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Byline: Matthew Brelis
Mar. 15--After a blue-ribbon panel was appointed to help frame questions about the need for a new runway at Logan Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration is expected next week to release an updated environmental impact statement on the controversial project.
Officials said the supplemental draft report is expected to be made public on March 23 and will, among other things, closely examine the increasing use of regional jets at Logan and whether they would be able to use the runway.
And Governor Paul Cellucci, a proponent of the runway, is expected on March 20 to announce the state filing its environmental statement with regulators.
Once the documents are filed, there is a 45-day public comment period. A public hearing on the FAA report will likely be held in April.
Federal officials said the public comment period is scheduled to end May 7. The FAA will then review the comments it received and the remarks from the public hearing and then issue a final impact statement.
Once the final report is issued -- not expected until the summer at the earliest -- the agency must wait at least 30 days to issue a so-called record of decision on whether ...