(Wednesday, August 31, 2011)
contacts for this news release
Washington—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has completed a draft study analyzing potential environmental and socioeconomic effects of current and potential future border security activities along the U.S. Northern Border. The draft “Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for U.S. Customs and Border Protection Northern Border Activities” is currently available for a 45-day public review period.
CBP
protects against terrorism, human and drug smuggling, illegal
migration, and agricultural pests while simultaneously facilitating the
flow of legitimate trade and travel. CBP plans to use information from
the analysis in the Final PEIS for planning and decision making
purposes—evaluating its mission and environmental stewardship
responsibilities.
The study analyzed
approximately 4,000 miles from Maine to Washington and 100 miles south
of the U.S.–Canada Border. The Alaskan border area with Canada was not a
part of this study. CBP will review and incorporate comments into a
final PEIS, following the 45-day public review period.
Public
meetings for the draft PEIS will be held in cities along the Northern
Border during fall of 2011. Additionally, a meeting will be held in
Washington, D.C., on October 10, 2011. For more information about the
public meetings, the project, or to obtain a copy of the draft PEIS,
please visit the project’s web site.
(
NorthernBorderPEIS ) A copy of the PEIS may also be requested by calling (866) 760-1421.
U.S.
Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the
Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and
protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of
entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out
of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
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