Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-0149
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Runway Safety Areas; Kodiak Airport
Posted Date: 2013-08-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 149 (Friday, August 2, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47048-47049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18537]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement 
(Final EIS)

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Final EIS.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and Council on Environmental 
Quality regulations (40 CFR Part 1500-1508), the Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA) is issuing this notice to advise the public that a 
Final EIS for proposed improvements to Runway Safety Areas at the 
Kodiak Airport has been prepared and is available for public review. 
Included in the Final EIS are a Subsistence Evaluation consistent with 
Section 810 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act and 
a final evaluation pursuant to Section 4(f) of the Department of 
Transportation Act of 1966 (recodified as 49 U.S.C. 303(c)).

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final EIS may be viewed online or during 
regular business hours at the following locations:
    1. Online at www.kodiakairporteis.com.
    2. Federal Aviation Administration, Airports Division, 222 W. 7th 
Avenue 14, Anchorage, AK 99513-7587. (907) 271-5453.
    3. Holmes Johnson Memorial Library, 319 Lower Mill Bay Road, 
Kodiak, AK 99615. (907) 486-8680.
    4. Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, 4111 
Aviation Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99502.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Grey, Environmental Specialist, 
Federal Aviation Administration, Alaskan Region, Airports Division, 
address 222 W. 7th Avenue Box 14, Anchorage, AK 99513. Ms. 
Grey may be contacted during business hours at (907) 271-5453 
(telephone) and (907) 271-2851 (fax), or by email at 
Leslie.Grey@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final EIS discusses proposed 
improvements to the Runway Safety Areas for Runway 07/25 and Runway 18/
36, which have the potential to result in significant adverse 
environmental impacts. The FAA has identified the following preferred 
alternatives to meet the need for improved Runway Safety Areas:
     Improvements to the Runway Safety Area for Runway 07/25: 
Alternative 2,

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involving placement of fill off Runway end 25 and installation of an 
Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS) bed on the newly 
constructed landmass.
     Improvements to the Runway Safety Area for Runway 18/36: 
Alternative 7, involving a landmass extension to the south beyond 
Runway end 36, shifting the runway to the south, and placing an EMAS 
bed to the north beyond Runway end 18.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., 40 CFR Part 1500-1508

    Issued in Anchorage, Alaska, on July 23, 2013.
Byron K. Huffman,
Manager, Airports Division, Alaskan Region.
[FR Doc. 2013-18537 Filed 8-1-13; 8:45 am]
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