20436 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 70 / Tuesday, April 12, 2011 / Notices 

of No Significant Impact/Record of 

Decision (FONSI/ROD) for the 

Supplemental Environmental 

Assessment (EA) for changes proposed 

to the construction of a new land-based 

airport in Akutan, AK. The 

Supplemental FONSI/ROD provides 

final agency determinations and 

approvals for the proposed 

development. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patti 

Sullivan, Environmental Program 

Manager, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Alaskan Region, 

Airports Division, 222 W. 7th Avenue 

#14, Anchorage, AK 99513–7504. Ms. 

Sullivan may be contacted during 

business hours at (907) 271–5454 

(phone) and (907) 271–2851 (facsimile). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Supplemental FONSI/ROD is for the 

approval of actions for proposed 

changes to the construction of an airport 

not previously addressed in the 

December 2007 environmental 

assessment FONSI/ROD. The proposed 

changes include realignment of the 

runway; expansion of the seaplane ramp 

in Akutan Harbor; realignment of 

Stream number 1; and temporary 

construction facilities including a barge 

landing and construction access road 

along Surf Bay, fuel storage facility, and 

a personnel camp. On December 26, 

2007, the FAA approved a FONSI/ROD 

for the construction of a new land based 

airport including a runway, a runway 

safety area, connecting taxiway, an 

apron, and a snow removal equipment 

and maintenance facility; an airport 

access road; two hovercraft landing 

pads; a hovercraft storage and 

maintenance facility; and acquisition of 

a hovercraft The Supplemental FONSI/ 

ROD provides the final agency 

determinations and approvals for 

Federal actions by the FAA related to 

the selection of alternatives to meet the 

purpose and need for the action. The 

Supplemental FONSI/ROD also 

includes required mitigation measures 

and conditions of approval. The 

Supplemental FONSI/ROD indicates 

that the selected actions are consistent 

with existing environmental policies 

and objectives set forth in the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended, as well as other 

federal and state statutes, and that the 

actions will not significantly affect the 

quality of the environment. 

The FAA’s decision is based upon 

information contained in the 

Supplemental EA, issued in March 3, 

2011, and on all other applicable 

documents available to the agency and 

considered by it, which constitutes the 

administrative record. 

The FAA’s determinations are 

discussed in the Supplemental FONSI/ 

ROD, which was approved on March 7, 

2011. 

FONSI/ROD Availability 

The FONSI/ROD may be viewed at 

the following Web site http:// 

www.faa.gov/airports/alaskan/ 

environmental/. 

Issued in Anchorage, Alaska on March 30, 

2011. 

Byron K. Huffman, 

Manager, Airports Division, Alaskan Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Ninth Meeting: RTCA Special 

Committee 223: Airport Surface 

Wireless Communications 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 223: Airport Surface 

Wireless Communications meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

RTCA Special Committee 223: Airport 

Surface Wireless Communications. 

DATES: The meeting will be held May 3– 

5, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

ITT Corp., 12930 Worldgate Drive, 

Herndon, VA 20170. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW., 

Suite 805, Washington, DC 20036; 

telephone (202) 833–9339; fax (202) 

833–9434; Web site http://www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., and Appendix 2), notice 

is hereby given for a RTCA Special 

Committee 223: Airport Surface 

Wireless Communications meeting. 

Agenda: 

Tuesday May 3, 2011 

• Tuesday Morning Plenary 

• Welcome, Introductions, 

Administrative Remarks by Special 

Committee Leadership 

■ Designated Federal Officer (DFO): 

Mr. Brent Phillips 

■ Co-Chair: Mr. Aloke Roy, 

Honeywell International 

■ Co-Chair: Mr. Ward Hall, ITT 

Corporation 

■ EUROCAE WG–82 Chair: Armin 

Schlereth, DFS 

• Agenda Overview 

• Review and Approve Plenary Eighth 

Meeting Summary, RTCA Paper No. 

051–11/SC224–020, and Action 

Item Status 

• RTCA PMC Feedback and Guidance 

on WiMAX Forum Test Suites 

• General Presentations of Interest 

■ AeroMACS Mobility Test Results 

Update—ITT 

■ AeroMACS load estimations and 

performance evaluations—Max 

Ehammer (University of Salzburg) 

• EUROCAE WG–82 Status 

• Tuesday Afternoon—MOPS WG 

Breakout Session 

• MOPS Outline 

■ Harmonize with EUROCAE 

Ground MOPS 

■ Core/common parts 

■ Avionics specific parts 

• General Requirements 

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 

• Wednesday Morning—MOPS WG 

Breakout Session 

• Avionics System Requirements 

• Signal-in-space requirements 

• Interface Requirements 

• Interoperability requirements 

• Tour of WiMAX testing facility 

(return by 15:00) 

• Wednesday Afternoon—MOPS WG 

Breakout Session 

• RF Performance Tests 

■ WiMAX Forum versus MOPS 

Thursday, May 5, 2011 

• Thursday Morning—MOPS WG 

Breakout Session 

• Environmental Tests 

• Thursday Afternoon 

• Establish Agenda, Date and Place 

for the next plenary meetings of 

numbers 10 and 11. Number 10 is 

tentatively scheduled for June 28– 

29 at RTCA in Washington, DC. 

• Review of Meeting Summary Report 

• Adjourn 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairmen, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. 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 April 5, 

2011. 

Robert L. Bostiga, 

RTCA Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8611 Filed 4–11–11; 8:45 am] 

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