[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38092-38093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15134]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment for 
the construction and operation of a replacement aerial tramway on South 
Franklin Mountain, El Paso, Texas.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes to fund, 
construct, operate, and maintain a replacement aerial tramway (ATRAM) 
system on South Franklin Mountain, El Paso, Texas. The purpose of the 
proposed project is the replacement of the existing ATRAM with a modern 
ATRAM system. The FAA needs to continue the safe and reliable transport 
of FAA maintenance personnel to service communication facilities 
located at the top of South Franklin Mountain. The FAA's preferred 
alternative is to construct, operate, and maintain a replacement ATRAM 
at a location adjacent to the existing ATRAM system at South Franklin 
Mountain, El Paso, Texas.
    The FAA has prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) in 
conformance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (NEPA) and FAA Order 1050.1E, Environmental Impacts: 
Policies and Procedures. The DEA analyzes the potential environmental 
impacts that may result from construction and operation of the proposed 
replacement ATRAM system at the proposed site, as well as the no action 
alternative (i.e., not constructing and operating the replacement 
ATRAM).

DATES: The FAA will accept written comments on the DEA until close of 
business on July 29, 2013.

ADDRESSES: The DEA is available for public review during a 30-day 
public comment period at the following libraries:

El Paso Main Library, 501 North Oregon Street, El Paso, TX 79901.
Richard Burges Branch Library, 9600 Dyer St., El Paso, TX 79924.

    Written comments on the DEA may be sent to: Ms. Virginia Marcks, 
FAA, AJW-C15H, 2300 East Devon Ave., Des Plaines, IL 60018, fax 847-
294-7698, email [email protected]. Copies of the Draft EA on 
compact disk may be obtained by contacting Ms. Virginia Marcks. 
Comments received on the DEA during the public comment period will be 
addressed in the Final Environmental Assessment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Virginia Marcks, Manager, 
Infrastructure Engineering Center, Federal Aviation Administration, 
2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018. Telephone number: 
847-294-7494. Email: [email protected].


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    Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois, June 18, 2013.
Virginia Marcks,
Manager, Infrastructure Engineering Center, Chicago, AJW-C15H, Central 
Service Area.
[FR Doc. 2013-15134 Filed 6-24-13; 8:45 am]
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