[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74572-74573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9627]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Cancellation of Preparation of Environmental Impact Statement for 
Sacramento International Airport, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

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 proposed runway extension project and other associated 
development at Sacramento International Airport, Sacramento, 
California. The FAA is doing this because Sacramento County, the owner 
and operator of the airport, is deferring its proposed runway extension 
project to a long-term planning horizon (2020). As a result, FAA has 
determined the runway extension proposal at Sacramento International 
airport is not ripe for decision at this time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Camille Garibaldi, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, San Francisco 
Airports District Office, 831 Mitten Road, Burlingame, California 
94010; telephone: 650/876-2778 extension 613.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 9, 2005, the Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA) issued a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register 
(70 FR 46260-46261) to prepare an EIS for future development at 
Sacramento International Airport, Sacramento, California. The FAA based 
its decision to prepare the EIS on the procedures described in FAA 
Order 1050.1E, Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures. FAA also 
based its decision to prepare a federal EIS primarily on Sacramento 
County's proposal to extend Runway 16L/34R to a total length of 11,000 
feet. Sacramento County, owner and operator of Sacramento International 
Airport, notified the FAA, by letter dated September 5, 2006, of the 
County's decision to withdraw its request for FAA consideration of the 
proposed extension to Runway 16L/34R at this time. The County will 
provide FAA with a revised list of proposed improvements to Sacramento 
International Airport. When FAA receives the County's revised list of 
proposed improvements and a suggested implementation schedule, FAA 
will:
    <bullet> Evaluate each of the proposed improvements:
    <bullet> Decide if Sacramento County has completed sufficient 
planning to enable FAA to meaningfully evaluate the potential 
environmental effects of those improvements;
    <bullet> Determine the NEPA document necessary to assess the 
environmental effects of those improvements pursuant to FAA Order 
5050.4B, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Implementing 
Instructions for Airport Actions; and
    <bullet> Suggest a schedule for completing the necessary NEPA 
process.


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    Issued in Hawthorne, California on December 1, 2006.
Mark A. McClardy,
Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific Region, AWP-600.
[FR Doc. 06-9627 Filed 12-11-06; 8:45 am]
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