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

T.F. Green Airport Improvement ProgramEnvironmental Impact Statement and Final Section 4(f) Evaluation5.5.1 Regulatory ContextThe regulatory context and significance thresholds, in accordance with FAA Order 10501.E, related to the socialand socioeconomic, and environmental justice and children’s health and safety risk impact categories aredescribed below.5.5.1.1 Social and Socioeconomic Regulatory ContextFAA must meet Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 328 (URA)requirements if an airport action involving FAA approval or funding would require purchasing real property ordisplacing people or businesses. The URA establishes minimum standards for protection and assistance forfederally funded projects requiring the acquisition of real property or displacement of persons from theirhomes, businesses, or farms. The URA offers protection for property owners through both involuntary andsome types of voluntary acquisitions. FAA guidance for projects that require or involve land acquisition andrelocation is provided in the FAA Advisory Circular 150/5100-17 and FAA Order 5100.37.5.5.1.2 Environmental Justice and Children’s Health and Safety Risk Regulatory ContextThe environmental justice and children’s health and safety risk analysis was prepared to address therequirements of the following statutes, regulations, and guidance documents:• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964;• Executive Order 13045, Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks;• Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations; 329• Department of Transportation Order 5610.2, Environmental Justice in Minority and Low-Income Populations; 330• FAA Order 1050.1E; and• The Council on Environmental Quality’s Environmental Justice: Guidance under the NationalEnvironmental Policy Act guide.” 331Executive Order 13045, Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks, directs federalagencies to make it a high priority to identify and assess environmental health risks and safety risks that maydisproportionately affect children. Environmental health risks and safety risks include risks to health or safety thatare attributable to products or substances that a child is likely to come into contact with or ingest, such as air, food,drinking water, recreational waters, soil, or products to which they might use or to which they may be exposed.5.5.2 Significance Thresholds and Additional AnalysesThe social and socioeconomic, and the environmental justice and children’s health and safety risks analysesconsider impacts of Alternatives B2 and B4 as defined by the FAA’s thresholds of significance. Other additionalanalyses were also conducted to gain a full understanding of the future social and socioeconomic andenvironmental justice conditions.328 Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, 42 USC section 4601, et. seq., U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.329 Executive Order 12898 of February 11, 1994, Federal Actions To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations,Federal Register Vol. 59, No. 32, February 16, 1994.330 Environmental Desk Reference for Airport Actions, FAA, October 5, 2007, Chapter 10, Environmental Justice, page 2.331 Environmental Justice: Guidance under the National Environmental Policy Act, CEQ, December 10, 1997. Website:www.ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/EJ/justice.pdf.Chapter 5 - Environmental Consequences 5-75 July 2011\\mawatr\ev\09228.00\reports\FEIS_Final_July_2011\PVD_CH05_Environmental_Cons_JUL_2011.doc