Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Environmental Impact Statement Approving an Operations Specifications Amendment for Horizon Air to Provide Scheduled Air Service to and From Mammoth Yosemite Airport, Mammoth Lakes, Mono County, CA, 32781-32782 [E8-12772]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Applications for Certificates
of Public Convenience and Necessity
and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed
Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q)
During the Week Ending February 22,
2008
Notice of Availability of Record of
Decision for the Environmental Impact
Statement Approving an Operations
Specifications Amendment for Horizon
Air to Provide Scheduled Air Service to
and From Mammoth Yosemite Airport,
Mammoth Lakes, Mono County, CA
The following Applications for
Certificates of Public Convenience and
Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier
Permits were filed under Subpart B
(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department
of Transportation’s Procedural
Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et
seq.). The due date for Answers,
Conforming Applications, or Motions to
Modify Scope are set forth below for
each application. Following the Answer
period DOT may process the application
by expedited procedures. Such
procedures may consist of the adoption
of a show-cause order, a tentative order,
or in appropriate cases a final order
without further proceedings.
AGENCY:
Docket Number: DOT–OST–2008–
0066.
Date Filed: February 22, 2008.
Due Date for Answers, Conforming
Applications, or Motion to Modify
Scope: March 14, 2008.
Description: Application of Priester
Aviation, LLC ‘‘Priester’’ requesting a
certificate of public convenience and
necessity to engage in interstate charter
air transportation of persons, property
and mail in large aircraft so that Priester
may provide on-demand single-entity
charter service using executiveconfiqured Boeing 727 aircraft.
Docket Number: DOT–OST–2008–
0067.
Date Filed: February 22, 2008.
Due Date for Answers, Conforming
Applications, or Motion to Modify
Scope: March 14, 2008.
Description: Application of Priester
Aviation, LLC ‘‘Priester’’ requesting a
certificate of public convenience and
necessity to engage in foreign charter air
transportation of persons, property and
mail in large aircraft so that Priester may
provide on-demand single-entity charter
service using executive-configured
Boeing 727 aircraft.
Renee V. Wright,
Program Manager, Docket Operations,
Federal Register Liaison.
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Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability of Record
of Decision.
SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) is issuing this
notice to advise the public that it has
published a Record of Decision (ROD)
for the Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) that evaluated proposed approval
of an Operations Specifications
Amendment to allow Horizon Air to
conduct scheduled air service to
Mammoth Yosemite Airport (MMH).
FAA approved the ROD on May 14,
2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Chuck Cox, Regional Environmental
Technical Specialist, Northwest
Mountain Region, Flight Standards
Division, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW.,
Renton, WA 98055, Phone: (425) 227–
2243, Fax: (425) 227–1200.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the National Environmental Policy
Act, notice is hereby given that the U.S.
Department of Transportation—Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a
Record of Decision (ROD) approving the
proposed Horizon Air Operations
Specifications Amendment to allow
scheduled air service to Mammoth
Yosemite Airport (MMH) on May 14,
2008. The ROD documents the FAA’s
decision to approve the federal actions
necessary to implement Horizon Air’s
requested Operations Specifications
Amendment that permits scheduled air
service to and from MMH using
Bombardier DHC 8–400 (Q–400)
turbopropeller powered aircraft.
Horizon Air may proceed with
implementing commercial air service
with two daytime flights between MMH
and Los Angeles International Airport
beginning in the winter ski season of
2008/2009 (approximately December to
April) provided the Town of Mammoth
Lakes obtains a 14 CFR Part 139 Class
1 Airport Operating Certificate for
MMH.
The ROD was based on the FAA’s
Final Environmental Impact Statement,
dated March 2008, that evaluated
Horizon Air’s Request for Operations
Specifications Amendment to Provide
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Scheduled Air Service to Mammoth
Yosemite Airport. The Notice of
Availability for the Final EIS was
published in the Federal Register on
April 4, 2008 (73 FR 18527). The Final
EIS considered two alternatives in
detail, including the No Action
Alternative and the proposed
amendment to Horizon Air’s Operations
Specifications.
Copies of the ROD and the Final EIS
are available for review at the following
locations during normal business hours:
U.S. Department of Transportation,
Federal Aviation Administration,
Northwest-Mountain Region, Flight
Standards Division, 1601 Lind Avenue,
SW., Renton, Washington 98055; U.S.
Department of Transportation, Federal
Aviation Administration, WesternPacific Region, San Francisco Airports
District Office, 831 Mitten Road,
Burlingame, California 94010;
U.S. Department of Transportation,
Federal Aviation Administration,
Western-Pacific Region, Office of the
Airports Division, 15000 Aviation
Boulevard, Hawthorne, California 9026;
U.S. Department of Transportation,
Federal Aviation Administration,
National Headquarters, Planning and
Environmental Division, 800
Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20591;
Administrative Offices at Mammoth
Yosemite Airport; 1 Airport Road,
Mammoth Lakes, California 93546;
Town of Mammoth Lakes City Office,
437 Old Mammoth Road, Suite R,
Mammoth Lakes, California 93546;
Mono County Library Mammoth
Lakes Branch, 960 Forest Trail,
Mammoth Lakes, California, 93546;
Inyo County Library, Bishop Branch,
210 Academy Avenue, Bishop,
California, 93514.
Questions may be directed to the
individual above under the heading FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Hawthorne, California, on May
27, 2008.
George E. Aiken,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, WesternPacific Region, AWP–600.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To
Release Airport Property at the
Scappoose Industrial Airpark,
Scappoose, OR
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
AGENCY:
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Notice of Request to Release
Airport Property.
ACTION:
The FAA proposes to rule and
invite public comment on the release of
land at Scappoose Industrial Airpark
under the provisions of Section 125 of
the Wendell H. Ford Aviation
Investment Reform Act for the 21st
Century (AIR 21), now 49 U.S.C.
47107(h)(2).
SUMMARY:
Comments must be received on
or before July 10, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this
application may be mailed or delivered
to the FAA at the following address: Ms.
Carol Key, Manager, Federal Aviation
Administration, Northwest Mountain
Region, Airports Division, Seattle
Airports District Office, 1601 Lind
Avenue, SW., Suite 250, Renton,
Washington 98057–3356.
In addition, one copy of any
comments submitted to the FAA must
be mailed or delivered to Ms. Kim
Shade, Operations Manager of the Port
of St. Helens, at the following address:
Ms. Kim Shade, Port of St. Helens, 100
E. Street, Columbia City, Oregon 97018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Dave Roberts, Civil Engineer, Federal
Aviation Administration, Northwest
Mountain Region, Seattle Airports
District Office, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW.,
Suite 250, Renton, Washington 98057–
3356.
The request to release property may
be reviewed, by appointment, in person
at this same location.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA
invites public comment on the request
to release property at the Scappoose
Industrial Airpark under the provisions
of the AIR 21 (49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2)).
On May 27, 2008, the FAA
determined that the request to release
property at Scappoose Industrial
Airpark submitted by the airport meets
the procedural requirements of the
Federal Aviation Administration. The
FAA may approve the request, in whole
or in part, no later than July 10, 2008.
The following is a brief overview of
the request:
The Port of St. Helens is proposing
the release, through fee acquisition and
permanent easements for slopes, of
approximately 21,967 square feet of
Scappoose Industrial Airpark property
to Columbia County. The land would be
used for road curvature improvements
at the Westlane/Honeyman Road
intersection to Skyway Drive to increase
traffic safety. The revenue made from
this sale will be used toward Airport
capital improvement.
Any person may inspect, by
appointment, the request in person at
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the FAA office listed above under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
In addition, any person may, upon
appointment and request, inspect the
application, notice and other documents
germane to the application in person at
Scappoose Industrial Airpark.
Issued in Renton, Washington on May 28,
2008.
Carol Key,
Manager, Seattle Airports District Office.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Passenger Facility Charge
(PFC) Approvals and Disapprovals
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Monthly Notice of PFC
Approvals and Disapprovals. In April
2008, there were seven applications
approved. Additionally, nine approved
amendments to previously approved
applications are listed.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The FAA publishes a monthly
notice, as appropriate, of PFC approvals
and disapprovals under the provisions
of the Aviation Safety and Capacity
Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1990) (Pub. L. 101–508) and Part 158 of
the Federal Aviation Regulations (14
CFR Part 158). This notice is published
pursuant to paragraph d of 158.29.
PFC Applications Approved
Public Agency: Jackson Hole Airport
Board, Jackson, Wyoming.
Application Number: 08–1 1–C–00–
JAC.
Application Type: Impose and use a
PFC.
PFC Level: $4.50.
Total PFC Revenue Approved In this
Decision: $2,463,191.
Earliest Charge Effective Date: May 1,
2009.
Estimated Charge Expiration Date:
February 1, 2012.
Class of Air Carriers Not Required to
Collect PFC’s: None.
Brief Description of Projects Approved
for Collection and Use:
Security improvements.
Acquire and install non-approach
control tower equipment.
Noise monitoring system improvements.
Acquire snow removal equipment.
Acquire aircraft rescue and firefighting
vehicle.
PFC administration.
Decision Date: April 8, 2008.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the
Environmental Impact Statement Approving an Operations Specifications
Amendment for Horizon Air to Provide Scheduled Air Service to and From
Mammoth Yosemite Airport, Mammoth Lakes, Mono County, CA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability of 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 Record of Decision
(ROD) for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that evaluated
proposed approval of an Operations Specifications Amendment to allow
Horizon Air to conduct scheduled air service to Mammoth Yosemite
Airport (MMH). FAA approved the ROD on May 14, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Chuck Cox, Regional Environmental
Technical Specialist, Northwest Mountain Region, Flight Standards
Division, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98055, Phone: (425) 227-
2243, Fax: (425) 227-1200.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act, notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of
Transportation--Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a Record
of Decision (ROD) approving the proposed Horizon Air Operations
Specifications Amendment to allow scheduled air service to Mammoth
Yosemite Airport (MMH) on May 14, 2008. The ROD documents the FAA's
decision to approve the federal actions necessary to implement Horizon
Air's requested Operations Specifications Amendment that permits
scheduled air service to and from MMH using Bombardier DHC 8-400 (Q-
400) turbopropeller powered aircraft. Horizon Air may proceed with
implementing commercial air service with two daytime flights between
MMH and Los Angeles International Airport beginning in the winter ski
season of 2008/2009 (approximately December to April) provided the Town
of Mammoth Lakes obtains a 14 CFR Part 139 Class 1 Airport Operating
Certificate for MMH.
The ROD was based on the FAA's Final Environmental Impact
Statement, dated March 2008, that evaluated Horizon Air's Request for
Operations Specifications Amendment to Provide
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Scheduled Air Service to Mammoth Yosemite Airport. The Notice of
Availability for the Final EIS was published in the Federal Register on
April 4, 2008 (73 FR 18527). The Final EIS considered two alternatives
in detail, including the No Action Alternative and the proposed
amendment to Horizon Air's Operations Specifications.
Copies of the ROD and the Final EIS are available for review at the
following locations during normal business hours:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration,
Northwest-Mountain Region, Flight Standards Division, 1601 Lind Avenue,
SW., Renton, Washington 98055; U.S. Department of Transportation,
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, San Francisco
Airports District Office, 831 Mitten Road, Burlingame, California
94010;
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration,
Western-Pacific Region, Office of the Airports Division, 15000 Aviation
Boulevard, Hawthorne, California 9026;
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration,
National Headquarters, Planning and Environmental Division, 800
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20591;
Administrative Offices at Mammoth Yosemite Airport; 1 Airport Road,
Mammoth Lakes, California 93546;
Town of Mammoth Lakes City Office, 437 Old Mammoth Road, Suite R,
Mammoth Lakes, California 93546;
Mono County Library Mammoth Lakes Branch, 960 Forest Trail, Mammoth
Lakes, California, 93546;
Inyo County Library, Bishop Branch, 210 Academy Avenue, Bishop,
California, 93514.
Questions may be directed to the individual above under the heading
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Issued in Hawthorne, California, on May 27, 2008.
George E. Aiken,
Acting Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific Region, AWP-600.
[FR Doc. E8-12772 Filed 6-9-08; 8:45 am]
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