The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF), in cooperation with the Federal Aviation Administration, is soliciting comments on a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for a proposed project to rehabilitate the Toksook Bay Airport, airport access road, and associated facilities.  The purpose of the proposed project is to rehabilitate the Toksook Bay Airport, Airport Access Road, and associated facilities and to bring the runway safety area (RSA) and taxiway safety area (TSA) to current design standards.

The Draft EA can be viewed online at:

http://dot.alaska.gov/creg/PDE/projects/CFAPT00111_ToksookBayAirportImprovments/CFAPT00111_DraftEnvironmentalAssessment_01032018.pdf 

Hard copies of the Draft EA are available for public review at the Toksook Bay City Clerk’s Office, the ARLIS Library in Anchorage, and the DOT&PF Central Region Aviation or Preliminary Design and Engineering sections.

A Public Hearing to address public comments on the Draft EA is not planned at this time. If you would like to request a Public Hearing, please submit your request to DOT&PF by January 31, 2018.

Written comments can also be sent to the address below by February 20, 2018.

Brian Elliott, Regional Environmental Manager
DOT&PF Preliminary Design & Environmental
P.O. Box 196900
Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6900

If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Luke Bowland, P.E., Project Manager, at 269-0891 for engineering inquiries, or Kim Campo-Allen, Environmental Analyst, at 269-0533.

Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, be advised that your entire comment – including your personal identifying information – may be made publically available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold from public review your personal identifying information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

It is the policy of the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) that no person shall be excluded from participation in, or be denied benefits of any and all programs or activities we provide based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, ability, or national origin, regardless of the funding source including Federal Transit Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Highway Administration and State of Alaska Funds.

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