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T.F. Green Airport Improvement ProgramEnvironmental Impact Statement and Final Section 4(f) EvaluationTable 5-38 Alternative B2: Summary of Full Land Acquisitions in 2020Noise Mitigation FAA-Recommended RPZConstruction (Mandatory) 1 (Voluntary) 2 Clearing (Voluntary) 3 TotalLand Use Parcels AcresUnits/Businesses Parcels AcresUnits/Businesses Parcels AcresUnits/Businesses Parcels AcresUnits/BusinessesResidential 65 13.7 67 units 41 9.0 36 units 64 17.0 134 units 170 39.7 237Commercial 46 19.5 37 NA NA NA 3 5.2 3 5 49 24.7 37and Industrial 4Agriculture 7 9.1 1 NA NA NA 0 0 0 7 9.1 1Undeveloped 6 7 0.9 0 NA NA NA 13 1.5 0 20 2.4 0State-owned 1 0.2 0 NA NA NA 0 0 0 1 0.2 0Total 126 43.4 67 units, 41 9 36 units 80 23.7 134 units, 247 76.1 237 units,38 businesses 3 businesses 41 businessesSource: RIGIS: Field verification by VHB, Inc., 2005; City of Warwick Assessor’s Parcel Data.Notes: All acquisitions are within the City of Warwick.NA Not Applicable. According to the FAA, commercial land uses are compatible with airport operations and, therefore, are not eligible for acquisition for noise mitigation.1 48 parcels (approximately 16 acres) of mostly commercial land uses would be acquired by 2015 for construction of the safety enhancements. 2 Assumes residential land acquisition between 2020 and 2025 for all parcels directly impacted by a noise level of DNL 70 dB and above in 2020 and those properties identified in order to maintain neighborhood cohesion and limit community disruption. However, it is RIAC’s intention to begin to acquire residentialparcels as soon as 2012, subject to availability of funding.3 RPZ clearing is FAA-recommended, not required and, therefore, RPZ-related property acquisition would be subject to funding availability.4 Includes commercial (sale of products and services), commercial/industrial mixed, and industrial land uses.5 For the purposes of the EIS analysis, it is assumed that there would be 100 percent participation for parcels within the newly created RPZ area. For commercialbusinesses located within the RPZ, it is anticipated that business owners would not choose to participate as most business types are not disturbed by airportactivities and are viewed by FAA criteria as compatible land uses. Additionally, some businesses benefit economically from proximity to an airport.6 Includes wetlands and forested land.As discussed in Section 5.3, Noise, while the runway use and number of operations would not change forAlternative B2 in 2015 compared to the No-Action Alternative, the runway thresholds would change underAlternative B2 compared to the No-Action Alternative due to the runway safety area enhancements toRunway 16-34. These changes in turn would result in changes to the shape of the noise contours and theincompatible land uses (residential) affected. Based on the FEIS 2015 DNL 70 dB noise contour, no residentialland would be exposed to noise levels that would result in property acquisition for noise mitigation in 2015.Under Alternative B2, a total of 41 residential parcels (totaling nine acres and consisting of 36 housing units)have been identified as eligible for noise mitigation acquisition under a Future Build VLAP (parcels that wouldbe exposed to noise levels of DNL 70 dB and above in 2020, and properties identified in order to maintainneighborhood cohesion and limit community disruption). For the purposes of this FEIS analysis, it is assumedthat these properties would be acquired between 2020 and 2025 for noise mitigation; however, it is RIAC’sintention to begin to acquire residential parcels as soon as 2012, subject to availability of funding. Theseproperties are located at the Runway 23 and 5 Ends.In 2025, 26 residential parcels (consisting of 23 units) would be exposed to noise levels of DNL 70 db and aboveand, therefore, eligible for land acquisition for noise mitigation. Actual eligible residential properties would bedetermined by a future FAA-accepted NEM (as discussed in Section 5.3, Noise).In addition to the full parcels in Table 5-38, Alternative B2 would result in a total of 27 parcels required for partial landacquisitions for construction (mandatory), the majority of which are related to the Fully Relocated Airport Road. Table 5-39provides the full list of land partial acquisitions for Alternative B2 by land use type and associated program element.Chapter 5 - Environmental Consequences 5-55 July 2011\\mawatr\ev\09228.00\reports\FEIS_Final_July_2011\PVD_CH05_Environmental_Cons_JUL_2011.doc