Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and a Scoping Meeting for the Ashburton Avenue Urban Renewal Plan and Master Plan, Yonkers, Westchester County, NY, 20160-20161 [E5-1809]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–4971–N–20]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Comment Request
Subpoenas and Production in
Response to Subpoenas or Demands
of Courts or Other Authorities
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirement described below
will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: June 17,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and should be
sent to: Wayne Eddins, AYO, Reports
Management Officer, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street, SW., L’Enfant Plaza Building,
Room 8001, Washington, DC 20410; fax:
(202) 708–3135; e-mail
Wayne_Eddins@HUD.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wayne Eddins, e-mail
Wayne_Eddins@HUD.gov; telephone
(202) 755–2374 (this is not a toll-free
number) for copies of the proposed
forms and other available information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department will submit the proposed
information collection to OMB for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended).
This Notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and
affecting agencies concerning the
proposed collection of information to:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) Evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) Enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) Minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond; including
through the use of appropriate
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
This Notice also lists the following
information:
Title of Proposal: Subpoenas and
Production in Response to Subpoenas or
Demands of Courts or Other Authorities.
OMB Control Number, if applicable:
2535—not yet approved.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: Upon
request or demand of documents or
testimony, the Counsel for the Inspector
General will review the demand and
determine whether an OIG employee is
authorized to release documents or
testify. The Counsel will notify the
requester of the final determination and
the reasons for the grant or denial of the
request.
If a party or any person is aggrieved
by the Counsel’s decision denying a
request for documents or testimony, that
party or person may seek review of the
decision by filing a written Notice of
Intention to Petition for Review
(Notice). After filing this Notice, the
party or person must also file a Petition
for Review (Petition) detailing the issues
and reasons why a review of the
Counsel’s decision is appropriate.
Agency form numbers, if applicable:
None.
Estimation of the total number of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection, including number of
respondents, and hours of response:
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average time
per responses
(hrs)
Estimated
annual burden
(hrs)
8 ...................................................................................................................................................
2
5
80
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Status of the proposed information
collection: New collection.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,
as amended.
[Docket No. FR–4912–N–13]
Dated: April 12, 2005.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Paperwork Reduction Act
Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
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Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement and a
Scoping Meeting for the Ashburton
Avenue Urban Renewal Plan and
Master Plan, Yonkers, Westchester
County, NY
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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SUMMARY: HUD gives notice to the
public, agencies, and Indian tribes that
the City of Yonkers, NY, intends to
prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the preparation of an
Urban Renewal Area and Master Plan
for approximately 44-acres in
downtown Yonkers, Westchester
County, NY. The EIS will cover the
redevelopment of the Mulford Gardens
public housing complex and eight sites
on nearby blocks financed, in part, by a
HOPE VI grant awarded to the
Municipal Housing Authority for the
City of Yonkers. The City of Yonkers,
NY, acting as the lead agency will
prepare the EIS acting under its
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authority as the responsible entity for
compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 1437x and
HUD regulations at 24 CFR 58.4, and
under its authority as lead agency in
accordance with the New York State
Environmental Quality Review Act
(SEQRA).
The EIS will be a joint NEPA and
SEQRA document. The EIS will satisfy
requirements of SEQRA 6NYCRR part
617, which requires that all State and
local government agencies consider the
environmental consequences of projects
over which they have discretionary
authority before acting on those
projects. Because Federal HOPE VI
funds would be used, the proposed
action is also subject to NEPA. The EIS
and NEPA process will also be used to
address historic preservation and
cultural resource issues under section
106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act, 16 U.S.C. 470f. This
notice is given in accordance with the
Council on Environmental Quality
regulations at 40 CFR parts 1500–1508.
All interested Federal, State, and local
agencies, Indian tribes, groups, and the
public are invited to comment on the
scope of the EIS. Federal agencies with
jurisdiction by law, special expertise, or
other special interest should report their
willingness to participate in the EIS
process as a Cooperating Agency.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Inquiries concerning the Proposed
Action and this notice should be made
to the Lead Agency care of Steven
Whetstone, Commissioner of Planning
and Development, City of Yonkers, 87
Nepperhan Avenue, 3rd Floor, Yonkers
NY 10701–3874, (914) 377–6565
(steve.whetstone@cityofyonkers.com).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Proposed Action consists of two parts:
(1) An Urban Renewal Plan and Master
Plan for the entire Ashburton Avenue
Urban Renewal Area (URA) and (2) the
redevelopment of Mulford Gardens and
related development sites located
within the URA, financed, in part, by a
HOPE VI grant to the Municipal
Housing Authority for the City of
Yonkers.
The URA is located on the west side
of Yonkers, north of the downtown and
west of the Saw Mill River Parkway.
The area encompasses approximately 44
acres with approximately 600 parcels
along and near Ashburton Avenue,
between Warburton Avenue and
Yonkers Avenue.
The area was selected by the City as
a potential URA to tie into the
redevelopment of Mulford Gardens, the
City’s oldest public housing complex,
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which is located on 12 acres within the
boundaries of the proposed URA. Due to
its age and substandard housing
condition of its 552 units, Mulford
Gardens is slated for demolition. The
City’s Municipal Housing Authority was
awarded a HOPE VI grant to demolish
and reconstruct housing on and around
the existing Mulford Gardens site.
Proposed HOPE VI residential
development will occur on the existing
12 acre Mulford Gardens site, with
additional residential, community
facility and retail development to occur
on eight surrounding sites within the
Ashburton Avenue URA.
The Urban Renewal Plan will be used
as a revitalization strategy to improve
the residential character of the area,
expand business opportunities and
improve the transportation network.
The Master Plan for the URA will
include: the provision of a range of
housing opportunities; mixed use
development along Ashburton Avenue;
and transportation improvements,
including street widenings along
Ashburton Avenue, to improve eastwest access between the Saw Mill River
Parkway and the Downtown Waterfront
District, allow on-street parking, reduce
traffic congestion and allow for an
upgraded sidewalk and streetscape plan.
Alternatives: The alternatives to be
considered by the Lead Agency will
include a no action alternative and may
include: alternatives with selected
roadway improvements that would not
require widening Ashburton Avenue; an
alternative that assumes the Ashburton
Avenue parking garage is not
demolished; residential development
alternatives including different building
types and/or densities. Alternatives to
be examined in the EIS will be finalized
after the scoping meeting.
Need for the EIS: Insofar as the
Proposed Action includes a residential
component, it is subject to the Yonkers
Affordable Housing Ordinance, Article
XV of the Code of the City of Yonkers.
The Decision of the United States
District Court in D’Agnillo v. United
States Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 1999 WL 350870
(S.D.N.Y. 1999), requires environmental
review under NEPA of all housing
projects which are subject to the
Affordable Housing Ordinance. The City
of Yonkers has determined that the
Proposed Action constitutes an action
which has the potential to affect the
quality of the human environment and
therefore requires the preparation of an
EIS in accordance with NEPA.
Scoping: A public EIS scoping
meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on
Thursday, May 12, 2005, at the
Riverfront Library, 2nd Floor
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Community Room, 1 Larkin Center,
Yonkers, NY 10701. The public is
invited to attend and identify the issues
that should be addressed in the EIS. The
public will have the opportunity to
comment on the scope of the EIS orally
and in writing. A written comment
period during which additional written
comments will be accepted by the Lead
Agency will be extended through and
including June 13, 2005. A scoping
document that explains in greater detail
the Proposed Action and alternatives
identified at this time will be sent to the
known interested parties in advance of
the public scoping meeting. For a copy
of the draft Scoping Document contact:
Steven Whetstone, Commissioner of
Planning and Development, City of
Yonkers, 87 Nepperhan Avenue, 3rd
Floor, Yonkers NY 10701–3874.
Telephone: (914) 377–6565. A copy of
the draft scoping document can also be
viewed at www.cityofyonkers.com.
Questions may be directed to the
individuals named in this notice under
the heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Dated: April 7, 2005.
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Nelson R. Bregon,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development.
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[Docket No. FR–4922–N–07]
Privacy Act of 1974; Notice of a
Computer Matching Program
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, (HUD).
ACTION: Notice of a computer matching
program—HUD and the Small Business
Administration (SBA).
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as
amended by the Computer Matching
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amended, ((Pub. L. 100–503), and the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Guidelines on the Conduct of
Matching Programs (June 19, 1989 at 54
FR 25818), and OMB Bulletin 89–22,
‘‘Instructions on Reporting Computer
Matching Programs to the Office of
Management (OMB), Congress and the
Public,’’ the Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) is issuing a
public notice of its intent to conduct a
recurring computer matching program
with the SBA to utilize a computer
information system of HUD, the Credit
Alert Interactive Voice Response System
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4912-N-13]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and
a Scoping Meeting for the Ashburton Avenue Urban Renewal Plan and
Master Plan, Yonkers, Westchester County, NY
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: HUD gives notice to the public, agencies, and Indian tribes
that the City of Yonkers, NY, intends to prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for the preparation of an Urban Renewal Area and
Master Plan for approximately 44-acres in downtown Yonkers, Westchester
County, NY. The EIS will cover the redevelopment of the Mulford Gardens
public housing complex and eight sites on nearby blocks financed, in
part, by a HOPE VI grant awarded to the Municipal Housing Authority for
the City of Yonkers. The City of Yonkers, NY, acting as the lead agency
will prepare the EIS acting under its
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authority as the responsible entity for compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 1437x
and HUD regulations at 24 CFR 58.4, and under its authority as lead
agency in accordance with the New York State Environmental Quality
Review Act (SEQRA).
The EIS will be a joint NEPA and SEQRA document. The EIS will
satisfy requirements of SEQRA 6NYCRR part 617, which requires that all
State and local government agencies consider the environmental
consequences of projects over which they have discretionary authority
before acting on those projects. Because Federal HOPE VI funds would be
used, the proposed action is also subject to NEPA. The EIS and NEPA
process will also be used to address historic preservation and cultural
resource issues under section 106 of the National Historic Preservation
Act, 16 U.S.C. 470f. This notice is given in accordance with the
Council on Environmental Quality regulations at 40 CFR parts 1500-1508.
All interested Federal, State, and local agencies, Indian tribes,
groups, and the public are invited to comment on the scope of the EIS.
Federal agencies with jurisdiction by law, special expertise, or other
special interest should report their willingness to participate in the
EIS process as a Cooperating Agency.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquiries concerning the Proposed
Action and this notice should be made to the Lead Agency care of Steven
Whetstone, Commissioner of Planning and Development, City of Yonkers,
87 Nepperhan Avenue, 3rd Floor, Yonkers NY 10701-3874, (914) 377-6565
(steve.whetstone@cityofyonkers.com).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Proposed Action consists of two parts:
(1) An Urban Renewal Plan and Master Plan for the entire Ashburton
Avenue Urban Renewal Area (URA) and (2) the redevelopment of Mulford
Gardens and related development sites located within the URA, financed,
in part, by a HOPE VI grant to the Municipal Housing Authority for the
City of Yonkers.
The URA is located on the west side of Yonkers, north of the
downtown and west of the Saw Mill River Parkway. The area encompasses
approximately 44 acres with approximately 600 parcels along and near
Ashburton Avenue, between Warburton Avenue and Yonkers Avenue.
The area was selected by the City as a potential URA to tie into
the redevelopment of Mulford Gardens, the City's oldest public housing
complex, which is located on 12 acres within the boundaries of the
proposed URA. Due to its age and substandard housing condition of its
552 units, Mulford Gardens is slated for demolition. The City's
Municipal Housing Authority was awarded a HOPE VI grant to demolish and
reconstruct housing on and around the existing Mulford Gardens site.
Proposed HOPE VI residential development will occur on the existing 12
acre Mulford Gardens site, with additional residential, community
facility and retail development to occur on eight surrounding sites
within the Ashburton Avenue URA.
The Urban Renewal Plan will be used as a revitalization strategy to
improve the residential character of the area, expand business
opportunities and improve the transportation network. The Master Plan
for the URA will include: the provision of a range of housing
opportunities; mixed use development along Ashburton Avenue; and
transportation improvements, including street widenings along Ashburton
Avenue, to improve east-west access between the Saw Mill River Parkway
and the Downtown Waterfront District, allow on-street parking, reduce
traffic congestion and allow for an upgraded sidewalk and streetscape
plan.
Alternatives: The alternatives to be considered by the Lead Agency
will include a no action alternative and may include: alternatives with
selected roadway improvements that would not require widening Ashburton
Avenue; an alternative that assumes the Ashburton Avenue parking garage
is not demolished; residential development alternatives including
different building types and/or densities. Alternatives to be examined
in the EIS will be finalized after the scoping meeting.
Need for the EIS: Insofar as the Proposed Action includes a
residential component, it is subject to the Yonkers Affordable Housing
Ordinance, Article XV of the Code of the City of Yonkers. The Decision
of the United States District Court in D'Agnillo v. United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1999 WL 350870 (S.D.N.Y.
1999), requires environmental review under NEPA of all housing projects
which are subject to the Affordable Housing Ordinance. The City of
Yonkers has determined that the Proposed Action constitutes an action
which has the potential to affect the quality of the human environment
and therefore requires the preparation of an EIS in accordance with
NEPA.
Scoping: A public EIS scoping meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on
Thursday, May 12, 2005, at the Riverfront Library, 2nd Floor Community
Room, 1 Larkin Center, Yonkers, NY 10701. The public is invited to
attend and identify the issues that should be addressed in the EIS. The
public will have the opportunity to comment on the scope of the EIS
orally and in writing. A written comment period during which additional
written comments will be accepted by the Lead Agency will be extended
through and including June 13, 2005. A scoping document that explains
in greater detail the Proposed Action and alternatives identified at
this time will be sent to the known interested parties in advance of
the public scoping meeting. For a copy of the draft Scoping Document
contact: Steven Whetstone, Commissioner of Planning and Development,
City of Yonkers, 87 Nepperhan Avenue, 3rd Floor, Yonkers NY 10701-3874.
Telephone: (914) 377-6565. A copy of the draft scoping document can
also be viewed at www.cityofyonkers.com.
Questions may be directed to the individuals named in this notice
under the heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: April 7, 2005.
Nelson R. Breg[oacute]n,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development.
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