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On August 24, 2012, the New York City Department of City Planning, on behalf of the City Planning Commission as lead agency, issued a Notice of Completion for a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the West Harlem Rezoning project.

A public hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was held at 10:00AM on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, in Spector Hall, at the Department of City Planning, 22 Reade Street, in Lower Manhattan, in conjunction with the City Planning Commission's citywide public hearing pursuant to ULURP. Comments were requested on the DEIS and were accepted until Monday, August 6, 2012. The FEIS incorporates responses to the public comments received on the DEIS and additional analysis conducted subsequent to the completion of the DEIS.


The files below are in PDF format.

Cover Page	(0.01mb)
Table of Contents	(0.05mb)
Foreword	(0.03mb)
Executive Summary	(1.20mb)
Chapter 1 - Project Description	(2.49mb)
Chapter 2 - Land Use, Zoning and Public Policy	(6.57mb)
Chapter 3 - Socioeconomic Conditions	(0.57mb)
Chapter 4 - Community Facilities and Services	(1.47mb)
Chapter 5 - Open Space	(3.81mb)
Chapter 6 - Shadows	(5.64mb)
Chapter 7 - Historic and Cultural Resources	(4.37mb)
Chapter 8 - Urban Design & Visual Resources	(5.51mb)
Chapter 9 - Hazardous Materials	(0.12mb)
Chapter 10 - Water and Sewer Infrastructure	(0.51mb)
Chapter 11 - Transportation	(3.45mb)
Chapter 12 - Air Quality	(0.31mb)
Chapter 13 - Greenhouse Gas Emissions	(0.06mb)
Chapter 14 - Noise	(0.28mb)
Chapter 15 - Public Health	(0.02mb)
Chapter 16 - Neighborhood Character	(0.29mb)
Chapter 17 - Construction	(0.31mb)
Chapter 18 - Mitigation	(0.05mb)
Chapter 19 - Alternatives	(2.76mb)
Chapter 20 - Unavoidable Adverse Impacts	(0.04mb)
Chapter 21 - Growth-Inducing Aspects of the Proposed Action	(0.01mb)
Chapter 22 - Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitment of Resources	(0.01mb)
Chapter 23 - Response to Comments	(0.01mb)
Appendices:
Appendix A - Proposed Zoning Text Amendment	(0.08mb)
Appendix B - List of Blocks and Lots Included in Proposed Rezoning Area	(0.20mb)
Appendix C - LPC Environmental Review Letters	(0.05mb)
Appendix D - BMP Concept Plan	(0.41mb)
Appendix E - Transportation Planning Factors Memorandum	(2.10mb)
Appendix F - Noise Back-Up	(0.90mb)
Appendix G - Written Comments Received on the DEIS	(7.38mb)