Fine Arts Committee Notice of Meeting, 16255 [E9-8121]
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Florence E. Harmon,
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 6573]
Fine Arts Committee Notice of Meeting
The Fine Arts Committee of the
Department of State will meet on April
30, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. in the Henry Clay
Room of the Harry S. Truman Building,
2201 C Street, NW., Washington, DC.
The meeting will last until
approximately 3 p.m. and is open to the
public.
The agenda for the committee meeting
will include a summary of the work of
the Fine Arts Office since its last
meeting on November 13, 2008 and the
announcement of gifts and loans of
furnishings as well as financial
contributions from January 1, 2008
through December 31, 2008.
Public access to the Department of
State is strictly controlled and space is
limited. Members of the public wishing
to take part in the meeting should
telephone the Fine Arts Office at (202)
647–1990 or send an e-mail to
BurdenVK@State.gov by April 23 to
make arrangements to enter the
building. The public may take part in
the discussion as long as time permits
and at the discretion of the chairman.
Dated: March 2, 2009.
Marcee Craighill,
Secretary, Fine Arts Committee, Department
of State.
[FR Doc. E9–8121 Filed 4–8–09; 8:45 am]
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Federal Aviation Administration
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Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the George Bush Intercontinental
Airport, Houston, TX and To Conduct
Public Scoping Meetings
AGENCY: Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS)
and to conduct public scoping meetings.
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SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this
Notice of Intent to advise the public that
the FAA will prepare an EIS under the
provisions of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969, as amended. The EIS will address
proposed improvements to George Bush
Intercontinental Airport (IAN). The
Houston Airport System (HAS), the
sponsor of the project, completed an
Airport Master Plan (AMP) for IAN in
2006. The AMP showed that additional
airfield capacity was needed. Airfield
improvements including additional
runway(s) were recommended to meet
future capacity and reduce projected
delays at IAH.
Based on analysis presented in the
AMP, FAA concurred that additional
capacity was needed to meet forecast
demand and began the EIS process. One
of the first tasks in the process was to
update the aviation forecast because of
the decline in aviation operations since
the AMP was completed. An updated
forecast of aircraft operations was
completed and reconfirmed the need to
provide for additional capacity at IAH.
The EIS will document the purpose
and need for the proposed
improvements as well as analyze a range
of alternatives such as use of other
modes of transportation or airports,
construction of airfield improvements
and as required by NEPA, the no action
alternative. It is anticipated that the
focus of the analysis will be on airfield
improvement alternatives including:
altering runway use and/or constructing
taxiways; constructing a new runway
between Runways 8L/26R and 8R/26L;
and constructing a new runway south of
Runway 9/27. To comply with NEPA,
the FAA must also evaluate the
potential environmental impacts of each
of the reasonable alternatives such as
and not limited to: noise impacts,
impacts on air and water quality,
wetlands, fish, wildlife, plants,
floodplains, historic resources,
hazardous wastes, socioeconomics, and
economic factors.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Federal Aviation Administration,
Airports Division, Attn: Paul Blackford,
ASW–652B, 2601 Meacham Boulevard,
Fort Worth, TX 76137, E-mail:
pblackford.faa@iah-eis.org, Phone: 817–
222–5607.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of this notice is to inform
federal, state, and local government
agencies and the public, of FAA’s intent
to prepare an EIS and to conduct a
public and agency scoping process.
Information, data, opinions, and
comments obtained throughout the
scoping process will be considered in
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the preparation of the draft EIS. The
scoping process for this EIS will include
a comment period for interested
agencies and parties to submit oral and/
or written comments representing the
concerns and issues they believe the EIS
should address.
Scoping Meetings: The purpose of the
scoping meetings is to receive input
from the public and agencies regarding
the scope and process related to the EIS.
Comments and suggestions are invited
from all interested parties to ensure that
issues and concerns related to the
proposed action and its alternatives are
addressed. Public and agency scoping
meetings will be conducted to
encourage submittal of comments to the
FAA.
Public scoping meetings will be held
from 6 to 9 p.m. on May 12, 2009, at the
Humble Civic Center and May 14, 2009,
at the Nimitz High School. Each meeting
will include an introductory
presentation, exhibits for team members
to further explain the project and
process, and opportunities to submit
oral or written comments. To notify the
general public of the scoping process, a
legal notice will be placed in
newspapers having general circulation
in the study area. The newspaper notice
will notify the public that scoping
meetings will be held to gain public
input concerning the proposed action,
alternatives to be considered, and
environmental impacts to be evaluated.
The notice will also identify where the
scoping package will be available for
review.
An agency scoping meeting for all
federal, state, and local regulatory
agencies which have jurisdiction by law
or have special expertise with respect to
any potential environmental impacts
associated with the proposed action will
be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on May
12, 2009 at the Humble Civic Center. A
notification letter along with a scoping
package will be sent in advance of those
meetings.
The Scoping Meetings provide the
first major opportunity for gathering
comments from agency representatives
and the general public. Comments
received at the meetings, or by mail, email and via the Web site (https://
www.iah-eis.org) by June 15, 2009, will
be included in the Scoping Report and
considered for inclusion in the EIS. The
Final Scoping Report will be made
available to the public on the Web site.
In addition to preparing the EIS to
fulfill the requirements of NEPA, the
FAA will prepare the EIS in order to
comply with other applicable laws
having public involvement
requirements. Comments addressing
other applicable laws should be
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 6573]
Fine Arts Committee Notice of Meeting
The Fine Arts Committee of the Department of State will meet on
April 30, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. in the Henry Clay Room of the Harry S.
Truman Building, 2201 C Street, NW., Washington, DC. The meeting will
last until approximately 3 p.m. and is open to the public.
The agenda for the committee meeting will include a summary of the
work of the Fine Arts Office since its last meeting on November 13,
2008 and the announcement of gifts and loans of furnishings as well as
financial contributions from January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008.
Public access to the Department of State is strictly controlled and
space is limited. Members of the public wishing to take part in the
meeting should telephone the Fine Arts Office at (202) 647-1990 or send
an e-mail to BurdenVK@State.gov by April 23 to make arrangements to
enter the building. The public may take part in the discussion as long
as time permits and at the discretion of the chairman.
Dated: March 2, 2009.
Marcee Craighill,
Secretary, Fine Arts Committee, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E9-8121 Filed 4-8-09; 8:45 am]
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