[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56368-56369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27994]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement; Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport; Ft. 
Lauderdale, FL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing this 
notice to advertise to the public that a Supplemental Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (Supplemental DEIS) will be prepared and 
considered for the proposed extension of Runway 9R-27L

[[Page 56369]]

to 9,000 feet and widening to 150 feet at Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood 
International Airport.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Virginia Lane, Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA), Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine 
National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32822-5024, 407/812-6331, 
extension 29.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA, in cooperation with Broward County, 
Florida, prepared and issued in February 2001, a Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement (DEIS) for a proposed project to lengthen and widen 
Runway 9R-27L at the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport 
(FLL) to 9,000 feet  x  150 feet for air carrier aircraft use. The 
existing runway (5,276 feet  x  100 feet) accommodates general aviation 
and commuter aircraft, but the Airport Master Plan (AMP), accepted on 
April 19, 1995, indicated that significant future airfield congestion 
and aircraft delay could be anticipated without some modification to 
the existing airfield facilities. The extension of the existing runway 
is planned as a precision instrument runway (PIR) with a CAT I approach 
to both Runway 27L and Runway 9R. The runway will have approach slopes 
of 50:1 to runway 27L and 50:1 to Runway 9R with a primary surface 
width of 1,000 feet.
    A public hearing on the DEIS was held on March 21, 2001.
    The FAA's decision to prepare a Supplemental DEIS is based on 
recent increases in airport operations and updated FAA forecasts for 
FLL. Revised forecasts used for the Supplemental DEIS will be FAA's 
2001 Terminal Area Forecast for FLL. The revised forecasts are higher 
than the DEIS forecasts, and consequently the analysis in some of the 
environmental impact categories will change, specifically noise, 
environmental justice, and air quality. Revised analysis in the 
Supplemental DEIS will be based on a baseline year of 2000, the first 
year of operations with the proposed project of 2008, and an out year 
of 2015.
    Because of the anticipated changes in the DEIS analysis, the FAA 
plans to circulate the Supplemental DEIS for review and comment by the 
various governmental agencies and public, and hold a second public 
hearing to disclose the changes. The FAA anticipates preparing and 
distributing the Supplemental DEIS and holding a second public hearing 
in early 2002.
    The Supplemental DEIS will be a stand-alone document that will not 
require the use of the DEIS for interpretation or reference. The 
Supplemental DEIS will be prefaced with a summary section discussing 
principal changes from the DEIS. Public and agency comments on the DEIS 
will be addressed through changes in the Supplemental DEIS and there 
will not be any formal FAA responses to individual or grouped comments 
in the Supplemental DEIS. The Final EIS, however, will include comments 
and FAA responses to both the DEIS and Supplemental DEIS.
    The DEIS included detailed evaluation of the No Action Alternative, 
Alternative A--Build New North Runways Elevated, Alternative B--Build 
New North Runways At-Grade, and the Proposed Project--Extension of 
Runway 9R-27L. The alternatives selected for detailed evaluation in the 
DEIS will not change in the Supplemental DEIS.
    Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the 
heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.


    Issued in Orlando, Florida, October 29, 2001.
W. Dean Stringer,
Manager, Orlando Airports Districts Office.
[FR Doc. 01-27994 Filed 11-6-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-M