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65+ pages; Perfect Bind with SPINE COPY (can reduce type to 12 pts); 1–64 pages; Saddlewire (NO SPINE COPY ***UPDATE PAGE COUNT = FM + PAGES *** AIRPORT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH ACRP PROGRAM SYNTHESIS 42 Integrating Environmental Sponsored by the Federal Sustainability into Aviation Administration Airport Contracts A Synthesis of Airport Practice ACRP OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE* TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD 2013 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE* CHAIR OFFICERS JAMES WILDING Chair: Deborah H. Butler, Executive Vice President, Planning, and CIO, Norfolk Southern Metropolitan Washington Airports Corporation, Norfolk, VA Authority (retired) Vice Chair: Kirk T. Steudle, Director, Michigan DOT, Lansing Executive Director: Robert E. Skinner, Jr., Transportation Research Board VICE CHAIR MEMBERS JEFF HAMIEL Minneapolis–St. Paul VICTORIA A. ARROYO, Executive Director, Georgetown Climate Center, and Visiting Professor, Metropolitan Airports Commission Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC SCOTT E. BENNETT, Director, Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Little Rock MEMBERS WILLIAM A. V. CLARK, Professor of Geography (emeritus) and Professor of Statistics (emeritus), Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles JAMES CRITES JAMES M. CRITES, Executive Vice President of Operations, Dallas–Fort Worth International Dallas–Ft. Worth International Airport Airport, TX RICHARD DE NEUFVILLE JOHN S. HALIKOWSKI, Director, Arizona DOT, Phoenix Massachusetts Institute of Technology PAULA J. C. HAMMOND, Secretary, Washington State DOT, Olympia KEVIN C. DOLLIOLE MICHAEL W. HANCOCK, Secretary, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Frankfort Unison Consulting SUSAN HANSON, Distinguished University Professor Emerita, School of Geography, Clark JOHN K. DUVAL University, Worcester, MA Austin Commercial, LP STEVE HEMINGER, Executive Director, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Oakland, CA KITTY FREIDHEIM CHRIS T. HENDRICKSON, Duquesne Light Professor of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Freidheim Consulting Pittsburgh, PA STEVE GROSSMAN JEFFREY D. HOLT, Managing Director, Bank of Montreal Capital Markets, and Chairman, Utah Jacksonville Aviation Authority Transportation Commission, Huntsville, UT KELLY JOHNSON KEVIN L. KEITH, Missouri DOT, Jefferson City Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority GARY P. LAGRANGE, President and CEO, Port of New Orleans, LA CATHERINE M. LANG MICHAEL P. LEWIS, Director, Rhode Island DOT, Providence Federal Aviation Administration JOAN MCDONALD, Commissioner, New York State DOT, Albany GINA MARIE LINDSEY DONALD A. OSTERBERG, Senior Vice President, Safety and Security, Schneider National, Inc., Los Angeles World Airports Green Bay, WI CAROLYN MOTZ STEVE PALMER, Vice President of Transportation, Lowe’s Companies, Inc., Mooresville, NC Airport Design Consultants, Inc. SANDRA ROSENBLOOM, Director, Innovation in Infrastructure, The Urban Institute, RICHARD TUCKER Washington, DC Huntsville International Airport HENRY G. (GERRY) SCHWARTZ, JR., Chairman (retired), Jacobs/Sverdrup Civil, Inc., St. Louis, MO KUMARES C. SINHA, Olson Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, EX OFFICIO MEMBERS West Lafayette, IN PAULA P. HOCHSTETLER DANIEL SPERLING, Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and Policy; Airport Consultants Council Director, Institute of Transportation Studies; University of California, Davis SABRINA JOHNSON GARY C. THOMAS, President and Executive Director, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Dallas, TX U.S. Environmental Protection Agency PHILLIP A. WASHINGTON, General Manager, Regional Transportation District, Denver, CO RICHARD MARCHI Airports Council International— EX OFFICIO MEMBERS North America REBECCA M. BREWSTER, President and COO, American Transportation Research Institute, LAURA MCKEE Smyrna, GA Airlines for America ANNE S. FERRO, Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. DOT HENRY OGRODZINSKI LEROY GISHI, Chief, Division of Transportation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the National Association of State Aviation Interior, Washington, DC Officials JOHN T. GRAY II, Senior Vice President, Policy and Economics, Association of American MELISSA SABATINE Railroads, Washington, DC American Association of Airport MICHAEL P. HUERTA, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. DOT Executives JOUNG HO LEE, Associate Director for Finance and Business Development, American Association ROBERT E. SKINNER, JR. of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and Chair, TRB Young Members Council, Transportation Research Board Washington, DC DAVID T. MATSUDA, Administrator, Maritime Administration, U.S. DOT SECRETARY MICHAEL P. MELANIPHY, President and CEO, American Public Transportation Association, CHRISTOPHER W. JENKS Washington, DC Transportation Research Board VICTOR M. MENDEZ, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. DOT ROBERT J. PAPP (Adm., U.S. Coast Guard), Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of Homeland Security CYNTHIA L. QUARTERMAN, Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. DOT PETER M. ROGOFF, Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, U.S. DOT DAVID L. STRICKLAND, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. DOT JOSEPH C. SZABO, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. DOT POLLY TROTTENBERG, Under Secretary for Policy, U.S. DOT ROBERT L. VAN ANTWERP (Lt. General, U.S. Army), Chief of Engineers and Commanding General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC BARRY R. WALLERSTEIN, Executive Officer, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Diamond Bar, CA GREGORY D. WINFREE, Acting Administrator, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, U.S. DOT FREDERICK G. (BUD) WRIGHT, Executive Director, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington, DC *Membership as of March 2012. *Membership as of February 2013. AIRPORT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM ACRP SYNTHESIS 42 Integrating Environmental Sustainability into Airport Contracts A Synthesis of Airport Practice CONSULTANT Zoe Haseman Leighfisher Burlingame, California SUBSCRIBER CATEGORIES Aviation • Environment • Law Research Sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD WASHINGTON, D.C. 2013 www.TRB.org AIRPORT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM ACRP SYNTHESIS 42 Airports are vital national resources. They serve a key role in Project A11-03, Topic S02-07 transportation of people and goods and in regional, national, and ISSN 1935-9187 inter national commerce. They are where the nation’s aviation sys- ISBN 978-0-309-22390-4 tem connects with other modes of transportation and where federal Library of Congress Control Number 2013930826 responsibility for managing and regulating air traffic operations intersects with the role of state and local governments that own and © 2013 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. operate most airports. Research is necessary to solve common oper- ating problems, to adapt appropriate new technologies from other industries, and to introduce innovations into the airport industry. 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