[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 57 (Thursday, March 24, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-6962]


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[Federal Register: March 24, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 

Environmental Impact Statement: Northwest Arkansas Regional 
Airport, Benton County, AK

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public that a 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a proposed replacement 
air carrier airport for Drake Field (Fayetteville, Arkansas) to be 
located in Benton County, Arkansas, will be available for a period of 
forty-five (45) days beginning on the date of publication in the 
Federal Register of this notice of availability of the document. A 
public hearing on the DEIS will be held at 6 p.m. on May 5, 1994, in 
the Springdale, Arkansas, Holiday Inn, located at 1500 South 48th 
Street, in Springdale, Arkansas.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the DEIS will be available for review at the 
following locations: Offices of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport 
Authority, 100 West Center Street, suite 300, Fayetteville, Arkansas; 
Bentonville Public Library, 125 West Central, Bentonville, Arkansas; 
Fayetteville Public Library, 217 East Dickerson Street, Fayetteville, 
Arkansas; Rogers Public Library, 711 Dixieland Road, Rogers, Arkansas; 
Siloam Springs Public Library, 401 West University, Siloam Springs, 
Arkansas; Springdale Public Library, 1205 West Maple, Springdale, 
Arkansas; Bella Vista Public Library, 305 Towncenter West, Bella Vista, 
Arkansas; Elkins Public Library, 221 Perry Lane, Elkins, Arkansas; 
Gentry Public Library, Main Street, Gentry, Arkansas; Gravette Public 
Library, Charlotte Street, Gravette, Arkansas; Greenland Public 
Library, 8 East Ross Street, Greenland, Arkansas; Lincoln Public 
Library, 107 West Bean Street, Lincoln, Arkansas; Pea Ridge Public 
Library, East Pickens Street, Pea Ridge, Arkansas; Prairie Grove Public 
Library, 123 South Neal Street, Prairie Grove Arkansas; West Fork 
Public Library, 266 West Main Street, West Fork, Arkansas; Winslow, 
Public Library, 420 Main Street, Winslow, Arkansas; University of 
Arkansas Mullins Library, room 206, Mullins Library, University of 
Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas and Federal Aviation Administration, 
2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth Texas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bradley C. Kutchins, Project Manager, 
ASW-630J, Federal Aviation Administration, Southwest Regional Office, 
2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 76193-0630. Telephone (817) 
222-5661.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: In April, 1993, the Northwest Arkansas 
Regional Airport Authority and its consultants submitted a Preliminary 
Draft Environmental Assessment to the FAA for the proposed airport. In 
May, 1993, the FAA determined that an Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) was warranted. A Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS was published 
in the Federal Register on May 28, 1994.
    The FAA intends to consult and coordinate with Federal, state, and 
local agencies which have jurisdiction by law or have special expertise 
with respect to any environmental impacts associated with the proposed 
project. The FAA is currently making the DEIS available to Federal, 
state, and local agencies and the public in order to allow a review of 
the document and to solicit comments. A Final EIS will be prepared 
following the forty-five (45) day comment period.

Project Description

    The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority proposes to 
construct the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport which would replace 
commercial service at Drake Field. The primary components of the 
proposed action would consist of the following items: (1) Land 
acquisition; (2) 8,800-feet by 150-feet runway with high intensity 
runway lights, medium intensity approach lighting system and approach 
light system with sequence flasher; (3) 8,800-feet by 75-feet parallel 
taxiway with high intensity taxiway lights; (4) instrument landing 
system for both ends of the runway (to include localizer, glide slope, 
and middle and outer markers); (5) terminal building with associated 
motor vehicle parking and support facilities; (6) terminal area ramp 
paving; (7) air traffic control tower; and (8) an airport access road. 
Alternatives to the proposed action include no action, expansion of 
Carter Field in Rogers, Arkansas, and development of a new airport at 
another site.
    Agencies and members of the public may submit written statements to 
the following address: Federal Aviation Administration, Airports 
Division, Fort Worth, Texas, 76193-0630.

    Issued on: March 17, 1994.
Edward N. Agnew,
Acting Manager, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 94-6962 Filed 3-23-94; 8:45 am]
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