[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27199-27200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09718]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2022-0559; Notice of Availability Docket No. 22-ANE-6]


Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Assessment 
(Final EA)/Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Record of 
Decision (ROD) for a New Instrument Approach Procedure (IAP), Referred 
to as the Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Runway 
4 Left (4L) Procedure, to Runway 4L at Boston Logan International 
Airport (BOS)

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of 
Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The FAA, Eastern Service Center, is issuing this notice to 
advise the public of the availability of the Final Environmental 
Assessment (Final EA) and FAA's Finding of No Significant Impact 
(FONSI)/Record of Decision (ROD) to implement a new RNAV GPS arrival 
procedure to Runway 4L at BOS. The FAA issued its Final EA and FONSI/
ROD on May 4, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Veronda Johnson, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, 1701 
Columbia Avenue, College Park, Georgia 30337, (404) 305-5598. 
Additional information about the FAA's actions and environmental review 
of this project is available at the following website: 
FAABostonWorkshops.com.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final EA responds to agency and public 
comments received by the FAA and it updates the Draft EA, issued on 
September 21, 2020. The Final EA and FONSI/ROD documents that the 
Proposed Action is consistent with FAA Order 1050.1F, Environmental 
Impacts: Policies and Procedures and with existing national 
environmental policies and objectives set forth in Section 101 of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. 
(NEPA), Council on Environmental Quality regulations, 40 CFR parts 
1500-1508, the requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic 
Preservation Act, and all other applicable special purpose laws. The 
Proposed Action will not significantly affect the quality of the human 
environment or otherwise include any condition requiring consultation 
pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of NEPA, and that an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) is therefore not necessary. The FONSI/ROD documents the 
FAA's decision to implement the Proposed Action alternative as detailed 
in and supported by the Final EA. The proposed instrument approach 
procedure will enhance public aviation safety by providing pilots with 
lateral and vertical electronic guidance to ensure a stabilized 
approach to landing, particularly during marginal and poor weather 
conditions. The proposed instrument approach procedure will also reduce 
delays at the Airport by reducing the number of flights that must be 
canceled during times of poor weather, resulting in an increase in 
efficiency at the airport as well as the National Airspace System (NAS) 
as a whole.
    Availability: The Final EA and FONSI/ROD are available for review 
at the following locations:
    (1) Online at FAABostonWorkshops.com.
    (2) Electronic Versions of the Final EA and FONSI/ROD have been 
sent to twelve libraries in the vicinity of BOS with a request to make 
the digital document available to patrons. A list of these libraries is 
available online at the website above and is shown below. The FAA 
recognizes that libraries may be closed due to the COVID-19 public 
health emergency and, therefore, availability through these libraries 
may be impacted.

Boston Public Library, Central Library, 700 Boylston St., Boston, MA
Boston Public Library, Codman Square, 690 Washington St., Boston, MA
Boston Public Library, Fields Corner, 1520 Dorchester Avenue, 
Dorchester, MA
Boston Public Library, Grove Hall, 41 Geneva Avenue, Boston, MA
Boston Public Library, Lower Mills, 27 Richmond St., Boston, MA
Boston Public Library, Mattapan, 1350 Blue Hill Avenue, Boston, MA
Boston Public Library, Roxbury, 149 Dudley St. Roxbury, MA
Boston Public Library, South Boston, 646 E Broadway, South Boston, MA
Boston Public Library, South End, 685 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Milton Public Library 476 Canton Avenue, Milton, MA
Thomas Crane Public Library, 40 Washington St., Quincy, MA
Hyde Park Branch of the Boston Public Library, 35 Harvard Avenue, Hyde 
Park, MA

    (3) Further information about the FAA's actions and environmental 
review of this project is also available at the following website: 
https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/community_engagement/bos/.

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    If you are unable to access the documentation through one of these 
means, email [email protected] to request a copy of the document.
    The FAA previously published notice of this decision in the Federal 
Register on May 2, 2022 (87 FR 25691). The timing of that notice was 
made in error and is superseded by this notice.

Veronda Johnson,
EPS, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 2022-09718 Filed 5-5-22; 8:45 am]
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