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73 8.1 Introduction Public outreach, also referred to as community involvement or public involvement, is the process of informing, engaging, and collaborating with those who could be affected by a proposed project or action. Chapter 8 focuses on the public outreach and stakeholder involvement for airport projects that involve potential impacts to jurisdictional wetlands and waters of the U.S.
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74 Wetland Mitigation, Volume 2: A Guidebook for Airports operators and the FAA are frequently required to address wetland impacts and mitigation as part of a larger environmental compliance effort, such as an EA or EIS, that requires a NEPA document to be prepared. Although the federal statutes and regulations provide general guidelines for implementing the NEPA process, including public involvement and outreach, federal agencies have great flexibility in developing specific strategies to fulfill the federal statutes, and both the FAA and the USACE have developed their own public outreach approach and framework.
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Public Outreach and Stakeholder Involvement 75 an airport sponsor undertakes a NEPA application, the USACE will participate in the applicant/ airport sponsor's public outreach activities and the applicant's agency scoping efforts. 8.3 Early Stakeholder Outreach Regardless of the project, its proposed mitigation, or the agency responsible for conducting public outreach, the NEPA regulations are clear: Project sponsors must reach out to stakeholders early.
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76 Wetland Mitigation, Volume 2: A Guidebook for Airports and Indian tribes and with interested private persons and organizations .
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Public Outreach and Stakeholder Involvement 77 Airport operators who use federal funds or require federal approvals must work with the FAA to fulfill NEPA requirements and support federal agency consultation. For example, airport operators are responsible for preparing CatExs or EAs to support proposed projects, but the FAA must approve those documents.
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Type of Stakeholder Potential Agency/Stakeholder Airport Operators Agencies or jurisdictions that operate an airport or communities in which airports reside: - State Transportation Agencies, - Airport Commissions or Districts, - Counties, and - Cities Federal Agencies Agencies that may have jurisdiction over wetlands and waters of the U.S., listed species that may occur in wetlands or waters, or other agencies who have jurisdiction over resources that could be affected by projects involving wetlands and proposed mitigation sites: - FAA, - NMFS, - Tribal Historic Preservation Office/Tribal Representatives, - USACE, - USEPA, - U.S. Department of the Interior/SHPO, and - USFWS (federally listed species and their critical habitats)
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Public Outreach and Stakeholder Involvement 79 A scoping meeting is usually the most expedient method for identifying specific projectrelated issues and concerns. The primary goal of the scoping meeting is to present the proposed project and to build partnerships for further consultation throughout project development and mitigation planning.
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80 Wetland Mitigation, Volume 2: A Guidebook for Airports planning, even if those viewpoints were not incorporated into the final project description or mitigation design. 8.6 Benefits of Stakeholder Involvement The diverse perspectives presented through stakeholder involvement can lead to long-lasting benefits to airport operators, regulatory agencies, and their communities.
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Public Outreach and Stakeholder Involvement 81 8.6.2 Regional Benefits Airport-agency outreach can yield results that extend beyond the project and benefit the greater community and region, as well as contribute to the overall health of wetland resources and habitats. The City of Jacksonville's Master Plan approach to redevelopment of the former Cecil Field Naval Air Station led to the creation of an approximately 6,000-acre on-site natural corridor area that provides statewide environmental benefits (Case Study 1 in Chapter 9)
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82 Wetland Mitigation, Volume 2: A Guidebook for Airports 8.7 Many Stakeholders, Many Goals Public involvement involves numerous stakeholders, some of which have competing goals or interests. Although public involvement does not guarantee an outcome that will satisfy everyone, early and ongoing stakeholder involvement for all projects -- not just those involving wetlands or other environmental resources -- can provide opportunities to educate agencies, communities, and other stakeholders; build consensus; and prevent misunderstandings.
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