[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 170 (Friday, August 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46052-46053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22049]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Environmental Impact Statement: Juneau International Airport, 
Juneau AK

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Supplemental Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration announces incorporation of 
a new major proposed action into the Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) assessing implementation of projects proposed at the Juneau 
International Airport.

RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL: Patricia A. Sullivan, Environmental Specialist, 
Federal Aviation Administration, Alaskan Region, Airports Division, 222 
W. 7th Avenue, #14, Anchorage, AK 99513.

WRITTEN COMMENTS: Ken Wallace, Project Manager, SWCA, Inc., 230 South 
500 East, Suite 380, Salt Lake City, UT 84102. E-mail: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathryn Collis, Compliance and Process 
Coordinator, SWCA, 230 South 500 East, Suite 380, Salt Lake City, UT 
84102. Phone (801) 322-4307. E-mail: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Aviation Administration 
published a Notice of Intent on June 1, 2001 to prepare and consider an 
EIS for implementation of proposed projects at the Juneau International 
Airport. Major projects proposed to be assessed in the EIS include: 
creation of additional Runway Safety Area (RSA) centered about the 
runway that is 500 feet wide by the length of the runway plus 1,000 
feet beyond each runway end; installation of a Medium Approach Lighting 
System with Rails (MALSR) to improve the approach to Runway 26; 
construction of a Snow Removal Equipment Building to provide needed 
storage space for the snow removal fleet; and construction of 
additional Aviation Development Areas to provide adequate facilities to 
accommodate the growing demand and tourism needs of helicopters and 
fixed wing aircraft. A supplemental NOI was subsequently published on 
August 20, 2001, extending the public scoping comment period through 
September 30, 2001, and announced that the EIS would also evaluate a 
proposed new fuel tank farm access road.
    Juneau International Airport has identified a number of habitat 
modification proposals and wildlife

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management activities to reduce and control wildlife hazards to 
aircraft. FAA has reviewed these actions and determined that the 
pending Wildlife Hazard Management Plan should be evaluated as a major 
proposed action in the EIS. FAA will continue to accept written 
comments concerning the scope of the EIS through September 30, 2001. 
Comments may be submitted in writing to the address identified in FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT or through the comment submittal form found 
on the project web site at www.jnu-eis.org. An additional public 
scoping meeting will be held in Juneau on September 18, 2001 at the 
Vocational Training and Resource Center, 3239 Hospital Drive, Juneau, 
Alaska from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

    Issued in Anchorage, Alaska on August 21, 2001.
David S. Stelling,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, AAL-600, Alaskan Region.
[FR Doc. 01-22049 Filed 8-30-01; 8:45 am]
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