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Louisiana/New Mexico Airports
Development Office, ASW–640, 10101
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, Texas
76177, Telephone: (817) 222–5522,
Email: jean.gamarra@faa.gov, Fax: (817)
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA
invites public comment on the request
to release property at the Roswell Air
Center under the provisions of the AIR
21.
The following is a brief overview of
the request:
The City of Roswell requests the
release of 13.3974 acres of nonaeronautical airport property. The land
was acquired by Deed without Warranty
from the United States on January 24th,
1968. The property to be released will
be sold to allow for future airport
development.
Any person may inspect the request
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CONTACT.
In addition, any person may, upon
request, inspect the application, notice
and other documents relevant to the
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Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 16,
2021.
Ignacio Flores,
Director, Office of Airports Southwest Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Availability of Record of Decision for
the Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the Proposed LaGuardia
Access Improvement Project at
LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York
City, Queens County, New York
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability for Record
of Decision.
AGENCY:
This notice is intended to
advise the public that on July 20, 2021,
the FAA issued a Record of Decision
(ROD) for the federal actions reviewed
in the Final Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the proposed
LaGuardia Airport (LGA) Access
Improvement Project and its connected
actions (the Proposed Action). The ROD
includes numerous environmental
findings by the FAA, as well as
environmental determinations related to
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funding opportunities that are subject to
federal oversight.
The Final EIS and ROD are available
for download on the project website at
https://www.lgaaccesseis.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Andrew Brooks, Environmental Program
Manager, Eastern Regional Office, AEA–
610, Federal Aviation Administration, 1
Aviation Plaza, Jamaica, NY 11434.
Telephone: 718–553–2511.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA,
as lead agency, has completed and is
publishing a ROD for proposed
improvements identified at LGA. The
ROD was prepared pursuant to Title 40
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
1505.2.
The Final EIS for the proposed LGA
Access Improvement Project was
published on the project website at
www.lgaaccesseis.com on March 15,
2021 and two Notices of Availability in
the Federal Register were published;
the first by the FAA on March 18, 2021
(86 FR 14796) and the second by the
Environmental Protection Agency on
March 19, 2021 (86 FR 14908). The FAA
prepared the Final EIS pursuant to: The
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) of 1969, 42 United States Code
(U.S.C.) 4321 et seq.; the Council of
Environmental Quality implementing
regulations, 40 CFR parts 1500–1508;
FAA Order 1050.1F; and FAA Order
5050.4B. FAA assessed the potential
environmental impacts of the Proposed
Action, as well as the No Action
Alternative.
In the Final EIS, the FAA identified
the Proposed Action as its preferred
alternative in meeting the purpose and
need of addressing unpredictable and
increasing travel times to and from LGA
and space constraints for employee
parking. The Proposed Action includes:
• Construction of an above ground
fixed guideway automated people
mover (APM) system approximately 2.3
miles in length that extends from the
LGA Central Hall Building under
construction to the Mets-Willets Point
Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and New
York City Transit Subway Flushing Line
(7 Line) Stations;
• construction of two on-Airport
APM stations (Central Hall APM Station
and East APM Station) and one offAirport APM station at Willets Point
(Willets Point APM Station) that
provides connections to the MetsWillets Point LIRR and 7 Line stations;
• construction of passenger walkway
systems to connect the APM stations to
the passenger terminals, parking
garages, and ground transportation
facilities;
• construction of a multi-level APM
operations, maintenance, and storage
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facility (OMSF) that includes up to
1,000 parking spaces (500 for airport
employees, 250 for Metropolitan
Transportation Authority (MTA)
employees, 50 for APM employees, and
200 for replacement Citi Field parking);
• construction of three traction power
substations to provide power to the
APM guideway: One located at the onAirport East Station, another at-grade
west of the proposed Willets Point
Station just south of Roosevelt Avenue,
and the third at the OMSF;
• construction of a 27kV main
substation located adjacent to the OMSF
structure on MTA property;
• construction of utilities
infrastructure, both new and modified,
as needed, to support the Proposed
Action, including a permanent
stormwater outfall into Flushing Creek
and a temporary stormwater outfall into
Flushing Creek; and
• acquisition of temporary and
permanent easements; no private
property will be acquired.
The Proposed Action also includes
various connected actions, including:
Utility relocation and demolition of
certain existing facilities; a temporary
MTA bus storage/parking facility;
relocation of up to 200 Citi Field
parking spaces; demolition and
replacement of the Passerelle Bridge;
temporary walkway to maintain access
between the transit stations and
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park;
modifications to the Mets-Willets Point
LIRR Station, including new shuttle
service on the LIRR Port Washington
Line; and the relocation of several
World’s Fair Marina facilities, including
a boat lift, finger piers and connected
timber floating dock, Marina office and
boatyard facility, boat storage and
parking, and operations shed.
The ROD includes FAA’s favorable
environmental findings and
determinations needed for the Port
Authority to pursue future funding
subject to FAA oversight pursuant to 49
U.S.C. 47106 and 47107 and 49 U.S.C.
40117. The findings included in the
ROD are:
• The Proposed Action will conform
with the Clean Air Act of 1970, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);
• The Proposed Action includes all
practicable measures to minimize harm
to endangered species as much as such
harm may result from implementation
of the Proposed Action (Endangered
Species Act of 1974, U.S.C. 1531, as
amended);
• There is no prudent and feasible
alternative to use of lands containing
publicly owned parks, recreation areas,
national wildlife refuges, or significant
historic sites protected under Section
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4(f) of the DOT Act, and the Proposed
Action includes all possible planning to
minimize harm to resources protected
under Section 4(f) of the DOT Act (49
U.S.C. 303(c) and Section 106, National
Historic Preservation Act);
• Relocation assistance, if any, will be
provided in accordance with 42 U.S.C.
460, Uniform Relocation Assistance and
Real Property Acquisition Policies Act
of 1970;
• Further mitigation measures or
alternatives that would avoid or reduce
the disproportionately high and adverse
effects to minority environmental justice
populations are not practicable (DOT
Order 5610.2B and E.O. 12989);
• The Proposed Action would
conform to all applicable state and/or
local floodplain protection standards
(E.O. 11988);
• The Proposed Action complies with
the enforceable policies of New York
State’s approved coastal management
program and will be conducted in a
manner consistent with such program;
• The Proposed Action conforms to
the Avoidance, Minimization and/or
Compensation of Harm to Wetlands in
Accordance with E.O. 11990 and the
Clean Water Act;
• The Proposed Action includes all
practicable means to avoid or minimize
harm from the alternative selected (40
CFR 1505.2(a)(3)); and
• The FAA has given this proposal
the independent and objective
evaluation required by the CEQ (40 CFR
1506.5).
The determinations included in the
ROD are:
• The Proposed Action is reasonably
consistent with existing plans of public
agencies for development of areas
surrounding the airport (49 U.S.C.
47106(a)(1)), and E.O. 12372;
• Appropriate action, including the
adoption of zoning laws, has been or
will be taken as reasonable to restrict
the land use next to or near the airport
to uses that are compatible with airport
operations (49 U.S.C. 47107(a)(10)); and
• The interest of the communities in
or near where the Proposed Action may
be located were given fair consideration
(49 U.S.C. 47106(b)(2)).
This ROD also presents the decision
of the NPS, as cooperating agency in the
Final EIS, to approve a partial
conversion of 0.5 acres of parklands
subject to the Land and Water
Conservation Fund (LWCF) Act in
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, as well
as to approve a Temporary NonConforming Use (TNCU) of 1.2 acres of
parkland subject to the LWCF Act.
A copy of the ROD is available for
public review at FAA’s website: https://
www.faa.gov/airports/environmental/
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records_decision; and the LGA Access
Improvement Project EIS website:
https://www.LGAaccessEIS.com.
Issued in Jamaica, New York, July 20, 2021.
Patricia Henn,
Manager, Planning and Programming Branch,
Airports Division, Eastern Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions
of Proposed Highway in California
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of limitation on Claims
for Judicial Review of Actions by the
California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans).
AGENCY:
The FHWA, on behalf of
Caltrans, is issuing this notice to
announce actions taken by Caltrans that
are final within the meaning of the
regulation. The actions relate to a
proposed highway project on State
Route 198 from post mile R11.3/R12.0
and on State Route 216 from post mile
R0.0/R2.56 in Tulare County for the
Lovers Lane Operational Improvements
and Rehabilitation Project. Those
actions grant licenses, permits, and
approvals for the project.
DATES: By this notice, the FHWA, on
behalf of Caltrans, is advising the public
of final agency actions subject to 23
U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A claim seeking
judicial review of the Federal agency
actions on the highway project will be
barred unless the claim is filed on or
before December 20, 2021. If the Federal
law that authorizes judicial review of a
claim provides a time period of less
than 150 days for filing such claim, then
that shorter time period still applies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
Caltrans: Richard Putler, Senior
Environmental Planner, Caltrans, 2015
East Shields Avenue, Suite 200, Fresno,
CA 93721; phone number 559–304–
6599, richard.putler@dot.ca.gov. For
FHWA, contact David Tedrick at (916)
498–5024 or email david.tedrick@
dot.gov.
SUMMARY:
Effective
July 1, 2007, FHWA assigned, and
Caltrans assumed, environmental
responsibilities for this project pursuant
to 23 U.S.C. 327. Notice is hereby given
that the Caltrans has taken final agency
actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) by
issuing licenses, permits, and approvals
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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for the following highway project in the
State of California: Caltrans proposes
making operational improvements at the
Lovers Lane Undercrossing (Tulare-198Post Mile 11.7, Bridge Number 46–216)
and restoring the existing facility to a
state of good repair. The project covers
a 0.7-mile segment of State Route 198
from 0.3 mile west of the Lovers Lane
Undercrossing to 0.5 mile east of it. The
operational improvements consist of
widening Lovers Lane below the
undercrossing and improving the
following four intersections: Lovers
Lane (State Route 216) at Mineral King
Avenue, Lovers Lane at State Route 198
on the eastbound on-ramps and offramps, Lovers Lane at Noble Avenue,
and State Route 198 on the westbound
on-ramps and off-ramps at Mineral King
Avenue. The project also proposes to
extend the life of the existing pavement
along State Route 216 by rehabilitating
the existing pavement and including all
pertinent standards as required by the
3R Program (resurfacing, restoration,
and rehabilitation).
The actions by the Federal agencies,
and the laws under which such actions
were taken, are described in the Final
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the
project, approved on June 23th 2021, in
the Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) issued on June 23th 2021, and
in other documents in the FHWA
project records. The EA, FONSI, and
other project records are available by
contacting Caltrans at the addresses
provided above. The Caltrans EA and
FONSI can be obtained by contacting
Caltrans: Richard Putler, Senior
Environmental Planner, Caltrans, 2015
East Shields Avenue, Suite 200, Fresno,
CA 93721; phone number 559–304–
6599, richard.putler@dot.ca.gov, or
viewed at public libraries in the project
area. This notice applies to all Federal
agency decisions as of the issuance date
of this notice and all laws under which
such actions were taken, including but
not limited to:
1. Council on Environmental Quality
regulations (40 CFR 1500 et seq.; 23 CFR
771);
2. National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321–4351 et seq.);
3. Moving Ahead for Progress in the
21st Century Act (Map-21, Pub. L. 112–
141);
4. Noise Control Act of 1979 (42
U.S.C. 4901 et seq.);
3. Clean Air Act of 1963, as amended
(42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);
4. Farmland Protection Policy Act (7
U.S. Code 4201–4209);
5. Department of Transportation Act
of 1966, Section 4(f) (49 U.S.C. 303);
6. Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16
U.S.C. 703–712);
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Availability of Record of Decision for the Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the Proposed LaGuardia Access Improvement Project
at LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York City, Queens County, New York
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability for Record of Decision.
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SUMMARY: This notice is intended to advise the public that on July 20,
2021, the FAA issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the federal actions
reviewed in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the
proposed LaGuardia Airport (LGA) Access Improvement Project and its
connected actions (the Proposed Action). The ROD includes numerous
environmental findings by the FAA, as well as environmental
determinations related to funding opportunities that are subject to
federal oversight.
The Final EIS and ROD are available for download on the project
website at https://www.lgaaccesseis.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Andrew Brooks, Environmental
Program Manager, Eastern Regional Office, AEA-610, Federal Aviation
Administration, 1 Aviation Plaza, Jamaica, NY 11434. Telephone: 718-
553-2511.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA, as lead agency, has completed and
is publishing a ROD for proposed improvements identified at LGA. The
ROD was prepared pursuant to Title 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
1505.2.
The Final EIS for the proposed LGA Access Improvement Project was
published on the project website at www.lgaaccesseis.com on March 15,
2021 and two Notices of Availability in the Federal Register were
published; the first by the FAA on March 18, 2021 (86 FR 14796) and the
second by the Environmental Protection Agency on March 19, 2021 (86 FR
14908). The FAA prepared the Final EIS pursuant to: The National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, 42 United States Code (U.S.C.)
4321 et seq.; the Council of Environmental Quality implementing
regulations, 40 CFR parts 1500-1508; FAA Order 1050.1F; and FAA Order
5050.4B. FAA assessed the potential environmental impacts of the
Proposed Action, as well as the No Action Alternative.
In the Final EIS, the FAA identified the Proposed Action as its
preferred alternative in meeting the purpose and need of addressing
unpredictable and increasing travel times to and from LGA and space
constraints for employee parking. The Proposed Action includes:
Construction of an above ground fixed guideway automated
people mover (APM) system approximately 2.3 miles in length that
extends from the LGA Central Hall Building under construction to the
Mets-Willets Point Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and New York City
Transit Subway Flushing Line (7 Line) Stations;
construction of two on-Airport APM stations (Central Hall
APM Station and East APM Station) and one off-Airport APM station at
Willets Point (Willets Point APM Station) that provides connections to
the Mets-Willets Point LIRR and 7 Line stations;
construction of passenger walkway systems to connect the
APM stations to the passenger terminals, parking garages, and ground
transportation facilities;
construction of a multi-level APM operations, maintenance,
and storage facility (OMSF) that includes up to 1,000 parking spaces
(500 for airport employees, 250 for Metropolitan Transportation
Authority (MTA) employees, 50 for APM employees, and 200 for
replacement Citi Field parking);
construction of three traction power substations to
provide power to the APM guideway: One located at the on-Airport East
Station, another at-grade west of the proposed Willets Point Station
just south of Roosevelt Avenue, and the third at the OMSF;
construction of a 27kV main substation located adjacent to
the OMSF structure on MTA property;
construction of utilities infrastructure, both new and
modified, as needed, to support the Proposed Action, including a
permanent stormwater outfall into Flushing Creek and a temporary
stormwater outfall into Flushing Creek; and
acquisition of temporary and permanent easements; no
private property will be acquired.
The Proposed Action also includes various connected actions,
including: Utility relocation and demolition of certain existing
facilities; a temporary MTA bus storage/parking facility; relocation of
up to 200 Citi Field parking spaces; demolition and replacement of the
Passerelle Bridge; temporary walkway to maintain access between the
transit stations and Flushing Meadows-Corona Park; modifications to the
Mets-Willets Point LIRR Station, including new shuttle service on the
LIRR Port Washington Line; and the relocation of several World's Fair
Marina facilities, including a boat lift, finger piers and connected
timber floating dock, Marina office and boatyard facility, boat storage
and parking, and operations shed.
The ROD includes FAA's favorable environmental findings and
determinations needed for the Port Authority to pursue future funding
subject to FAA oversight pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 47106 and 47107 and 49
U.S.C. 40117. The findings included in the ROD are:
The Proposed Action will conform with the Clean Air Act of
1970, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);
The Proposed Action includes all practicable measures to
minimize harm to endangered species as much as such harm may result
from implementation of the Proposed Action (Endangered Species Act of
1974, U.S.C. 1531, as amended);
There is no prudent and feasible alternative to use of
lands containing publicly owned parks, recreation areas, national
wildlife refuges, or significant historic sites protected under Section
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4(f) of the DOT Act, and the Proposed Action includes all possible
planning to minimize harm to resources protected under Section 4(f) of
the DOT Act (49 U.S.C. 303(c) and Section 106, National Historic
Preservation Act);
Relocation assistance, if any, will be provided in
accordance with 42 U.S.C. 460, Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real
Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970;
Further mitigation measures or alternatives that would
avoid or reduce the disproportionately high and adverse effects to
minority environmental justice populations are not practicable (DOT
Order 5610.2B and E.O. 12989);
The Proposed Action would conform to all applicable state
and/or local floodplain protection standards (E.O. 11988);
The Proposed Action complies with the enforceable policies
of New York State's approved coastal management program and will be
conducted in a manner consistent with such program;
The Proposed Action conforms to the Avoidance,
Minimization and/or Compensation of Harm to Wetlands in Accordance with
E.O. 11990 and the Clean Water Act;
The Proposed Action includes all practicable means to
avoid or minimize harm from the alternative selected (40 CFR
1505.2(a)(3)); and
The FAA has given this proposal the independent and
objective evaluation required by the CEQ (40 CFR 1506.5).
The determinations included in the ROD are:
The Proposed Action is reasonably consistent with existing
plans of public agencies for development of areas surrounding the
airport (49 U.S.C. 47106(a)(1)), and E.O. 12372;
Appropriate action, including the adoption of zoning laws,
has been or will be taken as reasonable to restrict the land use next
to or near the airport to uses that are compatible with airport
operations (49 U.S.C. 47107(a)(10)); and
The interest of the communities in or near where the
Proposed Action may be located were given fair consideration (49 U.S.C.
47106(b)(2)).
This ROD also presents the decision of the NPS, as cooperating
agency in the Final EIS, to approve a partial conversion of 0.5 acres
of parklands subject to the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Act
in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, as well as to approve a Temporary Non-
Conforming Use (TNCU) of 1.2 acres of parkland subject to the LWCF Act.
A copy of the ROD is available for public review at FAA's website:
https://www.faa.gov/airports/environmental/records_decision; and the
LGA Access Improvement Project EIS website: https://www.LGAaccessEIS.com.
Issued in Jamaica, New York, July 20, 2021.
Patricia Henn,
Manager, Planning and Programming Branch, Airports Division, Eastern
Region.
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