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Alternative and three proposed action 

alternatives designated as Alternative 2– 

C, Alternative 2–D, and Alternative 3. 

Since the publication of the DEIS, the 

FAA has addressed comments received 

on the DEIS; addressed comments on 

the Preliminary FEIS provided by 

Cooperating Agencies; conducted 

additional technical analyses; 

conducted the Section 106 consultation 

process; and prepared the FEIS. The 

Section 106 consultation process 

resulted in the execution of a 

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in 

February 2012. 

Because the DEIS is more than three 

years old, the FAA evaluated the DEIS 

to determine whether the consideration 

of alternatives, affected environment, 

environmental impacts, and mitigation 

measures in the DEIS remains 

applicable, accurate, and valid in 

accordance with FAA Order 1050.1E, 

paragraph 514a and 5050.4B, Section 

1401.b.3. The FAA found that 

substantial changes in these factors have 

not occurred and that a complete 

revision or supplement to the DEIS was 

not warranted. However, FAA’s review 

of current information did note that 

some social and environmental changes 

have occurred since the DEIS was 

published in 2006. The FAA evaluated 

the new information and determined 

that the changes did not affect the range 

of alternatives considered or the 

detailed analysis of alternatives 

conducted in this FEIS. However, to 

document and disclose the social and 

environmental changes that have 

occurred, the FAA prepared a technical 

memorandum that presents the new 

information and discusses any potential 

impacts related to the changed social 

and environmental conditions. The 

technical memorandum is contained in 

the FEIS. 

The FAA is making available the FEIS 

it prepared addressing a proposed new 

runway and associated facilities and 

improvements at the Taos Regional 

Airport. The FEIS discloses: 

• The purpose and need for the 

proposed project; 

• Reasonable alternatives analyzed 

and the FAA’s preferred alternative; 

• Potential environmental impacts 

and consequences associated with those 

alternatives; 

• FAA’s responses to comments it 

received on the DEIS; and 

• How FAA has complied with 

various resource laws, regulations and 

executive orders, including the National 

Environmental Policy Act, Section 106 

of the National Historic Preservation 

Act, Executive Order (EO) 12898, 

‘‘Federal Actions to Address 

Environmental Justice in Minority 

Populations and Low-Income 

Populations’’, and EO 11988, 

‘‘Floodplain Management.’’ 

Public Review and Comment: The 

FEIS is available for review during 

normal business hours at the following 

locations: 

• FAA Southwest Regional Office, 

2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, 

Texas 76137, 

• Taos Regional Airport, Highway 64 

West, 1 Airport Road, Taos, New 

Mexico 87571, 

• Taos Town Hall, 400 Camino de la 

Placita, Taos, New Mexico 87571, and 

• Taos Public Library, 402 Camino de 

la Placita, Taos, New Mexico 87571. 

Comments should be as specific as 

possible and address the analysis of 

potential environmental impacts, the 

adequacy of the proposed action, or the 

merits of alternatives and the mitigation 

being considered. Reviewers should 

organize their participation so that it is 

meaningful and makes the agency aware 

of the viewer’s interests and concerns 

using quotations and other specific 

references to the text of the FEIS and 

related documents. This is intended to 

ensure that substantive comments and 

concerns are made available to the FAA 

in a timely manner so that the FAA has 

an opportunity to address them in its 

Record of Decision (ROD). 

Comments can only be accepted with 

the full name and address of the 

individual commenting. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, be advised that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask the FAA in your comment 

to withhold from public review your 

personal identifying information, the 

FAA cannot guarantee that it will be 

able to do so. 

After review and consideration of the 

comments received on the FEIS, and 

sometime after the 30-day comment 

period on the FEIS has ended, the FAA 

will issue its ROD. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT OR

TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Dean McMath, 

ASW–613, Regional Environmental 

Programs Manager, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Southwest Regional 

Office, Fort Worth, Texas 76193, 

telephone (817) 222–5617. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on June 19, 

2012. 

Kelvin L. Solco, 

Manager, Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–15735 Filed 6–26–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Request for Public Comment, Raleigh 

County Memorial Airport, Beckley, WV 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration is requesting public 

comment on the proposed release of 

549.63 acres of land currently owned by 

the Raleigh County Commission, 

Sponsor for the Raleigh County 

Memorial Airport, Beckley, West 

Virginia. The parcel is located off the 

northwest end of the airport and 

descends in to ‘‘Fat Creek Gorge’’ to a 

depth in excess of 600ft below the 

airport elevation and has no 

aeronautical benefit. The land is 

dormant, no infrastructure exists and 

land has no practical use. Due to terrain, 

no future development opportunities 

exist for the airport. Once released, the 

land will be sold and placed in a 

Conservation Easement, with restriction 

of no future development. Proposed 

buyer would be placing the area of 

request in a conservation easement for 

wildlife enhancement, with no adverse 

impact to the airport. Land will remain 

as compatible use to the airport. Land 

will be sold as surface rights only, no 

conveyance of mineral rights. The 

airport land being released is not 

needed for airport development as 

shown on the Airport Layout Plan. Fair 

Market Value has been determined 

based upon an appraisal of the Property. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 27, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

in triplicate to the FAA at the following 

address: Connie Boley-Lilly, Program 

Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Beckley Airport Field 

Office, 176 Airport Circle, Room 101, 

Beaver, West Virginia 25813. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Tom 

Cochran, Airport Manager of the Raleigh 

County Memorial Airport at the 

following address: Thomas Cochran, 

Airport Manager, Raleigh County 

Memorial Airport, 176 Airport Circle, 

Room 105, Beaver, West Virginia 25813. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Connie Boley-Lilly, Program Specialist, 

Beckley Airport Field Office, (304) 252– 

6216 ext. 125, Fax (304) 253–8028. 

Email: Connie.Boley-Lilly@FAA.GOV. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

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comment on the request to release 

property at the Raleigh County 

Memorial Airport, Beckley, WV. Under 

the provisions of AIR 21 (49 U.S.C. 

47108(h)(2)). 

The Raleigh County Memorial Airport 

is proposing the release of 

approximately 549.6 acres of a ‘surface 

rights only’ release to be sold and land 

then placed in a Conservation Easement 

with restriction of no future 

development. The release and sale of 

this property will allow the Sponsor to 

take advantage of un-useable land and 

use the proceeds for that sale, for the 

future development of the airport. 

Issued in Beckley, West Virginia on May 3, 

2012. 

Matthew P. DiGiulian, 

Manager, Beckley Airport Field Office, 

Eastern Region. 

[FR Doc. 2012–15616 Filed 6–26–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement: Los 

Angeles County, CA 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of the 

California Department of Transportation 

(Caltrans), announces the availability of 

the Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement for a proposed highway 

project in Los Angeles County, 

California. 

DATES: Public hearings for the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement will be 

held at the dates and locations provided 

below: 

• Tuesday, August 7, 2012 (6:00 p.m. 

to 9:00 p.m.)—Progress Park, 15500 

Downey Ave., Paramount, California 

90723 

• Wednesday, August 8, 2012 (6:00 

p.m. to 9:00 p.m.)—Silverado Park 

Community Center, 1545 W. 31st St., 

Long Beach, CA 90810 

• Thursday, August 9, 2012 (4:00 

p.m. to 8:00 p.m.)—Rosewood Park, 

5600 Harbor St., Commerce, CA 90040 

ADDRESSES: The Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement is available for review 

at the following locations: 

• California Department of 

Transportation (Caltrans) District 7 

Office, 100 South Main Street, Los 

Angeles, CA 90012 on weekdays from 9 

a.m. to 3 p.m. 

• Metro—Dorothy Peyton Grey 

Transportation Library, One Gateway 

Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012, Monday– 

Thursday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., or Friday by 

appointment. 

• Gateway Cities Council of 

Governments, 16401 Paramount Blvd., 

Paramount, CA 90723 on weekdays 

from 9 a.m. to 4pm. 

• City of Commerce Public Library— 

Bristow Park Branch—1466 S. 

McDonnell Ave., Commerce, CA 90040 

• County of Los Angeles Public 

Library—Hollydale Library—12000 S. 

Garfield Ave., South Gate, CA 90280 

• County of Los Angeles Public 

Library—East Rancho Dominguez 

Library—4205 E. Compton Blvd., 

Compton CA 90221 

• Long Beach Public Library—Main 

Library—101 Pacific Ave., Long Beach, 

CA 90822 

• Long Beach Public Library Bret 

Harte Library—1595 W. Willow St., 

Long Beach, CA 90810 

The Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement is also available at http:// 

www.dot.ca.gov/dist07/resources/ 

envdocs/docs/710corridor/ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ronald Kosinski, Deputy District 

Director, Environmental Planning, 

Caltrans, District 7, 100 South Main 

Street, Los Angeles, California, 90012, 

(213) 897–0703. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective 

July 1, 2007, the FHWA assigned and 

Caltrans assumed environmental 

responsibilities for this project pursuant 

to 23 U.S.C. 327. Caltrans as the 

delegated National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) agency has prepared 

a Draft EIS on a proposal for a highway 

improvement project on Interstate 710 

in Los Angeles County, California. The 

Interstate 710 Corridor Project proposes 

to improve Interstate 710 (I–710) in Los 

Angeles County. The I–710 Corridor 

Project proposes to widen existing I–710 

from Ocean Boulevard in the City of 

Long Beach to State Route 60 (SR–60) in 

the City of Los Angeles, a distance of 

approximately 18 miles. The proposed 

project also includes improvements to 

the interchanges of I–710 with I–405, 

SR–91, and I–5, as well as the I–710 

interchanges with local arterial streets 

throughout the project limits. 

The alternatives evaluated in the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement are 

four Build Alternatives and a No Build 

Alternative. Alternative 5A proposes to 

widen the I–710 mainline from six or 

eight general purpose lanes to ten 

general purpose lanes. This alternative 

will modernize the design at the I–405, 

SR–91 and a portion of the I–5 

interchanges, modernize and 

reconfigure local arterial interchanges 

throughout the I–710 corridor, modify 

freeway access at various locations, and 

shift the I–710 centerline at various 

locations to reduce right-of-way 

impacts. In addition to improvements to 

the I–710 mainline and the 

interchanges, Alternative 5A also 

includes TSM/TDM, Transit, and 

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) 

improvements; improvements to 42 

local arterial intersections within the I– 

710 Corridor; aesthetic enhancements; 

and, drainage and water quality 

improvement design features. 

Alternative 6A includes all the 

components of Alternative 5A described 

above. In addition, this alternative 

includes a separated four-lane freight 

corridor from Ocean Boulevard 

northerly to its terminus near the 

intermodal rail yards in the city of 

Commerce, with limited access near I– 

405 and at SR–91. The freight corridor 

would be built to Caltrans highway 

design standards and would be 

restricted to the exclusive use of heavyduty trucks (5+ axles). Alternative 6B 

includes all the components of 

Alternative 6A as described above, but 

would restrict the use of the freight 

corridor to zero-emission trucks rather 

than conventional trucks. Alternative 6C 

includes all the components of 

Alternative 6B as described above, but 

would toll trucks using the freight 

corridor. Alternative 1 (No Build) would 

maintain the current configuration and 

capacity of the existing I–710 freeway. 

The Notice of Intent was published in 

the Federal Register on August 20, 

2008. Anticipated federal approvals 

include: Modified Access Report to the 

Interstate System, Air Quality 

Conformity, Section 7 consultation for 

Threatened and Endangered Species, 

and a Section 404 permit. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Issued on: June 21, 2012. 

Matthew Schmitz, 

Director, State Programs, Federal Highway 

Administration, Sacramento, California. 

[FR Doc. 2012–15641 Filed 6–26–12; 8:45 am] 

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