Notice of the Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Proposed Relocation of the Panama City-Bay County International Airport, Panama City, FL; Notice of Significant Encroachment and Unavoidable Impacts to the Base Floodplain; Notice of New Construction Significantly Affecting Wetlands and Finding of No Practicable Alternative, 27771-27772 [06-4411]
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Federal Register. The FAA will record
the appropriate decision or decisions in
a Record of Decision.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
T.J. Stetz, Regional Environmental
Protection Specialist, Federal Aviation
Administration, Northwest Mountain
Region, Airports Division, 1601 Lind
Avenue, SW., Suite 315, Renton,
Washington 98055–4056; telephone:
(425) 227–2611; fax: (425) 227–1600;
and e-mail: TJ.Stetz@faa.gov
Public Availability: Copies of the FEIS
may be viewed during regular business
hours at the following locations:
1. Cedar City Library, 303 North 100
East, Cedar City, UT 84720.
2. Hurricane Valley Branch, 36 South
300 West, Hurricane, UT 84737.
3. Santa Clara Branch, 1099 North
Lava flow Drive, St. George, UT 84770.
4. Springdale Branch, 898 Zion Park
Blvd, Springdale, UT 84767–0509.
5. Washington County, 50 South
Main, St. George, UT 84770.
A limited number of copies of the
FEIS and related documents also will be
available for review by appointment
only at the following FAA or City of St.
George offices:
1. FAA, Northwest Mountain Region
Office, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Suite
315, Renton, WA 98055, (425) 227–
2611.
2. FAA, Denver Airports District
Office, 26805 East 68th Avenue, Suite
224, Denver, CO 80249, (303) 342–1252.
3. St. George Municipal Building, 175
East 200 North, St. George, UT 84770,
(435) 634–5800.
4. St. George Airport, 620 S. Airport
Road, St. George, UT 84770, (435) 634–
5822.
An electronic copy of the FEIS also
will be available as of May 19, 2006, on
the project Web site and can be accessed
at https://www.airportsites.net/squ-eis.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The City
of St. George, operator of the existing St.
George Municipal Airport, has
submitted an Airport Layout Plan, as
revised, for approval. This FEIS assesses
the potential impacts that may result
from the development of a replacement
airport with a 9,300-foot Runway 01/19
and all support facilities (i.e., taxiways
and associated lighting and navigational
aids; a passenger terminal, apron, and
associated parking; an aircraft rescue
and fire-fighting (ARFF) facility;
facilities for general aviation, fixed-base
operator, corporate aviation, and air
cargo; fuel farm facilities; airport
maintenance facilities; and airport
access to the Southern Corridor
Highway). This FEIS also assesses the
Federal action regarding installation of
navigational aids, airspace use, and
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approach and departure procedures.
One historic site, Little Black Mountain
Petroglyphs, would potentially be
affected. This document also assesses
the potential noise impact on Zion
National Park, and 42 other potentially
noise-sensitive properties in the
vicinity.
The FEIS details the proposed
development of a replacement airport
and related facilities for the City of St.
George, Utah, and addresses the
environmental impacts associated with
its development. The FEIS presents the
purpose and need for the proposed
project, an analysis of the alternatives to
the proposed project, and potential
environmental impacts associated with
the development of the proposed
replacement airport.
Information and analyses have been
added, updated and/or refined in the
FEIS to comply with particular aspects
of federal law and regulation and in
response to comments. That information
and analyses are presented in the FEIS
in Appendices T through Y, and
Chapter 6, section 6.4, Air Quality.
Issued in Renton, Washington, on May 10,
2006.
Lowell H. Johnson,
Manager, Airports Division, Northwest
Mountain Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of the Availability of the Final
Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS) for the Proposed Relocation of
the Panama City-Bay County
International Airport, Panama City, FL;
Notice of Significant Encroachment
and Unavoidable Impacts to the Base
Floodplain; Notice of New
Construction Significantly Affecting
Wetlands and Finding of No
Practicable Alternative
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT. The U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a
cooperating Federal agency, having
jurisdiction by law due to the potential
for significant wetland impacts.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final
Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY:
Location of Proposed Action: The
proposed airport site (identified as the
West Bay Site in the FEIS) is located in
northwestern Bay County, Florida,
approximately 20 miles north and west
of the existing airport site. The Proposed
Action includes three mitigation parcels
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located immediately south of County
Road 388 and adjacent to the West Bay.
SUMMARY: The FAA announces that an
FEIS for the Proposed Relocation of the
Panama City-Bay County International
Airport is available for public review.
The FEIS includes the section 7
consultation with United States Fish
and Wildlife Service (USFWS) regarding
the Proposed Action’s impact to
threatened and endangered species. An
Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) and Living
Marine Resources (LMR) Assessment is
included in the FEIS. The FEIS
discusses impacts to the base floodplain
and wetlands and measures to mitigate
those impacts. The FAA is seeking
comments on those sections of the FEIS
that have been updated and/or contain
additional information not previously
contained in the DEIS. Please see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for a listing
of sections of the FEIS and associated
appendices that have been updated or
contain additional information.
Additional information regarding
potential redevelopment of the existing
airport site under the West Bay Site
alternatives was published following
public availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).
This information has been analyzed and
is included in the FEIS for disclosure
purposes but is not part of the Proposed
Action.
All comments are to be submitted to
Virginia Lane of the FAA, at the address
shown in the section below entitled
‘‘For Further Information or to Submit
Comments Contact.’’ The USACE has
requested that the FAA be the recipient
of all comments regarding their actions.
The USACE is a cooperating Federal
agency for this FEIS, having jurisdiction
by law because the proposed federal
action has the potential for significant
wetland impacts, and would require the
USACE to approve issuance of a permit
to fill wetlands under section 404 of the
Clean Water Act.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA
as lead agency and the USACE, as a
cooperating agency, have prepared the
FEIS for the proposed relocation of the
Panama City-Bay County International
Airport. FAA published a DEIS in
November 2004. The DEIS was prepared
pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The DEIS
assessed the potential impacts of five
proposed action alternatives, described
as the Existing Site—No-Action
Alternative, Existing Site—Extend
Runway 14–32, 6,800 Feet Southeast,
Existing Site—Extend Runway 14–32,
8,400 Feet Southeast, West Bay Site—
Runway 16–34, 6800 Feet (referred to in
the FEIS as Scenario 1), and the West
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Bay Site—Runway 16–34, 8,400 Feet
(Sponsor’s Proposed Project). The FEIS
additionally analyses one alternative
that was identified during the comment
period on the DEIS. This alternative is
identified in the FEIS as the Existing
Site—Extend Runway 14–32, 6,800 Feet
Southeast EMAS Scenario 2.
The proposes airport relocation site
(West Bay Site) encompasses a total of
approximately 4,037 acres and would
accommodate both short- and long-term
aviation needs as described in the FEIS.
The Airport Sponsor proposes to
construct a primary runway of 8,400
feet, a crosswind runway of 5,000 feet,
and associated aviation support
facilities as part of an initial
development plan encompassing
approximately 1,378 acres. Under this
proposal, the existing airport facilities
would be decommissioned, and
facilities and operations at the existing
site would be relocated to the West Bay
site. The Airport Sponsor is also seeking
the other necessary FAA approvals to
implement the Proposed Action and
associated capital improvements and
procedures.
FAA will not make a decision on the
Proposed Act for a minimum 45 days
following publication of this Notice of
Availability of the FEIS in the Federal
Register. FAA will record the
appropriate decision or decisions in a
Record of Decision.
Copies of the FEIS are available for
public review at the following locations:
• Panama City-Bay County
International Airport Administration
Office, 3173 Airport Road, Panama City,
Florida 32405. (850) 763–6751.
• Bay County Public Library, 26 West
Government Street, Panama City,
Florida 32401. (850) 872–7500.
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Panama City Regulatory Office, 1002
West 23rd Street, Suite 350, Panama
City, Florida 32405. (850) 763–0717.
• Federal Aviation Administration,
Orlando Airports District Office, 5950
Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400,
Orlando, Florida 32822. (407) 812–6331.
The Panama City-Bay County
International Airport Administration
Office has a limited number of CDs of
the FEIS available for public
distribution. Please contact that office
for a copy. The FEIS may also be viewed
at the following Web site https://
www.pcairport.bechtel.com.
The FAA is seeking comments on
updated and/or refined information in
the following sections of the FEIS and
the associated appendices:
Volume I—Technical Documentation
Chapter 1—Section 1.7.2
Chapter 2—Sections 2.2.2, 2.2.3, and 2.6.3
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Chapter 3—Sections 3.2.8, 3.6.4, 3.9.10,
3.10.5, 3.11, 3.12, and 3.13
Chapter 4—Sections 4.6, 4.7.4, 4.10.7, 4.12.3,
and 4.21
Chapter 5—Sections 5.1, 5.2.2, 5.3.2, 5.4.1,
5.6, 5.7.2, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12, 5.13,
5.14, 5.15, 5.18, 5.20, 5.21, 5.22, 5.23, and
5.26
Chapter 6—Sections 6.3, .4, and 6.5
Chapters 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11
Volume II—Appendix
Appendices D, G, J, K, L, M, P, Q, R, S, T,
U, V, W, X
Volume III—Responses to Comments—
Federal, State, and Local Agencies
Volume IV—Responses to Comments—Public
Individuals
Volume V—Responses to Comments—Public
Organizations
The FEIS will be available for public
review for 45 days. Written comments
on the sections of the document
identified above should be submitted to
the address listed in For Further
Information or to Submit Comments
Contact. The comment period begins as
of the date of this Notice of Availability
and all comments must be received no
later than 5 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time
on Wednesday, July 5, 2006.
For Further Information or to Submit
Comments Contact: Virginia Lane,
Environmental Specialist, Federal
Aviation Administration, Orlando
Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine
National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando,
Florida 32822. Telephone (407) 812–
6331 Extension 129. Comments can only
be accepted with the full name and
address of the individual commenting.
Issued in Orlando, Florida on May 10,
2006.
W. Dean Stringer,
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Record of Decision
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Office of
Commercial Space Transportation.
ACTION: Record of Decision.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Record of Decision was
prepared based on the Final
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (PEIS) for Horizontal Launch
and Reentry of Reentry Vehicles. The
FAA prepared this Record of Decision
pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 as amended
(42 United States Code 4321, et seq.),
the Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations for Implementing the
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Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 Code
of Federal Regulations [CFR] 1500–
1508), and FAA Order 1050.1 E,
Environmental Impacts: Policies and
Procedures. This Record of Decision
contains the statement of decision,
identifies the alternatives considered,
and discusses the factors on which the
decision was based.
The PEIS considered the potential
programmatic environmental effects of
licensing horizontal launches of launch
vehicles, reentries of reentry vehicles,1
as well as licensing the operation of
facilities that support these activities.
The PEIS considered three horizontal
launch vehicle concepts and reentry
vehicles with both powered and
unpowered landings.
As the designated authority for
regulating the U.S. commercial space
transportation industry and issuing
licenses for launches, reentries, and the
operation of launch sites, the FAA was
the lead agency preparing the PEIS. No
other agency was designated or
requested to act as a cooperating agency
for the development of the PEIS. After
considering the environmental impacts,
public comments, and programmatic
factors, the FAA has decided to
implement the preferred alternative.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information on the PEIS or this
Record of Decision, please contact Ms.
Stacey Zee, FAA Environmental
Specialist at (202) 267–9305 or e-mail
Stacey.Zee@faa.gov. Downloadable
electronic versions of the Final PEIS and
Record of Decision are available on the
FAA PEIS Web site https://ast.faa.gov/
lrra/comp_coop.htm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
This Record of Decision provides final
FAA approval for a program to license
three horizontal launch vehicle
concepts, reentries of reentry vehicles
with both powered and unpowered
landings, and the operation of facilities
that support these activities. The FAA is
considering the impacts of licensing all
launch and reentry vehicle concepts
analyzed under the proposed action to
maintain the greatest flexibility for the
development and growth of the U.S.
commercial space industry. Licenses for
the operation of individual launch and
reentry vehicles or individual launch
sites would be considered on a case-bycase basis. Any additional site-specific
environmental documentation would be
1 Reentry vehicle means a vehicle designed to
return from Earth orbit or outer space to Earth. In
the PEIS, reentry vehicles consisted of vehicles
launched into orbit via vertical and horizontal
launch vehicles.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of the Availability of the Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) for the Proposed Relocation of the Panama City-Bay
County International Airport, Panama City, FL; Notice of Significant
Encroachment and Unavoidable Impacts to the Base Floodplain; Notice of
New Construction Significantly Affecting Wetlands and Finding of No
Practicable Alternative
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. The U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers (USACE) is a cooperating Federal agency, having
jurisdiction by law due to the potential for significant wetland
impacts.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement
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Location of Proposed Action: The proposed airport site (identified
as the West Bay Site in the FEIS) is located in northwestern Bay
County, Florida, approximately 20 miles north and west of the existing
airport site. The Proposed Action includes three mitigation parcels
located immediately south of County Road 388 and adjacent to the West
Bay.
SUMMARY: The FAA announces that an FEIS for the Proposed Relocation of
the Panama City-Bay County International Airport is available for
public review. The FEIS includes the section 7 consultation with United
States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) regarding the Proposed
Action's impact to threatened and endangered species. An Essential Fish
Habitat (EFH) and Living Marine Resources (LMR) Assessment is included
in the FEIS. The FEIS discusses impacts to the base floodplain and
wetlands and measures to mitigate those impacts. The FAA is seeking
comments on those sections of the FEIS that have been updated and/or
contain additional information not previously contained in the DEIS.
Please see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for a listing of sections of the
FEIS and associated appendices that have been updated or contain
additional information.
Additional information regarding potential redevelopment of the
existing airport site under the West Bay Site alternatives was
published following public availability of the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (DEIS). This information has been analyzed and is
included in the FEIS for disclosure purposes but is not part of the
Proposed Action.
All comments are to be submitted to Virginia Lane of the FAA, at
the address shown in the section below entitled ``For Further
Information or to Submit Comments Contact.'' The USACE has requested
that the FAA be the recipient of all comments regarding their actions.
The USACE is a cooperating Federal agency for this FEIS, having
jurisdiction by law because the proposed federal action has the
potential for significant wetland impacts, and would require the USACE
to approve issuance of a permit to fill wetlands under section 404 of
the Clean Water Act.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA as lead agency and the USACE, as a
cooperating agency, have prepared the FEIS for the proposed relocation
of the Panama City-Bay County International Airport. FAA published a
DEIS in November 2004. The DEIS was prepared pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The DEIS assessed the
potential impacts of five proposed action alternatives, described as
the Existing Site--No-Action Alternative, Existing Site--Extend Runway
14-32, 6,800 Feet Southeast, Existing Site--Extend Runway 14-32, 8,400
Feet Southeast, West Bay Site--Runway 16-34, 6800 Feet (referred to in
the FEIS as Scenario 1), and the West
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Bay Site--Runway 16-34, 8,400 Feet (Sponsor's Proposed Project). The
FEIS additionally analyses one alternative that was identified during
the comment period on the DEIS. This alternative is identified in the
FEIS as the Existing Site--Extend Runway 14-32, 6,800 Feet Southeast
EMAS Scenario 2.
The proposes airport relocation site (West Bay Site) encompasses a
total of approximately 4,037 acres and would accommodate both short-
and long-term aviation needs as described in the FEIS. The Airport
Sponsor proposes to construct a primary runway of 8,400 feet, a
crosswind runway of 5,000 feet, and associated aviation support
facilities as part of an initial development plan encompassing
approximately 1,378 acres. Under this proposal, the existing airport
facilities would be decommissioned, and facilities and operations at
the existing site would be relocated to the West Bay site. The Airport
Sponsor is also seeking the other necessary FAA approvals to implement
the Proposed Action and associated capital improvements and procedures.
FAA will not make a decision on the Proposed Act for a minimum 45
days following publication of this Notice of Availability of the FEIS
in the Federal Register. FAA will record the appropriate decision or
decisions in a Record of Decision.
Copies of the FEIS are available for public review at the following
locations:
Panama City-Bay County International Airport
Administration Office, 3173 Airport Road, Panama City, Florida 32405.
(850) 763-6751.
Bay County Public Library, 26 West Government Street,
Panama City, Florida 32401. (850) 872-7500.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Panama City Regulatory
Office, 1002 West 23rd Street, Suite 350, Panama City, Florida 32405.
(850) 763-0717.
Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports District
Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, Florida
32822. (407) 812-6331.
The Panama City-Bay County International Airport Administration
Office has a limited number of CDs of the FEIS available for public
distribution. Please contact that office for a copy. The FEIS may also
be viewed at the following Web site https://www.pcairport.bechtel.com.
The FAA is seeking comments on updated and/or refined information
in the following sections of the FEIS and the associated appendices:
Volume I--Technical Documentation
Chapter 1--Section 1.7.2
Chapter 2--Sections 2.2.2, 2.2.3, and 2.6.3
Chapter 3--Sections 3.2.8, 3.6.4, 3.9.10, 3.10.5, 3.11, 3.12, and
3.13
Chapter 4--Sections 4.6, 4.7.4, 4.10.7, 4.12.3, and 4.21
Chapter 5--Sections 5.1, 5.2.2, 5.3.2, 5.4.1, 5.6, 5.7.2, 5.8, 5.9,
5.10, 5.11, 5.12, 5.13, 5.14, 5.15, 5.18, 5.20, 5.21, 5.22, 5.23,
and 5.26
Chapter 6--Sections 6.3, .4, and 6.5
Chapters 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11
Volume II--Appendix
Appendices D, G, J, K, L, M, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X
Volume III--Responses to Comments--Federal, State, and Local
Agencies
Volume IV--Responses to Comments--Public Individuals
Volume V--Responses to Comments--Public Organizations
The FEIS will be available for public review for 45 days. Written
comments on the sections of the document identified above should be
submitted to the address listed in For Further Information or to Submit
Comments Contact. The comment period begins as of the date of this
Notice of Availability and all comments must be received no later than
5 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, July 5, 2006.
For Further Information or to Submit Comments Contact: Virginia
Lane, Environmental Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration,
Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, Suite
400, Orlando, Florida 32822. Telephone (407) 812-6331 Extension 129.
Comments can only be accepted with the full name and address of the
individual commenting.
Issued in Orlando, Florida on May 10, 2006.
W. Dean Stringer,
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office.
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