for public review at the following locations:

Manhattan

Mid Manhattan Library, 455 5th Ave., New York, NY 10017

Queens

Office of the Queens Borough President, Office of Planning and 
Environment, Room 220, Second Floor, 120-55 Queens Boulevard, Kew 
Gardens, NY 11424, 9am-5pm
Forest Hills Library, 108-19 7th Avenue, Forest Hills, NY 11375
Woodside Library, 54-22 Skillman Ave., Woodside, NY 11377
Community Board #1, 36-01 35th Avenue, Astoria, NY 11106
Community Board #3, 34-33 Junction Blvd., Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Community Board #8, Queens Borough Hall, Rm. 312, 120-55 Queens 
Blvd., Kew Gardens, NY 11424
Community Board #9, Queens Borough Hall, Rm. 312, 120-55 Queens 
Blvd., Kew Gardens, NY 11424
Community Board #10, 115-01 161st Street, South Ozone Park, NY 11420
Community Board #12, 90-28 161st Street, Jamaica, NY 11432
Community Board #13, Queens Reform Church, 219-41 Jamaica Ave., 
Queens Village, NY 11428
Community Board #14, 1831 Mott Avenue Rm. 311, Far Rockaway, NY 
11691
Ozone Park Library, 92-94 Rockaway Blvd., Zone Park, NY 11471
Sunnyside Library, 43-06 Greenpoint Ave., Long Island City, New York 
11104
North Forest Park Library, 98-27 Metropolitan Ave., Forest Park, NY 
11375, (718) 261-5515

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn Public Library, Social Science Division, Grand Army Plaza, 
Brooklyn, New York 11328

Long Island

Long Island Association, Inc., 80 Hauppauge Road, Commack, NY 11725, 
9am-5pm
Nassau County Planning Commissioner, 400 County Drive, Mineola, NY 
11501, 9am-5pm
Village of Valley Stream, Department of Planning, Village Hall, 123 
S. Central Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11580, 9am-5pm

    Availability of the FEIS has also been published in the area 
newspapers.
    Comments on the FEIS must be received within 30 days from the 
publication date of this Notice and addressed to both the FAA and the 
NYSDOT at the above addresses. All substantive comments will be 
considered in the FAA Record of Decision (ROD) which will conclude the 
environmental process for this federal action.

    Issued in Jamaica, New York on May 16, 1997.
Robert B. Mendez,
Manager, Airports Division, Federal Aviation Administration, Eastern 
Region.
[FR Doc. 97-13680 Filed 5-22-97; 8:45 am]
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