Public Notice for Waiver of Aeronautical Land-Use Assurance; Airport Property at Palmer Municipal Airport, Palmer, Alaska, 65284 [2015-27185]
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the comment period, TVA held seven
public meetings to describe the project
and accept comments. TVA received
about 200 comments signed by more
than 2,400 individuals. After
considering and responding to all
substantive comments, further
evaluating the alternative strategies, and
developing the Target Power Supply
Mix, TVA issued the Final IRP and
SEIS. The NOA for the Final IRP and
SEIS was published in the Federal
Register on July 17, 2015.
Environmentally Preferred Alternative
All of the alternative strategies, as
well as the Target Power Supply Mix,
have several common features that affect
their anticipated environmental
impacts. The only new baseload
generation added is the extended power
uprate of three nuclear units, a
component of all alternative strategies.
All result in decreases in coal-fired
generation and increases in the reliance
on energy efficiency and renewable
resources. All also add varying amounts
of new natural gas-fueled generation to
meet peak loads. Emissions of air
pollutants and CO2, and generation of
coal waste would decrease significantly
under all alternative strategies,
including the Target Power Supply Mix.
Water-related impacts would also
decrease, although by smaller
proportions. The major differences in
the alternative strategies that affect their
environmental impacts are in the
expansion of energy efficiency and
natural gas and renewable resources.
Strategies A–C and the Target Power
Supply Mix have similar environmental
impacts and their impacts to most
environmental resources are greater
than those of Strategies D and E.
Because of its greater reliance on
generation by fossil fuels, Strategy D has
somewhat greater impacts to most
environmental resources than Strategy
E. Strategy E has the greatest reliance on
renewable energy resources, which,
particularly for utility-scale solar
generation, have large land
requirements. Strategy E would
therefore directly affect the largest land
area, almost twice that of the other
alternative strategies and the Target
Power Supply Mix. Relative to other
types of generation, impacts of solar
facilities on land resources are low.
Overall, Strategy E is considered the
environmentally preferred alternative.
Decision
On August 21, 2015, the TVA Board
of Directors approved the preferred
alternative, the Target Power Supply
Mix. The Board also directed staff to
monitor future developments to help
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determine when deviations from the
recommended resource ranges should
be made and to initiate an update to the
IRP no later than 2020 and earlier if
future developments make this
appropriate.
Mitigation Measures
The reduction of environmental
impacts was an important goal in TVA’s
integrated resource planning process
and all of the alternatives assessed by
TVA do that. Because this is a
programmatic review, measures to
reduce potential environmental impacts
on a site-specific level were not
identified. As TVA deploys specific
energy resources, it will review and take
measures to reduce their potential
environmental impacts as appropriate.
TVA’s siting process for generation and
transmission facilities, as well as
processes for modifying these facilities,
are designed to avoid and/or minimize
potential adverse environmental
impacts. Potential impacts will also be
reduced through pollution prevention
measures and environmental controls
such as air pollution control systems,
wastewater treatment systems, and
thermal generating plant cooling
systems. Other potentially adverse
unavoidable impacts will be mitigated
by measures such as compensatory
wetlands mitigation, payments to in-lieu
stream mitigation programs and related
conservation initiatives, enhanced
management of other properties,
documentation and recovery of cultural
resources, and infrastructure
improvement assistance to local
communities.
approximately 9.1 acres of airport land
from aeronautical use to nonaeronautical use and to authorize the
sale of this airport property.
As described in the 2011 approved
Airport Layout Plan, the 9.1 acres of
airport land are composed of Tract C
Lots LL 2 and LL 3, and Tract D Lot LL
1C. Precently these properties are
occupied as follows: LL 2 Mat-Su
Borough Nutrition Center, LL 3 Baseball
Fields, and LL 1C City Water Well.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before November 25, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this
document to Mike Edelmann, Aviation
Planner, Federal Aviation
Administration, Alaskan Region
Airports Division, 222 W. 7th Avenue,
#14, Anchorage, AK 99513–7587. In
addition, one copy of any comments
submitted to the FAA must be mailed or
delivered to: City of Palmer Alaska POC
Jeffrey Combs Airport Superintendent
(907) 761–1334 JJCOMBS@palmerak.org
231 West Evergreen, Palmer AK 99645.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Michael Edelmann, Federal Aviation
Administration, Alaskan Region
Airports Division, 222 W. 7th Avenue,
#14, Anchorage, AK 99513–7587,
telephone 907–271–5026, email
mike.edelmann@faa.gov or Jeffrey
Combs Airport Superintendent (907)
761–1334, JJCOMBS@palmerak.org, 231
West Evergreen, Palmer AK 99645.
Issued in Anchorage, Alaska, on October
20, 2015.
Byron Huffman,
Division Manager, FAA, Alaskan Region.
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Public Notice for Waiver of
Aeronautical Land-Use Assurance;
Airport Property at Palmer Municipal
Airport, Palmer, Alaska
Federal Aviation
Administration, Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of intent of waiver with
repect to land.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given per 49
U.S.C. 47107(h)(1)(A) that the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) is
considering a proposal to change
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Public Notice for Waiver of Aeronautical Land-Use Assurance;
Airport Property at Palmer Municipal Airport, Palmer, Alaska
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of intent of waiver with repect to land.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given per 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(1)(A) that the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is considering a proposal to
change approximately 9.1 acres of airport land from aeronautical use to
non-aeronautical use and to authorize the sale of this airport
property.
As described in the 2011 approved Airport Layout Plan, the 9.1
acres of airport land are composed of Tract C Lots LL 2 and LL 3, and
Tract D Lot LL 1C. Precently these properties are occupied as follows:
LL 2 Mat-Su Borough Nutrition Center, LL 3 Baseball Fields, and LL 1C
City Water Well.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 25, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this document to Mike Edelmann, Aviation
Planner, Federal Aviation Administration, Alaskan Region Airports
Division, 222 W. 7th Avenue, #14, Anchorage, AK 99513-7587. In
addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be mailed
or delivered to: City of Palmer Alaska POC Jeffrey Combs Airport
Superintendent (907) 761-1334 JJCOMBS@palmerak.org 231 West Evergreen,
Palmer AK 99645.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael Edelmann, Federal Aviation
Administration, Alaskan Region Airports Division, 222 W. 7th Avenue,
#14, Anchorage, AK 99513-7587, telephone 907-271-5026, email
mike.edelmann@faa.gov or Jeffrey Combs Airport Superintendent (907)
761-1334, JJCOMBS@palmerak.org, 231 West Evergreen, Palmer AK 99645.
Issued in Anchorage, Alaska, on October 20, 2015.
Byron Huffman,
Division Manager, FAA, Alaskan Region.
[FR Doc. 2015-27185 Filed 10-23-15; 8:45 am]
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