EDMS

2018-12-19
Models – Aviation Environmental Tools Suite

The FAA, in collaboration with NASA and Transport Canada, has developed a suite of software tools called the Aviation Environmental Tool Suite to assess the environmental impacts of aviation, including noise, air quality, fuel burn, and greenhouse gas emissions. The suite's main components include the Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT), Environmental Design Space (EDS), and the Aviation environmental Portfolio Management Tool (APMT), which together help quantify the relationships between aviation-related noise, emissions, and costs. These tools are designed to support policy, technology, and operational decision-making at local, regional, national, and international levels, and are released to the public only after rigorous validation testing.

TagsAEDT, Aviation Emissions, EDMS, FAA, NASA
2016-07-15
Leigh-Fisher Sea-Tac Airport Air Quality Criteria Pollutant Emissions Inventory Task 2.8

Leigh-Fisher Sea-Tac Airport Air Quality Criteria Pollutant Emissions Inventory Task 2.8 The emissions inventory was developed for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (the Airport) sources using the FAA’s EDMS Version 5.1.4.1. The purpose of the inventory was to identify existing conditions emissions of criteria pollutants as part of the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) and to serve

TagsEDMS, EPA, Leigh-Fisher, pollution

As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.

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