Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Potomac Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) Facility, VA,

[Federal Register: June 9, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 110)]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Availability of the Record of Decision on the Potomac Consolidated Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) Facility

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision for the Potomac Consolidated TRACON.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and FAA Order 1050.ID, Policies and Procedures for Considering Environmental Impacts, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has made a final determination to consolidate the workforces and functions of the four Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facilities in the Baltimore-Washington area. These four stand-alone TRACONs are located at Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI), Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), and Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD); and the FAA operated TRACON located at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland (ADW). The facility will be called the Potomac Consolidated TRACON (PCT) and will be housed in a new building to be constructed at the former Vint Hill Farms Station in Fauquier County, Virginia.

The PCT will be established in a manner consistent with the alternative ``Consolidation of DCA, IAD, BWI, and ADW TRACONs'' described in the Final

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Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) as the preferred alternative. The FAA issued the FEIS on April 19, 1999. The FEIS analyzed two alternatives in detail. The first or No Action alternative would require physical replacement of the Baltimore and Dulles TRACONs, but would not consolidate the four facilities. The second or preferred alternative would provide full consolidation at one of two possible locations. The FEIS identified the preferred location as Vint Hill Farms.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE RECORD OF DECISION CONTACT: Mr. Joseph Champley, Project Support Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, (800) 762-9531, Email: joe.champley@faa.gov.

The Record of Decision can be viewed on the Internet at http:// www.faa.gov/ats/potomac.

Dated: June 3, 1999 in Washington, DC. John Mayrhofer, Director, TRACON Development Program.

[FR Doc. 99-14616Filed6-8-99; 8:45 am]

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