# Presentation: 142689

## 2005 ASW Partnership Conference

**March 9 & 10, 2005**
**Fort Worth, Texas**

## Session Title

**Air Quality, Noise & Miscellaneous Environmental Issues**

**Presented by:**
**Dean McMath,**
**Regional Environmental Programs Manager,**
**Planning and Programming Branch**

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## Air Quality

**Ozone Standards have changed.**
**1hour at .12ppm is now 8 hours at .08 ppm.**
**Effective Date:  November 29, 2004.**
**New Counties added to Nonattainment Areas.**

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## Air Quality

_**8-Hour Standard Nonattainment Areas**_
** ****ARKANSAS   **
**	****	****Crittenden County****     **
** ****LOUISIANA   **
**	****	****Ascension Parish**
**	****	****East Baton Rouge Parish**
**	****	****Iberville Parish**
**	****	****Livingston Parish**
**	****	****West Baton Rouge Parish**** **

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## Air Quality

_**8-Hour Standard Nonattainment Areas**_
**TEXAS   **
**	****Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX (Marginal)                                                                                                                                               ****	****Hardin, Jefferson, & Orange Counties**
**	****Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (Moderate)                                                                                                                                                  ****	****Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, ****	****Parker, Rockwall, & Tarrant Counties                          **
**	****Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX (Moderate)                                                                                                                                         ****	****Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, ****	****Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, & Waller Counties                         **
**	****San Antonio, TX (Subpart 1 EAC)                                                                                                                                                   ****	****Bexar, Comal, & Guadalupe Counties**

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## Air Quality

_**Maintenance Areas**_
**	****LOUISIANA**
**	****	****Beauregard, Calcasieu, Grant, Jefferson, ****	****Lafayette, Lafourche, Orleans, Pointe Coupee, ****	****St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, & **
**	****	****St. Mary Parishes****             **
**	****TEXAS   **
**	****	****Victoria County **

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## Air Quality

- Bad News – General Conformity Applies.
- Good News - Eligible for VALE!

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## Noise

**Good News -EIS noise mitigation now eligible for air/noise set-aside funds.**
**Bad News – Vision 100 prevents funding below 65 DNL for Part 150 mitigation through 2007.**
**Good News – Environmental mitigation below 65 DNL still eligible with provisions.**
**Mixed News - Noise funding decisions will be made from Regional level rather than ADO level.**
**Good News – Delegation of Part 150 NCP approvals to begin next fiscal year.**

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## Regional Environmental Team

**500 Categorical Exclusions**
**33 Environmental Assessments**
**6 Environmental Impact Statements**
**13 Part 150 Studies**
**The environmental workload does not follow ADO boundaries!**

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## Regional Environmental Team

- 			_**AR/OK ADO**_**	****   **_**LA/NM ADO**_**	**_**TX ADO**_
**EAs****	****	****	****5****	****	**** 19****	****	****  9**
**EISs****	****	****  ****	****1****	****	****  4****	**** ****	****  1**
**Part 150s****	****	**_**1**_**	****	**** **_** 6**_**	****	**** **_** 6**_
**Total****	****	****	****7****	****	**** 29****	****	**** 16**

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## Regional Environmental Team

**AR/OK ADO – Tim Tandy**
**LA/NM ADO - Joy Porter**
**TX ADO – Paul Blackford**
**Planning & Programming Branch**
**Lance Key**
**Dean McMath**

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## Regional Environmental Team

**Joy, Tim, & Paul will continue to work in their geographic areas to the extent possible.**
**However, they can “float” among the other ADOs, providing support where needed.**
**Lance will also “float” among the ADOs as his workload allows.**
**Dean serves as Team Leader in addition to his regular workload.**

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## Good Planning = Timely Environmentals

**Have a good Master Plan that identifies & justifies needs.**
**Develop good forecasts within 10% of TAF, or justify/document difference.**
**Develop good CIP.**
**Start environmentals on time.**
**CEs – fiscal year prior to project,**
**EAs – 2 fiscal years prior to project, and**
**EISs – 3 fiscal years prior to project.**
**Don’t start without us!  Let us help with Scopes of Work.**

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## Contact Us!

**Dean McMath, ASW-610, dean.mcmath@faa.gov, 817-222-5617**
**Lance Key, ASW-615,   lance.key@faa.gov, 817-222-5681**
**Tim Tandy, ASW-630D,  tim.tandy@faa.gov, 817-222-5635**
**Joy Porter, ASW-640D, joy.porter@faa.gov, 817-222-5644**
**Paul Blackford, ASW-652B, paul.blackford@faa.gov, 817-222-5607**

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## Air Quality, Noise & Miscellaneous Environmental Issues

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