1. Make sure your Airport Master Plan and
Planning and Project Justification: Lessons Learned …
Make sure your Airport Master Plan and
Airport Layout Plan provides the justification
for future projects!

2. Planning and Project Justification: Lessons Learned …
NEPA documentation is based on PURPOSE and NEED.
FAA requirements for NEPA:
Provide Alternatives Selection Criteria in the Alternatives chapter of an EA.

3. Alternatives Screening Process

4. Planning and Project Justification: Lessons Learned …
NEPA documentation is based on PURPOSE and NEED.
FAA requirements for NEPA:
Provide Alternatives Selection Criteria in the Alternatives chapter of an EA.
Provide a comprehensive construction impact analysis.
Be sure to close the loop on your Categorical Exclusion documentation, i.e., get a written response back from the FAA for your files.

5. Be prepared for review curveballs from FAA’s “Lines of Business”
Planning and Project Justification: Lessons Learned …
Be prepared for review curveballs
from FAA’s “Lines of Business”

6. Planning and Project Justification: Lessons Learned …
Vulnerabilities for your Airport in the CEQA process:
Alternatives – The public expects more than just a Proposed Action and a No Action alternative. Having the alternatives process from the Master Plan documented can provide valuable information regarding alternatives that were initially considered to include in your CEQA documentation.
Growth Inducement & Cumulative Impact Analysis – Typically needs more detail than in a NEPA document.

7. Recommendations Begin your coordination process early.
Meet with FAA to obtain their concurrence on the project justification.
Agree on Alternative Screening Criteria.
Establish an agreed-to project schedule.

8. QUESTIONS/COMMENTS??