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51 This section will include four case studies featuring airports that have attempted stormwater fee mitigation strategies. Each case study will provide as much detail as possible on the airport's characteristics and experience, including • Airport type and size • FAA region • Climate • Governance • Geographic distribution • Permit type and complexity • History with stormwater fees • Strategies on managing/mitigating stormwater fees • Successes and failures Case Study of Airport A Characteristics Climate Zone Mixed-humid FAA Region Eastern FAA Category Non-primary Highlights • Stormwater fees paid by Airport A account for approximately nine percent of the airport's annual budget.
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52 Strategies for Airports to Reduce Local Stormwater Utility Fees authority provides flexibility for the airport, allowing it to pursue measures such as condemning land and seeking revenue bonds to help with airport development. Stormwater Management The airport has its own general NPDES permit.
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Case Studies: Strategies for Reducing Local Stormwater Fees for Airports 53 Airport Strategies for Reducing Stormwater Fees Stormwater Credits The stormwater utility provides credits for water quantity and quality BMPs. Landowners must submit an application exhibiting the effectiveness of their BMPs.
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54 Strategies for Airports to Reduce Local Stormwater Utility Fees the airport brings to the city when speaking with a board of supervisors or committees could be helpful in making a business case if the airport needs to negotiate on credits or fees. • Airport A recommends the following advice to other airports newly subject to stormwater fees: – A rate structure based on percentage of impervious surface would probably be more favorable to airports than a fee structure based on ERUs.
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Case Studies: Strategies for Reducing Local Stormwater Fees for Airports 55 and resources involved in funding, contracting with, and managing an outside consultant. They hope to bring an additional staff member on board.
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56 Strategies for Airports to Reduce Local Stormwater Utility Fees Airport Strategies for Reducing Stormwater Fees Stormwater Credits The sewer district has a credit program. However, the airport staff have not yet had time and resources to complete the application process for their impervious area.
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Case Studies: Strategies for Reducing Local Stormwater Fees for Airports 57 Case Study of Airport C Characteristics Climate Zone Marine FAA Region Northwest Mountain FAA Category Non-primary Highlights • Airport C is a small airport subject to longstanding (since the 1980s) stormwater fees from an older utility with a complex fee structure based on percent impervious area.
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58 Strategies for Airports to Reduce Local Stormwater Utility Fees 160 tax parcels of various sizes subject to the county fee. Every year, about six to eight parcels undergo a change in impervious area due to development.
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Case Studies: Strategies for Reducing Local Stormwater Fees for Airports 59 Stormwater Facility Policy In 2006, Airport C developed a policy to charge tenants for using stormwater detention facilities constructed and maintained by the airport. The airport began charging tenants on a proportional basis for use of the airport's detention facilities.
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60 Strategies for Airports to Reduce Local Stormwater Utility Fees • Some leaseholders on the airport property are private entities, and they are billed for the stormwater fee directly by the utility. • The county stormwater fees are based on impervious area.
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Case Studies: Strategies for Reducing Local Stormwater Fees for Airports 61 square footage of impervious area. That number is then divided by the ERU and multiplied by the rate.
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62 Strategies for Airports to Reduce Local Stormwater Utility Fees The airport does not pay fees to the utility for county-owned property, but tenants at the airport do pay fees if not covered under their lease agreement. The airport can help the tenants understand available credits or facilitate providing stormwater services, such as joint stormwater ponds, that the tenants could use for credits.
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