99-14616. Availability of the Record of Decision on the Potomac Consolidated Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) Facility

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31030-31031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14616]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Availability of the Record of Decision on the Potomac 
Consolidated Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) Facility

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision for the Potomac 
Consolidated TRACON.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 and FAA Order 1050.ID, Policies and Procedures for Considering 
Environmental Impacts, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has 
made a final determination to consolidate the workforces and functions 
of the four Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facilities in the 
Baltimore-Washington area. These four stand-alone TRACONs are located 
at Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI), Ronald Reagan 
Washington National Airport (DCA), and Washington Dulles International 
Airport (IAD); and the FAA operated TRACON located at Andrews Air Force 
Base, Maryland (ADW). The facility will be called the Potomac 
Consolidated TRACON (PCT) and will be housed in a new building to be 
constructed at the former Vint Hill Farms Station in Fauquier County, 
Virginia.
    The PCT will be established in a manner consistent with the 
alternative ``Consolidation of DCA, IAD, BWI, and ADW TRACONs'' 
described in the Final

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Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) as the preferred alternative. The 
FAA issued the FEIS on April 19, 1999. The FEIS analyzed two 
alternatives in detail. The first or No Action alternative would 
require physical replacement of the Baltimore and Dulles TRACONs, but 
would not consolidate the four facilities. The second or preferred 
alternative would provide full consolidation at one of two possible 
locations. The FEIS identified the preferred location as Vint Hill 
Farms.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE RECORD OF DECISION 
CONTACT: Mr. Joseph Champley, Project Support Specialist, Federal 
Aviation Administration, [phone], Email: [e-mail].
    The Record of Decision can be viewed on the Internet at http://
www.faa.gov/ats/potomac.

    Dated: June 3, 1999 in Washington, DC.
John Mayrhofer,
Director, TRACON Development Program.
[FR Doc. 99-14616 Filed 6-8-99; 8:45 am]
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