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20 A Handbook for Addressing Water Resource Issues Affecting Airport Development Planning
Summary of Fact Sheet 4:
Hazardous Wildlife Attractants
The category "hazardous wildlife attractants" encompasses the impacts of airport development
projects on wildlife hazards and the associated public safety and aircraft operational issues. The focus
of the hazardous wildlife attractants issue is on the potential creation or enhancement of water-based
hazardous wildlife attractants associated with new projects or redevelopment at an airport. Although
hazardous wildlife attractants are considered a water resource issue in the Handbook, the primary
impact associated with these hazards is to airport operations and safety, rather than to the water
resources themselves. They are considered a water resource issue because the need to manage wildlife
hazards can complicate water resource management associated with new development projects.
Requirements for managing wildlife hazards at airports are aimed at minimizing the attraction
of hazardous wildlife to Airport Operations Areas (AOAs), and thus minimizing the risk for colli-
sions between aircraft and wildlife. Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) 14 Code of Federal Regula-
tions (C.F.R.) Part 139.337 contains specific requirements for performing Wildlife Hazard
Assessments (WHAs) as well as developing Wildlife Hazard Management Plans (WHMPs) to
investigate and address, respectively, observed wildlife hazards at airports. The FAA's requirements
for wildlife hazard management for existing and proposed facilities are largely encompassed in FAA
Advisory Circular (AC) 150/5200-33B: Hazardous Wildlife Attractants on or Near Airports (3). Air-
port personnel should note that special expertise is needed to conduct much of the analyses
described in the fact sheet (e.g., wildlife biologists certified under FAA AC 150/5200-36 or airport
wildlife hazard specialists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's [USDA's] wildlife services).
The FAA's goal for minimizing water-based hazardous wildlife attractants can sometimes con-
flict with the goals of other regulatory agencies to improve water quality and to provide storm
water quantity control through onsite detention and treatment. Coordination among multiple
agencies may be required to resolve conflicts to allow the project to move forward.
Project planning and design considerations typically associated with wildlife hazard attrac-
tants include the following:
· Will storm water detention be required, will the open basin drain in less than 48 hours, or will
the basin need to be covered?
· Does the project have the potential to change infiltration rates, thus creating or reducing the
presence of surface waters such as wetlands?
· How long will it take to obtain a resolution among regulatory agencies on conflicting regula-
tions for wildlife hazards, storm water quantity control, surface water quality, and physical
impacts to wetlands and other surface waters?
The process for assessing core regulatory requirements, determining the measures needed for
compliance, and reducing the effects of managing wildlife hazard attractants on the development
project are presented in Fact Sheet 4 in Appendix B. A summary of the guidance for reducing
those project impacts follows.
Guidance for Reducing Project Impacts from Managing Issues
Associated with Wildlife Hazard Attractants
Identification of Determine the potential for hazardous wildlife
Hazardous Wildlife attractants associated with the project and sur-
Attractants rounding areas early in the Detailed Planning
Phase.
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Data Collection Perform a WHA and develop a WHMP early in the
Detailed Planning Phase and submit to the FAA
and USDA for review.
Design Development Consider combinations of project modifications,
operational techniques, deterrents, or controls
that are the most cost effective. Carefully con-
sider the documented effectiveness of wildlife
hazard attractant control methods.
Control Siting Locate projects in areas where there are no issues
associated with hazardous wildlife attractants.
Mitigation Identify potential hazards and mitigation
approaches in the Conceptual Planning Phase,
and incorporate management techniques and
wildlife hazard deterrents into design features to
the extent possible.
Staffing Involve airport and airline experts in wildlife hazard
management and aircraft safety and local Wildlife
Service representatives in Conceptual Planning
and Detailed Planning Phase discussions.
Stakeholder Coordination Communicate wildlife hazard attractant concerns
to other entities that may be considering storm
water or flooding controls in vicinity of airport.
To the extent possible, facilitate coordination
between agencies regulating storm water quan-
tity and agencies regulating wildlife hazard
attractants in the Conceptual Planning and
Detailed Planning Phases.
