Public Notice

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) has completed a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate potential environmental impacts associated with proposed safety improvement projects planned for T.F. Green State Airport (PVD). The proposed safety improvement projects include the removal of off-airport obstructions (trees) to the Airport’s protected airspace. This document provides the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with the information necessary to determine whether impacts associated with the proposed project have the potential to contribute to cumulative impacts to the environment. Based on this determination, the FAA will either issue a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) or the agency will require the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to further analyze the proposed projects and associated impacts.

The EA will be posted on RIAC’s website, available at the Warwick Public Library, 600 Sandy Lane, Warwick, and by calling 401-691-2000. Public comments must be received in writing or via email by 5 pm Monday February 16, 2015. Public comments will be included in the Final EA and submitted to the FAA for review and consideration. Forward comments to:

Gregg Cohen

Stantec Consulting Services Inc.

482 Payne Road

Scarborough, ME. 04074

gregg.cohen@stantec.com

Two Public Informational Meetings have been scheduled to present the project. One meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at TF Green Airport in the Mary Brennan Board Room (2d Floor), 2000 Post Road, Warwick at 6pm. The Board Room is accessible to the handicapped. Those requesting interpreter services for the hearing impacted must contact Sherri-Ann Penta 401-691-2279 forty-eight (48) hours in advance of meeting. The second meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at the Warwick Central Library, 600 Sandy Lane, Warwick, RI at 6pm.

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