[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37123-37124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17746]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration


Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Hold a 
Scoping Meeting for San Jose International Airport, San Jose, 
California

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice to hold a public scoping meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing this 
notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement will 
be prepared for development recommended by the Airport Master Plan 
Update for San Jose International Airport, San Jose, California. To 
ensure that all significant issues related to the 

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proposed action are identified, a public scoping meeting will be held.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Elisha Novak, Senior Planner, SFO-612, Federal Aviation 
Administration, San Francisco Airports District Office, 831 Mitten 
Road, Room 210, Burlingame, California 94010-1303, Telephone 415/876-
2928.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 
in cooperation with the city of San Jose, California will prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement for development recommended by the 
Airport Master Plan Update for San Jose International Airport. Since 
the airport environs contains non-compatible land uses in terms of 
aircraft noise, and the proposal is likely to be controversial, a 
decision has been made to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS). The city of San Jose, pursuant to the California Environmental 
Quality Act (CEQA) will also prepare an Environmental Impact Report 
(EIR) for the proposed development. In an effort to eliminate 
unnecessary duplication and reduce delay, the document to be prepared, 
will be a joint EIR/EIS in accordance with the President's Council on 
Environmental Quality Regulations described in title 40 Code of Federal 
Regulations Section 1500.5.
    The Joint Lead Agencies for the preparation of the EIR/EIS will be 
the Federal Aviation Administration and the city of San Jose, 
California.
    The development recommended by the Airport Master Plan Update to be 
evaluated in the EIR/EIS includes: Reconstruction and extension of 
Runway 12L-30R (from 4,400 to 11,050 feet); Reconstruction and 
extension of Runway 12R-30L (from 10,200 feet to 11,000 feet); 
Reconstruction and extension of parallel taxiways to match proposed 
runway extensions; Construction/reconstruction and extension of cross 
taxiways including several high-speed runway exits and aircraft hold 
aprons; Construction of new passenger terminal facilities (an increase 
of 18 gates for a total of 49 gates); Construction of interim public 
surface parking and construction of garages for public, rental car, and 
employee parking, expansion and relocation of cargo airline facilities; 
Expansion and relocation of belly-freight airline facilities; 
Relocation and expansion of fuel storage facilities; Expansion and 
relocation of other support facilities including flight kitchen and 
airport and airline maintenance areas, and Elimination of 300 existing 
general aviation aircraft storage spaces and all existing non-aviation 
land uses.
    It is anticipated that the proposed master plan development program 
would be adequate to accommodate approximately 17.6 million annual 
passengers by the year 2010, which is the forecast level of passenger 
demand, as well as the projected air cargo demand in 2010. The proposed 
program would result in the build-out of substantially all available 
airport operating areas.
    Alternatives: The alternatives to the proposed development that 
will be examined equally in the EIR/EIS include the following:
    Alternative A: Similar airport improvements as listed but sized to 
adequately accommodate approximately 13.1 million annual passengers by 
the year 2010, with the following major modifications to include: 
reconstruction and extension of Runway 12L-30R (from 4,400 feet to 
8,900 feet), construction of new passenger terminal facilities (an 
increase of 6 gates for a total of 37 gates), and elimination of 190 
existing general aviation aircraft storage spaces and all existing non-
aviation land uses.
    Alternative B: Similar airport improvements as listed except for no 
reconstruction or extension of Runway 12L/3OR and sized to adequately 
accommodate approximately 12.4 million annual passengers by the year 
2010, with the following other major modifications to include: 
Construction of new passenger terminal facilities (an increase of 4 
gates for a total of 35 gates), no relocation/expansion of cargo 
airline facilities, and elimination of 120 existing general aviation 
aircraft storage spaces.
    No Action for each of the proposed project improvements and 
Alternatives A or B will also be considered.
    On July 7, 1995, the city of San Jose issued a Notice of 
Preparation of a joint EIR/EIS for the ``San Jose International Airport 
Master plan Update'' in accordance with Section 15222 of the California 
Environmental Quality Act. The FAA intends to cooperate with local and 
state agencies to the fullest extent possible to reduce duplication 
between federal and state environmental requirements.
    Comments and suggestions are invited from Federal, State and local 
agencies, and other interested parties to ensure that the full range of 
issues related to these proposed projects are addressed and all 
significant issues identified. Comments and suggestions may be mailed 
to the FAA informational contact listed above.
    Public Scoping Meeting: Scoping of the processing of a joint EIR/
EIS is anticipated to include both a public scoping meeting for 
governmental agencies and a scoping meeting for the general public 
concerning the range of actions, alternatives, and impacts to be 
considered. Two separate meetings are to be held in order to allow 
members of the public to attend who would not be able to during normal 
business hours. The governmental agency scoping meeting is scheduled to 
be held on August 21, 1995, between 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. at San Jose 
City Hall, Council Chambers (2nd Floor), 801 N. First Street, San Jose, 
California. The general public scoping meeting will also be held on 
August 21, 1995, between 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. at the same location.
    The FAA invites interested parties to submit written comments to 
the FAA contact listed above.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California on July 13, 1995.
Herman C. Bliss,
Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600 Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 95-17746 Filed 7-18-95; 8:45 am]
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