Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Assessment (Final EA) and Section 4(f) Evaluation; Notice of Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) Section 810 Evaluation; and Notice of Public Comment Period and Schedule of the Public Informational Meeting, Final EA Public Hearing, and ANILCA Section 810 Hearing for the Proposed Airport Improvement Project for the Barter Island Airport, Kaktovik, AK, 1752-1753 [E9-479]

Download as PDF 1752 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 8 / Tuesday, January 13, 2009 / Notices Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved collection. OMB Control Number: 2120–0648. Forms(s) There are no FAA forms associated with this collection. Affected Public: An estimated 36 Respondents. Frequency: This information is collected on occasion. Estimated Average Burden Per Response: Approximately 57 hours per response. Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 4,679 hours annually. Abstract: The respondents to this information collection are FAR Part 135 and Part 121 operators. The FAA will use the information to ensure compliance and adherence to the regulations. Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the attention of the Desk Officer, Department of Transportation/FAA, and sent via electronic mail to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed to (202) 395–6974, or mailed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Department, including whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the Department’s estimates of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. ADDRESSES: Issued in Washington, DC, on Jan. 5, 2009. Carla Mauney, FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services Division, AES–200. [FR Doc. E9–341 Filed 1–12–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–M VerDate Nov<24>2008 19:10 Jan 12, 2009 Jkt 217001 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Assessment (Final EA) and Section 4(f) Evaluation; Notice of Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) Section 810 Evaluation; and Notice of Public Comment Period and Schedule of the Public Informational Meeting, Final EA Public Hearing, and ANILCA Section 810 Hearing for the Proposed Airport Improvement Project for the Barter Island Airport, Kaktovik, AK AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice of availability of Final EA, notice of public informational meeting and Final EA hearing, notice of ANILCA Section 810 hearing, and notice of public comment period. Location of the Preferred Alternative: The Preferred Alternative would relocate the airport approximately 1 mile southwest of the community of Kaktovik, on Barter Island. Barter Island is part of the North Slope Borough and is located along the Beaufort Sea Coast of Alaska north of the mainland of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The City of Kaktovik (Kaktovik), an Inupiat village of approximately 300 people, is the only inhabited community on Barter Island. SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR Part 1500–1508), and FAA Orders 1050.1E and 5050.4B, the FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the Final EA and Section 4(f) Evaluation for the Barter Island Airport Improvements has been prepared and is available for public review and comment. An ANILCA Section 810 evaluation is included in the Final EA. The purpose and need for the proposed project is also disclosed in the Final EA. Reasonable, prudent, and feasible alternatives are being considered, including the no-action alternative. Written requests for copies of the Final EA can be submitted to the individual listed in the section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Written comments on the Final EA should be submitted to the address listed in the section titled ‘‘Written Comments Should be Sent to’’. A public hearing will be held on February 17, 2009. The public comment period will commence on January 20, 2009 and will close at 5 p.m. (ADT) on February 24, 2009. PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Public Comment and Public Hearing: The public comment period on the Final EA will start on January 20, 2009 and will end at 5 p.m. (ADT) on February 24, 2009. One combined public information meeting, Final EA public hearing, and ANILCA Section 810 hearing will be held on February 17, 2009 at the Kaktovik City Hall, 2051 Barter Island Avenue, Kaktovik, AK 99747. The meeting and hearing will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm (ADT) with a 30minute informational presentation beginning at 6:15 pm and the public and ANILCA Section 810 hearing beginning at 7 p.m. A court reporter will be present during the hearing to formally record public comment. Final EA Availability and Review Copies of the Final EA, with its Section 4(f) and ANILCA Section 810 Evaluations, may be viewed during regular business hours at the following locations: 1. North Slope Borough Capital Improvement Project Office, 3000 C St., Suite 104, Anchorage, AK, 99503. Laura Strand, Project Administrator, (907) 646–8274. 2. City of Kaktovik, Mayor’s Office, P.O. Box 27, 2051 Barter Avenue, Kaktovik, Alaska 99747. Elizabeth Rexford, 907–640–6313. Open: 8:30 a.m.—5 p.m. M–F. 3. North Slope Borough Village Liaison, P.O. Box 102, 4070 Hula Hula Avenue, Kaktovik, Alaska 99747. Nora Jane Burns, 907–640–6128. 4. North Slope Borough Public Works, 1689 Okpik Street, Barrow, Alaska 99723. Sophia Amling, 907–852–0271. Open: 8:30 a.m.—5 p.m. M–F. The Final EA, Section 4(f) Evaluation, and ANILCA Section 810 Evaluation may also be viewed at the following Web site: https://www.hdlalaska.com/ currentprojects.htm. The North Slope Borough has a limited number of hardcopy Final EA documents for distribution upon request. If you desire a hard-copy of the Final EA, please contact the North Slope Borough at (907) 646–8274. Comments on the Final EA or ANILCA Section 810 Evaluation may also be presented verbally at the public hearing. Written comments may be submitted to during the public meeting and hearing and through Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at the address listed in the section titled ‘‘Written Comments Should be Sent to’’. The FAA encourages all interested parties to provide comments concerning the content of the Final EA, including the Section 4(f) and ANILCA Section 810 Evaluations. Comments should be as specific as possible and address the E:\FR\FM\13JAN1.SGM 13JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 8 / Tuesday, January 13, 2009 / Notices 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 agency aware of the viewer’s interests and concerns by using quotations and other specific references to the text of the Final EA and related documents. Comments that could have been raised with specificity during the comment period on the Draft EA may not be considered if they are not raised until after release of the Final EA. This is 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. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA as lead agency has prepared the Final EA for the Proposed Action and alternatives to address recurrent flooding and subsequent storm damage to the Barter Island Airport, Kaktovik, Alaska. North Slope Borough published the Draft EA on behalf of the FAA on March 7, 2008. The Draft EA was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR Part 1500–1508), and FAA Orders 1050.1E and 5050.4B. The Draft EA disclosed the environmental consequences of four separate alternatives associated with the proposed improvements at the Barter Island Airport. These alternatives included: • Reconstructing the existing airport; • Constructing a new airport on Barter Island and relocating the existing landfill and sewage lagoon; • Constructing a new airport on the Alaska mainland south of Barter Island; and • Continuing to maintain and operate the current airport as is (No Action Alternative). In preparing the Final EA, the FAA considered all comments received on the Draft EA. The FAA addressed substantive comments with supplemental analysis documented in the Final EA. This supplemental analysis includes detailed disclosure on potential project impacts to subsistence resources and uses, air quality, noise, socioeconomics, environmental justice, and Department of Transportation Section 4(f) resources. The proposed airport improvements under the FAA’s Preferred Alternative would be completed during the 2010– 2012 time period and would result in non-significant impacts to wetlands, wildlife habitat, vegetation, subsistence resources, air, and noise. VerDate Nov<24>2008 19:10 Jan 12, 2009 Jkt 217001 Section 810 of ANILCA requires an evaluation of the effects of actions and their alternatives presented in the Final EA on subsistence resources and activities occurring on public lands in the project area. The evaluation contained in the Subsistence Appendix of the Final EA indicates that no alternatives in the EA, including the FAA’s Preferred Alternative, would significantly impair subsistence resources or restrict subsistence activities. As noted above, the FAA will hold a public hearing to receive comments on potential project effects on subsistence in conjunction with the public hearing conducted for the Final EA. At the end of the public comment period on the Final EA, the FAA will address any substantive comments and issue a decision. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Grey AAL–614, Project Manager, Federal Aviation Administration, Alaskan Region, Airports Division, 222 W. 7th Avenue #14, Anchorage, AK, 99513–7504. Ms. Grey may be contacted during business hours at (907) 271–5453 (phone) and (907) 271–2851 (facsimile). Written Comments Should be Sent to: Hattenburg Dilley and Linnell, ATTN: Barter Island EA, 3335 Arctic Boulevard, Suite 100, Anchorage, AK 99503, or submitted by e-mail to tmitchell@hdlalaska.com. All comments must be received no later than 5 pm (ADT) on February 24, 2009. Issued in Anchorage, Alaska on January 7, 2009. James W. Lomen, Deputy Division Manager, Airports Division, Alaskan Region. [FR Doc. E9–479 Filed 1–12–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration [Summary Notice No. PE–2009–01] Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption received. SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public’s awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA’s regulatory activities. Neither publication of this notice nor the inclusion or PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 1753 omission of information in the summary is intended to affect the legal status of the petition or its final disposition. DATES: Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket number involved and must be received on or before January 23, 2009. ADDRESSES: You may send comments identified by Docket Number FAA– 2008–1136 using any of the following methods: • Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending your comments electronically. • Mail: Send comments to the Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. • Fax: Fax comments to the Docket Management Facility at 202–493–2251. • Hand Delivery: Bring comments to the Docket Management Facility in Room W12–140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Privacy: We will post all comments we receive, without change, to https:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal information you provide. Using the search function of our docket Web site, anyone can find and read the comments received into any of our dockets, including the name of the individual sending the comment (or signing the comment for an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–78). Docket: To read background documents or comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov at any time or to the Docket Management Facility in Room W12–140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maria G. Delgado, ANM–113, (425) 227– 2775, FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington 98057–3356; or Ralen Gao, ARM–200, (202) 267–3168, FAA, Office of Rulemaking, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591. This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85. E:\FR\FM\13JAN1.SGM 13JAN1

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[FR Doc No: E9-479]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Assessment 
(Final EA) and Section 4(f) Evaluation; Notice of Alaska National 
Interests Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) Section 810 Evaluation; and 
Notice of Public Comment Period and Schedule of the Public 
Informational Meeting, Final EA Public Hearing, and ANILCA Section 810 
Hearing for the Proposed Airport Improvement Project for the Barter 
Island Airport, Kaktovik, AK

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of availability of Final EA, notice of public 
informational meeting and Final EA hearing, notice of ANILCA Section 
810 hearing, and notice of public comment period.

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    Location of the Preferred Alternative: The Preferred Alternative 
would relocate the airport approximately 1 mile southwest of the 
community of Kaktovik, on Barter Island. Barter Island is part of the 
North Slope Borough and is located along the Beaufort Sea Coast of 
Alaska north of the mainland of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. 
The City of Kaktovik (Kaktovik), an Inupiat village of approximately 
300 people, is the only inhabited community on Barter Island.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), Council on Environmental Quality 
regulations (40 CFR Part 1500-1508), and FAA Orders 1050.1E and 
5050.4B, the FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the 
Final EA and Section 4(f) Evaluation for the Barter Island Airport 
Improvements has been prepared and is available for public review and 
comment. An ANILCA Section 810 evaluation is included in the Final EA. 
The purpose and need for the proposed project is also disclosed in the 
Final EA. Reasonable, prudent, and feasible alternatives are being 
considered, including the no-action alternative.
    Written requests for copies of the Final EA can be submitted to the 
individual listed in the section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT. Written comments on the Final EA should be submitted to the 
address listed in the section titled ``Written Comments Should be Sent 
to''. A public hearing will be held on February 17, 2009. The public 
comment period will commence on January 20, 2009 and will close at 5 
p.m. (ADT) on February 24, 2009.
    Public Comment and Public Hearing: The public comment period on the 
Final EA will start on January 20, 2009 and will end at 5 p.m. (ADT) on 
February 24, 2009. One combined public information meeting, Final EA 
public hearing, and ANILCA Section 810 hearing will be held on February 
17, 2009 at the Kaktovik City Hall, 2051 Barter Island Avenue, 
Kaktovik, AK 99747. The meeting and hearing will be from 6:00 to 8:00 
pm (ADT) with a 30-minute informational presentation beginning at 6:15 
pm and the public and ANILCA Section 810 hearing beginning at 7 p.m. A 
court reporter will be present during the hearing to formally record 
public comment.

Final EA Availability and Review

    Copies of the Final EA, with its Section 4(f) and ANILCA Section 
810 Evaluations, may be viewed during regular business hours at the 
following locations:
    1. North Slope Borough Capital Improvement Project Office, 3000 C 
St., Suite 104, Anchorage, AK, 99503. Laura Strand, Project 
Administrator, (907) 646-8274.
    2. City of Kaktovik, Mayor's Office, P.O. Box 27, 2051 Barter 
Avenue, Kaktovik, Alaska 99747. Elizabeth Rexford, 907-640-6313. Open: 
8:30 a.m.--5 p.m. M-F.
    3. North Slope Borough Village Liaison, P.O. Box 102, 4070 Hula 
Hula Avenue, Kaktovik, Alaska 99747. Nora Jane Burns, 907-640-6128.
    4. North Slope Borough Public Works, 1689 Okpik Street, Barrow, 
Alaska 99723. Sophia Amling, 907-852-0271. Open: 8:30 a.m.--5 p.m. M-F.
    The Final EA, Section 4(f) Evaluation, and ANILCA Section 810 
Evaluation may also be viewed at the following Web site: https://
www.hdlalaska.com/currentprojects.htm. The North Slope Borough has a 
limited number of hard-copy Final EA documents for distribution upon 
request. If you desire a hard-copy of the Final EA, please contact the 
North Slope Borough at (907) 646-8274.
    Comments on the Final EA or ANILCA Section 810 Evaluation may also 
be presented verbally at the public hearing. Written comments may be 
submitted to during the public meeting and hearing and through Tuesday, 
February 24, 2009 at the address listed in the section titled ``Written 
Comments Should be Sent to''.
    The FAA encourages all interested parties to provide comments 
concerning the content of the Final EA, including the Section 4(f) and 
ANILCA Section 810 Evaluations. Comments should be as specific as 
possible and address the

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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 agency aware of the viewer's interests and 
concerns by using quotations and other specific references to the text 
of the Final EA and related documents. Comments that could have been 
raised with specificity during the comment period on the Draft EA may 
not be considered if they are not raised until after release of the 
Final EA. This is 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA as lead agency has prepared the 
Final EA for the Proposed Action and alternatives to address recurrent 
flooding and subsequent storm damage to the Barter Island Airport, 
Kaktovik, Alaska.
    North Slope Borough published the Draft EA on behalf of the FAA on 
March 7, 2008. The Draft EA was prepared in accordance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Council on Environmental 
Quality regulations (40 CFR Part 1500-1508), and FAA Orders 1050.1E and 
5050.4B. The Draft EA disclosed the environmental consequences of four 
separate alternatives associated with the proposed improvements at the 
Barter Island Airport. These alternatives included:
     Reconstructing the existing airport;
     Constructing a new airport on Barter Island and relocating 
the existing landfill and sewage lagoon;
     Constructing a new airport on the Alaska mainland south of 
Barter Island; and
     Continuing to maintain and operate the current airport as 
is (No Action Alternative).
    In preparing the Final EA, the FAA considered all comments received 
on the Draft EA. The FAA addressed substantive comments with 
supplemental analysis documented in the Final EA. This supplemental 
analysis includes detailed disclosure on potential project impacts to 
subsistence resources and uses, air quality, noise, socioeconomics, 
environmental justice, and Department of Transportation Section 4(f) 
resources.
    The proposed airport improvements under the FAA's Preferred 
Alternative would be completed during the 2010-2012 time period and 
would result in non-significant impacts to wetlands, wildlife habitat, 
vegetation, subsistence resources, air, and noise.
    Section 810 of ANILCA requires an evaluation of the effects of 
actions and their alternatives presented in the Final EA on subsistence 
resources and activities occurring on public lands in the project area. 
The evaluation contained in the Subsistence Appendix of the Final EA 
indicates that no alternatives in the EA, including the FAA's Preferred 
Alternative, would significantly impair subsistence resources or 
restrict subsistence activities. As noted above, the FAA will hold a 
public hearing to receive comments on potential project effects on 
subsistence in conjunction with the public hearing conducted for the 
Final EA. At the end of the public comment period on the Final EA, the 
FAA will address any substantive comments and issue a decision.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Grey AAL-614, Project Manager, 
Federal Aviation Administration, Alaskan Region, Airports Division, 222 
W. 7th Avenue 14, Anchorage, AK, 99513-7504. Ms. Grey may be 
contacted during business hours at (907) 271-5453 (phone) and (907) 
271-2851 (facsimile).
    Written Comments Should be Sent to: Hattenburg Dilley and Linnell, 
ATTN: Barter Island EA, 3335 Arctic Boulevard, Suite 100, Anchorage, AK 
99503, or submitted by e-mail to tmitchell@hdlalaska.com.
    All comments must be received no later than 5 pm (ADT) on February 
24, 2009.

    Issued in Anchorage, Alaska on January 7, 2009.
James W. Lomen,
Deputy Division Manager, Airports Division, Alaskan Region.
[FR Doc. E9-479 Filed 1-12-09; 8:45 am]
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