Notice of Public Scoping For New Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan

The City of Department of Sanitation (DSNY) is preparing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed new Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan for for the next 20 years (New SWMP). The New SWMP will provide for the management of solid waste in New York City, including current programs to reduce, reuse and recycle solid waste, long-term processing and transport of recyclables, long-term export of DSNY-managed waste from Converted Marine Transfer Stations (MTS) or alternatives and commercial waste. DSNY requests public comment on impacts to be evaluated in the DEIS. As part of an enhanced public outreach effort to facilitate max- imum public participation, DSNY will hold ten (10) Public Scoping Meetings, each of which will be near one of the proposed MTS sites and/or alternatives, to take public comments on the Draft Scope for the DEIS. The Public Scoping Meetings will be held, as follows:

Project Area Date Time Location I.S.195 (Roberto Clemente School) 625 W.133rd Street West 135th Street MTS June 16, 2004 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM (between Broadway and 12th Avenue), New York NY

I.S. 227 (Edward B. Shallow School) 6500 16th Avenue Southwest Brooklyn MTS June 17, 2004 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM (between 65th and 66th Streets), Brooklyn, NY

West Side Y.M.C.A. 5 West 63rd Street West 59th Street MTS June 21, 2004 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM (between Central Park West and Broadway), New York, NY

P.S. 48 (Joseph Drake School) 1290 Spofford Avenue South Bronx MTS June 22, 2004 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM (between Faile and Coster Streets), Bronx, NY

South Bronx MTS Alternatives (98 Alfred E. Smith High School 333 East 151st Street June 23, 2004 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM Lincoln Ave. and 920 E. 132nd St.) (between Courtlandt and Morris Avenues), Bronx, NY

Brooklyn 7 Community District Office 4201 4th Avenue Hamilton Avenue MTS June 24, 2004 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM (between 42nd and 43rd Streets), Brooklyn, NY

New York Blood Center (Auditorium) 310 E. 67th Street East 91st Street MTS June 28, 2004 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM (between 1st and 2nd Avenues), New York, NY

Union Plaza Health Care Facility 33-23 Union Street North Shore MTS June 29, 2004 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM (between 33rd and 34th Avenues), Flushing, NY

Greenpoint MTS Sunnyside Senior Center 43-31 39th Street June 30, 2004 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM Alternative (30-58 Review Avenue) (between Queens Blvd. and 43rd Ave.), Sunnyside, NY Greenpoint MTS and Brooklyn Alternatives (485 Scott Ave., 72 Swinging Sixties Senior Center 211 Ainslie Street July 1, 2004 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM Scott Ave./598 Scholes St., and (between Manhattan and Graham Avenues), Brooklyn, NY 568 Meserole St.)

A copy of the Draft Scope and the Environmental Assessment Statement and Positive Declaration for the New SWMP are available on DSNY's web site at www.nyc.gov/sanitation. These materials can also be obtained by contacting: Assistant Commissioner Harry Szarpanski City of New York Department of Sanitation 44 Beaver Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10004 Telephone: (917) 237-5501 and Fax: (212) 269-0788 Oral and written comments can be submitted at the Public Scoping Meeting*. Written comments can also be sent to the above address or fax number, or to: New SWMP Comments c/o Ecology and Environment, Inc. 90 Broad Street, Suite 1906, New York, NY 10004 All written comments must be postmarked by July 9, 2004 or received by 5:00 PM on July 11, 2004. Public documents and outreach materials* are available in the vicinity of each proposed site as follows:

Project Area Repository Address Days and Hours Phone Number MANHATTAN

Community Board 8 Office 505 Park Avenue call for days and hours (212) 758-4340 East 91st Street MTS 96th Street Regional Public Library 112 East 96th Street M/Th 12-8;Tu/F 1-6; W 10-4; Sa 10-5 (212) 289-0908

Manhattan Community District 9 office 565 West 125th Street call for days and hours (212) 864-6200 West 135th Street MTS George Bruce Public Library 518 West 125th Street M 10-6; W 12-8; Th 11-6; F 1-6; Sa 10-5. (212) 662-9727 330 West 42nd Street, Manhattan Community Board 4 Office call for days and hours (212) 736-4536 West 59th 26th Floor Street MTS Riverside Public Library (Community 127 Amsterdam Avenue at M 10-6; W 12-8; Th 1-8; F 1-6; Sa 10-5 (212) 870-1810 District 7) West 65th Street BROOKLYN Brooklyn Community Board 7 office 4201 4th Avenue call for days and hours (718) 854-0003 Hamilton Avenue MTS Sunset Park Public Library 5108 4th Avenue at 51st M 1-8; T, Th/F 1-6; W 10-6; Sa 10-5 (718) 567-2806

Brooklyn Community Board 11 Office 2214 Bath Avenue call for days and hours (718) 266-8800 Southwest Brooklyn MTS 1743 86th Street at Bay New Utrecht Public Library M/Th 1-6; Tu 1-8; W/F 10-6; Sa 10-5 (718) 236-4086 17th Street Greenpoint MTS and Brooklyn Brooklyn Community Board Office 435 Graham Avenue call for days and hours (718) 389-0009 Alternatives (485 Scott Ave., 72 Scott Ave./598 8 Devoe Street at Leonard Scholes St., Leonard Public Library M 1-8; Tu/Th/F 1-6; W 10-6 (718) 486-3365 Street and 568 Meserole St.) QUEENS Greenpoint 43-22 50th Street, Office call for days and hours (718) 533-8773 MTS Queens Woodside Alternative 25-01 Jackson Avenue, (30-58 Review Court Square Public Library M 12-7; Tu 1-6; W 10-6; Th/F 12-6 (718) 937-2790 Avenue) 45-35 Kissena Boulevard, Queens Community Board 7 Office call for days and hours (718) 359-2800 North Shore Flushing MTS 29-42 Union Street, Mitchell-Linden Public Library M/Th 1-8, Tu 1-6, W/F 10-6 (718) 539-2330 Flushing BRONX

Bronx Community Board 2 Office 1029 East 163rd Street call for days and hours (718) 328-9125/6 South Bronx MTS 877 Southern Boulevard Hunts Point Regional Public Library M 12-7; Tu/Th 10-6; W/F 1-6; Sa 10-5 (718) 617-0338 at Tiffany Street South Bronx MTS Office 384 East 149th Street call for days and hours (718) 585-7117 Alternatives (98 Lincoln Ave. and 761 East 160th Street, Woodstock Public Library M/Tu 10-6; W 11-6; Th 12-7; F 1-6 (718) 665-6255 E. 132nd St.) west of Prospect Avenue * DSNY will make available public outreach, public notice materials, and interpreters for languages other than English where appropriate, upon request. Please call the NYC SWMP Hotline or 1-888-NYC-SWMP for more information.

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