T.F. Green Airport Improvement Program - FEIS Chapters - PVD

T.F. Green Airport Improvement ProgramEnvironmental Impact Statement and Final Section 4(f) Evaluation5.1.1 Description of the FEIS Build AlternativesChapter 3, Alternatives Analysis, contains a detailed description of the No-Action Alternative and the elevenindividual safety and efficiency enhancement elements that comprise the T.F. Green Airport ImprovementProgram. All the program elements are combined in different configurations to form Alternatives B2 and B4. Acomprehensive multi-level screening and evaluation process, also presented in Chapter 3, Alternatives Analysis,narrowed the alternatives under consideration to two: Alternative B2 and Alternative B4.5.1.1.1 No-Action AlternativeThe No-Action Alternative provides a base scenario against which to compare the impacts of Alternatives B2and B4. 268 The No-Action Alternative includes on- and off-Airport activities:On-Airport Activities• Ongoing periodic maintenance and minor modifications needed to maintain safe operations at the Airport• Airfield Maintenance Facility (AMF) and access roadway (completed 2007)• Full-length parallel Taxiway M supporting Runway 5-23 (completed 2008)• New Deicer Management System at an on-Airport location to be determined (to be completed by 2015)Activities Adjacent to the Airport• InterLink (previously referred to as the Intermodal Station; completed in October 2010) 269• Completed Part 150 VLAP and Current Part 150 VLAP (to be completed by 2015), as part of RIAC’s ongoingPart 150 NCP 270• Removal of the Winslow Park facilities within the current Runway 5 End RPZSee Figure 5-1 for the No-Action Alternative.5.1.1.2 Alternatives B2 and B4Table 5-1 summarizes the program elements for Alternatives B2 and B4. For Alternative B2, the safetyenhancement projects, including modifications to the Runway 16-34 RSAs would be complete by the end of 2015and the efficiency enhancement projects including extending Runway 5-23 would be complete by the end of2020. For Alternative B4, the safety enhancement projects, including modifications to the Runway 16-34 RSAs aswell as extending Runway 5-23 would be complete by the end of 2015. The remainder of the efficiencyenhancement projects would be complete by the end of 2020. See Figure 5-2 for the conceptual layouts ofAlternatives B2 and B4.268 According to FAA Order 1050.1E, Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures, NEPA requires a comparison of the future No-Action and future BuildAlternatives to determine those impacts that would be attributed to the proposed project.269 A new intermodal station located west of the airport entrance and Post Road that provides direct pedestrian access from the Amtrak Shore Line, RIPTAIntercity bus lines, and new consolidated rental car facilities to the T.F. Green Airport terminal.270 The Completed Part 150 VLAP was completed in 2009 and the Current Part 150 VLAP, a continuation of RIAC’s Part 150 NCP, was initiated in early 2010and is scheduled to be completed by 2015.Chapter 5 - Environmental Consequences 5-2 July 2011\\mawatr\ev\09228.00\reports\FEIS_Final_July_2011\PVD_CH05_Environmental_Cons_JUL_2011.doc