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<strong>Potsdam</strong> Municipal Airport - Master Plan – Phase 1 Report<br />

2.04-21 Cumulative Impacts<br />

The Council of Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR ~§ 4321 et seq.) require<br />

that secondary (or indirect) consequences be included as part of the environmental<br />

review process. There are no secondary or indirect effects by the a<strong>ny</strong> proposed airport<br />

development that are reasonably foreseeable.<br />

As stated in (40 CFR § 1508.7), cumulative impacts are effects “on the environment,<br />

which result from incremental impact of the action when added to other past, present<br />

and reasonably foreseeable future actions.” It states furthermore that, “Cumulative<br />

impacts can result from individually minor but collectively significant actions taking<br />

place over a period of time.” Impact could occur from concurrent construction of<br />

projects in a localized area.<br />

A<strong>ny</strong> proposed development at the Airport will take into account other planned<br />

projects in order to coordinate construction activities and minimize impacts.<br />

2.04-22 Environmental Overview Summary<br />

This section has provided a brief overview of existing environmental conditions at<br />

<strong>Potsdam</strong> Municipal Airport. The inventory indicates that development at the Airport<br />

has the potential to impact the following environmental categories directly or<br />

indirectly:<br />

• Water Quality<br />

• Wetlands<br />

• Fish, Wildlife and Plants<br />

• Hazardo<strong>us</strong> Material and Solid Waste Impacts<br />

• Historical, Architectural, Archaeological, and Cultural Resources<br />

• Construction Impacts<br />

The potential environmental effects by proposed facility improvements are identified<br />

and gauged against the baseline conditions. When and if a threshold of significance as<br />

defined in FAA Order 1050.1E Appendix A has been exceeded, further analysis may<br />

be required in subsequent NEPA documents.<br />

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