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5050.4 3/21/80 (c) If relocation of any business (including farm operations) is involved, the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 requires that the owner be offered assistance in finding a location and reestablishing the business. Evidence to this effect shall be included,in the environmental assessment. If the business relocation will create a severe economic hardship on the community, additional analysis is required in an environmental impact statement. (d) If the proposal would result in alteration of surface transportation patterns or otherwise divide or disrupt established communities or orderly, planned development, such disruption shall not be considered significant unless there is a noticeable increase in congestion or access time to community facilities, recreation areas, or places of residence or business or other disruption which cannot be prevented or minimized. The environmental assessment shall document, to the extent applicable, measures taken to avoid significant disruption by such means as rerouting, street widening, or changes in land use patterns to minimize the effects of the project. (e) The environmental assessment shall reflect the results of any consultation with local officials or with relocation or other social agencies or community groups regarding the social impacts of the proposed action. (4) Induced Socioeconomic Impacts. For major airport development proposals there is the potential for induced or secondary impacts on surround- ing communities. When such potential exists, the environmental assessment shall describe in general terms such factors as shifts in patterns of popula- tion movement and growth, public service demands, and changes in business and economic activity to the extent influenced by the airport development. Induced impacts will normally not be significant except where there are also significant impacts in other categories, especially noise, land use or direct social impacts. In such circumstances, a more thorough analysis of induced effects may be needed in an environmental impact statement. (5) Air Quality. (a) Section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 states in part that no Federal agency shall engage in, support in any way or provide financial assistance for, license or permit, or approve any activity which does not conform to a State Implementation Plan after it has been approved or promulgated under section 110. The Act requires that, in develop- ing the Plan, the states must designate all areas as Nonattainment for those pollutants which do not meet air quality standards and as Prevention of Significant Deterioration for those pollutants which do currently meet standards but are controlled to prevent further significant deterioration beyond acceptable limits. State Implementation Plans may include one or more Transportation Control Plans approved by the metropolitan planning organization(s). It is FAA's responsibility to assure that Federal airport actions conform to state Plans for controlling areawide air pollution impacts. Page 32 Chap 5 Par 47