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Board affirms SFO long‑range plan EIR over Palo Alto appeal on noise analysis
Summary
The Board of Supervisors affirmed the Planning Commission's certification of the SFO Recommended Airport Development Plan EIR after Palo Alto appealed, arguing the EIR lacked a 2045 noise baseline. Planning and SFO representatives said the programmatic EIR used an appropriate future baseline and concluded the plan would not induce additional flights; the board affirmed the EIR.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Feb. 3 voted to affirm the Planning Commission’s certification of the final environmental impact report (EIR) for San Francisco International Airport’s Recommended Airport Development Plan (RADP) after the City of Palo Alto filed a CEQA appeal raising concerns about noise and air quality analysis.
Palo Alto’s counsel, Rick Jarvis, argued the EIR fails to present a required 2045 baseline for noise and therefore does not permit a lawful comparison of future project impacts. “There’s a…
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