[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 33995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13840]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Integrated Environmental Impact
Statement for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Black Hills Health
Care System Proposed Improvements and Reconfiguration, Hot Springs and
Rapid City, South Dakota; Comment Period Extension
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
ACTION: Notice of intent; Comment period extension.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published, in the
Federal Register on May 16, 2014, the Notice of Intent to prepare an
integrated environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed
improvements to and reconfiguration of the VA Black Hills Health Care
System (VA BHHCS) services in the Hot Springs and Rapid City, South
Dakota vicinities. Due to public request and the unavailability of the
regulations.gov public comment Web site, the comment period for the
scoping process has been extended from June 16, 2014 to August 16,
2014.
DATES: Public comments must be received by August 16, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on VA's notice of intent to prepare
an integrated EIS through www.Regulations.gov or
[email protected]. Please refer to: ``VA BHHCS Notice of Intent
to Prepare an Integrated EIS''. Comments may also be submitted to Staff
Assistant to the Director, VA Black Hills Health Care System, 113
Comanche Rd., Fort Meade, SD 57741.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Staff Assistant to the Director, VA
BHHCS, at the address above or by telephone, 605-720-7170. Documents
related to the VA BHHCS proposed reconfiguration will be available for
viewing on the VA BHHCS Web site: http://www.blackhills.va.gov/VABlackHillsFuture/.
Correction: In the Federal Register of May 16, 2014 in FR Doc.
2014-11316, on page 28603, in the second column, correct the DATES
caption to read:
DATES: With the publication of this notice, VA is initiating the
scoping process to identify issues and concerns to be addressed in the
integrated EIS. Federal, state, and local agencies, environmental
organizations, businesses, other interested parties and the general
public are encouraged to submit their written comments identifying
specific issues or topics of environmental concern that should be
addressed. VA will hold two or more public scoping meetings within the
VA BHHCS service area; the dates, times, and locations of which will be
announced and published at least 14 days prior to the meetings. All
written comments on the proposal should be submitted by August 16,
2014. VA will consider all comments received during the 90-day public
comment period in determining the scope of the integrated EIS.
Extension: The public comment period for the scoping process for
the integrated environmental impact statement for the proposed
improvements to and reconfiguration of the VA Black Hills Health Care
System services in the Hot Springs and Rapid City, South Dakota
vicinities has been extended from June 16, 2014 to August 16, 2014.
Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or designee, approved this
document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as
an official document of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Jose D.
Riojas, Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs, approved the
Notice of Intent on May 6, 2014, for publication.
Robert C. McFetridge,
Director of Regulations Policy and Management, Office of the General
Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2014-13840 Filed 6-12-14; 8:45 am]
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