1. Notice of EIE for Wildlife Hazard Deterrent Fence at Hartford-Brainard Airport

Project Title:  Connecticut Airport Authority (CAA) Installation of a Wildlife Deterrent Fence

Municipalities where project is proposed:  City of Hartford, Town of Wethersfield

Address of Possible Project Location:  Hartford – Brainard Airport, Maxim Road, Hartford, CT

Project Description: This DRAFT Environmental Assessment (EA)/Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE) was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Connecticut Environmental Policy Act (CEPA) to address potential impacts associated with the installation of a wildlife deterrent fence while providing the opportunity for public involvement and comments, since the project is partially funded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).  The airport is a public-use General Aviation airport located entirely in the City of Hartford, Connecticut owned and operated by the CAA.  All action alternatives were found to not be reasonable, feasible or practicable upon preliminary review, and the project will not be implemented at this time.

The purpose of the project was to enclose the entire Hartford-Brainard Airport with an 8 foot chain link fence with a 3 foot horizontal burrowing deterrent chain link “skirt” attached to the bottom and 3 strands of barbed wire on the top, in accordance with FAA specifications. The need for the proposed project is to protect aircraft and their passengers from hazardous conditions at the airport as a result of medium to large sized wildlife, including deer, coyote, raccoons and woodchuck, from entering the airport property.  The airport is currently surrounded on the three landward sides by a wildlife fence.  The project would have included inspection of and repairs to this fence, as well as the installation of additional fencing along a portion of the airport abutting Clark Dike and the Connecticut River.

Project Map of proposed action and alternatives:  http://public.ctairports.org/dl/HFD-Wildlife_Fence/Plan/.  Click here to view a map of the project area.

Written comments on this DRAFT EIE will be accepted until the close of business on: May 6, 2016.

The public can view a copy of the DRAFT EIE at:  http://public.ctairports.org/dl/HFD-Wildlife_Fence/Report/.

Written comments about this DRAFT EIE should be sent to:

If you have questions on where you can review this DRAFT EIE, or similar matters, please contact:

A formal public hearing as not been scheduled.  The sponsoring agency (CAA) will hold a public hearing on the draft evaluation if twenty-five persons, or if an association having not less than twenty-five persons, requests such a hearing within ten days of the publication of this notice in the Environmental Monitor, April 1, 2016.