TF Green Airport EIS

Responses to Comments on the DEIS

FAA Order 5050.4B, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Implementing Instruction for Airport Actions, section 1200 requires that the FEIS contains FAA's responses to all substantive comments on the DEIS, to comply with 40 CFR 1503.4(a), and requires that all substantive comments are attached to the FEIS. Volume 3 and Volume 4 contain the comment letters and transcript of the public hearing on the DEIS. Specifically, Volume 3 includes the federal, elected official, state, non-governmental organization, public, and verbal comments and responses, as well as the comments and responses to letters received by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on the DEIS. These comments and responses are found on pages A-59 through A-614. Volume 4 includes the City of Warwick's comments and responses. These comments and responses are found on pages A-615 through A-1184. Comment letters were received during the comment period which was open from July 16, 2010 through September 15, 2010. The public hearing was held on August 17, 2010.

Each comment on the T.F. Green Airport Improvement Program has been assigned a unique code, appearing on the left-hand side of the letter. A direct narrative response to each comment appears to the right, and is identified with the corresponding comment code.

The following list of comment letters and verbal comments made at the public hearing is provided to allow commenters to locate their comments and others of interest.
Federal Full PDF
Item Code Item Name
F-001 U.S. EPA
F-002 National Park Service
 
State Official Full PDF
Item Code Item Name
O-001 Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri
O-002 Rhode Island Representative Joseph M. McNamara
 
State Agency Full PDF
Item Code Item Name
S-001 Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council
S-002 Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
S-003 Rhode Island Department of Transportation
S-004 Rhode Island Rivers Council
S-005 Rhode Island State Historic Preservation and Heritage Commission
 
City Full PDF
Item Code Item Name
C-001 Mayor Scott Avedisian Comments from the Public Hearing
C-002 City of Warwick Comments on the DEIS
C-003 City of Warwick Comments on the Section 404 Permit Application
C-004 Warwick Historic District Commission
 
NGO Full PDF
Item Code Item Name
N-001 Buckeye Brook Coalition
N-002 Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce
N-003 Hispanic American Chamber of Commerce
N-004 Save the Bay
N-005 The Providence Foundation
 
Public Full PDF
Item Code Item Name
P-001 Michael Ashworth
P-002 Robert & Cheryl Berube
P-003 Gregory Birmingham
P-004 Phyllis Blanchette
P-005 Andrea Bourque
P-006 Donna Brown
P-007 Nathan Brown
P-008 Robert Buratti
P-009 Dean & Pamela Burdon
P-010 Doyle Byrd
P-011 Kevin Cabral
P-012 Jeffrey Caldwell
P-013 Michael Capuano
P-014 Vicki Carlson-Clark
P-015 Gregory Carson
P-016 Tracy Carson
P-017 Matthew Carty
P-018 Christopher Cavanaugh
P-019 Paul Choquette
P-020 K MacArthur Coates
P-021 Geoff Cook
P-022 Ralph Coppola
P-023 David & Stacy Coutu
P-024 Dick Coutu
P-025 Karen Cross
P-026 Jay Cumming
P-027 Peter Cusick
P-028 Philip D'Ercole
P-029 Roy Dempsey
P-030 James Devanney
P-031 John Dolan
P-032 Chris Doppke
P-033 Dawn Dupuis
P-034 Lena Elliot
P-035 L Farias
P-036 Joseph Fournier
P-037 Jason Fowler
P-038 David Gilden
P-039 Sheila Gold
P-040 Carol Grady
P-041 Michael Hubbard
P-042 Mary Jacobs
P-043 Colleen Kennedy-Daniels
P-044 Marie Kessel
P-045 Margie La Grant
P-046 Richard Langseth
P-047 Suzanne Levasseur
P-048 Michael Lill
P-049 Jennifer Lynch
P-050 Kathryn Mandel
P-051 Ethel Martin
P-052 Beatrice McGeoch
P-053 David McIntyre
P-054 Miles Moore
P-055 Don Morash
P-056 Dan Murphy
P-057 Chris Neale
P-058 Rosalind Newton
P-059 Joan O'Sullivan
P-060 John Partridge
P-061 Preston Pelkey
P-062 Robert Peterson
P-063 Hope Pilkington
P-064 Dick Plotkin
P-065 Lynn Pohl
P-066 Henry Poitras
P-067 Helen Previty
P-068 Charleine Pruenca
P-069 Ronald & Maureen Ricapito
P-070 Karen Ritchie
P-071 Daniel Rosenbaum
P-072 James Rugh
P-073 James Sarafian
P-074 Linda Schlossberg
P-075 Paul Schoonmaker
P-076 George Shuster
P-077 Bruce Simpson
P-078 Janet & Richard Smith
P-079 Amanda Soares
P-080 Steven Stycos
P-081 Dan Sullivan
P-082 Jodie Sutphen
P-083 Carla Swanson
P-084 Betty Tejada
P-085 Peter Terreri
P-086 Jennifer Thayer
P-087 Domenic Vacca
P-088 Sulma Valentine
P-089 Neal Walsh
P-090 William Warburton
P-091 Debra Woodworth
P-092 Arthur Yatsko
P-093 Heidi and Joseph Zalobowski
 
Hearing Transcript Full PDF
Item Code Item Name
T-001 EIS Team
T-002 Mayor Scott Avedisian
T-003 Laurie White
T-004 Representative Joe McNamara
T-005 Richard Plotkin
T-006 Senator William Walaska
T-007 Richard Langseth
T-008 Marlene Simes
T-009 Joan McGraw
T-010 Hope Pilkington
T-011 Henry Poitras
T-012 Alice Buratti
T-013 Robert Buratti
T-014 John Kokot
T-015 Troy Vacca
T-016 Michael Lill
T-017 Lauren Porter
T-018 Harry Bogosian
T-019 Representative Al Gemma
T-020 Ross Adrain
T-021 Paul Earnshaw
T-022 Lori Earnshaw
T-023 Steven Merolla
T-024 James Monti
T-025 Will Thompson
T-026 Jacqueline Ingalls
T-027 Mike Capuano
T-028 Rose Higgins
T-029 Paul Gibbs
T-030 Daniel Rosenbaum
T-031 Karen Young
T-032 David Bennett
T-033 Timothy Dean
T-034 Preston Pelkey
T-035 John Seamans
T-036 Lisa Martin
T-037 David Coutu
T-038 Dan Murphy
T-039 William Heow
T-040 Roy Dempsey
T-041 Joan McGraw
T-042 Richard Langseth
T-043 William Hickey
T-044 Gerard Beauchame
T-045 Neil Amper
T-046 Dominic Vacca
T-047 Mark Zappe
T-048 Bob Peterson
T-049 Doyle Byrd
T-050 Ross Adrain
 
Comments Received by the USACE Full PDF
Item Code Item Name
F-001 Comments Received by the USACE on the DEIS

Summary Responses

Adobe PDF fileSummary Responses Document (Adobe PDF, 0.6MB)

The link above provides the summary responses to comments on topics that were frequently submitted by commenters. In the individualized responses to comments, the FAA may refer readers to a summary response which provides more detail on technical analyses, or provides a specific response to a particular comment. These summaries also provide the reader with an overview of the key issues that were raised during the DEIS comment period. The same summary responses are provided in both Volume 3 and Volume 4 for convenient reference for reviewers.

Compiled Comments & Responses by Volume

These files below are very large Adobe PDF files. It is recommended that you save these files to your computer before viewing. If you are unable to download these files or would prefer to receive an electronic copy, a DVD can be provided upon request. Please contact us if you would like to receive a DVD.

Adobe PDF fileComplete Comments & Responses Volume 3 (Adobe PDF, 191MB)
Adobe PDF fileComplete Comments & Responses Volume 4 (Adobe PDF, 218MB)