[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 13 (Friday, January 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3245-3246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1159]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement and Final 
Air Quality Conformity Determination for Los Angeles International 
Airport, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement 
and Final General Conformity Determination.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) along with the 
Federal Highway Administration is issuing this notice to advise the 
public that a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Final 
General Conformity Determination has been prepared for the proposed 
Master Plan Improvements at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), 
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. FAA is seeking comments on 
revised and updated information and analyses disclosed in Volume A of 
the Final EIS and related appendices (Appendices A-1, A-2a, A-2b, A-3a, 
A-3b, A-3c, A-3d, and A-4).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David B. Kessler, AICP, Regional 
Environmental Protection Specialist, AWP-611, Airports Division, 
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, P.O. Box 
92007, Los Angeles, California 90009-2007, Telephone: 310/725-3615. 
Comments on Volume A of the Final EIS and associated appendices must be 
submitted to the address above and must be received no later than 5 
p.m. Pacific standard time, Tuesday, February 22, 2005.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as 
lead agency and the Federal Highway Administration, as a cooperating 
agency has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for 
the proposed Master Plan Improvements at Los Angeles International 
Airport (LAX). FAA has also prepared its Final General Conformity 
Determination for Alternative D of the LAX Master Plan. The need to 
prepare an EIS is based on the procedures described in FAA Order 
5050.4A, Airport Environmental Handbook. LAX is located in Los Angeles, 
Los Angeles County, California. FAA, in conjunction with Los Angeles 
World Airports (LAWA), a unit of the City of Los Angeles government 
that is responsible for management of City-owned airports published a 
joint Draft EIS/Environmental Impact Report (EIR) in January 2001. The 
Draft EIS/EIR was prepared by FAA pursuant to the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and by LAWA pursuant to the California 
Environmental Policy Act of 1970 (CEQA). The Draft EIS/EIR assessed the 
potential impacts of three proposed Master Plan development 
alternatives (Alternatives A, B, and C) and the No Action/No Project 
Alternative. Pursuant to NEPA and CEQA, in July 2003, the FAA and LAWA 
published a joint Supplement to the Draft EIS/EIR to address the 
potential impacts of a new LAX Master Plan Alternative (Alternative D). 
In April 2004, LAWA issued a Final EIR for use in the local decision-
making process.
    Information and analyses have been updated and/or refined for 
purposes of the Final EIS to comply with particular aspects of Federal 
law and regulation. That information and analysis is

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presented in a separate volume, entitled Volume A, and related 
appendices (Appendices A-1, A-2a, A-2b, A-3a, A-3b, A-3c, A-3d, and A-
4), of the Final EIS. FAA will accept comments on the information 
disclosed in Volume A and its associated appendices until 5 p.m. 
Pacific Standard Time, Tuesday, February 22, 2005.
    FAA will not make a decision on the Proposed Action for a minimum 
of 30-days following publishing the Notice of Availability of the Final 
EIS (40 CFR 1506.10) in the Federal Register. FAA will record the 
appropriate decision or decisions in a Record of Decision.
    The FAA is also announcing the availability of its Final General 
Conformity Determination for Alternative D of the LAX Master Plan.
    Copies of the Final EIS and the Final General Conformity 
Determination are available for public review at the following 
locations during normal business hours:
    U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Western-Pacific Region, Office of the Airports Division, 15000 Aviation 
Boulevard, Hawthorne, California 90261;
    U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 
National Headquarters, Community and Environmental Needs Division, 800 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; and
    Administrative Offices of Los Angeles World Airports, One World 
Day, Los Angeles, California.
     The documents are also available at the following libraries:
    County of Orange Public Library Admin. Headquarters 1501 E. Saint 
Andrew Place, Santa Ana, CA 92701;
    County of Riverside Public Library, 3581 Mission Inn Avenue, 
Riverside, CA 92501;
    County of San Bernardino, 104 W. Fourth Street, San Bernardino, CA 
92415;
    County of Ventura Public Library, 651 East Main Street, Ventura, CA 
93001;
    City of Los Angeles Central Library, 630 W. Fifth Street, Los 
Angeles, CA 90071;
    Arroyo Seco Regional Branch Library 6145 N. Figueroa Street, Los 
Angeles, CA 90042;
    Eagle Rock Library 5027 Caspar Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90041;
    Exposition Park Library, 3665 S. Vermont Avenue Los Angeles, CA 
90007;
    Frances Howard Goldwyn Library, 1623 N. Ivar Avenue, Hollywood, CA 
90028;
    San Pedro Regional Branch Library, 931 S. Gaffey Street, San Pedro, 
CA 90731;
    Mar Vista Branch Library, 12006 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 
90066;
    Mid-Valley Regional Branch Library, 16244 Nordhoff Street, North 
Hills, CA 91343;
    North Hollywood Regional Library, 5211 Tujunga Avenue, North 
Hollywood, CA 91601;
    Venice Abbott Kinney Library, 501 South Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 
90291;
    Westchester Branch Library, 7114 W. Manchester Avenue, Los Angeles, 
CA 90045;
    West L.A. Regional Branch Library, 11360 Santa Monica Blvd. Los 
Angeles, CA 90025;
    West Valley Regional Branch Library, 19036 Vanowen Street, Reseda, 
CA 91335;
    Compton Library, 240 W. Compton Blvd. Compton, CA 90220;
    Carson Regional Library, 151 E. Carson Street, Carson, CA 90745;
    Claremont Library, 208 N. Harvard Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711;
    Culver City Library, 4975 Overland Avenue, Culver City, CA 90230;
    El Monte Library, 3224 Tyler Avenue, El Monte, CA 91731;
    El Segundo Public Library, 111 W. Mariposa Avenue, El Segundo, CA 
90245;
    Hacienda Heights Library, 16010 La Monde Street, Hacienda Heights, 
CA 91745;
    Hawthorne Library, 12700 Grevillea Avenue, Hawthorne, CA, 90250;
    Hermosa Beach Library, 550 Pier Avenue, Hermosa Beach, 90254;
    Inglewood Library, 101 W. Manchester Blvd., Inglewood, CA 90301;
    Lancaster Library, 601 West Lancaster Blvd., Lancaster, CA 93534;
    Lennox Library, 4359 Lennox Blvd., Lennox, CA 90304;
    Lomita Library, 24200 Narbonne Avenue, Lomita, CA 90717;
    Beverly Hills Library, Reference Desk, 444 N. Rexford Drive Beverly 
Hills, CA 90210;
    Helen Miller Bailey Library, 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey 
Park, CA 91754;
    Gardena Main Library, 1731 W. Gardena Blvd. Gardena, CA 90247;
    Huntington Park Library, 6518 Miles Avenue, Huntington Park, CA 
90255;
    Lawndale Library, 14615 Burin Avenue Lawndale, CA 90260;
    Malibu Library, 23519 West Civic Center Way, Malibu, CA 90265;
    Manhattan Beach Library, 1320 Highland Avenue, Manhattan Beach, CA 
90266;
    Lloyd Taber Marina Del Rey Library, 4533 Admiralty Way, Marina Del 
Rey, CA 90292;
    Montebello Library, 1550 West Beverly Blvd., Montebello, CA 90640;
    Mt. San Antonio College Library, 1100 N. Grand Avenue, Walnut, CA 
91789;
    Palmdale Library, 700 E. Palmdale Blvd. Palmdale, CA 93550;
    Redondo Beach Library, 303 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Redondo Beach, 
CA, 90277;
    San Dimas Library, 145 North Walnut Avenue, San Dimas, CA 91773;
    Santa Monica Library, 1324 Fifth Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401;
    Torrance Civic Center Library, 3301 Torrance Blvd. Torrance, CA 
90503;
    View Park Library, 3854 West 54th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90043;
    West Hollywood Library, 715 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood, 
CA 90069;
    Willowbrook Library, 11838 Wilmington Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 
90059;
    Wiseburn Library, 5335 West 135th Street, Hawthorne, CA 90250;
    Woodcrest Library, 1340 West 106th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90044; 
and
    UCLA Young Research Library, 280 E. Charles Young Drive, Los 
Angeles, CA 90095.
    The Final EIS will be available for public review for 30-days. 
Written comments on Volume A of the Final EIS should be submitted to 
the address above under the heading For Further Information Contact and 
must be received no later than 5 p.m. Pacific standard time, Tuesday, 
February 22, 2005.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California on January 13, 2005.
Mark A. McClardy,
Manager, Airports Division, Western--Pacific Region, AWP-600.
[FR Doc. 05-1159 Filed 1-19-05; 8:45 am]
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