Environmental Impact Statement; Maui County, HI, 31649-31650 [07-2814]
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Upgrade security badging system.
PFC planning and program
administration.
Series 1999 debt service—east
concourse terminal extension and
apron expansion, and east access
improvements.
Design and construction, extension of
runway 14/32.
Design and construction, extension,
widening, and rehabilitation of
taxiway D.
Design and construction, overhead
canopies for pedestrian walkways.
Purchase of surface friction testing
equipment.
Internal perimeter road extension.
PFC planning and program
administration.
Brief Description of Project Partially
Approved for Collection at BUF and Use
at BUF at a $3.00 PFC Level:
Procurement of security equipment—
vehicles.
Determination: Two K–9 vehicles and
a ‘‘captain’s vehicle’’ were found to be
ineligible because the public agency did
not provide documentation that the
Transportation Security Administration
had concurred that these vehicles were
a part of the minimum amount of
equipment needed to meet the approved
security plan.
Brief Description of Project Approved
for Collection at BUF and Use at BUF
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approved
date
Amendment No.
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Original
approved net
PFC revenue
10/01/05
04/25/07
415,188
108,124
12/01/07
12/01/07
04/30/07
1,378,794
1,378,794
08/01/09
04/01/08
05/08/07
89,300
25,000
02/01/01
02/01/01
05/08/07
21,749,000
26,712,865
08/01/07
08/01/07
05/08/07
757,028
708,253
09/01/05
01/01/06
05/15/07
334,635,482
352,632,482
05/01/27
11/01/28
05/16/07
5,859,025
5,273,873
11/01/05
11/01/05
05/17/07
2,305,000
2,340,000
12/01/99
12/01/99
05/18/07
628,121
496,121
10/01/06
01/01/07
05/18/07
121,412,427
114,679,598
04/01/01
04/01/01
05/24/07
5,829,873
5,247,633
08/01/13
03/01/12
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Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement; Maui
County, HI
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), Hawaii
Department of Transportation (HDOT).
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
SUMMARY: The Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) is issuing this
notice to advise the public that an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
will be prepared to evaluate alternatives
that would improve the roadway
capacity, safety, and reliability of
Honoapiilani Highway between Maalaea
and Launiupoko on the west side of the
island of Maui. This section of highway
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Amended
estimated
charge
exp. date
10/01/05
AGENCY:
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Original
estimated
charge
exp. date
$268,191
Issued in Washington, DC on June 4, 2007.
Joe Hebert,
Manager, Financial Analysis and Passenger
Facility Charge Branch.
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Amended
approved net
PFC revenue
$254,644
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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Amendment to PFC Approvals
04/12/07
Note: The amendments denoted by an
asterisk (*) include a change to the PFC level
charged from $3.00 per enplaned passenger
to $4.50 per enplaned passenger. For
Saginaw, MI and Bristol, TN, this change is
effective on July 1, 2007.
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and at Niagara Falls International
Airport at a $3.00 PFC Level: Purchase
snow removal equipment.
Brief Description of Disapproved
Project: PFC planning and program
administration.
Determination: The public agency
included this project as a part of an
amendment request. However, this
project was not included in the original
decision and a public agency cannot
add a new project by amendment.
Decision Date: May 25, 2007.
For Further Information Contact:
Larry A’Hearn, New York Airports
District Office, (516) 227–3810.
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is the main travel way for people and
goods between West Maui and the rest
of the island.
The EIS will be prepared in
accordance with regulations
implementing the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as
well as provisions of the recently
enacted Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A
Legacy of Users (SAFETEA–LU). The
purpose of this Notice of intent is to
alert interested parties regarding the
plan to prepare the EIS, to provide
information on the nature of the
proposed project, to invite participation
in the EIS process, including comments
on the scope of the EIS proposed in this
notice, and to announce that a public
scoping meeting will be conducted.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Written comments on the scope of the
EIS should be sent to Pat V. Phung,
Transportation Engineer, Federal
Highway Administration, Hawaii
Division, Box 50206, 300 Ala Moana
Blvd., Room 3–306, Honolulu, HI 96850,
within 30 days of the publication of this
notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
FHWA, in cooperation with the Hawaii
Department of Transportation (HDOT),
will be preparing an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for the
improvement of the 11-mile segment of
Honoapiilani Highway between Maalaea
and Launiupoko in West Maui. The
eastern limit of the project is the
western terminus of the recent
Honoapiilani Highway widening project
near Maalaea. The western limit of the
project will be southern terminus of the
Lahaina Bypass Road, near Launiupoko
Wayside Park. Highway improvements
may involve improving portions of the
existing highway and/or constructing a
new highway along a different
alignment.
Purposes and needs for the
Nonoapiilani Highway Realignment/
Widening, Maalaea to Launiupoko will
be finalized after the completion of the
scoping process. Project goals may
involve: (1) Alleviate existing
congestion; (2) Accommodate future
travel demand; (3) Protect road from
shoreline erosion; (4) Complement land
use and preservation plans; (5) Improve
reliability of access to and from West
Maui; (6) Enhance pedestrian and
vehicular mauka/makai movements; (7)
Provide consistent roadway system
linkages; (8) Enhance modal
interrelationships and non-vehicular
modes of travel; (9) Improve public
safety for emergencies; and (10) Improve
substandard road elements. These
project purposes may be modified
through the planning process.
The NEPA scoping process being
initiated by the publication of this NOI
is intended to generate a full range of
project alternatives for subsequent
evaluation. The No Build alternative
would leave Honoapiilani Highway in
its current condition except for possible
short-term and minor activities, such as
safety upgrades and maintenance. A
Transportation System Management
(TSM) alternative may include elements
such as restriping the roadway,
enhancing transit service, establishing
contra-flow lanes, widening the
roadway in place and/or raising the
roadbed in areas of high shoreline
hazard. The TSM alternative could also
include establishing and improving
intersections along the existing roadway
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through techniques such as
channelization, roundabouts, or left turn
lanes.
Other possible improvement
alternatives include: (1) A new
Kaanapali to Wailuku highway; (2)
Aerial cable car; (3) Tunnel under the
Pali; (4) Ocean causeway around the
Pali; (5) Light Rail Transit from Lahaina
to Wailuku; (6) Pave ‘‘Haul Cane Road’’
(Industrial Road, or Cane Haul Road;)
(7) Ferries from Maalaea to either Mala
Wharf, Lahaina small boat harbor, or a
new harbor to be constructed at Cut
Mountain; (8) Enhanced bus system; (9)
Realignment included in the County’s
Pali to Puamana Plan (P2P Plan); (10)
Alternative alignment proposed in a
privately commissioned study; (11)
Elevate and widen road within existing
ROW; (12) Improve intersections along
existing road; (13) Roadway Couplet
(Westbound: 2 lanes in a mauka
alignment and Eastbound: 2 lanes on
existing road); (14) West Maui hotels
provide enhanced shuttle service and
car pools for workers; (15) Widen
existing road to provide for contraflow
operation; and (16) Widen existing road
to provide for high occupancy vehicle
(HOV) lanes.
The purpose of the EIS process is to
explore in a pubic setting potentially
significant effects of implementing the
proposed action on the physical,
human, and natural environment. Areas
of investigation for this project will
include but not be limited to cultural
resources, archaeological resources,
biological resources, social impact,
engineering feasibility, schedule, costbenefit analysis, land use pattern,
shoreline access, residential
displacements, impacts on existing
businesses, air quality, noise and
vibration, and ease of implementation.
Measures to avoid, minimize, or
mitigate any significant adverse impacts
will be identified. The documents that
will be produced include an
Alternatives Analysis Report (AA), Draft
and Final Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS and FEIS), and the
Record of Decision (ROD).
Regulations implementing NEPA, as
well as provisions of SAFETEA–LU, call
for public involvement in the EIS
process. Section 6002 of SAFETEA–LU
requires that FHWA and HDOT do the
following: (1) Extend an invitation to
other government agencies and Native
Hawaiian organizations that may have
an interest in the proposed project to
become ‘‘participating agencies,’’ (2)
provide an opportunity for involvement
by participating agencies and the public
in helping to define the purpose and
need for this proposed project, as well
as the range of alternatives for
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consideration in the impact statement,
and (3) establish a plan for coordinating
public and agency participation in and
comment on the environmental review
process.
To comply with these regulations, an
invitation to become a participating
agency, with a scoping information
packet appended, will be extended to
other government agencies and Native
Hawaiian organizations that may have
an interest in the proposed project.
Community meetings will provide
public-friendly and accessible venues
for comments to be accepted regarding
alternatives, scope of the EI, and the
purpose and needs to be addressed.
Community meetings will be held on
Maui at times and locations convenient
to those that work and live in the
corridor. Meeting locations will be
accessible to people with disabilities.
Input received will be collected and
documented. In addition to community
meetings and a DEIS public hearing,
small group meetings will be held
during the planning and DEIS
preparatory stages.
A project Task Force will also be
formed to help advise HDOT on key
aspects of the project such as project
goals, development and ranking of
alternatives; construction phasing plan;
and mitigation measures. Similar to all
community meetings, the Task Force
meetings will be open to the public,
accessible to people with disabilities,
and held on Maui at times and locations
convenient to those that live and work
in the corridor.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning
and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372
regarding intergovernmental consultation on
Federal programs and activities apply to this
program.)
Issued on: May 30, 2007.
Abraham Wong,
Federal Highway Administration, Hawaii
Division, HOnolulu, Hawaii.
[FR Doc. 07–2814 Filed 6–6–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2007–28333]
Requested Administrative Waiver of
the Coastwise Trade Laws
Maritime Administration,
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Invitation for public comments
on a requested administrative waiver of
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement; Maui County, HI
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Hawaii Department of
Transportation (HDOT).
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is issuing this
notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) will be prepared to evaluate alternatives that would improve the
roadway capacity, safety, and reliability of Honoapiilani Highway
between Maalaea and Launiupoko on the west side of the island of Maui.
This section of highway is the main travel way for people and goods
between West Maui and the rest of the island.
The EIS will be prepared in accordance with regulations
implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as well as
provisions of the recently enacted Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy of Users (SAFETEA-LU).
The purpose of this Notice of intent is to alert interested parties
regarding the plan to prepare the EIS, to provide information on the
nature of the proposed project, to invite participation in the EIS
process, including comments on the scope of the EIS proposed in this
notice, and to announce that a public scoping meeting will be
conducted.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Written comments on the scope of the
EIS should be sent to Pat V. Phung, Transportation Engineer, Federal
Highway Administration, Hawaii Division, Box 50206, 300 Ala Moana
Blvd., Room 3-306, Honolulu, HI 96850, within 30 days of the
publication of this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FHWA, in cooperation with the Hawaii
Department of Transportation (HDOT), will be preparing an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for the improvement of the 11-mile segment of
Honoapiilani Highway between Maalaea and Launiupoko in West Maui. The
eastern limit of the project is the western terminus of the recent
Honoapiilani Highway widening project near Maalaea. The western limit
of the project will be southern terminus of the Lahaina Bypass Road,
near Launiupoko Wayside Park. Highway improvements may involve
improving portions of the existing highway and/or constructing a new
highway along a different alignment.
Purposes and needs for the Nonoapiilani Highway Realignment/
Widening, Maalaea to Launiupoko will be finalized after the completion
of the scoping process. Project goals may involve: (1) Alleviate
existing congestion; (2) Accommodate future travel demand; (3) Protect
road from shoreline erosion; (4) Complement land use and preservation
plans; (5) Improve reliability of access to and from West Maui; (6)
Enhance pedestrian and vehicular mauka/makai movements; (7) Provide
consistent roadway system linkages; (8) Enhance modal
interrelationships and non-vehicular modes of travel; (9) Improve
public safety for emergencies; and (10) Improve substandard road
elements. These project purposes may be modified through the planning
process.
The NEPA scoping process being initiated by the publication of this
NOI is intended to generate a full range of project alternatives for
subsequent evaluation. The No Build alternative would leave
Honoapiilani Highway in its current condition except for possible
short-term and minor activities, such as safety upgrades and
maintenance. A Transportation System Management (TSM) alternative may
include elements such as restriping the roadway, enhancing transit
service, establishing contra-flow lanes, widening the roadway in place
and/or raising the roadbed in areas of high shoreline hazard. The TSM
alternative could also include establishing and improving intersections
along the existing roadway through techniques such as channelization,
roundabouts, or left turn lanes.
Other possible improvement alternatives include: (1) A new
Kaanapali to Wailuku highway; (2) Aerial cable car; (3) Tunnel under
the Pali; (4) Ocean causeway around the Pali; (5) Light Rail Transit
from Lahaina to Wailuku; (6) Pave ``Haul Cane Road'' (Industrial Road,
or Cane Haul Road;) (7) Ferries from Maalaea to either Mala Wharf,
Lahaina small boat harbor, or a new harbor to be constructed at Cut
Mountain; (8) Enhanced bus system; (9) Realignment included in the
County's Pali to Puamana Plan (P2P Plan); (10) Alternative alignment
proposed in a privately commissioned study; (11) Elevate and widen road
within existing ROW; (12) Improve intersections along existing road;
(13) Roadway Couplet (Westbound: 2 lanes in a mauka alignment and
Eastbound: 2 lanes on existing road); (14) West Maui hotels provide
enhanced shuttle service and car pools for workers; (15) Widen existing
road to provide for contraflow operation; and (16) Widen existing road
to provide for high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes.
The purpose of the EIS process is to explore in a pubic setting
potentially significant effects of implementing the proposed action on
the physical, human, and natural environment. Areas of investigation
for this project will include but not be limited to cultural resources,
archaeological resources, biological resources, social impact,
engineering feasibility, schedule, cost-benefit analysis, land use
pattern, shoreline access, residential displacements, impacts on
existing businesses, air quality, noise and vibration, and ease of
implementation. Measures to avoid, minimize, or mitigate any
significant adverse impacts will be identified. The documents that will
be produced include an Alternatives Analysis Report (AA), Draft and
Final Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS and FEIS), and the Record of
Decision (ROD).
Regulations implementing NEPA, as well as provisions of SAFETEA-LU,
call for public involvement in the EIS process. Section 6002 of
SAFETEA-LU requires that FHWA and HDOT do the following: (1) Extend an
invitation to other government agencies and Native Hawaiian
organizations that may have an interest in the proposed project to
become ``participating agencies,'' (2) provide an opportunity for
involvement by participating agencies and the public in helping to
define the purpose and need for this proposed project, as well as the
range of alternatives for consideration in the impact statement, and
(3) establish a plan for coordinating public and agency participation
in and comment on the environmental review process.
To comply with these regulations, an invitation to become a
participating agency, with a scoping information packet appended, will
be extended to other government agencies and Native Hawaiian
organizations that may have an interest in the proposed project.
Community meetings will provide public-friendly and accessible
venues for comments to be accepted regarding alternatives, scope of the
EI, and the purpose and needs to be addressed. Community meetings will
be held on Maui at times and locations convenient to those that work
and live in the corridor. Meeting locations will be accessible to
people with disabilities. Input received will be collected and
documented. In addition to community meetings and a DEIS public
hearing, small group meetings will be held during the planning and DEIS
preparatory stages.
A project Task Force will also be formed to help advise HDOT on key
aspects of the project such as project goals, development and ranking
of alternatives; construction phasing plan; and mitigation measures.
Similar to all community meetings, the Task Force meetings will be open
to the public, accessible to people with disabilities, and held on Maui
at times and locations convenient to those that live and work in the
corridor.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 20.205,
Highway Planning and Construction. The regulations implementing
Executive Order 12372 regarding intergovernmental consultation on
Federal programs and activities apply to this program.)
Issued on: May 30, 2007.
Abraham Wong,
Federal Highway Administration, Hawaii Division, HOnolulu, Hawaii.
[FR Doc. 07-2814 Filed 6-6-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-22-M