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Appendix 10. Community
Involvement Policy
Community
Involvement Policy Statement
The first step in
meeting the needs of the public is
to understand the public's needs.
Community involvement lets the
agency know what the citizens think
about our activities. Though
community involvement, we will
broaden our information base and
improve our decisions.
The Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) is
committed to complete, open, and
effective participation in agency
action. The agency regards community
involvement as an essential element
in the development of programs and
decisions that affect the public.
The public has a
right to know about our projects and
to participate in our decision
making process. To ensure that FAA
actions serve the collective public
interests, all stakeholders will
have an opportunity to be heard. Our
goals are:
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To provides
active, early, and continuous
public involvement;
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To provide
reasonable public access to
information;
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To provide the
public an opportunity to comment
prior to key decisions; and
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To solicit and
consider public input on plans,
proposals, alternatives, impacts,
mitigation and final decision.
This task will
require agency management and staff:
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To identify and
involve the public and to consider
specific concerns;
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To use public
involvement techniques designed to
meet the diverse needs of the
broad public, including not only
interested groups and the general
public, but individuals as well;
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To ensure FAA
planning and project managers
commit appropriate financial and
human resources to community
involvement;
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To sponsor
outreach, information, and
educational assistance to help the
public participate in FAA
planning, programming, and project
development activities;
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To ensure key
personnel are trained properly in
community involvement techniques
and methods; and
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To development
and evaluate public involvement
processes and procedures to assess
their success at meeting our
goals.
The goals of
community involvement are:
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To promote a
shared obligation of the public
and FAA decision makers in
identifying aviation-related
concern and developing and
evaluating alternatives to address
them; and
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To promote an
active public role to minimize
potential adverse community
reaction to agency plans that are
necessary for safe, effective, and
environmentally responsible
management of our airspace.
Signed by
David R. Hinson
Administrator
Dated: April 17,
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