Draft EA - San Diego International Airport

SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT – PROPOSED RUNWAY 9 DISPLACED THRESHOLD
4.3.1.1 Socioeconomic Impacts
FAA guidance contained within FAA Order 1050.1E (see Appendix A, Section 16) for analysis of socioeconomic
impacts states that the Proposed Action would have a significant population and housing impact if it would:
Displace a substantial number of people;
Displace a substantial amount of residential units;
Substantially reduce the levels of service of roads serving the airport and its surrounding
communities;
Create a substantial loss in community tax base; and/or
Induce substantial population growth that would affect the population/housing balance.
Based on these guidelines, an alternative would have a significant socioeconomic impact if its social effects
would lead to substantial, adverse physical changes in the environment.
4.3.1.2 Environmental Justice
Environmental Justice significance was assessed with regard to whether the Proposed Action would conflict
with the requirements of Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629 (1994)), “Environmental Justice for Low Income
and Minority Populations.” This Executive Order directs federal agencies “to make achieving environmental
justice part of its mission by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse
human health or environmental effects of its programs, policies, and activities on minority populations and
low-income populations in the United States.” Based on this guidance, the Proposed Action would have a
significant Environmental Justice impact if it would cause high and adverse human health or environmental
effects that disproportionately affect minority or low-income populations. Section 3.4 provides demographic
information for the Study Area; because there are no concentrations of minority or low-income populations in
the Study Area, no environmental justice impacts would occur.
4.3.1.3 Protection of Children
Impact significance with regard to the protection of children was assessed with regard to whether the
Proposed Action would conflict with the requirements of Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19883 (1997)),
“Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks.” Under this Executive Order, each
federal agency:
(a) shall make it a high priority to identify and assess environmental health risks and safety risks that may
disproportionately affect children; and
(b) shall ensure that its policies, programs, activities, and standards address disproportionate risks to
children that result from environmental health risks or safety risks.
4.3.2 NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE
The No Action alternative does not include any property acquisition or construction and therefore would not
result in the relocation of residences or businesses, alteration of traffic patterns, division of communities,
Draft EA
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