[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 248 (Thursday, December 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61657-61658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27965]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA-2017-1197; Notice of Availability Docket No. 17-AEA-25]
Notice of Availability of Categorical Exclusion and Record of
Decision (CATEX/ROD) for LGA RNAV (GPS) Runway 13 Procedure
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The FAA, Eastern Service Area is issuing this notice to advise
the public of the availability of the Categorical Exclusion/Record of
Decision (CATEX/ROD) for the LaGuardia Airport (LGA) RNAV (GPS) Runway
13 (RWY 13) procedure. The FAA reviewed the action and determined it to
be categorically excluded from further environmental documentation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ryan W. Almasy, Federal Aviation
Administration, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, 1701
Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia
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30337, (404) 305-5601 or http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/environmental_issues/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The LGA RNAV (GPS) RWY 13 procedure provides
a de-conflicted approach procedure when weather or winds require LGA to
land RWY 13. Without this procedure, when the weather minimums fall
below 1,500 feet, and 3-mile visibility and use of an ILS is required,
Newark (EWR), Teterboro (TEB), and LGA cannot operate at the same time.
Traffic at one of the three airports must be stopped to permit the
other two airports to operate. The FAA is proposing to use the RNAV
procedure for approximately 1,500 operations annually (0.8 percent of
all LGA landings) to de-conflict the New York metro airspace. The FAA
reviewed the action and determined it to be categorically excluded from
further environmental documentation according to FAA Order 1050.1F,
Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures. The applicable
categorical exclusion is section 5-6.5(i.).
Issued in College Park, Georgia, on December 15, 2017.
Ryan W. Almasy,
Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic
Organization.
[FR Doc. 2017-27965 Filed 12-27-17; 8:45 am]
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