Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Tiered Environmental Impact Statement for the New York and New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study

Issuing agencies

Abstract

Pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New York District is preparing an integrated Draft Feasibility Report/Tiered Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the New York and New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study (NYNJHATS). The study is assessing the feasibility of coastal storm risk management alternatives to be implemented within the defined study area with a specific emphasis on the New York and New Jersey Harbor, including Upper and Lower Bays, Newark Bay, Raritan Bay, Sandy Hook Bay, Jamaica Bay, Gravesend Bay, Sheepshead Bay, as well as other Bays, the tidally affected stretches of the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers, and the Hudson River to Troy, New York, as well as numerous other tributaries that discharge into New York Harbor. This is the third Notice of Intent to be published for this study.