BAC SP CATEX FAA Limited Update To Burien Vs FAA 18-71705 20191127 Letter Of Agreement 250 Degree Turn January 2020 (answers From Faa) 0001

Why is the word “limited" used in the title? What are conditions within the "conditional approval" issued for the SAMP NTP? Description of Action “in order to enhance safety and efficiency" Safety: The FAA has not provided a safety risk analysis as required by their own regulations. The early turn crosses over two active runways and through protected missed approach airspace and poses increased safety risks compared to the previous procedure that included separation and coordination. The airfield congestion poses safety risk€ due to a constrained facility on too few acres. No safety risk analysis of airfield or airspace congestion has been provided. Efficiency: Industry term that means increased airport capacity. The new procedure provides for more throughput of jet takeoffs which produce more noise and emission impacts to predominately environmental justice communities and new impacts to sensitive land uses throughout Burien. FAA has identified environmental justice eligible residential uses below the new procedure in the first CATEX but has failed to analyze for cumulative impacts and failed to consider health, unique and unknown risks, among other categories they are required to evaluate. 3) 2"d paragraph: “Noise screening revealed minor expected increases...for turboprops only.” This fails to consider the increased noise when added to SAMP noise and previous incremental build projects and other agency proposed actions such as the SOO free extension. The overall noise rises to significant in the project area. Mitigation is required but has not been acknowledged. Although we would expect an environmental analysis to include potential…

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