Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Initiate Section 106 Consultation for the Proposed LaGuardia Access Improvement Project at LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York City, Queens County, New York, 19151-19153 [2019-08863]
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oral and/or written comments with
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
respect to any potential environmental
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
impacts associated with the proposed
and Initiate Section 106 Consultation
project, or comments representing the
for the Proposed LaGuardia Access
concerns, issues, and alternatives they
Improvement Project at LaGuardia
believe should be addressed in the EIS.
Airport (LGA), New York City, Queens
Please submit any written comments to
County, New York
the FAA no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time, Monday, June 17, 2019.
AGENCY: Federal Aviation
The EIS will be prepared in
Administration (FAA), DOT.
accordance with the procedures
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an
described in FAA Order 1050.1F,
Environmental Impact Statement and
Environmental Impacts: Policies and
Request for Scoping Comments.
Procedures, and FAA Order 5050.4B,
SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation
National Environmental Policy Act
Administration (FAA) is issuing this
(NEPA) Implementing Instructions for
notice under the provisions of the
Airport Actions. Additionally, pursuant
National Environmental Policy Act
to Executive Order 13807, Establishing
(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, to advise
Discipline and Accountability in the
the public that an Environmental Impact Environmental and Permitting Process
Statement (EIS) will be prepared to
for Infrastructure, this EIS will be used
assess the potential impacts of the
by all federal approving and permitting
proposed LaGuardia Airport Access
agencies. Accordingly, it will comply
Improvement Project and its enabling
with any requirements of these
projects and connected actions (the
cooperating and participating agencies.
proposed action). The Port Authority of
The FAA and cooperating and
New York and New Jersey (Port
participating agencies intend to use the
Authority) proposes to construct an
preparation of this EIS to comply with
elevated automated people mover
the concurrent statutory review process
(APM) that would provide direct access under Section 106 of the National
between LGA and two existing transit
Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), as
stations at Mets-Willets Point.
amended, and its implementing
Currently, LGA is accessible only by
regulations, Protection of Historic
road. Passengers and employees face
Properties (36 CFR part 800); Section 7
increasing and unreliable travel times
of the Endangered Species Act; the
and traffic congestion on off-Airport
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
roadways. The project will provide air
Conservation and Management Act; and
passengers and employees with a timeSection 404 of the Clean Water Act. This
certain option for access to LGA and
Notice of Intent also serves to notify the
permit the Port Authority to provide
public that this EIS process will satisfy
adequate employee parking for the
the public notice and comment
geographically constrained airport. Two requirements of Section 106 of the
(2) public scoping meetings and one (1)
NHPA, Section 4(f) of the Department of
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Transportation (DOT) Act, DOT Order
5610.2(a), Environmental Justice in
Minority and Low-Income Populations;
Executive Order 11990, Protection of
Wetlands; DOT Order 5660.1A,
Preservation of the Nation’s Wetlands;
Executive Order 11988, Floodplain
Management; and DOT Order 5650.2,
Floodplain Management and Protection.
The Port Authority, the operator of
LGA, proposes the following project
components of the proposed action:
• Construction of an above ground
fixed guideway automated people
mover (APM) system approximately 2.3
miles in length that extends from the
LGA Central Hall Building to the
Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) MetsWillets Point Station and the New York
City Transit (NYCT) 7 Line Mets-Willets
Point Station;
• construction of two on-Airport
APM stations; construction of one offAirport APM station at Mets-Willets
Point that provides connections to the
Mets-Willets Point LIRR and NYCT 7
Line stations;
• construction of passenger walkway
systems to connect the APM stations to
the passenger terminals, parking
garages, and ground transportation
facilities;
• construction of a multi-level APM
operations, maintenance, and storage
facility (OMSF) that includes 500
Airport employee parking spaces;
• construction of three traction power
substations: one located at the onairport East Station, another at Willets
Point Station, and the third at the OMSF
to provide power to the APM guideway;
• construction of a 27kV main
substation located adjacent to the OMSF
structure on MTA property; and
• construction of utilities
infrastructure, both new and modified,
as needed, to support the proposed
action.
The proposed action also includes
various enabling projects to allow
construction and connected actions,
including: Utility relocation and
demolition of certain existing facilities;
reconstruction and/or relocation of the
Passerelle Bridge; modifications to the
MTA LIRR Mets-Willets Point Station,
including service changes to the LIRR
Port Washington Line; and the
relocation of several Flushing Bay
Marina facilities, including a boat lift,
Marina office, and boat storage.
The FAA is required to consider a
range of alternatives that could
potentially meet the purpose and need
to provide a time-certain transportation
option that connects passengers and
employees to LGA. As part of the
information submittal process, the Port
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Authority supplied an initial list of
alternatives that they had considered.
These alternatives are included below.
After considering the public input from
the scoping process, the FAA will
identify a list of reasonable alternatives
that will be evaluated through the EIS
process.
Alternative One—Sponsor’s Proposed
Action: As previously described.
Alternative Two—Use of Other
Existing Airports: Transfer or shifting of
aviation activity to another existing
public airport (or airports) in the New
York metropolitan area.
Alternative Three—Use of Other
Modes of Transportation: Use of other
modes of transportation, including
automobiles, buses, ferry service,
existing passenger trains, proposed
high-speed rail facilities or other
emerging transportation technologies.
Alternative Four—Transportation
Demand Management: Use of measures
to reduce vehicular travel to and from
the Airport.
Alternative Five—Off-Airport
Roadway Expansion: Increase the
capacity of roadways surrounding and
providing access to the Airport,
potentially including I–495, the
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE),
the Grand Central Parkway, Queens
Boulevard, and/or Astoria Boulevard.
Alternative Six—Subway Extension
from Astoria Boulevard Subway Station:
Elevated Above Grand Central Parkway:
Construction of an elevated subway
structure that would extend service of
the NYCT N and W Lines eastward from
the existing Astoria Boulevard Subway
Station to a new station at the Airport;
the alignment would be along Grand
Central Parkway.
Alternative Seven—Subway Extension
from Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard Subway
Station: Elevated Above 19th Avenue:
Construction of an elevated subway
structure that would extend service of
the NYCT N and W Lines eastward from
the existing Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard
Subway Station to a new station at the
Airport; the alignment would generally
be along 31st Street north, 19th Avenue
east, and Grand Central Parkway east.
Alternative Eight—Subway Extension
from Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard Subway
Station: Tunnel Beneath 19th Avenue:
Construction of an underground subway
structure that would extend service of
the NYCT N and W Lines eastward from
the existing Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard
Subway Station to a new station at the
Airport; the alignment generally would
be in a tunnel beneath 31st Street north,
19th Avenue east, and Grand Central
Parkway east.
Alternative Nine—Fixed Guideway
from Astoria Boulevard Subway Station:
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Construction of a fixed guideway APM
system that would provide service from
the existing Astoria Boulevard Subway
Station to a new station at the Airport;
the alignment generally would be along
Grand Central Parkway east.
Alternative Ten—Fixed Guideway
from Woodside LIRR and 61st StreetWoodside Subway Station: Construction
of a fixed guideway APM system that
would provide service from the existing
LIRR Woodside Station and the NYCT 7
Line at the 61st Street/Woodside
Subway Station to a new station at the
Airport; the alignment generally would
be along the existing railroad right-ofway north and then parallel the BQE
north to the Grand Central Parkway east.
Alternative Eleven—Fixed Guideway
from Roosevelt Avenue-Jackson Heights
Subway Station: Construction of a fixed
guideway APM system that would
provide service from the existing NYCT
7, E, F, M, and R Lines at Roosevelt
Avenue/Jackson Heights Subway
Station to a new station at the Airport;
the alignment generally would be along
Broadway northwest to the BQE and
then parallel the BQE north to the Grand
Central Parkway east.
Alternative Twelve—Fixed Guideway
from Jamaica Station Transportation
Hub: Construction of a fixed guideway
APM system that would provide service
from the existing NYCT E, J, and Z Lines
at Jamaica Station transportation hub to
a new station at the Airport; the
alignment generally would be along city
streets to the Van Wyck Expressway and
would continue northwesterly along the
Van Wyck Expressway and Grand
Central Parkway.
Alternative Thirteen—No Action
Alternative: Under this alternative, the
Port Authority would take no action to
develop an APM system or other
alternative form of transportation to and
from the Airport.
Public Scoping and Governmental
Agency Meetings: To ensure that the full
range of issues related to the proposed
action is addressed and that all
significant issues are identified,
comments and suggestions are invited
from all interested parties. Public and
governmental agency scoping meetings
will be conducted to identify any
significant issues associated with the
proposed action.
A governmental agency scoping
meeting for all federal, state, and local
regulatory agencies that have
jurisdiction by law or have special
expertise with respect to any potential
environmental impacts associated with
the proposed action will be held on
Wednesday, June 5, 2019. This meeting
will take place at 10:00am Eastern Time,
at the Port Authority of New York and
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New Jersey Office at 4 World Trade
Center, 23rd Floor, New York, New
York. A notification letter will be sent
in advance of the meeting.
Two public scoping meetings for the
general public will be held. The public
scoping meetings will be held from 6:30
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time on
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 and from 6:30
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time on
Thursday, June 6, 2019. The public
scoping meetings will be conducted at
the New York LaGuardia Airport
Marriott Hotel at 102–05 Ditmars
Boulevard, East Elmhurst, New York. A
legal notice will also be placed in
newspapers having general circulation
in the study area. The newspaper notice
will notify the public that scoping
meetings will be held to gain their input
concerning the alternatives to be
considered and environmental impacts
to be evaluated, with comments on the
environmental impacts being used to
help formulate the scope of analysis for
the EIS. The Public Scoping Meetings
will be open house format with project
information displayed and
representatives from the FAA and the
Port Authority available to answer
questions. Sign and oral interpretation
can be made available at the meeting, as
well as an assistive listening device, if
requested 10 calendar days before the
meeting. The meetings will be open to
all persons on a space-available basis.
There will be no admission fee or other
charge, including parking, to attend and
participate. Written and oral comments
will be accepted at each of the meetings.
The public comment period on the
Scoping phase of the EIS will end on
June 17, 2019.
The purpose of the Scoping Process,
as stated above, is to receive input from
the public, as well as from Federal,
state, and local agencies that have legal
jurisdiction and/or special expertise,
with respect to any potential
environmental impacts associated with
the proposed project, as well as
concerns, issues, and alternatives they
believe should be addressed in the EIS.
During this process, questions regarding
the scope and process related to the EIS
will be answered. More information
about the sponsor’s proposed project
and the scoping meetings can be found
at: www.LgaAccessEIS.com.
Comments should be addressed to the
listed contact person, or by email to
comments@lgaaccesseis.com. The
Scoping comment period is from May 3,
2019 through June 17, 2019.
The FAA is aware that there may be
Native American tribes with a historical
interest in the area. The FAA will
interact on a government-to-government
basis, in accordance with all executive
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orders, laws, regulations, and other
memoranda. The tribes will also be
invited to participate in accordance
with NEPA and Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act.
Issued in Jamaica, New York, April 23,
2019.
Evelyn Martinez,
Manager, New York Airport District Office,
Airports Division, Eastern Region.
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Background: In 1995 FHWA
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The nominator is responsible for
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) and Initiate Section 106 Consultation for the Proposed LaGuardia
Access Improvement Project at LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York City,
Queens County, New York
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
and Request for Scoping Comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing this
notice under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, to advise the public that an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared to assess the potential impacts
of the proposed LaGuardia Airport Access Improvement Project and its
enabling projects and connected actions (the proposed action). The Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey (Port Authority) proposes to
construct an elevated automated people mover (APM) that would provide
direct access between LGA and two existing transit stations at Mets-
Willets Point. Currently, LGA is accessible only by road. Passengers
and employees face increasing and unreliable travel times and traffic
congestion on off-Airport roadways. The project will provide air
passengers and employees with a time-certain option for access to LGA
and permit the Port Authority to provide adequate employee parking for
the geographically constrained airport. Two (2) public scoping meetings
and one (1) governmental agency scoping meeting will be held to
identify public and agency concerns related to the proposed action. FAA
is the lead agency on the preparation of the EIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Andrew Brooks, Environmental
Program Manager, Eastern Regional Office, AEA-610, Federal Aviation
Administration, 1 Aviation Plaza, Jamaica, NY 11434. Telephone: 718-
553-2511.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this notice is to inform
federal, state, and local government agencies and the public of the
intent to prepare an EIS and to conduct a public and agency scoping
process. Information, data, opinions, and substantive comments obtained
throughout the scoping process will be considered in preparing the EIS.
The scoping process for this EIS will include scoping meetings and
a comment period for interested agencies and members of the public to
submit oral and/or written comments with respect to any potential
environmental impacts associated with the proposed project, or comments
representing the concerns, issues, and alternatives they believe should
be addressed in the EIS. Please submit any written comments to the FAA
no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday, June 17, 2019.
The EIS will be prepared in accordance with the procedures
described in FAA Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts: Policies and
Procedures, and FAA Order 5050.4B, National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) Implementing Instructions for Airport Actions. Additionally,
pursuant to Executive Order 13807, Establishing Discipline and
Accountability in the Environmental and Permitting Process for
Infrastructure, this EIS will be used by all federal approving and
permitting agencies. Accordingly, it will comply with any requirements
of these cooperating and participating agencies. The FAA and
cooperating and participating agencies intend to use the preparation of
this EIS to comply with the concurrent statutory review process under
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), as
amended, and its implementing regulations, Protection of Historic
Properties (36 CFR part 800); Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act;
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act; and
Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. This Notice of Intent also serves
to notify the public that this EIS process will satisfy the public
notice and comment requirements of Section 106 of the NHPA, Section
4(f) of the Department of Transportation (DOT) Act, DOT Order
5610.2(a), Environmental Justice in Minority and Low-Income
Populations; Executive Order 11990, Protection of Wetlands; DOT Order
5660.1A, Preservation of the Nation's Wetlands; Executive Order 11988,
Floodplain Management; and DOT Order 5650.2, Floodplain Management and
Protection.
The Port Authority, the operator of LGA, proposes the following
project components of the proposed action:
Construction of an above ground fixed guideway automated
people mover (APM) system approximately 2.3 miles in length that
extends from the LGA Central Hall Building to the Metropolitan Transit
Authority (MTA) Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Mets-Willets Point Station
and the New York City Transit (NYCT) 7 Line Mets-Willets Point Station;
construction of two on-Airport APM stations; construction
of one off-Airport APM station at Mets-Willets Point that provides
connections to the Mets-Willets Point LIRR and NYCT 7 Line stations;
construction of passenger walkway systems to connect the
APM stations to the passenger terminals, parking garages, and ground
transportation facilities;
construction of a multi-level APM operations, maintenance,
and storage facility (OMSF) that includes 500 Airport employee parking
spaces;
construction of three traction power substations: one
located at the on-airport East Station, another at Willets Point
Station, and the third at the OMSF to provide power to the APM
guideway;
construction of a 27kV main substation located adjacent to
the OMSF structure on MTA property; and
construction of utilities infrastructure, both new and
modified, as needed, to support the proposed action.
The proposed action also includes various enabling projects to
allow construction and connected actions, including: Utility relocation
and demolition of certain existing facilities; reconstruction and/or
relocation of the Passerelle Bridge; modifications to the MTA LIRR
Mets-Willets Point Station, including service changes to the LIRR Port
Washington Line; and the relocation of several Flushing Bay Marina
facilities, including a boat lift, Marina office, and boat storage.
The FAA is required to consider a range of alternatives that could
potentially meet the purpose and need to provide a time-certain
transportation option that connects passengers and employees to LGA. As
part of the information submittal process, the Port
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Authority supplied an initial list of alternatives that they had
considered. These alternatives are included below. After considering
the public input from the scoping process, the FAA will identify a list
of reasonable alternatives that will be evaluated through the EIS
process.
Alternative One--Sponsor's Proposed Action: As previously
described.
Alternative Two--Use of Other Existing Airports: Transfer or
shifting of aviation activity to another existing public airport (or
airports) in the New York metropolitan area.
Alternative Three--Use of Other Modes of Transportation: Use of
other modes of transportation, including automobiles, buses, ferry
service, existing passenger trains, proposed high-speed rail facilities
or other emerging transportation technologies.
Alternative Four--Transportation Demand Management: Use of measures
to reduce vehicular travel to and from the Airport.
Alternative Five--Off-Airport Roadway Expansion: Increase the
capacity of roadways surrounding and providing access to the Airport,
potentially including I-495, the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE), the
Grand Central Parkway, Queens Boulevard, and/or Astoria Boulevard.
Alternative Six--Subway Extension from Astoria Boulevard Subway
Station: Elevated Above Grand Central Parkway: Construction of an
elevated subway structure that would extend service of the NYCT N and W
Lines eastward from the existing Astoria Boulevard Subway Station to a
new station at the Airport; the alignment would be along Grand Central
Parkway.
Alternative Seven--Subway Extension from Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard
Subway Station: Elevated Above 19th Avenue: Construction of an elevated
subway structure that would extend service of the NYCT N and W Lines
eastward from the existing Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard Subway Station to
a new station at the Airport; the alignment would generally be along
31st Street north, 19th Avenue east, and Grand Central Parkway east.
Alternative Eight--Subway Extension from Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard
Subway Station: Tunnel Beneath 19th Avenue: Construction of an
underground subway structure that would extend service of the NYCT N
and W Lines eastward from the existing Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard Subway
Station to a new station at the Airport; the alignment generally would
be in a tunnel beneath 31st Street north, 19th Avenue east, and Grand
Central Parkway east.
Alternative Nine--Fixed Guideway from Astoria Boulevard Subway
Station: Construction of a fixed guideway APM system that would provide
service from the existing Astoria Boulevard Subway Station to a new
station at the Airport; the alignment generally would be along Grand
Central Parkway east.
Alternative Ten--Fixed Guideway from Woodside LIRR and 61st Street-
Woodside Subway Station: Construction of a fixed guideway APM system
that would provide service from the existing LIRR Woodside Station and
the NYCT 7 Line at the 61st Street/Woodside Subway Station to a new
station at the Airport; the alignment generally would be along the
existing railroad right-of-way north and then parallel the BQE north to
the Grand Central Parkway east.
Alternative Eleven--Fixed Guideway from Roosevelt Avenue-Jackson
Heights Subway Station: Construction of a fixed guideway APM system
that would provide service from the existing NYCT 7, E, F, M, and R
Lines at Roosevelt Avenue/Jackson Heights Subway Station to a new
station at the Airport; the alignment generally would be along Broadway
northwest to the BQE and then parallel the BQE north to the Grand
Central Parkway east.
Alternative Twelve--Fixed Guideway from Jamaica Station
Transportation Hub: Construction of a fixed guideway APM system that
would provide service from the existing NYCT E, J, and Z Lines at
Jamaica Station transportation hub to a new station at the Airport; the
alignment generally would be along city streets to the Van Wyck
Expressway and would continue northwesterly along the Van Wyck
Expressway and Grand Central Parkway.
Alternative Thirteen--No Action Alternative: Under this
alternative, the Port Authority would take no action to develop an APM
system or other alternative form of transportation to and from the
Airport.
Public Scoping and Governmental Agency Meetings: To ensure that the
full range of issues related to the proposed action is addressed and
that all significant issues are identified, comments and suggestions
are invited from all interested parties. Public and governmental agency
scoping meetings will be conducted to identify any significant issues
associated with the proposed action.
A governmental agency scoping meeting for all federal, state, and
local regulatory agencies that have jurisdiction by law or have special
expertise with respect to any potential environmental impacts
associated with the proposed action will be held on Wednesday, June 5,
2019. This meeting will take place at 10:00am Eastern Time, at the Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey Office at 4 World Trade Center,
23rd Floor, New York, New York. A notification letter will be sent in
advance of the meeting.
Two public scoping meetings for the general public will be held.
The public scoping meetings will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Eastern Time on Wednesday, June 5, 2019 and from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Eastern Time on Thursday, June 6, 2019. The public scoping meetings
will be conducted at the New York LaGuardia Airport Marriott Hotel at
102-05 Ditmars Boulevard, East Elmhurst, New York. A legal notice will
also be placed in newspapers having general circulation in the study
area. The newspaper notice will notify the public that scoping meetings
will be held to gain their input concerning the alternatives to be
considered and environmental impacts to be evaluated, with comments on
the environmental impacts being used to help formulate the scope of
analysis for the EIS. The Public Scoping Meetings will be open house
format with project information displayed and representatives from the
FAA and the Port Authority available to answer questions. Sign and oral
interpretation can be made available at the meeting, as well as an
assistive listening device, if requested 10 calendar days before the
meeting. The meetings will be open to all persons on a space-available
basis. There will be no admission fee or other charge, including
parking, to attend and participate. Written and oral comments will be
accepted at each of the meetings. The public comment period on the
Scoping phase of the EIS will end on June 17, 2019.
The purpose of the Scoping Process, as stated above, is to receive
input from the public, as well as from Federal, state, and local
agencies that have legal jurisdiction and/or special expertise, with
respect to any potential environmental impacts associated with the
proposed project, as well as concerns, issues, and alternatives they
believe should be addressed in the EIS. During this process, questions
regarding the scope and process related to the EIS will be answered.
More information about the sponsor's proposed project and the scoping
meetings can be found at: www.LgaAccessEIS.com.
Comments should be addressed to the listed contact person, or by
email to [email protected]. The Scoping comment period is from
May 3, 2019 through June 17, 2019.
The FAA is aware that there may be Native American tribes with a
historical interest in the area. The FAA will interact on a government-
to-government basis, in accordance with all executive
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orders, laws, regulations, and other memoranda. The tribes will also be
invited to participate in accordance with NEPA and Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act.
Issued in Jamaica, New York, April 23, 2019.
Evelyn Martinez,
Manager, New York Airport District Office, Airports Division, Eastern
Region.
[FR Doc. 2019-08863 Filed 5-2-19; 8:45 am]
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