[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 46958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6864]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Availability of a Record of Decision (ROD) and a 
Written Reevaluation of the 1999 Final Environmental Impact Statement 
(FEIS) To Select Another Alternative for the Location of the Proposed 
Third Runway, as Analyzed in the FEIS and Approved in the 2000 ROD at 
Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, NC

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION:  Notice of availability of a ROD and a written reevaluation of 
the FEIS.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is making available 
a ROD and a Written Evaluation of the FEIS in response to FAA procedure 
changes that have rendered the previously approved third runway unable 
to accomplish the purpose and need of triple-independent approach 
operations, thereby minimizing any capacity enhancement that the runway 
was intended to accomplish. Charlotte Douglas International Airport, 
Charlotte, North Carolina, has therefore proposed acceptance of another 
alternative located 600 feet west of the previously approved runway 
location that was fully analyzed in the EIS as Alternative 5 and that 
meets the current FAA Airport Design Standards.
    Point of Contact: Mr. Scott Seritt, Manager, Airports District 
Office, Southern Region Federal Aviation Administration, 1701 Columbia 
Avenue, College Park, GA 30337-2747, (404) 305-7151.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of availability is given of a ROD and 
a Written Reevaluation of the FEIS to select another alternative for 
the location of the proposed third runway, as analyzed in the FEIS and 
approved in the 2000 ROD at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, 
Charlotte, North Carolina. The new runway location is 600 feet west of 
the previously approved site, and was fully analyzed as Alternative 5 
in the FEIS. The purpose of the ROD and Written Reevaluation was to 
evaluate potential environmental impacts arising from the approval of 
the location previously analyzed as Alternative 5 in the FEIS that may 
not have existed at the time of the original analysis.
    These documents will be available during normal business hours at 
the following locations:

FAA Atlanta Airports District Office, 1701 Columbia Avenue, Campus 
Building 2-260, College Park, GA 30337-2747 (Due to current security 
requirements, arrangements must be made with the point of contact prior 
to visiting these offices.);
Charlotte Douglas International Airport, P.O. Box 19066, Charlotte, NC 
28219;
Mecklenburg County Library System, Freedom Regional Library, 1516 
Alleghany Street, Charlotte, NC 28208;
Mecklenburg County Library System, Main Branch, 310 North Tyron Street, 
Charlotte, NC 28202;
Mecklenburg County Library System, West Blvd. Branch, 2157 West Blvd., 
Charlotte, NC 28208;
Mecklenburg County Library System, 13620 Steele Creek Rd., Charlotte, 
NC 28273.

    Issued in Atlanta, Georgia, August 2, 2006.
Scott Seritt,
Manager, Atlanta Airports District Office, FAA, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 06-6864 Filed 8-14-06; 8:45 am]
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