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In most cases, the relationship between development projects and water resource issues should not be a linear or one-time consideration: it is an iterative, cyclical process (see Figure 4.) As illustrated in Figure 4, information on the project characteristics informs the assessment of measures needed to achieve compliance with water resource issue regulatory requirements.
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3.2.1 Step 1: Characterizing Water Resources and the Water Resource Impacts from Development Projects The most fundamental aspect of planning for water resource management in development project planning is the characterization of the water resources. The characterization has two individual, but related, elements: 1.
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In communicating a summary of the compliance requirements with stakeholders, the following should be provided for each of the relevant water resource issue categories discussed in the fact sheets in Appendix B: • Regulating agency, • Applicable regulations, • Regulated parameters, 46 A Handbook for Addressing Water Resource Issues Affecting Airport Development Planning
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Familiarity with existing regulatory conditions and priorities for local issues in advance of development planning can streamline the process for managing water resource issues as well as minimize potential project impacts such as cost and schedule implications. Guidance is provided within the individual fact sheets for the compliance assessment process.
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A summary of the NEPA process is provided in Appendix C The following are considerations crucial to an effective NEPA process: • Maintaining coordination with the lead agency on the NEPA process, which is often the FAA; • Coordinating with other regulatory agencies with authority to provide specific permits and approvals; • Using FAA's staff experience on water resource issues and working relationships with the regulatory agencies; • Coordinating with airport safety personnel to maintain compliance with FAA hazardous wildlife attractant guidelines; • Developing a clear project definition and project purpose and need on why a water resource must be impacted and how water resource issues and impacts are being addressed; • Demonstrating that the analysis has been exhaustively evaluated for project alternatives that minimize or avoid impacts to water resources; • Demonstrating that the project can/will meet all regulatory requirements such as accommodating increased storm water runoff, minimizing onsite storage (e.g., basins must drain within 48 hours per FAA guidance)
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At early project implementation phases, it is easy to overlook "secondary" water resource issues that may be created by the mitigation measures needed to achieve compliance with the original development project's water resource issues -- for example, storm water controls may be needed to comply with development project impacts to storm water quantities. Implementation of those controls (e.g., a detention basin)
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One of the principal reasons why an integrated consideration of the causes and effects of multiple water resource issues is recommended is because the same development project characteristics tend to cause multiple issues. For example, an increase in impervious area from a new runway can affect both surface water quality and storm water quantity.
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4. Potential need for controls or mitigation measures -- a review of potential control options will provide an opportunity to look for multi-faceted solutions to multiple issues (e.g., a detention basin that meets both storm water quantity and surface water quality needs)
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Important planning actions related to water resource issues in this phase include • Identifying the features for projects documented in conceptual planning efforts that might result in significant water resource impacts, • Using the Water Resource Inventory as a starting point and soliciting feedback from water resource experts on additional level of detail needed to characterize water resources for crucial development areas, • Performing, if necessary, risk-based cost analysis to justify additional data collection, • Revising project concepts and locations to avoid significant water resource impacts, • Revising project concepts and locations to minimize water resource impacts if they cannot be avoided, and • Identifying major control and mitigation features that might require significant infrastructure additions and land use such as detention basins or treatment facilities. The Conceptual Planning Phase is also the time to develop project-specific Water Resource Issue Management Plans based on the plan developed for base Water Resource Issue Management Program.
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These stakeholders can play a large role in facilitating or complicating the management of water resource issues affecting airport development projects. A lack of consistent coordination can result in missed opportunities to combine efforts and can ultimately lead to project impacts if the project design or compliance measures are unacceptable to one or more stakeholders.
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54 A Handbook for Addressing Water Resource Issues Affecting Airport Development Planning Step 1: Characterize Water Resource and Water Resource Impact snoitcAgninnalPmetIgninnalP Water Resource Data Acquisition • Obtain recommendations from water resources expert based on sensitivity analysis considerations • Assess cost and risk if sufficient information cannot be obtained from properties not owned by the airport • Update Water Resource Inventory Development Project Siting • Create prioritization plan for data acquisition if needed for multiple sites, based on likelihood of use • Develop mapping to superimpose development project layouts on water resources boundaries • Plan for acquiring water resources information on sites not yet owned by airport Timing for Data Acquisition and Analysis • Allow at least 6 months prior to the time the information is needed for use in the Conceptual Planning Phase • Coordinate master plan and water resource assessment timing Costs for Data Acquisition and Analysis • Consolidate data collection needs from various water resource categories to identify common data • Obtain quotations from qualified entities Stakeholder Coordination • Identify stakeholders, their areas of interest, and their desired level of engagement Step 2: Assess Compliance Requirements snoitcAgninnalPmetIgninnalP Applicable Regulations and Regulating Agencies for Identified Issues • Refer to Core Regulatory Requirements Worksheet Compliance Requirements Determination • Solicit key compliance requirements from assessment by water resource experts Timing for Actions • Initiate after initial siting of projects and after Water Resource Inventory has been updated • Complete prior to final siting on master plan Regulatory Coordination • Coordinate with regulators to clarify interpretations of regulations for permitting • Coordinate with the FAA to develop the NEPA processing strategy Stakeholder Coordination • Solicit feedback from stakeholders, including the NEPA team, to identify key water resource issues and potential compliance requirements Table 4. Planning items and actions for Conceptual Planning Phase.
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Strategies for Integrating Water Resource Issue Management with the Project Implementation Process 55 Step 3: Assess Effects on Development Project from Individual Water Resource Issues snoitcAgninnalPmetIgninnalP Issue Avoidance • Assess whether any water resource issues can be avoided by changes to the project Potential Controls Outside of Project • Assess possible types and scope of compliance measures that wouldn't directly affect project • Assess need for additional sites and property acquisition Potential Modifications to Project • Assess if project changes may be necessary to achieve compliance or reduce overall costs Potential Effects on Other Airport Operations • Qualitatively assess interactions with airport operations and among multiple development projects Timing of Actions • Initiate after significant water resource impacts are identified and compliance assessment is completed • Complete prior to finalization of master plan layout Regulatory Coordination • Coordinate with regulators for questions on viability of controls/mitigation Stakeholder Coordination • Present options for controls/mitigation measures Step 4: Consolidate Effects of Water Resource Issues on Development Project snoitcAgninnalPmetIgninnalP Issue Consolidation • Consolidate information on avoidance, controls, and modifications to achieve compliance from individual issues Issue Avoidance • Assess whether consolidated information presents a greater driver for avoidance than drivers from individual issues Potential Controls Outside of Project • Assess whether controls for multiple issues can be integrated Potential Modifications to Project • Identify project modifications that would benefit compliance for multiple issues • Compare benefits to reductions in project functionality Potential Effects on Other Airport Operations • Identify any combined effects of water resource impacts and mitigation on airport operations Timing of Actions • Initiate after compliance options for individual issues have been assessed • Complete before master plan finalization Regulatory Coordination • Coordinate with regulators and the FAA as appropriate on viability of mitigation Stakeholder Coordination • Present options for controls/mitigation Table 4. (Continued)
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This phase may include the following water resource management actions: • Initiating NEPA activities, • Identifying and quantifying the presence of water resources on potential project sites, • Performing a detailed review of compliance requirements for individual water resource issues, • Initiating permitting and approval process for specific water resource issues, • Assessing the effort required to fully manage water resource issues, • Holding pre-permitting meetings with water resource regulatory agencies, and • Determining potential control and mitigation options. Table 5 summarizes planning items and planning actions for the Detailed Planning Phase that are frequently associated with each of the four recurring steps in assessing water resource issues in development projects.
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Strategies for Integrating Water Resource Issue Management with the Project Implementation Process 57 Step 1: Characterize Water Resource and Water Resource Impact noitcAgninnalPmetIgninnalP Water Resource Data Acquisition • For each water resource issue, perform detailed review of applicable regulations using methodologies in Sections 2 and 3 of the fact sheets to identify data quality needed for regulatory approval • Perform gap analysis comparing data needs with data obtained in Conceptual Planning Phase Timing for Data Acquisition and Analysis • Complete 3 months before permit applications are due Costs for Data Acquisition and Analysis • Obtain quotations from qualified entities Stakeholder Coordination • Meet with stakeholders at start of phase Step 2: Assess Compliance Requirements noitcAgninnalPmetIgninnalP Permitting and Compliance Process • Initiate the NEPA process • Initiate development of the permit and approval application processes Identify Key Compliance Parameters • Solicit summary information from water resources experts on permits, deadlines, compliance parameters, and mitigation requirements Timing for Actions • If seeking to begin construction immediately upon receipt of NEPA approval, initiate permitting concurrent with the NEPA process • Understand that NEPA processing timeframes vary significantly based on anticipated project impacts and can range from a couple months to several years • Initiate permit application development process for individual water resource issues 6 to 12 months prior to planned submittal Regulatory Coordination • Conduct pre-permitting meetings with regulators for individual water resource issues and the FAA on NEPA processing • Verify required permits and mitigation criteria Stakeholder Coordination • Coordinate on permitting approach Table 5. Planning items and actions for Detailed Planning Phase.
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58 A Handbook for Addressing Water Resource Issues Affecting Airport Development Planning levellautpecnocehttasnoitacifidom Potential Effects on Other Airport Operations • Conduct detailed modeling and other assessments of effects Timing for Actions • Select controls and perform conceptual design in time to support NEPA documents Regulatory Coordination • Verify suitability of proposed avoidance and control measures for NEPA approval • Prepare control descriptions for NEPA documents Stakeholder Coordination • Coordinate with other development project teams, NEPA team, and airlines on scope and cost of controls and mitigation measures Step 4: Consolidate Effects of Water Resource Issues on Development Project noitcAgninnalPmetIgninnalP Potential Controls Outside of Project • Identify conceptual options for combining controls and mitigation measures Potential Modifications to Project • Coordinate integration of project design with design of controls Potential Effects on Other Airport Operations • Identify infrastructure or operational changes needed to manage project impacts Timing for Actions • Select controls and perform conceptual designs in time to support NEPA documents Regulatory Coordination • Verify suitability of proposed avoidance and control measures for NEPA approval • Prepare control descriptions for NEPA documents Stakeholder Coordination • Coordinate with other development project teams, NEPA team, and airlines on scope and cost of controls and mitigation measures Step 3: Assess Effects on Development Project from Individual Water Resource Issues noitcAgninnalPmetIgninnalP Potential Controls Outside of Project • Select and design controls at the conceptual level Potential Modifications to Project • Make decisions on and design project Table 5. (Continued)
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Table 6 summarizes planning items and planning actions for the Project Execution Phase that are frequently associated with each of the four recurring steps in assessing water resource issues in development projects. Strategies for Integrating Water Resource Issue Management with the Project Implementation Process 59
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60 A Handbook for Addressing Water Resource Issues Affecting Airport Development Planning Step 1: Characterize Water Resource and Water Resource Impact noitcAgninnalPmetIgninnalP Information Types • Assess new data needs based on regulator review of permit applications Level of Detail in Data Acquisition • Plan for detailed collection for missing data to support design Timing for Data Acquisition and Analysis • Complete by start of detailed design Costs for Data Acquisition and Analysis • Obtain quotations from qualified entities Stakeholder Coordination • Meet with stakeholders at start of detailed design and construction Step 2: Plan Items and Actions for Assessing Compliance Requirements noitcAgninnalPmetIgninnalP Permit Conditions • Review final permit conditions from regulators and mitigation commitments in NEPA approval and assess significance • Submit applications for controls Timing for Actions • Coordinate submittal dates permits and design development level • Coordinate permit effective dates with construction schedule Stakeholder Coordination • Obtain input and review on proposed permit conditions Step 3: Plan Items and Actions for Assessing Effects on Development Project from Individual Water Resource Issues noitcAgninnalPmetIgninnalP Controls Outside of Project • Final design and construction • Submit applications for implementation of controls Timing for Actions • Coordinate submittal dates for control permits and design development level Regulatory Coordination • Meet with agencies to verify controls and permit submittal requirements Stakeholder Coordination • Coordinate among design, construction staff, and representatives for other projects Step 4: Plan Items and Actions for Consolidating Effects of Water Resource Issues on Development Project noitcAgninnalPmetIgninnalP Design of Controls and Mitigation Measures • Ensure coordination among various design entities Timing for Actions • Coordinate submittal dates for control permits and design development level Regulatory Coordination • Meet with agencies to verify controls and permit submittal requirements Stakeholder Coordination • Coordinate among design, construction staff, and representatives for other projects Table 6. Planning items and actions for Project Execution Phase.
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