[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 3096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-968]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and To Hold 
Environmental Scoping Meetings for Extension of Runway 5-23 and Other 
Airport Improvement Projects at Providence-T.F. Green Airport, Warwick, 
RI

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public environmental scoping meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing notice to 
advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be 
prepared for airport projects proposed by the Rhode Island Airport 
Corporation (RIAC). These projects include an extension of Runway 5-23 
and other projects included in the T.F. Green Airport Master Plan. To 
ensure that all significant issues related to the proposed action are 
identified, public scoping meetings will be held.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Silva, Manager, Environmental 
Programs, Airports Division, New England Region, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, 
Massachusetts 01803. Telephone number: (617) 238-7602.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public scoping meeting were first held on 
July 25, 2002. After initial work commenced on the EIS for the Airport 
Improvements at T.F. Green Airport, the EIS was postponed while 
additional airport master planning was undertaken, and the Airport 
Master Plan was revised to advance a long-term need for a major 
extension of Runway 5-23 to a reasonably foreseeable project in the 
nearer term. Because an environmental evaluation of a major extension 
of Runway 5-23 was not part of the 2002 Scope of Work for the EIS, FAA 
is conducting additional public scoping. This project and other 
proposed projects have the potential for significant adverse 
environmental effects, including aircraft noise, community disruption, 
and wetlands fill. Comments and suggestions are invited from federal, 
state, and local agencies and other interested parties in order to 
ensure that a full range of issues related to the proposed projects are 
identified and addressed in the scope of work for the EIS. Comments and 
suggestions may be mailed to FAA at the above address.
    Public Scoping Meetings: In order to provide public input, a 
scoping meeting for Federal, State, and local governmental agencies 
will be held on Tuesday, February 8, 2005, at 1 p.m. at the Radisson 
Airport Hotel, 2081 Post Road, Warwick, Rhode Island.
    An additional meeting to receive general public input will be held 
the same day at the same location, between 5 and 8 p.m. The format of 
this meeting will permit attendance anytime during this period. 
Attendees should allow for at least one hour. FAA recommends that 
commenters place emphasis on the extension of Runway 5-23 at these 
scoping meetings, since other projects in the EIS were the subject of 
public comment and input in 2002. Representatives of Federal, State, 
and local governmental agencies are encouraged to attend both events. 
Additional information may be obtained by contacting FAA at the above 
address or telephone number.

    Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on January 4, 2005.
LaVerne F. Reid,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, FAA, New England Region.
[FR Doc. 05-968 Filed 1-18-05; 8:45 am]
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