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3/21/80 5050.4 use control authority, including an update on any prior assurance. It is recognized that not all airport sponsors have direct jurisdictional control. However, sponsors are public agencies with a voice in the affairs of the community in which the airport development is undertaken and should be required, as a minimum, to use their best effort to assure proper zoning or other land use controlsnear the airport. Depending on the sponsors' capability, "appropriate action" could range from extension of such influence to acquisition of land in fee. It is the FAA official's responsibility to determine that appropriate action constituting reasonable assurance, has been or will be taken. FAA Advisory Circular 150/5050-6, Airport -Land Use Compatibility Planning, presents guidance for airport sponsors and planners to help achieve compatibility between airports and their environs. (3) Social Impacts. (a) The principal social impacts to be considered are those associated with relocation or other community disruption which may be caused by the proposal. If the proposal will not involve the need to relocate any residence or business; alter surface transportation patterns; divide or disrupt established communities; disrupt orderly, planned development; or create an appreciable change in employment, then no specific analysis is needed and a summary statement to this effect will be sufficient in the environmental assessment. (b) If relocation of residences is involved, the provisions of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 must be met. Sufficient information is needed in the environmental assessment to assure that the relocation can be managed. Such information may need to be obtained from secondary or community sources. If the assessment indicates any insufficiency in available housing or a high degree of contro- versy with respect to availability (reference paragraph 24d), the action shall be construed as having potential significant social impacts and will require additional analysis as indicated in paragraph 85c. For purposes of the environmental assessment, the following information shall be provided. 1 Estimate of the numbers of well as the characteristics of the households to income levels, renter or owner, tenure, elderly, 2 Impact on the neighborhood relocation is likely to take place. individuals and families as be displaced (e.g., minorities, large families). and housing to which 3 Indication of ability to provide adequate relocation housing for the types of families to be displaced. Include a description of special relocation advisory services to be provided, if any, for the elderly, handicapped, or illiterate regarding interpretation of benefits or other assistance available. Chap 5 Par 47 Page 31