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

T.F. Green Airport Improvement ProgramEnvironmental Impact Statement and Final Section 4(f) EvaluationThe next two meetings held on February 5, 2007 and April 11, 2007, focused on the preliminary findings of theenvironmental consequences assessment. Coordination Group members were sent draft environmentalconsequences technical reports to review prior to the meetings. Comments or questions that were submitted tothe FAA on these technical reports were compiled and responded to in the revised analysis. In certaincircumstances, follow up meetings or conference calls were held with individual reviewing agencies.The ninth Coordination Group meeting was held on June 13, 2007. This meeting focused on the alternativesscreening process. The group reviewed the Level 4 alternatives screening results and discussed including a Level 5alternatives screening. The Level 5 screening was reviewed at the tenth Coordination Group meeting held onApril 8, 2009. Alternative B4 was introduced at the April 8, 2009 meeting. The Coordination Group reviewed theimpacts of the additional alternative and compared these impacts to previously analyzed alternatives.The eleventh Coordination Group meeting was held on June 3, 2009. This meeting occurred on the morning ofthe fourth public information meeting, later that evening. Coordination Group representatives continued toreview Alternative B4 and discussed possible mitigation opportunities associated with this alternative.Coordination Group members were also given the opportunity to tour T.F. Green Airport.The twelfth Coordination Group meeting was held on April 11, 2011. This meeting focused on providing theCoordination Group representatives a status report of the EIS process, mitigation, and permitting. An overviewof updates and changes to the project since the publication of the DEIS was also given. Coordination Groupmembers were given the opportunity to ask questions about the project and receive responses from the FAA.In addition to regular meetings, agencies and organizations were involved in the review of technical reports tobe included in the EIS. Technical reports drafted by consultants and reviewed by FAA were selectively sent toentities with regulatory jurisdiction for further review and input. Agencies were also given the opportunity tosubmit comments and questions relating to the technical reports and were able to discuss these commentsduring the Coordination Group meetings. See Appendix C, Federal, State, City, and Tribal Coordination formeeting materials and notes from Coordination Group Meetings.Chapter 8 - Coordination and Consultation 8-7 July 2011\\Mawatr\ev\09228.00\reports\FEIS_Final_July_2011\PVD_CH08_Consultation_JUL_2011.doc