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16 May

USCG Gets More Time to Finalize Base Seattle Modernization Project PEIS

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The U.S. Coast Guard now has more time to conduct more analysis on the proposed Base Seattle Modernization project. The Department of Homeland Security has extended the U.S. Coast Guard’s timeline to finalize the project’s Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) from May 7 to Dec. 31, giving the agency more time “to consider public comments received on the Draft PEIS and conduct additional analysis that will help inform a final Record of Decision.” Before a Record of Decision is issued “stating the Coast Guard’s decision on the selected alternative,” the public will have a chance to look over the final…

Coast Guard Extends Proposed Base Seattle Expansion Public Input Period

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The U.S. Coast Guard is giving stakeholders more time to weigh in on an environmental document for the proposed expansion of Coast Guard Base Seattle. The Guard has extended the deadline for public input on the project’s Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to Dec. 16. The original deadline was Dec. 2. The goal of the draft statement is to investigate possible “environmental and socioeconomic impacts, and identifies related mitigation measures, associated with land acquisition, facility and infrastructure modernization, and continued operation to support current and future Coast Guard missions at Base Seattle,” according to the agency. The full document is available…

USCG Releases Draft Environmental Document for Base Seattle Expansion

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The public has until Dec. 2 to weigh in on an environmental document pertaining to the U.S. Coast Guard’s proposal to expand and modernize Base Seattle, the Coast Guard announced Oct. 11. The Coast Guard has released a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement of the proposal, a document that looks at the possible environmental effects of proposed action alternatives. “The purpose of the expansion is to provide adequate facilities and infrastructure at Base Seattle to support current and future execution of the Coast Guard’s statutory missions,” the Coast Guard said. “Base Seattle is the largest Coast Guard facility in the…