[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 41 (Thursday, March 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 10753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1948]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Approval of Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on 
a Final Environmental Assessment (Final EA); Quad City International 
Airport; Moline, IL

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of approval of documents.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing this 
notice to advise the public of the approval of a Finding of No 
Significant Impact (FONSI) on an Environmental Assessment for proposed 
Federal actions at Quad City International Airport, Moline, Illinois. 
The FONSI specifies that the proposed federal actions and local 
development projects are consistent with existing environmental 
policies and objectives as set forth in the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 and will not significantly affect the quality of the 
environment.
    A description of the proposed Federal actions is: (a) To issue an 
environmental finding to allow approval of the Airport Layout Plan 
(ALP) for the development items listed below; (b) approval of the 
Airport Layout Plan (ALP) for the development items listed below; and 
(c) establish eligibility of the Metropolitan Airport Authority of Rock 
Island County to compete for Federal funding for the development 
projects depicted on the Airport Layout Plan.
    The specific items in the local airport development project 
include: Construction, lighting and marking of a 500 foot long by 150 
foot wide extension to Runway 5 that includes grading and drainage; 
Construction, lighting and marking of parallel and connecting taxiways 
to the Runway 5 extension; Construction of Taxiway Q; Widening of 
Taxiway F; Expansion of the General Aviation Ramp; Installation of a 
CAT II/III ILS to Runway 9 that includes an Approach Lighting System 
with sequenced Flashing Lights (ALSF-2), Touchdown Zone Lighting (TDZL) 
and Runway Centerline Lighting; Creation of a Standard CAT II/III 
Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) for Runway 9; Installation of a 
Mid-Field Runway Visual Range (RVR) Sensor; Relocation of the Runway 5 
Visual Approach Decent Indicator (VADI); Construction of detention 
areas to mitigate approximately 0.6 acres of potential floodplain 
encroachment; and Approval of the Quad City International Airport's 
Layout Plan (ALP).
    Copies of the environmental decision and the Final EA are available 
for public information review during regular business hours at the 
following locations:
    1. Quad City International Airport, 2200 69th Avenue, Moline, IL 
61265.
    2. Division of Aeronautics-Illinois Department of Transportation, 
One Langhorne Bond Drive, Capital Airport, Springfield, IL 62707.
    3. Chicago Airport District Office, Room 320, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: E. Lindsay Butler, Airports 
Environmental Program Manager, Federal Aviation Administration, Chicago 
Airports District Office, Room 320, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des 
Plaines, Illinois 60018. Ms. Butler can be contacted at (847) 294-7723 
(voice), (847) 294-7046 (facsimile) or by e-mail at 
[email protected].

    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois, on February 15, 2006.
Larry H. Ladendorf,
Acting Manager, Chicago Airports District Office, FAA, Great Lakes 
Region.
[FR Doc. 06-1948 Filed 3-1-06; 8:45 am]
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