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32 How an airport prioritizes and responds to airport air quality issues is often of significant interest to the local community, the general public, regulators, and other stakeholders since they may be directly or indirectly affected by the emissions or related activities. Issues over airport air quality can arise for many reasons: • An airport expansion project may generate construction emissions, • Increases in airline schedules could potentially result in increased overall emissions associated with airport activities, • Environmental approval or permitting of a project or new generator provide opportunities for public review and input, • An illness outbreak at a nearby school may cause parents to raise questions about airport emissions, • An air quality concern at another airport may bring media attention to an airport's air emissions, or • Public interest in broad environmental impacts like climate change may stimulate questions for an airport.
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Stakeholder Engagement Strategies 33 quality, there will usually be a core group of stakeholders with an interest in the issues. These might include environmental representatives from the local municipality or state government; FAA staff; local, state, and/or federal air quality regulators; local chapters of environmental nongovernmental organizations; or representatives from neighboring communities.
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34 Airport Air Quality Management 101 9.1.2 Environmental Regulatory Review and Permitting For specific facility or equipment permits and approvals, opportunities for public review and comment vary by state or jurisdiction. A key element of this process, however, is direct and early engagement with the regulatory agencies that will grant the approval or permit.
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Stakeholder Engagement Strategies 35 like confirming existing conditions, previewing preliminary findings, and suggesting possible mitigation (if needed)
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36 Airport Air Quality Management 101 Many airports also have a complaint line established to receive complaints from the community. Complaints are most often associated with aircraft noise; however, members of the community may also use this line as a means to communicate complaints regarding air quality.
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Stakeholder Engagement Strategies 37 important to understand and determine the most appropriate social media platform for the airport. Some airports may establish one general social media page for the entire airport, while others may have separate pages for large projects or topics (such as air quality)
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38 Airport Air Quality Management 101 as barriers to effective stakeholder engagement and improvement of conditions in communities. Many types of airport development projects funded under the AIP may cause impacts to EJ communities.
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