Grant Assurance 9 – Public Hearings

For Grant Assurance 9 – Public Hearings, if the project involves a new airport, a new runway, or a runway extension, a public hearing is required. The public hearing covers the economic, social, and environmental impacts of the project on the community and ensures that it is aligned with the Grant Assurance 6 – Consistency with Local Plans and Grant Assurance 7 – Consideration of Local Interest. The airport must certify that it complied and even provide the FAA a transcript of the public hearing if requested. This does not apply to non-federally funded projects or for projects that do not involve the new airport, runway, or extension ^[1] FAA Airport Improvement Program Assurances for Airport Sponsors, February 2020 (updated editorially June 2020), … Continue reading

In projects involving the location of an airport, an airport runway, or a major runway extension, it has afforded the opportunity for public hearings for the purpose of considering the economic, social, and environmental effects of the airport or runway location and its consistency with goals and objectives of such planning as has been carried out by the community and it shall, when requested by the Secretary, submit a copy of the transcript of such hearings to the Secretary. Further, for such projects, it has on its management board either voting representation from the communities where the project is located or has advised the communities that they have the right to petition the Secretary concerning a proposed project.

FAA Grant Assurance 9