Notice of Intent to Prepare Environmental Impact Statement (January 22, 2001)
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Eastern Region, is advising the public that the FAA will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Metropolitan Airspace Redesign Project. The EIS will assess the potential environmental impacts resulting from proposed modifications to air traffic routings in the project study area. The study area encompasses a large geographic area, including the State of New Jersey, and parts of New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Delaware. The airports in the study area are: Newark International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, La Guardia Airport, and Philadelphia International Airport as well as several regional (commuter) and general aviation use airports.
The FAA will examine ways to develop viable air traffic control (ATC) alternatives to current operations. The alternatives will take advantage of new and emerging ATC technologies, improved performance characteristics of modern aircraft, and improvements in navigation capabilities. The proposed project may include, but will not necessarily be limited to, the following alternatives: modification of existing procedures; identification of new conceptual alternative(s), and examination of an ocean routing alternative. All reasonable alternatives will be considered including a no-change alternative/option. The project is not associated with any airport development projects or construction of any physical facilities. Detailed analyses will be used to evaluate the potential environmental impacts in the study area.
Public Scoping Process
Public participation, through public scoping meetings, will be encouraged. The FAA will schedule a series of public scoping meetings. Each meeting will be held from 7:00 p.m. – 9 p.m. at specific sites located throughout the study area. Each meeting will begin with an overview of the project (7:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.), followed by an informal open house period (7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.). The open house portion of each public scoping meeting will include redesign displays and graphics and will provide an opportunity for one-on-one interaction between the representatives of the FAA and the general public. Following the open house part of the meeting, a Question and Answer session will be provided (8:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.). Comments will be received via court reporter or written comment forms throughout the duration of the meeting.
You can find information about this project, including the scoping meeting schedule and meeting locations at the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Metropolitan Airspace Redesign Project website. Additionally, the FAA will be maintaining the following toll free telephone number for general information about the scoping meetings: 1-866-EISLine (1-866-347-5463).
The FAA is requesting comments and suggestions on the project scope from agencies and other interested parties. The FAA will accept written scoping comments through June 29, 2001. Such comments may be directed to:
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