FAA AIRSPACE REDESIGN

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FAA AIRSPACE REDESIGN

• over Pound Ridge

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The How it Started

• First Week in August 2007
• Abrupt dramatic increase in volume of aircraft
  flyover
• Regional jets, commercial jumbo jets, 757,
  helecoptors seen flying over portions of Pound
  Ridge, Specifically Ward reservation, Mianus
  River Gorge, Scotts Corners, Cross River, Parts
  of Bedford others
• Flights every 3 minutes

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Whats that Noise?

• CHOKE POINT INITIATIVE
• Implementation of airspace redesign began in 2007
  thru 2011. Pound Ridge we will be impacted by
  some portion of
• 550 La Guardia Arrivals per day
• 460 arrivals departures per day at Westchester
• 225 arrivals departures per day at Stewart
• 578 arrivals departures per day at Teterboro
• Variable Helecoptor Corporate Jet Directional
  Traffic to Carmel VOR
• non-inclusive of scheduled expansion efforts

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Introducing the FAAs Plan

• NY NJ PA Airspace Redesign
• Started in 1989
• Part of the Next Generation Project
• Biggest Airspace Redesign in 50 years
• Plagued by project management breakdowns, funding
  problems flawed models, invalid data,
  insufficient testing
• Audited by the GAO twice with poor review and
  major concerns notes in 2005

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Affected area
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Westchester airport
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LAGuardia Arrivals
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Westchester arrivals
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Added departure capacity
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The Design

• Multi-layer airspace (new classification)
• Fly planes closer to eachother (from 5 to 3)
• Duel Landings on parallell runways
• Continuous Descent Approach
• Lower altitude flight over land to accommodate
  more traffic new approach
• Significant increase in Risk

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Draft Environmental Impact Study

• Many notable organizations were involved in the
  phase 1 design to produce reports giving guidance
  according to their specialty.
• The Draft Statement (DEIS) is flawed, non
  inclusive of all impacted areas and does not take
  into account the recommendations produced in the
  design phase
• Not enough Study Points
• Data corruption
• Incorrect assumptions
• Land use change Re-classification

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Noise measurement sites
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FEIS

• Includes inconsistencies, flawed assumptions
• Mitigated routes were not discussed with newly
  impacted communities. Unethical.
• Park land, sanctuaries, water sources,
  conservation land, nature trails and Bird
  sanctuaries are newly used as mitigated routes.
  They do this without contacting their custodians.
• Utilizing these lands is a violation of
  Environmental Law without study or involvement of
  resource directors.

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Record of Decision

• Factually inaccurate
• Overstatement of public involvement
• Statistical misrepresentation.
• Land use change
• Actionable

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Safety Risks

• FAA provided no Risk vs. Gain studies on
• Low altitude navigation risks
• Dual Landing risks demonstrated in operative
  setting
• Safe Distance Rule Decrease
• Bird Strike Hazard Increase
• National Security Risk of Nuclear Power Plant
  Flyover
• Fuel Jettison over land
• Emergency Management
• Disaster Preparedness not addressed
• Aluminum Shower over park land Risk

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Environmental Risks

• Aircraft Emissions
• Water Quality
• Wetland contamination
• New York City Water Supply
• Air Quality
• Human Health Risk
• Ecosystem disturbance
• Endangered Species Extinction
• Noise
• Change of Land Use
• Harmonic Vibration and historic structures

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Indirect Impact

• Land Value
• Change of Land Use Classification
• FAAs Removal of Quiet Setting from rural
  areas, parkland, native sanctuaries like Pound
  Ridge is a change of land use. This defacto
  incorporates our community into a navigational
  easement.
• Human Health Risks due to Aircraft Emissions
• Asthma
• Lung and liver cancer
• Heart Disease

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To Do

• Stop the FAA from implementation
• Protect our community and Parks land use
• Roll back the routing changes
• Follow environmental law protecting park land,
  native forest, Bird Sanctuaries, rural
• Conduct the necessary Impact Studies
• Communicate to all impacted area leaders.
• Provide ethical mitigation strategies
• Educate yourself on the facts
• Go to ourairspace.org for scientific Studies, To
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