Transport i lotnictwo · 31.07.1995

Final Environmental Impact Statement; Effects of Changes in Aircraft Flight Patterns Over the State of New Jersey

On July 28, 1995, the FAA issued a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) required under Section 9119 of the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (ASCEA), Public Law 101-508. That section directed the FAA to prepare an EIS pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on the effects of changes in aircraft flight patterns over the State of New Jersey as a result of the implementation of the Expanded East Coast Plan (EECP). The proposed Federal action is to continue the current routes and procedures that were implemented as part of the EECP in 1987 and 1988, and modified to 1991. FAA has identified the continuation of current routes and procedures, as modified to incorporate a mitigation measure identified as the Solberg Mitigation Proposal, as both the preferred alternative and the environmentally preferable alternative. The Solberg Mitigation Proposal reduces aircraft noise in the Scotch Plains, and Fanwood areas of Union County, New Jersey. This is one of the five areas that experienced increased noise as a result of the implementation of the EECP. The FAA prepared the FEIS based upon the findings in the post- scoping document issued in June 1991, the