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. In developing the Fact Sheets, the emission reduction strategies were categorized and evaluated relative to a number of attributes: • Category of the strategy -- such as business planning, ground transportation; • Evaluation criteria -- representing issues likely of interest or concern to airports; • Other relevant information -- including favorable implementation areas, geographic regions, and airport sizes; and • Ranking guidance -- variables that users can use to help identify strategies that would meet their needs.
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Abbreviation Coverage Table II-1. Categories of greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies.
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; users may wish to print it to have handy as they review the Fact Sheets or use AirportGEAR. II.2.1 Financial Considerations When considering emission reduction strategies, users are likely to have questions concerning the financial costs.
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Implementation Timeframe This metric represents how long it will take the user to plan/design/build the reduction strategy and get it running so that greenhouse gas emissions are being reduced. Clock icons are used to reflect the following timeframes: Immediate: < 1 year Short-term: 1–5 years Medium-term: 5–10 years Long-term: > 10 years 20 Handbook for Considering Practical Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Strategies for Airports
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Airport operator has no ownership or control but can influence the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through policy, procedures, or training. Airport has no ownership or control but can influence the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through infrastructure improvements.
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. In general, there will be a strong correlation between impacts to natural resources and impacts to the built environment because the actual impacts 22 Handbook for Considering Practical Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Strategies for Airports
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Financial Considerations Ranking Scale < $10,000 $10,000–$100,000 $100,001–$1,000,000 > $1,000,000 < $5,000 $5,000–$50,000 $50,001–$100,000 > $100,000 < 2 years 2–5 years 6–10 years > 10 years Table II-2. Evaluation criteria for strategies.
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24 Handbook for Considering Practical Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Strategies for Airports Criterion Definition Airport Control*
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, carbon offsets or sale of electricity, or other indirect costs or financial benefits that may be associated with the reduction measure. Other business/financial planning strategies, such as creating a revolving fund using savings that will finance additional reduction strategies, are also noted.
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Favorable Geographic Regions This section identifies the practicality of strategies based on geographic location of an airport. Ten regions were used: • Alaska • Central West Coast: Central and Northern California and Nevada • Hawaii and Guam • Lower Midwest: Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas • Mid Atlantic: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia, and the District of Columbia • Northeast: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island • Northwest: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming • Southeast: Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and the territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands • Southwest: Southern California, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico • Upper Midwest: Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska 26 Handbook for Considering Practical Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Strategies for Airports
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of total US passenger enplanements; consists of about 37 airports • Small hub: airports representing at least 0.5% (but less than 0.25%) of total US passenger enplanements; consists of about 72 airports • Non-hub: airports representing at least 2,500 enplaned passengers; consists of about 378 airports • General aviation: all other airports; consists of nearly 2,900 airports Recommended Stakeholder Engagement In general, comprehensive stakeholder engagement is recommended to enhance the success of the implementation of a greenhouse gas reduction measure, as noted in Section IV.
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This program is presently designed to address criteria pollutants, but there have been suggestions to enable the program to fund greenhouse gas reduction strategies. Actions taken to reduce criteria pollutants would likely also reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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