[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2696-2697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-855]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS) Containing a Draft Air Quality General Conformity Determination
(DGCD) and Draft Section 106 Historic Resources Report; Notice of
Public Comment Period and Schedule of Public Information Meetings and
Public Hearings for Proposed New Runways and Associated Development at
Washington Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, VA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. The U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers (USACE) is a cooperating federal agency, having
jurisdiction by law because the proposed federal action has the
potential for significant wetland impacts.
ACTION: Notice of availability, notice of comment period, notice of
Public Information Meetings and Public Hearings.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing this
notice to advise the public that a Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS)--Proposed New Runways and Associated Development at Washington
Dulles International Airport, has been prepared and is available for
public review and comment. The DEIS incorporates a Draft Air Quality
General Conformity Determination (DGCD) and Draft Section 106 Historic
Resources Report. Written requests for the DEIS and written comments on
the DEIS and related documents can be submitted to the individual
listed in the section FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Public
Information Meetings and Public Hearings will be held on February 22
and February 23, 2005. The public comment periods will commence on
January 21, 2005 and will close on March 7, 2005.
Public Comment and Information Meetings/Public Hearings: The start
of the public comment period on the DEIS and associated studies will be
January 21, 2005 and will end on March 7, 2005. Public Information
Meetings and Public Hearings will be held on February 22, 2005 in
Loudoun County and on February 23, 2005 in Fairfax County. The Public
Information Meetings will begin at 5 p.m. (EST) and will last until 8
p.m. (EST). The Public Hearings will be conducted concurrently with the
information meetings and will begin at 6 p.m. (EST). The location for
the Public Information Meetings/Public Hearings is as follows: February
22, 2005, Loudoun County, Farmwell Station Middle School, 44281
Glouscester Parkway, Ashburn, VA; February 23, 2005, Fairfax County,
Stone Middle School, 5500 Sully Park Drive, Centreville, VA.
Copies of the DEIS and related documents may be viewed during
regular business hours at the following locations:
1. Centreville Regional Library, 14200 St. Germaine Drive,
Centreville, VA.
2. Chantilly Regional Library, 4000 Stringfellow Road, Chantilly,
VA.
3. Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, VA.
4. Herndon Fortnightly Library, 768 Center Street, Herndon, VA.
5. Reston Regional Library, 11925 Bowman Towne Drive, Reston, VA.
6. Fairfax City Regional Library, 3915 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax,
VA.
7. Ashburn Library, 43316 Hay Road, Ashburn, VA.
8. Rust Library, 380 Old Waterford Road, Leesburg, VA.
9. Middleburg Library, 101 Reed Street, Middleburg, VA.
10. Purcellville Library, 220 E. Main Street, Purcellville, VA.
11. Sterling Library, 120 Enterprise Street, Sterling, VA.
12. Eastern Loudoun Regional Library, 21030 Whitfield Place,
Sterling, VA.
13. Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library, 7584 Leesburg Pike, Falls
Church, VA.
A limited number of copies of the DEIS and related documents will
also be available for review by appointment only at the following FAA/
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) Offices. Please call
to make arrangements for viewing: Federal Aviation Administration,
Washington Airports District Office, 23723 Air Freight Lane, Suite 210,
Dulles, VA, (703) 661-1364; Washington Dulles International Airport,
Airport Managers Office, Main Terminal Baggage Claim Level, Dulles, VA,
(703) 572-2710. An Executive Summary will be available January 21, 2005
on Dulles Airport's Web site at http://www.mwaa.com/dulles/
EnvironmentalStudies/RunwaysEIS.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad Mehaffy, Environmental
Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington Airports
District Office, 23723 Air Freight Lane, Suite 210, Dulles, VA. Mr.
Mehaffy can be contacted at (703) 661-1364.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is
issuing this Notice of Availability to advise the public that a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) containing a Draft Air Quality
General
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Conformity Determination (DGCD) and Draft Section 106 Historic
Resources Report will be available for public review beginning January
21, 2005. The DEIS details the proposed development of two new runways,
terminal facilities, and related facilities at Washington Dulles
International Airport (IAD), Dulles, Virginia.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a cooperating federal
agency, having jurisdiction by law because the proposed federal action
has the potential for significant wetland impacts.
The DEIS presents the purpose and need for the proposed project, a
comprehensive analysis of the alternatives to the proposed project,
including the no-action alternative and potential environmental impacts
associated with the proposed development of two new air carrier runways
and related improvements at IAD.
In accordance with section 176(c) of the Federal Clean Air Act, FAA
has assessed whether the air emissions that would result from FAA's
action in approving the proposed projects conform with the State
Implementation Plan (SIP). This assessment is contained in the Draft
Air Quality General Conformity Determination.
Pursuant to the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended,
this project is being evaluated for consistency with the Virginia
Coastal Program. Section 306(d)(14) of the CZMA requires public
participation in the Federal consistency review process.
The Public Workshops/Hearings are also being conducted pursuant to
MWAA's 1987 Programmatic Memorandum of Agreement with the Virginia
State Historic Preservation Officer and the Adivosry Council on
Historic Preservation (as regards Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act of 1966-36 CFR 800).
The FAA encourages all interested parties to provide comments
concerning the scope and content of the DEIS, Draft Air Quality General
Conformity Determination and Draft Section 106 Historic Resources
Report. Comments should be as specific as possible and address the
analysis of potential environmental impacts and the adequacy of the
proposed action or merits of alternatives and the mitigation being
considered. Reviewers should organize their participation so that it is
meaningful and makes the agencies aware of the viewer's interests and
concerns using quotations and other specific references to the text of
the DEIS and related documents. Matters that could have been raised
with specificity during the DEIS comment period may not be considered
if they are raised later in the decision making process. This
commenting procedure is intended to ensure that substantive comments
and concerns are made available to the FAA in a timely manner so that
the FAA has an opportunity to address them.
Comments from interested parties on the DEIS and related documents
are encouraged and may be presented verbally or in writing at the
Public Information Meetings and/or Public Hearings or may be submitted
in writing to the FAA at the address listed in the section entitled FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. The comment period will close on March 7,
2005.
Issued in Dulles, Virginia, on January 7, 2005.
Terry Page,
Manager, Washington Airports District Office, Federal Aviation
Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-855 Filed 1-13-05; 8:45 am]
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