[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 104 (Thursday, May 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 30994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11827]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Approval of Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on 
an Environmental Assessment (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, Molline, 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 Sponsor's Proposed 
Action/ALP for the development listed above; (b) to issue final 
airspace determinations for the development listed above, (c) to issue 
a final determination of potential airspace obstructions to navigable 
airspace per an aeronautical study outlines under 14 CFR Part 77, (d) 
to issue a final certification that the proposed aeronautical 
development is reasonably necessary for use in air commerce or for 
national defense, (e) issuance of finding for Intergovernmental review 
of Federal Programs, (f) to include the issuance of an environmental 
justice finding, (g) to include the issuance of a wetland finding, (h) 
to include the issuance of a floodplain finding, (i) to include the 
approval for any necessary funding, installation and/or relocation, 
certification and operation of navigation aids, and (j) to include any 
preparation and/or revisions to Standard Instrument Approach Procedures 
(SIAP).
    The items in the local airport development project are to:
    Rehabilitate Runway 9-27 and Midfield intersection. Construct, 
light and mark a 100' x 6,500' temporary Runway 10-28 to be ultimately 
used as Taxiway P, including grading and drainage. Construct, light and 
mark connecting Taxiways to temporary Runway 10-28/Taxiway P, including 
grading and drainage and remove existing connecting Taxiways. Convert 
temporary Runway 10-28 to Taxiway P, upon decommissioning of temporary 
runway use, including paved shoulders, marking, lighting, NAVAID 
relocation and Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SlAP) 
decommissioning. Relocate western airport service road outside 
temporary Runway 10-28's Runway Safety Area, including grading and 
drainage and remove portion of existing service road. Construct Runway 
9-27 paved shoulders, including grading and drainage. Rehabilitate 
Runway 9-27 lighting. Widen portion of Taxiway K to 75 feet, including 
lighting, marking, grading and drainage. Install Localizer to temporary 
Runway 10. Install PAPI's to temporary Runways 10 and 28. Install 
REIL's to temporary Runways 10 and 28. Relocate temporary Runway 10 28 
localizer to Runway 13. Relocate temporary Runway 10-28 PAPI's to 
Runways 9 and 23. Relocate windsock and segmented circle. Relocate 
Remote Processing Unit (RPU). Obtain borrow from existing Airport, 
including tree clearing (southern sites), for Taxiway P. Stockpile 
borrow material, temporarily, for Taxiway P, if necessary. Create 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAP) for temporary Runways 10 
and 28, Runways 13 and 31. Floodplain encroachment of approximately 
0.92 acres, covered under Statewide Permit Number 6. Wetland 
encroachment of approximately 0.07 acres, covered by Nationwide Permit 
numbers 14 and 33. Construct, light and mark Taxiway N, including 
grading and drainage. Raze Civil Air Patrol building. Construct Rental 
Car Quick Turn Around Facility, including fueling and wash facilities, 
and rental car/employee auto parking expansion, including grading and 
drainage. Acquire approximately 9 acres of land, in fee simple title, 
including relocation assistance for two businesses.
    Copies of the environmental decision and the 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. Federal Aviation Administration, Chicago Airports District 
Office, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Room 320, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy B. Hanson, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, Chicago 
Airports District Office, Room 320, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des 
Plaines, Illinois 60018. Ms. Hanson can be contacted at (847) 294-7354 
(voice), (847) 294-7046 (facsimile) or by E-Mail at [email protected].

    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on May 14, 2008.
Jim Keefer,
Manager, Chicago Airports District Office, FAA, Great Lakes Region.
[FR Doc. E8-11827 Filed 5-28-08; 8:45 am]
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