Transcript LAX Master Plan EIS/EIR Review

Supplemental Draft EIS/EIR To
The Proposed Master Plan
Improvements at LAX
Presentation to
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
A.C. Lazzaretto & Associates
October 28, 2003
Project Team
• A.C. Lazzaretto & Associates
• Bauer Environmental Services
• Michael Brandman Associates
• BoydForbes, Inc
• Mestre Greve Associates
• Austin-Foust Associates
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Project Team ( Cont.)
• County of Los Angeles Chief
Administrative Office
• County of Los Angeles County
Counsel
• County of Los Angeles Department
of Public Works
• County of Los Angeles Department
of Regional Planning
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Major Issues for
Consideration
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Growth Constraints
Security Plan
Environmental Justice
State and National Environmental
Compliance Standards
• Noise Assessment
• Air Quality
• Reasonable Baseline
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Growth Issues
• Alternative D will not constrain growth at
LAX
• Airside gate frontage far exceeds stated
levels
• Runway design capacity is understated
• LAWA itself states, “LAX cannot legally
turn away any passenger or aircraft that
wants to come to LAX” ( LAX Master Plan,
SDEIS/EIR, Questions and Answers, page 3)
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Security Issues
• Alternative D will not adequately
serve stated security goals
• Security Plan relies upon speculative
and discredited technology concepts
• Security Plan does not address
serious security exposures
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Environmental Justice
Issues
• The negative impacts on communities
east and northeast of LA are pervasive
• The SDEIS/EIR defers critical evaluations
of health impacts
• Mitigation measures are vague and poorly
defined
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Environmental Justice
Issues (Cont.)
• Biological resources are protected at
the expense of residents in Lennox,
Inglewood and Manchester Square
• A report authored by the Land
Protection Partners states that
biological resources are harmed
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Noise and Air Quality Issues
• The noise assessment contains
significant discrepancies
• Quantitative assessment of toxic air
pollutant omitted
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State and National
Compliance Issues
• Scoping Outreach fails to meet National
Environmental Policy Act Requirements
(NEPA)
• Use of a Supplement to a Draft EIS/EIR is
improper under CA Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA)
• The SDEIS/EIR contains statements that
create an appearance of advocacy
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Baseline Issues
• The SDEIS/EIR offers a baseline that
is now 7 years old
• This is an unacceptable yardstick to
measure impacts of Alternative D
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Summary
• LAX is vitally important to Southern
California
• Improvements are needed at LAX,
particularly to ensure safety and
security
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Summary (Cont.)
• LAWA is proposing to implement a
flawed project
• The process is compromised by an
inadequate environmental review
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Summary (Cont.)
• The security planning effort is
inadequate
• There are misleading statements
regarding growth potential
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Conclusion
• The problems with 2001 and 2003
environmental documents are so
pervasively serious that the only practical
remedy is to start the process over again
• A truly comprehensive and revised
SDEIS/EIR must be prepared
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Recommendations For a
Revised Document
1. Provide comprehensive scoping
2. Use an updated and consistent
baseline
3. Identify and assess a reasonable
range of alternatives
4. Address internal inconsistencies
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Recommendations For a
Revised Document (Cont.)
5. Offer proper levels of analysis and
explanation
6. Present an entirely new complete
impact assessment that does not
defer critical decisions
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Finally
Only with these extensive
modifications can the LAX Master
Plan and associated SDEIS/EIR be
rendered adequate
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