Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Technical Conference

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and To Hold

an Environmental Scoping Meeting for Airport Improvements at Manchester

Airport, Manchester, New Hampshire

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration.

ACTION: Notice of public environmental scoping meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing notice to

advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be

prepared for airport improvements under consideration by the City of

Manchester Department of Aviation for Manchester Airport in the City of

Manchester and Town of Londonderry, New Hampshire. To insure that all

significant issues related to this planning effort are identified, a

public scoping meeting will be held.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Silva, Environmental Program

Manager, Federal Aviation Administration, New

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England Region, Airports Division, 12 New England Executive Park,

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803. Telephone no.: 617-238-7602.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA, in cooperation with the City of

Manchester Department of Aviation, will prepare an EIS on a proposal to

implement a program of airfield and terminal area improvements to meet

current and future safety and capacity demands.

The EIS will evaluate a range of actions, including runway and

taxiway improvements for Runways 17-35 and 6-24 as well as improvements

to the Terminal Complex; Air Cargo Facilities; Aircraft Rescue and

Firefighting, and Maintenance/Snow Removal buildings; and Traffic and

Access routes.

Comments and suggestions are invited from federal, state, and local

agencies, and other interested parties, in order to ensure that a full

range of issues related to the airfield and terminal area improvements

under consideration are identified and addressed in the scope of work

for the EIS.

PUBLIC SCOPING MEETINGS: In order to provide for both agency and public

input, two scoping sessions have been scheduled on October 19, 1995. An

afternoon Agency Scoping Meeting will be held for federal, state and

local agencies at 1:00 pm in the 3rd floor Board Room at Manchester

Airport. An evening Public Scoping Workshop for public input will be

held at 5:00 pm. This meeting, to which agency personnel are invited,

will be held at the Londonderry High School cafeteria (on the left side

of the building), 295 Mammoth Road, Londonderry, New Hampshire.

Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on September 8, 1995.

John C. Silva,

Acting Manager, Airports Division, FAA, New England Region.

[FR Doc. 95-23906 Filed 9-15-95; 8:45 am]

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