# Presentation: 173866

## 2005 ASW Partnership Conference

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

## Session Title

**“****Environmental Issues and Your Project”**

**Presented by:**
**FAA SW Region Environmental Team:**
**Tim Tandy**
**Paul Blackford**
**Lance Key**

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## Why Environmental Reviews ???

- NEPA:  The National Environmental Policy Act Of 1969, established a national environmental policy.
- Signed into law Jan. 1, 1970.

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## Who Participates in the NEPA Process?

**Applies to all Federal Agencies.**
**Implementation involves state agencies, local governments, third-party contractors, interested groups & concerned citizens.  **
**Non Federal activity is subject to NEPA when it requires a permit, regulatory decision, or funding from a Federal Agency.**

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## Types of Documentation Found Under NEPA

- Categorical Exclusion (CATEX)
- Environmental Assessment (EA)
- Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
- Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
- Record of Decision (ROD)

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## How To Determine Which Documentation To Use

**Normal**
**Categorical**
**Exclusion**

**Prepare**
**EA**

**Are Impacts Significant?**

**Prepare**
**EIS**

**NO**

**YES**

**YES**

**YES**

**FONSI**

**NO**

**No Further**
**Environmental**
**Documentation**

**Do**
**Extraordinary**
**Circumstances**
**Apply?**

**NO**

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## Categorical Exclusion(CATEX)

**(Unless there are extraordinary circumstances)**

**EIS**

**EA**

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## Categorical Exclusion

**FAA Order 1050.1E lists the type of actions that can be categorically excluded, provided no “Extraordinary Circumstances” exist.**

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## CATEX Process

**Define proposed action**
**Review proposed action with list of categorical exclusions**
**Review action for extraordinary circumstances**
**Issue & file a CATEX determination if extraordinary circumstances are not involved**
**Proceed with action**

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## ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT
(EA)

**ASSESSMENT**
**(EA)**

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## When to Prepare an EA

**When the action is not categorically excluded;**
**When the action is normally categorically excluded, but in this instance involves at least one extraordinary circumstance;**
**The action is highly controversial on environmental grounds;**
**The action is not one known to normally  require an EIS and is not categorically excluded.**

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## Environmental Assessment

**The EA is normally prepared by the sponsor or for the sponsor by a third party**
**FAA reviews the EA and may require corrections or additional information before accepting the document**
**The EA becomes a Federal document (Federalized) when signed by the responsible official**
**Remember!  No action can begin until the environmental determination has been completed**

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## EnvironmentalAssessment -“Content”

**States **_***Purpose and Need***_**;**
**Identifies Alternatives (includes “no action” and the “proposed action”);**
**Describes “affected” environment;**
**Discusses environmental consequences for impact categories;**
**Identifies the preparers & their qualifications.**

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## “Purpose and Need”A discussion that clearly:

**Identifies the problem facing the sponsor (the need for the action);**
**Proposes a solution to the problem (the purpose of the action); and **
**Proposes a timeframe for implementation.**
_**The purpose and need **__***must***__** be clearly justified and stated in terms understandable to individuals not familiar with aviation activities.**_

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## Environmental ImpactStatement (EIS)

**An EIS is a **_***detailed***_** written statement as required by Section 102(2)(C) of NEPA.**

**EIS**

**EIS**

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## When is an EIS Required

**With every recommendation for a major federal action **_***significantly affecting***_** the quality of the human environment.**

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## Impact CategoriesFAA Order 1050.1E

**Noise**
**Compatible Land Use**
**Social (Environmental Justice, Children’s Environmental Health, Safety Risks, Socioeconomic Impacts)**
**Air Quality**
**Water Quality**
**Dept. of Transportation Act Section 4(f)**
**Secondary (Induced) Impacts**

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## Impact Categories (Cont.)FAA Order 1050.1E

**Historic, Architectural, Archeological, & Cultural Resources**
**Fish, Wildlife and Plants**
**Wetlands**
**Floodplains and Floodways**
**Coastal Resources**
**Wild and Scenic Rivers**
**Farmlands**

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## Impact Categories (Cont.)FAA Order 1050.1E

**Natural Resources, Energy Supply & Sustainable Design**
**Light Emissions and Visual Impacts**
**Hazardous Materials, Pollution Prevention, and Solid Waste**
**Construction Impacts**

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## Where are FAA Guidelines & Procedures Found?

**FAA Order 1050.1E**
_**“**__**Policies and  Procedures for Considering Environmental Impacts”**_
**FAA Order 5050.4A**
_**“**__**Airport Environmental Handbook”**_
**(Update due October 2005)**

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## Useful Internet Sites

**Links to FAA Order 5050.4A, Order 1050.1E and FAA Records of Decision (ROD’s):**
**faa.gov/arp/environmental**

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## Useful Internet Sites

**Links to the following:**
**FAA Order 1050.1E**
**CEQ and EPA NEPA Sites**
**40 Most Asked Questions Concerning CEQ’s NEPA Regulations**
**NEPA**
**www.aee.faa.gov/aee-200**

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## Case Study Map

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## Case Study Map with potential Environmental Impacts

***Hazardous Material, Solid Waste**

***Noise**

***Sec. 4-f**

***Fish, Wildlife, Plants**

***Coastal Resources**

***Construction Impacts**

***Sec. 4-f**

***Wild & Scenic River**

***Fish, Wildlife, Plants**
***Floodplains**

***Farmlands**

***Historical,**
**Archeological,**
**Cultural Resources**

***Noise**
***Air Quality**
***Socio-Economic**
***Light Emissions/Visual Impacts**

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## ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS MAY TRIGGER:

**Historical Survey**
**Tribal Consultation (FAA)**
**Section 106 Determination**
**Air Conformity Determination**
**Noise Contour Maps**
**Environmental Due Diligence Audit (EDDA)**
**Biological Survey**
**Incidental Take Permit – USF&WS**
**Corp of Engineer 404 Permit**

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**Questions **
**And**
**Discussion**

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## “Environmental Issues and Your Project”

**THE **
**END**

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