Notice of Cancellation of Preparation of Environmental Impact Statement for Replacement General Aviation Airport, Mesquite, Clark County, Nevada, 45353-45354 [2017-20839]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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Eighty Sixth RTCA SC–147 Plenary
Session
Federal Aviation
Administration, Department of
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ACTION: Eighty Sixth RTCA SC–147
Plenary Session.
AGENCY:
The FAA is issuing this notice
to advise the public of a meeting of
Eighty Sixth RTCA SC–147 Plenary
Session. This is a subcommittee to
RTCA.
SUMMARY:
December 7, 2017.
The meeting will be held at:
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics
Laboratory at 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd,
Laurel, MD 20723.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al
Secen at asecen@rtca.org or 202–330–
0647, or The RTCA Secretariat, 1150
18th Street NW., Suite 910, Washington,
DC 20036, or by telephone at (202) 833–
9339, fax at (202) 833–9434, or Web site
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to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby
given for a meeting of the Eighty Sixth
RTCA SC–147 Plenary Session. The
agenda will include the following:
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ADDRESSES:
December 7, 2017
1. Opening Plenary Session—Co-Chairs
a. Chairmen’s Opening Remarks/
Introductions
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Proprietary Material Policies
Review
c. Approval of Minutes From 85th
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c. Report From Surveillance Working
Group
d. Report From ACAS Xu Subgroup
5. CAS Interoperability MASPS: Status,
Schedule, and SC–147 TORS
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Failures
7. ACAS Xa/Xo MOPS Status &
Approval to conduct Final Review
and Comment (FRAC) Process
8. Other Business
9. New Business
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statements at the meeting. Persons
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CONTACT section. Members of the public
may present a written statement to the
committee at any time.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Cancellation of Preparation
of Environmental Impact Statement for
Replacement General Aviation Airport,
Mesquite, Clark County, Nevada
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of cancellation of
preparation of Environmental Impact
Statement.
AGENCY:
The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) announces that it
has discontinued preparation of an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for a construction of a Replacement
General Aviation Airport for Mesquite,
Nevada. On November 14, 2011, FAA
published a notice of suspension of the
EIS in the Federal Register (76 FR
70530). The FAA received a letter dated
September 27, 2011, from the City of
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Mesquite, Nevada asking the FAA to
suspend any further work on the EIS.
The reasons for this action include the
local economic conditions in Mesquite
and other local fiscal and budgetary
constraints. The Mesquite Lands Act of
1988 (the Act), as amended, provided
land to the City of Mesquite for the
replacement airport, expired on
November 14, 2011 and was not
extended or renewed by Congress. The
original purpose and need for the
proposed relocated airport no longer
exists. The City of Mesquite, the owner
and operator of the existing Mesquite
Municipal Airport, has not included a
replacement airport in its 5-year Airport
Capital Improvement Program. As a
result, FAA has determined the
proposed replacement General Aviation
Airport for Mesquite, Nevada is not ripe
for decision at this time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David B. Kessler, AICP, Regional
Environmental Protection Specialist,
AWP–610.1, Airports Division, Federal
Aviation Administration, WesternPacific Region, 15000 Aviation
Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261,
Telephone: 310–725–3615.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
December 8, 2004, the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) issued a Notice of
Intent in the Federal Register (69 FR
71097) to prepare an EIS for the
proposed construction and operation of
a Replacement General Aviation (GA)
Airport, for the City of Mesquite, in
eastern Clark County, Nevada. The City
of Mesquite proposed to build the
replacement airport south of Interstate
Highway 15 between Exit 108 and 109
on the Mormon Mesa, about 15 miles
west of the exiting Mesquite Municipal
Airport and change the airport land use
to residential land use, including
construction of a new arterial roadway
through the existing airport property. To
maintain access to the National Air
Transportation System, the city also
proposed to design, fund, and build a
replacement GA airport at Mormon
Mesa that would provide GA facilities
and services to the flying public,
support regional economic development
at no cost to the FAA. The City
proposed to build the replacement GA
airport to meet FAA Airport Reference
Code (ARC) B–II standards with a new
runway 7,500 feet long by 100 feet wide.
On May 16, 2008, the Notice of
Availability of FAA’s Draft EIS was
published in the Federal Register (73
FR 28461). The FAA received 34
comment letters on the Draft EIS from
federal, state and local agencies, as well
as the general public. In March 2009, as
FAA was preparing responses to
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comments received on the 2008 Draft
EIS, FAA determined there were
significant new circumstances or
information relevant to environmental
concerns and bearing on the Proposed
Project or its impacts. Consistent with
Title 40 CFR 1501.9, FAA decided to
prepare a Revised Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (RDEIS).
On September 27, 2011, the FAA
received a letter from the City of
Mesquite, asking the FAA to suspend
any additional work on the EIS for the
proposed Replacement GA Airport EIS.
The City of Mesquite explained the
postponement was based on local
economic conditions and other local
fiscal and budgetary constraints.
On November 14, 2011, FAA
published a notice of Suspension of the
EIS in the Federal Register (76 FR
70530). In 2014, the FAA provided a
grant of funds to the City of Mesquite to
install weather reporting equipment at
the existing Mesquite Municipal
Airport. In 2015, FAA provided a grant
of funds to the City of Mesquite to
update its Airport Master Plan. The City
completed its Master Plan in the June
2017. The City did not include a
replacement airport proposal in its 5year Airport Capital Improvement
Program provided to the FAA.
The Mesquite Lands Act of 1988, as
amended (Pub. L. 99–549) provided the
City with the opportunity to select a
specified number of acres of federal
land managed by the Bureau of Land
Management to build a replacement
airport on the Mormon Mesa. Since
Public Law 99–549 expired, the federal
land on the Mormon Mesa for the
replacement airport is no longer
available. The original purpose and
need to change the land use of the
existing airport to residential land use
and replace the airport no longer exists.
There is no demonstrated aeronautical
need for the replacement airport and the
information in the 2008 Draft EIS is also
no longer valid. Thus, FAA is
terminating this EIS.
Issued in Hawthorne, California, on
September 19, 2017.
Mark A. McClardy,
Director, Office of Airports, Western-Pacific
Region, AWP–600.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Twenty Seventh RTCA SC–222 Plenary
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), U.S. Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Twenty Seventh RTCA SC–222
Plenary.
AGENCY:
The FAA is issuing this notice
to advise the public of a meeting of
Twenty Seventh RTCA SC–222 Plenary.
This is a subcommittee to RTCA.
DATES: The meeting will be held
November 2, 2017 08:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
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telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202)
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SUMMARY:
Pursuant
to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby
given for a meeting of the Twenty
Seventh RTCA SC–222 Plenary. The
agenda will include the following:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Thursday, November 2, 2017—8:00
a.m.–10:00 a.m.
1. Welcome, Introductions,
Administrative Remarks by Special
Committee Leadership
2. Agenda Overview
3. Review/Approve prior Plenary
meeting Summary—(action item
status)
4. Iridium Technical Discussion
5. Ligado Effects (Possible ISRA with
SC–159)
6. Discussion of additional SatCom
Class B Work
7. SC–228 IRSA Discussion
8. Detailed Work Plan for SC–222 and
WG–82
9. Establish Agenda, Date and Place for
next meeting
10. Review of Action Items
11. Adjourn—Plenary meeting
1. Attendance is open to the
interested public but limited to space
availability. With the approval of the
chairman, members of the public may
present oral statements at the meeting.
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Persons wishing to present statements
or obtain information should contact the
person listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section. Members
of the public may present a written
statement to the committee at any time.
Issued in Washington, DC on September
25, 2017.
Mohannad Dawoud,
Management & Program Analyst, Partnership
Contracts Branch, ANG–A17, NextGen,
Procurement Services Division, Federal
Aviation Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017–20794 Filed 9–27–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
RTCA PMC Program Management
Committee Meeting
Federal Aviation
Administration, Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: RTCA PMC Program
Management Committee meeting.
AGENCY:
The FAA is issuing this notice
to advise the public of a meeting of
RTCA Program Management Committee
Meeting. This is a subcommittee to
RTCA.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held on
December 19, 2017 08:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at:
RTCA Headquarters, 1150 18th Street
NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karan Hofmann at khofmann@rtca.org
or 202–330–0680, or The RTCA
Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., Suite
910, Washington, DC 20036, or by
telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202)
833–9434, or Web site at https://
www.rtca.org.
DATES:
Pursuant
to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby
given for a meeting of the RTCA
Program Management Committee
Meeting. The agenda will include the
following:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Tuesday, December 19, 2017—8:30
a.m.–4:30 p.m.
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Review/Approve
A. Meeting Summary September 21,
2017
B. Administrative SC TOR Revisions
3. Publication Consideration/Approval
A. New Document—Guidelines for In
Situ Eddy Dissipation Rate (EDR)
Algorithm Performance, Prepared
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Cancellation of Preparation of Environmental Impact
Statement for Replacement General Aviation Airport, Mesquite, Clark
County, Nevada
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of cancellation of preparation of Environmental Impact
Statement.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces that it
has discontinued preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for a construction of a Replacement General Aviation Airport for
Mesquite, Nevada. On November 14, 2011, FAA published a notice of
suspension of the EIS in the Federal Register (76 FR 70530). The FAA
received a letter dated September 27, 2011, from the City of Mesquite,
Nevada asking the FAA to suspend any further work on the EIS. The
reasons for this action include the local economic conditions in
Mesquite and other local fiscal and budgetary constraints. The Mesquite
Lands Act of 1988 (the Act), as amended, provided land to the City of
Mesquite for the replacement airport, expired on November 14, 2011 and
was not extended or renewed by Congress. The original purpose and need
for the proposed relocated airport no longer exists. The City of
Mesquite, the owner and operator of the existing Mesquite Municipal
Airport, has not included a replacement airport in its 5-year Airport
Capital Improvement Program. As a result, FAA has determined the
proposed replacement General Aviation Airport for Mesquite, Nevada is
not ripe for decision at this time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David B. Kessler, AICP, Regional
Environmental Protection Specialist, AWP-610.1, Airports Division,
Federal Aviation Administration, Western-Pacific Region, 15000 Aviation
Boulevard, Lawndale, California 90261, Telephone: 310-725-3615.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 8, 2004, the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) issued a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register
(69 FR 71097) to prepare an EIS for the proposed construction and
operation of a Replacement General Aviation (GA) Airport, for the City
of Mesquite, in eastern Clark County, Nevada. The City of Mesquite
proposed to build the replacement airport south of Interstate Highway
15 between Exit 108 and 109 on the Mormon Mesa, about 15 miles west of
the exiting Mesquite Municipal Airport and change the airport land use
to residential land use, including construction of a new arterial
roadway through the existing airport property. To maintain access to
the National Air Transportation System, the city also proposed to
design, fund, and build a replacement GA airport at Mormon Mesa that
would provide GA facilities and services to the flying public, support
regional economic development at no cost to the FAA. The City proposed
to build the replacement GA airport to meet FAA Airport Reference Code
(ARC) B-II standards with a new runway 7,500 feet long by 100 feet
wide. On May 16, 2008, the Notice of Availability of FAA's Draft EIS
was published in the Federal Register (73 FR 28461). The FAA received
34 comment letters on the Draft EIS from federal, state and local
agencies, as well as the general public. In March 2009, as FAA was
preparing responses to
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comments received on the 2008 Draft EIS, FAA determined there were
significant new circumstances or information relevant to environmental
concerns and bearing on the Proposed Project or its impacts. Consistent
with Title 40 CFR 1501.9, FAA decided to prepare a Revised Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (RDEIS).
On September 27, 2011, the FAA received a letter from the City of
Mesquite, asking the FAA to suspend any additional work on the EIS for
the proposed Replacement GA Airport EIS. The City of Mesquite explained
the postponement was based on local economic conditions and other local
fiscal and budgetary constraints.
On November 14, 2011, FAA published a notice of Suspension of the
EIS in the Federal Register (76 FR 70530). In 2014, the FAA provided a
grant of funds to the City of Mesquite to install weather reporting
equipment at the existing Mesquite Municipal Airport. In 2015, FAA
provided a grant of funds to the City of Mesquite to update its Airport
Master Plan. The City completed its Master Plan in the June 2017. The
City did not include a replacement airport proposal in its 5-year
Airport Capital Improvement Program provided to the FAA.
The Mesquite Lands Act of 1988, as amended (Pub. L. 99-549)
provided the City with the opportunity to select a specified number of
acres of federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management to build
a replacement airport on the Mormon Mesa. Since Public Law 99-549
expired, the federal land on the Mormon Mesa for the replacement
airport is no longer available. The original purpose and need to change
the land use of the existing airport to residential land use and
replace the airport no longer exists. There is no demonstrated
aeronautical need for the replacement airport and the information in
the 2008 Draft EIS is also no longer valid. Thus, FAA is terminating
this EIS.
Issued in Hawthorne, California, on September 19, 2017.
Mark A. McClardy,
Director, Office of Airports, Western-Pacific Region, AWP-600.
[FR Doc. 2017-20839 Filed 9-27-17; 8:45 am]
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