Document ID: FAA-2020-1130-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Categorical Exclusion and Record of Decision: Boston Harbor Seaplane Operations, MA
Posted Date: 2020-12-03T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 233 (Thursday, December 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 78159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26603]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2020-1130; Notice of Availability Docket No. 20-ANE-6]

Notice of Availability of Categorical Exclusion and Record of 
Decision (CATEX/ROD) for Boston Harbor Seaplane Operations, MA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The FAA, Eastern Service Center is issuing this notice to 
advise the public of the availability of the Categorical Exclusion/
Record of Decision (CATEX/ROD) for the Boston Harbor Seaplane 
Operations. The FAA reviewed the action and determined it to be 
categorically excluded from further environmental review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Andrew Pieroni, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, 1701 
Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 30337, (404) 305-5586.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 
proposes to implement a Letter of Agreement (LOA) between Boston 
Airport Traffic Control Tower (BOS ATCT), Boston Consolidated Terminal 
Radar Approach Control (A90) and Tailwind Air Service for seaplane 
operations in the Boston, Massachusetts Inner Harbor. This proposed LOA 
would ensure standardized, safe and de-conflicted seaplane operations 
in the Boston, Massachusetts Inner Harbor from BOS ATCT operations and 
allows for efficient airspace operations in the General Edward Lawrence 
Logan International Airport (BOS) Class B airspace. The proposed VFR 
handling of seaplane arrivals and departures will enhance safety and 
minimize delays for aircraft at BOS. The FAA reviewed the action and 
determined it to be categorically excluded from further environmental 
review according to FAA Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts: Policies 
and Procedures. The applicable categorical exclusion is Sec.  5-
6.S(i.).

    Issued in College Park, Georgia, on November 24, 2020.
Andrew Pieroni,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Operations Support Group, Eastern 
Service Center, Air Traffic Organization.
[FR Doc. 2020-26603 Filed 12-2-20; 8:45 am]
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