Will this plant jeopardize airport safety at the Hayward Airfield or the increasingly busy OaklandInternationalAirport?
No, Eastshore will not cause any safety risk for local aviation.The FAA recently completed (January 2006) a safety risk analysis titled “Safety Risk Analysis of Aircraft Overflight of Industrial Exhaust Plumes”. The study concludes that the aviation risk associated with aircraft overflight is extremely low and essentially zero. Eastshore has also completed (and reported to the CEC) the results of an analysis of the potential atmospheric disturbance that may be caused by Eastshore exhaust using the only known methodology and guideline, an Australian civil aviation safety guideline. That analysis demonstrates that the Eastshore plumes would not pose a safety risk under Australian civil aviation guidelines. In the above mentioned FAA safety report, the FAA acknowledged the existence of the Australian guideline, but neither endorsed or rejected its use.In addition, Eastshore has submitted an FAA Notice of Construction (Form 7460-1) to both the FAA and the HaywardAirportLand Use Commission
