[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27023-27024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4326]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


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

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability for Record of Decision.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing this 
notice to advise the public that it has published a Record of Decision 
(ROD) for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) that 
evaluated a proposed Airport Development Program at Phoenix Sky Harbor 
International Airport (PHX), Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Mendelsohn, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, AWP-621.6, Airports Division, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Western-Pacific Region, P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, 
California 90009-2007, Telephone: 301/725-3637.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 
has completed and is publishing its Record of Decision for the proposed 
Airport Development Program at Phoenix Sky Harbor International 
Airport. FAA had published its FEIS on February 10, 2006. The FEIS was 
prepared by the FAA pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 and assessed the potential impact of the proposed Airport 
Development Program, as well as the No Action Alternative where no 
improvements at the airport would be made. The FAA accepted comments on 
the FEIS and these comments along with FAA responses are included in an 
appendix to the ROD.
    The FAA selected the Airport Development Program (ADP) as the 
preferred alternative in meeting the purpose and need for improvements 
at the airport. The ADP Alternative includes demolition of Terminal 2 
and ancillary facilities, construction and operation of a 33-gate West 
Terminal Complex and related construction of access roads, concourses, 
aprons, airline areas and structural and surface parking areas, 
modifications to Terminal 4, Concourse N4 International Gates, 
construction and operation of two crossfield Taxiways Uniform ``U'' and 
Victor ``V'', realignment of Sky Harbor Boulevard, construction and 
operations of the Automated People Mover (APM) Stage 2, including 
acquisition of approximately sixteen acres of land to accommodate the 
proposed APM maintenance control and storage facility and APM station 
to connect with the Valley Metro Light Rail.
    Copies of the ROD 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.
    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.
    The copies of the ROD 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 ROD may also be viewed at the Airport's Web site at: http://phoenix.gov/AVIATION/index.html.
    Questions may be directed to the individual above under the heading 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Hawthorne, California on April 24, 2006.
George E. Aiken,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific Region, AWP-600.
[FR Doc. 06-4326 Filed 5-8-06; 8:45 am]
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