[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 150 (Friday, August 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40774-40775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19370]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Cancellation of Preparation of Environmental Impact Statement for 
Lihue Airport, Lihue, Kauai, HI

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of cancellation of preparation of environmental impact 
statement.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces that it 
has decided to discontinue preparation of an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) for a proposed runway extension project at Lihue 
Airport, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii. The FAA's decision to discontinue 
preparation of the EIS is based upon the decision by the Governor of 
the State of Hawaii to cancel the proposed runway extension project at 
Lihue Airport.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David J. Welhouse, Project Engineer, 
HNL-621, Federal Aviation Administration, Honolulu Airports District 
Office, Box 50244, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96850-0001, Telephone: 808/541-
1243.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 28, 1998, the Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA) issued a Notice of Intent to prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement for future development at Lihue Airport, 
Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii in the Federal Register. The need to prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was based on the procedures 
described in FAA Order 5050.4A, Airport Environmental Handbook. The 
need to prepare a federal EIS was primarily based on the state of 
Hawaii's proposed extension to Runway 17/35. The State of Hawaii, 
Department of Transportation--Airports Division's (HDOT), as the owner 
and operator of Lihue Airport has notified the FAA of the state's 
decision to discontinue pursuit of the proposed extension to Runway 17/
35. The FAA has determined that the other various proposed projects 
identified in the FAA's October 28, 1998, Notice of Intent for Lihue 
Airport, are categorically excluded pursuant to FAA Order 5050.4A, 
Airport Environmental Handbook are therefore, does not

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require preparation of an EIS to comply with the provisions of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California on Friday, July 20, 2001.
Herman C. Bliss,
Manager, Airports Division, Western Pacific Region, AWP-600.
[FR Doc. 01-19370 Filed 8-2-01; 8:45 am]
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