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The FAA announced on December 4, 2012 the signing of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Environmental Assessment (EA) they conducted on a proposal to allow commercial air service at Snohomish County Airport/Paine Field. The ROD is a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).

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Online exhibits available as follows:

Final Environmental Assessment FONSI-ROD, December, 2012 Full document including appendices A and B (7.5MB)

Final Environmental Assessment FONSI-ROD, December, 2012 Document without appendices A and B

Final Environmental Assessment FONSI-ROD, December, 2012: Appendix A (6.2MB)

Final Environmental Assessment FONSI-ROD, December, 2012: Appendix B


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:

Appendix Contents
Appendix A Airline Letters
Appendix B Agency Coordination Letters (2.2MB)
Appendix CAgency Responses (2.5MB)
Appendix DNoise Analysis
Appendix EAir Quality Worksheets
Appendix FTraffic Impact Analysis (TIA)
Appendix GForecast Report (1.2MB)
Appendix HAirport Threatened and Endangered Species Memo
Appendix ITraffic VMT Report (1.5MB)
Appendix JState Historic Preservation Officer Correspondence (1.7MB)
Appendix KHirsh Report
Appendix LTraffic Engineers Response to WSDOT Letter
Appendix MState Coastal Zone Management Application Checklist
Appendix NTribal Coordination
Appendix OPaine Field Sheriff Pistol Range Information
Appendix PTerminal Capacity Analysis
Appendix Q Table of Contents
Instructions for Q & R*
Appendix Q, Letter ALetters (Alphabetical Listings A) (3.5MB)
Appendix Q, Letter BLetters (Alphabetical Listings B) (4.6MB)  
Appendix Q, Letter CLetters (Alphabetical Listings C) (2.7MB)  
Appendix Q, Letter DLetters (Alphabetical Listings D) (4.0MB)  
Appendix Q, Letter ELetters (Alphabetical Listings E) (2.7MB)  
Appendix Q, Letter FLetters (Alphabetical Listings F) (2.5MB)  
Appendix Q, Letter GLetters (Alphabetical Listings G) (2.9MB)  
Appendix Q, Letter HLetters (Alphabetical Listings H) (3.5MB)  
Appendix Q, Letter ILetters (Alphabetical Listings I) (1.7MB)  
Appendix Q, Letter JLetters (Alphabetical Listings J) (2.0MB)  
Appendix Q, Letter KLetters (Alphabetical Listings K) (2.4MB)
Appendix Q, Letter LLetters (Alphabetical Listings L) (3.5MB)
Appendix Q, Letter MLetters (Alphabetical Listings M) (5.7MB)
Appendix Q, Letter NLetters (Alphabetical Listings N) (2.5MB)
Appendix Q, Letter OLetters (Alphabetical Listings O) (2.3MB)
Appendix Q, Letter PLetters (Alphabetical Listings P) (2.8MB)
Appendix Q, Letter QLetters (Alphabetical Listings Q) (1.7MB)
Appendix Q, Letter RLetters (Alphabetical Listings R) (2.7MB)
Appendix Q, Letter SLetters (Alphabetical Listings S) (3.4MB)
Appendix Q, Letter TLetters (Alphabetical Listings T) (7.0MB)
Appendix Q, Letter ULetters (Alphabetical Listings U) (1.7MB)
Appendix Q, Letter VLetters (Alphabetical Listings V) (1.7MB)
Appendix Q, Letter WLetters (Alphabetical Listings W) (2.5MB)
Appendix Q, Letter YLetters (Alphabetical Listings Y) (1.7MB)
Appendix Q, Letter ZLetters (Alphabetical Listings Z) (1.7MB)
Appendix RPublic 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 SGeneral Responses
Appendix TPuget Sound Clean Air Agency Coordination
Appendix UBoeing Company Letter


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