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<br />FARMLAND <br /> <br />According to correspondence received from the United States Department of <br />Agriculture, "Although this area is prime farmland, the Farmland Protection Policy Act <br />(FPPA), recognizes the airport property as land already converted to nonagricultural <br />uses and as 'farmland already in urban development'. The airport property, runway <br />corridors and right-of-ways (ROW) are not subject to the Farmland Protection Policy <br />Act". Proposed development will not require acquisition of farmland. <br /> <br />ENERGY SUPPLY AND NATURAL RESOURCES <br /> <br />No concern regarding existing energy production facilities or known energy resource <br />supplies was expressed by the agencies for this proposed development. A slight <br />increase in energy demand will likely occur as a result of the proposed project. <br />Additional electricity will be needed for the proposed runway and taxiway extensions, <br />new/relocated navigation lights, the terminal building, hangars and parking areas. In <br />addition to this electric demand, expenditures of manpower, fuel, electricity, chemicals, <br />water and other forms of energy will be necessary to construct the improvements and <br />to provide for maintenance and operation of the facilities. <br /> <br />LIGHT EMISSIONS <br /> <br />The proposed lighting improvements for the airport include the installation oflighted <br />airport guidance and directional signs, and medium intensity runway and taxiway <br />lighting on the planned extensions of both runways and parallel taxiways. It is also <br />anticipated that outdoor lighting would be installed within the automobile parking <br />areas, aircraft parking apron and surrounding all terminal and FBO buildings and <br />hangars. Because ofthe distance from the airfield to light-sensitive land uses, impacts <br />associated with any new light emissions are not expected to be significant. <br /> <br />SOLID \VASTE <br /> <br />Slight increases in the generation of solid waste are anticipated as a result of the <br />proposed development and overall growth in aviation activity. Because landfills can <br />attract birds for feeding, the location oflandfills near airports is not desired. Normally, <br />landfills are discouraged within a five miles of a runway end or within 10,000-foot <br />radius of jet airports and a 5,000-foot radius of non-jet airports. There are no landfills <br />located within a five mile radius of the airport. <br /> <br />A-II <br />