RE: FAA Airport Environmental ConsiderationsFred - There's certainly a historic aspect to the airport site. The
cultural report done in 2002 didn't identify any residential or
commercial structures on the airport or in the vicinity that were of
historic age (at least 50 years old). The State Historic Preservation
Office agreed with the findings of the cultural report--no impacts.
One of Mr. Eckel's phone comments to me yesterday was that the airport
causes "noise pollution" impacts in the historic districts established
in Kalispell. I told him that this would likely be a very difficult
thing to both analyze and prove. The historic districts in Kalispell
were likely established to recognize concentrations of historic
architectural structures or significant intact old neighborhoods in the
community. While aircraft noise (and other sources of noise-Harleys
with straight pipes!) are indirect effects, it would be a big stretch
for anyone to prove that aircraft noise adversely affects the qualities
or characteristics that were used to nominate any individual structures
or districts in town to the National Register of Historic Places. These
historic sites and districts were established many years after the
airport was developed.
Dan
>>> "Fred Leistiko" <fleistiko@kalispell.com> 7/22/2009 9:08 PM >>>
Dan:
Thanks for copying me on this. The Kalispell City Airport has been in
its current location for almost 80 years, wouldn’t you consider that an
historical site?
Thanks,
Fred A. Leistiko
Airport Manager
City of Kalispell
P.O. Box 1997
Kalispell, MT 59903
406-250-3065
From: Dan Norderud [mailto:dan@RPA-HLN.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 4:08 PM
To: eckels@guitarmusicman.com
Cc: Rick Donaldson
Subject: FAA Airport Environmental Considerations
Mr. Eckels - The link below will take you to a publication produced by
the FAA titled "Environmental Desk Reference for Airport Actions"
(October 2007). This document addresses the environmental subject areas
typically addressed in environmental reviews for airport projects. You
will note that the subject areas cover various aspects of the human and
natural environments.
http://www.faa.gov/airports/environmental/environmental_desk_ref/
Please be aware that this FAA guidance supercedes the guidance that was
in place at the time the Environmental Assessment for the Kalispell City
Airport was prepared. As I mentioned to you during our conversation, the
degree to which the environmental subjects are discussed and analyzed
varies depending upon the scope of the airport project and the
characteristics of the project area.
The links to the other FAA "Orders" that appear on the webpage for the
Environmental Desk Reference provide further information about FAA's
environmental policies and compliance procedures.
Since you had several concerns about the Public Hearing for the
Environmental Assessment, I would direct you to review the contents of
APPENDIX F in the Final Environmental Assessment for the Kalispell City
Airport. This appendix includes evidence of legal notice for the public
hearing, pre-hearing publicity in the Daily Interlake, a transcript of
the public hearing and testimony offered, written comments received, and
sign-in sheets showing some 20-25 people (not counting RPA staff or
folks affiliated with the City Airport) attended the hearing.
Thank you for your interest in this project.
Dan Norderud
Daniel M. Norderud, AICP | Environmental Studies Division Manager
ROBERT PECCIA & ASSOCIATES, INC. | P.O. Box 5653 | Helena, MT 59604
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