[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37123-37124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17746]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Hold a
Scoping Meeting for San Jose International Airport, San Jose,
California
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice to hold a public scoping meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing this
notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement will
be prepared for development recommended by the Airport Master Plan
Update for San Jose International Airport, San Jose, California. To
ensure that all significant issues related to the
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proposed action are identified, a public scoping meeting will be held.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Elisha Novak, Senior Planner, SFO-612, Federal Aviation
Administration, San Francisco Airports District Office, 831 Mitten
Road, Room 210, Burlingame, California 94010-1303, Telephone 415/876-
2928.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),
in cooperation with the city of San Jose, California will prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for development recommended by the
Airport Master Plan Update for San Jose International Airport. Since
the airport environs contains non-compatible land uses in terms of
aircraft noise, and the proposal is likely to be controversial, a
decision has been made to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS). The city of San Jose, pursuant to the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) will also prepare an Environmental Impact Report
(EIR) for the proposed development. In an effort to eliminate
unnecessary duplication and reduce delay, the document to be prepared,
will be a joint EIR/EIS in accordance with the President's Council on
Environmental Quality Regulations described in title 40 Code of Federal
Regulations Section 1500.5.
The Joint Lead Agencies for the preparation of the EIR/EIS will be
the Federal Aviation Administration and the city of San Jose,
California.
The development recommended by the Airport Master Plan Update to be
evaluated in the EIR/EIS includes: Reconstruction and extension of
Runway 12L-30R (from 4,400 to 11,050 feet); Reconstruction and
extension of Runway 12R-30L (from 10,200 feet to 11,000 feet);
Reconstruction and extension of parallel taxiways to match proposed
runway extensions; Construction/reconstruction and extension of cross
taxiways including several high-speed runway exits and aircraft hold
aprons; Construction of new passenger terminal facilities (an increase
of 18 gates for a total of 49 gates); Construction of interim public
surface parking and construction of garages for public, rental car, and
employee parking, expansion and relocation of cargo airline facilities;
Expansion and relocation of belly-freight airline facilities;
Relocation and expansion of fuel storage facilities; Expansion and
relocation of other support facilities including flight kitchen and
airport and airline maintenance areas, and Elimination of 300 existing
general aviation aircraft storage spaces and all existing non-aviation
land uses.
It is anticipated that the proposed master plan development program
would be adequate to accommodate approximately 17.6 million annual
passengers by the year 2010, which is the forecast level of passenger
demand, as well as the projected air cargo demand in 2010. The proposed
program would result in the build-out of substantially all available
airport operating areas.
Alternatives: The alternatives to the proposed development that
will be examined equally in the EIR/EIS include the following:
Alternative A: Similar airport improvements as listed but sized to
adequately accommodate approximately 13.1 million annual passengers by
the year 2010, with the following major modifications to include:
reconstruction and extension of Runway 12L-30R (from 4,400 feet to
8,900 feet), construction of new passenger terminal facilities (an
increase of 6 gates for a total of 37 gates), and elimination of 190
existing general aviation aircraft storage spaces and all existing non-
aviation land uses.
Alternative B: Similar airport improvements as listed except for no
reconstruction or extension of Runway 12L/3OR and sized to adequately
accommodate approximately 12.4 million annual passengers by the year
2010, with the following other major modifications to include:
Construction of new passenger terminal facilities (an increase of 4
gates for a total of 35 gates), no relocation/expansion of cargo
airline facilities, and elimination of 120 existing general aviation
aircraft storage spaces.
No Action for each of the proposed project improvements and
Alternatives A or B will also be considered.
On July 7, 1995, the city of San Jose issued a Notice of
Preparation of a joint EIR/EIS for the ``San Jose International Airport
Master plan Update'' in accordance with Section 15222 of the California
Environmental Quality Act. The FAA intends to cooperate with local and
state agencies to the fullest extent possible to reduce duplication
between federal and state environmental requirements.
Comments and suggestions are invited from Federal, State and local
agencies, and other interested parties to ensure that the full range of
issues related to these proposed projects are addressed and all
significant issues identified. Comments and suggestions may be mailed
to the FAA informational contact listed above.
Public Scoping Meeting: Scoping of the processing of a joint EIR/
EIS is anticipated to include both a public scoping meeting for
governmental agencies and a scoping meeting for the general public
concerning the range of actions, alternatives, and impacts to be
considered. Two separate meetings are to be held in order to allow
members of the public to attend who would not be able to during normal
business hours. The governmental agency scoping meeting is scheduled to
be held on August 21, 1995, between 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. at San Jose
City Hall, Council Chambers (2nd Floor), 801 N. First Street, San Jose,
California. The general public scoping meeting will also be held on
August 21, 1995, between 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. at the same location.
The FAA invites interested parties to submit written comments to
the FAA contact listed above.
Issued in Hawthorne, California on July 13, 1995.
Herman C. Bliss,
Manager, Airports Division, AWP-600 Western-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 95-17746 Filed 7-18-95; 8:45 am]
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