Environmental Impact Statement on the Effects of the Implementation of the Expanded East Coast Plan Over the State of New JerseyRecord of Decision

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Environmental Impact Statement on the Effects of the

Implementation of the Expanded East Coast Plan Over the State of New

Jersey--Record of Decision

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Issuance of the Record of Decision (ROD) for FAA's

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), ``Effects of Implementation of

the Expanded East Coast Plan (EECP) Over the State of New Jersey''.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and FAA Order 1050.1D, Policies and

Procedures for Considering Environmental Impacts, that FAA has decided

to adopt the preferred alternative with the Solberg Mitigation Proposal

identified in its final EIS (FEIS), ``Effects of Implementation of the

Expanded East Coast Plan Over the State of New Jersey''. This FEIS was

made available to the public on July 28, 1995. It was prepared in

accordance with Section 9119 of the Aviation Safety and Capacity

Expansion Act of 1990, Title IX Subtitle B of Public Law 101-508.

Based on a review of the administrative record, including the FEIS,

it is the FAA's final determination that continuation of existing EECP

aircraft routes, airspace delegation and air traffic control procedures

as modified by the Solberg Mitigation Proposal described in Section 7

of the ROD, and identified in the FEIS as the preferred alternative, is

approved. This alternative was also identified as the environmentally

preferable alternative in the FEIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. William J. Marx, Acting Deputy

Program Director for Air Traffic System Management, ATM-2, Federal

Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, DC

20591.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any person may obtain a copy of the ROD by

submitting a request to the FAA contact identified above. Appendix A of

the ROD contains responses to public comments on the FEIS.

The ROD will also be available for review at the following public

libraries:

Teaneck Public Library, 840 Teaneck Road, Teaneck, NJ 07868

Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street, P.O. Box 630, Newark, NJ

01701-0830

Parsippany-Troy Hills Free Public Library, P.O. Box 5303,

Parsippany, NJ 07054

Piscataway Township Free Public Library, John F. Kennedy Memorial

Library, 500 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NY 08854

Cherry Hill Free Public Library, 100 Kings Highway North, Cherry

Hill, NJ 08034

Jersey City Public Library, 472 Jersey Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07302-

3499, Attn: Directors Office

Staten Island, New York Public Library, St. George Library Center, 5

Central Place, Staten Island, NY 10301

Camden Free Public Library, 616 Broadway, Camden, NJ 08103

Vineland Free Public Library, 1058 E. Landis Ave., Vineland, NJ

08360

Middletown Township Public Library, 55 New Monmouth Road,

Middletown, NJ 07748

Free Public Library of the City of Trenton, 120 Academy Street,

Trenton, NJ 08607-2448

Ridgewood Public Library, 125 North Maple Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450-

3288

Free Public Library of Woodbridge, George Frederick Plaza,

Woodbridge, NJ 07195, Attn: Reference Desk

Elizabeth Public Library, 11 S. Broad Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07201

Paterson Free Public Library, Danforth Memorial Library, 250

Broadway, Paterson, NJ 07501

Cranford Public Library, 224 Walnut Ave., Cranford, NJ 07016

Rochelle Park Public Library, 405 Rochelle Ave., Rochelle Park, NJ

07882

Runnemede Public Library, Broadway and Black Horse Pike, P.O. Box

119, Runnemede, NJ 08078

Tinton Falls Public Library, 684 Tinton Ave., Tinton Falls, NJ 07724

New Jersey State Library, Department of Education, 185 W. State

Street, Trenton, NJ 08825-0520

Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Township, 1

Miller Road, Morristown, NJ 07960

Cape May County Library, Mechanic Street, Cay May Courthouse, NJ

08210

Ocean County Library, 101 Washington Street, Toms River, NJ 08753

Hunterdon County Library, Route 12, Flemington, NJ 08822

Sussex County Library, RD-3, Box 170, Route 655, Homestead Road,

Newton, NJ 07860

Warren County Library, Court House Annex, Belevedre, NJ 07823, Attn:

Reference Day Dept.

Atlantic City Library, 1 North Tennessee Ave., Atlantic City, NJ

08401

Gloucester County Library, 200 Holly Dell Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080

Somerset County Library, P.O. Box 6700, Bridgewater, NJ 08807

Salem Library, Broadway, Salem, NJ 08079

Burlington County Library, 1257 Westwoodlane Road, Mt. Holly, NJ

08060

Controversy about the effects of implementation of the EECP over

New Jersey led to a statutory requirement, Section 9119 of the Aviation

Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990, Title IX Subtitle B of

Public Law 101-508, for the FAA to prepare an EIS on these effects. FAA

was also directed to provide a report to Congress (RTC) with

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recommendations for modifications to the EECP or an explanation of why

such modification is not appropriate. The RTC is being transmitted to

Congress concurrently with the release of the ROD.

Although practicable mitigation measures other than the Solberg

Mitigation Proposal are not apparent at this time, the FAA's Eastern

Region intends to work with affected communities to explore

opportunities for mitigation of aircraft noise in the New York/New

Jersey metropolitan area. Future studies of air traffic routes and

procedures, outside the scope of the EIS, in the New York metropolitan

area will be needed for aeronautical and environmental reasons, as

noted in Chapter 2, Section 2.5 of the FEIS.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on October 30, 1995.

William J. Marx,

Acting Deputy Program Director for Air Traffic System Management.

[FR Doc. 95-27211 Filed 10-31-95; 8:45 am]

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