[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 7, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 61731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21413]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Availability of the Southern California Metroplex Final 
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact/Record of 
Decision

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Final Environmental Assessment and 
Finding of No Significant Impact/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 Final Environmental 
Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact/Record of Decision for 
the Southern California Metroplex project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Weller, Environmental Specialist, 
Western Service Center-Operations Support Group, 1601 Lind Ave. SW., 
Renton, WA 98057, email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA has prepared a Final Environmental 
Assessment (EA) to assess the potential environmental impacts of the 
SoCal Metroplex project in compliance with the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. This notice announces that 
based on the information and analysis contained in the EA, the FAA is 
issuing a Finding of No Significant Impact and Record of Decision 
(FONSI/ROD) for the project. The EA and FONSI/ROD document the FAA's 
determination that the project, as proposed, would not significantly 
affect the quality of the human environment and that an Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) is therefore not necessary. The FONSI/ROD 
documents the FAA's decision to proceed with the preferred alternative 
detailed in the EA. The SoCal Metroplex project will improve the 
efficiency of the national airspace system in the Southern California 
area by optimizing aircraft arrival and departure procedures at 21 
Southern California airports.
    Availability: The EA and FONSI/ROD are available for public review 
at: (1) Online at: http://www.metroplexenvironmental.com/socal_metroplex/socal_introduction.html.
    (2) Hard-copies are available at these libraries:

    --Los Angeles Central Library, 630 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 
90071
    --Santa Monica Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa 
Monica, CA 90401
    --Anaheim Public Library, 500 W. Broadway, Anaheim, CA 92805
    --Riverside Public Library, 3581 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 
92501
    --Point Loma/Hervey Library, 3701 Voltaire St., San Diego, CA 92107
    --San Diego Central Library, 330 Park Boulevard, San Diego, CA 
92101
    --E.P. Foster Library, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, CA 93001

    (3) Electronic versions of the EA and FONSI/ROD are available at 
libraries in the General Study Area. A complete list of libraries with 
electronic copies of the EA and FONSI/ROD is available online: http://www.metroplexenvironmental.com/socal_metroplex/socal_introduction.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC on August 31, 2016.
Gary Norek,
Director, Airspace Services, AJV-1.
[FR Doc. 2016-21413 Filed 9-2-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4910-13-P