[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 57 (Thursday, March 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13306-13307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6747]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact 
and Record of Decision for the Final Environmental Assessment (EA), 
Section 4(f) Evaluation, and Notice of Alaska National Interests Lands 
Conservation Act (ANILCA) Section 810 Evaluation for the Proposed 
Airport Improvement Project for the Barter Island Airport, Kaktovik, AK

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact/
Record of Decision.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is announcing the availability of the Finding of No 
Significant Impact/Record of Decision (FONSI/ROD) for the Final EA, 
Section 4(f) Evaluation, and Notice of ANILCA Section 810 Evaluation 
for Barter Island Airport Improvement Project, Kaktovik, AK. The FONSI/
ROD provides final agency determinations and approvals for the proposed 
development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Grey, Environmental Protection 
Specialist, AAL-614, Federal Aviation Administration, Alaskan Region, 
Airports Division, 222 W. 7th Avenue 14, Anchorage, AK 99513-
7504. Ms. Grey may be contacted during business hours at (907) 271-5453 
(phone) and (907) 271-2851 (facsimile).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FONSI/ROD is for the approval of actions 
for the construction of an airport, including a runway, runway safety 
area, an apron, airport access road, a relocated landfill and sewage 
lagoon, an access road to the relocated landfill and sewage lagoon, and 
closure of the existing landfill and sewage lagoon. The FONSI/ROD 
provides the final agency determinations and approvals for Federal 
actions by the FAA related to the selection of the alternative to meet 
the purpose and need for the action. The FONSI/ROD also includes 
required mitigation measures and conditions of approval. The FONSI/ROD 
indicates that the selected actions are consistent with existing 
environmental policies and objectives set forth in the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, as well as other 
Federal and State statutes, and that the actions will not significantly 
affect the quality of the environment. The FAA's decision is based upon 
information contained in the Final EA, issued in January 2009, and on 
all other applicable documents available to the agency and considered 
by it, which constitutes the administrative record. The FAA's 
determinations are discussed in the FONSI/ROD, which was approved on 
March 16, 2009.

FONSI/ROD Availability and Review

    Copies of the FONSI/ROD may be viewed during regular business hours 
at the following locations:
    1. North Slope Borough Capital Improvement Project Office, 3000 C 
St., Suite 104, Anchorage, AK 99503. Laura Strand, Project 
Administrator, (907) 646-8274.
    2. City of Kaktovik, Mayor's Office, P.O. Box 27, 2051 Barter 
Avenue, Kaktovik, Alaska 99747. Elizabeth Rexford, (907) 640-6313. 
Open: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. M-F.
    3. North Slope Borough Village Liaison, P.O. Box 102, 4070 Hula 
Hula Avenue, Kaktovik, Alaska 99747. Nora Jane Burns, (907) 640-6128.

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    4. North Slope Borough Public Works, 1689 Okpik Street, Barrow, 
Alaska 99723. Sophia Amling, (907) 852-0271. Open: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. M-
F.
    The FONSI/ROD may also be viewed at the following Web site: http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/environmental/records_decision/.

    Issued in Anchorage, Alaska, on March 16, 2009.
Byron K. Huffman,
Manager, Federal Aviation Administration, Airports Division, Alaskan 
Region.
 [FR Doc. E9-6747 Filed 3-25-09; 8:45 am]
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