Read and respond to the USTA Project's draft environmental impact statement

On June 20, 2012, NYC Parks, as lead agency for the CEQR environmental review for the USTA NTC Strategic Vision Project, issued a Positive Declaration for the project and directed that a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) be prepared. At the same time, a Draft Scope of Work for an EIS was issued for public comment. A public scoping meeting was held on July 23, 2012 at the NTC Indoor Training Center at David Dinkins Circle, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, to accept oral and written comments. Written comments on the proposed project’s Scope of Work were accepted through August 8, 2012. The Final Scope of Work for this project’s EIS, including a summary of comments received and responses to those comments, was issued on December 27, 2012.

The DEIS is available for public inspection at the following locations: 

• NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal in Central Park and the Al Oerter Recreation Center in Queens
• USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Indoor Tennis Center
• Queens Public Library at the branches in Corona, Jackson Heights, Langston Hughes, Lefrak City, Forest Hills, Flushing, Kew Gardens Hills and Richmond Hill

It can also be obtained on-line at the link below. A public hearing on the DEIS will be held in conjunction with the City Planning Commission’s public hearing pursuant to the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP). This hearing has not yet been scheduled; therefore, subsequent notice will be given as to the time and place of the public hearing and the close of the public comment period. Written comments on the DEIS should be forwarded to the contact address below, and will be accepted by the NYCDPR until the 10th calendar day following the close of the public hearing.

Contact person: Joshua Laird, Assistant Commissioner for Planning and Parklands, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal, Central Park, 830 Fifth Avenue, Room 401, New York, New York 10065, Telephone: 212-360-3402, Fax: 212-360-3453, and email [email protected].

National Tennis Center Strategic Vision Project Environmental Impact Statement