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Record of Decision Issued

On September 28, 2009, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) Section 810 Evaluation for Proposed Improvement Activities at the Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport.

The ROD provides final determinations for federal actions needed to enhance aviation safety and protect current and future aviation uses at the airport. Included are descriptions of six proposed projects and the documented need for each project, alternatives to the proposed actions, environmental impacts associated with the actions and alternatives, and mitigation measures required to avoid or minimize environmental harm.

The ROD identifies the FAA's preferred and environmentally preferred alternatives, as well as those alternatives selected for implementation. The alternatives indentified in the ROD are:

• Runway Safety Area Alternative 5: Declared Distances with 280-Foot Landmass Expansion on Runway End 29 and Additional Runway Pavement
• Parallel Taxiway Alternative 3: Partial Extension of the Parallel Taxiway to Charcoal Island
• Seaplane Pullout Alternative 2: Construction of Fixed Ramp Seaplane Pullout on Charcoal Island
• Approach Lighting System Alternative 1: No Action
• Seawall Alternative 1: No Action
• Land Transfer Alternative 2: Transfer of Property Rights within Airport Boundary to Alaska from the United States using a Combination of Title Conveyance and Long-Term Lease or Easement

Release of this formal decision document concludes an environmental process that began in 2004 and included release of the Final EIS in May 2009.

Hard copies of the ROD are available for review at two locations as well as online here.

• Record of Decision Document
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