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Beyond NEPA…A Desk Reference for Airport Actions .

Beyond NEPA…A Desk Reference for Airport Actions . 31 st Annual Eastern Region Conf. Ed Melisky, APP-400, Environ. Spec. March 18, 2008. ENVIRONMENTAL DESK REFERENCE FOR AIRPORT ACTIONS. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF AIRPORTS, OFFICE OF AIRPORTS

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Beyond NEPA…A Desk Reference for Airport Actions .

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  1. Beyond NEPA…A Desk Reference for Airport Actions. 31st Annual Eastern Region Conf. Ed Melisky, APP-400, Environ. Spec. March 18, 2008.

  2. ENVIRONMENTAL DESK REFERENCE FOR AIRPORT ACTIONS FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF AIRPORTS, OFFICE OF AIRPORTS OFFICE OF AIRPORT PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING AIRPORTS PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISION, APP-400 OCTOBER 2007 http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/environmental/environmental_desk_ref/media/desk_ref.pdf ED MELISKY, 202-267-5869 edward.melisky@faa.gov

  3. WHY HAVE A DESK REFERNCE/ 1 OF BIGGEST CHANGES. - 5050.4B focuses on NEPA. - Compendium of reqs. outside NEPA - PRIMARY PURPOSE:Helps integrate those non-NEPA reqs. with NEPA. • Other agency orders focus on NEPA. - Reaction? Initially mixed, now liked.

  4. WHY HAVE THE REFERENCE? -Airports require lots of area. - Physical impacts are likely more severe than those due to other FAA actions. - Significance threshold review. - Desk Reference incorporates valuable info from 5050.4A and presents more than in 1E.

  5. WHY HAVE THE REFERNCE? Over 20 special purpose laws, regs or Executive/departmental orders…focus on airport actions. Some are… AIRFA Archeological and Hist. Preservation Act. Clean Water/ Clean Air Coastal barrier/zone ESA FWCA Executive Orders Farmland Protection Marine Mammal Pro. Magnuson-Stevens NAGPRA Section 6(f) of L&WCF Section 106 of NHPA Section 303c(4f) Section 47106c of 49 USC Wild and Scenic Rivers Uniform Relocation DOT Orders FAA Orders

  6. WHY HAVE THE REFERNCE? - Those laws, regulations, executive orders change more often than NEPA (NEPA regs changed in 1978). - Lackof updated information in 5050.4A was a legitimate concern. - Instead of issuing Supplemental Guidance Letters, (we issued >15)… - We’ll updatethe Desk Reference. - Internet= fastest, most direct, fastest, efficient way to deliver changed requirements, models, or methods.

  7. CONTENT. - Each resource has its own chapter. -Consistent format:__________________________________ Chapter # and Resource. 1. Introduction. 2. Table of applicable laws, regs, etc. 3. Applicability to airport development projects. 4. Permits, Certifications, and Approvals. 5. Regulatory compliance procedures – environmental analysis. 6. Determining impacts. 7. Determining impact significance. 8. Environmental Impact Statement content.

  8. ENFORCEMENT - Existing laws / regulations protect resources. - Enforcement occurs under the applicable laws, regulation(s) or executive order, not Desk Ref. - Desk reference is a compendium of existing laws regs. and focuses them on airports. For convenience and to help “streamline” your reviews.

  9. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!!

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