The Authority has hired MacFarland Johnson, a nationally recognized and accredited planning, design, and construction administration firm specializing in airport projects to conduct the FAA-funded and overseen Environmental Assessment (EA) of the proposed project. The thorough process is anticipated to take one year and will look at all environmental issues surrounding the project including but not limited to noise, air quality, wetlands and wildlife. The public will have many opportunities to engage in the EA process. There are guidelines for airport operations in terms of design, systems, ramp and taxi movement, and other elements that are prescribed by Airport Carbon Accreditation which is an international global carbon management certification program for airports. It provides six levels of certification. Avports has some experience with this system since Teterboro and Detroit Metropolitian have gone through some portion of the six step accreditation process.