Handout - Orlando International Airport

East Airfield Development Area
Draft Environmental Assessment
East Airfield Development Area
Draft Environmental Assessment
THE GREATER ORLANDO
AVIATION AUTHORITY
ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Who we are:
The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority is governed by a sevenmember
board; the Mayor of the City of Orlando, the Mayor of Orange
County, and five other members who are appointed by the Governer of
the State of Florida, subject to confirmation of the Senate.
The airport is operated by the Executive Director, who is appointed by
the Authority, and his staff of nearly 650 full-time employees.
Our Mission:
Create, operate and maintain first class, state-of-the-art, user friendly
facilities for our traveling public and the Central Florida Region
Our Goals:
• Be a major player in global transportation
• Create an experience the traveler and customer see as safe, secure,
comfortable, efficient and affordable
• Create mutually successful partnerships based on shared interests
• Create and embody entrepreneurial attitudes in an environment
of trust
• Promote and enhance professional excellence, accountability and
behavior consistent with GOAA values
Airports & Facilities
ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
- 4 runways
- 96 gates
- 13,300 acres of land
ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT
- 2 runways
- approximately 156,000 operations annually
- serves as a general aviation reliever facility
Source: http://www.orlandoairports.net
• 35.6 million passengers a year
• Approximately 97,000 passengers per day
• Approximately 335,000 aircraft operations a year
• 3rd busiest origin & destination airport (US)
• 11th busiest airport in passenger traffic (US)
• 22nd busiest airport in the world
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THE EAST AIRFIELD
DEVELOPMENT AREA
• Background
- 1,325 acres
- 1,125.17 acres of the
Gee Bee Parcel were
acquired from 1987-1994
- 176.2 acres of the Bush
Parcel were acquired in
2005
- Included in the City of
Orlando SE Sector Plan
with Land Use
designated as Airport
Support District- High
Intensity
- DRI Status – Not included
in the current development
order
PROPOSED PROJECT
CONCEPT PLAN
• Planned Uses
- Airport Support District High Intensity Uses –
aircraft maintenance, aircraft manufacturing,
air cargo facilities
- Airport Support District Medium Intensity Uses –
aviation related business offices, flight training centers,
air traffic control facilities
- Fuel Farm
- Surface Water Management Areas
Source: http://www.orlandoairports.net
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WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS OF AN EA?
• Proposed Action
• Purpose and Need
• Alternative Analysis
• Affected Environment
• Environmental Consequences
• Mitigation
• List of Preparers
• List of Agencies and Persons
Consulted
Information Source: USDOT FAA ORDER 1050.1E (2006)
WHAT ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL
CATEGORIES REVIEWED IN THE EA?
• Air Quality
• Biotic Resources
• Coastal Barriers
• Coastal Zone Management
• Compatible Land Use
• Construction Impacts
• Department of Transportation
Act: Section 4(f)
• Federally-listed Endangered
and Threatened Species
• Energy Supplies, Natural
Resources, and Sustainable
Design
• Environmental Justice
• Farmlands
• Floodplains
• Hazardous Materials,
• Historic, Architectural,
Archaeological and
Cultural Resources
• Induced Socioeconomic
• Light Emissions and
Visual Impacts
• Noise
• Social Impacts
• Solid Waste
• Water Quality
• Wetlands
• Wild and Scenic Rivers
• Cumulative Impacts
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ON-SITE ALTERNATIVES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
DETERMINATION – SUMMARY TABLE
Category
Significance Threshold
Significant
Impact
No
Significant
Impact with
Mitigation
No
Significant
Impact
Project exceeds one or more of the National Ambient Air Quality
Air Quality
X
Standards (NAAQS)
Biotic Resources Action effect on population dynamics X
Action effects on sustainability and reproduction rates
X
Compatible Land Use
Section 4(f) Resources
Federally-listed Endangered
or Threatened Species
Natural and artificial mortality
The minimum population size needed to maintain the affected
populations
Same threshold as noise –
A DNL 1.5 dB increase at a noise sensitive use within the DNL 65 dB
Project constitutes a “use” or “constructive use” of potential Section
4(f) properties
USFWS or NMFS determines that the action would likely jeopardize
the continued existence of a federally-listed species under the ESA
Destruction or adverse modification of designated critical habitat under
the ESA
Energy Supply, Natural
Resources, and Sustainable Project energy demands exceed available supply.
X
Design
Floodplains
Notable adverse impacts on natural and beneficial floodplain values
X
would occur
Hazardous Materials Action involves a property on or eligible for the National Priority List X
The sponsor would have difficulty meeting applicable local, state, or
X
Federal laws and regulations hazardous materials.
There is an unresolved issue regarding hazardous materials X
Historic and Archeological Action adversely affects a protected property under NHPA X
1
SHPO or THPO findings of adverse affects on protected property.
X
Noise A DNL 1.5 dB increase at a noise sensitive area within the DNL 65 dB X
Social Impacts
The action would cause extensive relocation, but sufficient
X
replacement housing in unavailable
The action would cause extensive relocation of community businesses
X
that would cause severe economic hardship for affected communities.
2
Substantial reduction in Level of Service for roads serving the airport
X
area.
Substantial loss in community tax base.
X
Water Quality Action would not meet water quality standards. X
3
Wetlands
Adversely affect a wetland’s function to protect the quality or quantity
of a municipal water supply, including sole source aquifers and a
X
potable water aquifer.
Substantially alter the hydrology needed to sustain the affected
wetland’s values and functions or those of a wetland to which it is
X
connected.
Substantially reduce the affected wetlands’ ability to retain floodwaters
or storm runoff, thereby threatening public health, safety or welfare.
4
X
The last term includes cultural, recreational, and scientific public
resources or property.
Adversely affect the maintenance of natural systems supporting
wildlife and fish habitat or economically-important timber, food, or fiber
X
resources of the affected or surrounding wetlands.
Promote development that causes any of the above impacts.
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
5
Be inconsistent with applicable State wetland strategies.
X
Cumulative Impacts Cumulative effect of the Proposed Action will exceed the significance X
Source of Significance Thresholds: FAA Order 5050.4B
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COMPATIBLE LAND USE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES –
FEDERALLY LISTED WILDLIFE SPECIES
LISTED SPECIES THAT OCCUR IN ORANGE COUNTY - LIKELIHOOD TO OCCUR ON PROJECT SITE
Common
Name Scientific Name Habitat of Occurrence
Likelihood of
Occurrence
Designation
Status 1
USFW
S 2 FWC 3
Amphibians
none
Birds
Florida scrubjay
Kirtland’s
warbler
American
peregrine
falcon
Wood stork
Red-cockaded
woodpecker
Snail kite
Bachman’s
warbler
Mammals
none
Reptiles
American
alligator
Eastern indigo
snake
Sand skink
Aphelocoma
coerulescens
Dendroica
kirtlandii
Falco peregrinus
tundrius
Mycteria
americana
Oak scrub with shrubs of live, myrtle, and Unlikely T T
Chapman’s oaks, palmettos and sand pine.
Migrant in Florida in a variety of habitats. Low E E
Migrant and wintering; open terrain, coastal
and barrier island shorelines, lake and river
margins, prairies, coastal ponds, sloughs,
marshes and urban areas with adequate prey.
Unlikely E E
Wetlands; nesting in cypress swamps. Observed E E
Picoides borealis Pinewoods with mature to over mature pines. Unlikely E SSC
Rostrhamus
sociabilis
plumbeus
Vermivora
bachmanii
Alligator
mississippiensis
Drymarchon
couperi
Neoseps
reynoldsi
Marsh with distant horizon and low vegetative
profile.
Low E E/CH
Variety of woodlands, usually in lowlands. Unlikely E E
Wetlands, lakes, and streams
Pine flatwoods, tropical hammocks.
Loose sand on high elevation, central Florida
ridges; sand pine scrub.
Moderate to
high
T(S/A) SSC
Low to
T T
Moderate
Unlikely T T
1 E= endangered, T= threatened, SSC= species of special concern, CH= critical habitat has been designated
2 US Fish and Wildlife Service
3 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
SOURCE: Breedlove Dennis & Associates
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES –
FLOODPLAINS
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES –
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES –
NOISE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES –
WETLANDS
2030 NOISE CONTOURS –
NO ACTION
2030 NOISE CONTOURS –
PROPOSED ACTION
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OFF-SITE WETLAND MITIGATION -
DISNEY WILDERNESS PRESERVE
WHERE ARE WE IN THE PROCESS?
Start
Proposed Action &
Purpose and Need
PROJECT TIMELINE
Alternatives Analysis &
Affected Environment
Environmental Consequences
& Mitigation
Draft EA Document
We are here
Public Review Period,
Public Hearing, and
Public Comment Period
Address Public Comments
Final EA Document
Finish
FAA Record of Decision (ROD)
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PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT / INPUT
NOTES
PROJECT TIMELINE
Start
PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION
Public can review the project’s
conceptual design and
the NEPA/EA process
Comment Forms Provided
Individual and
group comments
received by
GOAA
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We are here
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FORMAL NOTIFICATION
OF 30 DAY REVIEW PERIOD
OF DOCUMENT
PUBLIC HEARING-
DRAFT EA DOCUMENT
Comments Received From Public &
10 day Comment Period
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