[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-24700]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Availability of Finding of No Significant Impact/Record 
of Decision (FONSI/ROD) and Department of Transportation Act Section 
4(f) Determination for the Final Environmental Assessment, Erie 
International Airport, Erie, PA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION:  Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing this 
notice to advise the public that it has issued a Finding of No 
Significant Impact/Record of Decision (FONSI/ROD), effective December 
8, 2005, for the Final Environmental Assessment that evaluated the 
proposed extension of Runway 6-24 at Erie International Airport (ERI), 
Tom Ridge Field, Erie, Pennsylvania.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA has completed and issued its Finding 
of No Significant Impact/Record of Decision (FONSI/ROD) for the 
proposed extension of Runway 6-24 at Erie International Airport, Tom 
Ridge Field, Erie, Pennsylvania. The FONSI/ROD sets out the FAA's 
consideration of environmental and other factors and is based on the 
Final Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Proposed Extension of 
Runway 6-24 at Erie International Airport, Tom Ridge Field, Erie, 
Pennsylvania dated October 2005 and the Erie International Airport, Tom 
Ridge Field, Section 4(f) Report dated July 2005. Mitigation measures 
intended to minimize potential environmental impacts are identified in 
the FONSI/ROD and would become part of this Runway Extension Project. 
There are no environmental impacts associated with the preferred 
alternative that cannot be mitigated below FAA established significance 
thresholds.
    The project considers the proposed extension of Runway 6-24 at Erie 
International Airport. The runway extension is needed to accommodate 
existing and future aviation demand as demonstrated in the recently 
completed airport master plan.
    The Final EA presented the purpose and need for the project, a 
comprehensive analysis of the alternatives to the proposed project, 
including No-Action Alternative and potential impacts associated with 
the proposed development of the Runway 6-24 extension at ERI. The Final 
EA also identified the FAA's Preferred Alternative (Build Alternative 
3) and described the proposed Mitigation Program for the Preferred 
Alternative that will be implemented by the Erie Municipal Airport 
Authority to off-set unavoidable environmental impacts.
    Copies of the FONSI/ROD are available for review by appointment 
only at the following locations.
    Please call to make arrangements for viewing:
    Federal Aviation Administration Harrisburg Airports District 
Office, 3905 Hartzdale Drive, Suite 508, Camp Hill, PA 17011, (717) 
730-2830 and Erie Municipal Airport Authority, 4411 W. 12th Street, 
Erie, PA 16505-3091, (814) 833-4258.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward S. Gabsewics, CEP, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Harrisburg Airports District Office, 3905 Hartzdale Drive, Suite 508, 
Camp Hill, PA 17011, Telephone 717-730-2832. Documents reflecting this 
FAA action may be reviewed at these same locations.

    Issued in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, December 14, 2005.
Wayne T. Heibeck,
Manager, Harrisburg Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 05-24700 Filed 12-30-05; 8:45 am]
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