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

T.F. Green Airport Improvement ProgramEnvironmental Impact Statement and Final Section 4(f) EvaluationTable of ContentsVolume IAbstractChapter 1: Introduction and Background ........................................................................................1-11.1 Introduction ...............................................................................................................1-11.2 Proposed T.F. Green Airport Improvement Program ..........................................1-11.3 T.F. Green Airport Improvement Program Background and History ...............1-31.4 Final Section 4(f) and 6(f) Evaluation .....................................................................1-81.5 Reader’s Guide to the Final Environmental Impact Statement...........................1-8Chapter 2: Purpose and Need ............................................................................................................2-12.1 Purpose and Need Overview ..................................................................................2-12.2 Airport Background ..................................................................................................2-32.3 T.F. Green Airport Facility Requirements ............................................................2-202.4 Summary of the Purpose and Need for the T.F. Green AirportImprovement Program ...........................................................................................2-37Chapter 3: Alternatives Analysis ......................................................................................................3-13.1 Introduction ...............................................................................................................3-13.2 Alternatives Screening Process ................................................................................3-33.3 Level 1 Screening – Candidate Alternatives ..........................................................3-63.4 Level 2 Screening – Preliminary Alternatives .....................................................3-103.5 Level 3 Screening - Airport Improvement Program (IP) Alternatives .............3-143.6 Level 4 Screening - Refined Combined Alternatives ..........................................3-153.7 Level 5 Screening – Further Refined Alternatives ..............................................3-163.8 Level 6 Screening – DEIS Final Alternatives .......................................................3-363.9 FEIS Analysis – Final Alternatives, the Preferred Alternative, and the Environmentally Preferable Alternative ..............................................................3-38Chapter 4: Affected Environment .....................................................................................................4-14.1 Introduction ...............................................................................................................4-14.2 Noise ...........................................................................................................................4-24.3 Compatible Land Use .............................................................................................4-134.4 Social and Socioeconomic, and Environmental Justice andChildren’s Health and Safety Risks ......................................................................4-174.5 Surface Transportation ...........................................................................................4-274.6 Air Quality ...............................................................................................................4-304.7 Historic, Architectural, Archaeological, and Cultural Resources .....................4-434.8 Section 4(f) and 6(f) Resources ...............................................................................4-484.9 Wetlands and Waterways ......................................................................................4-51Table of Contents and Acronyms i July 2011\\mawatr\ev\09228.00\reports\FEIS_Final_July_2011\PVD_00_TOC_JUL_2011.doc