[Federal Register: January 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 13)]
[Notices]
[Page 3508]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Approval of Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on
a Short Form Environmental Assessment (EA); Abraham Lincoln Capital
Airport; Springfield, IL
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Approval of Documents.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing this
notice to advise the public of the approval of a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) on an Environmental Assessment for proposed
Federal actions at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, Springfield,
Illinois. The FONSI specifies that the proposed federal actions and
local development projects are consistent with existing environmental
policies and objectives as set forth in the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 and will not significantly affect the quality of the
environment.
A description of the proposed Federal actions is: (a) To issue an
environmental finding to allow approval of the Airport Layout Plan
(ALP) for the development items listed below.
The items in the local airport development project are to: Acquire
approximately 40 acres of residential land in fee simple title,
including relocation assistance; demolish residential structures on
acquired property; construct, light, and mark 1,000-foot northwesterly
extension to Taxiway Bravo and connecting taxiway, including grading
and drainage; clear and grub taxiway construction area; obtain borrow
for Taxiway Bravo extension; implement declared distance concepts for
Runway 13/31 to increase the usable length from 7,000 feet to a maximum
usable length of 7,400 feet, including remarking; remove obstructions
in Runway 13 approach; install/replace runway signage for Runway 13
Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI); relocate Runway 13 windcone;
replace existing Medium Intensity Runway Lights (HIRLs) with High
Intensity Runway Lights (HIRLs) on Runway 13/31; relocate Runway 31
windcone out of the Runway Safety Area; adjust vertically the Runway 31
Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System with Runway Alignment
Indicator Lights (MALSR) threshold bar; install new Runway 13/31
homeruns; construct 200-foot by 200-foot blast pad to Runway 31;
replace Runway 13/31 surface sensor system; upgrade airfield vault
regulators; upgrade Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) airfield
lighting control system; and replace airport rotating beacon.
Copies of the environmental decision and the Short Form EA are
available for public information review during regular business hours
at the following locations:
1. Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, 1200 Capital Airport Drive,
Springfield, IL 62707.
2. Division of Aeronautics-Illinois Department of Transportation,
One Langhorne Bond Drive, Capital Airport, Springfield, IL 62707.
3. Federal Aviation Administration, Chicago Airports District
Office, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Room 320, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy B. Hanson, Environmental
Protection Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, Chicago
Airports District Office, Room 320, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des
Plaines, Illinois 60018. Ms. Hanson can be contacted at (847) 294-7354
(voice), (847) 294-7046 (facsimile) or by E-Mail at amy.hanson@faa.gov.
Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on December 21, 2007.
James G. Keefer,
Manager, Chicago Airports District Office, FAA, Great Lakes Region.
[FR Doc. 08-166 Filed 1-17-08; 8:45 am]
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