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T.F. Green Airport Improvement ProgramEnvironmental Impact Statement and Final Section 4(f) EvaluationHispanic, or low-income populations as a result of mandatory land acquisition for construction, land acquisition undera Future Build VLAP beginning in 2020, significant noise impacts, or land acquisition within the RPZs.5.5.5.3 Alternative B4Significant noise and compatible land use impacts would occur under Alternative B4 starting in 2015 because of theexpedited construction schedule. Additionally, mandatory land acquisition would be required on the Runway 16 End,along the Partially Relocated Airport Road, for the Integrated Cargo Facility, and along Realigned Main Avenue. Anincrease of at least DNL 1.5 dB at or above DNL 65 dB would occur south of the Runway 5 End under the predicted2015, 2020, and 2025 noise conditions. Residential parcels that would be affected by noise levels at or above DNL 70 dBin 2020 and some neighboring properties would be eligible for participation in a Future Build VLAP. Table 5-68summarizes the percent minority, Hispanic, and low-income compared to the total impacted population.Table 5-68 Alternative B4: Land Acquisition and Noise Impacts Affecting Environmental Justice Populations 1Environmental JusticePopulationSafety Enhancement ElementsRunway 16 Runway 34PartiallyRelocatedAirport Road Runway 5 Runway 23Efficiency Enhancement ElementsIntegratedCargoFacilityRealignedMain AvenuePercent ImpactsBorne byEnvironmentalJusticePopulationsStatewideAvg.Mandatory Land Acquisition(2015)Percent Minority AffectedPercent Hispanic AffectedPercent Low-IncomeFuture Build VLAP 2 (2020)Percent Minority AffectedPercent Hispanic AffectedPercent Low-IncomeSignificant Noise Impacts(2015, 2020, and 2025)Percent Minority AffectedPercent Hispanic AffectedPercent Low-IncomeVoluntary Land Acquisitionwithin the RPZs 3 (2015)Percent Minority AffectedPercent Hispanic AffectedPercent Low-Income0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%NANANANANANA0%0%0%0%0%0%4.9%2.3%9.4%0%0%0%0%0%0%NANANA0.9%0%0%0%0%0%NANANANANANA0.9%0%0%Source: 2000 U.S. Census. (Full census blocks acquired by the Rhode Island Airport Corporation since 2000 were changed to zero population.)Notes: Percentages in tables represent the environmental justice population affected divided by the total population affected to determine if a disproportionate impactwould be felt by the environmental justice population. Percentages from left to right are not additive. More detailed population data is listed inAppendix G.5, Environmental Justice Findings.1 Population data are the sum of all 2000 U.S. Census blocks (minority; Hispanic) or census block groups (low-income) within areas of significant impact.2 Residential Land exposed to noise levels of DBL 70 dB and above in 2020, and some neighboring properties would be eligible for voluntary acquisition under aFuture Build VLAP . No 2015 Future Build VLAP parcels would impact new census blocks or block groups that had not previously been impacted.3 RPZ clearing is a FAA-recommendation, and is not a required action. Therefore, RPZ-related property acquisition would be subject to funding availability.0%0%0%0%0%5.1%0%0%0%0%0%0%NANANANANANA4.4%1.5%0%NANANANANANA4.0%1.3%0%0%0%5.1%4.9%2.3%9.4%15.0%8.7%11.9%15.0%8.7%11.9%15.0%8.7%11.9%15.0%8.7%11.9%Chapter 5 - Environmental Consequences 5-112 July 2011\\mawatr\ev\09228.00\reports\FEIS_Final_July_2011\PVD_CH05_Environmental_Cons_JUL_2011.doc
T.F. Green Airport Improvement ProgramEnvironmental Impact Statement and Final Section 4(f) EvaluationAlternative B4 includes land acquisition areas within the Runway 5 End RPZ. 355 Figures 5-27 through 5-30 showAlternative B4 impacts and environmental justice communities north and south of the Airport, respectively.This analysis addresses minority and Hispanic populations separately and the Hispanic population was notadded to the total minority population to avoid the possibility of double counting. However, based on theimpacts to minority populations as documented in this environmental justice analysis the demographic dataindicates that even if the impacted Hispanic population was added to the impacted non-Hispanic populationthis aggregate amount would not suggest that minorities as a whole were disproportionately affected byAlternative B4.Significant Impacts: In a review of the impacts to African-American, American Indian, Asian, Native Hawaiian,some other race, and mixed race populations separately, FAA found that no individual group would be affecteddisproportionately by Alternative B4. Alternative B4 would not have a disproportionate and high adverse effecton minority, Hispanic, or low-income populations as a result of mandatory land acquisition for construction, orland acquisition under a Future Build VLAP or for FAA-recommended RPZ clearing.There is an Asian population that would be affected by significant noise impacts under Alternative B4 (seeTable G.5-7 of Appendix G.5, Environmental Justice Findings) that constitutes a minority population, as definedby DOT Order 5610.2, but not one as defined by CEQ. The impacts borne by this Asian population would not beappreciably more severe than the non-minority population so there would not be a disproportionately high andadverse effect as that term is defined in the DOT Order 5610.2.5.5.5.4 Cumulative Impacts to Environmental Justice PopulationsActions taken by the FAA and RIAC pursuant to Executive Order 12898 (after 1994) that had the potential toimpact environmental justice populations include land acquisition under the Current Part 150 VLAP and FutureBuild VLAPs. The Completed Part 150 VLAP is an on-going program based on a 1993 Part 150 noise study,which included a voluntary sound insulation and land acquisition program (updated in 2003). Table 4-18 inChapter 4, Affected Environment shows the population that would be affected by the Completed Part 150 VLAPand documents that it does not disproportionately affect environmental justice communities. There is nowell-defined cohesive minority, Hispanic, or low-income population group in the vicinity of the Airport thathas previously experienced disproportionate impacts. The Current Part 150 VLAP is based on theFAA-approved FEIS 2020 No-Action Alternative DNL 70 dB noise contour as well as a number of impactedparcels under Level 5, as identified by the Level 5 2020 Noise Exposure Map (2008). As shown in Table 5-66, theCurrent Part 150 VLAP would also not disproportionately affect environmental justice communities.Future developments in the Study Area are not anticipated to disproportionately impact environmental justicepopulations. The majority (approximately 98.8 percent) of the developable land surrounding the Airport hasalready been developed. There are several known planned mixed-use and commercial and retail developments,including the WSRD west of the Airport, the Fain Farm parcel north of the Airport, and a site onJefferson Boulevard (Table 5-5). It is anticipated that industrial uses will likely continue to grow in the JeffersonBoulevard corridor and the Airport Park Area. The WSRD would have a positive impact on the low-income355 There are no Runway 23 End RPZ-related land acquisitions because the Alternative B4 23 End RPZ would remain in the same location as the No-Action 23End RPZ.Chapter 5 - Environmental Consequences 5-113 July 2011\\mawatr\ev\09228.00\reports\FEIS_Final_July_2011\PVD_CH05_Environmental_Cons_JUL_2011.doc
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