[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 7109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1113]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement for Phoenix 
Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration.

ACTION: Notice of availability of final environmental impact statement.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing this 
notice to advise the public that a Final Environmental Impact Statement 
has been prepared for the proposed Airport Development Program at 
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), Phoenix, Maricopa 
County, Arizona. FAA is seeking comments on new information disclosed 
in section 4.2 of the Final EIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Mendelsohn, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, AWP-621.6, Airports Division, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Western-Pacific Region, PO Box 92007, Los Angeles, 
California 90009-2007, Telephone: (310) 725-3637. Comments on Volume A 
of the Final EIS should be submitted to the address above and must be 
received no later than 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, Monday, March 13, 
2006.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as 
lead agency has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement for the 
proposed Airport Development Program at Phoenix Sky Harbor 
International Airport (PHX). The need to prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) is based on the procedures described in FAA 
Order 5050.4A, Airport Environmental Handbook. PHX is located in 
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. In June 2005, the FAA published the 
Draft EIS.
    The FAA updated section 4.2, Air Quality to include an analysis of 
the air pollutant, particulate matter (PM2.5) in order to 
comply with particular aspects of Federal law and regulation. Volume 1, 
section 4.2 of the Final EIS discloses this new information. The FAA is 
seeking comments from government agencies and the public on this new 
information. FAA will accept comments on the adequacy of information 
disclosed in Volume 1, section 4.2 and its associated appendices until 
5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, Monday, March 13, 2006.
    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 Sec.  1506.10) in the Federal Register. FAA will record the 
appropriate decision or decisions in a Record of Decision.
    Copies of the Final EIS 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.
    Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, 3400 Sky Harbor 
Boulevard, Terminal 3, Level 3 East Mezzanine, Phoenix, AZ contact 
person is Ms. Margaret Gonzales (602) 273-3340.
    An electronic copy of the FEIS will also be available on the 
Airport's Web site at: http://phoenix.gov/AVIATION/index.html.
    The documents are also available at the following libraries:

Burton Barr Central Library, 1221 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004;
Ocotillo Branch Library, 102 W. Southern Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85041;
Harmon Branch Library, 411 W. Yavapai Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003;
Saguaro Branch Library, 2808 N. 46th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85008;
Tempe Public Library, 3500 S. Rural Road, Tempe, AZ 85282;
City of Scottsdale Library, 3839 North Drinkwater Boulevard, 
Scottsdale, AZ 85251.

    The Final EIS will be available for public review for 30 days. 
Written comments on section 4.2 Air Quality 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, Monday, March 13, 2006.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California, on January 31, 2006.
Mark A. McClardy,
Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific Region, AWP-600.
[FR Doc. 06-1113 Filed 2-9-06; 8:45 am]
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