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A League of NeighborhoodsP.O. Box 26142, San Jose, CA 95159
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Neighbors,
The Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport Master Plan Update is now available for public review.
Written comments must be made to the Department of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement by 5:00 pm, Friday, November 22, 2002. Your comments will be included in the Final SEIR and be considered by the Planning Commission at the public hearing, tentatively scheduled for January 22, 2003.
If you would like a copy of the draft, or more information please contact:
Janis Moore
Department of Planning, Building & Code Enforcement
408-277-4576
This draft relates to updating the current airport master plan to allow construction of the Automated People Mover (PM) which will be located between the airport and light rail station on North First Street. It also contains and update to the faulty noise analysis that was contained in the 1997 EIR.
It is likely that there will be increased airport noise in the neighborhoods and that parking for the APM will impact the neighborhood nearby. I encourage each neighborhood organization to examine the SEIR and these impacts now, submit your comments and mark your calendar for January 22, 2003.
Regards,
Lenora Porcella for Citizens Against Airport Pollution
Supplemental EIR for Master Plan update related to an elevated Automatic People Mover (APM)
Airport Noise Report Line - (408) 452-0707
The city of San Jose has a new Info line that is a 24/7 fax. The number is 408-277-8500 with four digit codes for the following:
- 1103 - Airport Acoustical Treatment Program
- 1106 - Airport Noise Monitoring Center
- 1109 - General Information
South Bay residents are encouraged to report intrusive aircraft overflight noise on San Francisco Airport's toll free citizen complaint number. Callers with a complaint should state the time, date, duration.
The toll free number is 1 (877) 206-8290
Live Radar Flight Tracks allows you to watch the movement of flights and air traffic patterns currently in use within the Bay Area. This map will show flight tracks of aircraft arriving and departing from SFO, Oakland, and San Jose Airport and other nearby general aviation airports. Red plane icons are arrivals, green are departures, black are General Aviation or small propeller aircraft and helicopters. The white icons are aircraft transiting the area and bypassing local airports. The icon sizes are uniform regardless of the actual size of the aircraft.
Map showing the cummulative effect of 17 of Santa Clara County's leading 'High Tech' Hazardous Air Pollutants identified by SVTC that are contained in the CEP database and have an EPA Benchmark for cancer. The risk for cancer is much higher than the Clean Air Act goal of 1 in 1 million individuals anywhere in Santa Clara County. The cancer risk ranges from 18 to 876 additional cancer cases - a high of over 800 additional cancer cases per million individuals - resulting from exposure to the subset of High Tech chemicals that SVTC has identified.