[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 14430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6100]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Hold 
Scoping Meetings for Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, 
AZ

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice to hold one (1) public scoping meeting and one (1) 
Governmental and Public Agency 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 of the proposed West Terminal Complex at 
the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona. To 
ensure that all significant issues related to the proposed action are 
identified, one (1) public scoping meeting and one (1) governmental and 
public agency scoping meeting will be held.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin B. Flynn, Supervisor, Arizona 
Standards Section, AWP-623, Airports Division, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Western-Pacific Region, P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, 
California 90009-2007, Telephone: 310/725-3632. Comments on the scope 
of the EIS should be submitted to the address above and must be 
received no later than Wednesday, May 23, 2001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 
will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for development of the 
proposed West Terminal Complex at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International 
Airport (PHX), Phoenix, Arizona. The need to prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) is based on the procedures described in FAA 
Order 5050.4A Airport Environmental Handbook. PHX is a commercial 
service airport located within a standard metropolitan statistical area 
and the proposed development includes the development of a new terminal 
complex; and the proposed development is likely to be controversial. 
The alternatives to be evaluated in the EIS include, but will not 
necessarily be limited to, the No-Action Alternative; the Proposed 
Action Alternative; the Modification of Existing Facilities 
Alternative, and the Combination of Constructing New and Modifying 
Existing Facilities Alternative. 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 are identified. The 
FAA reserves the right to the option of converting the study to an 
Environmental Assessment (EA), if the agency finds that the projected 
environmental impacts would not be significant. If the EA option is 
selected, the FAA will then issue a Finding of No Significant Impact 
(FONSI), which will allow the City of Phoenix to implement the Proposed 
Action Alternative. Written comments and suggestions concerning the 
scope of the EIS may be mailed to the FAA informational contact listed 
above and must be received no later than Wednesday, May 23, 2001.

Public Scoping Meetings

    The FAA will hold one (1) public and one (1) governmental agency 
scoping meeting to solicit input from the public and various Federal, 
State, and local agencies which have jurisdiction by law or have 
specific expertise with respect to any environmental impacts associated 
with the proposed project. The public scoping meeting will be held 
Monday, April 23, 2001, at the Holiday Inn Select Phoenix Airport, 4300 
East Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85034. The meeting will be 
held from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. local time. A scoping meeting will be 
held specifically for governmental and public agencies on Monday, April 
23, 2001, at the Holiday Inn Select Phoenix Airport, 4300 East 
Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85034. The meeting will be held 
from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. local time.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California on Wednesday, February 28, 2001.
Herman C. Bliss,
Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific Region, AWP-600.
[FR Doc. 01-6100 Filed 3-9-01; 8:45 am]
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