The Tier 2 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed South Suburban Airport (SSA) will address the construction of inaugural airport facilities at the SSA site in Will County, Illinois. This site was selected in the Tier 1 EIS and was approved in the FAA Record of Decision (ROD) issued on July 12, 2002. The proposed federal action being considered in the Tier 2 EIS is FAA approval of an Airport Layout Plan (ALP) for development, construction, certification and operation of an inaugural air carrier airport at the Will County site.

The Tier 2 EIS process began with issuance of a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS and to conduct environmental scoping. The NOI for the Tier 2 EIS was issued in the Federal Register on October 28, 2003. Legal notices announcing the same thing were also printed in area newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Joliet Herald-News, Daily Southtown, Star Newspaper and the Chicago Defender, on November 2, 2003. Two scoping meetings were held at Governors State University on December 3, 2003. Comments were accepted until December 19, 2003. Click on the links below to view the Tier 2 EIS Notice of Intent, the Tier 2 EIS Scoping Handout, and te Tier 2 EIS Scoping Document, which includes the NOI, Scoping Handout, newspaper notices, and all written and oral comments received by FAA.

Go to Tier 2 Scoping Page

• Tier 2 EIS Notice of Intent
• Tier 2 Scoping Handout
• Tier 2 Scoping Document

More information will be added to this site as work on the Tier 2 EIS progresses.