[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 182 (Monday, September 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 50275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25207]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice Of Document Availability; Draft Environmental Assessment 
for Jackson Hole Airport, Jackson, Wyoming

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released for 
public and agency review and comment, a Draft Environmental Assessment 
for proposed runway safety improvements at Jackson Hole Airport, 
Jackson, Wyoming.

Description of Existing Safety Issue

    The alarming number of runway excursions at the Jackson Hole 
Airport is the major motivation for the runway modification proposed by 
the Jackson Hole Airport Board and the Federal Aviation Administration. 
Between 1985 and 1998, there were 15 aircraft runway excursions at the 
airport. A ``runway excursion'' occurs when, during a landing or 
aborted take off, the pilot is unable to stop the aircraft on the 
available runway length and the aircraft comes to rest in the unpaved 
area beyond the runway end or off the side of the runway. Eight of the 
15 runway excursions at this airport involved commercial aircraft 
loaded with passengers. The number of runway excursions experienced at 
this airport exceeds that of any other commercial service airport in 
the United States during the same period.

Purpose of the Environmental Assessment

    The purpose of the FAA Environmental Assessment is to document the 
evaluation of potential environmental impacts associated with providing 
standard Runway Safety Areas and Runway Object Free Areas at both ends 
of the runway, construction and operation of an airport traffic control 
tower, implementation of a voluntary preferential runway use program, 
reconstruction of the existing runway length, and installation of 
runway end identifier lights and other navigational aids at the Jackson 
Hole Airport, Jackson, Wyoming.

DATES: Comments should be submitted no later than October 30, 1998, to 
Mr. Dennis Ossenkop, Airports Division, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Northwest Mountain Region, 1601 Lind Avenue, S.W., 
Renton, WA 98055-4056.
    Any person desiring to review the Draft Environmental Assessment 
may do so during normal business hours at the following locations:

Federal Aviation Administration, Airports Division, Room 315, 1601 Lind 
Avenue, S.W., Renton, Washington
Federal Aviation Administration, Airports District Office, 26805 E. 
68th Ave., Suite 224, Denver, CO
Jackson Hole Airport, 1250 East Airport Road, Jackson, WY
Teton County Library, 125 Virginian Lane, Jackson, WY

    Issued in Renton, Washington on September 11, 1998.
Lowell H. Johnson,
Manager, Airports Division, Federal Aviation Administration, Northwest 
Mountain Region, Renton, Washington.
[FR Doc. 98-25207 Filed 9-18-98; 8:45 am]
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