Notice2023-13739
Notice of Availability of a Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment
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Published
June 28, 2023
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
The Federal Aviation Administration announces that a Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-funded Airport Traffic Control Tower Replacement Program is available for public review and comment.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41997-41998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13739]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No.: FAA-2023-1368]
Notice of Availability of a Draft Programmatic Environmental
Assessment
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability; requests for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration announces that a Draft
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Programmatic Environmental Assessment for the Bipartisan Infrastructure
Law-funded Airport Traffic Control Tower Replacement Program is
available for public review and comment.
DATES: Comments on or before July 31, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2023-1368 to
the Federal Regulations portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions concerning
this notice, contact Aaron W. Comrov, Environmental Team Lead, FAA CSA
ES EOSH Center (AJW-2C16E), 2300 East Devon Avenue, Room 450, Des
Plaines, IL 60018; telephone (847) 294-7665, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#254444574a4b0b464a48574a53654344440b424a53"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2f4e4e5d4041014c40425d40596f494e4e01484059">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft Programmatic Environmental
Assessment (PEA) considers the conditions and potential environmental
impacts from the Proposed Action to replace numerous FAA-owned airport
traffic control towers (ATCTs) with modern facilities under the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-funded ATCT Replacement Program. Many
existing ATCTs at municipal or general aviation airports are outdated
and operating past their design life. The purpose and need for the
proposed program is to replace select FAA-owned ATCTs across the nation
with modern ATCTs while providing uninterrupted air traffic control
services. The FAA has prepared the Draft PEA in conformance with the
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)
and FAA Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures.
The Draft PEA analyzes the potential environmental impacts that may
result from construction and operation of the proposed new ATCTs and
decommissioning and removal of the existing ATCTs (the Proposed
Action), as well as the No Action Alternative (i.e., not constructing
and operating the proposed new ATCTs).
The Proposed Action would provide for modern, operationally
efficient ATCTs, which would be designed to meet the energy and
sustainability requirements of FAA's Terminal Facilities Design
Standard while adhering to the Council on Environmental Quality's
Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings and Associated
Instructions. The proposed replacement ATCTs would enable the
installation of modern air traffic control equipment, provide adequate
space and an enhanced work environment for FAA personnel, lower
operating costs, and improve environmental performance resulting in
energy savings, water efficiency, reduced carbon emissions, and
improved indoor air quality while meeting applicable FAA requirements.
Based on this analysis, the FAA has preliminarily determined there
will not be a significant impact to the human environment from
implementation of the Proposed Action. The FAA intends for the PEA to
create efficiencies by establishing a ``tiering'' framework, where
appropriate, to project-specific actions that require additional
analysis. As decisions on specific project sites are made, to the
extent additional NEPA analysis is required, environmental reviews
would be conducted to supplement the analysis set forth in this PEA.
The Draft PEA is available for review on the project website
(<a href="https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/atf">https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/atf</a>), and the Federal Regulations
portal (<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>) with Docket No.: FAA-2023-1368. The FAA
will address comments received on the Draft PEA within the Final PEA.
Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois, on June 23, 2023.
Aaron W. Comrov,
Environmental Team Lead, FAA CSA ES EOSH Center, AJW-216E.
[FR Doc. 2023-13739 Filed 6-27-23; 8:45 am]
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