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

T.F. Green Airport Improvement ProgramEnvironmental Impact Statement and Final Section 4(f) Evaluationcensus block group adjacent to the proposed development by providing better access to transportation servicesand possibly employment. Neither of Alternative B2 nor Alternative B4 would have disproportionate and highadverse land acquisition and noise effects on minority, Hispanic, or low-income populations, and therefore wouldnot add to cumulative disproportionate impacts to environmental justice populations, or cause the past andforeseeable future impacts to become severe and disproportionate.5.5.5.5 Comparison of Alternatives B2 and B4 Impacts to Environmental Justice PopulationsThis section compares the environmental justice and children’s health and safety impacts of Alternatives B2 and B4.Significant ImpactsNeither Alternative B2 nor B4 would result in significant impacts to environmental justice populations orchildren’s health or safety risks.Land AcquisitionThe T.F. Green Airport Improvement Program would not have a disproportionate and high adverse effect onminority, Hispanic, or low-income populations.Alternative B2 would have the greatest mandatory land acquisition impacts to minority, Hispanic, andlow-income populations. Overall, Alternative B2 would have the greatest mandatory land acquisition impactsto environmental justice communities, but the impacts are not disproportionate.Alternative B2 would have the greatest residential land eligible for acquisition under a Future Build VLAP asthe acquisition relates to environmental justice communities. (The residential land eligible for acquisition isbased upon noise levels within the DNL 70 dB and includes some neighboring properties). Neither AlternativeB2 nor B4 would cause any Future Build VLAP impacts to minority populations. Alternative B2 would have aFuture Build VLAP impacts to Hispanic populations; Alternative B4 would not have any such impacts.Alternatives B2 and B4 would have the same Future Build VLAP impacts to low-income populations. In noinstance are the land acquisition impacts for either Alternative disproportionate.Alternative B2 would have the greatest RPZ acquisition impacts to minority populations. Neither Alternative B2nor Alternative B4 would have RPZ acquisition impacts to Hispanic or low-income populations. Overall,Alternative B2 would have the greatest RPZ acquisition impacts to minority populations. In no instance are thenoise acquisition impacts for either Alternative disproportionate.Noise ImpactsAlternative B4 would have the greatest significant noise impact to environmental justice communities.Alternative B4 would have the greatest significant noise impacts (increase of at least DNL 1.5 dB at or aboveDNL 65 dB) to minority populations and low-income populations. Alternative B2 would have the greatest noiseimpacts to Hispanic populations. The impacts are not disproportionate.Chapter 5 - Environmental Consequences 5-114 July 2011\\mawatr\ev\09228.00\reports\FEIS_Final_July_2011\PVD_CH05_Environmental_Cons_JUL_2011.doc