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Board affirms SFO long-range plan EIR over Palo Alto challenge about 2045 noise baseline
Summary
The board voted to affirm certification of the SFO Recommended Airport Development Plan EIR after the City of Palo Alto challenged the environmental review, arguing the EIR lacked a 2045 noise baseline. Planning and airport staff said the programmatic EIR appropriately used future baselines and that the ADP does not change runway capacity or induce flights.
The Board of Supervisors on Feb. 3 affirmed the planning commissions certification of the final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the San Francisco International Airport Recommended Airport Development Plan (RADP), rejecting a CEQA appeal filed by the city of Palo Alto.
Palo Altos counsel argued the EIR used a 2045 baseline without presenting projections of what noise conditions would be in 2045 absent the project, meaning the environmental analysis failed to disclose impacts to…
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