Best Practices - Wildlife Attractants

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• Hazardous Wildlife Attractants on or Near Airports
• On-Line Self Screening for Hazardous Wildlife Attractants On or Near Public-Use Airports

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Hazardous Wildlife Attractants - General Guidance

FAA Advisory Circulars (AC) 150/5200-33, Hazardous Wildlife Attractants on or Near Airports and 150/5200-34, Construction or Establishment of Landfills Near Airports establish FAA standards for land use practices in the vicinity of airports. Airport operators should apply the guidance provided within these two Advisory Circulars by opposing any "on airport" or "off airport" land use modifications or practices that may result in attracting hazardous wildlife.

Failure to apply these FAA standards at obligated airports can result in the airport owner being held in non-compliance with their applicable grant assurances.

Refer to the article entitled On-Line Self-Screening for Hazardous Wildlife Attractants On or Near Public-Use Airports for a listing of hazardous wildlife attractants.

Glenn Helm
Revised November 2007

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On-Line Self Screening for Hazardous Wildlife Attractants On or Near Public-Use Airports (within 7 miles)

Proponents of the following facilities should use the on-line self-screening to determine whether further study by FAA is needed:

• Waste Disposal Operations (e.g. municipal solid waste landfills, trash transfer stations, composting operations, underwater waste discharges, construction and demolition debris facilities, fly ash disposal, etc.)
• Water Management Facilities(e.g. storm water management facilities, wastewater treatment facilities & associated retention and settling ponds, artificial marshes, wastewater discharge and disposal, drinking water intake and treatment facilities, ponds built for recreational use, ponds resulting from mining operations, etc.)
• Wetlands
• Dredge Spoil Containment Areas
• Agricultural Activities (e.g. livestock production, aquaculture, intentional seasonal flooding to attract wildlife, etc.)
• Golf Courses

A study by FAA will determine if the proposed facility is compatible with safe airport operations. A proposed facility within 7 miles of a public-use airport will not necessarily result in an incompatible use finding by FAA. Some activities as close as 5000’ to an airport may be compatible depending on the type of airport and location of the proposed development with respect to approach and departure paths of the runways (existing and planned).

To perform the self-screening, visit the FAA Obstruction Evaluation/Airport Airspace Analysis (OE/AAA) web page. This web site includes an online utility entitled Circle Search for Airports that allows the user to search for nearby airports from a specified location. Select "A specific location", enter a circle radius of 7 (miles), enter the latitude and longitude of the location, and finally click “Search.”

If the search returns one or more airports, submit the proposed facility type, with its latitude and longitude information to the FAA for review. For FAA Central Region locations (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska) submit this information to Mr. Mark Sedarous. Mr. Sedarous' phone number is 816-329-2646.

Glenn Helm
Revised November 2007