EDA is assessing environmental impacts of a proposed airport construction project.

PUBLIC NOTICE The U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration (EDA) is considering a request for Federal assistance from County of Hernando to construct the Brooksville – Tampa Bay Regional Airport Critical Construction Project in Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida. Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), EDA is conducting an assessment of the potential of the proposed project to affect the environment and/or historic properties. Notice is hereby given that the project is proposed to be located in, or may affect, a floodplain and/or wetland as defined by Executive Order (EO) 11988 and/or EO 11990. The project is the rehabilitation of an existing, abandoned runway to be repurposed as a new taxiway and to enhance airside infrastructure and sites on the southwest side of the proposed taxiway. The project will be located at Brooksville –Tampa Bay Regional Airport Regional Airport(BKV), 15800 Flight Path Drive, Brooksville, Florida 34604. Project information is available for review at applicant’s office, Hernando County Board of County Commissioners Administration Office, 15470 Flight Path Drive, Brooksville, FL and 352-754-4020. If you have any information regarding potential impacts to historic properties or environmental resources including wetlands or floodplains associated with this proposed project, please provide any comments by email to ATRO-REO@eda.gov. Comments received by 5:00 pm Eastern on March 15th, 2026, will be considered. A copy of the NEPA/NHPA decisional document will be available upon request at the EDA Atlanta Regional Office. 7679-334662 Feb. 6, 13, 2026