Minutes - Council - 06/06/1990 - Joint with Airport Commission

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5200. 5 10/16/74 bo Co do Mo incompatible land use under guidelines of paragrap~n 5 and cannot be closed within a reasonable time, it should be designed and operated in accordance ~ with the criteria and instructions issued by the Envigon.v~ntal Protection Agency, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and other such regulatory bodies that may have applica- ble requirements. FAA should advise airport owners against locating, permitting or concurring in the location of a landfill on or in the vicinity of airports. The operation of a sanitary landfill located beyond the areas described in paragraph 5 and designed in accordance with the guide- lines identified in the foregoing paragraph must ~e properly super- vised to insure compatibility with the airport. If at any time the landfill, by virtue of its operation, presents a potential hazard to aircraft operations, the owner shall take action to correct the s£tuat£on or terminate operation of the landfill. Failure toe_take corrective action could place the air.oort owner i_~n noncomp, liance with the con~nitments under a grant agreement. An inspection of current gperations at existing landfill sites which have a reported potential bird hazard problem will periodically be made and evaluated. A Bird Fiazard Group formed under Order 5200.4 date'.: 11/20/73 could appropriately be available for consultation regarding this activity. Should it be found that birds attracted' to the landfill site do in fact constitute a potential hazard to aircraft, the condition will be reported to AAT-430, National Flight Data Center (NFDC), for possible inclusion in the Airman's Informa- tion b~anual. The appropriate FA_~ office should i~--~.ediately evaluate the situation to determine compliance with the grant agreement and take such action as may be warranted under the guidelines as prescribed in Order 5190.6, Airports Compliance Requirements. This order does not apply to landfills used exclusively for the dis- posal of rock and earth. This order is not intended to resolve all related problems, but is specifically directed toward eliminating sanitary landfills in the proximity of airports, thus providing a safer environment for air- craft operations. The airport operations manual should require landfill site inspec- tions at least semimonthly for those landfill operations that cannot be closed to assure that bird population is not increasing.