Environmental Impact Statement: New Orleans International Airport, New Orleans, Louisiana

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The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared and considered for a proposed new air carrier runway and a taxiway conversion to a general aviation runway at New Orleans International Airport. The existing north-south Runway \1/19\ does not provide full instrument capabilities, nor is it feasible to expand the runway to meet design standards to provide these capabilities because of its proximity to Airport Access Road and the Interstate 10 overpass. While the proposed runway is to provide the capacity to meet near-term forecast peak- period demands when the airport is experiencing low visibility, it would also provide capacity to meet longer-term demands during all weather conditions. Some of the alternatives being considered are the no action; north/south parallel to existing Runway \1/19\; as well as an 8 degree canted north/south alignment. The conversion of the east- west Taxiway G to a runway is intended to serve general aviation (GA) aircraft using the recently constructed northside facilities, allowing air traffic controller separation of lower-speed GA aircraft from higher performance aircraft. The alternativ