Date Draft EIS Was Made Available : Notice of availability of the Draft 
EIS appeared in the Federal Register on September 2, 1976. The entire 
Draft EIS was published in the Federal Register on September 9, 1976. 
Although comments were originally requested by October 18, 1976, 
extensions were given to several commentators at their request. The 
receipt of formal comments was continued until December 15, 1976. 
