Commercial Air Service Final EA

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NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF A FINAL NEPA ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE AMENDMENT OF OPERATIONS SPECIFICATIONS FOR AIR CARRIER OPERATIONS, AMENDMENT OF A FAR PART 139 CERTIFICATE, AND POTENTIAL FUNDING FOR MODIFICATION AND MODULAR EXPANSION OF THE TERMINAL AT THE SNOHOMISH COUNTY AIRPORT/PAINE FIELD

Final Environmental Assessment Available:

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the availability of the Final NEPA Environmental Assessment (Final EA) examining the potential impacts of the proposed action. The Final EA will be available on September 14, 2012 for public review and comment. The public comment period runs until October 14, 2012*. The Final EA will be available on September 14, 2012 in electronic format on the Airport’s Web site at http://www.painefield.com/airserviceea.html.

CDs of the Final EA are available upon request.

Final EA copies may be viewed beginning September 14, 2012 during regular business hours at the following locations: Snohomish County Planning and Development Services Customer Support Center, 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, WA 98201; Snohomish County Airport Administrative Offices 3220 100th Street S.W., Everett, WA 98204; and the following libraries: Mukilteo Public Library, 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd., Mukilteo, WA 98275; Everett Public Library (Evergreen Branch), 9512 Evergreen Way, Everett, WA 98204; Everett Public Library (Main), 2702 Hoyt Ave., Everett, WA. 98201; Lynnwood Public Library, 19200 44th Ave. W, Lynnwood WA 98036; Edmonds Public Library, 650 Main St., Edmonds, WA 98020; and Marysville Public Library, 6120 Grove St., Marysville, WA 98270.

Public Comment Period: Written comments will be accepted until October 14, 2012*.

The purpose of the Public Comment period is to allow comments on the adequacy of the new and revised sections of the Final Environmental Assessment for the introduction of scheduled commercial airline service at the Snohomish County Airport/Paine Field and construction of the modification and modular expansion of the Airport terminal. The new and revised sections of the Final EA that were updated following the December 2009 publication of the Draft EA are clearly explained in an errata sheet prior to the table of contents in the Final EA. Commenters should specifically cite the new information that is the subject of their comment. All other comments will not be considered further by the agency.

Comments may be sent during the comment period:
*Because October 14 falls on a Sunday, comments will be accepted thru Monday, October 15, 2012
By email to: cayla.morgan@faa.gov
In writing to:
Cayla Morgan
Environmental Protection Specialist
FAA Seattle Airports District Office
1601 Lind Ave. SW
Renton, WA 98057-3356.

Online exhibits available as follows:

Final Environmental Assessment, September, 2012 Document without Appendix–individual appendices are listed in the links below. (large file: 7MB)

Final Environmental Assessment, September, 2012: Individual Contents:

Cover, Fly & Back
Final EA Errata Sheet
Table of Contents
Purpose and Need
Alternatives
Affected Environment
Environmental Consequences
Preparers

Chapter A
Chapter B
Chapter C
Chapter D
Chapter E

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Appendix Contents
Appendix A	Airline Letters
Appendix B	Agency Coordination Letters (2.2MB)
Appendix C	Agency Responses (2.5MB)
Appendix D	Noise Analysis
Appendix E	Air Quality Worksheets
Appendix F	Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA)
Appendix G	Forecast Report (1.2MB)
Appendix H	Airport Threatened and Endangered Species Memo
Appendix I	Traffic VMT Report (1.5MB)
Appendix J	State Historic Preservation Officer Correspondence (1.7MB)
Appendix K	Hirsh Report
Appendix L	Traffic Engineers Response to WSDOT Letter
Appendix M	State Coastal Zone Management Application Checklist
Appendix N	Tribal Coordination
Appendix O	Paine Field Sheriff Pistol Range Information
Appendix P	Terminal Capacity Analysis
Appendix Q Table of Contents
Instructions for Q & R*
Appendix Q, Letter A	Letters (Alphabetical Listings A) (3.5MB)
Appendix Q, Letter B	Letters (Alphabetical Listings B) (4.6MB)
Appendix Q, Letter C	Letters (Alphabetical Listings C) (2.7MB)
Appendix Q, Letter D	Letters (Alphabetical Listings D) (4.0MB)
Appendix Q, Letter E	Letters (Alphabetical Listings E) (2.7MB)
Appendix Q, Letter F	Letters (Alphabetical Listings F) (2.5MB)
Appendix Q, Letter G	Letters (Alphabetical Listings G) (2.9MB)
Appendix Q, Letter H	Letters (Alphabetical Listings H) (3.5MB)
Appendix Q, Letter I	Letters (Alphabetical Listings I) (1.7MB)
Appendix Q, Letter J	Letters (Alphabetical Listings J) (2.0MB)
Appendix Q, Letter K	Letters (Alphabetical Listings K) (2.4MB)
Appendix Q, Letter L	Letters (Alphabetical Listings L) (3.5MB)
Appendix Q, Letter M	Letters (Alphabetical Listings M) (5.7MB)
Appendix Q, Letter N	Letters (Alphabetical Listings N) (2.5MB)
Appendix Q, Letter O	Letters (Alphabetical Listings O) (2.3MB)
Appendix Q, Letter P	Letters (Alphabetical Listings P) (2.8MB)
Appendix Q, Letter Q	Letters (Alphabetical Listings Q) (1.7MB)
Appendix Q, Letter R	Letters (Alphabetical Listings R) (2.7MB)
Appendix Q, Letter S	Letters (Alphabetical Listings S) (3.4MB)
Appendix Q, Letter T	Letters (Alphabetical Listings T) (7.0MB)
Appendix Q, Letter U	Letters (Alphabetical Listings U) (1.7MB)
Appendix Q, Letter V	Letters (Alphabetical Listings V) (1.7MB)
Appendix Q, Letter W	Letters (Alphabetical Listings W) (2.5MB)
Appendix Q, Letter Y	Letters (Alphabetical Listings Y) (1.7MB)
Appendix Q, Letter Z	Letters (Alphabetical Listings Z) (1.7MB)
Appendix R	Public Involvement Transcripts (19MB)
Appendix R, Legal Ads	Appendix R, Public Involvement Legal Ads (1.3MB)
Appendix R, Sign-In-Sheets	Appendix R, Public Involvement Sign-In-Sheets (7MB)
Appendix R, Hearing One	Appendix R, Hearing One, Meadowdale, 1/4/2010 (1.4MB)
Appendix R, Hearing Two	Appendix R, Hearing Two, PUD, 1/5/2010 (1.4MB)
Appendix R, Hearing Three	Appendix R, Hearing Three, Kamiak, 1/21/2010 (1.6MB)
Appendix S	General Responses
Appendix T	Puget Sound Clean Air Agency Coordination
Appendix U	Boeing Company Letter
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