[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 180 (Monday, September 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48193-48194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23906]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and To Hold 
an Environmental Scoping Meeting for Airport Improvements at Manchester 
Airport, Manchester, New Hampshire

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration.

ACTION: Notice of public environmental scoping meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing notice to 
advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be 
prepared for airport improvements under consideration by the City of 
Manchester Department of Aviation for Manchester Airport in the City of 
Manchester and Town of Londonderry, New Hampshire. To insure that all 
significant issues related to this planning effort are identified, a 
public scoping meeting will be held.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Silva, Environmental Program 
Manager, Federal Aviation Administration, New 

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England Region, Airports Division, 12 New England Executive Park, 
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803. Telephone no.: 617-238-7602.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA, in cooperation with the City of 
Manchester Department of Aviation, will prepare an EIS on a proposal to 
implement a program of airfield and terminal area improvements to meet 
current and future safety and capacity demands.
    The EIS will evaluate a range of actions, including runway and 
taxiway improvements for Runways 17-35 and 6-24 as well as improvements 
to the Terminal Complex; Air Cargo Facilities; Aircraft Rescue and 
Firefighting, and Maintenance/Snow Removal buildings; and Traffic and 
Access routes.
    Comments and suggestions are invited from federal, state, and local 
agencies, and other interested parties, in order to ensure that a full 
range of issues related to the airfield and terminal area improvements 
under consideration are identified and addressed in the scope of work 
for the EIS.

PUBLIC SCOPING MEETINGS: In order to provide for both agency and public 
input, two scoping sessions have been scheduled on October 19, 1995. An 
afternoon Agency Scoping Meeting will be held for federal, state and 
local agencies at 1:00 pm in the 3rd floor Board Room at Manchester 
Airport. An evening Public Scoping Workshop for public input will be 
held at 5:00 pm. This meeting, to which agency personnel are invited, 
will be held at the Londonderry High School cafeteria (on the left side 
of the building), 295 Mammoth Road, Londonderry, New Hampshire.

    Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on September 8, 1995.
John C. Silva,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, FAA, New England Region.
[FR Doc. 95-23906 Filed 9-15-95; 8:45 am]
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