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APPENDIX S SCOPING DOCUMENTATION

• S.1 Introduction

• Attachment S-1, Notice of Intent

• Attachment S-2, O’Hare Modernization Program (OMP) Scoping Summary

S.1 INTRODUCTION

NEPA requires in 40 CFR 1501.7 “an early and open process for determining the scope of issues to be addressed and for identifying significant issues related to the proposed action.”

Furthermore, FAA Order 5050.4A indicates that a well choreographed scoping period will result in an EIS that is not only refined, but also well focused on pertinent issues. The FAA uses scoping to ensure that the EIS documents and addresses the concerns of both the public as well as other governmental agencies. Chapter 2, Paragraph, 208c. of FAA Order 1050.1E1 states:

Public input is important in defining the scope of FAA NEPA documents. Public involvement is required when the FAA prepares an EIS (40 CFR 1501.4(d)). Public involvement must be provided for, to the extent practicable, while an EA is being drafted (40 CFR 1501.4(b)). Although there is no standard approach to public scoping, it is important that FAA facilitate public participation in that process as well. Therefore, the FAA should tailor public scoping processes to match the complexity of the proposal.

The first step in the scoping process is to issue a Notice of Intent (NOI).2 A copy of this NOI is included as Attachment S-1. This notice must be published in the Federal Register, and it is recommended that it be published in local media as well. In adherence to the order, the FAA published the Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and To Conduct Environmental Scoping for Improvements To the O'Hare International Airport, in Chicago, IL in the Federal Register on July 17, 2002 and in local newspapers.

Given the complexity of the proposed projects, the FAA conducted a total of four scoping meetings. Two were designed for the general public, and two were designed for other governmental agencies. The comments received from each of the four meetings, as well as material presented at the meetings, were later consolidated into a single volume. This document, O’Hare Modernization Program Scoping Summary,3 was prepared by the CCT at the direction of the FAA. The FAA reviewed the document and also provided comments for revision. The City revised the document in December 2002 to incorporate the FAA comments. The December 2002 edition of the OMP Scoping Summary is included as Attachment S-2.

1 FAA Order 1050.1E, Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures, June 8, 2004. 2 Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and to Conduct Environmental Scoping for

Improvements to the O’Hare International Airport, in Chicago IL, Federal Register, Vol. 67, No. 137, July 17, 2002. 3 O’Hare Modernization Program, Scoping Summary, City of Chicago, December 2002.

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ATTACHMENT S-2 O’HARE MODERNIZATION PROGRAM SCOPING

SUMMARY (PREPARED BY THE CITY OF CHICAGO, DECEMBER 2002)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

The actions conducted during the scoping process are outlined in this report and are organized in the following sections:

Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................... ii

A. Pre-Scoping Coordination....................................................................................................1 B. Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement

and Conduct Scoping ...........................................................................................................4 C. Scoping Distribution List .....................................................................................................5 D. Scoping Materials ................................................................................................................5 E. Agency Scoping ...................................................................................................................5 F. Public Scoping .....................................................................................................................7 G. Informational Meeting .......................................................................................................18 H. Scoping Comments ............................................................................................................18 Table 1 – Pre-Scoping City Briefings and Public Outreach ............................................................1 Table 2 – Agency Scoping August 19, 2002 Attendees ..................................................................6 Table 3 – Agency Scoping August 20, 2002 Attendees ..................................................................6 Table 4 – Public Scoping August 21, 2002 Attendees.....................................................................7 Table 5 – Public Scoping August 22, 2002 Attendees.....................................................................9 Table 6 – August 21, 2002 Attendees by Community...................................................................16 Table 7 – August 22, 2002 Attendees by Community...................................................................16 Table 8 – Informational Meeting August 29, 2002 Attendees.......................................................18 Table 9 – Scoping Commentors.....................................................................................................21 Table 10 – Comment Summary .....................................................................................................43 Exhibit 1 – Scoping Meeting Attendee Locations .........................................................................17 Exhibit 2 – Summary of Scoping Comments ................................................................................20 Section I Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct

Scoping Section II Scoping Distribution List Section III Example Scoping Letters Section IV Scoping Materials Section V Scoping Sign-in Sheets Section VI Scoping Transcripts Section VII Scoping Comments

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Executive Summary

A thorough agency and public participation ‘scoping’ process was conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in preparation of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the O’Hare Modernization Program (OMP) proposed by the City of Chicago. The purpose of scoping was to present the O’Hare Modernization Program and to identify the range of issues to be considered for analysis as part of the EIS process. This Scoping Summary Notebook outlines all scoping activities conducted in support of the OMP EIS process. Pre-Scoping Coordination Early-on, both the City of Chicago and the FAA met with Federal, state, and local organizations, elected officials, and the public to initiate an open communication process. Together, nearly 90 briefings and public outreach opportunities were provided. A listing of all briefings including meetings with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Federal Highway Administration are included in this notebook. Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping The Notice of Intent (NOI) was published in the Federal Register on July 17, 2002 and the legal notices were published in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald and Daily Southtown on July 19, 2002. Copies of the NOI and notices are included in Section I of this notebook. Scoping Distribution List In total, 486 scoping letters were mailed to invite individuals to attend scoping meetings. In addition, 91 letters were sent to Chicagoland mayors inviting them to an informational meeting that was conducted on August 29, 2002. A complete listing of invitees is included in Section II of this notebook. Also, example scoping invitations/letters are included in Section III of this notebook. Scoping Materials Several informational materials were made available for individuals during the scoping process. At each of the meetings, scoping documents, public handouts, and notices of intent were on hand for participants to learn about the project. Comment forms were made available for individuals

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to make comments. The public handouts, comment forms, and select presentation boards were also available in Spanish. All the scoping materials are included in Section IV of this notebook. Agency Scoping A listing of all attendees and the sign-in sheets (Section V) are included in the notebook. Thirteen people signed-in and attended the meeting on August 19th in Springfield and 25 people signed-in and attended the meeting on August 20th in Chicago. Court reporters were available at both agency scoping meetings for individuals to make comments. Transcripts from both meeting are also included in Section VI of this notebook. Public Scoping A listing of all attendees and the sign-in sheets (Section V) are included in the notebook. Forty-nine people attended the meeting on August 21st in Des Plaines and 268 people attended the meeting on August 22nd in Elk Grove Village. Court reporters were available at both public scoping meetings for individuals to make comments. Transcripts from both meetings are also included in Section VI of this notebook. Additionally, attendees by community are identified and illustrated with a scoping meeting attendee location map. Informational Meeting A listing of all attendees and the sign-in sheets (Section V) are included in the notebook. Ninety letters were sent to Chicagoland mayors inviting them to the meeting. Sixteen people attended the meeting. A court reporter was present to record the meeting. The transcript from the meeting is included in Section VI of this notebook. Comments Received A total of 305 comments were received, of which 93 individuals gave oral testimony, and the remaining 212 comments were in the form of comment forms, letters, and e-mails. The comments were categorized into 14 issue groups: purpose and need (3%), project description (2%), alternatives (9%), aviation forecasts/delays (3%), air quality (13%), noise (14%), safety/security (7%), socioeconomic (13%), other environmental issues (5%), surface transportation (5%), quality of life/health effects (8%), cumulative impacts (1%), agency and public coordination (7%), and other (10% - which includes a variety of miscellaneous topics).

The major concerns expressed were noise (14%), air quality (13%), socioeconomic (13%), alternatives (9%), and quality of life/health effects (8%).

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Comments Received from Agencies, Organizations, and Communities • Federal, state, and local agencies Nine Federal, state, and local agencies commented on the O’Hare Modernization Program. They included: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Highway Administration Illinois Department of Transportation Illinois Environmental Protection Agency DuPage County Department of Development and Environmental Concerns Will County Planning Department Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Regional Transportation Authority • Elected Officials James Johnson on behalf of Congressman Henry Hyde and Joseph Karaganis, representing Senate President Pate Philip made comments on the O’Hare Modernization Program. • Organizations/Associations Sixteen organizations and associations commented on the O’Hare Modernization Program. They included: Park Ridge Airport Advisory Council Northwest & Schaumburg Association of Commerce and Industry Inter City Rail Illinois Rail National Air Traffic Controllers Association Midwest High Speed Rail Coalition Union Pacific Railroad Environmental Law & Policy Center Greater O’Hare Association World Business Chicago Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Bensenville Park District Elk Grove Township Schools O’Hare Noise Compatibility Commission Suburban O’Hare Commission Alliance of Residents Concerning O’Hare, Inc.

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• Communities Nine communities commented on the O’Hare Modernization Program. They include: Village of Northbrook Village of Berkeley City of Bensenville Elk Grove Village Village of Arlington Heights Franklin Park City of Northlake City of Park Ridge Village of Bensenville, Elk Grove, and Park Ridge (as represented by Shaw Pittman LLP, Sandy Murdock, and Karaganis & White, Ltd., Joseph Karaganis)

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O’HARE MODERNIZATION PROGRAM (OMP) SCOPING SUMMARY

To facilitate early and open communication during development of the City of Chicago’s proposed O’Hare Modernization Program (OMP) and preparation of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), a thorough agency and public ‘scoping’ participation process was conducted. The guidelines for conducting scoping are contained within the CEQ Regulations, 40 C.F.R. § 1501.7, which provide that “there shall be an early and open process for determining the scope of issues to be addressed and for identifying the significant issues related to the proposed action.” Scoping provides the opportunity for maximum public and agency participation during the preparation and development of the FAA’s EIS. This process included numerous briefings with local, state, and Federal regulatory agencies, elected officials, and the public to present the O’Hare Modernization Program and to determine the range of issues to be identified. These activities included:

• Pre-Scoping Coordination • Federal Register publication of a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental

Impact Statement (EIS) and conduct Scoping • Public and Agency Scoping • Informational Meeting

The following sections describe the scoping activities conducted for the O’Hare Modernization Program EIS process.

A. Pre-Scoping Coordination Early-on, the City of Chicago and the Federal Aviation Administration met with various interested community organizations including Federal, state, and local organizations to facilitate consideration of key issues and an understanding of the Proposed Project. Prior to Scoping, the City of Chicago provided nearly 90 briefings and other public outreach opportunities at which information about the O’Hare Modernization Program was presented and made available. Table 1 identifies the pre-scoping briefings and public outreach conducted by the City. Table 1 Pre-Scoping City Briefings and Public Outreach

BRIEFING

DATE

FAA Airports and Air Traffic Office, Des Plaines 7/9/2001 U.S. House Aviation Sub Committee Testimony, Chicago 7/10/2001 O’Hare Airline Managers Association Jul-01 O’Hare Air Traffic Controllers Briefing Jul-01 U.S. Senate Aviation Sub-Committee Testimony, Chicago 7/11/2001

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Table 1 Pre-Scoping City Briefings and Public Outreach

BRIEFING

DATE

Meeting with State Representatives Mulligan and Krause Jul-01 Meeting with Cook County Commissioner Carl Hansen Jul-01 Presentation at Elmhurst College, Elmhurst Jul-01 Greater O’Hare Association Board Meeting, Elk Grove Village 7/12/2001 Meeting with Mayor Don Stephens, Rosemont Jul-01 TAMS, Inc. Consultants Meeting 7/13/2001 Meeting with Mayors Jeffrey Sherwin (Northlake) and Earl Field (Norridge) 7/17/2001 Meeting with Mayor Ed Schock, Elgin 7/18/2001 Presentation at Metropolis 2020 Board Meeting, Chicago 7/19/2001 Meeting with Mayor Mark Ruby, Aurora 7/20/2001 Presentation at Center for Neighborhood Technology Jul-01 Community Outreach Vehicle at River Forest Fest, River Forest 7/21/2001 East Corporate Corridor Presentation 7/23/2001 ALBA Luncheon 7/24/2001 Governor & IDOT Briefing 7/25/2001 Briefing with Service Employees International Union leaders 8/1/2001 Greater O’Hare Breakfast, Rolling Meadows 8/2/2001 Lipinski Luncheon at Mid-America Club, Chicago 8/6/2001 Chicago Building Trades Council Presentation, Chicago 8/7/2001 Buffalo Grove Chamber Luncheon, Buffalo Grove 8/7/2001 Service Employees International Union Meeting Aug-01 Bud Biliken Parade, Chicago 8/11/2001 Outreach on the Blue Line, Chicago 8/13/2001 Suburban Manufacturers Briefing 8/14/2001 Governor’s Hearing, Des Plaines 8/16/2001 City Club Presentation, Chicago 8/20/2001 Governor's Hearing, Naperville 8/20/2001 Black Contractors United Briefing 8/21/2001 Governor’s Hearing, Bensenville 8/22/2001 State Legislative Briefing 8/24/2001 Governor’s Hearing, Tinley Park 8/27/2001 State Legislative Briefing, Chicago 8/27/2001 Lake County Chamber of Commerce briefing 8/28/2001 Mexican American Chamber of Commerce banquet 8/30/2001 Community Outreach Vehicle, Melrose Park 9/2/2001 Community Outreach Vehicle, Wheeling 9/8/2001 Presentation to Gary Airport Board, Gary 9/19/2001 International Airport Expedition Carriers Association, Wood Dale 10/9/2001 Central States Expedition Carriers Association 10/10/2001 Briefing South Suburban Mayors 12/14/2001

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Table 1 Pre-Scoping City Briefings and Public Outreach

BRIEFING

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Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, Palos Hills 1/18/2002 Airport Real Estate Brokers, Rosemont 2/12/2002 Elgin Chamber of Commerce, Elgin 3/7/2002 Northern Illinois Business Political Action Committee Breakfast, Rolling Meadows 3/14/2002 Airport Owners Representatives Construction Employees 3/14/2002 Bensenville Bible Church, Bensenville 3/18/2002 Elks Club (Retired Air Force Group), Des Plaines 3/22/2002 Central States Expedition Carriers Association-Briefing on legislation, Elk Grove Village 4/10/2002 Meeting w/Des Plaines Mayor Tony Arredia, i.e. relocation 4/9/2002 Presentation to Elk Grove Chamber of Commerce, Elk Grove Village 4/24/2002 Earth Day at River Trails District, Mt. Prospect 4/20/2002 Railroad Daze, Franklin Park 5/17/2002 Public Works Day, Mt. Prospect 5/18/2002 Memorial Day Celebration, Rolling Meadows 5/25/2002 Taste of Des Plaines, Des Plaines 6/1/2002 A Day in Our Village-Scoville Park, Oak Park 6/2/2002 City Council Briefing, Chicago 6/10/2002 Illinois Legislative Briefing, Springfield 6/11/2002 Media Briefing on Voluntary Land Acquisition Program, Chicago 6/11/2002 Meeting with Mayor Johnson of Elk Grove, O’Hare 6/11/2002 Meeting with Mayor Arredia, Des Plaines 6/11/2002 Meeting with Mayor Geils, Bensenville 6/12/2002 Public Workshop on Voluntary Land Acquisition Program, Des Plaines 6/19/2002 Live Works, Stone Park 6/29/2002 Public Hearing on Voluntary Land Acquisition Program, Des Plaines 7/8/2002 Community Outreach Vehicle Function--Franklin Park "Street Dance," Franklin Park 7/26/2002 Community Outreach Vehicle Function--Niles "Concert Series," Niles 8/1/2002 Community Outreach Vehicle Function--Bellwood "Village Family Picnic," Bellwood 8/3/2002 Community Outreach Vehicle Function--Antique Car Show, Mt. Prospect 8/11/2002 Community Outreach Vehicle Function--Chicago Air and Water Show-2.5 million audience, Chicago 8/17, 8/18 Schiller Park Rotary Club, Schiller Park 8/22/2002 Community Outreach Vehicle Function--Norridge Summerfest, Norridge 8/23/2002

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In addition, the Federal Aviation Administration conducted several agency briefings to help determine key issues for consideration for the proposed O’Hare Modernization Program. Pre-Scoping coordination was conducted with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), U.S. Fish and Wildlife (USF&WS), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and the Federal Highway Administration (USFHWA) as follows: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - The meeting was held on Friday, June, 21, 2002 at the USCOE offices located at 111 North Canal, Chicago, IL. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USF&WS) – The meeting was held on Thursday, June 20, 2002, at the USF&WS offices in Barrington, IL. United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) - The meeting was held on Monday, June 10, 2002, at the USEPA Region 5 offices in Chicago, IL. Federal Highway Administration (USFHWA) - The meeting was held on Tuesday, May 7, 2002 at Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) offices in Springfield, IL. In general, for each meeting an overview of both the environmental process and O’Hare Modernization Program was provided. A general schedule including consultant selection, preparation of the EIS, issuance of Draft and Final EIS, public hearing and issuance of the Record of Decision (ROD) were also discussed. FAA/Department of Aviation (DOA) provided a summary of wetlands on airport, and provided an illustration of how wetland areas might be affected by the proposed OMP development. The FAA discussed implementing an interagency agreement/Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for establishing coordination protocol and for the evaluation of wetlands with the USACE, USEPA, USF&WS, and other agencies for both a general agreement and project agreement specific to O’Hare Modernization Program - similar to the 'Highway' 404 merger process/agreement. These meetings were conducted by Michael MacMullen, Environmental Program Manager for the O’Hare Modernization Program, FAA’s Chicago Airports District Office.

B. Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Conduct Scoping

In accordance with Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Regulations and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the FAA issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and to conduct Environmental Scoping for the Modernization of the O’Hare International Airport. A notice was published in the Federal Register on July 17, 2002. A copy of the notice is included in Section I of this report. The NOI contained a brief description of the Proposed Project and the location of the four (4) meetings, two agency scoping meetings and two public scoping meetings. See sections E and F of this document. In addition to publication of the Notice of Intent in the Federal Register, legal notices were also published in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald and Daily Southtown on July 19, 2002. The legal notices were published to notify and invite the public to the scoping meetings. Copies of the certificates of publication are included in Section I of this report.

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C. Scoping Distribution List Scoping invitation letters and scoping documents were sent to agencies, elected officials, community organizations and airport/airline representatives. In total, 486 scoping letters were mailed to invite individuals to attend scoping meetings, 160 of which were agency invites. In addition, 91 letters were sent to Chicagoland mayors inviting them to a mayoral information meeting that was conducted on August 29, 2002. Tables II-1 and II-2 present the scoping invitation distribution list. Additionally, examples of the scoping invitation letters are also included in Section III of this report.

D. Scoping Materials Informational materials were made available during the scoping process. At each of the meetings, scoping documents, public handouts, and notices of intent were on hand for participants to learn about the project. Comment forms were made available for individuals to make comments. Both the public handouts and the comment forms were offered in Spanish and English. Presentation boards were also displayed at all the meetings to illustrate the environmental process and the proposed development. Select presentation boards were also displayed in Spanish. Copies of the OMP scoping materials are included in Section IV.

E. Agency Scoping Due both to the anticipated high level of interest in matters pertaining to O’Hare International Airport, and a desire to fully accommodate potentially interested persons, agencies, and other entities, the FAA conducted two (2) agency scoping meetings and two (2) public scoping meetings. The agency scoping meetings were conducted on August 19, 2002 at the Illinois Department of Transportation, Auditorium Conference Room, 2300 South Dirksen Parkway, Springfield, Illinois from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and on August 20, 2002 at the Metcalfe Federal Building, Lake Ontario Room, 12th Floor, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. As presented in Tables 2 and 3, 13 people signed-in and attended the meeting on August 19th and 25 people signed-in and attended the meeting on August 20th. During the agency scoping meetings, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials described the environmental review process and the FAA’s role in the process, while City of Chicago officials presented the elements of the Proposed Project. At both agency meetings, individuals were given the opportunity to give summary comments on behalf of their agency/organization. A court reporter was present to record comments and document the meeting. Comment forms were also made available for individuals to make written comments. Sign-in sheets and transcripts of both of the agency scoping meetings are included in Sections V and VI, respectively.

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Table 2 Agency Scoping (Springfield, IL) August 19, 2002 Attendees

Name Affiliation/Organization Kathy Ames Illinois Department of Transportation, Design & Environment Steve Chadkins Illinois Department of Transportation Greg Feeny Illinois Department of Transportation Chris Fraley Federal Highway Administration Kevin McLaury Federal Highway Administration Richard E. Pinneo Illinois Environmental Protection Agency – Division of Water

Pollution Control Mike Rogers Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality

Planning J.D. Stevenson Federal Highway Administration Hugh Van Voorst Illinois Department of Transportation, Aeronautics JP Varma Federal Highway Administration Brian Whiston Crawford, Murphy, & Tilly, Inc. Walt Zyznieuski Illinois Department of Transportation Mike McCue Illinois Department of Planning & Programming Table 3 Agency Scoping (Chicago, IL) August 20, 2002 Attendees

Name Affiliation/Organization Pene’ Beversdorf Federal Aviation Administration William Brogan Chicago Department of Aviation Carol Brown Chicago Department of Environment Jon Burshien Canadian Pacific Railway Chris Byars Federal Highway Administration Shawn Cirton US Fish and Wildlife Service John Delaurentiis Regional Transportation Authority Carolyn Grisko Carolyn Grisko & Associates, Inc. Steve Hammer Illinois Department of Natural Resources Barbara Johnson Federal Aviation Administration Sherry Kamke US Environmental Protection Agency Joe Karaganis Representing Senate President Pate Phillip/Bensenville Don Kathan US Environmental Protection Agency Suzanne King US Environmental Protection Agency, Air & Radiation

Division Larry Kisser Canadian Pacific Railway Don Kopec Chicago Area Transportation Study

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Table 3 Agency Scoping (Chicago, IL) August 20, 2002 Attendees

Name Affiliation/Organization Patricia Morris US Environmental Protection Agency Sandy Murdock Counsel to Bensenville, Elk Grove Village, and Park Ridge Sue Schalk Aerofinity Michael W. Payette Union Pacific Railroad Nick Pappas DuPage County Pat Pechnick Illinois Department of Transportation Joe Schuessler Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Tyson Warner Will County Land Use Department Clarita Lao Illinois State Toll Highway Authority

F. Public Scoping The public scoping meetings were conducted on August 21, 2002 at the Fountain Blue Banquets, 2300 Mannheim Road, Des Plaines, Illinois from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on August 22, 2002 at the Avalon Banquets, 1905 East Higgins Road, Elk Grove Village, Illinois from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. The public scoping meetings were conducted as informational workshops with FAA and City of Chicago representatives staffing presentation boards, available to answer questions about the environmental review process and the proposed development. Additionally, comment forms were available for individuals to make written comments and four (4) bilingual transcribers were available at each meeting to record oral comments. Transcripts of all oral comments obtained at both of the public scoping meetings are included in Section VI of this report. As shown in Tables 4 and 5, 49 people attended the meeting on August 21st and 268 people attended the meeting on August 22nd. The sign-in sheets from the meetings may also be found in Section V of this summary report. Table 4 Public Scoping (Des Plaines, IL) August 21, 2002 Attendees

Name Affiliation/Organization Timothy F. Sipples Meigs Action Coalition Ron Moore Jefferson Walk Condo Association Jerry Roper Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce Jack Saporito Alliance of Residents Concerning O’Hare Marion P. Hunt Park Ridge Derek Mastin Rockford Airport Norman J. Pater Park Ridge Joe Annunzio Niles

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Table 4 Public Scoping (Des Plaines, IL) August 21, 2002 Attendees

Name Affiliation/Organization Jenny Huang Des Plaines Terry Van Doren Representing Senator Fitzgerald Lavinia Eyonte Leslie Combs Representing Jan Schakowsky Arlene Mulder Mayor, Arlington Heights Brian Gilligan O’Hare Noise Compatibility Commission John Cermak Roselle Patrick Ferreri Park Ridge Patricia Ferreri Park Ridge Aash Desai Chicago Becky Cointin Richard Kula Park Ridge F.K. Plous Chicago Dr. H.K. Goerling Park Ridge L. Faye Goerling Park Ridge Josephine Naemy Des Plaines David Tomzik Midwest High Speed Rail Coalition Kathleen Hayes Elk Grove Village Stephen Cleary Chicago S. Rossi Chicago Dick Wilson Des Plaines Nancy Wilson Des Plaines J. Scott Miller Des Plaines Joseph Wolske Carpenter’s Local 181 Joseph Pastorino Carpenter’s Local 181 Tony Ballay Carpenter’s Local 54 Virginia Brauweller Park Ridge Al Borgman Central States Carriers Association Dick Knutson Des Plaines Tim Taylor Bensenville Rosa Rodriguez Bensenville Anthony J. Vecchiollo Bensenville Richard Soline Bensenville Mrs. Richard Soline Bensenville Larry Listermann Des Plaines Carl Brauweiler Park Ridge Donna Ahlstrand Bensenville Carl Taucher Elk Grove Village Josephine Taucher Elk Grove Village

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Table 4 Public Scoping (Des Plaines, IL) August 21, 2002 Attendees

Name Affiliation/Organization Bill Morrison Park Ridge Pat Nelson Des Plaines Table 5 Public Scoping (Elk Grove Village, IL) August 22, 2002 Attendees

Name Affiliation/Organization Ruth Monteleone Suburban O’Hare Commission Sam Monteleone Suburban O’Hare Commission Mike Mellenthin Suburban O’Hare Commission Ed DuBois Suburban O’Hare Commission Pat DuBois Suburban O’Hare Commission Emmie DeBlosio Bensenville J. William Brod Medinah Katrina Winogradzki Park Ridge Robert Benson Bensenville Rick Schew Bensenville Patricia Johnson Bensenville Joan Ewald Elk Grove Village John Ewald Elk Grove Village Tony Pulciani Bensenville Bill Winton Harwood Heights Laurel Fudala Elk Grove Village Adeline Fudala Elk Grove Village Kathleen L Drwila Elk Grove Village Juan L. Cuellar Bensenville Kathleen R Drwila Elk Grove Village Edward Blum Bensenville Kevin Shaw Bensenville Robert Cat Bensenville Phyllis McCarthy Bensenville Edward Shad Bensenville A.S. D Akaor Mary Ann Nelson Elk Grove Village Joseph R. Mayer Elk Grove Village A. Schroeder Bensenville Phillip B Drwila Elk Grove Village

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Table 5 Public Scoping (Elk Grove Village, IL) August 22, 2002 Attendees

Name Affiliation/Organization Rob Rackou Bensenville Joe Polka Elk Grove Village Tyrone Kalogeresis Bensenville Mary Jend Bensenville Don Kikta Concord EFS Betty Jensen Elk Grove Village Joseph Lester Elk Grove Village Rich Zurawski Elk Grove Village Bart K. Dill Elk Grove Village Trustee Humberto Gramajo Elk Grove Village L. Tanner Elk Grove Village Gail Hall Elk Grove Village John Hall Elk Grove Village Lillian Gardner Bensenville William A. Edenhofen Bensenville Theresa Fuchs Elk Grove Village Michael P Cirone Elmhurst Anthony Rusewicz Bensenville Phil Holda Elk Grove Village Everest Kuehlman Elk Grove Village Don Scott Elk Grove Village Bill Baird Bensenville Gary Pelz Elk Grove Village Thomas E. Figurelli Elk Grove Village William Meitzlor Elk Grove Village Emily Mlynarski Bensenville Art Markowski Chairman Crestwood South Homeowners Association Keith Jensen Elk Grove Village Richard Schierhorn Bensenville Steve Partman Elk Grove Village Nancy Tank Bensenville Tim Taylor Bensenville James Johnson Representing Congressman Henry Hyde Pat Scott Nutheme Company Jan Crowe Suburban O’Hare Commission Joe Incandela Bensenville Henry Bronars Bensenville Ron Cirone Elmhurst Harold Reed Elk Grove Village

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Table 5 Public Scoping (Elk Grove Village, IL) August 22, 2002 Attendees

Name Affiliation/Organization Chester Jandura Bensenville Julie A. Malan Suburban O’Hare Commission Thomas Callahan Suburban O’Hare Commission Lori Felde Elk Grove Village Joseph Cozzone Bensenville Nino Mazzocco Bensenville Walter Kurzeja Bensenville Rose Kelly Elk Grove Village David Hentog Elk Grove Village Reinna Shah Elk Grove Village Marjorie Dahm Elk Grove Village Per Bogehegn Elk Grove Village Sheila Webb Elk Grove Village Paul and Eleanor Fetchner Bensenville Sally Grace Bensenville Patti Steffensen Century 21 Sloan & Pro’s Mary Ann Andrews Elk Grove Village Rosaleen Waters Elk Grove Village Tony Waters Elk Grove Village Cheryl Chatroop Bensenville Orville Rudd Bensenville Mrs. Orville Rudd Bensenville Donna Ahlstrand Bensenville Richard Soline Bensenville Mary Lou Soline Bensenville Henry Prangl Bensenville Sylvia Matezak Bensenville Dan Lyons Bensenville Carla Lyons Bensenville Neil McCarthy Bensenville Mary C. Costello Elk Grove Village Ron Tuozzo Elk Grove Village Garry Gardner Bensenville June Cirone Elmhurst Edward Bock Elk Grove Village Karen Bock Elk Grove Village Nancy J Czarnik Elk Grove Village Jerry Glaubitz Elk Grove Village Joseph Oliveto Elk Grove Village

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Table 5 Public Scoping (Elk Grove Village, IL) August 22, 2002 Attendees

Name Affiliation/Organization Virginia Allen Bensenville Sheila Rudden-Shoney Elk Grove Village Tary Shoney Elk Grove Village Klera Shoney Elk Grove Village Kathy Lane Bensenville Toni Elewein Elk Grove Village Eleanor Fechtner Bensenville Oronzo Peconio Bensenville Concetta Peconio Bensenville Mary Spiezo Elk Grove Village Albert Miltz Bensenville Lucia Miltz Bensenville Donald P. Elk Grove Village Al Canchola Roselle G. Canchola Roselle Bill Shannon Elk Grove Village Jesse Hopkins Elk Grove Village Anna Hopkins Elk Grove Village Shirley A. Filip Bensenville Peter Kis Steve Unger Elk Grove Village John O’Keefe Elk Grove Village Joseph Ponko Elk Grove Village Tom Crowe Bensenville Wieslawa Rojek Tony Kees Sr. Elk Grove Village Alice M. Louko Elk Grove Village Charles E. Louko Elk Grove Village John Passarelli Elk Grove Village Michael Bram Alderman, Elmhurst Lorraine Rickert Bensenville Alvin Rickert Bensenville Chris Burke CBBEL Lucie McDaniel Elk Grove Village Michael Procopio Bensenville Janis V. Licuanan Des Plaines Zelmira A. Tomaska Park Ridge William Muzyka Bensenville Dave Compitello Elk Grove Village

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Table 5 Public Scoping (Elk Grove Village, IL) August 22, 2002 Attendees

Name Affiliation/Organization Deborah A. Cyburt Elk Grove Village Allan B. Crites Elk Grove Village Sophie Tucker Bensenville Elmer Tucker Bensenville Brenda Wojcek Elk Grove Village Ken Anderson Elk Grove Village Bob Imielski Bensenville Roger McGrath Huntley Pedro Rodriguez Bensenville Delores Wojcik Elk Grove Village Rose Slobodian Bensenville Leonard Rogus Bensenville Evans Mark Elk Grove Village Susan L. Schell Elk Grove Village Nick Pappas DuPage County, Department of Development and Engineering James Petri Elk Grove Village Pat Beaudoin Elk Grove Village Rosemary Marr Roselle Michelle Ryan DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference Faith Bugel Environmental Law & Policy Alan Huskie Park Ridge Jon Siske Evanston George Andrios Elk Grove Village Elsie Grubb Elk Grove Village Richard Grubb Elk Grove Village Pene Beversdorf Federal Aviation Administration Milan Tomaska Park Ridge James L. Klocek Elk Grove Village Charles E. Glomski Elk Grove Village Greg Quevedo Elk Grove Village Jeffrey R. Husar Park Ridge Harvey Kahler Illinois Rail/Midwest High Speed Rail Coalition Mark Thompson Hanson Stephen Schlickman Schlickman & Associates Drew Adamek AIP H. McCauley Elk Grove Village Barb Fitzpatrick Bensenville Floyd Johnson Glen Ellyn Joan Krajewski American Airlines

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Table 5 Public Scoping (Elk Grove Village, IL) August 22, 2002 Attendees

Name Affiliation/Organization Ted Monegato Tim Guy Elk Grove Village Wm C. Klitzke Elk Grove Village Arlene Klitzke Elk Grove Village Robert L. Severson Elk Grove Village Marianne Denkewalter Elk Grove Village Ray Strelau Elk Grove Village Gregory Thorson Illinois Rail Derek Blauda Mayor’s Office Paul O’Connor World Business Chicago A. Finney Elk Grove Village Charles Drake Bensenville Ron Wietecha Mayor, Park Ridge Joe Lohndorf Elk Grove Village Tony Zoubek Alderman, Wood Dale Andrew Duffy Elk Grove Village John C. Park Ridge Kevin Ronchen Park Ridge Arlene Peters Bensenville Pete Peters Bensenville Marina C. Oracion Bensenville Nery Quintos Bensenville Susan Gartke Bensenville Anthony Vecchiollo Bensenville Linda Vecchiollo Bensenville Tim Taylor Bensenville Danuta Winogradzki Park Ridge Mary Ann Tully Bensenville Susan L. Nielsen Elk Grove Village Linda Walker Bensenville Lenore M. McDonald Elk Grove Village Loretta Schoppe Bensenville Delores A. Bronare Bensenville Nancy L. Klaus Bensenville Richard Johnson Bensenville Dorrie Madonna Wood Dale Janet Scheirhaen Bensenville Larry Malinowski Elk Grove Village Emily Oskin Elk Grove Village

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Table 5 Public Scoping (Elk Grove Village, IL) August 22, 2002 Attendees

Name Affiliation/Organization Cheryl Bottje Roselle Lillian Mayer Elk Grove Village Karen Baxter Bensenville Ralph Madonna Wood Dale Carol Cichorski Elk Grove Village Rosa Rodriguez Bensenville Pedro Rodriguez Bensenville Leonard G. Dahm Elk Grove Village Patricia Reyes Bensenville Kathy Grace Bensenville Ronald P. Boardman Lake Forest Robert J. Doherty Park Ridge Pete Moe Elk Grove Village Andy Jandura Bensenville Joe Oskin Elk Grove Village Richard Soline Bensenville Mary Jane Soline Bensenville Sam Deblago Bensenville William N. Gartke Bensenville Owen Loender Elk Grove Village Sandi Firestone Elk Grove Village Bill Firestone Elk Grove Village Terry Maioriello Elk Grove Village Ken Haller Park Ridge Peter Hicks Elk Grove Village Kathy Hicks Elk Grove Village Beth Valerio Elk Grove Village Ann Baranowski Elk Grove Village Tully Bensenville Bob Roberts WBBM-AM Allen Kaletan Des Plaines ApKristin Lanning Tribune Carlos Rodriguez Univision Hector Betancount Univision Rebecca Boykin Daily Herald Mark Losiniecki WBBM TV Chris LaFortune Pioneer Press Dane Placko Fox News Al Meshberg Fox TV

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Table 5 Public Scoping (Elk Grove Village, IL) August 22, 2002 Attendees

Name Affiliation/Organization Rupert Merdock Fox TV Bob McCopping Daily Herald At both public scoping meetings, a City of Chicago representative was available to assist attendees in identifying the location of their properties relative to the location of the Airport, utilizing the City’s property locator program. Upon request, addresses were input into the program and properties were identified on an aerial photograph for a ten-mile radius surrounding the Airport. The properties were displayed on a computer monitor and printed out for attendees. The Tables 6 and 7 below contain summary information about the number of unique addresses by community that were provided by attendees at each of the two public scoping meetings. The information was also obtained from the sign-in sheets at each of the meetings. Exhibit 1 illustrates the attendees by community from both public meetings. Table 6 August 21, 2002 Attendees by Community

Table 7 August 22, 2002 Attendees by Community

City Total Percent City Total Percent Arlington Heights 2 5% Addison 1 1% Bensenville 5 14% Algonquin 1 1% Bridgeview 1 3% Bensenville 67 36% Chicago 7 19% Chicago 8 4% Des Plaines 10 27% Des Plaines 3 2% Elk Grove Village 2 5% Elk Grove Village 88 47% Elmwood Park 1 3% Elmhurst 2 1% Evanston 1 3% Evanston 1 1% Niles 1 3% Glen Ellyn 1 1% Park Ridge 6 16% Homewood 1 1% Wheeling 1 3% Itasca 1 1% Total 37 100* Medinah 1 1% *Percentages do not add up to 100% due to rounding. Niles 1 1% Park Ridge 7 4% Roselle 2 1% Wheaton 1 1% Wood Dale 2 1% Bensenville 1 1% Total 189 100* *Percentages do not add up to 100% due to rounding.

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G. Informational Meeting In addition to the four scoping meetings, the FAA conducted an informational meeting on August 29, 2002. The informational meeting was held at the FAA Great Lakes Regional Office in Des Plaines to give local mayors and leaders from communities around the Airport an additional opportunity to meet with FAA and City of Chicago representatives and ask questions and/or voice their concerns. As shown in Table 8, sixteen people attended the meeting. A court reporter was present to record the meeting. A copy of the transcript is included in Section VI of this report. Table 8 Informational Meeting (FAA Headquarters, Des Plaines) August 29, 2002 Attendees

Name Affiliation/Organization Paul Adlaf Park Ridge Airport Advisory Council Jeff Sherwin Mayor, City of Northlake Patrick J. Seger Village of Mount Prospect Richard Johnson Bensenville Park District Sean Stegall City of Elgin Barbara J. Johnson Federal Aviation Administration Bruce Jacobson CMT, Inc. – FAA Contractor Earl Field Village of Norridge Rita Athas Mayor’s Office, City of Chicago Carolyn Grisko Department of Aviation Brian Gilligan O’Hare Noise Compatibility Commission Daniel B. Pritchett Village of Franklin Park Mark W. Damisch Village President, Northbrook Ken Johnson Mayor, Wood Dale Arlene Mulder Mayor, Village of Arlington Heights John Borowski Cable Access

H. Scoping Comments Scoping Comments were received through the close of the business on Friday, September 13, 2002. As shown in Table 9, 305 individuals commented during scoping regarding the O’Hare Modernization Program at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. Ninety-three individuals gave oral testimony and the remaining 212 comments were in the form of comment forms, letters and e-mails. Some individuals commented more than once. All comments received at any of the four scoping meetings, mayoral informational meeting, or those received by the Federal Aviation Administration are included in Sections VI, Transcripts and VII, Comments. Section VI includes all the transcripts from the four scoping meetings and the informational meeting.

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All of the scoping comments received during the comment period were reviewed and summarized by issue group (type of comment). Table 9 identifies the individual/organization commentor, form of comment (oral or written), first page of the original comment, and the issue group. Table 10 summarizes all scoping comments including oral testimony, comment forms, letters, and e-mail by issue group, unique identifier (an ID), comment summary, and individual/organization commentor, including a page number(s). As shown in Table 10, a total of 1,385 comments were summarized and given a unique identifier corresponding to a particular issue group. Fourteen issue groups have been identified with a letter, from A-N and each comment summary has been assigned a letter and a number. Some comments contained more than one issue and as such were summarized and categorized in more than one issue group. For instance, a comment could have included references to several different topics including, purpose and need, air quality, and noise. In such a case, a comment would be found in all three groups with three different identifiers (A-23, E-36, and F-37). All comments were categorized in the following 14 issue groups.

A. Purpose and Need B. Project Description C. Alternatives D. Aviation Forecasts/Delays E. Air Quality F. Noise G. Safety/Security

H. Socioeconomic I. Other Environmental Issues J. Surface Transportation K. Quality of Life/Health Effects L. Cumulative Impacts M. Agency and Public Coordination N. Other

Within each issue group, comments are alphabetized by last name of the commentor, with each comment labeled by a unique identifier consisting of a letter and a number, an issue group (type of comment) and a number (sequentially numbered and alphabetized by commentor). For instance, William Baird commented on purpose and need (issue group ‘A’), so his comment is labeled ‘A-1’. Using the unique comment identifier/label, each comment can then be found in either oral or written comments, Section VI, Scoping Transcripts or Section VII, Scoping Comments. Comments are bracketed and labeled accordingly. Table 10 identifies a page number to find the original comment. Because of additions, deletions, and re-categorizations of comments, which occurred during review, some unique identifiers may appear to be missing. For instance, in the N issue group (Other), the identifying labels go from N-11 to N-13 because comment N-12 has been re-categorized, making the original identifier obsolete. Additionally, if a comment was added to an issue group where the commentor’s name fell between two existing comment summaries, ID’s were extended with a decimal rather than re-numbering the entire issue group. For instance, in the N group (Other) two comment summaries were added between N-13 and N-14. The new comments became N-13.1 and N-13.2.

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Exhibit 2 illustrates the distribution of scoping comments received by issue group and percentage. The major concerns expressed by individuals that commented include noise (14%), socioeconomic (13%), air quality (13%), other (10% - which includes a variety of miscellaneous topics), alternatives (9%), and quality of life/health effects (8%).

Exhibit 2

Summary of Scoping Comments Purpose and Need

3%

Project Description2%

Alternatives9%

Aviation Forecasts/Delays

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Air Quality13%

Noise14%

Safety/Security7%

Socioeconomic13%

Other Environmental Issues

5%

Surface Transportation5%

Quality of Life/Health Effects

8%

Cumulative Impacts1%

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rfac

e Tr

ansp

orta

tion,

Alte

rnat

ives

, Sec

urity

Ju

ne M

. Ciro

ne

Elm

hurs

t W

ritte

n V

II-1

58-1

60

Noi

se,

Air

Qua

lity,

Saf

ety,

Alte

rnat

ives

, Q

ualit

y of

Life

R

enee

A. C

ipria

no

Dire

ctor

, Ill

inoi

s En

viro

nmen

tal

Prot

ectio

n A

genc

y

Writ

ten

VII

-203

-204

A

ir Q

ualit

y, O

ther

Env

ironm

enta

l Iss

ues

Ian

K. C

lark

Pa

rk R

idge

W

ritte

n V

II-1

1 O

ther

, Soc

ioec

onom

ic

Dav

id C

ompi

tello

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-21

Safe

ty

And

rew

J. C

osta

nza

W

ritte

n V

II-3

04

Oth

er,

Purp

ose

and

Nee

d,

Noi

se,

Soci

oeco

nom

ic

Mar

y C

. Cos

tello

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Ora

l V

I-19

2 N

oise

Ja

n C

row

e B

ense

nvill

e O

ral

VI-

236

Soci

oeco

nom

ic,

Oth

er

Envi

ronm

enta

l Is

sues

, Saf

ety

Tom

Cro

we

Ben

senv

ille

Ora

l V

I-24

4 Q

ualit

y of

Li

fe,

Safe

ty,

Alte

rnat

ives

, O

ther

, Sec

urity

, Soc

ioec

onom

ic

Nan

cy C

zarn

ik

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e O

ral

VI-2

33

Oth

er,

Air

Qua

lity,

Saf

ety,

Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic

Coo

rdin

atio

n,

Alte

rnat

ives

, So

cioe

cono

mic

M

ark

Dam

isch

Pr

esid

ent,

Vill

age

of

Nor

thbr

ook

Ora

l V

I-36

5, 3

73

Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic C

oord

inat

ion

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

25

Tab

le 9

Sc

opin

g C

omm

ento

rs

N

ame

Org

aniz

atio

n/A

ffili

atio

n Fo

rm o

f C

omm

ent

Page

T

ype

of C

omm

ent

Joyc

e D

ecke

r El

mhu

rst

Writ

ten

VII

-190

O

ther

Jo

hn D

eLau

rent

iis

Dep

uty

Exec

utiv

e D

irect

or,

Plan

ning

, R

egio

nal

Tran

spor

tatio

n A

utho

rity

Writ

ten

VII

-177

-179

A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n

John

DeL

aure

ntiis

R

egio

nal

Tran

spor

tatio

n A

utho

rity

Ora

l V

I-11

2 A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n, S

urfa

ce

Tran

spor

tatio

n B

art K

. Dill

El

k G

rove

Vill

age,

Tru

stee

O

ral

VI-

190

Oth

er, N

oise

El

sie

L. D

oerin

g El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-145

-146

O

ther

, Saf

ety,

Soc

ioec

onom

ic

Rob

ert D

oher

ty

Park

Rid

ge

Writ

ten

VII

-366

O

ther

, A

ir Q

ualit

y, N

oise

, A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n C

harle

s F. D

rake

B

ense

nvill

e W

ritte

n V

II-6

9 Pu

rpos

e an

d N

eed,

Qua

lity

of L

ife

Kat

hlee

n D

rwila

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-28

Alte

rnat

ives

, Soc

ioec

onom

ic

Kat

hlee

n D

rwila

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-358

Pu

rpos

e an

d N

eed,

Del

ays

Phill

ip D

rwila

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-365

A

ltern

ativ

es

And

rew

Duf

fy

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-3

5 Pu

rpos

e an

d N

eed,

Soc

ioec

onom

ic,

Air

Qua

lity

Bill

Ede

nhof

en

Ben

senv

ille

Writ

ten

VII

-370

Pu

rpos

e an

d N

eed,

Alte

rnat

ives

La

vini

a Eg

onito

D

es P

lain

es

Writ

ten

VII

-42

Air

Qua

lity,

Noi

se

Car

ol E

liner

t D

es P

lain

es

Writ

ten

VII

-180

A

ir Q

ualit

y, N

oise

, Oth

er, A

viat

ion

Del

ays

Mic

hael

A. E

spos

ito

Vill

age

Pres

iden

t, V

illag

e of

B

erke

ley

Writ

ten

VII

-271

N

oise

, Air

Qua

lity

Mar

k H

. Eva

ns

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e O

ral

VI-2

54

Oth

er, H

ealth

Effe

cts,

Alte

rnat

ives

, So

cioe

cono

mic

Jo

hn E

wal

d El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-371

N

oise

, Air

Qua

lity,

Pro

ject

Des

crip

tion,

O

ther

Jo

hn C

. Far

nan

Gen

eral

Sup

erin

tend

ent,

Writ

ten

VII-

144

Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic C

oord

inat

ion

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

26

Tab

le 9

Sc

opin

g C

omm

ento

rs

N

ame

Org

aniz

atio

n/A

ffili

atio

n Fo

rm o

f C

omm

ent

Page

T

ype

of C

omm

ent

Met

ropo

litan

Wat

er

Rec

lam

atio

n D

istri

ct o

f Gre

ater

C

hica

go

Lind

a Fa

rrel

l El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-73

Noi

se, S

ocio

econ

omic

M

r. &

Mrs

. Pat

rick

J. Fe

rrer

i Pa

rk R

idge

W

ritte

n V

II-83

-85

Air

Qua

lity,

Hea

lth E

ffect

s, Q

ualit

y of

Li

fe, N

oise

, Soc

ioec

onom

ic, S

ecur

ity,

Alte

rnat

ive,

Sur

face

tran

spor

tatio

n,

Purp

ose

and

Nee

d Th

omas

E. F

igar

elli

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e O

ral

VI-

235

Oth

er, S

ocio

econ

omic

Sh

irley

Fili

p B

ense

nvill

e O

ral

VI-

181

Safe

ty

Ann

Fin

ney

W

ritte

n V

II-2

96

Safe

ty, A

viat

ion

Fore

cast

s, So

cioe

cono

mic

A

nn F

inne

y

Writ

ten

VII

-288

N

oise

, Oth

er

Bar

b Fi

tzpa

trick

B

ense

nvill

e W

ritte

n V

II-3

60-3

61

Oth

er, N

oise

, Air

Qua

lity,

Pur

pose

and

N

eed,

Soc

ioec

onom

ic

Bar

b Fi

tzpa

trick

B

ense

nvill

e O

ral

VI-

205

Oth

er, N

oise

, Air

Qua

lity,

Hea

lth E

ffect

s, Sa

fety

, Pur

pose

and

Nee

d,

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, A

ltern

ativ

es

Gar

ry G

ardn

er

Ben

senv

ille

Writ

ten

VII

-55

Alte

rnat

ives

, Pur

pose

and

Nee

d,

Soci

oeco

nom

ic

Her

bert

E. G

ardn

er

LaG

rang

e Pa

rk

Ora

l V

I-121

O

ther

, Pur

pose

and

Nee

d, N

oise

, Air

Qua

lity,

Li

llian

Gar

dner

B

ense

nvill

e W

ritte

n V

II-2

9 A

ir Q

ualit

y, N

oise

, Sur

face

Tr

ansp

orta

tion,

Oth

er, S

ocio

econ

omic

Jo

hn G

eils

M

ayor

, Ben

senv

ille

Writ

ten

VII

-93-

98

Subm

itted

Sta

tem

ent o

f Con

gres

sman

H

enry

Hyd

e - P

roje

ct D

escr

iptio

n, O

ther

, Su

rfac

e Tr

ansp

orta

tion,

Alte

rnat

ives

, A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n, A

viat

ion

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

27

Tab

le 9

Sc

opin

g C

omm

ento

rs

N

ame

Org

aniz

atio

n/A

ffili

atio

n Fo

rm o

f C

omm

ent

Page

T

ype

of C

omm

ent

Fore

cast

s, Pu

rpos

e an

d N

eed

Pete

r R. G

ennu

so

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-1

42

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, A

ir Q

ualit

y, O

ther

En

viro

nmen

tal I

ssue

s, Pr

ojec

t Des

crip

tion

Ray

mon

d J.

Gib

bons

Pr

esid

ent,

Nat

iona

l Air

Traf

fic

Con

trolle

rs A

ssoc

iatio

n, L

ocal

C

90

Writ

ten

VII

-161

-163

O

ther

Cha

rles E

. Glo

msk

i El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-86-

87

Oth

er, S

afet

y, Q

ualit

y of

Life

, Hea

lth

Effe

cts,

Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y,

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, A

ltern

ativ

es

Dr.

H.K

. Goe

rling

Pa

rk R

idge

W

ritte

n V

II-1

14-1

21

Alte

rnat

ives

(The

Airp

orts

of T

omor

row

B

roch

ure)

H

elm

ut K

. Goe

rling

Pa

rk R

idge

O

ral

VI-1

52

Hea

lth E

ffect

s, A

ltern

ativ

es, S

afet

y,

Secu

rity

Sally

Gra

ce

Ben

senv

ille

Ora

l V

I-31

6 Pu

rpos

e an

d N

eed,

Sec

urity

, Oth

er

Hum

berto

Gra

maj

o El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Ora

l V

I-28

4 Q

ualit

y of

Life

, Noi

se, S

urfa

ce

Tran

spor

tatio

n, A

ltern

ativ

es

Gai

l Hal

l El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Ora

l V

I-17

6 N

oise

, Soc

ioec

onom

ic, O

ther

, Hea

lth

Effe

cts

Pegg

y H

all

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-2

90

Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y, S

urfa

ce T

rans

porta

tion

Ken

Hal

ler

Park

Rid

ge

Writ

ten

VII

-57

Noi

se, S

afet

y K

en a

nd R

uth

Hal

ler

Park

Rid

ge

Writ

ten

VII

-282

-283

O

ther

, Alte

rnat

ives

, Air

Qua

lity,

So

cioe

cono

mic

, Qua

lity

of L

ife

Ric

hard

Har

nish

Ex

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

, Mid

wes

t H

igh

Spee

d R

ail C

oalit

ion

Writ

ten

VII

-263

-265

Pr

ojec

t Des

crip

tion,

Air

Qua

lity,

Sur

face

Tr

ansp

orta

tion

Pam

ela

Har

tzel

l El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-301

N

oise

, Soc

ioec

onom

ic, Q

ualit

y of

Life

, Su

rfac

e Tr

ansp

orta

tion

Kat

hlee

n H

ayes

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Ora

l V

I-15

6 O

ther

, Alte

rnat

ives

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

28

Tab

le 9

Sc

opin

g C

omm

ento

rs

N

ame

Org

aniz

atio

n/A

ffili

atio

n Fo

rm o

f C

omm

ent

Page

T

ype

of C

omm

ent

Kat

hlee

n H

ayes

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Ora

l V

I-15

7 O

ther

C

hris

tine

Her

tzbe

rg

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-2

84

Oth

er, S

ocio

econ

omic

, Pur

pose

and

Nee

d K

athy

Hic

ks

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-3

62

Air

Qua

lity,

Hea

lth E

ffect

s, N

oise

, So

cioe

cono

mic

, Oth

er E

nviro

nmen

tal

Issu

es

Rob

ert T

. How

ard

Supe

rinte

nden

t of S

choo

ls, E

lk

Gro

ve T

owns

hip

Scho

ols

Writ

ten

VII

-76

Air

Qua

lity,

Noi

se, O

ther

, Sur

face

Tr

ansp

orta

tion,

Soc

ioec

onom

ic,

Cum

ulat

ive

Impa

cts,

Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic

Coo

rdin

atio

n M

ario

n P.

Hun

t, P.

E.

Park

Rid

ge

Writ

ten

VII

-122

A

ir Q

ualit

y (S

ubm

itted

tree

stem

s with

com

men

ts.)

Ala

n H

uski

e Pa

rk R

idge

W

ritte

n V

II-3

59

Alte

rnat

ives

B

ob Im

iels

ki

Ben

senv

ille

Writ

ten

VII

-31

Oth

er, S

ocio

econ

omic

K

eith

Jens

en

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e O

ral

VI-

306

Air

Qua

lity,

Noi

se, Q

ualit

y of

Life

, So

cioe

cono

mic

, Alte

rnat

ives

, Saf

ety

Cra

ig B

. Joh

nson

M

ayor

, Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-1

24-1

29

Subm

itted

Sta

tem

ent o

f Con

gres

sman

H

enry

Hyd

e - P

roje

ct D

escr

iptio

n, O

ther

, Su

rfac

e Tr

ansp

orta

tion,

Alte

rnat

ives

, A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n, A

viat

ion

Fore

cast

s, Pu

rpos

e an

d N

eed

Jam

es Jo

hnso

n B

ense

nvill

e, In

terim

Vill

age

Man

ager

, Spe

akin

g on

Beh

alf

of C

ongr

essm

an H

enry

Hyd

e

Ora

l V

I-18

3 Pr

ojec

t Des

crip

tion,

Pur

pose

and

Nee

d,

Surf

ace

Tran

spor

tatio

n, A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n, A

viat

ion

Fore

cast

s Pa

trici

a Jo

hnso

n B

ense

nvill

e O

ral

VI-

202

Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y, S

urfa

ce

Tran

spor

tatio

n, S

ocio

econ

omic

R

ich

John

son

Ben

senv

ille

Park

Dis

trict

O

ral

VI-

371

Oth

er, S

urfa

ce T

rans

porta

tion

Har

vey

I. K

ahle

r C

hica

go

Writ

ten

VII

-320

-332

A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n, O

ther

, Pr

ojec

t Des

crip

tion,

Sur

face

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

29

Tab

le 9

Sc

opin

g C

omm

ento

rs

N

ame

Org

aniz

atio

n/A

ffili

atio

n Fo

rm o

f C

omm

ent

Page

T

ype

of C

omm

ent

Tran

spor

tatio

n, S

afet

y, S

ecur

ity

Tyro

ne K

alog

eres

is

Ben

senv

ille

Ora

l V

I-27

1 Pr

ojec

t Des

crip

tion,

Avi

atio

n Fo

reca

sts,

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, A

ltern

ativ

es, O

ther

Sh

erry

Kam

ke

US

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pro

tect

ion

Age

ncy

Ora

l V

I-80

A

viat

ion

Fore

cast

s, A

ltern

ativ

es

Jose

ph K

arag

anis

C

ouns

el, S

ubur

ban

O’H

are

Com

mis

sion

W

ritte

n V

II-19

8-20

0 A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n, A

viat

ion

Del

ays,

Avi

atio

n Fo

reca

sts,

Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y, S

ocio

econ

omic

, Alte

rnat

ives

, O

ther

Env

ironm

enta

l Iss

ues

Jose

ph K

arag

anis

V

illag

e of

Ben

senv

ille,

Par

k R

idge

, and

Elk

Gro

ve a

nd fo

r Se

nate

Pre

side

nt P

ate

Phili

p

Ora

l V

I-76-

78, 9

8-10

7,

117

Oth

er, A

viat

ion

Fore

cast

s, A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n, S

urfa

ce

Tran

spor

tatio

n, P

roje

ct D

escr

iptio

n N

ancy

L. K

laus

B

ense

nvill

e W

ritte

n V

II-7

2 A

ir Q

ualit

y, N

oise

, Saf

ety,

Oth

er

Geo

rgia

nn K

line

Med

inah

W

ritte

n V

II-1

67-1

70

Noi

se, Q

ualit

y of

Life

, Oth

er, H

ealth

Ef

fect

s, A

ltern

ativ

es

Arli

ne K

litzk

e El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Ora

l V

I-168

O

ther

, Noi

se, S

ocio

econ

omic

, Sec

urity

W

illia

m C

. Klit

zke

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-3

08-3

09

Oth

er, S

ocio

econ

omic

, Saf

ety

Will

iam

C. K

litzk

e El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Ora

l V

I-25

0 So

cioe

cono

mic

, Saf

ety

Jam

es L

. Klo

cek

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-2

2 Pr

ojec

t Des

crip

tion,

Oth

er, A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n, S

urfa

ce

Tran

spor

tatio

n D

avid

P. a

nd M

ary

Ann

Kre

bs

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-2

O

ther

, Noi

se, S

ocio

econ

omic

, Saf

ety,

A

ltern

ativ

es

Ever

ett K

uehl

man

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Ora

l V

I-32

6 N

oise

A

nn K

uffe

l El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-173

-174

Pu

rpos

e an

d N

eed,

Alte

rnat

ives

, So

cioe

cono

mic

, Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y,

Hea

lth E

ffect

s, Sa

fety

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

30

Tab

le 9

Sc

opin

g C

omm

ento

rs

N

ame

Org

aniz

atio

n/A

ffili

atio

n Fo

rm o

f C

omm

ent

Page

T

ype

of C

omm

ent

Susa

n K

uffe

l El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-175

-176

Pu

rpos

e an

d N

eed,

Alte

rnat

ives

, So

cioe

cono

mic

, Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y,

Hea

lth E

ffect

s, Sa

fety

M

aria

n K

urze

ja

Ben

senv

ille

Writ

ten

VII

-54

Avi

atio

n D

elay

s, A

viat

ion

Fore

cast

s, N

oise

, Air

Qua

lity,

Saf

ety,

Alte

rnat

ives

, So

cioe

cono

mic

, Oth

er

Wal

ter K

urze

ja

Ben

senv

ille

Writ

ten

VII

-33

Purp

ose

and

Nee

d W

alte

r Kur

zeja

Ben

senv

ille

(CF

#2)

Writ

ten

VII

-369

O

ther

, Qua

lity

of L

ife, N

oise

, Air

Qua

lity,

Sa

fety

Ph

ilip

M. L

aciv

ita

Ben

senv

ille

Writ

ten

VII

-138

O

ther

, Saf

ety,

Noi

se

Emer

son

Ladd

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-10

Oth

er, N

oise

, Soc

ioec

onom

ic, P

urpo

se

and

Nee

d K

athy

A. L

ane

Ben

senv

ille

Ora

l V

I-261

O

ther

, Sec

urity

, Alte

rnat

ives

, So

cioe

cono

mic

Fr

ed L

arso

n El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-295

O

ther

, Soc

ioec

onom

ic

Paul

and

Ter

esa

Lato

urne

y R

osel

le

Writ

ten

VII

-274

N

oise

Mik

e B

. Lea

rk

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-1

36

Noi

se, P

urpo

se a

nd N

eed

How

ard

A. L

earn

er

Exec

utiv

e D

irect

or,

Envi

ronm

enta

l Law

& P

olic

y C

ente

r

Writ

ten

VII

-192

-197

A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n, O

ther

, C

umul

ativ

e Im

pact

s, A

ir Q

ualit

y, O

ther

En

viro

nmen

tal I

ssue

s, Su

rfac

e Tr

ansp

orta

tion,

Pro

ject

Des

crip

tion

Shirl

anne

Lem

m

Pres

iden

t, G

reat

er O

’Har

e A

ssoc

iatio

n W

ritte

n V

II-1

82

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, Q

ualit

y of

Life

, Air

Qua

lity,

Noi

se

Cha

rles &

Alic

e Lo

uko

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-2

0 A

ir Q

ualit

y, N

oise

, Saf

ety,

Oth

er,

Alte

rnat

ives

C

harle

s Lou

ko

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e O

ral

VI-

269

Purp

ose

and

Nee

d, A

ir Q

ualit

y,

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

31

Tab

le 9

Sc

opin

g C

omm

ento

rs

N

ame

Org

aniz

atio

n/A

ffili

atio

n Fo

rm o

f C

omm

ent

Page

T

ype

of C

omm

ent

Alte

rnat

ives

, Oth

er

Car

la M

. Lyo

ns

Ben

senv

ille

Ora

l V

I-20

6 Q

ualit

y of

Life

, Soc

ioec

onom

ic, O

ther

En

viro

nmen

tal I

ssue

s C

arla

M. L

yons

B

ense

nvill

e (A

dden

dum

to

Tran

scrip

t) O

ral

VI-

220

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, O

ther

Env

ironm

enta

l Is

sues

D

anie

l J. L

yons

B

ense

nvill

e O

ral

VI-

175

Oth

er, S

ocio

econ

omic

D

orrie

Mad

onna

W

ood

Dal

e O

ral

VI-

223

Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic C

oord

inat

ion,

So

cioe

cono

mic

, Sur

face

Tra

nspo

rtatio

n,

Qua

lity

of L

ife, A

ir Q

ualit

y, N

oise

, A

ltern

ativ

es, A

viat

ion

Fore

cast

s D

r. R

alph

Mad

onna

W

ood

Dal

e O

ral

VI-

317

Surf

ace

Tran

spor

tatio

n, Q

ualit

y of

Life

, So

cioe

cono

mic

, Air

Qua

lity,

Noi

se,

Alte

rnat

ives

M

rs. T

eres

a M

aior

iello

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-58

Noi

se, H

ealth

Effe

cts,

Qua

lity

of L

ife,

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, P

urpo

se a

nd N

eed,

Air

Qua

lity

Stan

Mal

inow

ski

Park

Rid

ge

Writ

ten

VII

-48

Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y Ju

lie M

alon

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-315

Q

ualit

y of

Life

, Air

Qua

lity,

Noi

se,

Surf

ace

Tran

spor

tatio

n, S

ocio

econ

omic

, A

ltern

ativ

es

Art

Mar

kow

ski

Ben

senv

ille

Ora

l V

I-281

A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n,

Alte

rnat

ives

, Sur

face

Tra

nspo

rtatio

n,

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, O

ther

Env

ironm

enta

l Is

sues

Sy

lvia

Mat

ezak

B

ense

nvill

e W

ritte

n V

II-6

2 A

ir Q

ualit

y, S

urfa

ce T

rans

porta

tion,

Oth

er

Envi

ronm

enta

l Iss

ues

Lilli

an M

ayer

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-66

Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y, S

ocio

econ

omic

, Sa

fety

, Oth

er, A

viat

ion

Del

ays

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

32

Tab

le 9

Sc

opin

g C

omm

ento

rs

N

ame

Org

aniz

atio

n/A

ffili

atio

n Fo

rm o

f C

omm

ent

Page

T

ype

of C

omm

ent

Luci

e M

cDan

iel

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e O

ral

VI-

323

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

C

oord

inat

ion

Mar

tin M

cGow

an

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-2

86

Surf

ace

Tran

spor

tatio

n, S

ocio

econ

omic

, A

ltern

ativ

es

Kev

in M

cLau

ry

Fede

ral H

ighw

ay

Adm

inis

tratio

n O

ral

VI-

36

Surf

ace

Tran

spor

tatio

n, C

umul

ativ

e Im

pact

s, Sa

fety

, Pro

ject

Des

crip

tion

Will

iam

Mei

tzlo

r El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-108

-111

Su

rfac

e Tr

ansp

orta

tion,

Oth

er,

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, A

ir Q

ualit

y, A

ltern

ativ

es,

Qua

lity

of L

ife

Luci

a M

eltz

B

ense

nvill

e W

ritte

n V

II-3

4 O

ther

, Pur

pose

and

Nee

d M

r. &

Mrs

. A.

Mic

hael

s R

osel

le

Writ

ten

VII

-13

Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y, H

ealth

Effe

cts,

Soci

oeco

nom

ic

Emily

Mly

nars

ki

Ben

senv

ille

Writ

ten

VII

-185

A

ir Q

ualit

y, N

oise

Te

d M

oneg

ato

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-5

N

oise

, Soc

ioec

onom

ic, A

ir Q

ualit

y,

Safe

ty, A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n R

uth

Mon

tele

one

Ben

senv

ille

Writ

ten

VII

-63

Qua

lity

of L

ife, H

ealth

Effe

cts,

Safe

ty

Bill

Mor

rison

Pa

rk R

idge

O

ral

VI-

158

Safe

ty, O

ther

, Air

Qua

lity,

Hea

lth E

ffect

s A

rlene

J. M

ulde

r M

ayor

, Vill

age

of A

rling

ton

Hei

ghts

and

Cha

irper

son,

O

’Har

e N

oise

Com

patib

ility

C

omm

issi

on

Writ

ten

VII

-147

-157

N

oise

, Qua

lity

of L

ife

(Atta

chm

ent f

rom

the

O’H

are

Noi

se

Com

patib

ility

Com

mis

sion

)

Will

iam

J. M

uelle

r Pr

esid

ent,

DuP

age

May

ors a

nd

Man

ager

s Con

fere

nce

Writ

ten

VII

-201

-202

A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n, P

roje

ct

Des

crip

tion,

Pur

pose

and

Nee

d, A

viat

ion

Fore

cast

s, A

ltern

ativ

es, S

urfa

ce

Tran

spor

tatio

n, O

ther

, Oth

er

Envi

ronm

enta

l Iss

ues,

Soci

oeco

nom

ic

Mr.

and

Mrs

. Rob

ert

R. M

uff

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-2

98

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, N

oise

, Saf

ety,

A

ltern

ativ

es

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

33

Tab

le 9

Sc

opin

g C

omm

ento

rs

N

ame

Org

aniz

atio

n/A

ffili

atio

n Fo

rm o

f C

omm

ent

Page

T

ype

of C

omm

ent

J.E. M

urdo

ck II

I, Es

q., R

ober

t E. C

ohn,

Es

q., J

osep

h K

arag

anis

, Esq

.

Shaw

Pittm

anLL

P an

d K

arag

anis

& W

hite

Ltd

. W

ritte

n V

II-2

05-2

31

Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic C

oord

inat

ion,

Pur

pose

an

d N

eed,

Alte

rnat

ives

, Oth

er, C

umul

ativ

e Im

pact

s, N

oise

, Sur

face

Tra

nspo

rtatio

n,

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, A

ir Q

ualit

y, H

ealth

Ef

fect

s, Se

curit

y, A

viat

ion

Fore

cast

s, O

ther

Env

ironm

enta

l Iss

ues

Sand

y M

urdo

ck

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, E

lk

Gro

ve V

illag

e, a

nd th

e C

ity o

f Pa

rk R

idge

Ora

l V

I-87

Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic C

oord

inat

ion,

Avi

atio

n D

elay

s, O

ther

, Pur

pose

and

Nee

d,

Alte

rnat

ives

, Pro

ject

Des

crip

tion,

Avi

atio

n Fo

reca

sts,

Secu

rity,

Air

Qua

lity,

Noi

se

Will

iam

Muz

yka

Ben

senv

ille

Ora

l V

I-25

9 So

cioe

cono

mic

, Alte

rnat

ives

Jo

seph

ine

Nae

my

Des

Pla

ines

W

ritte

n V

II-4

5 N

oise

, Air

Qua

lity,

Oth

er E

nviro

nmen

tal

Issu

es

M. N

elso

n El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-368

O

ther

, Sur

face

Tra

nspo

rtatio

n, N

oise

, A

ltern

ativ

es, S

afet

y, P

urpo

se a

nd N

eed,

A

ir Q

ualit

y Pa

trici

a A

. Nel

son

Des

Pla

ines

O

ral

VI-1

24

Air

Qua

lity,

Oth

er, P

urpo

se a

nd N

eed,

N

oise

, Oth

er E

nviro

nmen

tal I

ssue

s, Sa

fety

, Sur

face

Tra

nspo

rtatio

n, H

ealth

Ef

fect

s, Q

ualit

y of

Life

N

ery

Ben

senv

ille

Writ

ten

VII

-68

Oth

er, A

ir Q

ualit

y, N

oise

, Soc

ioec

onom

ic

Ken

Niv

en

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-1

91

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, N

oise

, Pur

pose

and

Nee

d,

Oth

er, A

ltern

ativ

es

No

Nam

e 1

W

ritte

n V

II-3

52

Alte

rnat

ives

, Pur

pose

and

Nee

d,

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, N

oise

, Qua

lity

of L

ife

No

Nam

e 2

W

ritte

n V

II-3

53

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, H

ealth

Effe

cts

No

Nam

e 3

W

ritte

n V

II-3

54

Air

Qua

lity,

Saf

ety,

Noi

se

No

Nam

e 4

W

ritte

n V

II-3

55

Oth

er, S

ocio

econ

omic

, Pur

pose

and

Nee

d,

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

34

Tab

le 9

Sc

opin

g C

omm

ento

rs

N

ame

Org

aniz

atio

n/A

ffili

atio

n Fo

rm o

f C

omm

ent

Page

T

ype

of C

omm

ent

Air

Qua

lity,

Saf

ety

No

Nam

e 5

W

ritte

n V

II-3

16

Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y, H

ealth

Effe

cts

No

Nam

e 6

W

ritte

n V

II-3

17

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, H

ealth

Effe

cts

No

Nam

e 7

W

ritte

n V

II-1

12-1

13

Purp

ose

and

Nee

d, A

ltern

ativ

es, A

viat

ion

Fore

cast

s, Se

curit

y, S

urfa

ce

Tran

spor

tatio

n, N

oise

, Air

Qua

lity,

So

cioe

cono

mic

, Oth

er E

nviro

nmen

tal

Issu

es

Jack

ie O

’Con

nor

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-2

73

Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic C

oord

inat

ion,

Air

Qua

lity,

Hea

lth E

ffect

s, Q

ualit

y of

Life

, Sa

fety

Pa

ul O

’Con

nor

Exec

utiv

e D

irect

or,

Wor

ld

Bus

ines

s Chi

cago

W

ritte

n V

II-1

05-1

07

Soci

oeco

nom

ic,

Alte

rnat

ives

, N

oise

, A

viat

ion

Del

ays

John

O’K

eefe

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Ora

l V

I-32

1 O

ther

, A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n,

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, A

ltern

ativ

es

Jose

ph O

livet

o El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-314

N

oise

, Sa

fety

, A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

C

oord

inat

ion

Cat

hy O

lson

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-6

Safe

ty, Q

ualit

y of

Life

M

arin

a C

. Ora

cion

B

ense

nvill

e W

ritte

n V

II-7

0 N

oise

, Air

Qua

lity,

Soc

ioec

onom

ic, O

ther

, A

ltern

ativ

es, Q

ualit

y of

Life

Jo

e O

skin

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-24

Oth

er, A

ir Q

ualit

y, N

oise

, Qua

lity

or L

ife

Emily

Osk

in

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-2

5 Sa

fety

, Q

ualit

y of

Li

fe,

Air

Qua

lity,

A

viat

ion

Del

ays

Nic

k Pa

ppas

D

uPag

e C

ount

y D

epar

tmen

t of

Dev

elop

men

t an

d En

viro

nmen

tal C

once

rns

Ora

l V

I-10

8 A

ir Q

ualit

y,

Noi

se,

Hea

lth

Effe

cts,

Purp

ose

and

Nee

d,

Soci

oeco

nom

ic,

Cum

ulat

ive

Impa

cts

Gar

y an

d B

arba

ra

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-3

56-3

57

Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic C

oord

inat

ion,

Noi

se,

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

35

Tab

le 9

Sc

opin

g C

omm

ento

rs

N

ame

Org

aniz

atio

n/A

ffili

atio

n Fo

rm o

f C

omm

ent

Page

T

ype

of C

omm

ent

Parr

in

Air

Qua

lity,

Su

rfac

e Tr

ansp

orta

tion,

So

cioe

cono

mic

, Avi

atio

n D

elay

s St

eve

Partm

an

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e O

ral

VI-2

66

Oth

er,

Alte

rnat

ives

, So

cioe

cono

mic

, Su

rfac

e Tr

ansp

orta

tion,

N

oise

, Pr

ojec

t D

escr

iptio

n Jo

hn P

assa

relli

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-310

-311

O

ther

, N

oise

, A

ir Q

ualit

y, A

ltern

ativ

es,

Soci

oeco

nom

ic

Nor

man

J. P

ater

Pa

rk R

idge

W

ritte

n V

II-7

8-80

D

elay

, Saf

ety,

Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y, A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n, A

ltern

ativ

es

Mic

hael

W. P

ayet

te

Ass

ista

nt V

ice

Pres

iden

t, G

over

nmen

t Affa

irs-C

entra

l R

egio

n, U

nion

Pac

ific

Rai

lroad

C

ompa

ny

Writ

ten

VII

-186

-187

O

ther

, Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic C

oord

inat

ion

Mic

hael

W. P

ayet

te

Uni

on P

acifi

c R

ailro

ad

Ora

l V

I-11

1 A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n, S

urfa

ce

Tran

spor

tatio

n Pa

t Pec

hnic

k Ill

inoi

s Dep

artm

ent o

f Tr

ansp

orta

tion,

Div

isio

n of

H

ighw

ays

Ora

l V

I-84

Su

rfac

e Tr

ansp

orta

tion,

Soc

ioec

onom

ic

Oro

nzo

and

Con

cetta

Pe

coni

o B

ense

nvill

e O

ral

VI-

309

Oth

er, N

oise

, Hea

lth E

ffect

s, A

ltern

ativ

es

Gar

y Pe

lz

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-5

6 Q

ualit

y of

Life

, Alte

rnat

ives

C

lyde

Pen

icna

k

Writ

ten

VII

-305

O

ther

A

rlene

Pet

ers

Ben

senv

ille

Writ

ten

VII

-319

A

ltern

ativ

es,

Noi

se,

Air

Qua

lity,

Qua

lity

of L

ife, A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n A

rlene

Pet

ers

Ben

senv

ille

Ora

l V

I-27

6 O

ther

, Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y, S

afet

y, A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

C

oord

inat

ion,

Pu

rpos

e an

d N

eed,

Soc

ioec

onom

ic

Pete

Pet

ers

Ben

senv

ille

Ora

l V

I-31

3 N

oise

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

36

Tab

le 9

Sc

opin

g C

omm

ento

rs

N

ame

Org

aniz

atio

n/A

ffili

atio

n Fo

rm o

f C

omm

ent

Page

T

ype

of C

omm

ent

Ric

k Pe

ttigi

ll Ill

inoi

s Env

ironm

enta

l Pr

otec

tion

Age

ncy,

Div

isio

n of

W

ater

Pol

lutio

n C

ontro

l

Ora

l V

I-39

Oth

er E

nviro

nmen

tal I

ssue

s, A

ir Q

ualit

y

Dol

ores

C. P

ino

Mor

ton

Gro

ve

Writ

ten

VII

-189

O

ther

, A

ltern

ativ

es,

Air

Qua

lity,

Saf

ety,

N

oise

, Hea

lth E

ffect

s Jo

e Po

lka

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e O

ral

VI-

237

Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic

Coo

rdin

atio

n,

Alte

rnat

ives

, Oth

er, S

ocio

econ

omic

Jo

e Po

nko

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e O

ral

VI-

308

Soci

oeco

nom

ic,

Secu

rity,

O

ther

, A

ir Q

ualit

y, A

ltern

ativ

es

Hen

ry P

rang

l B

ense

nvill

e W

ritte

n V

II-3

8 A

ir Q

ualit

y, N

oise

D

anie

l Prit

chet

t V

illag

e Pr

esid

ent,

Fran

klin

Pa

rk

Ora

l V

I-36

2 O

ther

, O

ther

En

viro

nmen

tal

Issu

es,

Surf

ace

Tran

spor

tatio

n,

Noi

se,

Air

Qua

lity,

Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic C

oord

inat

ion

Mic

hael

Pro

copi

o B

ense

nvill

e W

ritte

n V

II-4

7 A

ir Q

ualit

y, A

ltern

ativ

es

Mic

hael

Pro

copi

o B

ense

nvill

e O

ral

VI-

265

Safe

ty, H

ealth

Effe

cts

Roy

&

M

ary

Ann

Pr

oven

za

Nor

ridge

W

ritte

n V

II-1

39

Oth

er, H

ealth

Effe

cts,

Air

Qua

lity,

Saf

ety,

A

ltern

ativ

es

Tony

Pul

cian

i B

ense

nvill

e W

ritte

n V

II-1

6 A

ir Q

ualit

y, H

ealth

Effe

cts,

Noi

se

Tony

Pul

cian

i B

ense

nvill

e W

ritte

n V

II-1

7 A

ir Q

ualit

y, H

ealth

Effe

cts,

Noi

se

Cla

udin

e Q

ueve

do

W

ritte

n V

II-1

84

Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y, S

ocio

econ

omic

, Oth

er,

Alte

rnat

ives

G

reg

Que

vedo

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Ora

l V

I-17

1 O

ther

, Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y, S

ocio

econ

omic

, Pu

rpos

e an

d N

eed,

Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic

Coo

rdin

atio

n, S

afet

y, Q

ualit

y of

Life

Le

slie

M. Q

ueve

do

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-1

37

Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y, O

ther

, Soc

ioec

onom

ic

Bob

Rac

kou

Ben

senv

ille

Ora

l V

I-30

5 So

cioe

cono

mic

, Saf

ety

Lean

ne R

edde

n Le

anne

R

edde

n (D

irect

or

of

Writ

ten

VII

-4

Qua

lity

of L

ife, S

afet

y, O

ther

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

37

Tab

le 9

Sc

opin

g C

omm

ento

rs

N

ame

Org

aniz

atio

n/A

ffili

atio

n Fo

rm o

f C

omm

ent

Page

T

ype

of C

omm

ent

Tran

spor

tatio

n,

Vill

age

of

Scha

umbu

rg)

Har

old

Ree

d

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e O

ral

VI-

280

Purp

ose

and

Nee

d, N

oise

, A

ir Q

ualit

y,

Surf

ace

Tran

spor

tatio

n, S

ocio

econ

omic

Ji

m R

ober

ts

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-8

So

cioe

cono

mic

, Pro

ject

Des

crip

tion

Ros

a R

odrig

uez

Ben

senv

ille

Ora

l V

I-13

9 O

ther

, Soc

ioec

onom

ic, Q

ualit

y of

Life

M

ike

Rog

ers

Illin

ois

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pr

otec

tion

Age

ncy,

Air

Qua

lity

Plan

ning

Ora

l V

I-38

Air

Qua

lity,

Noi

se,

Oth

er E

nviro

nmen

tal

Issu

es

John

D. R

ogne

r Fi

eld

Supe

rvis

or, U

nite

d St

ates

D

epar

tmen

t of I

nter

ior,

Fish

an

d W

ildlif

e Se

rvic

e

Writ

ten

VII

-261

-262

A

ltern

ativ

es, O

ther

Env

ironm

enta

l Iss

ues

Leon

ard

Rog

us

Ben

senv

ille

W

ritte

n V

II-6

0 A

ir Q

ualit

y, N

oise

, Hea

lth E

ffect

s, So

cioe

cono

mic

, Oth

er

Leon

ard

Rog

us

Ben

senv

ille

Writ

ten

VII

-61

Oth

er, A

ir Q

ualit

y, H

ealth

Effe

cts

Leon

ard

Rog

us

Ben

senv

ille

Ora

l V

I-29

7 A

ir Q

ualit

y, H

ealth

Effe

cts,

Oth

er,

Alte

rnat

ives

, Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic

Coo

rdin

atio

n K

evin

Ron

chen

N

iles

Ora

l V

I-25

3 A

ltern

ativ

es

Ger

ald

J. R

oper

Pr

esid

ent a

nd C

EO,

Chi

cago

land

Cha

mbe

r of

Com

mer

ce

Writ

ten

VII

-44

Oth

er, S

ocio

econ

omic

, Air

Qua

lity,

Noi

se,

Alte

rnat

ives

Ann

& B

ob R

ose

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-2

94

Oth

er

Shei

la R

udde

n-Sh

oney

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-49

Oth

er, S

urfa

ce T

rans

porta

tion,

Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y R

oss R

uthe

nber

g

Writ

ten

VII

-306

A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n Ja

ck S

apor

ito

Exec

utiv

e D

irect

or, A

llian

ce o

f W

ritte

n V

II-1

43

Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic C

oord

inat

ion,

Hea

lth

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

38

Tab

le 9

Sc

opin

g C

omm

ento

rs

N

ame

Org

aniz

atio

n/A

ffili

atio

n Fo

rm o

f C

omm

ent

Page

T

ype

of C

omm

ent

Res

iden

ts C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e,

Inc.

Ef

fect

s, So

cioe

cono

mic

Jack

Sap

orito

A

llian

ce o

f Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are

Lette

r 2

Writ

ten

VII

-235

-260

A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n, A

ir Q

ualit

y, S

ocio

econ

omic

, Oth

er, O

ther

En

viro

nmen

tal I

ssue

s, Su

rfac

e Tr

ansp

orta

tion,

Saf

ety,

Hea

lth E

ffect

s, A

viat

ion

Fore

cast

s, A

viat

ion

Del

ays,

Cum

ulat

ive

Impa

cts

Jack

Sap

orito

A

llian

ce o

f Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

(W

ritte

n Te

stim

ony)

Writ

ten

VII

-88-

92

Oth

er, P

urpo

se a

nd N

eed,

Air

Qua

lity,

N

oise

, Hea

lth E

ffect

s, A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

C

oord

inat

ion

Jack

Sap

orito

A

llian

ce o

f Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

W

ritte

n V

II-2

75

Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic C

oord

inat

ion

Jack

Sap

orito

A

llian

ce o

f Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

W

ritte

n V

II-2

80

Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic C

oord

inat

ion

Jack

Sap

orito

A

llian

ce o

f Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

Ora

l V

I-141

O

ther

, Pu

rpos

e an

d N

eed,

Air

Qua

lity,

N

oise

, Hea

lth E

ffect

s, A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

C

oord

inat

ion

Don

na S

berto

li El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-272

O

ther

, Hea

lth E

ffect

s, So

cioe

cono

mic

, A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n Su

san

L. S

chel

l El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-67

Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y, S

ocio

econ

omic

R

icha

rd S

chie

rhor

n B

ense

nvill

e W

ritte

n V

II-5

0 So

cioe

cono

mic

R

ober

t J.

Schi

llers

trom

D

uPag

e C

ount

y En

viro

nmen

tal

Com

mitt

ee, D

evel

opm

ent &

En

viro

nmen

tal C

once

rns

Writ

ten

VII

-232

-234

C

umul

ativ

e Im

pact

s, H

ealth

Effe

cts,

Air

Qua

lity,

Saf

ety,

Noi

se, A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

C

oord

inat

ion,

Avi

atio

n D

elay

s, So

cioe

cono

mic

, Alte

rnat

ives

, Sur

face

Tr

ansp

orta

tion

Her

man

n Sc

hmid

t W

ood

Dal

e W

ritte

n V

II-2

81

Qua

lity

of L

ife, A

ir Q

ualit

y, N

oise

,

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

39

Tab

le 9

Sc

opin

g C

omm

ento

rs

N

ame

Org

aniz

atio

n/A

ffili

atio

n Fo

rm o

f C

omm

ent

Page

T

ype

of C

omm

ent

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, S

urfa

ce T

rans

porta

tion,

Sa

fety

, Oth

er

Joe

Schu

essl

er

Met

ropo

litan

Wat

er

Rec

lam

atio

n D

istri

ct o

f Gre

ater

C

hica

go

Ora

l V

I-11

0 O

ther

Env

ironm

enta

l Iss

ues

Don

Sco

tt El

k G

rove

Vill

age

W

ritte

n V

II-2

6 So

cioe

cono

mic

D

on S

cott

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e O

ral

VI-

302

Noi

se

Patri

cia

Scot

t El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-64

Oth

er, N

oise

, Pur

pose

and

Nee

d,

Alte

rnat

ives

, Soc

ioec

onom

ic

Patri

cia

Scot

t El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-135

Sa

fety

, Alte

rnat

ives

M

onte

Sel

lers

A

rling

ton

Sign

s & B

anne

rs

Writ

ten

VII

-181

O

ther

, Soc

ioec

onom

ic, A

viat

ion

Del

ays,

Air

Qua

lity,

Sur

face

Tra

nspo

rtatio

n R

ober

t L. S

ever

son

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e O

ral

VI-

251

Safe

ty

Edw

ard

and

Mar

iann

e Sh

ad

Ben

senv

ille

Ora

l V

I-27

8 O

ther

, Noi

se, S

afet

y, S

urfa

ce

Tran

spor

tatio

n, H

ealth

Eff

ects

, Air

Qua

lity

Bill

Sha

nnon

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Ora

l V

I-30

3 A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n,

Alte

rnat

ives

, Oth

er

F. D

oyle

She

a M

edin

ah

Writ

ten

VII

-164

-166

O

ther

, Alte

rnat

ives

, Noi

se,

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, S

afet

y, A

ir Q

ualit

y D

enni

s She

an

Park

Rid

ge

Writ

ten

VII

-9

Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y Je

ffrey

T. S

herw

in

May

or, C

ity o

f Nor

thla

ke

Writ

ten

VII

-333

O

ther

, Soc

ioec

onom

ic

Jeffr

ey T

. She

rwin

M

ayor

, City

of N

orth

lake

R

esol

utio

n N

umbe

r R-1

6-20

01

Writ

ten

VII

-335

-338

So

cioe

cono

mic

, Noi

se

Jeffr

ey T

. She

rwin

M

ayor

, City

of N

orth

lake

R

esol

utio

n N

umbe

r R-1

7-20

01

(New

spap

er a

ttach

ed)

Writ

ten

VII

-339

-351

N

oise

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

40

Tab

le 9

Sc

opin

g C

omm

ento

rs

N

ame

Org

aniz

atio

n/A

ffili

atio

n Fo

rm o

f C

omm

ent

Page

T

ype

of C

omm

ent

Jeffr

ey T

. She

rwin

M

ayor

, City

of N

orth

lake

O

ral

VI-

370

Oth

er E

nviro

nmen

tal I

ssue

s, O

ther

D

avid

Shr

eine

r Sh

rein

er C

ompa

ny

Writ

ten

VII

-15

Proj

ect D

escr

iptio

n

Bob

Sny

der

Del

ta-W

ye E

lect

rical

C

ontra

ctor

s, El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-188

O

ther

, Soc

ioec

onom

ic, Q

ualit

y of

Life

, A

ir Q

ualit

y, N

oise

, Alte

rnat

ives

R

icha

rd S

olin

e

Ben

senv

ille

Ora

l V

I-16

4 So

cioe

cono

mic

, Oth

er

Mar

y Sp

iezi

o El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Ora

l V

I-26

0 Q

ualit

y of

Life

, Saf

ety,

Soc

ioec

onom

ic

May

Spi

zzo

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-6

5 Q

ualit

y of

Life

, Air

Qua

lity,

Saf

ety,

Noi

se

Rob

ert S

prin

ger

W

ritte

n V

II-1

8 Pr

ojec

t Des

crip

tion

Pa

tti S

teffe

nsen

B

ense

nvill

e W

ritte

n V

II-2

7 N

oise

, Air

Qua

lity,

Soc

ioec

onom

ic,

Alte

rnat

ives

R

aym

ond

J. St

rela

u El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-367

So

cioe

cono

mic

, Oth

er

Loui

s Tan

ner

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-3

6 O

ther

, Alte

rnat

ives

, Noi

se, Q

ualit

y of

Life

Lo

uis T

anne

r El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Ora

l V

I-17

7 O

ther

Ti

mot

hy A

. Tay

lor

Ben

senv

ille

Writ

ten

VII

-74-

75

Oth

er, S

urfa

ce T

rans

porta

tion,

Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y, S

ocio

econ

omic

M

rs. T

erra

cina

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-292

Q

ualit

y of

Life

G

rego

ry T

hors

on

Chi

cago

W

ritte

n V

II-4

0 Pr

ojec

t Des

crip

tion,

Alte

rnat

ives

G

rego

ry T

hors

on

Boa

rd o

f Dire

ctor

, Illi

nois

Rai

l O

ral

VI-

294

Surf

ace

Tran

spor

tatio

n, A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n, S

ocio

econ

omic

La

rry

Tidr

ick

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-2

99

Purp

ose

and

Nee

d D

avid

Tom

zik

Secr

etar

y, M

idw

est H

igh

Spee

d R

ail C

oalit

ion

Ora

l V

I-15

5 A

ltern

ativ

es

John

C. T

one

Den

ver,

Col

orad

o W

ritte

n V

II-3

Pu

rpos

e an

d N

eed,

Avi

atio

n D

elay

s, Pr

ojec

t Des

crip

tion,

Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic

Coo

rdin

atio

n, S

urfa

ce T

rans

porta

tion

Ron

Tuo

zzo

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e O

ral

VI-

320

Noi

se, O

ther

St

eve

Ung

er

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-3

2 A

ltern

ativ

es, P

roje

ct D

escr

iptio

n, A

genc

y

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

41

Tab

le 9

Sc

opin

g C

omm

ento

rs

N

ame

Org

aniz

atio

n/A

ffili

atio

n Fo

rm o

f C

omm

ent

Page

T

ype

of C

omm

ent

and

Publ

ic C

oord

inat

ion,

Sur

face

Tr

ansp

orta

tion,

Soc

ioec

onom

ic, S

afet

y,

Noi

se

Gw

en V

acca

rino

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-2

93

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, Q

ualit

y of

Life

N

oren

e V

acur

a B

ense

nvill

e W

ritte

n V

II-28

7 A

ltern

ativ

es, A

viat

ion

Fore

cast

s, Pu

rpos

e an

d N

eed,

Oth

er, N

oise

, Hea

lth E

ffect

s, Se

curit

y M

ario

A. V

alen

te

Ben

senv

ille

Writ

ten

VII

-140

So

cioe

cono

mic

A

ntho

ny J.

V

ecch

iollo

B

ense

nvill

e O

ral

VI-

137

Oth

er, S

ocio

econ

omic

, Qua

lity

of L

ife

Ty W

arne

r W

ill C

ount

y Pl

anni

ng

Dep

artm

ent

Ora

l V

I-11

0 A

ltern

ativ

es, A

viat

ion

Fore

cast

s

Bar

bara

L.

War

ringt

on

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-8

1-82

O

ther

, Saf

ety,

Noi

se, S

ocio

econ

omic

, Q

ualit

y of

Life

, Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic

Coo

rdin

atio

n R

osal

een

and

Tony

W

ater

s El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-51

Oth

er, N

oise

, Air

Qua

lity,

Qua

lity

of L

ife,

Soci

oeco

nom

ic, P

urpo

se a

nd N

eed

Rob

in W

eave

r El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-291

O

ther

, Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y, S

ocio

econ

omic

, Su

rfac

e Tr

ansp

orta

tion,

Alte

rnat

ives

, Sa

fety

M

aria

n W

erne

r Pa

rk R

idge

W

ritte

n V

II-1

41

Safe

ty, O

ther

, Noi

se

Ken

neth

A. W

estla

ke

Chi

ef, E

nviro

nmen

tal P

lann

ing

and

Eval

uatio

n B

ranc

h, U

S En

viro

nmen

tal P

rote

ctio

n A

genc

y

Writ

ten

VII

-266

-270

A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n, A

viat

ion

Fore

cast

s, C

umul

ativ

e Im

pact

s, A

ltern

ativ

es, O

ther

, Air

Qua

lity,

Oth

er

Envi

ronm

enta

l Iss

ues

Ron

ald

W. W

iete

cha

May

or, C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

Ora

l V

I-287

A

genc

y an

d Pu

blic

Coo

rdin

atio

n, O

ther

, A

ir Q

ualit

y, N

oise

, Hea

lth E

ffect

s, Sa

fety

, A

ltern

ativ

es, S

ocio

econ

omic

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

42

Tab

le 9

Sc

opin

g C

omm

ento

rs

N

ame

Org

aniz

atio

n/A

ffili

atio

n Fo

rm o

f C

omm

ent

Page

T

ype

of C

omm

ent

(Sub

mitt

ed P

relim

inar

y St

udy

and

Ana

lysi

s of T

oxic

Air

Pollu

tant

Em

issi

ons

From

O’H

are

Inte

rnat

iona

l Airp

ort a

nd th

e R

esul

ting

Hea

lth R

isks

Cre

ated

By

Thes

e To

xic

Emis

sion

s In

Surr

ound

ing

Res

iden

tial C

omm

uniti

es, A

ugus

t 200

0 –

Vol

umes

1-4

) R

onal

d W

. Wie

tech

a M

ayor

, City

of P

ark

Rid

ge

Writ

ten

VII

-130

-132

Su

bmitt

ed le

tter p

erta

inin

g to

the

Wor

ld

Gat

eway

Pro

gram

Jo

hn A

. Will

iam

s El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-300

O

ther

, Soc

ioec

onom

ic

Mik

e W

illia

mso

n

Ora

l V

I-41

Su

rfac

e Tr

ansp

orta

tion

Ric

hard

Wils

on

Des

Pla

ines

W

ritte

n V

II-1

71-1

72

Noi

se, A

ir Q

ualit

y, H

ealth

Effe

cts,

Oth

er,

Safe

ty, Q

ualit

y of

Life

K

atrin

a W

inog

radz

ki

Park

Rid

ge

Writ

ten

VII

-52

Soci

oeco

nom

ic

Bill

Win

ton

Har

woo

d H

eigh

ts

Writ

ten

VII

-30

Secu

rity,

Alte

rnat

ives

, Sur

face

Tr

ansp

orta

tion

Bre

nda

Woj

cek

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e W

ritte

n V

II-3

9 So

cioe

cono

mic

, Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic

Coo

rdin

atio

n D

elor

es W

ojci

k B

ense

nvill

e O

ral

VI-

297

Soci

oeco

nom

ic

Rob

ert Y

ee

W

ritte

n V

II-3

02

Purp

ose

and

Nee

d, O

ther

, Soc

ioec

onom

ic,

Alte

rnat

ives

, Saf

ety

Larr

y an

d C

arol

e Ze

rwas

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

Writ

ten

VII

-285

O

ther

And

y Zu

mer

Pa

rk R

idge

W

ritte

n V

II-9

9-10

4 Se

curit

y, A

ltern

ativ

es, O

ther

, Hea

lth

Effe

cts

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

43

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

A.

Purp

ose

and

Nee

d A

-1

Bas

ed o

n th

e ec

onom

y an

d th

e st

ock

mar

ket,

I th

ink

that

it’s

go

ing

to b

e a

num

ber

of y

ears

bef

ore

any

expa

nsio

n w

ould

be

need

ed a

nd it

wou

ldn’

t be

at O

’Har

e.

Will

iam

Bai

rd (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-217

A-2

W

e re

aliz

e O

’Har

e m

ust e

xpan

d, b

ut I

thin

k th

is ru

nway

nee

ds

to b

e lo

oked

at a

ll ov

er a

gain

. To

m B

ecke

r (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-136

A

-3

The

airli

nes

are

losi

ng m

oney

at a

sta

gger

ing

rate

. Es

peci

ally

U

nite

d an

d A

mer

ican

, w

hich

ar

e th

e m

ajor

te

nant

s an

d ad

voca

tes

of t

his

expa

nsio

n.

They

can

not

even

affo

rd t

heir

daily

ope

ratio

ns,

but

are

goin

g to

bac

k th

e bu

ildin

g of

the

ai

rpor

t exp

ansi

on a

t O’H

are.

No

way

.

Rob

ert B

ense

n (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-27

9

A-4

Th

ere

are

man

y tim

es w

hen

plan

es a

re n

ot e

ven

taki

ng o

ff o

r la

ndin

g du

ring

bad

wea

ther

. H

ow a

re m

ore

runw

ays

goin

g to

he

lp?

Rob

ert B

ense

n (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-27

9

A-5

O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion

is n

ot n

eces

sary

. T

he m

ajor

airl

ines

, i.e

. A

mer

ican

, U

nite

d, a

nd o

ther

car

riers

are

cut

ting

back

the

ir fli

ghts

by

at l

east

10

perc

ent

to 2

0 pe

rcen

t. I

f fli

ghts

are

de

crea

sing

why

do

we

need

to e

xpan

d O

’Har

e by

100

per

cent

?

A n

umbe

r of

airl

ines

are

goi

ng i

nto

bank

rupt

cy o

r lo

sing

in

ordi

nate

am

ount

s of m

oney

.

Jeffr

ey a

nd M

arga

ret B

lick

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

276

A-6

Th

e on

ly r

easo

n D

aley

wan

ts t

o in

crea

se c

apac

ity i

s th

e po

litic

al p

atro

nage

that

will

be

gran

ted

to h

im a

t ele

ctio

n tim

e.

Any

rea

sona

ble,

logi

cal p

erso

n lo

okin

g at

this

situ

atio

n kn

ows

that

O’H

are

airp

ort

does

not

nee

d to

be

expa

nded

. T

he

taxp

ayer

s of

Illi

nois

do

not

wan

t th

is p

roje

ct.

The

city

of

Chi

cago

can

not a

fford

it.

The

airli

nes

can’

t pay

for t

his

Dal

ey

Jeffr

ey a

nd M

arga

ret B

lick

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

277

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

44

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

polit

ical

pat

rona

ge p

roje

ct.

A-7

Th

e pr

ogra

m

build

s on

ou

r ex

istin

g re

sour

ces

and

infr

astru

ctur

e. N

ot o

nly

is th

is th

e m

ost e

ffici

ent w

ay to

redu

ce

dela

ys, i

t als

o m

inim

izes

any

impa

ct to

the

envi

ronm

ent.

The

ar

ea a

roun

d O

’Har

e is

alre

ady

wel

l dev

elop

ed, h

ome

to so

me

of

the

larg

est i

ndus

trial

par

ks in

the

coun

try.

This

isn’

t the

cas

e w

ith a

pro

pose

d so

uth

subu

rban

airp

ort,

whi

ch w

ould

req

uire

th

ousa

nds o

f acr

es o

f pris

tine

farm

land

to b

e de

stro

yed.

Al

Bor

gman

(D

irect

or o

f A

ir Fr

eigh

t O

pera

tions

, AIP

Tr

ucki

ng, I

nc.)

p.

VII-

41

A-8

W

e ne

ed O

’Har

e to

ope

rate

in

top

form

, un

der

the

high

est

leve

ls o

f saf

ety

and

effic

ienc

y.

Al

Bor

gman

(D

irect

or o

f A

ir Fr

eigh

t O

pera

tions

, AIP

Tr

ucki

ng, I

nc.)

p.

VII-

41

A-9

W

e ne

ed t

o de

velo

p a

cohe

sive

air

and

land

tra

nspo

rtatio

n ne

twor

k th

at w

ill a

llow

the

entir

e re

gion

to s

hare

the

bene

fits

and

cost

s of

suc

cess

. W

e ne

ed to

beg

in b

uild

ing

a ne

w m

ajor

ai

rpor

t sou

thw

est o

f Chi

cago

to c

ompl

ete

the

circ

le o

f maj

or a

ir tra

nspo

rt ar

ound

the

city

. W

e ne

ed to

impr

ove

and

use

regi

onal

ai

rpor

ts s

uch

as D

uPag

e, G

ary,

Roc

kfor

d, a

nd M

ilwau

kee

for

smal

ler

com

mer

cial

and

car

go o

pera

tions

ser

ving

tho

se a

reas

an

d fu

nctio

ning

as

inte

rmed

iate

sto

ps f

or c

ross

-cou

ntry

tran

sit.

W

e ne

ed t

o de

velo

p hi

gh-s

peed

, hi

ghly

eff

icie

nt l

and-

base

d tra

nspo

rt ne

twor

k fe

edin

g, a

nd c

onne

ctin

g th

ese

airp

orts

so

the

air

carr

ier’

s bu

rden

of

mul

tiple

loc

atio

ns i

s m

itiga

ted

and

prof

itabi

lity

is a

ttain

ed.

Gar

y B

ottje

(Ros

elle

) p.

VII-

183

A-1

0 I c

anno

t see

the

land

acq

uisi

tion.

And

than

k G

od th

at th

e la

nd

acqu

isitio

n is

out

side

of

Coo

k C

ount

y, b

ecau

se if

that

sui

t had

be

en f

iled

in C

ook

Cou

nty,

I d

oubt

ver

y m

uch

whe

ther

we

wou

ld h

ave

the

situ

atio

n th

at h

as w

orke

d ou

t so

wel

l for

us n

ow

with

Dal

ey a

nd h

is c

ohor

ts b

eing

told

that

they

wou

ld b

e he

ld in

Virg

inia

S. B

rauw

eile

r (Pa

rk R

idge

) p.

VI-1

63

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

45

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

cont

empt

of

cour

t if

they

acq

uire

d an

y m

ore

land

. Th

e ot

her

head

line

I was

pro

ud o

f was

whe

n th

ey s

aid

– th

e la

wye

rs c

ame

to t

he j

udge

and

she

ask

ed f

or t

he d

ocum

ent

on t

he h

isto

ric

agre

emen

t be

twee

n R

yan

and

Dal

ey,

and

they

w

ere

dum

foun

ded

beca

use

ther

e w

as n

o w

ritte

n ag

reem

ent.

A-1

1 O

n th

e O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion,

the

Chi

cago

O’H

are

expa

nsio

n pr

ojec

t is

in p

art d

esig

ned

by a

gro

up o

f airl

ines

who

se la

ck o

f m

anag

emen

t ski

lls is

pla

cing

them

on

the

brin

k of

ban

krup

tcy,

w

hile

suc

cess

ful,

wel

l-man

aged

airl

ines

, su

ch a

s So

uthw

est,

prof

itabl

e si

nce

Sept

embe

r 11th

, and

ATA

, are

not

eve

n al

low

ed

to o

pera

te a

t O

’Har

e.

Bec

ause

of

one

polit

icia

n’s

desi

re t

o bo

ast

“Wor

ld’s

Bus

iest

Airp

ort,”

he

succ

eeds

at

getti

ng o

ther

po

litic

ians

to

vote

to

dilu

te g

over

nor

and

stat

e’s

right

s. T

his

will

be

a co

st to

futu

re g

ener

atio

ns.

Tom

Cal

laha

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-

263,

p. V

II-

133

No

Nam

e 7

p. V

II-11

2

A-1

2 Ex

pans

ion

of O

’Har

e in

clud

ing

runw

ay c

onfig

urat

ion

is v

ital t

o th

e fu

ture

of,

not o

nly

Chi

cago

, but

all

of n

orth

east

Illin

ois

and

Nor

thw

est

Indi

ana.

I

firm

ly b

elie

ve t

hat

with

out

the

plan

ned

expa

nsio

n th

e fu

ture

hol

d lit

tle p

rom

ise

for

the

area

to

be

cons

ider

ed a

lea

der

in b

usin

ess.

All

my

peer

s ha

ve b

asic

ally

th

e sa

me

view

. W

e m

ust e

xpan

d.

And

rew

J. C

osta

nza

p.

VII-

304

A-1

3 O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion

is a

sham

. It

is w

orth

less

. It

has n

o va

lue

for

the

regi

on.

Cha

rles F

. Dra

ke (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-69

A

-14

Expa

ndin

g th

e ai

rpor

t is

not g

oing

to s

olve

you

r pr

oble

ms.

If

anyt

hing

it w

ill c

reat

e m

ore

dela

ys.

Kat

hlee

n D

rwila

p. V

II-35

8 A

-15

I thi

nk th

at O

’Har

e ne

eds t

he ru

nway

s. A

ndre

w D

uffy

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-35

A

-16

Am

eric

an a

nd U

nite

d ar

e cu

tting

bac

k on

flig

hts

beca

use

of

heav

y lo

se.

They

can

’t pu

t in

mon

ey a

s yo

u pe

ople

exp

ect,

so

Bill

Ede

nhof

en (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-37

0

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

46

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

why

not

cut

bac

k. T

he g

ood

ole

days

are

gon

e.

A-1

7 I f

eel t

hat r

unw

ay S

outh

9-2

7 is

unn

eede

d.

John

Ew

ald

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-37

1 A

-18

Doe

s m

ore

terr

oris

t ac

tivity

hav

e to

occ

ur i

n w

hich

pla

nes

expl

ode

over

our

hea

ds, b

efor

e so

meo

ne fi

nally

figu

res

out t

hat

wha

t we

need

is n

ot e

xpan

sion

, but

bet

ter s

ecur

ity?

Mr.

& M

rs. P

atric

k Fe

rrer

i (Pa

rk R

idge

) p.

VII-

84

A-1

9 A

dditi

onal

run

way

s w

ill r

elie

ve c

onge

stio

n, a

t ta

ke-o

ff, o

nly

tem

pora

rily.

M

r. &

Mrs

. Pat

rick

Ferr

eri (

Park

Rid

ge)

p.

VII-

85

A

-20

This

pro

ject

will

not

fix

the

cong

estio

n pr

oble

m.

Bar

b Fi

tzpa

trick

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

360

A-2

1 W

e kn

ow t

he e

xpan

sion

will

not

hel

p th

e pr

oble

ms

that

cu

rren

tly e

xist

. B

arb

Fitz

patri

ck (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-205

A

-22

Ther

e is

roo

m f

or i

mpr

ovem

ent

at O

’Har

e.

But

with

tra

vel

dow

n an

d ai

rline

s pu

lling

out

of t

he d

eal,

it’s

time

to ta

ke s

ome

time

to d

ecid

e w

hat’s

righ

t.

Gar

ry G

ardn

er (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-55

A-2

3 U

nder

the

mod

erni

zatio

n pr

ogra

m, f

light

del

ays

will

be

redu

ced

by 9

5 pe

rcen

t in

bad

wea

ther

and

79

perc

ent o

vera

ll.

This

in

turn

will

redu

ce th

e nu

mbe

r of h

omes

in th

e 65

DN

L or

hig

her

area

by

34 p

erce

nt a

s w

ell a

s em

issi

ons

beca

use

airc

raft

won

’t ha

ve t

o sp

end

the

time

idlin

g at

the

gate

s an

d on

the

gro

und.

A

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal i

nitia

tives

in p

lace

at O

’Har

e ha

ve a

lread

y re

duce

d em

issi

ons b

y m

ore

than

a th

ird si

nce

1990

.

Her

bert

E. G

ardn

er (L

aGra

nge

Park

) p.

VI-1

23

A-2

4 W

hy d

oes

the

City

of C

hica

go b

elie

ve th

at b

uild

ing

the

airp

ort

bigg

er w

ill m

ake

it be

tter?

I

stro

ngly

bel

ieve

big

ger

is n

ot

bette

r in

thi

s ca

se.

Why

do

they

fee

l th

ey c

an c

ome

into

a

com

mun

ity t

hat’s

not

in

thei

r co

unty

? W

e do

n’t

bene

fit a

ny

such

way

in D

uPag

e C

ount

y or

in B

ense

nvill

e fr

om th

at a

irpor

t.

Sally

Gra

ce (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-316

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

47

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

We

get a

ll th

e ne

gativ

e im

pact

of i

t and

no

bene

fits.

So

it do

es

no se

rve

us to

hav

e a

bigg

er a

irpor

t. A

-25

With

eve

ryth

ing

that

hap

pene

d on

Sep

tem

ber 1

1, 2

001,

I do

not

fe

el w

e ne

ed a

larg

er a

irpor

t. O

nce

the

airp

orts

get

up

to f

ull

forc

e ag

ain

and

actu

ally

nee

d m

ore

spac

e, a

t som

e po

int w

e st

ill

will

nee

d an

othe

r airp

ort.

We

cann

ot k

eep

expa

ndin

g O

’Har

e.

Chr

istin

e H

ertz

berg

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-28

4

A-2

6 If

Uni

ted

and

Am

eric

an (o

r any

suc

cess

or c

orpo

ratio

ns) c

anno

t af

ford

, W

orld

Gat

eway

Pro

gram

, ho

w c

an t

hey

finan

ce t

he

“O’H

are

Mod

erni

zatio

n Pr

ogra

m.”

It

is c

ritic

ally

im

porta

nt

that

we

have

a sp

irit o

f ful

l fin

anci

al d

iscl

osur

e.

Jam

es J

ohns

on (

Ben

senv

ille,

Int

erim

Vill

age

Man

ager

, Sp

eaki

ng o

n B

ehal

f of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VI-

188,

189

, C

raig

B.

John

son

(May

or,

Elk

Gro

ve

Vill

age

–Sub

mitt

ed S

tate

men

t of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry

Hyd

e) p

. VII

-128

, 129

, Joh

n G

eils

(May

or, B

ense

nvill

e –

Subm

itted

Sta

tem

ent o

f Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VII-

97, 9

8 A

-27

Wha

t te

rmin

als

and

acce

ss

road

way

s ar

e ne

eded

to

ac

com

mod

ate

76 m

illio

n bo

ardi

ng p

asse

nger

s tha

t Chi

cago

says

th

e ru

nway

pla

n ca

n ac

com

mod

ate?

W

hat

are

the

cost

s an

d en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

cts o

f the

se n

eces

sary

ele

men

ts?

Jam

es J

ohns

on (

Ben

senv

ille,

Int

erim

Vill

age

Man

ager

, Sp

eaki

ng o

n B

ehal

f of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VI-

184,

Cra

ig B

. Joh

nson

(May

or, E

lk G

rove

Vill

age

–Su

bmitt

ed S

tate

men

t of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VII

-126

, Jo

hn G

eils

(M

ayor

, B

ense

nvill

e –

Subm

itted

St

atem

ent o

f Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p. V

II-9

5 A

-28

The

prop

osal

was

dev

elop

ed p

rior

to th

e ev

ents

of

Sept

embe

r 11

, 200

1. T

he e

xpan

sion

pro

posa

l was

dev

ised

at a

tim

e w

hen

incr

ease

d ai

r tra

vel w

as a

ntic

ipat

ed, n

ot th

e ec

onom

ic re

cess

ion

we

are

now

exp

erie

ncin

g. T

he F

AA

mus

t rev

iew

the

prop

osal

w

ith th

is in

min

d, s

o as

not

to s

pend

bill

ions

of t

axpa

yer d

olla

rs

for

term

inal

s an

d ru

nway

s th

at a

re n

ot n

eede

d an

d w

ill n

ot b

e us

ed.

Ann

Kuf

fel (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-17

3 Su

san

Kuf

fel (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-17

5

A-2

9 I

fail

to u

nder

stan

d ho

w H

arts

field

with

hal

f th

e ac

reag

e th

at

O’H

are

has

is c

apab

le o

f 90

0,00

0 op

erat

ions

with

onl

y fo

ur

Wal

ter K

urze

ja (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-33

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

48

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

para

llel

runw

ays.

Why

can

’t O

’Har

e re

conf

igur

e w

ithin

its

pres

ent f

ootp

rint?

A-3

0 W

ith t

he a

irlin

es i

n su

ch p

oor

finan

cial

con

ditio

n I

serio

usly

w

onde

r if t

here

is a

real

nee

d to

exp

and

O’H

are.

Em

erso

n La

dd (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

10

A

-31

Sinc

e th

e ai

rpor

t ha

sn’t

been

as

busy

as

befo

re 9

/11,

I d

on’t

thin

k yo

u re

ally

nee

d th

ese.

M

ike

B. L

eark

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-13

6 A

-32

I don

’t se

e w

hy n

ow th

at th

ey w

ant t

o ev

en g

o fo

rwar

d w

ith th

is w

hen

the

airli

nes

don’

t wan

t to

even

pay

for

som

e of

the

cost

s of

the

expa

nsio

n. W

hy in

the

wor

ld d

o w

e ne

ed m

ore

runw

ays

and

stuf

f whe

n th

e ai

rpor

t is,

whe

n th

ey a

re d

ecre

asin

g?

Cha

rles L

ouko

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-270

A-3

3 Pl

ease

do

not e

xpan

d th

e ai

rpor

t run

way

s. It

’s n

ot n

eede

d - l

ess

peop

le f

ly t

oday

sin

ce 9

/11.

A

long

with

hur

ting

my

life,

my

hom

e, m

y ne

ighb

ors,

this

is a

hug

e w

aste

of m

oney

.

Mrs

. Ter

esa

Mai

orie

llo (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

58

A-3

4 It’

s a

tall

tale

that

it h

elps

the

com

mun

ity, i

t hel

ps M

r. D

aley

an

d C

hica

go n

ot u

s. Lu

cia

Mel

tz (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-34

A

-35

The

purp

ose

of th

e pr

ojec

t, to

add

ress

long

-term

cap

acity

nee

ds,

and

the

resu

ltant

inc

reas

e in

ope

ratio

ns,

shou

ld b

e ex

plic

itly

stat

ed

rath

er

than

pr

esum

ed

thro

ugh

a lis

t of

an

ticip

ated

be

nefit

s.

Will

iam

J.

Mue

ller

(Pre

side

nt,

DuP

age

May

ors

and

Man

ager

s Con

fere

nce)

p.

VII-

201

A-3

6 Sc

opin

g ha

s be

gun

yet w

e ha

ve n

o re

al id

ea o

f th

e lo

ng-r

ange

pl

ans

of t

he c

arrie

rs u

sing

O’H

are

and

the

need

for

the

pr

opos

ed r

unw

ay a

nd r

oadw

ay c

onst

ruct

ion

whe

n th

e te

rmin

al

proj

ect i

s cha

ngin

g an

d m

ight

not

pro

ceed

.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.)

p. V

II-21

0 A

-37

The

plan

dem

ands

that

the

purp

ose

and

need

not

just

exa

min

e th

e m

icro

issu

e of

del

ays a

t O’H

are,

but

it m

ust a

ddre

ss w

heth

er

othe

r tra

nspo

rtatio

n so

lutio

ns p

rovi

de t

he n

atio

n, t

he r

egio

n,

and

Chi

cago

equ

ival

ent o

r sup

erio

r res

ults

with

less

sig

nific

ant

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.)

p. V

II-21

3

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

49

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

loca

l, re

gion

al,

and

natio

nal

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

s; g

reat

er

trans

porta

tion

capa

city

an

d ef

ficie

ncy;

an

d at

a

redu

ced

econ

omic

cos

t to

thos

e th

at w

ould

be

affe

cted

by

the

prop

osed

pr

ojec

t. A

-38

A m

ore

appr

opria

te n

ame

and

scop

e fo

r th

e pl

an m

ight

be

the

“Chi

cago

R

egio

nal

Air

Tran

spor

tatio

n C

apac

ity

Rev

iew

.”

Ado

ptio

n of

a b

road

er r

egio

nal

pers

pect

ive

is c

onsi

sten

t w

ith

rece

nt F

AA

act

ion

– Lo

gan

Airp

ort.

It

inco

rpor

ated

mul

ti-m

odal

opt

ions

and

exa

min

ed t

he c

apac

ity o

f ot

her

regi

onal

ai

rpor

ts t

o so

lve

Bos

ton’

s de

lay

prob

lem

s. S

uch

a re

gion

al

appr

oach

to a

irpor

t sys

tem

pla

nnin

g sh

ould

be

used

with

rega

rd

to t

he a

naly

sis

of t

he p

ropo

sed

OM

P an

d its

tra

nspo

rtatio

n al

tern

ativ

es in

the

Chi

cago

regi

on.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.)

p. V

II-21

4

A-3

9 Th

e pu

rpos

e an

d ne

ed is

arti

cula

ted

in v

ery

narr

ow te

rms,

the

alte

rnat

ives

to b

e re

view

ed a

re s

imila

rly n

arro

w.

We

wan

t to

mak

e su

re t

hat

the

FAA

is

mor

e na

tiona

lly p

ersp

ectiv

e ra

ther

th

an th

e C

ity’s

mor

e pa

roch

ial p

ersp

ectiv

e.

Sand

y M

urdo

ck (

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, E

lk G

rove

V

illag

e, a

nd th

e C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-9

1

A-4

0 W

e do

not

nee

d to

incr

ease

cap

acity

of O

’Har

e to

twic

e w

hat i

t is

now

. M

. Nel

son

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-36

8 A

-41

The

prop

agan

da is

bas

ed o

n th

at w

e’re

goi

ng to

elim

inat

e th

ree

to se

ven

min

ute

dela

ys.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-127

A

-42

New

s rep

orts

say

airli

nes a

re lo

sing

mon

ey, w

hy e

xpan

d?

Ken

Niv

en (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

191

A-4

3 W

e do

n’t n

eed

expa

nsio

n at

O’H

are.

N

o N

ame

1

p. V

II-35

2 A

-44

I do

n’t f

eel t

his

expa

nsio

n is

rea

listic

sin

ce a

irlin

es a

re la

ying

of

f peo

ple

and

cutti

ng d

own

on fl

ight

s. N

o N

ame

4

p. V

II-35

5 A

-45

Ano

ther

im

porta

nt i

ssue

of

conc

ern

to u

s is

the

8th

or

the

Nic

k Pa

ppas

(D

uPag

e C

ount

y D

epar

tmen

t of

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

50

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

sout

hern

mos

t run

way

, and

we

expe

ct th

e EI

S to

aga

in c

ondu

ct a

ve

ry t

horo

ugh

anal

ysis

as

of t

he n

eed

for

this

sou

ther

nmos

t ru

nway

.

Dev

elop

men

t and

Env

ironm

enta

l Con

cern

s)

p. V

I-109

A-4

6 I t

hink

it’s

goi

ng to

cos

t muc

h, m

uch

mor

e m

oney

than

they

are

ev

en th

inki

ng a

bout

rig

ht n

ow, a

nd I

am

ver

y op

pose

d to

it.

I th

ink

that

we

need

to s

it do

wn

– w

e ne

ed O

’Har

e. I

t isn

’t th

at

we

don’

t, be

caus

e w

e ne

ed to

hav

e so

me

bette

r in

put f

rom

the

resi

dent

s ar

ound

in

the

com

mun

ity t

hat

may

los

e th

eir

hom

es

and

tax

dolla

rs, e

tc.

Arle

ne P

eter

s (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-277

A-4

7 M

ayor

Dal

ey o

nly

wan

ts t

his

poor

ly d

esig

ned

and

unfa

ir ex

pans

ion

to k

eep

Chi

cago

con

trolli

ng ta

x do

llars

. A

rlene

Pet

ers (

Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

319

A-4

8 Th

e w

ay th

ey’r

e go

ing

to re

conf

igur

e th

e ru

nway

s isn

’t go

ing

to

solv

e th

e pr

oble

m.

They

’re

still

goi

ng to

get

bac

ked

up b

ecau

se

our a

irlin

es a

re o

verb

ooki

ng.

Gre

g Q

ueve

do (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-170

A-4

9 I a

m lo

okin

g at

the

over

all p

ictu

re a

nd th

e lo

gic

to w

hat’s

goi

ng

on.

The

re j

ust

does

n’t

seem

to

be a

ny l

ogic

to

it.

Taki

ng

Chi

cago

out

of

the

pict

ure,

tax

dolla

rs o

ut o

f th

e pi

ctur

e, f

rom

w

hat

I un

ders

tand

, it’

s go

ing

to c

ost

mor

e, i

t’s g

oing

to

take

lo

nger

. T

here

are

com

mun

ities

in

the

Chi

cago

land

are

a th

at

coul

d us

e so

me

reju

vena

tion

that

are

just

blig

hted

, and

they

’d

wel

com

e an

airp

ort,

and

the

tax

reve

nue

wou

ld s

till s

tay

with

in

the

Chi

cago

land

are

a. I

fly

out o

f O’H

are

all t

he ti

me,

and

it’s

so

con

gest

ed r

ight

now

that

dou

blin

g th

e ca

paci

ty, w

hich

they

ar

e ta

lkin

g ab

out,

I can

’t se

e it.

Har

old

Ree

d (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

80

A-5

0 H

ow c

an p

uttin

g in

mor

e ru

nway

s an

d hu

ndre

ds o

f th

ousa

nds

mor

e fli

ghts

rel

ieve

O’H

are

cong

estio

n?

Acc

ordi

ng t

o a

Gov

ernm

ent A

ccou

ntin

g O

ffic

e re

port,

bui

ldin

g m

ore

runw

ays

is n

ot th

e an

swer

to O

’Har

e co

nges

tion.

Am

ong

othe

r pro

blem

s

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VII-

89; p

. VI-1

43

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

51

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

stat

ed i

n th

e re

port,

the

y w

ould

be

over

crow

ded

befo

re t

hey

wer

e fin

ishe

d an

d th

ere

are

othe

r se

rious

que

stion

s as

to

whe

ther

the

para

llel r

unw

ay c

once

pt w

ould

cau

se m

ore

wea

ther

de

lays

. A

-51

The

econ

omy

and

rece

nt e

vent

s do

not j

ustif

y it.

Pa

trici

a Sc

ott (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-64

A

-52

It is

cle

ar t

hat

the

pres

ent

hub

and

spok

e sy

stem

tha

t m

ajor

ai

rline

s ar

e us

ing

is n

ot f

inan

cial

ly w

orka

ble.

Y

ou c

anno

t say

at

this

tim

e th

at w

e w

ill n

eed

a la

rger

O’H

are

in fi

ve y

ears

.

Larr

y Ti

dric

k (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

299

A-5

3 M

oder

niza

tion

of O

’Har

e is

crit

ical

. T

he b

enef

its t

o th

e N

atio

n’s

mob

ility

in te

rms

of a

nnua

l red

uctio

ns in

del

ays

and

mor

e re

liabl

e al

l-wea

ther

ope

ratio

ns w

ill b

e en

orm

ous.

John

C. T

one

(Den

ver,

CO

)

p. V

II-3

A-5

4 M

ayor

Dal

ey s

ays t

hat i

f we

do n

ot e

xpan

d O

’Har

e w

e w

ill lo

se

on th

e to

uris

t tra

de.

Who

is h

e ki

ddin

g. T

he m

ajor

ity o

f flig

hts

com

ing

into

O’H

are

are

conn

ectin

g fli

ghts

of p

asse

nger

s go

ing

som

ewhe

re e

lse.

W

hat

does

it

mat

ter

if a

pass

enge

r co

min

g fr

om, f

or e

xam

ple,

New

Yor

k m

akes

his

con

nect

ing

fligh

t to

Ft.

Laud

erda

le i

n Pe

oton

e ra

ther

tha

n O

’Har

e.

Why

don

’t th

e ai

rline

s and

bus

ines

ses g

et sm

arte

r. M

any

of th

e m

idda

y fli

ghts

ou

t of

O’H

are

are

less

tha

n ½

ful

l. T

hey

are

not

runn

ing

effic

ient

ly.

Do

they

rea

lly n

eed

fligh

ts t

o M

inne

apol

is,

New

Y

ork,

etc

., ru

nnin

g on

the

hour

eve

ry h

our.

Nor

ene

Vac

ura

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

287

A-5

5 Th

e ec

onom

y is

too

unst

able

at t

he m

omen

t and

we

don’

t eve

n kn

ow t

hat

mor

e ai

rline

s th

at f

ly o

ut o

f O

’Har

e w

on’t

go

bank

rupt

. W

hy s

pend

all

that

mon

ey f

or a

n ex

pans

ion

that

we

mig

ht n

ot e

ven

need

. W

ho w

ill e

nd u

p pa

ying

for i

t?

Ros

alee

n an

d To

ny W

ater

s (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

51

A-5

6 Th

e m

ajor

airl

ines

are

in n

eed

of b

ail-o

uts

or re

-org

aniz

atio

n or

po

ssib

le

bank

rupt

cy

prot

ectio

n.

A

ir tra

vel

has

seen

a

Rob

ert Y

ee

p. V

II-30

2

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

52

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

sign

ifica

nt d

own

turn

with

the

thr

eats

of

terr

oris

m a

nd t

he

dela

ys o

f in

crea

sed

secu

rity

conc

erns

. T

he d

ebat

e ov

er t

he

expa

nsio

n of

O’H

are

has c

hang

ed w

ith th

e ch

ange

in th

e ov

eral

l ec

onom

y an

d th

e do

wn

turn

in

the

airli

ne i

ndus

try.

It

is

natu

rally

pru

dent

that

exp

ansi

on p

lans

be

re-e

xam

ined

.

B.

Proj

ect D

escr

iptio

n

B-1

W

e do

not

hav

e ef

ficie

nt a

nd fr

eque

nt h

igh-

spee

d in

terc

ity r

ail

serv

ice

as m

ost o

ther

dev

elop

ed c

ount

ries

do.

Thes

e pr

oble

ms

are

best

add

ress

ed b

y an

inte

rcity

hig

h-sp

eed

rail

syst

em w

ith

freq

uent

and

qua

lity

serv

ice.

Th

is w

ould

incl

ude

a co

mbi

ned

rail

and

bus

term

inal

dire

ctly

con

nect

ed to

the

air

term

inal

s by

th

e pe

ople

mov

er.

Reg

inal

d A

rkel

l (Pa

los P

ark)

p.

VII-

7

B-2

I

stro

ngly

re

com

men

d th

at

you

publ

iciz

e th

e op

tion

of

coor

dina

ting

fast

tra

ins

(unt

il a

high

spe

ed r

ail

syst

em c

an b

e pu

t in

plac

e) c

onne

ctin

g O

’Har

e w

ith th

e M

idw

est c

ities

with

in

100-

400

mile

s of

Chi

cago

, fr

eein

g up

the

slo

ts (g

ates

) an

d ru

nway

s for

long

dis

tanc

e fli

ghts

.

Ron

ald

R. B

oard

man

Jr. (

Lake

For

est)

p. V

II-31

3

B-3

Th

e ul

timat

e de

sign

of r

oadw

ay im

prov

emen

ts o

n th

e w

est s

ide

of th

e ai

rpor

t sho

uld

utili

ze e

xist

ing

right

of w

ays

to th

e ex

tent

po

ssib

le w

ith m

inim

al i

ncur

sion

on

exis

ting

com

mer

cial

and

re

side

ntia

l pro

perti

es.

Pete

r R. G

ennu

so (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

142

B-4

A

irsid

e ex

pans

ions

mus

t be

acco

mpa

nied

by

a ne

w m

etho

d of

ge

tting

air

trave

lers

into

and

out

of t

he a

irpor

t. W

e as

k th

at a

n in

term

odal

pa

ssen

ger

term

inal

be

inc

lude

d in

th

e sc

opin

g pr

oces

s. T

his

term

inal

sho

uld,

at

min

imum

, be

con

nect

ed

Ric

hard

Har

nish

(Ex

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

, M

idw

est

Hig

h Sp

eed

Rai

l Coa

litio

n)

p. V

II-26

3

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

53

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

dire

ctly

to

the

exis

ting

peop

le m

over

and

sho

uld

incl

ude

faci

litie

s fo

r bot

h co

mm

uter

rail

and

inte

rcity

pas

seng

er ra

il. I

t w

ould

als

o be

val

uabl

e to

inc

lude

acc

ess

for

inte

rcity

bus

es.

We

envi

sion

a f

acili

ty v

ery

sim

ilar

to t

he r

ail

stat

ion

rece

ntly

op

ened

at N

ewar

k In

tern

atio

nal.

It a

ppea

rs th

at th

e m

ost i

deal

lo

catio

n fo

r th

is t

erm

inal

wou

ld b

e at

par

king

lot

F,

thou

gh

othe

r po

ssib

le l

ocat

ions

exi

st s

uch

as t

he p

ropo

sed

wes

tern

te

rmin

als

and

at t

he i

nter

sect

ion

of B

alm

oral

and

Man

nhei

m

road

s. B

-5

Exac

tly w

hat

is b

eing

pro

pose

d at

O’H

are

and

in t

he O

’Har

e vi

cini

ty r

elat

ing

to e

xpan

ded

air

trans

porta

tion

capa

city

at

O’H

are?

The

scop

ing

docu

men

t re

fers

to

an

ai

rfie

ld

deve

lopm

ent

conc

ept

with

add

ition

al t

erm

inal

exp

ansi

on a

nd

vario

us r

oadw

ay a

nd r

ail

line

relo

catio

ns.

Als

o in

clud

ed i

s a

prop

osed

wes

tern

acc

ess.

The

re is

a g

larin

g la

ck o

f inf

orm

atio

n ab

out t

he n

eces

sary

term

inal

and

road

way

ele

men

ts of

the

plan

–

parti

cula

rly a

s to

loca

tion,

cos

t, an

d im

pact

of t

hese

term

inal

an

d ro

adw

ay e

lem

ents

.

Jam

es J

ohns

on (

Ben

senv

ille,

Int

erim

Vill

age

Man

ager

, Sp

eaki

ng o

n B

ehal

f of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VI-

183,

184

, C

raig

B.

John

son

(May

or,

Elk

Gro

ve

Vill

age

–Sub

mitt

ed S

tate

men

t of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry

Hyd

e) p

. V

II-1

26,

John

Gei

ls (

May

or,

Ben

senv

ille

– Su

bmitt

ed S

tate

men

t of C

ongr

essm

an H

enry

Hyd

e)

p. V

II-95

B-6

Th

e po

tent

ial

conv

enie

nce

and

econ

omy

of

a si

ngle

, co

ordi

nate

d m

ulti-

mod

al tr

ansp

orta

tion

cent

er f

or th

e re

gion

is

the

chie

f re

ason

for

my

supp

ort

for

expa

ndin

g ai

r tra

vel

capa

city

at O

’Har

e.

Bot

h th

e Ill

inoi

s A

ssoc

iatio

n of

Rai

lroad

Pa

ssen

gers

and

the

Mid

wes

t H

igh

Spee

d R

ail

Coa

litio

n ur

ge

exte

ndin

g in

terc

ity r

ail

pass

enge

r se

rvic

es t

o O

’Har

e.

The

subs

tant

ial

rail

infr

astru

ctur

e ar

ound

C

hica

go

coul

d be

ex

ploi

ted

far

mor

e ex

tens

ivel

y fo

r en

hanc

ed i

nter

city

and

su

burb

an ra

il pa

ssen

ger A

irpor

t acc

ess.

Brin

ging

mor

e tra

ins t

o O

’Har

e w

ould

pro

vide

reg

iona

l ben

efits

. O

ffer

alte

rnat

ives

to

Har

vey

I. K

ahle

r (C

hica

go)

p. V

II-32

0

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

54

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

exis

ting

and

ofte

n co

nges

ted

air

and

grou

nd m

odes

. Fa

cilit

ate

coor

dina

tion

amon

g th

e m

ultit

ude

of tr

ansp

orta

tion

serv

ices

at

O’H

are.

Ex

pand

acc

ess

to n

earb

y tra

vel

dest

inat

ions

fro

m

regi

onal

orig

ins.

The

rai

lway

net

wor

k in

the

Chi

cago

are

a of

fers

num

erou

s op

portu

nitie

s fo

r ex

pand

ed a

irpor

t ac

cess

ca

paci

ty u

sing

exi

stin

g in

fras

truct

ure

and

avai

labl

e ca

paci

ty.

The

rail

netw

ork

offe

rs

stra

tegi

cally

lo

cate

d st

atio

ns

with

pa

rkin

g an

d,

in

man

y ca

ses,

loca

l bu

s an

d ta

xi

serv

ices

th

roug

hout

the

regi

on.

B-7

G

iven

the

con

side

rabl

e pu

blic

sup

port

in o

ne f

orm

or

anot

her

give

n to

all

mod

es, t

he p

ublic

ben

efits

of e

ach

mod

e ne

ed to

be

wei

ghed

in th

e de

velo

pmen

t of a

com

preh

ensi

ve tr

ansp

orta

tion

polic

y an

d a

faci

lity

with

suc

h fa

r-re

achi

ng im

pact

s as

O’H

are

Airp

ort.

Exp

andi

ng ra

il se

rvic

es to

O’H

are

can

be b

enef

icia

l to

the

trave

ler

in a

num

ber

of r

oles

and

des

erve

acc

omm

odat

ion

rega

rdle

ss

of

curr

ent

inst

itutio

nal

prob

lem

s.

O’H

are

is su

rrou

nded

by

rail

lines

tha

t of

fer

num

erou

s op

portu

nitie

s fo

r re

gion

al ra

il ro

utes

.

Har

vey

I. K

ahle

r (C

hica

go)

p. V

II-32

2, 3

23

B-8

Th

e ru

nway

des

ign

is i

nsuf

ficie

nt t

o ha

ndle

the

pro

pose

d ca

paci

ty o

f ove

r a m

illio

n fli

ghts

. Ty

rone

Kal

oger

esis

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

71

B-9

Th

e te

rmin

al

desi

gn

of

the

OM

P ap

pear

s to

be

hi

ghly

co

ntra

dict

ory

and

in c

onfli

ct w

ith th

e te

rmin

al a

ssum

ptio

ns o

f th

e W

GP.

W

ho is

goi

ng to

use

the

wes

tern

term

inal

? H

ow is

th

e ga

te a

cces

s an

d in

terc

hang

e be

twee

n th

e w

este

rn t

erm

inal

an

d ad

ditio

nal

term

inal

s go

ing

to g

o w

ith W

GP?

A

gain

no

info

rmat

ion

has b

een

prov

ided

.

Jose

ph K

arag

anis

(V

illag

e of

Ben

senv

ille,

Par

k R

idge

, an

d El

k G

rove

and

for S

enat

e Pr

esid

ent P

ate

Phili

p)

p. V

I-104

B-1

0 D

oes

Thor

ndal

e R

oad

now

bec

ome

Rou

te 1

9?

Why

cha

nge

Elm

hurs

t R

oad

whe

n w

e al

read

y ha

ve T

horn

dale

? W

hat

Jam

es L

. Klo

cek

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-22

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

55

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

happ

ens t

o Ir

ving

Par

k R

oad

and

Touh

y A

venu

e?

B-1

1 Th

e EI

S sh

ould

ide

ntify

, co

nsid

er a

nd r

ecom

men

d m

itiga

tion

stra

tegi

es t

hat

adop

t be

st e

nviro

nmen

tal

prac

tices

, bu

ild u

pon

past

ac

com

plis

hmen

ts,

and

impr

ove

the

com

preh

ensi

ve

envi

ronm

enta

l per

form

ance

of t

he a

irpor

t.

How

ard

A. L

earn

er (E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, Env

ironm

enta

l La

w &

Pol

icy

Cen

ter)

p.

VII-

192

B-1

2 Th

e EI

S m

ust

incl

ude

a co

mpr

ehen

sive

an

alys

is

of

the

envi

ronm

enta

l is

sues

of

surf

ace

trans

porta

tion,

air

qual

ity,

wat

er q

ualit

y, e

nerg

y su

pply

and

use

, sol

id w

aste

, con

stru

ctio

n,

and

cum

ulat

ive

impa

cts.

Wel

l-cra

fted

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

in

thes

e ar

eas

are

envi

ronm

enta

lly s

ensi

ble

and

econ

omic

ally

fe

asib

le.

They

can

hel

p co

ntrib

ute

to m

akin

g O

’Har

e A

irpor

t ac

hiev

e th

e re

ason

able

and

des

irabl

e go

al o

f be

com

ing

the

gree

nest

airp

ort i

n th

e na

tion.

How

ard

A. L

earn

er (E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, Env

ironm

enta

l La

w &

Pol

icy

Cen

ter)

p.

VII-

197

B-1

3 O

ther

airp

orts

are

far a

head

of O

’Har

e in

term

s of

acc

essi

bilit

y by

al

tern

ativ

e m

eans

of

tra

nspo

rtatio

n an

d m

oder

niza

tion

prov

ides

the

oppo

rtuni

ty f

or O

’Har

e to

beg

in to

clo

se th

at g

ap

by a

ddin

g tra

nspo

rtatio

n al

tern

ativ

es s

uch

as h

igh-

spee

d ra

il lin

ks to

O’H

are.

How

ard

A. L

earn

er (E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, Env

ironm

enta

l La

w &

Pol

icy

Cen

ter)

p.

VII-

194

B-1

4 W

hat

desi

gn e

lem

ents

can

be

addr

esse

d to

hel

p m

ake

the

impa

cts l

ess o

f an

impa

ct?

Kev

in M

cLau

ry (F

eder

al H

ighw

ay A

dmin

istra

tion)

p.

VI-3

7 B

-15

The

proj

ect

back

grou

nd

shou

ld

ackn

owle

dge

that

a

third

re

gion

al

airp

ort

is

part

of

the

agre

emen

t re

ache

d by

th

e G

over

nor a

nd M

ayor

on

Dec

embe

r 5, 2

001.

Will

iam

J.

Mue

ller

(Pre

side

nt,

DuP

age

May

ors

and

Man

ager

s Con

fere

nce)

p.

VII-

201

B-1

6 W

e di

sagr

ee t

hat

WG

P is

not

par

t of

the

OM

P.

We

have

to

look

at t

he im

pact

s. T

he d

eman

d ha

s to

go

thro

ugh

term

inal

s.

The

term

inal

s hav

e to

be

size

d to

the

dem

and.

Sand

y M

urdo

ck (

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, E

lk G

rove

V

illag

e, a

nd th

e C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-9

1, 9

2 B

-17

The

num

ber o

f run

way

s th

at C

hica

go is

pro

posi

ng c

ompa

red

to

the

amou

nt o

f spa

ce it

take

s to

put

thos

e up

and

the

limita

tions

St

eve

Partm

an (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

68

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

56

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

of w

hat

runw

ays

coul

d be

ope

n do

esn’

t fit

bas

ed o

n th

e pl

an

that

Chi

cago

sugg

ests

that

they

wou

ld u

se.

B-1

8 Th

e ru

nway

des

ign

viol

ates

FA

A d

esig

n sa

fety

reg

ulat

ions

, st

anda

rds a

nd p

olic

ies.

Dol

ores

C. P

ino

(Mor

ton

Gro

ve)

p. V

II-18

9 B

-19

Not

hing

shou

ld g

o w

est o

f Yor

k R

oad.

Ji

m R

ober

ts (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

8 B

-20

Fast

fre

quen

t hi

gh q

ualit

y ra

il se

rvic

e co

nnec

ted

to O

’Har

e is

th

e m

ost

impo

rtant

im

prov

emen

t ne

eded

. R

ail

serv

ice,

mor

e th

an a

ny o

ther

im

prov

emen

t w

ould

inc

reas

e ef

ficie

ncy

now

. M

ost

Euro

pean

citi

es a

nd t

heir

airp

orts

are

lin

ked

dire

ctly

to

thei

r int

er-c

ity ra

il ne

twor

k, w

ith a

sub

urba

n ai

rpor

t sto

p a

few

m

inut

es a

way

from

the

mai

n do

wnt

own

stat

ion.

Dav

id S

hrei

ner (

Pres

iden

t, Sh

rein

er C

ompa

ny)

p. V

II-15

B-2

1 If

link

ed to

O’H

are,

hig

h-sp

eed

rail

serv

ice

can

play

a c

ruci

al

role

in

incr

easi

ng e

ffici

ency

and

im

prov

ing

oper

atio

ns o

f th

e ai

rpor

t. Im

prov

emen

t pla

ns s

houl

d in

clud

e a

com

bine

d ra

il an

d bu

s ter

min

al c

onne

cted

to te

rmin

als b

y a

peop

le m

over

.

Rob

ert S

prin

ger,

Reg

inal

d A

rkel

l (Pa

los P

ark)

p.

VII-

18

B-2

2 Th

e pl

an s

houl

d in

clud

e ra

il pa

ssen

ger

grou

nd t

rans

porta

tion:

A

mtra

k, M

etra

, CTA

. To

the

ext

ent

shor

t-dis

tanc

e tra

ins

can

help

con

nect

ing

jet

trave

lers

, ad

d on

e le

ss r

unw

ay a

nd d

on’t

dem

olis

h pe

ople

’s h

omes

or f

arm

s.

Gre

g Th

orso

n (C

hica

go)

p. V

II-40

B-2

3 I

urge

tha

t pr

ovis

ions

for

int

er-m

odal

con

nect

ions

with

the

pr

opos

ed M

id-W

est

Hig

h Sp

eed

Rai

l In

itiat

ive

be in

clud

ed in

fin

al p

lans

.

John

C. T

one

(Den

ver,

CO

) p.

VII-

3

B-2

4 I a

lso

belie

ve th

at w

e ar

e no

t get

ting

the

full

stor

y re

gard

ing

the

circ

le

high

way

, w

est

entra

nce,

po

llutio

n,

nois

e,

or

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

.

Stev

e U

nger

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-32

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

57

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

C.

Alte

rnat

ives

C-1

Th

e C

ity o

f Chi

cago

shou

ld d

o w

hat t

he C

ity o

f Den

ver d

id a

nd

that

is to

ann

ex I

-57

dow

n to

Peo

tone

and

hav

e an

agr

eem

ent

with

–

wor

k ou

t an

ag

reem

ent

with

th

e m

ayor

s of

th

e su

rrou

ndin

g Pe

oton

e ar

ea so

that

pro

per p

lann

ing

coul

d be

don

e on

the

new

airp

ort a

nd y

et C

hica

go c

ould

stil

l obt

ain

som

e of

th

e ad

vant

ages

of t

he in

divi

dual

flie

rs w

ho p

ay a

cer

tain

tax

for

use

of th

e ai

rpor

t.

Ken

And

erso

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

31

C-2

H

opef

ully

som

ethi

ng c

an b

e w

orke

d ou

t to

satis

fy th

e ai

rpor

t’s

requ

irem

ents

, per

haps

a th

ird a

irpor

t. A

regi

onal

airp

ort m

ight

be

som

ethi

ng to

be

look

ing

at s

o th

at s

ome

of th

e po

llutio

n an

d no

ise

that

com

es w

ith a

n ai

rpor

t is

not

rea

lly p

ut i

n on

e ar

ea

alon

e, it

’s k

ind

of sp

read

out

a li

ttle

bit.

Mar

y A

nn A

ndre

ws (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-181

C-3

Th

ey h

ave

Gar

y, w

hich

cou

ld b

e ex

pand

ed f

or s

ome

use.

R

ockf

ord

is a

goo

d-si

zed

airp

ort.

If

you

go to

Peo

tone

, the

re

are

thou

sand

s of

peo

ple

on th

e so

uth

side

, who

wou

ld lo

ve to

ha

ve a

job

in

Peot

one.

B

uild

Peo

tone

and

giv

e so

me

of t

he

peop

le i

n an

othe

r ar

ea a

cha

nce

to h

ave

dece

nt-p

ayin

g jo

bs,

qual

ity j

obs,

and

sort

of p

erm

anen

t jo

bs.

Pos

sibl

y R

ockf

ord

coul

d ta

ke a

dditi

onal

pas

seng

ers

and

frei

ght

and

that

Peo

tone

w

ould

han

dle

addi

tiona

l fli

ghts

of

pass

enge

rs a

nd G

ary

coul

d po

ssib

ly h

and

som

e of

the

frei

ght.

Will

iam

Bai

rd (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-212

-214

, 216

C-4

Th

e m

oney

for

thi

s bu

ildin

g of

the

exp

ansi

on o

f th

e ai

rpor

t, m

ost

of it

is F

eder

al m

oney

with

som

e of

it c

omin

g fr

om th

e ai

rline

s.

And

m

y un

ders

tand

ing

is

that

w

ill

com

e fr

om

Will

iam

Bai

rd (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-215

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

58

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

addi

tiona

l tax

es o

n th

e pa

ssen

gers

. Th

e w

ay th

ings

are

in th

e ec

onom

y a

lot

of p

eopl

e ar

e no

t fly

ing

anym

ore.

Pe

ople

are

te

leco

nfer

enci

ng n

ow.

So th

at d

oesn

’t he

lp th

e ai

rline

. C

-5

Bui

ld a

new

airp

ort.

Mik

e B

aran

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-31

8 C

-6

It w

ould

be

mor

e ec

onom

ical

ly s

ound

to

go t

o Pe

oton

e an

d bu

ild i

t th

ere

and

the

airp

lane

s ar

e go

ing

to g

o w

here

you

r ai

rpor

t is

. Th

ere’

s go

t to

be

a w

ay t

hat

wou

ld b

e be

tter

than

m

essi

ng u

p ev

eryb

ody’

s liv

es.

Kar

en B

axte

r (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-315

C-7

Le

t’s b

uild

the

third

airp

ort.

Nan

cy, P

amel

a B

ekel

eski

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-30

7 C

-8

A w

iser

app

roac

h w

ould

be

to b

uild

a b

rand

new

airp

ort e

ither

in

Peo

tone

or

expa

nd o

ne o

r tw

o of

the

othe

r re

gion

al a

irpor

ts

to a

llow

for a

dditi

onal

cap

acity

.

Rob

ert B

ense

n (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-27

9

C-9

B

usin

ess

peop

le n

o lo

nger

nee

d to

fly

to a

spe

cific

loca

tion

to

have

a m

eetin

g. A

virt

ual m

eetin

g, e

ither

voi

ce o

r vid

eo c

an b

e he

ld

usin

g m

oder

n te

chno

logy

, w

hich

sa

ves

com

pani

es

a tre

men

dous

am

ount

of t

ime

and

mon

ey.

If b

usin

ess

peop

le d

o no

t ne

ed t

o fly

as

muc

h as

the

y di

d be

fore

con

fere

ncin

g te

chno

logy

, w

hy

do

we

need

to

in

crea

se t

he c

apac

ity

at

O’H

are?

Jeffr

ey a

nd M

arga

ret B

lick

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

277

C-9

.1

I st

rong

ly

reco

mm

end

that

yo

u pu

blic

ize

the

optio

n of

co

ordi

natin

g fa

st t

rain

s (u

ntil

a hi

gh s

peed

rai

l sy

stem

can

be

put i

n pl

ace)

con

nect

ing

O’H

are

with

the

Mid

wes

t citi

es w

ithin

10

0-40

0 m

iles

of C

hica

go,

free

ing

up t

he s

lots

(gat

es)

and

runw

ays f

or lo

ng d

ista

nce

fligh

ts.

Ron

ald

R. B

oard

man

Jr. (

Lake

For

est)

p. V

II-31

3

C-1

0 I

am i

nter

este

d in

get

ting

a tra

nspo

rtatio

n po

licy

that

wou

ld

coor

dina

te r

ail,

surf

ace

trans

porta

tion

and

air

trans

porta

tion.

I

Ron

ald

P. B

oard

man

, Jr.

(Inte

r City

Rai

l) p.

VI-1

94-1

96

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

59

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

feel

tha

t w

e ne

ed t

o re

serv

e th

e sl

ots

and

busy

run

way

s at

O

’Har

e fo

r lon

g-ha

ul fl

ight

s an

d sh

ould

feed

thos

e fli

ghts

with

w

hat

I ca

ll a

train

–to-

the-

plan

e po

licy.

W

e se

em t

o be

wel

l be

hind

. I

jus

t go

t ba

ck f

rom

Eur

ope,

and

I n

otic

ed t

hat

the

airli

nes

used

hig

h-sp

eed

rail

to d

eliv

er th

eir p

asse

nger

s al

l ove

r to

var

ious

par

ts o

f th

e co

untry

, lik

e G

erm

any,

for

exa

mpl

e.

They

com

e in

to F

rank

furt

by a

ir an

d th

ey g

o by

fast

rail

to o

ther

ci

ties

in G

erm

any.

Th

e ot

her

natio

ns d

o th

e sa

me

thin

g,

Switz

erla

nd, f

or e

xam

ple.

A

t O’H

are

we

have

the

airli

nes

ill-

equi

pped

to s

pend

mon

ey o

n th

is a

nd th

e ta

xpay

er d

oesn

’t w

ant

to d

o a

lot.

A l

ot o

f th

ese

slot

s co

uld

be r

eser

ved

for

long

fli

ghts

, and

the

shor

ter f

light

s wou

ld b

e –

you’

d su

bstit

ute

high

-sp

eed

train

s, fir

st f

ast

train

s. G

ettin

g A

mtra

k to

the

airp

ort

wou

ld b

e ea

sy b

ecau

se th

ey h

ave

a tra

ck f

rom

Uni

on S

tatio

n.

Unf

ortu

nate

ly t

he p

eopl

e m

over

doe

sn’t

com

e to

the

Met

ra

stat

ion

at th

e ai

rpor

t, bu

t it c

ould

eas

ily b

e ex

tend

ed, a

t far

less

co

st th

an tr

ying

to h

ave

a sl

ot fo

r eve

ry a

irpla

ne.

We

can

thin

k in

ter

ms

of a

sea

mle

ss t

rans

porta

tion

syst

em t

hat

uses

the

hi

ghw

ays

and

the

railw

ays

and

the

airli

nes

in th

eir b

est p

ossi

ble

stre

ngth

, whi

ch w

ould

be

to g

o lo

ng h

aul b

y ai

r. It

wou

ld s

ave

an a

wfu

l lot

of m

oney

in n

ew g

ates

and

new

runw

ays.

C-1

0.1

Now

, I’

ll te

ll yo

u on

e am

usin

g st

ory,

alth

ough

it’s

not

ver

y am

usin

g gi

ven

the

situ

atio

n no

w, b

ut I

thou

ght i

t was

funn

y at

th

e tim

e. W

hen

I sug

gest

ed b

ringi

ng A

mtra

k tra

ins

to O

’Har

e,

the

answ

er w

as w

e do

n’t w

ant t

rain

s to

O’H

are

beca

use

mos

t of

our

park

ing

reve

nue

com

es f

rom

–ou

r dr

ive

to t

he a

irpor

t.

Wel

l, I t

hink

– I

hope

we’

ve g

otte

n be

yond

that

sill

y st

age

and

that

we

now

can

thi

nk i

n te

rms

of a

sea

mle

ss t

rans

porta

tion

Ron

ald

P. B

oard

man

, Jr.

(Inte

r City

Rai

l) p.

VI-1

96

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

60

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

syst

em th

at u

ses

the

high

way

s an

d th

e ra

ilway

s an

d th

e ai

rline

s in

thei

r be

st p

ossi

ble

stre

ngth

, whi

ch w

ould

be

to g

o lo

ng h

aul

by a

ir, b

ut n

ot to

thes

e to

wns

in b

etw

een.

C

-11

It se

ems

to m

e th

at P

eoto

ne w

ould

be

a lo

gica

l alte

rnat

ive

that

I ca

n’t b

elie

ve th

at it

’s n

ot b

eing

giv

en m

ore

cons

ider

atio

n.

It’

just

com

mon

sen

se,

that

im

prov

emen

ts s

houl

d be

mad

e to

O

’Har

e, i

t sh

ould

be

mod

erni

zed,

but

tha

t Pe

oton

e sh

ould

be

built

.

Kar

yn B

ock

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-275

, 276

C-1

1.1

The

prog

ram

bu

ilds

on

our

exis

ting

reso

urce

s an

d in

fras

truct

ure.

Not

onl

y is

this

the

mos

t effi

cien

t way

to re

duce

de

lays

, it a

lso

min

imiz

es a

ny im

pact

to th

e en

viro

nmen

t. T

he

area

aro

und

O’H

are

is a

lread

y w

ell d

evel

oped

, hom

e to

som

e of

th

e la

rges

t ind

ustri

al p

arks

in th

e co

untry

. Th

is is

n’t t

he c

ase

with

a p

ropo

sed

sout

h su

burb

an a

irpor

t, w

hich

wou

ld r

equi

re

thou

sand

s of a

cres

of p

ristin

e fa

rmla

nd to

be

dest

roye

d.

Al

Bor

gman

(D

irect

or o

f A

ir Fr

eigh

t O

pera

tions

, AIP

Tr

ucki

ng, I

nc.)

p. V

II-41

C-1

1.2

We

need

to

deve

lop

a co

hesi

ve a

ir an

d la

nd t

rans

porta

tion

netw

ork

that

will

allo

w th

e en

tire

regi

on to

sha

re th

e be

nefit

s an

d co

sts

of s

ucce

ss.

We

need

to b

egin

bui

ldin

g a

new

maj

or

airp

ort s

outh

wes

t of C

hica

go to

com

plet

e th

e ci

rcle

of m

ajor

air

trans

port

arou

nd th

e ci

ty.

We

need

to im

prov

e an

d us

e re

gion

al

airp

orts

suc

h as

DuP

age,

Gar

y, R

ockf

ord,

and

Milw

auke

e fo

r sm

alle

r co

mm

erci

al a

nd c

argo

ope

ratio

ns s

ervi

ng t

hose

are

as

and

func

tioni

ng a

s in

term

edia

te s

tops

for

cro

ss-c

ount

ry tr

ansi

t.

We

need

to

deve

lop

high

-spe

ed,

high

ly e

ffic

ient

lan

d-ba

sed

trans

port

netw

ork

feed

ing,

and

con

nect

ing

thes

e ai

rpor

ts s

o th

e ai

r ca

rrie

r’s

burd

en o

f m

ultip

le l

ocat

ions

is

miti

gate

d an

d pr

ofita

bilit

y is

atta

ined

.

Gar

y B

ottje

(Ros

elle

) p.

VII-

183

C-1

2 Th

e m

ayor

and

gov

erno

r sho

uld

cons

ider

the

othe

r airp

orts

that

Le

slie

A. B

race

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

61

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

are

in t

he a

rea,

Roc

kfor

d, M

ilwau

kee,

Mid

way

, G

ary,

sur

ely

thes

e ai

rpor

ts c

an a

ide

in t

he e

limin

atin

g th

e co

nges

tion

at

O’H

are.

p. V

II-29

7

C-1

3 Je

sse

Jack

son

said

it w

ell,

Peot

one

has

six

peop

le fo

r eve

ry o

ne

job

and

here

at O

’Har

e th

ere

are

six

jobs

for e

very

one

per

son.

V

irgin

ia S

. Bra

uwei

ler (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

I-162

C

-14

Peop

le c

ompl

aine

d O

’Har

e w

ould

nev

er w

ork

beca

use

airli

nes

wou

ldn’

t use

it a

nd it

was

too

far.

Crit

ics

are

now

mak

ing

the

sam

e ty

pe o

f fo

reca

st a

bout

Peo

tone

. A

ll th

ree

airp

orts

will

su

ccee

d ve

ry w

ell,

espe

cial

ly i

n 15

yea

rs w

hen

it w

ill m

atte

r m

ost.

Tom

Cal

laha

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p. V

I-26

3, 2

64,

p. V

II-13

3 N

o N

ame

7 p.

VII-

112

C-1

5 C

hica

go is

fear

ful o

f airb

orne

terr

oris

t atta

cks.

The

y ar

e as

king

th

e N

TSB

for a

cha

nge

to th

e no

-fly

zon

e ov

er C

hica

go.

Peop

le

in t

he s

ubur

bs a

lso

fear

ter

roris

t at

tack

s. T

he t

hird

airp

ort

wou

ld re

duce

O’H

are’

s val

ue a

s a p

rime

targ

et fo

r ter

roris

ts.

Tom

Cal

laha

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p. V

I-26

4,

p. V

II-13

3 N

o N

ame

7 p.

VII-

112

C-1

6 Th

e Pe

oton

e ai

rpor

t will

brin

g 10

0,00

0 jo

bs, a

s w

ell a

s bi

llion

s of

dol

lars

in re

venu

e an

d gr

owth

to th

e ar

ea, w

ithou

t the

loss

of

dow

ntim

e an

d de

lays

bui

lt in

to t

he O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion

plan

. D

etro

it, S

t. Lo

uis,

and

DFW

are

wai

ting

in th

e w

ings

to c

aptu

re

the

mar

ket t

his

area

will

lose

per

man

ently

by

the

disr

uptio

n of

se

rvic

e.

Tom

Cal

laha

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p. V

I-26

4, 2

65,

p. V

II-13

3 N

o N

ame

7 p.

VII-

112

C-1

7 H

ow a

bout

put

ting

the

airp

ort w

here

the

loca

l peo

ple

wan

t the

jo

bs a

nd t

hey

can

driv

e to

it

easil

y w

ithou

t ad

ding

to

our

cong

estio

n.

Car

ol C

icho

rski

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-36

4

C-1

8 M

ultip

le a

irpor

ts w

ork

in o

ther

citi

es a

nd o

ne t

erro

rist

atta

ck

won

’t cr

ippl

e th

ose

citie

s th

e w

ay o

ur o

ne la

rge

airp

ort w

ould

be

dev

asta

ted

by a

n at

tack

.

Car

ol C

icho

rski

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-36

4

C-1

9 B

uild

ano

ther

airp

ort.

Tak

e so

me

of th

is n

oise

pol

lutio

n aw

ay

from

thi

s ar

ea.

We

need

to

feel

saf

e ag

ain.

W

e ne

ed

June

M. C

irone

(Elm

hurs

t) p.

VII-

159

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

62

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

impr

ovem

ent i

n th

e qu

ality

of o

ur li

ves.

C-2

0 I’

m a

big

sup

porte

r of

Peo

tone

. O

pen

land

. O

pen

spac

e.

If

you

build

Peo

tone

, yo

u ha

ve m

ore

peop

le g

oing

to

wor

k at

Pe

oton

e.

Tom

Cro

we

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

47

C-2

1 B

uild

Peo

tone

alo

ng w

ith m

inor

cha

nges

at O

’Har

e. W

hy s

tick

mor

e ex

pans

ion,

mor

e co

nges

tion

in a

n ar

ea th

at’s

to th

e m

ax

now

whe

n w

e ca

n im

prov

e O

’Har

e, w

este

rn a

cces

s, an

d bu

ild

Peot

one

and

real

ly so

lve

som

e se

rious

futu

re a

viat

ion

need

s?

Tom

Cro

we

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

48, 2

49

C-2

2 I’

m c

once

rned

the

sout

hern

sub

urbs

nee

d an

ince

ntiv

e, th

en th

e Pe

oton

e ai

rpor

t, ju

st a

s th

e no

rthw

est

had

the

abili

ty t

o gr

ow

from

O’H

are,

the

sou

ther

n su

burb

s sh

ould

hav

e th

e sa

me

situ

atio

n be

caus

e no

rthw

est

subu

rban

C

ook

Cou

nty

is

unde

rwrit

ing

a lo

t of t

he ta

xes

that

go

for t

he s

outh

ern

subu

rbs.

A

nd if

they

had

the

impe

tus

of jo

bs a

nd a

bilit

y fo

r gr

owth

, it

wou

ld e

ven

itsel

f ou

t, an

d pe

rhap

s ou

r ta

xes

wou

ldn’

t go

as

high

, als

o.

Nan

cy C

zarn

ik (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

34, 2

35

C-2

3 Ex

pand

Mid

way

. K

athl

een

Drw

ila

p. V

II-28

C

-24

If D

aley

wan

ts a

n ai

rpor

t exp

ansi

on a

ll he

has

to d

o is

kno

ck

dow

n fr

om C

icer

o to

Har

lem

and

55th

Stre

et t

o 79

th S

treet

, w

hich

is th

e C

ity o

f Chi

cago

.

Phill

ip D

rwila

(Elk

Gro

ve)

p. V

II-36

5

C-2

5 A

mer

ican

and

Uni

ted

are

cutti

ng b

ack,

they

can

’t pu

t in

mon

ey

as y

ou p

eopl

e ex

pect

ed.

Bui

ld a

big

ger M

idw

ay.

Bill

Ede

nhof

en (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-37

0 C

-26

Mos

t la

rge

citie

s ha

ve

two

or

thre

e m

ajor

ai

rpor

ts,

like

Cal

iforn

ia a

nd N

ew Y

ork.

I

don’

t nee

d to

sta

te w

hat a

irpor

ts th

ey h

ave.

N

ew Y

ork

has

thre

e.

Cal

iforn

ia h

as li

ke f

our.

In

LA th

ey h

ave

thre

e w

ithin

50

mile

s of

eac

h ot

her.

Chi

cago

has

tw

o: O

’Har

e an

d M

idw

ay.

If yo

u dr

ive

out 5

5 or

57

and

look

at

Mar

k H

. Eva

ns (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

56

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

63

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

the

indu

stry

out

tow

ards

Nap

ervi

lle,

Jolie

t, K

anka

kee

and

Peot

one,

the

indu

stry

is g

row

ing

huge

. It

coul

d us

e an

airp

ort

easi

ly.

You

hav

e G

ary

airp

ort w

ithin

20

mile

s. T

rave

l the

re,

any

mod

ern-

type

tra

vel

coul

d ge

t a

pers

on f

rom

O’H

are

to

Indi

ana

to c

atch

a fl

ight

with

in 2

0 m

inut

es o

n a

mod

ern

faci

lity,

bu

llet t

rain

, etc

. C

-27

FAA

spo

kesm

an s

tate

d th

at i

f an

othe

r ai

rpor

t is

bui

lt, t

hat

is fa

rther

aw

ay th

an O

’Har

e no

one

will

go

ther

e. I

f no

expa

nsio

n en

sues

, won

’t th

e ai

rline

s eve

ntua

lly d

ecid

e to

whe

re th

ey c

an?

Mr.

& M

rs. P

atric

k J.

Ferr

eri (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-85

C-2

8 W

hy c

an’t

we

have

a la

rge

airp

ort f

ar o

ut in

the

open

cou

ntry

so

mew

here

, and

then

hav

e fa

st-m

ovin

g tra

ins

to b

ring

us o

ut to

th

em?

Mr.

& M

rs. P

atric

k J.

Ferr

eri (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-85

C-2

9 C

ut d

own

the

num

ber

of f

light

s an

d sp

read

them

out

to o

ther

ne

arby

ai

rpor

ts.

C

reat

e fa

ster

an

d ef

ficie

nt

mea

ns

of

trans

porta

tion

to a

nd fr

om e

ach

of th

e ai

rpor

ts in

stea

d of

tryi

ng

to c

ram

all

the

busi

ness

into

one

alre

ady

over

-stu

ffed

airp

ort.

Mr.

& M

rs. P

atric

k J.

Ferr

eri (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-85

C-3

0 I

belie

ve e

very

thin

g sh

ould

be

built

at a

new

airp

ort a

t a th

ird

loca

tion.

B

arb

Fitz

patri

ck (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-206

C

-31

If t

he r

eal

prob

lem

is

airp

ort

effic

ienc

y, I

fee

l gr

eat

resu

lts

coul

d be

obt

aine

d by

invo

lvin

g su

rrou

ndin

g ai

rpor

ts i.

e., G

ary,

R

ockf

ord,

and

Milw

auke

e to

ass

ist O

’Har

e.

Gar

ry G

ardn

er (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-55

C-3

2 Th

ere

mus

t be

othe

r go

od a

nd p

erha

ps le

ss e

xpen

sive

way

s to

pr

ovid

e fo

r ex

pand

ed a

ir tra

nspo

rtatio

n fo

r ou

r m

etro

polit

an

area

.

Cha

rles E

. Glo

msk

i (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

87

C-3

3 Th

e A

irpor

ts o

f To

mor

row

, a

20/2

0 lo

ok a

t m

eetin

g 20

20

requ

irem

ents

. (Su

bmitt

ed B

roch

ure)

D

r. H

.K. G

oerli

ng (P

ark

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-11

4-12

1 C

-34

Bui

ld a

term

inal

und

ergr

ound

. Th

e bi

g ho

le th

ey fo

rm, b

uild

a

doub

le r

ampa

rt, a

n ea

rthen

wal

l ar

ound

the

ent

ire a

irpor

t. I

t H

elm

ut K

. Goe

rling

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-1

53, 1

54

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

64

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

wou

ld

prov

ide

secu

rity

and

cont

ain

grou

nd

nois

e fr

om

surr

ound

ing

area

s. A

lso

an u

nder

grou

nd tu

nnel

with

a p

eopl

e m

over

. C

-35

Ope

n a

third

airp

ort

to i

mpr

ove

the

qual

ity o

f lif

e an

d jo

b si

tuat

ion

for o

ther

peo

ple

besi

des E

lk G

rove

. H

umbe

rto G

ram

ajo

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-285

C

-36

Allo

w th

e FA

A to

eva

luat

e th

e pl

an o

n th

e m

erits

, and

rem

ain

open

to

othe

r, po

tent

ially

bet

ter

alte

rnat

ives

, su

ch a

s a

new

re

gion

al a

irpor

t, th

at w

ould

alle

viat

e pr

essu

re o

n O

’Har

e an

d be

tter s

erve

the

entir

e C

hica

go re

gion

.

Ken

and

Rut

h H

alle

r (Pa

rk R

idge

) p.

VII-

282

C-3

7 If

exp

ansi

on i

s ne

cess

ary,

why

not

try

a f

ield

tha

t is

not

a

land

lock

ed a

s O

’Har

e.

Perh

aps

an a

rea

that

is n

ot a

s he

avily

, de

nsel

y po

pula

ted

as O

’Har

e, i.

e., L

ake

Cal

umet

, Peo

tone

, Gar

y an

d ot

her s

ites.

Kat

hlee

n H

ayes

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-156

, 157

C-3

8 O

ne p

ossi

ble

solu

tion

to e

xpan

sion

pro

blem

. N

o ex

pans

ion

at

the

pres

ent

time.

Th

ere

are

4 ai

rpor

ts w

ith c

ontro

l to

wer

s lo

cate

d in

the

Chi

cago

land

are

a.

Thes

e ai

rpor

ts h

ave

vaca

nt

land

ar

ound

th

em

with

po

ssib

le

expa

nsio

n fo

r ad

ditio

nal

runw

ays

and

hang

ars.

The

se a

irpor

ts h

ave

maj

or h

ighw

ays

for

grou

nd tr

ansp

orta

tion

to th

em.

Ala

n H

uski

e (P

ark

Rid

ge)

p.

VII-

359

C-3

9 I t

hink

if th

ey b

uild

a b

rand

new

airp

ort a

ll th

e pe

ople

that

live

so

uth

of t

he C

ity,

Jolie

t an

d al

l of

the

sur

roun

ding

tow

ns,

they

’ll u

se t

hat

airp

ort

inst

ead

of d

rivin

g al

l th

e w

ay u

p to

O

’Har

e.

Kei

th Je

nsen

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-307

C-4

0 Th

ey s

houl

d bu

ild th

e th

ird a

irpor

t in

Peot

one.

The

sou

th a

rea

is d

epre

ssed

eco

nom

ical

ly a

nd w

ill b

enef

it fr

om a

n ai

rpor

t. Ty

rone

Kal

oger

esis

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

73

C-4

1 I

note

tha

t th

e tit

le o

f th

e pr

ojec

t is

exc

lusi

vely

O’H

are

Mod

erni

zatio

n pr

ojec

t. T

hat i

mpl

ies

that

the

focu

s w

ill b

e on

O

’Har

e in

the

docu

men

t. W

hat I

’m w

orrie

d ab

out i

s th

at th

e

Sher

ry K

amke

(US

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pro

tect

ion

Age

ncy)

p.

VI-8

0, 8

1

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

65

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

alte

rnat

ives

- I

am

won

derin

g ab

out t

he le

vel o

f an

alys

is o

f al

l th

e ot

her a

ltern

ativ

es th

at y

ou m

ight

brin

g up

with

in th

e co

ntex

t of

the

EIS

. It

is im

porta

nt t

o no

te w

hat

the

cons

eque

nces

of

doin

g an

y in

fras

truct

ure

impr

ovem

ents

at

O’H

are

will

be

to

othe

r airp

orts

in th

e re

gion

. W

hat i

s FA

A in

tend

ing

to d

o w

ith

resp

ect

to a

ltern

ativ

es i

n th

e re

gion

? I

s FA

A i

nten

ding

to

com

bine

alte

rnat

ives

as a

n al

tern

ativ

e to

O’H

are?

C

-42

Con

cern

ed w

ith t

he i

mpa

ct o

n co

mpe

titiv

e ai

rfar

es a

nd h

ow

alte

rnat

ives

to

O’H

are

expa

nsio

n m

ight

enh

ance

com

petit

ion.

H

ighe

r fa

re p

enal

ties

infli

cted

bec

ause

of

the

curr

ent

lack

of

com

petit

ion

shou

ld b

e in

clud

ed in

any

cos

t-ben

efit

anal

ysis

.

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is

(Cou

nsel

to

Su

burb

an

O’H

are

Com

mis

sion

) p.

VII-

199

C-4

3 I b

elie

ve it

’s ti

me

to e

xpan

d ai

r tra

ffic

in th

e C

hica

gola

nd a

rea

by

build

ing

a ne

w

airp

ort

gear

ed

tow

ards

fu

ture

ne

eds

else

whe

re, s

uch

as P

eoto

ne.

Als

o ex

pans

ion

of o

ther

reg

iona

l ai

rpor

ts s

houl

d oc

cur.

Thi

s w

ould

spr

ead

out

the

air

traffi

c,

whi

ch a

lread

y ex

trem

ely

cram

ped

arou

nd O

’Har

e, m

akin

g it

safe

r (I a

ssum

e) a

nd m

ore

livab

le fo

r eve

ryon

e.

Geo

rgia

nn K

line

(Med

inah

) p.

VII-

168

C-4

4 A

muc

h m

ore

proa

ctiv

e an

d de

sira

ble

solu

tion

to th

is p

robl

em

is t

o bu

ild a

thi

rd a

irpor

t. T

he t

hird

airp

ort

wou

ld p

rovi

de a

st

able

lon

g la

stin

g an

swer

to

our

airp

ort

prob

lem

rat

her

than

co

ntin

uing

the

band

-aid

e ap

proa

ch.

Dav

id P

. and

Mar

y A

nn K

rebs

p.

VII-

2

C-4

5 Tr

avel

indu

stry

exp

erts

hav

e in

dica

ted

that

the

natio

n is

mov

ing

away

fro

m l

arge

int

erna

tiona

l ai

rpor

ts i

n fa

vor

of s

mal

ler

regi

onal

airp

orts

.

Ann

Kuf

fel (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-17

3 Su

san

Kuf

fel (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-17

5

C-4

6 W

hy

is

no

regi

onal

so

lutio

n w

ith

a th

ird

airp

ort

bein

g co

nsid

ered

? M

aria

n K

urze

ja (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-54

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

66

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

C-4

7 I

have

lon

g be

en a

sup

porte

r of

the

dev

elop

men

t of

a n

ew

airp

ort a

t Peo

tone

. K

athy

A. L

ane

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

62

C-4

8 I

can’

t th

ink

of o

ne g

ood

reas

on t

o ex

pand

O’H

are

– go

the

fa

rmin

g co

mm

unity

. Le

t’s s

epar

ate

the

traffi

c, n

oise

, etc

into

sm

alle

r are

as.

Cha

rles &

Alic

e Lo

uko

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-20

C-4

9 Th

ey c

ould

per

haps

bui

ld in

Peo

tone

and

mov

e al

l of t

he fr

eigh

t do

wn

ther

e an

d ju

st h

ave

the

pass

enge

rs c

ome

in a

nd o

ut.

Als

o,

why

don

’t th

ey ta

ke p

art o

f Mid

way

and

mak

e it

bigg

er?

Cha

rles L

ouko

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-270

C-5

0 I

actu

ally

driv

e to

Mid

way

to

fly b

ecau

se i

t is

mor

e co

st

effe

ctiv

e, s

o I d

o be

lieve

that

if y

ou d

o bu

ild a

third

airp

ort t

hat

peop

le w

ill c

ome.

Hav

e an

y pe

ople

eve

r tho

ught

of t

he p

eopl

e w

ho l

ive

in t

he s

outh

sub

urbs

and

the

dis

tanc

es t

hey

have

to

trave

l to

com

e to

O’H

are

and

the

amou

nt o

f tim

e th

at th

ey lo

se

in d

oing

that

?

Dor

rie M

adon

na (W

ood

Dal

e)

p. V

I-225

C-5

1 I t

hink

the

solu

tion

is to

bui

ld P

eoto

ne w

here

they

hav

e pl

enty

of

spa

ce t

o no

t di

srup

t pe

ople

’s l

ives

. I’

m v

ery

disa

ppoi

nted

th

at th

e C

ity o

f Chi

cago

wou

ld ta

ke it

upo

n its

elf a

t thi

s tim

e in

th

is e

cono

mic

con

ditio

n to

talk

abo

ut in

crea

sing

run

way

s, an

d ye

ster

day

they

talk

ed a

bout

the

airli

nes t

hem

selv

es w

ithdr

awin

g fr

om th

e W

orld

Gat

eway

Pro

gram

, whi

ch w

ould

mea

n th

at w

e w

ould

hav

e ru

nway

s an

d w

e w

ould

not

hav

e ga

tes

to e

ven

put

the

plan

es.

So it

just

doe

s not

mak

e se

nse

to m

e.

Dr.

Ral

ph M

adon

na (W

ood

Dal

e)

p. V

I-318

C-5

2 Le

t’s h

ave

an a

irpor

t tha

t’s g

oing

to e

ffec

tivel

y cr

eate

jobs

for

pe

ople

in

the

sout

h su

burb

s an

d w

ill e

ffect

ivel

y di

strib

ute

the

num

ber

of p

eopl

e th

at a

re g

oing

to b

e tra

velin

g on

the

road

to

and

from

the

airp

orts

. I

t’s a

maz

ing

to m

e th

at w

ith a

ll th

e m

oder

niza

tion

of M

idw

ay, w

hich

is in

the

City

of C

hica

go, t

hey

did

not

do a

nyth

ing

as f

ar a

s in

crea

sing

run

way

s or

tak

ing

Dr.

Ral

ph M

adon

na (W

ood

Dal

e)

p. V

I-319

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

67

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

hom

es, b

ut a

s far

as t

he su

burb

s go,

it’s

oka

y to

do

that

. C

-53

Ther

e ar

e be

tter

alte

rnat

ives

. W

e ne

ed t

o lo

ok i

nto

thos

e al

tern

ativ

es.

Julie

Mal

on (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

315

C-5

4 I w

ant t

o kn

ow th

e re

ason

why

they

can

’t bu

ild th

e th

ird a

irpor

t an

d w

hy th

ey h

ave

to e

xpan

d O

’Har

e.

Art

Mar

kow

ski (

Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

81

C-5

5 I t

hink

it w

ould

be

bette

r jus

t to

build

a th

ird, b

rand

new

airp

ort

in P

eoto

ne.

Art

Mar

kow

ski (

Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

82

C-5

6 O

’Har

e co

uld

anne

x M

id A

mer

ica

and

shut

tle t

hose

flig

hts

whi

ch n

eed

the

new

run

way

s to

Mid

way

or

Mei

gs.

Wha

teve

r ha

ppen

ed to

the

old

idea

of a

n ai

rpor

t in

the

lake

? J

ust a

pla

ce

to la

nd a

nd ta

ke o

ff an

d be

fer

ried

to C

hica

go’s

lake

fron

t. O

r C

hica

go c

ould

ann

ex G

ary

and

take

its a

irpor

t.

Mar

tin M

cGow

an (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

286

C-5

7 B

uild

a M

eg-L

ev tr

ain

alon

g R

oute

90

to R

ockf

ord

and

shar

e ai

r tra

ffic

with

Roc

kfor

d.

Will

iam

Mei

tzlo

r (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

109

C-5

8 C

hica

go n

eeds

airp

orts

wor

king

toge

ther

, not

a b

igge

r O

’Har

e.

Bui

ldin

g/im

prov

ing

Peot

one,

Roc

kfor

d, M

eigs

mak

es s

o m

uch

mor

e se

nse

at a

frac

tion

of th

e co

st.

Will

iam

Mei

tzlo

r (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

110,

111

C-5

9 Th

e pr

opos

ed S

outh

Sub

urba

n A

irpor

t sho

uld

be c

onsi

dere

d as

an

alte

rnat

ive

to O

MP.

Th

e fin

ding

s of

the

pro

pose

d So

uth

Subu

rban

Airp

ort E

IS s

houl

d be

rev

iew

ed a

nd c

ompa

red

with

th

e en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

cts o

f the

pro

pose

d O

MP.

Will

iam

J.

Mue

ller

(Pre

side

nt,

DuP

age

May

ors

and

Man

ager

s Con

fere

nce)

p.

VII-

202

C-6

0 C

onsi

der t

he b

enef

it of

a th

ird a

irpor

t of j

ust m

inor

add

ition

s to

O

’Har

e.

Mr.

and

Mrs

. Rob

ert R

. Muf

f (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

298

C-6

1 U

ncle

ar f

rom

the

scop

ing

docu

men

t is

whe

ther

the

DEI

S w

ill

exam

ine

alte

rnat

ives

tha

t m

ay i

ncor

pora

te e

lem

ents

of

each

re

fere

nced

cat

egor

y.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

227

C-6

2 Th

e D

EIS

mus

t inc

lude

a r

obus

t ana

lysi

s of

alte

rnat

ives

to th

e J.E

. M

urdo

ck I

II, E

sq.,

Rob

ert

E. C

ohn,

Esq

., Jo

seph

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

68

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

OM

P; a

nd a

dyn

amic

app

roac

h sh

ould

be

empl

oyed

to a

llow

for

full

anal

ysis

of

the

alte

rnat

ives

. E

volu

tiona

ry c

hang

es i

n th

e in

dust

ry (e

.g.,

the

dehu

bbin

g of

maj

or h

ubs

such

as

Am

eric

an’s

“d

epea

king

” at

Chi

cago

; in

crea

sed

relia

nce

on p

oint

-to-p

oint

fli

ghts

; gre

ater

use

of r

egio

nal j

ets,

A-3

80s,

and

Boe

ing’

s So

nic

Cru

iser

; an

d gr

eate

r de

pend

ence

on

fr

actio

nal

airc

raft

for

busi

ness

trav

el) m

ake

a th

orou

gh a

ltern

ativ

es a

naly

sis c

ritic

al to

th

e pr

epar

atio

n of

a le

gally

ade

quat

e EI

S. W

e ur

ge th

e FA

A to

co

nsid

er t

he f

ollo

win

g sc

enar

ios:

con

stru

ctio

n of

fou

r pa

ralle

l ru

nway

s at

O’H

are

and

incr

ease

d re

lianc

e on

the

Chi

cago

Gar

y A

irpor

t, w

ith

land

co

nnec

tions

to

do

wnt

own

Chi

cago

; co

nstru

ctio

n of

thre

e pa

ralle

l run

way

s at

O’H

are

alon

g w

ith th

e m

oder

niza

tion

of O

’Har

e th

roug

h th

e W

GP,

the

con

stru

ctio

n an

d op

erat

ion

of th

e So

uth

Subu

rban

Airp

ort n

ear P

eoto

ne w

ith

an i

nitia

l ph

ase

cons

titut

ing

one

runw

ay a

nd w

ith g

radu

al

expa

nsio

n of

ru

nway

ca

paci

ty;

cons

truct

ion

of

the

Sout

h Su

burb

an A

irpor

t nea

r Peo

tone

alo

ng w

ith th

e m

oder

niza

tion

of

O’H

are

but w

ith n

o ne

w ru

nway

s; a

nd d

eman

d m

anag

emen

t at

O’H

are,

in

crea

sed

oper

atio

ns

at

Milw

auke

e,

Roc

kfor

d,

Mid

way

, and

Gar

y an

d th

e fa

cilit

atio

n of

pas

seng

er m

ovem

ent

thro

ugh

the

exis

ting

railr

oad

line

to

Mitc

hell

Fiel

d an

d im

prov

ed li

ght r

ail/b

uses

to o

ther

airp

orts

.

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

227

C-6

3 Th

e pu

rpos

e an

d ne

ed is

arti

cula

ted

in v

ery

narr

ow te

rms,

the

alte

rnat

ives

to b

e re

view

ed a

re s

imila

rly n

arro

w.

We

wan

t to

mak

e su

re t

hat

the

FAA

is

mor

e na

tiona

lly p

ersp

ectiv

e ra

ther

th

an th

e C

ity’s

mor

e pa

roch

ial p

ersp

ectiv

e.

Sand

y M

urdo

ck (

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, E

lk G

rove

V

illag

e, a

nd th

e C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-9

1

C-6

4 It

is v

ery

impo

rtant

to fo

llow

the

rece

nt a

ppro

ach

that

the

FAA

ad

opte

d in

its

anal

ysis

of

Bos

ton

Loga

n w

here

they

rea

lly d

id

Sand

y M

urdo

ck (

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, E

lk G

rove

V

illag

e, a

nd th

e C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

69

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

look

at o

ther

airp

orts

. p.

VI-

91

C-6

5 Th

is i

s a

very

sig

nific

ant

expa

nsio

n w

ith g

loba

l, na

tiona

l an

d re

gion

al i

mpa

cts;

we

ough

t no

t ju

st l

ook

at t

he i

mpa

ct o

f O

’Har

e. A

few

exa

mpl

es, i

mpa

cts

of C

hica

go G

ary

Airp

ort,

a ne

w s

ubur

ban

airp

ort,

dem

and

man

agem

ent,

Mid

way

as

a lo

cal

O&

D a

irpor

t. W

e ju

st w

ant t

o m

ake

sure

the

solu

tion

pref

erre

d by

the

spon

sor i

sn’t

the

only

alte

rnat

ive.

Sand

y M

urdo

ck (

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, E

lk G

rove

V

illag

e, a

nd th

e C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-9

2-94

C-6

6 W

e se

e a

huge

impa

ct o

n th

e sh

ort t

erm

of f

ract

iona

l airc

raft

for

busi

ness

trav

el.

Wha

t’s th

at g

oing

to d

o? I

s th

at s

omet

hing

we

wan

t or d

o no

t wan

t at O

’Har

e? I

s in

crea

sed

relia

nce

on o

ther

ai

rpor

ts a

roun

d th

e re

gion

goi

ng to

redu

ce th

at n

eed?

Sand

y M

urdo

ck (

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, E

lk G

rove

V

illag

e, a

nd th

e C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-9

4, 9

5

C-6

7 So

uthw

est A

irlin

es h

as s

how

n th

at w

e do

n’t h

ave

to h

ave

hubs

to

be

succ

essf

ul to

mov

e pa

ssen

gers

. Th

e po

int-t

o-po

int s

yste

m

decr

ease

s the

use

for a

hub

like

O’H

are.

Sand

y M

urdo

ck (

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, E

lk G

rove

V

illag

e, a

nd th

e C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-9

5 C

-68

I ju

st f

eel

that

the

re’s

got

to

be a

bet

ter

way

of

goin

g ab

out

doin

g al

l thi

s. W

illia

m M

uzyk

a (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-260

C

-69

I bel

ieve

bui

ldin

g an

airp

ort i

n Pe

oton

e or

any

oth

er a

rea

wou

ld

bene

fit c

omm

uniti

es so

uth.

M

. Nel

son

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-36

8 C

-70

Bui

ld u

p R

ockf

ord.

The

y co

uld

use

the

mon

ey.

Ken

Niv

en (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

191

C-7

0.1

If C

hica

go w

ants

mor

e ai

rpor

t why

are

n’t t

hey

tear

ing

dow

n th

e ho

mes

and

bus

ines

ses

in C

hica

go a

t Mid

way

? S

top

Dal

ey.

If

he w

ants

a b

igge

r ai

rpor

t en

larg

e M

idw

ay,

whi

ch b

elon

gs t

o C

hica

go.

No

Nam

e 1

p. V

II-35

2

C-7

0.2

I fee

l sub

urbs

will

suffe

r mor

e po

llute

d ai

r. N

o N

ame

4 p.

VII-

355

C-7

1 O

’Har

e is

a g

loba

l ai

rpor

t. S

ome

oppo

nent

s of

the

OM

P pr

opos

e th

at th

e ca

pita

l con

figur

atio

n of

O’H

are

be h

eld

stat

us

Paul

O’C

onno

r (E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, W

orld

Bus

ines

s C

hica

go)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

70

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

quo

and

opin

e w

ithou

t fac

tual

sup

port

that

a p

ropo

sed

airp

ort i

n th

e so

uthw

este

rn e

xtre

mity

of

the

PMSA

wou

ld s

omeh

ow

enha

nce

met

ropo

litan

C

hica

go’s

gl

obal

co

mpe

titiv

enes

s w

ithou

t put

ting

that

com

petit

iven

ess

at r

isk

durin

g th

e pr

oces

s of

the

sta

rt-up

airp

ort’s

con

stru

ctio

n an

d ea

rly o

pera

tions

. W

hile

w

e be

lieve

th

at

the

OM

P sh

ould

be

vi

ewed

in

depe

nden

tly a

nd b

e as

sess

ed o

n its

ow

n, w

e st

rong

ly r

eque

st

that

the

FA

A a

sses

s al

l pr

edic

tabl

e ec

onom

ic i

mpl

icat

ions

on

O’H

are

of t

he a

ltern

ativ

e ai

rpor

t pr

opos

ed b

y m

any

of t

he

oppo

nent

s of

the

OM

P, s

houl

d th

at a

ltern

ativ

e in

any

way

fal

l w

ithin

the

purv

iew

of t

he E

IS o

n th

e O

MP.

p. V

II-10

7

C-7

2 W

e fe

el t

hat

it ha

s gr

own

as f

ar a

s it

can

with

out

dest

royi

ng

surr

ound

ing

com

mun

ities

. W

e th

ink

it’s t

ime

for a

third

airp

ort

to d

eal w

ith th

e av

iatio

n ne

cess

ities

of t

he a

rea.

John

O’K

eefe

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-323

C-7

3 Pl

ease

bui

ld th

e ne

w a

irpor

t whe

re it

was

pla

nned

bef

ore.

M

arin

a C

. Ora

cion

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

70

C-7

4 A

t one

tim

e th

ere

was

a p

lan

to h

ave

mor

e ru

nway

s or

flig

hts

to

leav

e to

the

north

wes

t ove

r R

oute

72

then

Nor

thw

est T

oll w

ay

and

Bus

se W

oods

. Th

is w

ould

see

m m

uch

mor

e pr

actic

al a

nd

prob

ably

hav

e le

ss o

f a p

eopl

e im

pact

.

John

Pas

sare

lli (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

70

C-7

5 Fe

d’s

to c

onsi

der

expa

nsio

n of

Roc

kfor

d A

irpor

t, w

ith h

igh-

spee

d ra

il ac

cess

on

ea

sem

ent

on

Nor

thw

est

Toll

way

. R

ockf

ord

wou

ld w

elco

me

expa

nsio

n –

only

diff

eren

ce C

hica

go

wou

ld n

ot b

e ab

le to

“do

le”

out a

s m

any

lucr

ativ

e co

ntra

cts

and

favo

rs.

John

Pas

sare

lli (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

310

C-7

6 It’

s ob

viou

s th

at a

city

the

siz

e of

Chi

cago

nee

ds a

noth

er

airp

ort,

but i

t nee

ds it

in a

diff

eren

t par

t of t

own.

St

eve

Partm

an (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

67

C-7

7 Su

gges

t th

at t

he w

iser

thi

ng t

o do

wou

ld b

e ei

ther

bui

ld a

n St

eve

Partm

an (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

71

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

airp

ort

out

sout

h in

Peo

tone

, w

here

the

re i

s op

en s

pace

and

w

here

it c

ould

ser

vice

the

peop

le o

n th

e so

uth

side

of C

hica

go

and

hope

fully

pro

vide

job

s fo

r th

ose

peop

le o

r lo

ok i

nto

the

expa

nsio

n of

an

airp

ort s

uch

as R

ockf

ord.

p. V

I-269

C-7

8 It

is m

y ho

pe th

at o

nce

the

plan

doc

umen

tatio

n is

prov

ided

to

the

FAA

that

you

r age

ncy

will

mak

e a

prop

er a

nd in

depe

nden

t re

view

of

the

deta

ils o

f th

e pl

an a

nd a

ltern

ativ

es,

such

as

Peot

one.

Nor

man

J. P

ater

(Par

k R

idge

)

p. V

II-80

C-7

9 I

thin

k a

third

airp

ort

shou

ld b

e bu

ilt.

It

will

kee

p th

ings

co

mpe

titiv

e in

the

reg

ion,

it

will

im

prov

e th

e re

gion

avi

atio

n pr

oble

ms a

nd it

will

brin

g m

ore

jobs

to th

e re

gion

.

Oro

nzo

and

Con

cetta

Pec

onio

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-3

11

C-8

0 W

e ha

ve a

cha

nce

to d

evel

op a

irpor

ts i

n ot

her

area

s. T

his

shou

ld b

e do

ne.

Gar

y Pe

lz (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

56

C-8

1 Pl

ease

bui

ld P

eoto

ne A

irpor

t an

d sp

end

the

fund

s av

aila

ble

whe

re it

will

do

the

mos

t goo

d.

Arle

ne P

eter

s (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-31

9 C

-82

The

DO

T sh

ould

beg

in b

uild

ing

a ne

twor

k of

nat

ionw

ide

high

-sp

eed

rail,

whi

ch w

ill e

limin

ate

the

need

for a

ll ai

r tra

nspo

rt fo

r ro

utin

e m

ass t

rans

porta

tion

grow

th.

Dol

ores

C. P

ino

(Mor

ton

Gro

ve)

p.

VII-

189

C-8

3 I

cann

ot s

ee a

ny g

ood

poin

ts a

bout

it.

They

are

goi

ng to

pay

, fo

r ins

tanc

e a

mill

ion

dolla

rs a

n ac

re fo

r lan

d he

re to

des

troy

the

fact

orie

s, bu

sine

sses

, and

hom

es a

lread

y lo

cate

d he

re, w

here

as

if th

ey w

ent

anyw

here

els

e –

Peot

one

or w

here

ver,

and

they

co

uld

buy

the

land

for

a th

ousa

nd d

olla

rs o

r $1

0,00

0 an

acr

e,

that

in

and

of i

tsel

f is

enou

gh o

f ju

stify

ano

ther

airp

ort

anyw

here

.

Joe

Polk

a (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

40

C-8

4 A

hub

-type

airp

ort,

if it

wer

e in

Peo

tone

or

whe

reve

r, w

ould

ju

st h

andl

e th

e in

terc

onne

ctin

g fli

ghts

whe

re t

he p

eopl

e do

n’t

even

get

off,

lea

ve t

he a

irpor

t gr

ound

s. T

hey

land

on

one

Joe

Polk

a (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

42, 2

43

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

72

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

runw

ay in

one

pla

ne a

nd tr

ansf

er to

ano

ther

airl

ine

or a

noth

er

plan

e go

ing

a di

ffere

nt w

ay.

The

sam

e th

ing

with

the

car

go

traffi

c.

Thes

e pe

ople

wou

ld n

ever

eve

n le

ave

the

airp

ort a

rea,

an

d it

wou

ld f

ree

up m

ore

than

50

perc

ent

of t

he t

raffi

c at

O

’Har

e.

C-8

4.1

We’

re t

ryin

g to

do

maj

or c

onst

ruct

ion

at O

’Har

e an

d m

odify

te

rmin

als

or

build

ne

w

term

inal

s w

here

fr

om

a te

rror

ist

stan

dpoi

nt it

cou

ld b

e do

ne v

ery

sim

ply

by a

new

airp

ort s

uch

as P

eoto

ne.

Joe

Ponk

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-3

08

C-8

5 I b

elie

ve o

ur ta

x do

llars

can

be

best

spe

nt o

n st

artin

g fr

esh

with

a

new

airp

ort r

athe

r th

an e

xpan

sion.

Th

e ex

iste

nce

of a

third

ai

rpor

t will

gre

atly

incr

ease

bus

ines

s an

d jo

b op

portu

nitie

s fo

r a

grea

ter n

umbe

r of p

eopl

e an

d fo

r a m

ore

perm

anen

t fut

ure.

Mic

hael

Pro

copi

o (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-47

C-8

5.1

Mod

erni

ze n

ot e

xpan

d O

’Har

e an

d bu

ild th

e th

ird a

irpor

t dow

n in

Peo

tone

. G

ive

peop

le d

own

in th

at e

cono

mic

ally

dep

ress

ed

area

jobs

and

eco

nom

ic g

row

th.

Cla

udin

e Q

ueve

do

p. V

II-18

4

C-8

5.2

An

airp

ort e

lsew

here

wou

ld a

llevi

ate

furth

er a

ir po

llutio

n he

re,

whi

le th

e le

vel e

lsew

here

wou

ld n

ot b

e as

big

as O

’Har

e R

oy a

nd M

ary

Ann

Pro

venz

a (N

orrid

ge)

p. V

II-13

9 C

-86

The

draf

t EI

S sh

ould

exp

lain

the

rel

atio

nshi

p am

ong

seve

ral

proj

ects

or

proj

ect

alte

rnat

ives

to

impr

ove

air

serv

ice

to t

he

grea

ter

Chi

cago

Met

ropo

litan

Are

a.

The

DEI

S sh

ould

exp

lain

th

e di

stin

ctio

n be

twee

n th

e M

oder

niza

tion

Prog

ram

and

the

ot

her

proj

ects

und

er c

onsi

dera

tion

(e.g

., th

e Pe

oton

e A

irpor

t an

d th

e ex

pans

ion

of t

he G

ary

Indi

ana

Airp

ort).

Th

is D

EIS

shou

ld n

ot d

escr

ibe

a pr

ojec

t tha

t loc

ks in

fut

ure

deci

sion

s on

ne

w a

irpor

ts/a

irpor

t ex

pans

ions

with

out

fully

dis

clos

ing

thos

e im

pact

s.

John

D

. R

ogne

r (F

ield

Su

perv

isor

, U

nite

d St

ates

D

epar

tmen

t of I

nter

ior,

Fish

and

Wild

life

Serv

ice)

p.

VII-

261

C-8

7 C

andi

date

Bur

ris m

ade

a pr

etty

goo

d su

gges

tion,

and

that

was

Le

onar

d R

ogus

(Ben

senv

ille)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

73

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

not

to a

ffect

the

peo

ple

of P

eoto

ne b

ut p

erha

ps b

uild

a n

ew

airp

ort i

n th

e ab

ando

ned

stee

l are

a on

the

Lake

in C

hica

go c

lose

to

th

e In

dian

a bo

rder

.

May

be

May

or

Dal

ey’s

gr

eed

for

finan

cial

gai

n w

ould

not

hav

e to

be

subj

ecte

d to

the

trave

l to

O

’Har

e, h

avin

g an

airp

ort

acce

ssib

le f

rom

the

Met

ra t

rain

sy

stem

, th

e So

uth

Shor

e tra

in,

etc.

I

thin

k th

is s

houl

d be

a

cour

se th

at sh

ould

be

not o

nly

cons

ider

ed, b

ut a

lso

follo

wed

.

p. V

I-300

C-8

8 I w

ould

like

to g

ive

cons

ider

atio

n to

thos

e tra

vele

rs w

ho d

o no

t us

e pu

blic

taxi

s or

who

pre

fer

to u

se s

omet

hing

like

Met

ra o

r A

mtra

k to

go

to o

ther

loc

atio

ns l

ike

Milw

auke

e or

whe

reve

r th

at th

e pl

anes

don

’t go

.

Kev

in R

onch

en (N

iles)

p.

VI-2

53

C-8

9 I

enco

urag

e th

e FA

A t

o ex

amin

e th

e en

viro

nmen

tal

impa

cts

asso

ciat

ed w

ith c

onst

ruct

ion

of a

new

airp

ort.

Thi

s sh

ould

in

clud

e an

ana

lysi

s of

the

tim

e an

d en

viro

nmen

tal

impa

ct o

f tra

vel

from

the

Chi

cago

met

ropo

litan

are

a to

oth

er r

egio

nal

airp

orts

that

may

be

cons

ider

ed a

s alte

rnat

ives

to th

is p

roje

ct.

Ger

ald

J. R

oper

(P

resi

dent

and

C

EO,

Chi

cago

land

C

ham

ber o

f Com

mer

ce)

p.

VII-

44

C-9

0 Su

ppor

t re

ason

able

alte

rnat

ives

tha

t th

e O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion

build

ing

will

take

aw

ay –

exp

ansi

on b

ills w

ill ta

ke a

way

. Th

ese

incl

ude

taki

ng th

is is

sue

away

fro

m th

e FA

A, o

pera

tiona

l and

m

anag

emen

t con

trols

as

wel

l as

send

ing

unne

cess

ary

fligh

ts to

ot

her a

irpor

ts s

uch

as w

aypo

rts, h

ighw

ays

in th

e sk

y th

at w

ould

m

ake

room

for d

esire

d in

tern

atio

nal f

light

s th

at w

ill re

sult

from

ec

onom

ic g

loba

lizat

ion

treat

ies

whi

ch w

ill c

reat

e m

eani

ngfu

l jo

bs a

nd f

or t

he l

ong-

term

pro

vide

tha

t ou

r co

untry

and

our

re

gion

bui

ld a

wor

ld c

lass

hig

h-sp

eed

rail

syst

em t

hat

will

co

mpl

imen

t com

mer

cial

air

trans

port

to a

chie

ve th

e ba

lanc

e an

d su

stai

nabl

e in

term

odal

tra

nspo

rtatio

n sy

stem

tha

t w

ill b

enef

it al

l of u

s.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

50

p. V

II-91

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

74

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

C-9

1 O

MP

will

add

and

con

cent

rate

mor

e fli

ghts

ove

r th

e po

pula

ce,

alte

rnat

ives

ne

ed

to

be

cons

ider

ed:

do-n

othi

ng,

alte

rnat

ive

mod

es o

f tra

nspo

rtatio

n (h

igh-

spee

d ra

il), u

se o

f ot

her

exis

ting

airp

orts

, a

new

ai

rpor

t, de

-bui

ld

O’H

are,

cl

ose

airp

ort,

oper

atio

nal

and

man

agem

ent

cont

rols

, and

rem

ove

issu

e fr

om

FAA

.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

256,

257

C-9

2 Th

e EI

S sh

ould

con

side

r the

pro

pose

d So

uth

Subu

rban

Airp

ort

at P

eoto

ne in

the

cont

ext o

f th

e ul

timat

e gr

owth

of

the

regi

on

and

the

estim

ated

airp

ort n

eeds

of t

he re

gion

at t

hat t

ime.

Rob

ert J

. Sch

iller

stro

m (D

uPag

e C

ount

y En

viro

nmen

tal

Com

mitt

ee, D

evel

opm

ent &

Env

ironm

enta

l Con

cern

s)

p. V

II-23

4 C

-93

A m

uch

mor

e pr

actic

al s

olut

ion

is a

new

airp

ort

in P

eoto

ne

whe

re

ther

e is

ro

om

with

out

upro

otin

g bu

sine

sses

an

d re

side

nces

.

Patri

cia

Scot

t (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

135

C-9

4 I b

elie

ve P

eoto

ne is

the

best

pla

ce fo

r exp

ansi

on –

low

er c

osts

, co

nven

ient

for p

eopl

e in

Kan

kake

e an

d so

uth

Chi

cago

are

a.

Patri

cia

Scot

t (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

64

C-9

5 I t

hink

ther

e ar

e al

tern

ativ

es th

at a

re v

iabl

e. W

hy d

on’t

we

look

in

to e

xpan

ding

exi

stin

g fa

cilit

ies

like

Gar

y, M

ilwau

kee,

and

R

ockf

ord?

I

thin

k w

ith t

hat

in m

ind,

it

wou

ld m

inim

ize

the

expa

nsio

n, n

egat

e th

e ne

ed f

or P

eoto

ne a

nd I

thi

nk e

very

one

wou

ld b

e be

tter s

erve

d be

caus

e of

it.

I thi

nk w

e sh

ould

be

able

to

hav

e so

meo

ne m

ake

the

airli

nes

mor

e ac

coun

tabl

e fo

r th

eir

situ

atio

n he

re.

They

’re

dem

andi

ng e

very

thin

g an

d ye

t the

y’re

lo

sing

mon

ey h

and

over

fist

. Th

ey a

re n

ow n

ot g

oing

to b

e ab

le

to s

uppo

rt an

y of

the

expa

nse

plan

s th

at a

re ta

king

pla

ce.

And

w

hy d

on’t

we

hold

the

ir fe

et t

o th

e fir

e a

little

bit

and

mak

e th

em b

e m

ore

amen

able

to w

orki

ng o

n th

ese

alte

rnat

ives

rath

er

than

just

say

ing

I’m

not

goi

ng to

fly

ther

e or

I’m

not

goi

ng to

do

this

or I

’m n

ot g

oing

to d

o th

at?

Bill

Sha

nnon

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-303

, 304

C-9

6 I’

m h

opin

g th

at th

e FA

A h

as s

ome

reas

onab

le p

eopl

e th

at c

an

Bill

Sha

nnon

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

75

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

cons

ider

all

of th

ese

optio

ns b

ecau

se w

e ha

ve th

e in

fras

truct

ure

to se

rve

or g

o to

Milw

auke

e an

d G

ary

and

Roc

kfor

d an

d w

ill b

e ab

le to

com

e up

with

a s

olut

ion

othe

r tha

n ju

st e

xpan

d O

’Har

e or

bui

ld P

eoto

ne.

p. V

I-95,

96

C-9

7 Th

e D

enve

r ai

rpor

t se

ems

to b

e th

e be

st t

ype

of l

ong-

term

so

lutio

n. T

heir

airp

ort w

as la

nd lo

cked

so

they

pur

chas

ed, h

ow

man

y ac

res

– 2,

000

or 2

0,00

0?

At

first

the

loc

als

felt

it w

as

goin

g to

be

too

far

from

dow

ntow

n D

enve

r. B

ut i

f yo

u as

k th

em t

oday

, the

y al

l fe

el t

hat

they

hav

e a

wor

ld-c

lass

airp

ort.

U

se th

e ex

perie

nce

Den

ver g

aine

d. I

f we

need

to s

tart

all o

ver

40 m

iles

from

dow

ntow

n be

tter

to s

tart

toda

y th

an 2

0 ye

ars

from

now

.

F. D

oyle

She

a (M

edin

ah)

p.

VII-

164,

166

C-9

8 Th

e be

st l

ong-

term

sol

utio

n is

to

build

eith

er a

new

airp

ort

sout

h of

the

city

, or e

xpan

d on

e of

the

curr

ent r

egio

nal a

irpor

ts in

Roc

kfor

d or

Gar

y.

F. D

oyle

She

a (M

edin

ah)

p.

VII-

165

C-9

8.1

With

an

airp

ort i

n do

wns

tate

Peo

tone

, we’

ll ha

ve th

ousa

nds

of

peop

le d

rivin

g m

ore

than

fifty

mile

s on

e w

ay.

I can

’t im

agin

e th

at w

ould

be

bette

r for

our

env

ironm

ent.

Bob

Sny

der (

Del

ta-W

ye E

lect

rical

Con

tract

ors)

p.

VII-

188

C-9

9 A

third

airp

ort i

s the

real

ans

wer

. Pa

tti S

teffe

nsen

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

27

C-1

00

The

answ

er is

bui

ld a

noth

er a

irpor

t, be

it P

eoto

ne o

r els

ewhe

re.

Loui

s Tan

ner (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-36

C

-101

O

’Har

e ai

r co

nges

tion

shou

ld b

e m

itiga

ted

by f

ast

pass

enge

r tra

ins

taki

ng

trave

lers

to

/from

M

ilwau

kee,

B

loom

ingt

on,

Kal

amaz

oo,

Indi

anap

olis

, et

c. i

nste

ad o

f m

ore

shor

t di

stan

ce

plan

es.

Gre

g Th

orso

n (C

hica

go)

p.

VII-

40

C-1

02

We

wou

ld l

ike

to a

sk f

or s

uppo

rt to

stu

dy h

igh-

spee

d ra

il se

rvic

e in

to O

’Har

e, c

onne

ctin

g re

gion

al c

ities

suc

h as

St.

Dav

id T

omzi

k (S

ecre

tary

, M

idw

est

Hig

h Sp

eed

Rai

l C

oalit

ion)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

76

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

Loui

s, M

inne

apol

is,

Det

roit,

C

leve

land

M

ilwau

kee,

an

d M

adis

on

into

O

’Har

e pr

ovid

ing

alte

rnat

ive

grou

nd

trans

porta

tion

and

also

pro

vidi

ng c

onne

ctin

g se

rvic

es t

o lo

ng-

dist

ance

airl

ine

serv

ice.

We

belie

ve th

at th

is w

ill h

elp

alle

viat

e so

me

of th

e pr

oble

ms

with

avi

atio

n by

pro

vidi

ng a

ltern

ativ

es.

We

need

alte

rnat

ives

to

prov

ide

conn

ectin

g se

rvic

es t

o ot

her

airp

orts

by

rail

and

also

con

nect

ing

serv

ices

int

o th

e ai

rpor

t fr

om o

ther

com

mun

ities

, and

we

wou

ld li

ke to

hav

e ra

il, h

igh-

spee

d ra

il co

nsid

ered

as o

ne o

f the

opt

ions

in th

e O

’Har

e pl

an.

p. V

I-102

, 103

C-1

03

I be

lieve

the

tra

nspo

rtatio

n pr

oble

m s

houl

d be

add

ress

ed a

s a

regi

onal

issu

e, in

clud

e ra

ilroa

d, D

uPag

e, R

ockf

ord,

Milw

auke

e,

and

Gar

y A

irpor

ts.

Stev

e U

nger

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-32

C-1

04

A s

econ

d ai

rpor

t wou

ld b

e le

ss c

ostly

and

mor

e ef

ficie

nt th

an

expa

ndin

g O

’Har

e.

Nor

ene

Vac

ura

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

287

C-1

05

Will

Cou

nty

is o

n re

cord

of

bein

g su

ppor

tive

of a

third

airp

ort

in t

he a

rea,

com

mon

ly r

efer

red

to a

s Pe

oton

e.

So w

e ar

e co

ncer

ned

with

that

alte

rnat

ive,

the

impa

ct th

at th

is p

lan

has

on

that

and

like

wise

the

impa

cts o

f tha

t airp

ort o

n th

is p

lan.

Ty W

arne

r (W

ill C

ount

y Pl

anni

ng D

epar

tmen

t)

p. V

I-110

C-1

06

The

FAA

sho

uld

revi

ew a

ll op

tions

and

det

erm

ine

the

best

one

. Fo

r ex

ampl

e, D

enve

r In

tern

atio

nal

Airp

ort

was

bui

lt ut

ilizi

ng

open

land

out

side

of t

he d

ense

met

ro a

rea.

Rob

in W

eave

r (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

291

C-1

07

It is

ver

y im

porta

nt to

con

duct

a fu

ll, s

ubst

antiv

e ev

alua

tion

of

proj

ect a

ltern

ativ

es in

ord

er to

avo

id a

n/or

min

imiz

e as

man

y of

th

ese

impa

cts

as p

ossi

ble.

In

par

ticul

ar,

we

reco

mm

end

that

FA

A g

ive

cons

ider

able

atte

ntio

n to

the

follo

win

g; o

ther

mod

es

of t

rans

porta

tion,

inc

ludi

ng h

igh

spee

d ra

il; t

he u

se o

f bo

th

exis

ting

and

prop

osed

airp

orts

, inc

ludi

ng S

SA, t

o pr

ovid

e fu

ture

av

iatio

n ca

paci

ty; a

nd th

e co

mbi

natio

ns o

f alte

rnat

ives

, suc

h as

Ken

neth

A.

Wes

tlake

(C

hief

, En

viro

nmen

tal

Plan

ning

an

d Ev

alua

tion

Bra

nch,

US

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pr

otec

tion

Age

ncy)

p.

VII-

268

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

77

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

dem

and

man

agem

ent t

echn

ique

s in

con

cert

with

hig

h sp

eed

rail

and

othe

r fea

sibl

e al

tern

ativ

es.

C-1

08

Ther

e ar

e al

tern

ativ

e si

tes

in s

outh

ern

Coo

k C

ount

y, W

ill

Cou

nty

and

othe

r co

untie

s th

at w

ould

be

muc

h m

ore

suita

ble

for n

ew ru

nway

s and

incr

ease

d ai

rpor

t cap

acity

.

Ron

ald

W. W

iete

cha

(May

or, C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-2

93

C-1

09

Bui

ld a

third

airp

ort o

utsi

de th

e C

hica

go a

rea.

Not

Peo

tone

, in

a di

ffere

nt w

eath

er c

ondi

tion,

nea

r St

. Lo

uis

with

hig

h-sp

eed

trans

porta

tion

to S

t. Lo

uis,

Mem

phis

and

Chi

cago

. L

eave

O

’Har

e an

d M

idw

ay a

lone

, util

ize

Gar

y, In

dian

a.

Bill

Win

ton

(Har

woo

d H

eigh

ts)

p.

VII-

30

C-1

10

Prop

onen

ts o

f an

othe

r ne

w d

owns

tate

airp

ort a

rgue

that

a n

ew

airp

ort w

ould

be

less

cos

tly a

nd m

ore

effic

ient

to b

uild

than

the

prop

osed

red

esig

n of

O’H

are.

Th

e en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

ct o

f a

new

airp

ort w

ould

be

mor

e m

anag

eabl

e. I

t mak

es se

nse

to h

ave

a ba

ck-u

p th

at w

ould

com

plem

ent

O’H

are

in t

he c

ase

of a

n em

erge

ncy.

Fur

ther

mor

e, b

uild

ing

a ne

w a

irpor

t eff

ectiv

ely

re-

dist

ribut

es

econ

omic

gr

owth

to

ot

her

parts

of

th

e st

ate.

In

varia

bly

com

petit

ion

betw

een

the

two

airp

orts

will

brin

g ab

out l

ower

cos

ts a

nd im

prov

ed se

rvic

e.

Rob

ert Y

ee

p. V

II-30

2

C-1

11

The

deba

te o

ver

prop

osed

pla

ns to

upg

rade

O’H

are

shou

ld b

e en

cour

aged

whi

le a

t the

sam

e tim

e th

e co

nstru

ctio

n pl

ans

of a

ne

w a

irpor

t sho

uld

be p

ut in

to m

otio

n.

Rob

ert Y

ee

p. V

II-30

2

C-1

12

We

mus

t st

art

Peot

one

Airp

ort

for

heal

th,

safe

ty,

and

the

wel

fare

of a

ll hu

man

s liv

ing

arou

nd th

e “a

ll eg

gs in

one

bas

ket

O’H

are.

” B

uild

ing

Peot

one

is h

omel

and

secu

rity.

Pe

oton

e is

the

21st c

entu

ry f

utur

e sp

ace

airp

ort!

It

will

hav

e th

e ne

w

cent

ury

spac

e pl

anes

, alre

ady

mad

e.

And

y Zu

mer

(Par

k R

idge

)

p. V

II-10

1, 1

02

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

78

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

D.

Avi

atio

n Fo

reca

sts a

nd D

elay

D-1

A

n ex

pand

ed O

’Har

e w

ill h

andl

e on

ly 5

0 pe

rcen

t mor

e vo

lum

e.

Air

traffi

c in

our

are

a w

ill g

row

far t

oo fa

st fo

r tha

t sol

utio

n to

w

ork.

Tom

Cal

laha

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p. V

I-26

4,

p. V

II-13

3 N

o N

ame

7 p.

VII-

112

D-2

A

t th

e A

valo

n B

anqu

ets,

I no

ted

the

nois

e m

ap,

it do

es n

ot

incl

ude

Elm

hurs

t in

the

nois

e fr

om a

ircra

ft. W

e liv

e I t

he fl

ight

pa

th 4

R-2

2L R

unw

ay.

The

nois

e le

vels

at t

imes

are

dea

feni

ng.

The

freq

uenc

y of

airc

raft

is 3

0 se

cond

s apa

rt, n

ot e

very

day

, but

ve

ry o

ften.

Sun

day

mor

ning

s w

e ar

e un

able

to s

leep

due

to th

e ea

rly 6

:30

a.m

. arr

ival

s. W

e ar

e un

able

to h

ave

win

dow

ope

n an

d w

atch

and

hea

r ou

r te

levi

sion

. W

e ca

nnot

enj

oy t

he

outd

oors

or e

nter

tain

out

door

s as w

e ca

nnot

hol

d a

conv

ersa

tion

due

to th

e in

terr

uptio

n of

airc

raft

nois

e.

June

M. C

irone

(Elm

hurs

t)

p. V

II-15

8

D-3

Ex

pand

ing

the

airp

ort i

s no

t goi

ng to

sol

ve y

our

prob

lem

s. I

f an

ythi

ng it

will

cre

ate

mor

e de

lays

. K

athl

een

Drw

ila

p. V

II-35

8 D

-4

Ther

e ar

e to

o m

any

min

uses

to

sugg

est

this

exp

ansi

on g

o fo

rwar

d.

Thes

e pr

ojec

ted

runw

ay a

dditi

ons

will

take

10

year

s at

leas

t, ca

usin

g m

ore

airli

ne d

elay

s, un

happ

y pa

ssen

gers

, and

us

ing

fede

ral a

nd st

ate

mon

ey n

eede

d el

sew

here

.

Car

ol E

liner

t (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

II-18

0

D-5

W

ith U

S A

ir in

ban

krup

tcy,

Am

eric

an a

nd U

nite

d re

duci

ng

fligh

ts o

r se

ekin

g ba

nkru

ptcy

, wha

t is

the

revi

sed

timet

able

for

num

bers

of f

light

s per

yea

r in

and

out o

f O’H

are?

Ann

Fin

ney

p.

VII-

296

D-6

C

urre

ntly

we

have

abo

ut a

mill

ion

fligh

ts o

ver

O’H

are.

Th

e pr

ojec

tion

of 1

.5 m

illio

n is

jus

t un

real

istic

bas

ed o

n th

e K

athl

een

Hay

es (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-1

57

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

79

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

cont

ract

ion

of th

e in

dust

ry, w

heth

er n

ow o

r tw

o to

thre

e ye

ars

from

now

. D

-7

The

ques

tiona

ble

basi

s of

usi

ng T

erm

inal

Are

a Fo

reca

st f

or

O’H

are

and

the

failu

re

to

allo

w

publ

ic

com

men

t on

th

e se

lect

ion

of t

he f

orec

ast.

One

of

the

cent

ral

fact

ors

driv

ing

prev

ious

for

ecas

ts u

sed

in m

aste

r pl

anni

ng i

n th

e C

hica

go

met

ropo

litan

are

a ha

s be

en th

e ge

nera

tion

of m

etro

polit

an w

ide

fore

cast

dem

and

– i.e

., th

e de

man

d th

at w

ould

be

expe

rienc

ed

by t

he e

ntire

reg

ion.

B

y lim

iting

the

for

ecas

t fo

r th

e O

’Har

e EI

S an

d M

aste

r Pl

an to

sim

ply

the

Term

inal

Are

a Fo

reca

st f

or

O’H

are

the

FAA

is

ef

fect

ivel

y pr

eclu

ding

ot

her

regi

onal

so

lutio

ns to

add

ress

ing

the

need

s for

met

ro C

hica

go a

viat

ion.

Jam

es J

ohns

on (

Ben

senv

ille,

Int

erim

Vill

age

Man

ager

, Sp

eaki

ng o

n B

ehal

f of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VI-

187,

188

, C

raig

B.

John

son

(May

or,

Elk

Gro

ve

Vill

age

–Sub

mitt

ed S

tate

men

t of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry

Hyd

e) p

. V

II-1

28,

John

Gei

ls (

May

or,

Ben

senv

ille

– Su

bmitt

ed S

tate

men

t of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VII-

97

D-8

It

is in

com

preh

ensi

ble

that

FA

A w

ill b

e us

ing

one

fore

cast

of

futu

re t

raffi

c in

the

Chi

cago

reg

ion

for

the

Sout

h Su

burb

an

Airp

ort

EIS

and

a di

ffer

ent

fore

cast

for

fut

ure

traffi

c in

the

C

hica

go re

gion

for t

he p

ropo

sed

O’H

are

expa

nsio

n.

Jam

es J

ohns

on (

Ben

senv

ille,

Int

erim

Vill

age

Man

ager

, Sp

eaki

ng o

n B

ehal

f of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VI-

188,

Cra

ig B

. Joh

nson

(May

or, E

lk G

rove

Vill

age

–Su

bmitt

ed S

tate

men

t of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VII

-128

, Jo

hn G

eils

(M

ayor

, B

ense

nvill

e –

Subm

itted

St

atem

ent o

f Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VII-

97

D-9

Th

e ru

nway

des

ign

is i

nsuf

ficie

nt t

o ha

ndle

the

pro

pose

d ca

paci

ty o

f ove

r a m

illio

n fli

ghts

. Ty

rone

Kal

oger

esis

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

71

D-1

0 Th

e fig

ures

of t

he C

ity o

f Chi

cago

are

ver

y m

isle

adin

g.

Tyro

ne K

alog

eres

is (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-272

D

-11

Wha

t are

the

fore

cast

s as t

hey

rela

te to

O’H

are

and

wha

t are

the

fore

cast

s as

the

y re

late

to

regi

onal

cap

acity

? I

thi

nk t

hat

dist

inct

ion

is p

retty

impo

rtant

to m

ake.

Sher

ry K

amke

(US

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pro

tect

ion

Age

ncy)

p.

VI-8

0

D-1

2 W

e’re

con

cern

ed t

hat

the

appr

oach

you

ide

ntifi

ed a

s yo

ur

sele

cted

app

roac

h m

ay

fore

clos

e a

regi

onal

ana

lysi

s. S

o Jo

seph

Kar

agan

is (

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, P

ark

Rid

ge,

and

Elk

Gro

ve a

nd fo

r Sen

ate

Pres

iden

t Pat

e Ph

ilip)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

80

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

sele

ctin

g th

e Te

rmin

al A

rea

Fore

cast

app

roac

h ap

pear

s to

fo

recl

ose

othe

r ap

proa

ches

w

hich

m

ay

allo

w

a m

ore

com

preh

ensi

ve r

egio

nal

appr

oach

to

look

ing

at e

nviro

nmen

tal

impa

cts,

alte

rnat

ives

, etc

.

p. V

I-98,

99

D-1

3 W

hat a

re th

e ba

selin

e ye

ar a

nd b

asel

ine

cond

ition

s of

the

EIS

and

Mas

ter

Plan

ana

lysi

s?

Use

of

the

year

200

0 pr

e-9/

11

cond

ition

s sk

ews

the

proc

ess;

we

ough

t to

be u

sing

pos

t 9/1

1 co

nditi

ons

as b

asel

ine

for d

eman

d an

alys

is; d

elay

situ

atio

n, e

tc.

Wha

t is

the

base

line

cond

ition

in li

ght o

f th

e ai

rline

s’ d

ecis

ion

not t

o su

ppor

t the

Wor

ld G

atew

ay P

rogr

am te

rmin

als?

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is

(Cou

nsel

to

Su

burb

an

O’H

are

Com

mis

sion

) p.

VII-

198

D-1

4 W

e ar

e co

ncer

ned

that

use

of

the

O’H

are

Term

inal

Are

a Fo

reca

st (

TAF)

will

arti

ficia

lly n

arro

w t

he s

cope

of

anal

ysis

, bo

th a

s to

pur

pose

and

nee

d, a

ltern

ativ

es,

and

impa

cts.

The

fo

reca

st s

houl

d be

a M

etro

polit

an C

hica

go R

egio

nal

fore

cast

th

at i

nclu

des

grow

th i

n m

arke

ts t

hat

mig

ht b

e se

rved

by

Mid

way

and

the

prop

osed

Sou

th S

ubur

ban

Airp

ort.

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is

(Cou

nsel

to

Su

burb

an

O’H

are

Com

mis

sion

) p.

VII-

199

D-1

5 Th

e EI

S/M

aste

r Pl

an d

eman

d an

d ca

paci

ty a

naly

sis

shou

ld b

e in

tegr

ated

with

all

thre

e m

ajor

com

pone

nts:

airs

ide,

ter

min

al,

and

road

way

s.

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is

(Cou

nsel

to

Su

burb

an

O’H

are

Com

mis

sion

) p.

VII-

199

D-1

6 Th

is p

lan

is to

o co

mpl

ex a

nd it

wou

ld a

dd to

the

dela

ys r

athe

r th

an f

ixin

g th

e pr

oble

ms.

By

the

time

the

reco

nfig

urat

ion

is co

mpl

ete,

the

airp

ort

wou

ld n

ot s

atis

fy t

he n

umbe

r of

flig

hts

proj

ecte

d fo

r th

e ai

rpor

t an

d re

gion

. S

o w

hat

has

been

ac

com

plis

hed?

M

ore

nois

e, m

ore

pollu

tion

and

mor

e ris

k (s

afet

y is

sue)

.

Mar

ian

Kur

zeja

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

54

D-1

7 I

thin

k w

e sh

ould

thin

k ab

out a

mor

e ef

ficie

nt s

tream

linin

g of

th

e tim

es o

f fli

ghts

. Th

ere

may

be

a m

uch

mor

e ef

ficie

nt w

ay

of s

tream

linin

g th

e tra

nspo

rtatio

n sy

stem

with

out d

oubl

ing

the

Dor

rie M

adon

na (W

ood

Dal

e)

p. V

I-226

, 277

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

81

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

amou

nt o

f flig

hts i

nto

O’H

are.

D

-17.

1 W

eath

er a

t var

ious

par

ts o

f the

cou

ntry

als

o ca

uses

del

ays.

Lilli

an M

ayer

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-66

D

-18

The

time

horiz

on o

f th

e fo

reca

st u

tiliz

ed f

or e

stim

atin

g ai

r tra

ffic,

cos

ts,

bene

fits

and

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

s sh

ould

be

cons

iste

nt a

nd s

houl

d co

rres

pond

with

the

proj

ect’s

pur

pose

of

incr

easi

ng o

pera

tions

to

mee

t pr

ojec

ted

futu

re a

ir ca

paci

ty

need

s. T

he 1

5-ye

ar h

oriz

on o

f th

e 20

02 T

erm

inal

Are

a Fo

reca

st i

s in

suffi

cien

t to

det

erm

ine

impa

cts

of a

pro

ject

tha

t w

ill n

ot b

e bu

ilt fo

r at l

east

ten

year

s.

Will

iam

J.

Mue

ller

(Pre

side

nt,

DuP

age

May

ors

and

Man

ager

s Con

fere

nce)

p.

VII-

201,

202

D-1

9 It

is n

eces

sary

for

the

FA

A, p

rior

to i

ssua

nce

of i

ts T

erm

inal

A

rea

Fore

cast

, to

defin

e th

e ve

ry b

asic

ele

men

ts o

f its

fore

cast

an

d to

sub

ject

its

inp

uts

to t

he s

crut

iny

of o

ther

eco

nom

ists

. Q

uest

ions

like

the

follo

win

g sh

ould

be

answ

ered

on

the

publ

ic

reco

rd b

efor

e dr

aft

calc

ulat

ions

are

run

. W

hat

defin

ition

of

futu

re s

cena

rios

will

be

pres

ente

d?

How

will

the

for

ecas

ting

anal

ysis

trea

t the

200

1-20

02 tr

affic

leve

ls a

nd w

hat a

djus

tmen

t w

ill b

e m

ade

to r

efle

ct th

e re

cove

ry tr

ends

? W

ill th

e fo

reca

st in

clud

e se

para

te e

stim

ates

for y

ears

5, 1

0, 1

5, a

nd 2

0? W

ill th

e in

dust

ry t

rend

s an

d lik

ely

air

carr

ier

busin

ess

prac

tices

be

disc

usse

d be

fore

they

are

incl

uded

in th

e m

odel

? A

re th

y th

e sa

me

fore

cast

s th

at w

ill b

e ut

ilize

d fo

r ex

amin

ing,

mod

elin

g,

and

asse

ssin

g im

pact

s on

the

NA

S as

wel

l as f

or n

oise

impa

cts?

Th

e fo

reca

st s

houl

d in

clud

e se

nsiti

vity

ana

lyse

s, as

to

the

assu

mpt

ions

and

as

to t

he d

istri

butio

n of

tra

ffic

amon

g th

e cu

rren

t and

fut

ure

airp

orts

. Th

e da

taba

se s

houl

d in

clud

e ra

dar

inpu

t in

add

ition

to

sim

ulat

ion

mod

els.

The

ana

lyse

s m

ust

exam

ine

unco

nstra

ined

opt

ions

. W

hat m

odel

s will

be

pres

ente

d

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

229,

230

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

82

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

to e

valu

ate

oper

atio

nal a

nd d

elay

con

ditio

ns f

or th

e ba

se c

ase

and

futu

re s

cena

rios,

how

will

the

resu

lts b

e pr

esen

ted?

Do

the

fore

cast

s re

flect

dec

reas

ed r

elia

nce

on t

he h

ub a

nd s

poke

co

ncep

ts?

Do

the

fore

cast

s re

flect

the

rel

atio

nshi

p be

twee

n fo

reca

sts

for

natio

n an

d re

gion

al g

row

th?

Are

the

for

ecas

ts

cons

iste

nt w

ith th

e TA

F?

The

curr

ent T

AF

does

not

con

side

r an

y im

pact

s fr

om 9

/11.

A

re t

he f

orec

asts

con

sist

ent

with

the

lo

ng-r

ange

pla

ns o

f car

rier u

sing

O’H

are?

D

-20

Fore

cast

met

hodo

logy

and

fac

tors

use

d to

mod

el e

xist

ing

and

futu

re

airf

ield

an

d ai

rspa

ce

oper

atio

ns

need

to

in

clud

e:

pass

enge

r an

d ai

rcra

ft vo

lum

es,

carg

o vo

lum

es,

win

d an

d w

eath

er c

ondi

tions

, airc

raft

fleet

mix

, dem

and

prof

iles

(dai

ly,

wee

kly)

, ai

rfie

ld

phys

ical

co

nfig

urat

ion,

ru

nway

se

lect

ion/

utili

zatio

n cr

iteria

, and

runw

ay a

nd ta

xiw

ay o

pera

ting

proc

edur

es.

A

se

ries

of

airc

raft

fleet

m

ixes

sh

ould

be

de

velo

ped

and

mod

eled

. T

he d

eman

d fo

reca

sts

shou

ld a

lso

incl

ude

fore

cast

s of

pe

ak

(dai

ly

and

mon

thly

) ai

rcra

ft op

erat

ions

and

pas

seng

er e

npla

nem

ents

.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

230

D-2

1 M

odel

ing

of d

eman

d an

d ca

paci

ty n

eeds

to b

e ac

com

plis

hed

by

prov

en, w

idel

y us

ed m

odel

s, no

t a b

lack

box

, pro

prie

tary

mod

el

deve

lope

d so

lely

for t

he p

roje

ct.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

230

D-2

2 Th

e tit

le o

f OM

P ge

ts a

cros

s th

at w

e’re

talk

ing

abou

t the

sho

rt-te

rm n

eeds

of O

’Har

e. I

thin

k in

that

con

text

we

real

ly h

ave

to

not

just

loo

k at

O’H

are

and

its d

elay

s. W

e ar

e re

ally

ver

y m

indf

ul o

f re

cent

cha

nges

in

the

trans

porta

tion

indu

stry

, no

t ju

st in

duce

d by

Sep

tem

ber 1

1th, b

ut re

gion

al je

ts w

ell p

rece

ded

that

has

a c

hang

e on

the

impa

ct o

f our

sys

tem

; the

futu

re o

f the

Sand

y M

urdo

ck (

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, E

lk G

rove

V

illag

e, a

nd th

e C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

)

p. V

I-89,

90,

94

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

83

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

A-3

80,

are

we

build

ing

an a

irpor

t th

at w

ould

or

wou

ldn’

t fit

th

at

need

?

We

have

se

en

one

and

perh

aps

seen

m

ore

bank

rupt

cy o

f airl

ines

and

wha

t tha

t has

to d

o.

D-2

3 A

mer

ican

Airl

ines

ann

ounc

e it’

s de

peak

ing

of i

ts o

pera

tions

. W

hat’s

goi

ng to

be

the

cons

eque

nce

of th

at?

Sand

y M

urdo

ck (

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, E

lk G

rove

V

illag

e, a

nd th

e C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-9

4 D

-24

Wor

ld B

usin

ess

Chi

cago

bel

ieve

s th

at c

onst

ruct

ion

of th

e O

MP

as p

ropo

sed

will

res

ult

in r

educ

ed n

oise

lev

els;

dra

mat

ical

ly

redu

ced

fligh

t de

lays

(an

d hu

ndre

ds o

f m

illio

ns i

n ec

onom

ic

cost

s th

ey i

ncur

), an

d w

e be

lieve

tha

t po

sitiv

e be

nefit

s in

em

ploy

men

t and

tax

base

gro

wth

and

wel

l as

gene

ral e

cono

mic

st

imul

atio

n w

ill b

e pr

ofou

nd.

Paul

O’C

onno

r (E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, W

orld

Bus

ines

s C

hica

go)

p. V

II-10

7

D-2

4.1

One

tim

e w

hile

wai

ting

for

my

son

I ov

erhe

ard

a co

nver

satio

n be

twee

n si

x bu

sine

ssm

en,

two

wer

e Ja

pane

se a

nd f

our

othe

r.

This

is w

hat w

as s

aid,

“Th

is is

the

last

tim

e w

e ar

e m

eetin

g at

th

is a

irpor

t. L

et u

s go

to a

noth

er to

wn

like

Milw

auke

e. I

t tak

es

us to

o lo

ng to

get

to o

ur d

estin

atio

n be

caus

e of

the

traffi

c w

e m

isse

d ou

r mee

tings

.

Emily

Osk

in (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

25

D-2

5 Pr

opos

al c

onte

nds

that

if

entir

e pl

an i

s ad

opte

d, t

he a

vera

ge

dela

y pe

r ope

ratio

n of

3.6

5 m

inut

es fo

r 908

,977

ope

ratio

ns w

ill

be re

duce

d to

0.7

6. A

re th

ese

stat

istic

s cre

dibl

e? D

o th

ey c

ome

from

the

FAA

or

Dal

ey/R

yan?

H

ow m

uch

of th

is w

as d

ue to

ba

d w

eath

er,

slow

dow

ns b

y U

nite

d pi

lots

and

mec

hani

cs t

o se

ttle

thei

r lab

or d

ispu

tes?

How

muc

h is

due

to d

elay

s at

oth

er

airp

orts?

Wha

t will

the

dela

y tim

e be

whe

n O

’Har

e’s

capa

city

ju

st a

bout

dou

bles

? W

ill i

t be

bac

k up

to

3.65

? W

ill w

e be

w

astin

g a

lot o

f tim

e an

d m

oney

ove

r the

nex

t ten

yea

rs ju

st to

be

bac

k w

here

we

are

now

? H

ow m

uch

of t

he d

elay

s ar

e

Nor

man

J. P

ater

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

78, 7

9

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

84

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

attri

buta

ble

to U

nite

d an

d A

mer

ican

usi

ng th

e H

UB

sys

tem

of

sche

dulin

g fli

ghts

to

mon

opol

ize

the

busi

ness

? H

ow m

any

fligh

ts i

n an

d ou

t of

O’H

are

coul

d be

elim

inat

ed w

ith d

irect

fli

ghts

lik

e So

uthw

est

and

othe

r di

scou

nt c

arrie

rs a

re d

oing

su

cces

sful

ly?

Wha

t is

thi

s st

rate

gy g

oing

to

do t

o O

’Har

e co

nges

tion

and

dela

y tim

es

over

th

e co

min

g ye

ars

whe

n ru

nway

s an

d ta

xiw

ays

are

bein

g de

mol

ishe

d an

d ne

w o

nes

cons

truct

ed a

few

hun

dred

feet

aw

ay?

D-2

6 A

ll pr

ojec

tions

sh

ould

be

sh

own

in

thre

e ca

tego

ries:

1.

R

efer

ence

/bas

elin

e co

nditi

ons

(200

0,

1997

, et

c.)

2.

OM

P fo

reca

st p

redi

ctio

ns (y

ears

201

2, 2

022,

203

0 an

d 20

50) 3

. OM

P m

axim

um c

apac

ity.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

241

D-2

7 W

hat i

s th

e to

tal c

hang

e in

num

ber o

f all

land

ing

and

depa

rting

ai

rcra

ft, b

ased

on

both

for

ecas

t an

d m

axim

um c

apac

ities

, i.e

. FA

A d

efin

ed m

axim

ums,

base

d on

exi

stin

g or

exp

ecte

d sa

fety

re

gula

tions

.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

241

D-2

8 W

hat a

re th

e cu

rren

t tot

al n

umbe

rs o

f all

type

s of a

ircra

ft ta

king

of

f and

land

ing

to a

nd fr

om O

’Har

e? S

how

a h

isto

ry o

f the

last

five

year

s. I

nclu

de i

n a

sepa

rate

cat

egor

y al

l to

uch

and

go’s

w

ave

offs

, etc

? In

clud

e al

l pas

seng

er, c

argo

, mili

tary

, bus

ines

s, an

d le

ased

, priv

ate,

civ

il an

d al

l oth

er a

ircra

ft.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

241

D-2

9 W

hat

are

the

tota

l nu

mbe

r fo

reca

sted

and

the

max

imum

saf

e ca

paci

ty n

umbe

rs o

f all

type

s of

airc

raft

taki

ng o

ff an

d la

ndin

g to

and

from

O’H

are?

Sho

w h

ow m

any

fligh

ts w

ill b

e ad

ded

to

the

exis

ting

burd

en, b

y ye

ar.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

241

D-3

0 W

hat

is t

he b

asel

ine

all-w

eath

er d

elay

now

? W

hat

are

the

antic

ipat

ed c

hang

e(s)

by

year

, with

and

with

out O

MP?

Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e)

p. V

II-24

2

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

85

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

D-3

1 W

hat a

re th

e ex

pect

ed s

hifts

fro

m e

xist

ing

com

mer

cial

airc

raft

fleet

mix

to

incr

ease

d si

ze a

ircra

ft?

Show

ave

rage

pas

seng

er

per f

light

and

type

/qua

ntity

of n

ew a

ircra

ft e.

g. A

380,

in 5

-yea

r in

crem

ent c

ateg

orie

s, as

cha

ract

eriz

ed c

urre

ntly

, 5 y

ears

out

, 15

year

s out

and

25

year

s out

.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are

p. V

II-24

2

D-3

2 Q

uant

ify c

omm

erci

al f

leet

ope

ratio

nal a

ge in

5-y

ear

incr

emen

t ca

tego

ries,

as c

hara

cter

ized

cur

rent

ly, 5

yea

rs o

ut, 1

5 ye

ars

out

and

25 y

ears

out

.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

242

D-3

3 Th

e EI

S m

ust a

naly

ze in

det

ail a

nd e

valu

ate

the

need

for t

he 8

th

runw

ay, a

nd th

e im

pact

that

it w

ould

hav

e on

saf

ety

and

on th

e ov

eral

l red

uctio

n of

flig

ht d

elay

s at

O’H

are.

The

n th

e fin

ding

s of

tha

t an

alys

is m

ust

be w

eigh

ed a

gain

st t

he e

nviro

nmen

tal,

econ

omic

, and

soc

ial

impa

cts

that

wou

ld r

esul

t fr

om b

uild

ing

the

prop

osed

8th

runw

ay a

t O’H

are.

Rob

ert J

. Sch

iller

stro

m (D

uPag

e C

ount

y En

viro

nmen

tal

Com

mitt

ee, D

evel

opm

ent &

Env

ironm

enta

l Con

cern

s)

p. V

II-23

3

D-3

4 A

ny f

utur

e ec

onom

ic g

row

th i

s th

reat

ened

unl

ess

the

runw

ay

syst

em a

t O’H

are

is m

oder

nize

d an

d de

lays

are

redu

ced.

Few

er

dela

ys w

ill a

lso

mea

n re

duce

d fu

el e

mis

sion

s. A

ircra

ft w

ill

spen

d le

ss t

ime

idlin

g at

the

gat

e, s

ittin

g on

the

run

way

or

circ

ling

in th

e ai

r. A

lso,

the

prop

osed

wes

tern

acc

ess

and

othe

r ro

adw

ay i

mpr

ovem

ents

aro

und

the

airp

ort

will

rel

ieve

a g

reat

de

al o

f con

gest

ion

on th

e ro

ads,

espe

cial

ly h

elpi

ng tr

ucks

get

in

and

out o

f the

airp

ort m

ore

effic

ient

ly.

I im

agin

e al

l of t

his w

ill

have

a v

ery

posi

tive

impa

ct o

n ai

r qua

lity

in th

e ar

ea.

Mon

te S

elle

rs (A

rling

ton

Sign

s & B

anne

rs)

p. V

II-18

1

D-3

5 M

oder

niza

tion

of O

’Har

e is

crit

ical

. T

he b

enef

its t

o th

e N

atio

n’s

mob

ility

in te

rms

of a

nnua

l red

uctio

ns in

del

ays

and

mor

e re

liabl

e al

l-wea

ther

ope

ratio

ns w

ill b

e en

orm

ous.

John

C. T

one

(Den

ver,

CO

)

p. V

II-3

D-3

6 I k

eep

hear

ing

abou

t the

reco

nfig

urat

ion

of th

e ru

nway

s bu

t the

ai

rspa

ce d

oes

not

expa

nd.

You

are

stil

l try

ing

to j

am f

ar t

oo

Nor

ene

Vac

ura

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

287

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

86

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

man

y pl

anes

in th

e sa

me

airs

pace

. D

-37

I w

ould

lik

e to

be

able

to

obta

in m

ore

back

grou

nd o

n th

e te

rmin

al a

rea

fore

cast

s, if

ther

e’s

a w

ay to

obt

ain

a br

eakd

own

or h

ow is

that

act

ually

form

ulat

ed.

Ty W

arne

r (W

ill C

ount

y Pl

anni

ng D

epar

tmen

t) p.

VI-1

10

D-3

8 EP

A b

elie

ves

that

FA

A s

houl

d ex

plai

n th

e di

ffere

nces

bet

wee

n re

gion

al f

orec

asts

ver

sus

airp

ort

spec

ific

(O’H

are

spec

ific)

fo

reca

sts.

How

reg

iona

l fo

reca

sts

are

assi

gned

to

indi

vidu

al

airp

orts

will

nee

d to

be

desc

ribed

in th

e EI

S. I

n pa

rticu

lar,

we

wou

ld l

ike

to s

ee a

n ex

plan

atio

n of

how

the

se T

AF

fore

cast

s im

pact

pre

dict

ed t

rave

l fo

r O

’Har

e ve

rsus

oth

er e

xist

ing

or

prop

osed

re

gion

al

airp

orts

, in

clud

ing

the

Sout

h Su

burb

an

Airp

ort (

SSA

).

Ken

neth

A.

Wes

tlake

(C

hief

, En

viro

nmen

tal

Plan

ning

an

d Ev

alua

tion

Bra

nch,

US

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pr

otec

tion

Age

ncy)

p.

VII-

267

E.

Air

Qua

lity

E-1

Con

cern

ed a

bout

the

impa

ct o

n th

e en

viro

nmen

t in

term

s of

all

the

fum

es a

nd p

artic

les

that

com

e do

wn

in th

e ai

r fro

m p

lane

s th

at fl

y m

any

time

dire

ctly

ove

r my

hous

e.

Ken

And

erso

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

30

E-2

We

are

conc

erne

d ab

out q

ualit

y of

life

, air

pollu

tion,

and

noi

se

pollu

tion.

M

ary

Ann

And

rew

s (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

71

E-3

Con

cern

ed a

bout

the

qua

lity

of a

ir if

addi

tiona

l 78

per

cent

in

crea

se in

flig

hts

are

hand

led

out o

f O’H

are.

Tha

t cer

tain

ly is

no

t con

duci

ve to

cle

an a

ir.

Mar

y A

nn A

ndre

ws (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-180

E-4

Airl

ines

sho

uld

be e

ncou

rage

d to

ret

ire o

lder

, di

rtier

, no

isie

r ai

rcra

ft.

A

ircra

ft m

anuf

actu

rers

sh

ould

be

en

cour

aged

to

ad

vanc

e no

ise

and

air

pollu

tion

redu

ctio

n an

d ad

vanc

e

Cha

rles S

. Bal

dacc

hino

(Par

k R

idge

)

p. V

II-12

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

87

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

elec

troni

cs fo

r mor

e sa

fety

, and

the

FAA

sho

uld

be e

ncou

rage

d to

rem

embe

r tha

t it w

orks

for t

he p

eopl

e no

t for

the

airli

nes.

E-5

We

don’

t nee

d an

y m

ore

pollu

tion,

noi

se o

r roa

d gr

idlo

ck.

M

ike

Bar

an (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

318

E-6

The

airp

ort

is a

cau

se o

f se

rious

pol

lutio

n an

d in

crea

sing

the

size

with

out

addr

essi

ng t

he f

low

of

traffi

c w

ill b

e a

serio

us

ram

ifica

tion.

W

hen

cong

estio

n oc

curs

, the

pol

lutio

n in

crea

ses

expo

nent

ially

. I

ncre

asin

g th

e si

ze o

f th

e ai

rpor

t w

ill o

nly

incr

ease

the

volu

me

of tr

affic

.

Rob

ert B

ense

n (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-27

8

E-7

I urg

e th

e FA

A to

stu

dy q

ualit

y of

life

issu

es li

ke a

ircra

ft no

ise

and

air q

ualit

y.

Kim

berly

A

. B

less

(P

resi

dent

, N

orth

wes

t &

Sc

haum

burg

Ass

ocia

tion

of C

omm

erce

and

Indu

stry

) p.

VII-

19

E-8

O’H

are

is t

he l

arge

st s

ourc

e of

air

and

nois

e po

llutio

n in

the

st

ate

of I

llino

is.

The

exp

ansi

on w

ill i

ncre

ase

air

and

nois

e po

llutio

n ov

er P

ark

Rid

ge b

y 25

00 p

erce

nt.

Jeffr

ey a

nd M

arga

ret B

lick

(Par

k R

idge

)

p. V

II-27

6

E-9

Con

cern

ed a

bout

the

impa

ct it

will

hav

e on

our

qua

lity

of li

fe,

our

prop

erty

val

ues,

the

nois

e, t

he p

ollu

tion,

the

inc

reas

ed

traffi

c, a

nd e

very

thin

g el

se t

hat

will

go

alon

g w

ith e

xpan

ding

th

e ai

rpor

t.

Kar

yn B

ock

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-275

E-10

Th

e co

ncen

tratio

n of

pol

lutio

n, n

oise

, tra

ffic

and

othe

r neg

ativ

e in

fluen

ces

on th

e su

rrou

ndin

g ar

eas

has

reac

hed

the

max

imum

le

vel o

f the

citi

zens

will

tole

rate

.

Gar

y B

ottje

(Ros

elle

)

p. V

II-18

3

E-11

C

once

rned

abo

ut p

ollu

tion.

Li

sa B

oulto

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

46

E-12

Th

e no

ise

and

fum

es a

re a

lread

y a

heal

th h

azar

d, a

nd in

crea

sing

th

e nu

mbe

r of

flig

hts

will

hav

e a

deva

stat

ing

impa

ct o

n ou

r co

mm

unity

.

Car

l Bra

uwei

ler (

Park

Rid

ge)

p.

VII-

43

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

88

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

E-13

W

hen

we

lived

in o

ur h

ome,

you

wou

ld g

o in

the

back

yard

and

yo

u w

ould

see

oil

slic

k ev

eryw

here

. FA

A p

aid

no a

ttent

ion.

I

calle

d re

gula

rly a

bout

the

nois

e im

pact

and

abo

ut th

e fa

ct th

at

the

fuel

sm

ells

wer

e so

im

poss

ible

at

times

in

our

back

yard

. (M

r. B

rauw

eile

r)

This

is

real

ly e

nviro

nmen

tal,

so y

ou m

ight

m

entio

n th

at t

he n

oise

and

fum

es a

re a

lread

y a

heal

th h

azar

d an

d in

crea

sing

the

num

ber

of f

light

s w

ill h

ave

a de

vast

atin

g ef

fect

.

Virg

inia

S. B

rauw

eile

r (Pa

rk R

idge

) p.

VI-1

62, 1

64

E-13

.1

The

plan

es f

ly n

orth

of

my

hom

e ev

ery

min

ute

and

a ha

lf,

com

ing

into

Chi

cago

. Th

ey le

ave

trails

of

pollu

tion

in th

e ai

r, fil

m o

n m

y w

indo

ws

and

only

sto

p un

til a

irflo

w c

hang

es a

nd

the

nois

y vi

brat

ing

depa

rture

s st

art

leav

ing

O’H

are

over

B

ense

nvill

e.

The

depa

rture

s fly

ver

y lo

w a

nd g

o di

rect

ly o

ver

my

roof

, ca

uses

m

y do

wns

tairs

w

indo

ws

to

vibr

ate

and

inte

rrup

t ph

one

conv

ersa

tions

, an

d yo

u ca

nnot

he

ar

the

tele

visi

on.

Val

erie

& L

awre

nce

Brix

y (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-14

E-13

.2

I gr

ew u

p in

Ben

senv

ille,

mar

ried

and

still

live

in B

ense

nvill

e,

at a

ge 5

0. I

rais

ed m

y fa

mily

her

e an

d th

ey h

ave

mov

ed a

way

fr

om th

e no

ise, a

nd p

ollu

tion,

whi

ch w

ill c

ontin

ue to

get

wor

se

with

the

expa

nsio

n.

Val

erie

and

Law

renc

e B

rixy

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

14

E-14

W

e kn

ow th

e ai

r qua

lity

is a

ffect

ed, t

here

is n

oise

pol

lutio

n an

d th

e pr

opos

ed e

xpan

sion

wou

ld fu

rther

affe

ct th

e qu

ality

of l

ife.

Hen

ry B

rona

rs (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-37

E-15

I’

m o

ppos

ed t

o th

e O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion

on t

he b

asis

of s

ever

al

reas

ons:

en

viro

nmen

tal

reas

ons,

air

pollu

tion,

an

d no

ise

pollu

tion.

Hen

ry B

rona

rs (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-197

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

89

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

E-16

Si

nce

O’H

are

is l

ocat

ed i

n th

e su

burb

s, it’

s th

e su

burb

s th

at

actu

ally

end

up

payi

ng t

he c

ost

of t

raffi

c, n

oise

, an

d ai

r po

llutio

n.

And

the

sub

urbs

sta

nd t

o lo

se l

ong-

term

rev

enue

ge

nera

ting

busi

ness

es, h

omes

, and

land

.

Tom

Cal

laha

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-

264,

p. V

II-

133

No

Nam

e 7

p. V

II-11

2 E-

17

Wha

t w

ill b

e th

e im

pact

whe

n th

is b

uffe

r ar

ea i

s de

stro

yed?

W

ill t

here

be

less

bea

uty,

mor

e po

llutio

n, l

ess

of a

rea

son

to

enjo

y lif

e?

I w

ill b

e th

e m

ost

affe

cted

by

pollu

tion

and

it’s

impa

ct o

n he

alth

, bot

h ph

ysic

al a

nd e

mot

iona

l.

Che

ryl C

hatro

op (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-59

E-18

Th

e Ill

inoi

s EP

A

is

very

in

tere

sted

in

th

e pr

ojec

ted

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

s fr

om

the

cons

truct

ion

and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

O’H

are

Mod

erni

zatio

n Pr

ogra

m.

Each

of

the

elem

ents

has

the

pote

ntia

l to

impa

ct la

nd, w

ater

s, an

d ai

r in

the

regi

on.

Ren

ee A

. C

ipria

no (

Dire

ctor

, Ill

inoi

s En

viro

nmen

tal

Prot

ectio

n A

genc

y)

p. V

II-20

3

E-19

W

e re

ques

t tha

t the

ana

lysi

s in

clud

e a

year

-by-

year

pro

ject

ion

and

brea

kdow

n of

con

stru

ctio

n an

d ai

rpor

t ope

ratio

ns e

mis

sion

s of

vol

atile

org

anic

com

poun

ds (

VO

C),

oxid

es o

f ni

troge

n (N

ox),

and

carb

on m

onox

ide

(CO

). T

he a

naly

sis

shou

ld, t

o th

e ex

tent

pos

sibl

e, b

reak

dow

n th

e so

urce

of

emis

sion

s be

twee

n ca

tego

ries

such

as

ai

rcra

ft,

airc

raft

serv

ice

equi

pmen

t, co

nstru

ctio

n eq

uipm

ent,

mot

or v

ehic

les,

coat

ings

, et

c.

In

addi

tion,

em

issi

ons

of

othe

r cr

iteria

po

lluta

nts

(par

ticul

ate

mat

ter,

sulfu

r di

oxid

e, n

itrog

en d

ioxi

de a

nd l

ead)

sho

uld

be

asse

ssed

and

qua

ntifi

ed.

Ren

ee A

. C

ipria

no (

Dire

ctor

, Ill

inoi

s En

viro

nmen

tal

Prot

ectio

n A

genc

y)

p. V

II-20

3

E-20

W

e re

ques

t an

ana

lysi

s of

new

and

mod

ified

int

erse

ctio

ns t

o as

sure

that

CO

con

cent

ratio

ns d

o no

t exc

eed

stan

dard

s. R

enee

A.

Cip

riano

(D

irect

or,

Illin

ois

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pr

otec

tion

Age

ncy)

p.

VII-

204

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

90

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

E-21

W

e re

ques

t th

at t

he s

tudy

inc

lude

an

anal

ysis

of

incr

ease

s in

ha

zard

ous

air p

ollu

tant

s fr

om c

onst

ruct

ion

and

impl

emen

tatio

n.

The

anal

ysis

sho

uld

also

bre

ak o

ut t

he e

mis

sion

sou

rces

by

cate

gory

suc

h as

airc

raft

oper

atio

ns,

cons

truct

ion

equi

pmen

t, an

d m

otor

veh

icle

s. W

e al

so r

eque

st i

nfor

mat

ion

on w

heth

er

and

how

the

use

of

alte

rnat

ive

fuel

s an

d en

gine

s w

ill b

e in

corp

orat

ed in

to th

e pr

ogra

m.

We

wou

ld a

lso

be in

tere

sted

in

your

pro

vidi

ng a

dis

cuss

ion

on t

he p

lann

ed u

sed

of a

ny

alte

rnat

ive

ener

gy

sour

ces,

such

as

so

lar

pow

er,

and

its

expe

cted

impa

ct o

n re

duci

ng e

mis

sion

s.

Ren

ee A

. C

ipria

no (

Dire

ctor

, Ill

inoi

s En

viro

nmen

tal

Prot

ectio

n A

genc

y)

p. V

II-20

4

E-22

Th

e D

raft

EIS

shou

ld d

iscu

ss h

ow a

sbes

tos-

cont

aini

ng m

ater

ial

wou

ld b

e ha

ndle

d. T

he s

tudy

sho

uld

also

est

imat

e th

e am

ount

an

d ty

pe o

f pa

rticu

late

mat

ter

that

cou

ld r

esul

t fr

om t

he

dem

oliti

on p

roce

ss a

nd i

nclu

de m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s sh

ould

co

ncen

tratio

ns a

ppro

ach

the

stan

dard

s.

Ren

ee A

. C

ipria

no (

Dire

ctor

, Ill

inoi

s En

viro

nmen

tal

Prot

ectio

n A

genc

y)

p. V

II-20

4

E-23

N

o on

e ha

s do

ne a

stu

dy o

n th

e ai

r po

llutio

n bu

t it i

s ap

pare

nt

we

also

are

vic

tims

of a

ir po

llutio

n. W

e ha

ve a

lso

expe

rienc

ed

drop

ping

s fro

m a

ircra

ft on

our

driv

eway

– p

ollu

tion.

June

M. C

irone

(Elm

hurs

t) p.

VII-

158,

159

E-24

I’

m c

once

rned

abo

ut t

he n

umbe

r of

pla

nes,

the

incr

ease

tha

t th

ey’r

e ta

lkin

g ab

out,

beca

use

of t

he p

ollu

tion

that

pla

nes

defin

itely

hav

e to

get

rid

of.

Eve

n th

ough

that

they

’re

quie

ter

and

safe

r, th

ere

is m

ore

dum

ping

of

fuel

or

wha

teve

r ot

her

emis

sion

s ar

e co

nsid

ered

. W

hen

we

was

h th

e ho

use,

you

can

se

e ho

w m

uch

fuel

com

es o

ff o

f it.

Nan

cy C

zarn

ik (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

33, 2

34

E-25

I

know

it

smel

ls w

orse

aro

und

my

hous

e w

hen

air

traffi

c is

he

avy.

R

ober

t Doh

erty

(Par

k R

idge

)

p. V

II-36

6 E-

26

We

need

to k

now

how

the

exha

ust f

rom

the

airc

raft

affe

cts u

s. A

ndre

w D

uffy

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-35

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

91

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

E-27

Pl

ease

take

car

e of

the

peop

le w

ho li

ve n

ear t

he a

irpor

t. W

e ar

e th

e on

es w

ho h

ave

to d

eal w

ith th

e no

ise

and

pollu

tion.

La

vini

a Eg

onito

(Des

Pla

ines

) p.

VII-

42

E-28

Th

ere

is a

nd a

lway

s ha

s be

en g

reat

pol

lutio

n fr

om p

lane

s. A

s O

’Har

e de

velo

ped

we

wer

e of

ten

spla

shed

with

oil

on o

ur

pers

ons

as w

e w

orke

d an

d pl

ayed

in

the

back

yard

. W

e no

w

have

bla

ck o

ily re

sidu

e on

our

win

dow

s, si

ding

, bird

bath

, dog

’s

wat

er b

owl

and

whi

te v

inyl

fen

ce s

urro

undi

ng t

he b

acky

ard.

Th

ere’

s a

stro

ng j

et f

uel

smel

l ha

ngin

g in

the

air

man

y m

orni

ngs.

Car

ol E

liner

t (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

II-18

0

E-29

R

esid

ents

wou

ld li

ke to

kno

w th

e ch

ange

in h

ydro

carb

ons

and

othe

r po

tent

ially

dan

gero

us f

umes

or

gase

s th

at m

ight

be

expe

lled

from

the

jet e

ngin

es.

Mic

hael

A.

Espo

sito

(V

illag

e Pr

esid

ent,

Vill

age

of

Ber

kele

y)

p. V

II-27

1 E-

30

The

prop

osed

cha

nges

sho

w r

unw

ays

9L-2

7R a

rriv

al a

nd 9

L-27

R d

epar

ture

as

wel

l as

Nor

th 9

-27

poin

ted

in s

uch

a w

ay to

in

crea

se th

e no

ise

and

pollu

tion

in m

y ar

ea.

John

Ew

ald

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-37

1

E-31

W

ashi

ng th

e w

indo

ws

of o

ur h

ome

was

a fr

ight

enin

g an

d ve

ry

enlig

hten

ing

expe

rienc

e.

The

sam

e fil

th th

at h

its a

nd s

ticks

to

our

win

dow

pane

s go

es i

nto,

and

sta

ys,

in o

ur l

ungs

. I

t es

peci

ally

impa

cts h

eavi

ly o

n th

e he

alth

of b

abie

s and

old

folk

s.

One

doe

s no

t ne

ed t

he h

elp

of a

tea

m o

f sc

ient

ists

and

ph

ysic

ians

to d

educ

e th

at th

e in

hala

tion

of h

arm

ful v

apor

s an

d ca

rcin

ogen

ic m

ater

ials

is

detri

men

tal

to o

ne’s

hea

lth.

Pur

ely

and

sim

ply,

mor

e ru

nway

s m

ean

mor

e fli

ghts

, and

mor

e fli

ghts

m

ean

mor

e ca

rcin

ogen

ic m

ater

ial i

n th

e lu

ngs

of a

ll th

ose

who

liv

e ne

ar O

’Har

e.

Mr.

& M

rs. P

atric

k J.

Ferr

eri (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-83

E-32

Si

nce

Sept

embe

r 11,

200

1, o

ur w

indo

ws

requ

ired

was

hing

onl

y tw

o tim

es.

The

cut-d

own

in fl

ight

s was

act

ually

refle

cted

in th

e cl

eanl

ines

s of o

ur w

indo

w p

anes

. W

e, o

f cou

rse,

do

not w

ant t

o

Mr.

& M

rs. P

atric

k J.

Ferr

eri (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-84

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

92

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

see

mor

e te

rror

ist a

ttack

s, ju

st so

that

we

may

enj

oy th

e he

alth

y en

viro

nmen

t tha

t les

s flig

hts w

ould

brin

g. W

e w

ould

like

to se

e le

ss f

light

s as

the

res

ult

of i

ntel

ligen

t co

nsid

erat

ion

of t

he

envi

ronm

ent –

and

of t

he q

ualit

y of

life

of a

ll co

ncer

ned.

E-

33

FAA

spo

kesm

an s

tate

d th

at a

ir po

llutio

n w

as d

ue to

hav

ing

too

muc

h co

nges

tion

on t

he g

roun

d; p

lane

s sp

ew i

neffi

cien

tly

burn

ed fu

el a

s the

y si

t and

wai

t for

take

-off

clea

ring.

How

long

w

ill i

t be

for

the

airl

ines

to

sche

dule

so

man

y fli

ghts

on

the

prop

osed

runw

ays t

o be

com

e si

mila

rly c

onge

sted

?

Mr.

& M

rs. P

atric

k J.

Ferr

eri (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-84

E-34

Po

llutio

n al

read

y to

o hi

gh.

Dum

ping

of

jet

fuel

is

alre

ady

a pr

oble

m.

Bar

b Fi

tzpa

trick

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

360

E-35

I

defin

itely

opp

osed

it f

or m

any

reas

ons.

Alre

ady

the

nois

e is

too

high

. N

oise

pol

lutio

n, a

ir po

llutio

n, d

umpi

ng o

f je

t fue

l is

alre

ady

horr

endo

us.

It’s

for

heal

th r

easo

ns a

nd s

afet

y re

ason

s w

e do

not

nee

d th

is e

xpan

sion

.

Bar

b Fi

tzpa

trick

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

05

E-36

U

nder

the

mod

erni

zatio

n pr

ogra

m, f

light

del

ays

will

be

redu

ced

by 9

5 pe

rcen

t in

bad

wea

ther

and

79

perc

ent o

vera

ll.

This

in

turn

will

redu

ce th

e nu

mbe

r of h

omes

in th

e 65

DN

L or

hig

her

area

by

34 p

erce

nt a

s w

ell a

s em

issi

ons

beca

use

airc

raft

won

’t ha

ve t

o sp

end

the

time

idlin

g at

the

gate

s an

d on

the

gro

und.

A

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal i

nitia

tives

in p

lace

at O

’Har

e ha

ve a

lread

y re

duce

d em

issi

ons b

y m

ore

than

a th

ird si

nce

1990

.

Her

bert

E. G

ardn

er (L

aGra

nge

Park

) p.

VI-1

23

E-37

Th

e ai

r po

llutio

n an

d no

ise

is s

o ba

d no

w th

at I

hat

e to

thin

k w

hat i

t wou

ld b

e lik

e if

the

airp

ort w

as e

xpan

ded.

Li

llian

Gar

dner

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

29

E-38

I a

m c

onfid

ent t

hat t

he F

AA

and

env

ironm

enta

l age

ncie

s, as

the

proj

ect

proc

eeds

, w

ill e

nsur

e th

at t

he P

rogr

am c

ompl

ies

with

sa

fety

stan

dard

s for

cle

an a

ir an

d w

ater

.

Pete

r R. G

ennu

so (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

142

E-39

C

ontin

uing

in

crea

ses

in

fligh

t op

erat

ions

ca

n on

ly

mea

n C

harle

s E. G

lom

ski (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

93

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

redu

ced

qual

ity o

f life

and

env

ironm

enta

l hea

lth d

ue to

airc

raft

exha

ust a

nd n

oise

. p.

VII-

86

E-40

Th

e po

llutio

n an

d tra

ffic

incr

ease

s w

on’t

be p

leas

ant

in t

his

area

. Pe

ggy

Hal

l (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

290

E-41

O

’Har

e is

the

larg

est s

ourc

e of

toxi

c em

issi

ons

and

haza

rdou

s ai

r po

lluta

nts

in th

e st

ate

of I

llino

is.

Ther

e is

not

a b

uffe

r fo

r th

ese

emis

sion

s.

Ken

and

Rut

h H

alle

r (Pa

rk R

idge

) p.

VII-

282

E-42

A

ddin

g ne

w tr

affic

to th

e al

read

y co

nges

ted

acce

ss r

oads

will

bu

rden

sur

roun

ding

com

mun

ities

with

incr

ease

d em

issi

ons

and

othe

r con

gest

ion

rela

ted

impa

cts.

Ric

hard

Har

nish

(Ex

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

, M

idw

est

Hig

h Sp

eed

Rai

l Coa

litio

n)

p. V

II-26

3 E-

43

Qua

lity

of a

ir. T

here

are

4 o

f us

in o

ur fa

mily

and

we

all h

ave

lung

rel

ated

pro

blem

s. W

ill o

ur h

ealth

dec

line

with

the

ex

pans

ion?

Kat

hy H

icks

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-36

2

E-44

O

ur c

ars

are

occa

sion

ally

cov

ered

in

oil.

Bre

athi

ng t

his

frig

hten

s us

. W

hat

if an

ythi

ng i

s th

e FA

A g

oing

to

do t

o im

prov

e or

mai

ntai

n ou

r air

qual

ity?

Kat

hy H

icks

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-36

2

E-45

H

ow w

ill a

ir an

d no

ise

pollu

tion

dire

ctly

attr

ibut

ed t

o ai

r pa

ssen

ger

trave

l be

furth

er e

xace

rbat

ed b

y a

dram

atic

incr

ease

in

the

num

ber o

f flig

hts i

n an

d ou

t of O

’Har

e?

Rob

ert

T.

How

ard

(Sup

erin

tend

ent,

Elk

Gro

ve

Tow

nshi

p Sc

hool

s)

p. V

II-76

E-

46

Wha

t m

ust

not

occu

r as

a

resu

lt of

m

oder

niza

tion

is

a w

orse

ning

of

nois

e co

nditi

ons

and/

or a

n in

crea

se i

n ch

emic

al

pollu

tion

as a

res

ult

of t

he m

oder

niza

tion

and

incr

ease

in

num

ber o

f flig

hts.

Rob

ert

T.

How

ard

(Sup

erin

tend

ent,

Elk

Gro

ve

Tow

nshi

p Sc

hool

s)

p. V

II-77

E-47

In

spec

tion

of t

ree

bran

ches

tha

t fa

ll du

ring

stor

ms

and

high

w

inds

, rev

eal t

he m

agni

tude

of t

he p

ollu

tion

in th

e at

mos

pher

e th

at la

nds

in P

ark

Rid

ge.

Insp

ectio

ns o

f tre

e br

anch

es th

at a

re

rem

oved

by

a pr

ofes

sion

al tr

ee tr

imm

er p

rovi

de m

ore

evid

ence

of

the

mag

nitu

de o

f pol

lutio

n th

at is

acc

umul

atin

g to

pro

duce

a

Mar

ion

P. H

unt,

P.E.

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

122

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

94

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

safe

ty h

azar

d to

the

peo

ple

who

inh

ale

the

pollu

ted

air.

The

so

urce

of c

arbo

n ca

n be

obs

erve

d as

it is

rele

ased

from

airc

raft

land

ing

at O

’Har

e. (

Subm

itted

tree

stem

s with

com

men

ts.)

E-48

W

e ju

st th

ink

with

add

ition

al a

ir tra

ffic,

we

have

to w

orry

abo

ut

mor

e po

llutio

n, w

e ha

ve to

wor

ry a

bout

mor

e no

ise p

ollu

tion.

Ju

st th

e qu

ality

of l

ife w

ill re

ally

be

bad.

Kei

th Je

nsen

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-306

E-49

O

ver

the

year

s, w

e’ve

put

up

with

an

incr

ease

d nu

mbe

r of

fli

ghts

, the

incr

ease

of n

oise

, and

the

incr

ease

of p

ollu

tion.

The

in

crea

se in

flig

hts

to 1

.6 m

illio

n ca

n on

ly m

ean

mor

e no

ise

and

mor

e po

llutio

n.

Patri

cia

John

son

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

02

E-50

A

rec

ent

artic

le i

n th

e D

aily

Her

ald

repo

rted

that

the

new

er

quie

ter

jet

engi

nes

caus

e m

ore

pollu

tion

that

the

olde

r je

ts.

I th

ink

that

is so

met

hing

that

real

ly n

eeds

to b

e lo

oked

into

.

Patri

cia

John

son

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

03

E-51

Th

e in

crea

se in

traf

fic w

ith w

este

rn a

cces

s, th

e po

ssib

ility

of

a rin

g ro

ad c

onne

ctio

n, w

ould

brin

g a

lot

mor

e tra

ffic

into

B

ense

nvill

e, c

ause

for

wid

enin

g of

Yor

k R

oad,

whi

ch w

ould

m

ean

even

mor

e po

llutio

n in

the

area

.

Patri

cia

John

son

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

03

E-52

Th

e ai

r qua

lity

impa

ct a

naly

sis

shou

ld in

clud

e a

full

anal

ysis

of

air

toxi

cs, i

nclu

ding

the

amou

nt a

nd id

entif

icat

ion

of a

ir to

xics

ge

nera

ted,

th

e he

alth

ef

fect

s of

th

ese

air

toxi

cs,

and

the

trans

port

and

disp

ersi

on

of

air

toxi

cs

and

resu

lting

co

ncen

tratio

n in

dow

nwin

d co

mm

uniti

es.

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is

(Cou

nsel

to

Su

burb

an

O’H

are

Com

mis

sion

) p.

VII-

199

E-55

I

have

not

iced

the

pol

lutio

n fr

om t

he a

irpla

nes.

My

car

is al

way

s di

rty w

ith a

stic

ky f

ilm.

The

tre

e le

aves

als

o ha

ve a

st

icky

film

on

it.

Nan

cy L

. Kla

us (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-72

E-56

I a

m c

once

rned

abo

ut th

e en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

cts.

I am

alre

ady

subj

ecte

d to

the

nois

e an

d po

llutio

n cr

eate

d by

a s

tead

y st

ream

of

airp

lane

s fly

ing

over

my

prop

erty

. In

crea

sing

the

num

ber o

f

Ann

Kuf

fel (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-17

3 Su

san

Kuf

fel (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

95

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

fligh

ts w

ill o

nly

crea

te h

ighe

r noi

se a

nd p

ollu

tion

leve

ls, w

ith a

ne

gativ

e im

pact

on

the

heal

th, s

afet

y, a

nd g

ener

al w

ell b

eing

of

area

resi

dent

s.

p. V

II-17

5

E-57

Th

is p

lan

is to

o co

mpl

ex a

nd it

wou

ld a

dd to

the

dela

ys r

athe

r th

an f

ixin

g th

e pr

oble

ms.

By

the

time

the

reco

nfig

urat

ion

is co

mpl

ete,

the

airp

ort

wou

ld n

ot s

atis

fy t

he n

umbe

r of

flig

hts

proj

ecte

d fo

r th

e ai

rpor

t an

d re

gion

. S

o w

hat

has

been

ac

com

plis

hed?

M

ore

nois

e, m

ore

pollu

tion

and

mor

e ris

k (s

afet

y is

sue)

.

Mar

ian

Kur

zeja

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

54

E-58

H

ow c

an m

ore

fligh

ts/c

apac

ity i

mpr

ove

our

qual

ity o

f lif

e?

Logi

c sa

ys t

hat

we

will

hav

e si

gnifi

cant

ly m

ore

nois

e, m

ore

pollu

tion

and

mor

e ris

k to

thos

e liv

ing

in c

lose

pro

xim

ity.

Wal

ter K

urze

ja (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-36

9

E-59

Th

e ex

pans

ion

is g

oing

to a

dver

sely

aff

ect m

y pe

ace

and

quie

t al

ong

with

my

prop

erty

val

ues.

Emer

son

Ladd

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-10

E-

60

Ther

e w

ill b

e su

bsta

ntia

l ele

ctric

ity s

ervi

ces

need

s at

the

new

O

’Har

e te

rmin

al,

whi

ch w

ill h

ave

exte

nded

hou

rs o

f us

e an

d va

st i

nter

ior

faci

litie

s. T

his

will

, in

tur

n, h

ave

seco

ndar

y im

pact

s on

air q

ualit

y, w

hich

mus

t be

disc

usse

d in

the

EIS.

The

m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s th

at

shou

ld

be

disc

usse

d in

th

e EI

S in

clud

e: g

oing

at l

east

30

perc

ent b

eyon

d th

e cu

rren

t ASH

RA

E 90

.1 s

tand

ard

for

all

wor

k do

ne;

setti

ng a

sim

ilar

spec

ific

light

ing

effic

ienc

y go

al a

nd c

riter

ia fo

r lig

htin

g; m

akin

g a

firm

co

mm

itmen

t to

all

LEED

che

cklis

t pe

rfor

man

ce i

tem

s fo

r te

rmin

al

six;

us

ing

com

bine

d he

at

and

pow

er;

usin

g ph

otov

olta

ic c

ells

; da

ylig

htin

g; u

sing

ene

rgy

star

app

lianc

es;

usin

g ce

ntra

l ene

rgy

man

agem

ent f

or e

ffici

ent c

oord

inat

ion

of

heat

ing,

lig

htin

g an

d co

olin

g; e

xam

inin

g H

VA

C e

ffici

ency

; co

nduc

tion

an e

nerg

y si

mul

atio

n m

odel

.

How

ard

Lear

ner

(Exe

cutiv

e D

irect

or,

Envi

ronm

enta

l La

w &

Pol

icy

Cen

ter)

p.

VII-

193,

194

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

96

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

E-61

Th

e im

pact

s on

su

rfac

e tra

nspo

rtatio

n,

parti

cula

rly

road

co

nges

tion

and

air

qual

ity, m

ust b

e fu

lly c

onsi

dere

d in

the

EIS

alon

g w

ith

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

incl

udin

g:

dire

ct

O’H

are

conn

ects

to

the

plan

ned

Mid

wes

t hi

gh s

peed

rai

l sy

stem

; N

orth

wes

t Cor

ridor

ext

ensi

on th

roug

h an

d be

yond

O’H

are,

as

bein

g st

udie

d by

the

Reg

iona

l Tr

ansp

orta

tion

Aut

horit

y; a

nd

incr

ease

pub

lic tr

ansi

t ser

vice

. O

ne e

lem

ent i

nclu

ded

in O

’Har

e M

oder

niza

tion

plan

s is

wes

tern

ac

cess

to

th

e ai

rpor

t.

Pres

umab

ly, t

he g

oal o

f th

is a

dditi

onal

acc

ess

to O

’Har

e is

to

redu

ce c

onge

stio

n at

the

exi

stin

g ea

ster

n ac

cess

to

the

airp

ort

and

on c

onne

ctin

g ro

ads.

Miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

shou

ld b

e in

clud

ed in

the

EIS

to r

educ

e an

y ad

vers

e im

pact

s of

wes

tern

ac

cess

.

How

ard

Lear

ner

(Exe

cutiv

e D

irect

or,

Envi

ronm

enta

l La

w &

Pol

icy

Cen

ter)

p.

VII-

194

E-62

O

ther

gro

und

trans

porta

tion

activ

ity w

ill i

ncre

ase

at O

’Har

e du

ring

mod

erni

zatio

n as

a r

esul

t of

inc

reas

ed c

apac

ity a

nd

utili

zatio

n.

This

inc

reas

ed g

roun

d tra

nspo

rtatio

n ac

tivity

will

ha

ve

air

qual

ity

and

ener

gy

supp

ly

impa

cts.

M

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s th

at s

houl

d be

ful

ly c

onsi

dere

d in

the

EIS

inc

lude

: co

nver

ting

rem

aind

er

of

exis

ting

GSE

fle

et

to

elec

trici

ty,

com

pres

sed

natu

ral

gas

or o

ther

alte

rnat

ive

fuel

s an

d w

hen

purc

hasi

ng

new

G

SE,

rest

rictin

g th

em

to

thos

e fu

els;

co

nsol

idat

ing

rem

aini

ng

shut

tle

oper

atio

ns;

esta

blis

hing

em

ploy

ee c

arpo

ols

and

vanp

ools

; pu

blic

izin

g an

d m

arke

ting

publ

ic t

rans

it av

aila

bilit

y m

ore

wid

ely;

con

verti

ng n

on-G

SE

vehi

cles

to p

ropa

ne a

nd n

atur

al g

as; o

peni

ng u

p th

e na

tura

l gas

fu

elin

g st

atio

n to

a b

road

er r

ange

of

vehi

cles

; co

nstru

ctin

g a

new

mul

ti-m

odal

fac

ility

nea

r Pa

rkin

g Lo

t F,

whi

ch w

ould

se

rve

an e

xten

ded

ATS

, Mid

wes

t hig

h-sp

eed

rail

train

s, C

TA,

How

ard

Lear

ner

(Exe

cutiv

e D

irect

or,

Envi

ronm

enta

l La

w &

Pol

icy

Cen

ter)

p.

VII-

195

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

97

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

Met

ra, P

AC

E bu

ses,

and

rent

al c

ar fa

cilit

ies.

E-63

H

uge

quan

titie

s of

con

stru

ctio

n m

ater

ials

will

be

used

in

the

mod

erni

zatio

n th

at c

ould

resu

lt in

hug

e am

ount

s of

sol

id w

aste

. Th

e ch

oice

of

build

ing

mat

eria

ls a

nd p

rodu

cts

need

ed f

or

build

ing

mai

nten

ance

can

als

o ha

ve a

dver

se a

ir qu

ality

impa

cts,

pred

omin

antly

fr

om

mat

eria

ls

that

em

it vo

latil

e or

gani

c co

mpo

unds

(V

OC

s).

The

se m

ust

be d

iscus

sed

in t

he E

IS.

Miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

that

sho

uld

be fu

lly c

onsi

dere

d in

the

EIS

incl

ude:

rec

yclin

g a

set

perc

enta

ge o

f co

nstru

ctio

n de

bris

by

wei

ght –

con

side

r 40-

50 p

erce

nt ra

nge

or g

reat

er; s

ettin

g a

goal

of

25

perc

ent o

f bui

ldin

g m

ater

ials

con

tain

ing

a m

inim

um o

f 20

perc

ent

post

-con

sum

er r

ecyc

led

cont

ent

or 4

0 pe

rcen

t po

st-in

dust

rial

recy

cled

co

nten

t; an

d sp

ecify

ing

conc

rete

w

ith

recy

cled

co

nten

t or

fly

as

h,

recy

cled

-con

tent

la

ndsc

ape

mat

eria

ls, c

eilin

g til

e, c

arpe

t, sh

eath

ing

and

gyps

um b

oard

with

re

cycl

ed c

onte

nt,

dura

ble

build

ing

mat

eria

ls,

adhe

sive

s an

d se

alan

ts t

hat

mee

t C

alifo

rnia

lim

its,

pain

ts a

nd c

oatin

gs t

hat

mee

t G

reen

Sea

l V

OC

lim

its,

carp

ets

that

com

ply

with

CR

I G

reen

Lab

el IA

Q T

est P

rogr

am, c

ompo

site

woo

d pr

oduc

ts w

ith

no a

dded

ure

a fo

rmal

dehy

de re

sins

, ind

ustri

al c

lean

ing

prod

ucts

an

d de

grea

sers

that

mee

t Gre

en S

eal V

OC

lim

its.

How

ard

Lear

ner

(Exe

cutiv

e D

irect

or,

Envi

ronm

enta

l La

w &

Pol

icy

Cen

ter)

p.

VII-

196

E-64

I u

rge

the

FAA

to e

xam

ine

the

impa

ct th

e Pr

ogra

m w

ill h

ave

on

airc

raft

nois

e le

vels

an

d ai

r qu

ality

in

th

e co

mm

uniti

es

surr

ound

ing

O’H

are.

Ea

rly s

tudi

es s

how

the

Pro

gram

will

al

low

O’H

are

to o

pera

te m

ore

effic

ient

ly a

nd p

oten

tially

hav

e a

posi

tive

impa

ct o

n ai

r qua

lity

and

airc

raft

noise

.

Shirl

anne

Le

mm

(P

resi

dent

, G

reat

er

O’H

are

Ass

ocia

tion)

p.

VII-

182

E-64

.1

Whe

n I w

as a

kid

and

I re

mem

ber t

he sm

ell f

rom

the

stoc

kyar

d,

how

it p

erm

eate

d th

e w

hole

sou

th s

ide

and

how

you

cou

ldn’

t C

harle

s Lou

ko (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

20

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

98

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

get a

way

fro

m th

at.

We

have

the

sam

e si

tuat

ion

here

with

air

pollu

tion

as w

e di

d w

ith th

e st

ocky

ards

. Th

e on

ly th

ing

is w

e ca

n’t s

ee it

. I j

ust t

hink

the

pollu

tion

– it’

s be

tter t

o be

kep

t in

chec

k.

E-65

M

ore

pollu

tion,

it w

ill b

e do

uble

. C

harle

s & A

lice

Louk

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

20

E-66

Th

ere

will

be

incr

ease

d po

llutio

n bo

th in

the

air,

nois

e, a

nd a

gr

eate

r im

pact

on

all t

he s

choo

l chi

ldre

n in

all

the

surr

ound

ing

com

mun

ities

.

Dor

rie M

adon

na (W

ood

Dal

e)

p. V

I-225

E-67

It

wou

ld in

crea

se th

e po

llutio

n an

d no

ise

that

cur

rent

ly e

xist

s to

an

eve

n w

orse

leve

l. D

r. R

alph

Mad

onna

(Woo

d D

ale)

p.

VI-3

18

E-68

I

wan

t th

e FA

A

to

look

se

rious

ly

at

the

amou

nt

of

trans

porta

tion

prob

lem

s, en

viro

nmen

tal

pollu

tion

that

’s g

oing

to

exi

st a

nd th

e no

ise

pollu

tion

that

cur

rent

ly e

xist

s.

Dr.

Ral

ph M

adon

na (W

ood

Dal

e)

p. V

I-319

E-68

.1

We

see

a lo

t of

can

cer

in E

lk G

rove

. I

have

to

won

der

how

m

uch

in c

ause

d by

the

pollu

ted

air w

e ar

e fo

rced

to b

reat

he.

Mrs

. Ter

esa

Mai

orie

llo (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

58

E-69

D

o EP

A p

ollu

tion

stan

dard

s ap

ply

to a

irpla

nes?

If

not

, w

hy

not?

St

an M

alin

owsk

i (Pa

rk R

idge

) p.

VII-

48

E-70

A

ir po

llutio

n, n

oise

and

traf

fic c

onge

stio

n w

ill a

ll in

crea

se.

Julie

Mal

on (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

315

E-71

C

once

rned

abo

ut t

he e

nviro

nmen

t, th

e fu

mes

fro

m t

he p

lane

s ex

pel

on m

y w

indo

ws.

The

oil

smea

rs a

nd t

hey

cann

ot b

e cl

eane

d. T

he p

atio

has

to b

e w

ashe

d at

leas

t thr

ee ti

mes

in th

e su

mm

er d

ue to

the

exha

ust a

nd o

il re

leas

ed fr

om th

e pl

anes

.

Sylv

ia M

atez

ak (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-62

E-72

I h

ave

been

put

ting

up w

ith th

e no

ise

and

dirt

gene

rate

d by

the

airp

lane

s, bu

t I a

m s

erio

usly

con

cern

ed a

bout

this

exp

ansi

on.

I am

aga

inst

this

exp

ansi

on, w

hich

will

cau

se m

ore

nois

e, m

ore

pollu

tion,

mor

e ta

xes,

and

a gr

eate

r da

nger

to r

esid

ents

in o

ur

Lilli

an M

ayer

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-66

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

99

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

subu

rb.

E-73

I

wor

k in

Sch

aum

burg

. Th

ere

is a

lway

s bl

ack

soot

on

my

car

from

exi

stin

g pl

anes

. Th

is w

ill g

et w

orse

. W

illia

m M

eitz

lor (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-10

9 E-

74

We

need

less

not

mor

e pl

anes

. W

e do

not

wan

t mor

e ai

r an

d no

ise

pollu

tion.

A

t tim

es w

e fin

d a

film

on

the

wat

er o

f ou

r bi

rdba

th a

nd d

og’s

bow

l. W

e ha

ve to

sto

p ta

lkin

g til

l a p

lane

fli

es o

ver a

nd w

e ha

ve lo

st 5

dog

s to

canc

er o

ver t

he la

st tw

enty

ye

ars.

Mr.

& M

rs. M

icha

els (

Ros

elle

) p.

VII-

13

E-75

A

irlin

es a

re c

ryin

g fo

r tax

paye

r’s

mon

ey to

bai

l the

m o

ut.

We

feel

we

are

bein

g fo

rced

to p

ay fo

r the

poi

son

that

is k

illin

g us

. M

r. &

Mrs

. Mic

hael

s (R

osel

le)

p. V

II-13

E-

76

The

pollu

tion

is te

rrib

le.

The

trees

are

act

ually

bla

ck fr

om s

oot

com

ing

from

pla

nes.

Emily

Mly

nars

ki (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-18

5 E-

77

Pollu

tion

- Will

the

EPA

real

ly d

o th

eir j

ob o

r will

they

look

the

othe

r way

afte

r the

y w

rite

a fe

w le

tters

? Te

d M

oneg

ato

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-5

E-78

Th

e bi

gges

t pr

oble

m i

s th

e je

t pl

ane

toxi

c ha

zard

em

issi

on

exha

ust,

and

whi

le it

won

’t bo

ther

the

adul

ts to

o m

uch,

the

kids

w

ill b

e ge

tting

can

cer.

And

the

y’re

tal

king

abo

ut d

oubl

e th

e nu

mbe

r of f

light

s – a

fast

er k

illin

g of

chi

ldre

n.

Bill

Mor

rison

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-1

59, 1

60

E-79

In

form

atio

n re

gard

ing

the

prop

osed

met

hodo

logy

and

mod

el to

be

util

ized

for

exa

min

ing

air

qual

ity s

houl

d be

mad

e av

aila

ble

for

revi

ew a

nd c

omm

ent

early

in

the

proc

ess.

A G

over

nor’

s C

ertif

icat

e re

late

d to

air

qual

ity i

s re

quire

d.

The

asse

ssm

ent

mus

t inc

lude

Nat

iona

l Am

bien

t Air

Qua

lity

Stan

dard

s, G

ener

al

Con

form

ity

revi

ew,

an

indi

rect

so

urce

re

view

, an

d a

Tran

spor

tatio

n C

onfo

rmity

rev

iew

. O

f sp

ecifi

c co

ncer

n ar

e C

O, N

ox, V

OC

s, an

d PM

10/

2.5.

A p

uff m

odel

shou

ld b

e us

ed.

Com

mun

ity r

ecep

tors

loc

atio

ns s

houl

d be

use

d, t

heir

loca

tion

iden

tifie

d,

and

the

info

rmat

ion

prov

ided

by

th

em

mad

e

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

221,

222

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

10

0

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

avai

labl

e to

the

publ

ic.

The

docu

men

ts m

ust p

ropo

se h

ow th

e ba

ckgr

ound

le

vels

of

N

O2,

C

O,

and

PM

10/2

.5

will

be

de

term

ined

. T

he a

ir qu

ality

dis

pers

ion

mod

el s

houl

d us

e th

e sa

me

met

eoro

logi

cal

inpu

t as

the

cap

acity

-del

ay m

odel

. T

he

mod

el p

redi

ctio

ns a

nd b

ackg

roun

d m

ust

be c

ompa

red

to t

he

NA

AQ

S fo

r NO

2, C

O, O

3, a

nd P

M 1

0/2.

5 an

d to

stat

e (I

llino

is an

d In

dian

a) a

ir qu

ality

sta

ndar

ds f

or t

hese

pol

luta

nts.

The

N

EPA

pro

cess

shou

ld b

e in

tegr

ated

and

con

duct

ed c

oncu

rren

tly

with

req

uire

men

ts o

f ot

her

envi

ronm

enta

l la

ws,

incl

udin

g th

e C

lean

Air

Act

. A

hea

lth s

tudy

rel

ated

to

emiss

ions

fro

m

O’H

are

on su

rrou

ndin

g re

side

nts a

nd c

omm

uniti

es.

E-80

Tr

ucks

sitt

ing

on th

e pe

riphe

ry o

f an

airp

ort w

ith th

eir

engi

nes

idlin

g w

aitin

g to

be

exam

ined

(pe

rimet

er s

ecur

ity)

is g

oing

to

have

an

impa

ct.

Sand

y M

urdo

ck (

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, E

lk G

rove

V

illag

e, a

nd th

e C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-9

6

E-81

O

ur p

lant

s an

d ve

geta

bles

hav

e st

oppe

d gr

owin

g be

caus

e of

the

pollu

tion

and

the

smel

l of

the

fum

es is

unb

eara

ble.

Ta

ke c

are

of th

e pe

ople

rega

rdin

g no

ise

and

pollu

tion.

Jose

phin

e N

aem

y (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

II-45

E-82

M

ajor

pol

lutio

n pr

oble

ms.

M. N

elso

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

368

E-83

I’

ve l

ived

und

er R

unw

ay 2

2 w

ith e

mis

sion

s dr

oppi

ng o

nto

auto

mob

iles i

n m

y dr

ivew

ay.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-124

E-

84

Why

do

we

have

to p

rove

the

exis

tenc

e of

the

pres

ent h

arm

ful

nois

e, t

oxic

air,

and

wat

er p

ollu

tion,

and

the

ir ef

fect

s on

our

liv

es a

nd o

ur c

hild

ren?

And

if w

e ca

nnot

pro

ve it

, we

have

no

mor

e re

cour

se b

ut to

end

ure

mor

e, tw

ice

as m

uch.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-128

E-85

I c

halle

nge

the

FAA

to v

isit

the

neig

hbor

hood

on

bad

days

and

ni

ghts

to d

o th

eir o

wn

inde

pend

ent s

tudy

with

mea

sure

men

ts o

f Pa

trici

a A

. Nel

son

(Des

Pla

ines

) p.

VI-1

28

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

10

1

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

the

nois

e an

d to

xic

fum

es, n

ot th

is 2

4-ho

ur d

ivid

e by

24

mes

s at

the

end

of th

e ru

nway

. E-

86

Nob

ody

mea

sure

s th

e no

ise

and

pollu

tion

from

the

jet r

un-u

ps

at n

ight

. I

’m s

uppo

sed

to s

leep

qui

etly

at

nigh

t an

d le

t th

e gr

ound

run

-up

pois

on m

y lu

ngs.

The

re i

s a

giga

ntic

gro

und

rum

blin

g an

d sh

akin

g.

It ha

s w

oken

me

up f

rom

sou

nd s

leep

an

d it

scar

es y

ou.

So h

ow d

o yo

u ge

t rea

listic

rea

ding

s on

the

nois

e de

cibe

ls? F

ind

a w

ay to

regi

ster

the

toxi

c fu

mes

at n

ight

fr

om th

e ru

n-up

.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-129

, 130

E-87

C

onco

mita

nt w

ith a

ll th

is, t

hey

wan

t to

enla

rge

all t

hese

roa

ds

and

tollb

ooth

s an

d gi

ve u

s au

to e

mis

sion

s to

bre

athe

, inc

reas

ed

auto

em

issi

ons.

The

rin

g ro

ads.

The

tollb

ooth

bac

k up

s. W

e ha

ve h

uge

back

ups

and

aut

o em

issi

ons.

If

we

wid

en a

rin

g ro

ad, w

e ar

e go

ing

to p

ut th

ousa

nds

and

thou

sand

mor

e pe

ople

rid

ing

alon

e in

the

ir ca

rs,

givi

ng u

s au

to e

mis

sion

s th

at a

re

ultim

atel

y go

ing

to la

nd in

our

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d an

d ou

r lun

gs a

nd

our b

odie

s.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-131

E-88

W

e liv

e in

Ben

senv

ille

two

bloc

ks a

way

fro

m Y

ork

Roa

d,

whi

ch th

e C

ity is

pro

posi

ng to

take

for

expa

nsio

n. W

e w

ill b

e ge

tting

all

the

pollu

tion

and

nois

e.

Ner

y (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-68

E-89

M

ore

fligh

ts, m

ore

noise

, pol

lutio

n, m

ore

asth

ma,

hyp

erte

nsio

n,

lung

car

cino

ma.

N

o N

ame

5 p.

VII-

316

E-90

N

o fr

esh

air,

clos

ed w

indo

ws.

Peo

ple

do n

ot w

ant t

his.

No

Nam

e 5

p. V

II-31

6 E-

91

The

late

st a

nnou

ncem

ent t

hat t

he p

ollu

tion

from

the

incr

ease

in

land

ing

and

take

off

s w

ould

n’t b

e as

muc

h as

in 1

999

is a

big

lie

. M

ore

plan

es, m

ore

pollu

tion.

No

Nam

e 3

p. V

II-35

4

E-92

I

feel

tha

t ou

r go

vern

men

t is

obl

igat

ed t

o st

udy

fully

the

Ja

ckie

O’C

onno

r (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

10

2

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

impa

cts

to r

esid

entia

l are

as w

hen

cons

ider

ing

such

sig

nific

ant

incr

ease

s in

pol

lutio

n du

e to

the

vol

umes

of

air

traffi

c an

d su

bseq

uent

out

linin

g so

urce

s of p

ollu

tion.

p. V

II-27

3

E-93

W

e’ll

be a

ffec

ted

by a

ll th

e no

ise

and

pollu

tion

from

the

ai

rcra

ft.

Mar

ina

C. O

raci

on (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-70

E-

94

The

qual

ity o

f lif

e fo

r C

hica

go a

nd s

urro

undi

ng a

reas

is

dete

riora

ting

beca

use

of t

he p

ollu

tion

from

the

pla

nes.

Our

ho

me

had

a gr

ay ro

of a

nd n

ow it

s tu

rnin

g bl

ack

and

that

is n

ot

from

the

cars

.

Emily

Osk

in (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

25

E-95

W

hen

we

mov

ed h

ere

our

roof

shi

ngle

s w

ere

light

gra

y, t

hey

are

now

dar

k gr

ay, p

ollu

tion,

pol

lutio

n, a

nd p

ollu

tion.

Jo

e O

skin

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-24

E-

95.1

M

r. A

rman

dis

cuss

ed th

at th

e im

pact

ed a

rea

will

shr

ink

over

all

in t

erm

s of

noi

se a

nd m

aybe

pol

lutio

n; b

ut w

e ar

e ve

ry

conc

erne

d th

at o

ur im

pact

ed a

rea

over

in D

uPag

e C

ount

y w

ill

incr

ease

by

abou

t 50

per

cent

wha

t it

is n

ow,

and

we

are

conc

erne

d w

ith p

ossi

ble

heal

th h

azar

ds,

air

pollu

tion,

and

we

are

conc

erne

d al

so w

ith t

he n

oise

im

pact

. I

t is

a v

ery,

ver

y cr

ucia

l is

sue

for

us,

and

we

expe

ct t

hat

the

EIS

will

do

a th

orou

gh a

naly

sis

on b

oth

of th

ose

item

s, bo

th th

e no

ise

and

the

pollu

tion,

the

air p

ollu

tion.

Nic

k Pa

ppas

(D

uPag

e C

ount

y D

epar

tmen

t of

D

evel

opm

ent a

nd E

nviro

nmen

tal C

once

rns)

p.

VI-1

08

E-96

Th

e en

viro

nmen

tal

impa

ct o

n ou

r co

mm

unity

nee

ds t

o be

ad

dres

sed

by th

e FA

A in

clud

ing

nois

e, a

ir po

llutio

n, a

nd tr

affic

im

pact

s fr

om th

e in

crea

se in

the

num

ber o

f flig

hts

and

phys

ical

ch

ange

s to

the

airp

ort c

onfig

urat

ion.

Gar

y an

d B

arba

ra P

arrin

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-35

6

E-97

C

once

rned

tha

t no

ise l

evel

and

air

qual

ity w

ill b

e in

tole

rabl

e.

Air

qual

ity is

sues

nee

d to

be

addr

esse

d no

t onl

y no

w b

ut in

to

the

futu

re.

John

Pas

sare

lli (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

310,

311

E-97

.1

Und

er t

he n

ew c

onfig

urat

ion,

fiv

e of

the

eig

ht r

unw

ays

will

N

orm

an J.

Pat

er (P

ark

Rid

ge)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

10

3

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

dire

ctly

im

pact

Par

k R

idge

, w

hich

will

lea

d to

a c

ontin

uous

le

vel o

f airc

raft

nois

e fo

r bo

th a

rriv

ing

and

depa

rting

airc

raft

– da

y an

d ni

ght.

Doe

s th

is m

ean

that

Par

k R

idge

can

loo

k fo

rwar

d to

get

ting

63

perc

ent

of O

’Har

e’s

air

and

nois

e po

llutio

n in

the

futu

re?

p. V

II-79

E-98

W

ith 5

/8th

s of

the

runw

ays

dire

ctly

impa

ctin

g Pa

rk R

idge

it is

ap

pare

nt t

hat

som

e pa

rt of

our

city

will

alw

ays

be s

ubje

ct t

o ni

ghtti

me

nois

e an

d ai

r pol

lutio

n.

Nor

man

J. P

ater

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

79

E-99

W

e ha

ve

been

im

pact

ed

by

nois

e,

pollu

tion,

an

d oi

l on

w

indo

ws,

poor

qua

lity

of li

fe w

hen

outd

oors

. A

rlene

Pet

ers (

Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

319

E-10

0 M

aybe

May

or D

aley

may

ben

efit,

or

poss

ibly

peo

ple

in t

he

gove

rnor

’s

offic

e,

but

I do

n’t

thin

k an

yone

w

ho

real

ly

expe

rienc

es

the

day-

to-d

ay

prob

lem

of

lis

teni

ng

to

nois

e,

havi

ng y

our w

indo

ws c

rack

ing,

and

oil

all o

ver a

nd n

ever

bei

ng

able

to c

lean

you

r win

dow

s or

any

par

t of y

our p

rope

rty, n

ever

be

ing

able

to g

o ou

tsid

e an

d si

t dow

n an

d en

joy

your

gar

den

or

your

flow

ers o

r any

thin

g be

caus

e of

ext

rem

e lo

ud n

oise

.

Arle

ne P

eter

s (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-276

E-10

0.1

Whe

n yo

u ut

ilize

the

dust

pro

cess

of

cons

truct

ion

activ

ity th

at

will

im

pact

run

off.

Tho

se a

re o

ther

are

as t

hat

need

to

be

cons

ider

ed.

Ric

k Pe

ttigi

ll (I

llino

is En

viro

nmen

tal

Prot

ectio

n A

genc

y, D

ivis

ion

of W

ater

Pol

lutio

n C

ontro

l) p.

VI-3

9, 4

0 E-

101

The

Chi

cago

regi

on is

in se

ver n

on-a

ttain

men

t for

ozo

ne, w

hich

pr

eclu

des t

he d

oubl

ing

of th

e po

llutin

g pl

anes

at O

’Har

e.

Dol

ores

C. P

ino

(Mor

ton

Gro

ve)

p. V

II-18

9 E-

102

Jet e

mis

sion

s con

tain

mas

sive

am

ount

s of c

arci

noge

ns.

Dol

ores

C. P

ino

(Mor

ton

Gro

ve)

p. V

II-18

9 E-

102.

1 M

y co

ncer

ns a

re th

e sa

me

conc

erns

as

you

will

hea

r fro

m m

ost

peop

le,

the

loss

of

re

venu

e by

de

stro

ying

ce

rtain

ar

eas

espe

cial

ly in

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e an

d B

ense

nvill

e, in

crea

sing

our

taxe

s bec

ause

of t

hat,

the

qual

ity o

f air,

etc

.

Joe

Ponk

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-3

08

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

10

4

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

E-10

3 M

y co

ncer

n is

that

the

expa

nsio

n w

ill c

reat

e m

ore

air a

nd n

oise

po

llutio

n. E

ven

with

the

use

of im

prov

ed a

ircra

ft en

gine

s. H

enry

Pra

ngl (

Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

38

E-10

4 I b

elie

ve th

e po

llutio

n le

vels

with

twic

e th

e fli

ghts

will

exc

eed

any

stan

dard

s of c

lean

air.

M

icha

el P

roco

pio

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

47

E-10

5 M

annh

eim

Roa

d’s

role

as

a st

rate

gic

arte

rial

mov

ing

loca

l O

’Har

e an

d re

gion

al t

raffi

c th

roug

h Fr

ankl

in P

ark.

Sp

ecifi

c is

sues

rel

ativ

e to

the

expa

nsio

n in

clud

e in

crea

se tr

affic

, tru

cks,

cars

and

bus

es,

resu

lting

in

incr

ease

d co

nges

tion,

noi

se/a

ir po

llutio

n an

d de

lay

to a

rea

and

regi

onal

mot

oris

ts.

Dan

iel P

ritch

ett (

Vill

age

Pres

iden

t, Fr

ankl

in P

ark)

p.

VI-3

63

E-10

6 To

exp

and

the

airp

ort,

thus

allo

win

g ev

en m

ore

fligh

ts to

take

of

f an

d la

nd c

ausi

ng m

ore

air

pollu

tion

does

not

mak

e an

y se

nse

to p

eopl

e w

ho w

ant t

o st

ay h

ealth

y. P

leas

e re

fer t

o Pa

rk

Rid

ge’s

repo

rt on

this

issu

e of

pol

lutio

n an

d he

alth

dan

ger.

Roy

& M

ary

Ann

Pro

venz

a

p. V

II-13

9

E-10

7 A

n ai

rpor

t else

whe

re w

ould

alle

viat

e fu

rther

air

pollu

tion

here

, w

hile

the

leve

l els

ewhe

re w

ould

not

be

as b

ig a

s O’H

are.

R

oy &

Mar

y A

nn P

rove

nza

p. V

II-13

9 E-

108

Turb

o-di

esel

en

gine

s on

al

l ai

rcra

ft sp

ill

out

trem

endo

us

amou

nts

of tu

rbin

e ga

ses,

whi

ch f

ill o

ur s

kies

. If

we

cont

inue

to

add

mor

e pl

anes

and

fill

our

ski

es w

ith a

dditi

onal

gas

es b

y th

e ye

ar 2

050

the

ozon

e la

yer

of th

e ea

rth w

ill b

e co

mpl

etel

y go

ne.

Tony

Pul

cian

i (B

ense

nvill

e) –

July

25,

200

2 p.

VII-

16

Tony

Pul

cian

i (B

ense

nvill

e) –

Aug

ust 2

2, 2

002

p. V

II-17

E-10

9 M

y bi

rdba

th in

my

yard

is c

oate

d w

ith a

red

colo

red

oily

mat

ter

that

bird

s rej

ect.

The

car

win

dshi

elds

hav

e a

blac

k oi

ly c

oatin

g.

Noi

se I

can

live

with

but

pol

lutio

n m

ust b

e re

cogn

ized

.

Tony

Pul

cian

i (B

ense

nvill

e) –

July

25,

200

2 p.

VII-

16

Tony

Pul

cian

i (B

ense

nvill

e) –

Aug

ust 2

2, 2

002

p. V

II-17

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

10

5

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

E-11

0 W

hat a

bout

the

air

qual

ity a

roun

d he

re?

Yes

I’m

aw

are

that

I

chos

e to

live

her

e bu

t I d

o no

t wan

t mys

elf

or m

y ch

ildre

n to

br

eath

in e

ven

mor

e je

t fue

l tha

n w

e al

read

y ar

e an

d if

ther

e is

an

incr

ease

in fl

ight

s tha

t’s ju

st w

hat i

s goi

ng to

hap

pen.

Cla

udin

e Q

ueve

do

p. V

II-18

4

E-11

1 I’

m a

gain

st th

e ex

pans

ion

for n

oise

pol

lutio

n, a

ir po

llutio

n, a

nd

the

fact

it’s

goi

ng to

take

tax

dolla

rs a

way

fro

m m

y to

wn

and

rais

e th

e ta

xes

so h

igh

to w

here

nob

ody

is g

oing

to li

ve th

ere.

W

ho’s

goi

ng t

o pa

y th

e ex

cess

tax

es f

rom

the

bus

ines

s w

e’re

go

ing

to lo

se?

Gre

g Q

ueve

do (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-1

70

E-11

2 A

s fa

r as

air

pollu

tion

goes

, I’

m n

ot t

oo t

hrill

ed a

bout

the

pl

anes

goi

ng o

ver m

y ho

use

like

ever

y fiv

e m

inut

es.

In o

rder

to

hear

the

TV

or

radi

o, w

e ha

ve t

o ha

ve i

t al

l th

e w

ay u

p.

If

we’

re ta

lkin

g on

the

phon

e, w

e ha

ve to

sto

p ev

ery

time

a pl

ane

goes

ove

r. A

nd if

they

rec

onfig

ure

the

runw

ays,

its’

goin

g to

ge

t wor

se.

Gre

g Q

ueve

do (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-1

71

E-11

3 H

ow w

ill th

is in

crea

se ta

xes

due

to le

ss in

dustr

ial?

I

know

it

will

bec

ome

loud

er d

irtie

r and

mor

e ex

pens

ive

for m

e.

Lesl

ie M

. Que

vedo

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-13

7 E-

114

The

real

con

cern

s ar

e th

ose

of n

oise

and

pol

lute

d ai

r du

e to

fu

el,

etc.

O

n an

y gi

ven

day

I ha

ve c

ount

ed o

n av

erag

e 50

(c

lose

ove

r hea

d) b

etw

een

6:00

-10:

00 a

nd 1

900-

2200

.

Lesl

ie M

. Que

vedo

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-13

6

E-11

5 El

k G

rove

is

goin

g to

be

affe

cted

by

nois

e po

llutio

n, a

ir po

llutio

n, a

nd c

onge

stio

n, b

ut B

ense

nvill

e is

goi

ng to

lose

600

ho

mes

and

doz

ens o

f bus

ines

ses.

Har

old

Ree

d (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

81

E-11

6 C

once

rned

abo

ut e

mis

sion

s fro

m th

e co

nstru

ctio

n an

d op

erat

ion

of t

he f

utur

e ai

rpor

t, in

clud

ing

oxid

es a

nd c

arbo

n m

onox

ide,

ot

her p

ollu

tant

s tha

t we

get f

rom

the

airc

raft,

from

the

road

way

, fr

om c

onst

ruct

ion,

and

the

tim

efra

me

so w

e kn

ow w

hat’s

Mik

e R

oger

s (I

llino

is En

viro

nmen

tal

Prot

ectio

n A

genc

y, A

ir Q

ualit

y Pl

anni

ng)

p. V

I-38

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

10

6

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

happ

enin

g in

201

0, 2

015,

on

out i

nto

the

futu

re.

E-11

7 Th

ose

with

who

m I

live

in th

e af

fect

ed a

rea

are

muc

h yo

unge

r th

an m

y ag

e of

65

and

are

mos

t con

cern

ed a

bout

air

pollu

tion,

no

ise

pollu

tion,

he

alth

, pr

oper

ty

valu

es,

dese

crat

ion

of

ance

stor’

s ce

met

erie

s, re

loca

tion,

lo

ss

of

inco

me,

an

d ps

ycho

logi

cal

dam

age.

It

is t

hese

peo

ple

abou

t w

hom

I a

m

conc

erne

d an

d w

illin

g to

figh

t, ei

ther

to m

aint

ain

the

stat

us q

uo

or p

reve

nt a

ny e

xpan

sion

.

Leon

ard

Rog

us (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-60

E-11

8 Th

e ba

sis

for m

y op

posi

tion

is c

reat

ing

mor

e po

llutio

n, b

oth

in

the

air a

nd o

n th

e gr

ound

, whi

ch w

ill a

ffect

the

ozon

e la

yer,

and

this

in tu

rn je

opar

dize

s the

hea

lth o

f the

you

nger

gen

erat

ion.

Leon

ard

Rog

us (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-61

E-11

9 R

ight

now

the

ozon

e la

yer o

f the

wor

ld is

not

in g

ood

shap

e an

d w

e ha

ve f

ound

that

the

ozon

e is

bei

ng v

ery

muc

h af

fect

ed b

y th

e po

llutio

n he

re in

the

O’H

are

area

.

Leon

ard

Rog

us (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-298

E-12

0 Th

e ai

rline

s an

d th

e C

hica

go D

epar

tmen

t of

Avi

atio

n ha

ve

alre

ady

mad

e tre

men

dous

stri

des

in a

ddre

ssin

g ai

rcra

ft no

ise

and

air

emis

sion

s at

the

airp

ort.

Mod

erni

zing

O’H

are

will

in

crea

se e

ffici

ency

, whi

ch c

an h

elp

redu

ce e

mis

sion

s fur

ther

.

Ger

ald

J. R

oper

(P

resi

dent

and

C

EO,

Chi

cago

land

C

ham

ber o

f Com

mer

ce)

p. V

II-44

E-12

1 Th

is a

rea

is a

lread

y co

nges

ted

and

pollu

ted

enou

gh.

I a

m

parti

cula

rly c

once

rned

abo

ut th

e ai

r qu

ality

. I

don’

t wan

t my

daug

hter

bre

athi

ng in

the

pollu

tion.

Shel

ia R

udde

n-Sh

oney

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-49

E-12

2 W

e st

rong

ly d

isag

ree

with

mis

lead

ing

stat

emen

ts th

at c

ontin

ue

to im

ply

that

O’H

are

is a

min

or p

laye

r in

the

pollu

tion

of o

ur

envi

ronm

ent o

r th

at s

uch

envi

ronm

enta

l des

truct

ion

shou

ld b

e ac

cept

ed

by

the

citiz

enry

as

an

ac

cept

able

co

st

for

the

asso

ciat

ed e

mpl

oym

ent b

enef

its a

nd tr

avel

er c

onve

nien

ces.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

237

E-12

3 Su

bsta

ntia

l ai

r qu

ality

deg

rada

tion

in t

he e

ntire

sur

roun

ding

ar

ea, i

nclu

ding

crit

eria

, HA

Ps a

nd o

zone

. Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

10

7

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

p. V

II-23

8 E-

124

Bec

ause

the

Chi

cago

land

are

a ha

s be

en id

entif

ied

as o

ne o

f the

m

ost

pollu

ted

urba

n ar

eas

in t

he U

nite

d St

ates

, w

e ar

e ve

ry

conc

erne

d ab

out

wha

t th

e O

MP

and

rela

ted

proj

ects

an

d on

goin

g im

prov

emen

ts w

ill a

dd to

this

ver

y re

al a

nd s

erio

usly

ne

gativ

e pa

rt of

mod

ern

life

in th

e ar

ea.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

239

E-12

5 A

ReC

O d

oes

expe

ct t

hat

the

EIS

will

act

ually

ana

lyze

the

am

ount

s of

all

know

haz

ardo

us e

mis

sion

s th

row

n in

to t

he

envi

ronm

ent,

both

fr

om

exis

ting

and

proj

ecte

d O

MP

oper

atio

ns, a

nd in

clud

e pr

obab

le h

ealth

impa

ct s

tate

men

ts a

nd

info

rmat

ion,

such

that

the

USE

PA, e

nviro

nmen

tal o

rgan

izat

ions

su

ch a

s A

ReC

O a

nd th

e ci

tizen

ry to

use

for

judg

ing

the

heal

th

acce

ptab

ility

(or n

ot) o

f the

se e

mis

sion

s an

d th

e pr

opos

ed O

MP

conc

ept.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

240

E-12

6 A

ReC

O e

xpec

ts th

at a

ll of

the

asso

ciat

ed e

mis

sion

sou

rces

will

be

incl

uded

in th

e EI

S an

alys

is, n

ot ju

st s

elec

ted

ones

. It

is a

gi

ven

that

qua

ntita

tive

anal

yses

sho

uld

be d

one

for t

he e

xist

ing

crite

ria

emis

sion

s of

ca

rbon

m

onox

ide,

oz

one,

PM

10,

NO

x/N

O2,

SO

2, a

nd l

ead,

as

wel

l as

, tra

ditio

nally

, V

OC

’s.

Add

ition

ally

, ana

lysi

s of P

M2.

5 em

issi

on sh

ould

be

done

.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

240

E-12

7 Em

issi

ons

mus

t in

clud

e bo

th g

roun

d-ba

sed

sour

ces

asso

ciat

ed

with

the

airp

ort

oper

atio

ns a

nd a

irbor

ne a

ircra

ft em

issi

ons

with

in t

he m

ixin

g zo

ne (

0-10

00 m

eter

s).

Gro

und-

base

d m

ust

incl

ude

all a

ssoc

iate

d pa

ssen

ger

and

pass

enge

r su

ppor

t rel

ated

au

tom

obile

and

tru

ck v

ehic

ular

tra

ffic

both

on

and

off

the

airp

ort p

rope

rty.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

241

E-12

8 C

argo

ope

ratio

ns a

re a

sig

nific

ant p

art o

f airp

ort o

pera

tions

and

ai

rline

bus

ines

s re

venu

es a

nd a

re e

xpec

ted

to g

row

at

rate

s Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

10

8

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

surp

assi

ng th

ose

of p

asse

nger

traf

fic.

The

emis

sion

s fr

om a

ll ca

rgo

oper

atio

ns lo

cate

d on

the

airp

ort p

rope

rty, a

long

with

all

carg

o tru

ckin

g op

erat

ions

to

/from

the

se

faci

litie

s m

ust

be

incl

uded

in th

e EI

S.

p. V

II-24

1

E-12

9 Em

issi

ons

from

all

othe

r fa

cilit

ies

loca

ted

on t

he e

xist

ing

or

prop

osed

airp

ort p

rope

rty m

ust b

e in

clud

ed in

the

anal

ysis

, as

wel

l as a

irpor

t and

airc

raft

rela

ted

oper

atio

ns o

ffsite

.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

241

E-13

0 D

efin

e th

e to

tal p

oten

tially

aff

ecte

d en

viro

nmen

t, bo

th n

atur

al

and

man

-mad

e. I

dent

ify th

e ba

selin

es o

f all

air,

wat

er, g

roun

d an

d no

ise

pollu

tion

to th

ese

envi

ronm

ents

now

gen

erat

ed b

y al

l O

’Har

e an

d re

late

d op

erat

ions

, bot

h on

and

off

airp

ort g

roun

ds.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

242

E-13

1 In

vent

ory

all

crite

ria,

toxi

c an

d ha

zard

ous

pollu

tant

s em

itted

di

rect

ly

or

form

ed

seco

ndar

ily

by

O’H

are

and

airc

raft

oper

atio

ns.

Ide

ntify

the

pot

entia

l po

lluta

nt i

mpa

cted

are

as.

Det

ail

by

zip

code

nu

mbe

r an

d as

soci

ated

na

me

or

city

id

entif

ier.

Ide

ntify

pop

ulat

ion

and

deta

il by

cat

egor

ies

of

child

ren,

adu

lt, a

nd se

nior

s.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

246

E-13

2 W

hat

is t

he a

vera

ge a

mou

nt o

f fu

el s

pent

by

an a

ircra

ft in

la

ndin

g an

d ta

keof

f m

odes

whi

le w

ithin

the

mix

ing

zone

of

1000

met

ers

heig

ht, i

n cl

imbo

ut m

ode

and

in ta

xiin

g an

d id

le

mod

es?

Wha

t ar

e th

e an

ticip

ated

cha

nge(

s)?

Wha

t ar

e th

ey

year

ly

aver

age

amou

nts

(pou

nds)

of

ai

rcra

ft ai

r em

issi

on

crea

ted

(gen

erat

ed),

by e

mis

sion

type

, for

eac

h m

ode?

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

246

E-13

3 To

wha

t de

gree

doe

s us

e of

rev

erse

thr

uste

rs o

n la

ndin

g an

d ba

nkin

g on

take

off h

ave

on fu

el u

sage

s and

em

issi

ons?

Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e)

p. V

II-24

7 E-

134

Qua

ntify

all

crite

ria,

toxi

c an

d ha

zard

ous

emis

sion

s fr

om a

ll re

leva

nt s

ourc

es, i

nclu

ding

airc

raft

stat

iona

ry f

acili

ties,

grou

nd

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

10

9

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

traffi

c, c

argo

ope

ratio

ns, e

tc. b

oth

on a

nd o

ff ai

rpor

t gro

unds

? p.

VII

-247

E-

135

List

all

date

s and

am

ount

s of f

uel d

umpe

d in

the

atm

osph

ere

for

the

last

fiv

e ye

ars?

W

hat

are

the

effe

cts?

Id

entif

y al

l an

d qu

antif

y al

l th

e am

ount

s of

dec

ompo

sing

glyc

ols,

fuel

s, et

c.

(aer

osol

). W

hat a

re th

e ef

fect

s?

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

247

E-13

6 A

ddre

ss d

ecom

posi

ng a

nd s

yner

gist

ic,

atm

osph

eric

and

sol

ar

effe

cts

of a

ll cr

iteria

, ha

zard

ous

and

toxi

c co

mpo

unds

on

the

envi

ronm

ent

(bot

h bu

ilt a

nd n

atur

al),

and

hum

an a

nd a

nim

al

heal

th.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

247

E-13

7 W

hat a

re th

e am

ount

s and

effe

cts o

f ozo

ne p

ollu

tion?

Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e)

p. V

II-24

7 E-

138

Dis

cuss

the

mec

hani

sms

of P

M f

orm

atio

ns.

Wha

t ar

e th

e ef

fect

s?

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

247

E-13

9 O

’Har

e m

eets

the

def

initi

on o

f m

ajor

sta

tiona

ry s

ourc

e an

d a

com

plex

sour

ce a

nd m

ust b

e so

trea

ted

in th

is E

IS.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

248

E-14

0 A

ir qu

ality

si

mul

atio

n sh

ould

be

ba

sed

on

best

-kno

wn

info

rmat

ion

and

valid

ated

sim

ulat

or/m

odel

s, an

d pe

rfor

med

by

qual

ified

sci

entis

t. E

DM

S is

not

acc

epte

d w

orld

wid

e an

d th

at

othe

r si

mul

ator

s, su

ch a

s A

DM

S in

Eur

ope,

cla

im i

mpr

oved

at

tribu

tes

and

accu

racy

in v

aryi

ng e

nviro

nmen

ts.

Furth

erm

ore,

th

e FA

A’s

ED

MS

appe

ars

to h

ave

limite

d va

lidat

ion

test

ing

at

this

tim

e.

AR

eCO

is

conc

erne

d th

at p

ollu

tant

dis

pers

ion

mod

elin

g ha

s hi

stor

ical

ly n

ot e

xten

ded

to b

eyon

d ab

out

30

mile

s ra

dius

fr

om

the

sour

ce.

Th

e EI

S sh

ould

in

clud

e re

fere

nces

(tha

t are

acc

essi

ble)

to a

ll re

leva

nt v

alid

atio

n st

udie

s

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

249

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

11

0

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

for

EDM

S or

any

oth

er s

imul

ator

s/m

odel

s em

ploy

ed i

n EI

S an

alys

es.

E-14

1 Si

mul

ate

base

line

scen

ario

s, an

d O

MP

scen

ario

s.

Dra

w

conc

lusi

ons

rela

tive

to a

ccep

tabi

lity

(or

not)

of t

he r

esul

ting

pollu

tion

conc

entra

tions

.

For

this

EI

S,

it w

ould

se

em

reas

onab

le to

est

ablis

h ba

ckgr

ound

tren

ds, b

ased

on

the

last

5

year

s of

mea

sure

d da

ta (

from

are

a m

onito

rs),

to p

roje

ct t

he

futu

re.

AR

eCO

enc

oura

ges

use

of a

ir qu

ality

mon

itors

dat

a fo

r pr

edic

tion

valid

atio

n.

AR

eCO

ask

s th

at a

ll si

mul

ator

out

put

resu

lts b

e sp

ecifi

ed to

a 9

5 pe

rcen

t con

fiden

ce le

vel o

r be

tter.

Th

e ke

y pa

ram

etric

ass

umpt

ions

and

lim

itatio

ns b

uilt

in to

the

mod

els

of

any

sim

ulat

or

used

fo

r pr

edic

tions

sh

ould

be

su

mm

ariz

ed

in

the

EIS.

A

com

plet

e de

scrip

tion

of

the

fund

amen

tal a

lgor

ithm

s an

d as

sum

ptio

ns e

ncas

ed in

any

mod

el

used

for

dis

pers

ion

anal

ysis

is

requ

ired,

in

orde

r to

jud

ge t

he

effe

ctiv

enes

s of t

he m

odel

to it

s app

licat

ion.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

250-

252

E-14

2 Th

e “b

lack

goo

” is

mos

t lik

ely

depo

sitio

n of

par

ticul

ate

mat

ter

of s

ome

kind

. Si

mul

ate

and

pred

ict t

he c

once

ntra

tions

of “

goo”

de

posi

tion

on s

truct

ure

and

folia

ge s

urfa

ces

acro

ss th

e ar

ea o

f an

alys

is,

usin

g w

hate

ver

met

eoro

logi

cal

para

met

ers

are

nece

ssar

y.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

252

E-14

3 A

ircra

ft ar

e a

maj

or f

acto

r in

clim

ate

war

min

g.

Iden

tify

the

atm

osph

eric

effe

cts.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

254

E-14

4 Li

st a

nd q

uant

ify a

ll th

e ef

fect

s of f

uel s

pills

. Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e)

p. V

II-25

5 E-

145

Airp

orts

ran

k am

ong

the

top

ten

indu

stria

l em

issi

ons

sour

ces,

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

11

1

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

and

yet

they

are

virt

ually

unr

egul

ated

. W

e ar

e ex

trem

ely

conc

erne

d ab

out

the

serio

us h

ealth

env

ironm

ent,

nois

e an

d ot

her

qual

ity

of

life

prob

lem

s th

at

are

rela

ted

to

air

trans

porta

tion.

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

43, p

. VII-

89

E-14

6 A

long

with

the

noi

se,

O’H

are

airc

raft

oper

atio

ns p

rodu

ce

mas

sive

and

unu

sual

typ

es o

f ai

r, w

ater

, no

ise

and

grou

nd

pollu

tion,

all

of w

hich

are

hea

lth h

azar

dous

and

pot

entia

lly

dead

ly.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

44, p

. VII-

89

E-14

7 Th

e im

plic

atio

n th

at l

engt

heni

ng r

unw

ays

is b

eing

don

e to

ac

com

mod

ate

the

new

, sup

er h

uge

Air

Bus

380

. W

e ex

pect

the

FAA

to

fully

eva

luat

e th

e en

viro

nmen

t, en

viro

nmen

tal

safe

ty,

nois

e, a

nd p

ollu

tion

aspe

cts

of o

pera

ting

such

beh

emot

hs o

ver

our h

eads

of t

he lo

cal r

esid

ents

.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

46, p

. VII-

90

E-14

8 W

e ar

e in

fav

or o

f co

mpu

ter

sim

ulat

ions

of

envi

ronm

enta

l po

llutio

n ef

fect

as t

hat i

s the

onl

y w

ay to

pre

dict

futu

re n

egat

ive

impa

cts

on

the

envi

ronm

ent.

FA

A

will

cl

aim

th

at

thei

r Em

issi

ons D

ispe

rsio

n M

odel

ing

Syst

em o

r ED

MS

corr

ectly

and

ac

cura

tely

cha

ract

eriz

es re

sulti

ng p

ollu

tant

con

cent

ratio

ns.

We

belie

ve t

his

is n

ot t

o be

the

cas

e.

We

expe

ct t

he F

AA

to

atte

mpt

to

disa

ssoc

iate

all

airc

raft

not

on t

he g

roun

d fr

om

airp

ort

pollu

tion

emis

sion

s an

d to

cla

im t

hat

such

airc

raft

are

mob

ile

in

natu

re

and

that

EP

A

has

not

set

pollu

tion

requ

irem

ents

for

suc

h m

obile

em

issi

ons.

We

hope

tha

t th

e FA

A w

ill f

or o

nce

addr

ess

this

hor

rible

pol

lutio

n im

pact

in

a co

nsol

idat

ed a

nd h

ones

t man

ner.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

47, 1

48, p

. VII-

90

E-14

9 O

’Har

e’s

airc

raft

alon

e em

it m

ore

vola

tile

orga

nic

com

poun

ds

than

all

of t

he 7

0 Ill

inoi

s el

ectri

cal

pow

er p

lant

s co

mbi

ned.

C

arbo

n m

onox

ide

emis

sion

s ar

e as

hig

h as

60

perc

ent o

f all

of

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

48, p

. VII-

91

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

11

2

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

the

amou

nts

from

the

se p

lant

s. T

he s

ever

e im

pact

whe

n co

mbi

ned

with

O’H

are

grou

nd o

pera

tion

mor

e th

an d

oubl

es th

e ex

traor

dina

ry m

assi

ve a

mou

nt o

f pol

lutio

n.

E-15

0 C

onst

ruct

ing

new

runw

ays o

r rec

onfig

urin

g th

e ex

istin

g O

’Har

e w

ill s

igni

fican

tly h

arm

com

mun

ities

inc

ludi

ng n

eigh

borh

oods

, sc

hool

s, bu

sine

sses

and

hom

es b

ecau

se o

f th

e ai

rpor

t an

d ai

rcra

fts’

extra

ordi

nary

am

ount

s an

d ty

pes

of n

oise

, w

ater

, gr

ound

pol

lutio

n an

d to

xic

air

pollu

tion,

pro

perty

tak

ings

, tax

ba

se lo

sses

and

oth

er q

ualit

y of

life

issu

es.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

49, p

. VII-

91

E-15

1 Th

e sm

ell o

f av

iatio

n fu

el o

ften

hang

s in

the

air

now

. It

can

only

get

wor

se w

ith a

dditi

onal

flig

hts.

Susa

n L.

Sch

ell

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-67

E-

152

The

EIS

mus

t con

duct

a th

orou

gh e

valu

atio

n of

the

pote

ntia

l air

pollu

tion

rela

ted

heal

th

risks

th

at

mig

ht

resu

lt fr

om

the

incr

ease

d nu

mbe

r of f

light

s and

the

reco

nfig

ured

runw

ays.

Rob

ert J

. Sch

iller

stro

m (D

uPag

e C

ount

y En

viro

nmen

tal

Com

mitt

ee, D

evel

opm

ent &

Env

ironm

enta

l Con

cern

s)

p. V

II-23

2 E-

153

The

EIS

mus

t ad

dres

s th

e is

sue

of e

nviro

nmen

tal

impa

cts

resu

lting

from

the

cons

truct

ion-

gene

rate

d tra

ffic

cong

estio

n, a

ir po

llutio

n an

d no

ise

on th

e su

rrou

ndin

g co

mm

uniti

es.

Rob

ert J

. Sch

iller

stro

m (D

uPag

e C

ount

y En

viro

nmen

tal

Com

mitt

ee, D

evel

opm

ent &

Env

ironm

enta

l Con

cern

s)

p. V

II-23

4 E-

154

The

end

of th

is ru

nway

will

be

less

than

two

mile

s di

rect

ly e

ast

of F

ento

n H

igh

Scho

ol.

Reg

ardl

ess

of a

ny s

ound

proo

fings

that

m

ay b

ring

relie

f w

hile

ind

oors

, the

tox

ins

dum

ped

on u

s w

ill

incr

ease

yet

aga

in.

O’H

are

is th

e la

rges

t pro

duce

r of t

oxin

s in

th

e st

ate

of Il

linoi

s.

Her

man

n Sc

hmid

t (W

ood

Dal

e)

p. V

II-28

1

E-15

5 H

ow c

an w

e ha

ndle

twic

e as

muc

h no

ise a

nd a

ir po

llutio

n th

an

we

alre

ady

have

? H

erm

ann

Schm

idt (

Woo

d D

ale)

p.

VII-

281

E-15

6 Fe

wer

del

ays

will

als

o m

ean

redu

ced

fuel

em

issi

ons.

The

pr

opos

ed w

este

rn a

cces

s an

d ot

her

road

way

im

prov

emen

ts ar

ound

the

airp

ort w

ill re

lieve

a g

reat

dea

l of c

onge

stio

n on

the

road

s, es

peci

ally

hel

ping

tru

cks

get

in a

nd o

ut o

f th

e ai

rpor

t

Mon

te S

elle

rs (A

rling

ton

Sign

s & B

anne

rs)

p. V

II-18

1

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

11

3

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

mor

e ef

ficie

ntly

. I i

mag

ine

all o

f thi

s w

ill h

ave

a ve

ry p

ositi

ve

impa

ct o

n ai

r qua

lity

in th

e ar

ea.

E-15

7 I t

each

pia

no a

nd o

rgan

, and

that

wou

ld b

e ki

nd o

f dis

turb

ing

to

mys

elf a

nd m

y st

uden

ts.

I thi

nk th

at’s

one

of t

he m

ain

thin

gs,

pollu

tion

and

nois

e.

Edw

ard

and

Mar

iann

e Sh

ad (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-279

E-15

7.1

If y

ou w

ould

like

a lo

catio

n to

mea

sure

air

and

nois

e im

pact

s m

y ba

ckya

rd is

per

fect

to se

t up.

F.

Doy

le S

hea

(Med

inah

) p.

VII-

166

E-15

8 A

lthou

gh I

hav

e ad

just

ed t

o th

e no

ise

(exc

ept

I ha

ve t

o st

op

spea

king

on

the

tele

phon

e),

over

the

pas

t 1

½-

2 ye

ars

I ca

n sm

ell

and

brea

the

the

jet

engi

ne f

umes

, va

por.

Som

etim

es i

t ge

ts s

o ba

d th

at if

forc

es m

e to

cou

gh.

I now

run

indo

ors.

One

ot

her i

tem

: tho

se b

lack

line

s com

ing

out o

f the

jets

on

land

ing

– is

that

jet f

uel b

eing

dum

ped

on th

e to

wn?

Den

nis S

hean

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

9

E-15

9 I h

ave

no p

robl

em w

ith th

e no

ise

(I e

xpec

ted

that

), ho

wev

er, n

o pe

rson

or e

ntity

sho

uld

be a

llow

ed to

pol

lute

this

hea

vy in

suc

h a

dens

ely

popu

late

d ar

ea.

Den

nis S

hean

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

9

E-16

0 Th

e pr

ogra

m a

lso

mea

ns g

ood

new

s fo

r our

qua

lity

of li

fe.

By

relie

ving

flig

ht d

elay

s an

d gr

idlo

ck o

n th

e ro

ads

arou

nd t

he

airp

ort,

the

prog

ram

will

hel

p re

duce

em

issi

ons.

Bob

Sny

der

(Del

ta-W

ye E

lect

rical

Con

tract

ors,

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-18

8 E-

161

Life

styl

e w

ill

chan

ge

for

my

daug

hter

an

d he

r ch

ildre

n.

Pollu

tion

will

be

invo

lved

. M

ay S

pizz

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

65

E-16

2 N

oise

, po

llutio

n, a

nd d

evas

tatio

n of

Ben

senv

ille

and

othe

r to

wns

are

som

e re

al c

once

rns.

Patti

Ste

ffens

en (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-27

E-

163

I w

ill s

um u

p m

y co

mm

ents

reg

ardi

ng n

oise

, po

llutio

n an

d tra

ffic

in th

is w

ay: I

mad

e a

cons

ciou

s de

cisi

on a

lmos

t 9 y

ears

ag

o to

mov

e to

Ben

senv

ille.

Th

e to

wn

is n

ear

an a

irpor

t. I

t m

ight

be

a lit

tle n

oisy

and

con

gest

ed a

t tim

es, b

ut I

live

near

an

airp

ort.

Tim

othy

A. T

aylo

r (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-74

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

11

4

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

E-16

4 W

e fe

el t

here

is

alre

ady

enou

gh a

irpor

t no

ise a

nd p

ollu

tion

alre

ady.

R

osal

een

and

Tony

Wat

ers (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-51

E-

165

Noi

se, a

ir po

llutio

n, ta

x ba

se a

nd s

afet

y co

ncer

ns s

houl

d no

t be

forc

ed o

n th

ose

resi

dent

s an

d co

mm

uniti

es w

ho p

lann

ed b

ased

on

the

curr

ent a

irpor

t con

figur

atio

n. A

dou

blin

g of

air

capa

city

w

ill a

lso

incr

ease

gro

und

trans

porta

tion

prob

lem

s.

Rob

in W

eave

r (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

291

E-16

6 Th

e en

viro

nmen

tal c

hara

cter

and

fut

ure

fisca

l via

bilit

y of

Par

k R

idge

is th

reat

ened

by

Wor

ld G

atew

ay a

s w

ell a

s th

e ex

pans

ion

plan

. A

ir qu

ality

is a

ffect

ed b

y ai

rpla

nes,

the

airp

ort t

raffi

c, a

nd

traffi

c as

soci

ated

with

the

airp

ort

is a

maj

or c

once

rn o

f m

y ci

tizen

s who

bea

r the

bur

dens

of n

oise

and

air

pollu

tion.

Ron

ald

W. W

iete

cha

(May

or, C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-2

89, p

. VII-

130

E-16

7 Th

e ai

rpor

t is

a s

igni

fican

t so

urce

of

toxi

c an

d ha

zard

ous

air

pollu

tant

s.

The

rem

odel

ing

of

Wor

ld

Gat

eway

an

d th

e ex

pans

ion

plan

will

inc

reas

e ai

rpor

t ca

paci

ty t

hrou

gh m

ore

gate

s, bi

gger

boi

lers

, and

mor

e bu

ildin

gs.

Thes

e ch

ange

s ca

n on

ly m

ean

mor

e po

llutio

n, m

ore

traffi

c, b

ut w

orse

and

mor

e se

rious

, mor

e to

xic

emis

sion

s.

Ron

ald

W. W

iete

cha

(May

or, C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-2

89, p

. VII-

131

E-16

8 Si

nce

the

Chi

cago

are

a is

“no

natta

inm

ent”

for

the

one

-hou

r oz

one

stan

dard

, em

issi

on o

f vo

latil

e or

gani

c co

mpo

unds

mus

t be

ass

esse

d to

det

erm

ine

if th

ey a

re a

bout

the

de m

inim

us le

vel

of 2

5 to

ns p

er y

ear.

It

wou

ld b

e he

lpfu

l to

hav

e em

issi

ons

info

rmat

ion

cate

goriz

ed

by

sour

ce

type

.

Tran

spor

tatio

n co

nfor

mity

wou

ld a

lso

have

to b

e de

mon

stra

ted.

Oth

er c

riter

ia

pollu

tant

s sh

ould

be

eval

uate

d in

clud

ing

parti

cula

te m

atte

r, ca

rbon

mon

oxid

e, a

nd o

xide

s of n

itrog

en.

Ken

neth

A.

Wes

tlake

(C

hief

, En

viro

nmen

tal

Plan

ning

an

d Ev

alua

tion

Bra

nch,

US

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pr

otec

tion

Age

ncy)

p.

VII-

269

E-16

9 Em

issi

ons

of a

ir to

xic

are

an a

rea

of c

once

rn t

hat

shou

ld b

e ad

dres

sed

in

the

cont

ext

of

the

O’H

are

mod

erni

zatio

n,

incl

udin

g an

ana

lysi

s of

the

asso

ciat

ed s

ourc

es s

uch

as a

ircra

ft

Ken

neth

A.

Wes

tlake

(C

hief

, En

viro

nmen

tal

Plan

ning

an

d Ev

alua

tion

Bra

nch,

US

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pr

otec

tion

Age

ncy)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

11

5

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

activ

ity, g

roun

d ba

sed

mot

or v

ehic

le, a

nd c

onst

ruct

ion

activ

ity.

The

asse

ssm

ent

shou

ld

disc

uss

how

th

e ch

ange

s in

th

e em

issi

ons

wou

ld a

ffect

the

sur

roun

ding

com

mun

ities

. T

here

sh

ould

be

disc

ussi

on o

f an

y m

easu

res

that

will

be

take

n to

m

itiga

te th

e re

leas

e of

air

pollu

tant

s.

p. V

II-26

9

E-17

0 In

198

0 yo

u st

arte

d th

e fa

nnin

g on

take

-offs

. Th

is in

crea

sed

the

nois

e im

pact

ed a

rea

mor

e th

an 2

00 p

erce

nt.

Eve

ry y

ear

the

num

ber o

f flig

hts

has

incr

ease

d an

d no

ise a

nd a

ir po

llutio

n go

t w

orse

.

Ric

hard

Wils

on (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

II-17

1

E-17

1 U

SEPA

and

Illin

ois

EPA

sho

w th

at O

’Har

e is

the

stat

e’s

wor

st

pollu

ter.

Can

cer,

asth

ma

and

emph

ysem

a ca

ses

are

on th

e ris

e an

d w

ill g

et w

orse

if a

ny O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion

take

s pla

ce.

Ric

hard

Wils

on (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

II-17

1

E-17

2 Th

e O

’Har

e no

ise

and

air p

ollu

tion

fight

has

bee

n go

ing

on fo

r m

any

year

s an

d I

have

nev

er h

eard

or

read

any

thin

g th

at

indi

cate

s th

at t

he F

AA

has

sho

wn

any

conc

ern

or h

as a

ny

expe

rtise

on

envi

ronm

enta

l is

sues

. Y

ou s

houl

d w

ork

clos

ely

with

the

EPA

on

this

issu

e.

Ric

hard

Wils

on (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

II-17

1

F.

Noi

se

F-1

It’s

nois

y as

it is

with

out e

xpan

sion

, with

out m

ore

airc

raft.

It’s

al

mos

t to

the

poin

t of

bein

g rid

icul

ous

and

ther

e’s

som

e tim

es

whe

n th

ey w

ake

up a

t nig

ht, c

an’t

go b

ack

to s

leep

bec

ause

you

he

ar th

em re

vvin

g up

on

the

runw

ays o

r at t

he se

rvic

e ar

eas.

Virg

inia

Alle

n (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-312

F-2

We

are

conc

erne

d ab

out q

ualit

y of

life

, air

pollu

tion,

and

noi

se

pollu

tion.

M

ary

Ann

And

rew

s (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

71

F-3

I am

opp

osed

to a

ddin

g th

e ne

w n

orth

runw

ay, 9

-27,

as t

his w

ill

sure

ly in

crea

se tr

affic

and

noi

se d

irect

ly o

ver m

y ne

ighb

orho

od.

Geo

rge

And

riano

poul

os (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-1

74, p

. VII-

312

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

11

6

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

Als

o, I

unde

rsta

nd th

at R

unw

ay 9

-27

is p

lann

ed to

be

built

firs

t, he

nce

havi

ng a

mor

e im

med

iate

impa

ct to

the

nois

e le

vel o

ver

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e.

F-4

We

wer

e su

ppos

edly

goi

ng t

o ge

t so

undp

roof

ing.

It

has

not

happ

ened

. Th

ey s

ay th

at th

e de

cibe

l lev

el is

low

er o

n ou

r sid

e th

an it

is o

n th

e ot

her s

ide

of th

e st

reet

.

Will

iam

Bai

rd (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-28

F-5

Airl

ines

sho

uld

be e

ncou

rage

d to

ret

ire o

lder

, di

rtier

, no

isie

r ai

rcra

ft.

A

ircra

ft m

anuf

actu

rers

sh

ould

be

en

cour

aged

to

ad

vanc

e no

ise

and

air

pollu

tion

redu

ctio

n an

d ad

vanc

e el

ectro

nics

for m

ore

safe

ty, a

nd th

e FA

A s

houl

d be

enc

oura

ged

to re

mem

ber t

hat i

t wor

ks fo

r the

peo

ple

not f

or th

e ai

rline

s.

Cha

rles S

. Bal

dacc

hino

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

12

F-6

We

don’

t nee

d an

y m

ore

pollu

tion,

noi

se o

r roa

d gr

idlo

ck.

M

ike

Bar

an (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

318

F-7

Even

at i

t’s c

urre

nt st

atus

cha

nges

nee

d to

be

in p

lace

to p

reve

nt

the

nois

e th

at i

s ca

used

at

all

hour

s of

the

nig

ht b

y th

e op

erat

ions

at t

he a

irpor

t. T

his

will

onl

y be

incr

ease

d du

ring

the

cons

truct

ion

phas

e as

wel

l as

upon

the

com

plet

ion.

The

maj

or

prob

lem

s ar

e th

e la

rger

/low

er f

lyin

g ai

rcra

ft.

That

alo

ng w

ith

the

expa

nded

fre

ight

airc

raft

that

con

sist

ently

dis

rega

rd t

he

nigh

t gu

idel

ines

by

flyin

g lo

w a

nd o

verr

idin

g he

city

’s o

wn

guid

elin

es f

or a

ir tra

ffic

afte

r ho

urs.

We

cann

ot p

lan

outd

oor

even

ts b

ecau

se o

f the

pot

entia

l of b

eing

bar

rage

d by

low

flyi

ng

airp

lane

s dur

ing

the

even

t.

Rob

ert B

ense

n (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-27

8

F-8

O’H

are

is t

he l

arge

st s

ourc

e of

air

and

nois

e po

llutio

n in

the

st

ate

of I

llino

is.

The

exp

ansi

on w

ill i

ncre

ase

air

and

nois

e po

llutio

n ov

er P

ark

Rid

ge b

y 25

00 p

erce

nt.

Jeffr

ey a

nd M

arga

ret B

lick

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

276

F-9

I urg

e th

e FA

A to

stu

dy q

ualit

y of

life

issu

es li

ke a

ircra

ft no

ise

and

air q

ualit

y.

Kim

berly

A

. B

less

(P

resi

dent

, N

orth

wes

t &

Sc

haum

burg

Ass

ocia

tion

of C

omm

erce

and

Indu

stry

)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

11

7

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

p. V

II-19

F-

10

Con

cern

ed a

bout

the

impa

ct it

will

hav

e on

our

qua

lity

of li

fe,

our

prop

erty

val

ues,

the

nois

e, t

he p

ollu

tion,

the

inc

reas

ed

traffi

c, a

nd e

very

thin

g el

se t

hat

will

go

alon

g w

ith e

xpan

ding

th

e ai

rpor

t.

Kar

yn B

ock

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-275

F-11

W

e ca

n’t e

ven

be o

utsi

de b

ecau

se th

e pl

anes

are

so

low

and

so

loud

tha

t yo

u ca

n’t

hear

you

rsel

f ta

lk;

you

have

to

be i

n th

e ho

use.

Kar

yn B

ock

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-275

F-12

O

ur h

ome

is in

a fl

ight

pat

h an

d w

e ex

perie

nce

cons

tant

noi

se.

Espe

cial

ly fo

r the

last

yea

r, w

e’ve

not

iced

that

pla

nes

are

flyin

g m

uch

low

er.

I fin

d th

at e

ven

with

the

win

dow

s cl

osed

I ca

nnot

do

wor

k.

Can

’t ha

ve t

he w

indo

ws

open

at

nigh

t an

ymor

e.

We’

ve g

ot p

lane

s goi

ng o

n be

twee

n m

idni

ght a

nd 5

a.m

.

Che

ryl B

ottje

(Ros

elle

) p.

VI-2

00, 2

01

F-13

I

thin

k th

e bi

gges

t pr

oble

ms

are

dive

rsifi

catio

n of

fli

ght

patte

rns,

on-ti

me

fligh

ts,

nois

e re

duct

ion,

and

red

uctio

n of

tra

ffic

cong

estio

n bo

th o

n th

e gr

ound

and

in th

e ai

r. I

t rea

lly

degr

ades

the

qual

ity o

f our

life

.

Che

ryl B

ottje

(Ros

elle

) p.

VI-1

201

F-14

Th

e co

ncen

tratio

n of

pol

lutio

n, n

oise

, tra

ffic

and

othe

r neg

ativ

e in

fluen

ces

on th

e su

rrou

ndin

g ar

eas

has

reac

hed

the

max

imum

le

vel o

f the

citi

zens

will

tole

rate

.

Gar

y B

ottje

(Ros

elle

) p.

VII-

183

F-15

Th

e no

ise

is a

num

ber

one

conc

ern

of m

ine.

C

hild

ren

can’

t he

ar m

y ca

lling

the

m,

we

can’

t ha

ve t

he w

indo

ws

open

, an

d TV

, pho

ne c

onve

rsat

ions

, and

out

door

act

iviti

es a

lmos

t alw

ays

are

inte

rrup

ted.

Lisa

Bou

lton

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-46

F-16

Th

e no

ise

and

fum

es a

re a

lread

y a

heal

th h

azar

d, a

nd in

crea

sing

th

e nu

mbe

r of

flig

hts

will

hav

e a

deva

stat

ing

impa

ct o

n ou

r co

mm

unity

.

Car

l Bra

uwei

ler (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-43

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

11

8

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-17

W

hen

we

lived

in o

ur h

ome,

you

wou

ld g

o in

the

back

yard

and

yo

u w

ould

see

oil

slic

k ev

eryw

here

. FA

A p

aid

no a

ttent

ion.

I

calle

d re

gula

rly a

bout

the

nois

e im

pact

and

abo

ut th

e fa

ct th

at

the

fuel

smel

ls w

ere

so im

poss

ible

at t

imes

in o

ur b

acky

ard.

Virg

inia

S. B

rauw

eile

r (Pa

rk R

idge

) p.

VI-1

62

F-18

Th

e pl

anes

fly

nor

th o

f m

y ho

me

ever

y m

inut

e an

d a

half,

co

min

g in

to C

hica

go.

They

leav

e tra

ils o

f po

llutio

n in

the

air,

film

on

my

win

dow

s an

d on

ly s

top

until

airf

low

cha

nges

and

th

e no

isy

vibr

atin

g de

partu

res

star

t le

avin

g O

’Har

e ov

er

Ben

senv

ille.

Th

e de

partu

res

fly v

ery

low

and

go

dire

ctly

ove

r m

y ro

of,

caus

es

my

dow

nsta

irs

win

dow

s to

vi

brat

e an

d in

terr

upt

phon

e co

nver

satio

ns,

and

you

cann

ot

hear

th

e te

levi

sion

.

Val

erie

& L

awre

nce

Brix

y (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-14

F-18

.1

I gr

ew u

p in

Ben

senv

ille,

mar

ried

and

still

live

in B

ense

nvill

e,

at a

ge 5

0. I

rais

ed m

y fa

mily

her

e an

d th

ey h

ave

mov

ed a

way

fr

om th

e no

ise, a

nd p

ollu

tion,

whi

ch w

ill c

ontin

ue to

get

wor

se

with

the

expa

nsio

n.

Val

erie

and

Law

renc

e B

rixy

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

14

F-19

W

e ar

e op

pose

d to

the

furth

er e

xpan

sion

of O

’Har

e be

caus

e of

th

e im

pact

upo

n us

and

all

othe

r re

side

nts

in o

ur c

omm

unity

. W

e kn

ow th

e ai

r qua

lity

is a

ffec

ted,

ther

e is

noi

se p

ollu

tion

and

the

prop

osed

exp

ansi

on w

ould

furth

er a

ffect

the

qual

ity o

f life

.

Hen

ry B

rona

rs (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-37

F-20

O

ur d

aily

life

is im

pact

ed b

y th

e no

ise

pollu

tion;

con

vers

atio

n is

int

erru

pted

by

nois

e of

tak

e-of

fs.

We

are

not

inte

rest

ed i

n so

undp

roof

ing.

D

urin

g ni

ce w

eath

er w

e w

ant

our

win

dow

s op

en a

nd to

enj

oy o

ur d

eck

or b

acky

ard.

Hen

ry B

rona

rs (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-37

F-21

I’

m o

ppos

ed t

o th

e O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion

on t

he b

asis

of s

ever

al

reas

ons:

en

viro

nmen

tal

reas

ons,

air

pollu

tion,

an

d no

ise

pollu

tion.

Hen

ry B

rona

rs (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-197

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

11

9

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-22

If

we

have

our

win

dow

s op

en, a

pla

ne c

an g

o ov

er a

nd w

e ha

ve

to i

nter

rupt

our

con

vers

atio

ns,

inte

rfer

es w

ith o

ur e

njoy

ing

bein

g ou

tsid

e.

A

nd

we’

re

not

inte

rest

ed

in

livin

g in

a

soun

dpro

ofed

hom

e, k

eepi

ng o

ur w

indo

ws

clos

ed d

urin

g ni

ce

wea

ther

, not

bei

ng a

ble

to e

njoy

eve

ryda

y lif

e.

Hen

ry B

rona

rs (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-198

F-23

Si

nce

O’H

are

is l

ocat

ed i

n th

e su

burb

s, it’

s th

e su

burb

s th

at

actu

ally

end

up

payi

ng t

he c

ost

of t

raffi

c, n

oise

, an

d ai

r po

llutio

n.

And

the

sub

urbs

sta

nd t

o lo

se l

ong-

term

rev

enue

ge

nera

ting

busi

ness

es, h

omes

, and

land

.

Tom

Cal

laha

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p. V

I-26

4,

p. V

II-13

3 N

o N

ame

7 p.

VII-

112

F-24

I’

ve h

ad m

y ho

me

soun

dpro

ofed

, but

I ca

n’t k

eep

my

win

dow

s op

en.

It’s

like

livin

g in

a to

mb.

W

e ca

n’t e

njoy

the

back

yard

be

caus

e yo

u ha

ve to

stop

spea

king

whe

n a

plan

e fli

es o

ver.

The

pr

opos

ed e

xpan

sion

set

s tw

o m

ore

runw

ays

right

nex

t to

the

on

e th

at I

’m j

ust

wes

t of

. I

don

’t w

ant

thre

e tim

es m

ore

air

traffi

c ov

er m

y ho

use.

I w

ant l

ess.

Rob

ert C

at (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-199

F-24

.1

We

will

no

long

er h

ave

a fe

elin

g th

at o

ur li

fe is

fre

e as

pla

nes

rattl

e an

d sh

ake

us to

our

bon

es (

even

if th

e no

ise

is s

ilenc

ed).

It

dest

roys

or r

ever

ie a

nd im

pairs

our

thin

king

pro

cess

.

Che

ryl C

hatro

op (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-59

F-24

.2

As

I re

view

ed t

he p

ropo

sed

Chi

cago

O’H

are

Mod

erni

zatio

n Pr

ogra

m a

t the

Ava

lon

Ban

quet

fac

ility

in E

lk G

rove

, I n

oted

th

e no

ise

map

– it

doe

s no

t inc

lude

Elm

hurs

t in

the

nois

e fr

om

airc

raft.

June

M. C

irone

(Elm

hurs

t) p.

VII-

158

F-24

.3

We

live

in th

e fli

ght p

ath

of 4

R-2

2L.

The

nois

e le

vels

at t

imes

ar

e de

afen

ing.

Sun

day

mor

ning

s w

e ar

e un

able

to s

leep

in d

ue

to th

e ea

rly 6

:30

am a

rriv

als.

We

are

unab

le to

hav

e w

indo

ws

open

and

wat

ch a

nd h

ear

our

tele

visi

on.

It’s

cal

led

nois

e po

llutio

n.

June

M. C

irone

(Elm

hurs

t) p.

VII-

158

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

12

0

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-24

.4

Bui

ld a

noth

er a

irpor

t - ta

ke s

ome

of th

is n

oise

pol

lutio

n aw

ay

from

thi

s ar

ea.

We

need

to

feel

saf

e ag

ain.

W

e ne

ed

impr

ovem

ent

in t

he q

ualit

y of

our

liv

es.

I h

ave

calle

d th

e O

’Har

e N

oise

Aba

tem

ent

Off

ice

for

year

s to

com

plai

n ab

out

the

noise

of

airc

raft

– lo

w f

lyin

g –

freq

uenc

y- l

ess

than

a

min

ute

inte

rval

s –

unab

le t

o sl

eep

due

to n

oise

, et

c. –

to

no

avai

l. N

othi

ng h

as i

mpr

oved

–pl

anes

are

stil

l qu

ite n

oisy

. N

eed

to m

ake

plan

es le

ss n

oisy

and

less

freq

uent

!

June

M. C

irone

(Elm

hurs

t) p.

VII-

159,

160

F-24

.5

I he

ar t

he o

ppos

ition

say

thi

s an

d th

at b

ut i

t is

fro

m t

he

resi

dent

s of

the

are

a.

Let

me

ask

them

thi

s. D

id t

hey

know

th

ere

was

an

airp

ort n

earb

y w

hen

they

mov

ed in

to th

e ar

ea?

It

real

ly b

oils

dow

n to

that

. Th

ey’r

e co

ncer

ned

abou

t the

add

ed

nois

e an

d tra

ffic.

If t

hey

are

that

con

cern

ed w

hy d

id th

ey m

ove

in t

he a

rea

in t

he f

irst

plac

e.

Add

ition

ally

, no

one

is

telli

ng

them

they

can

not m

ove.

If y

ou d

on’t

like

it –

mov

e!

And

rew

J. C

osta

nza

p. V

II-30

4

F-25

I

wan

t so

meb

ody

to d

o so

met

hing

abo

ut t

he c

onst

ant

plan

es

taki

ng o

ff.

It’s

dire

ctly

ove

r ou

r ho

use.

Th

ey s

tart

at 4

:30

in

the

mor

ning

and

con

tinue

eve

ry t

en s

econ

ds a

nd i

t go

es

cont

inuo

us u

ntil

11 o

’clo

ck a

t nig

ht.

A c

oupl

e of

wee

ks a

go I

ha

d m

y gr

ands

on.

I was

bab

ysitt

ing

for m

y an

d he

was

sic

k. I

t to

ok m

e fo

reve

r to

get h

im to

sle

ep a

nd th

en th

e pl

anes

sta

rted

and,

of

cour

se,

you

know

, he

was

aw

aken

ed a

gain

. A

nd o

f co

urse

our

hou

se is

n’t s

ound

proo

fed

like

a lo

t of t

he h

omes

are

. I m

ean,

I do

n’t e

ven

know

if th

at w

ould

hel

p, y

ou k

now

. A

nd

who

wan

ts to

be

lock

ed u

p in

the

hous

e al

l day

long

, you

kno

w?

Mar

y C

. Cos

tello

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-192

, 193

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

12

1

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-26

W

e w

ant t

o be

abl

e to

live

our

live

s in

pea

ce.

That

’s n

ot g

oing

to

hap

pen

if th

ey e

xpan

d th

e ai

rpor

t. It

’s g

oing

to c

reat

e no

ise,

it

affe

cts

peop

le’s

live

s, an

d it

disr

upts

and

it p

aral

yzes

man

y pe

ople

who

live

clo

sest

to th

e ai

rpor

t.

Bar

t K. D

ill (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-1

91

F-27

M

any

year

s ag

o m

y so

n w

as i

mpe

riled

whe

n pl

ayin

g in

the

st

reet

, I y

elle

d to

him

abo

ut a

n ap

proa

chin

g ca

r bu

t the

pla

ne

nois

e dr

owne

d m

e ou

t. F

ortu

nate

ly th

e ca

r sto

pped

.

Rob

ert D

oher

ty (P

ark

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-36

6

F-28

Pl

ease

take

car

e of

the

peop

le w

ho li

ve n

ear t

he a

irpor

t. W

e ar

e th

e on

es w

ho h

ave

to d

eal w

ith th

e no

ise

and

pollu

tion.

La

vini

a Eg

onito

(Des

Pla

ines

) p.

VII-

42

F-29

Th

ere

are

only

occ

asio

nal j

ets

dire

ctly

ove

r ou

r ho

me

so n

oise

is

not

as

bad

as o

ther

loc

aliti

es.

Tha

t w

ould

mos

t ce

rtain

ly

chan

ge if

wor

k be

gins

on

the

field

.

Car

ol E

liner

t (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

II-18

0

F-30

W

e w

ould

like

to k

now

if th

ere

wou

ld b

e an

y ch

ange

in th

e ai

r tra

ffic

flyin

g ov

er o

ur to

wn

with

the

expa

nsio

n.

Som

e of

the

resi

dent

s are

con

cern

ed a

bout

the

nois

e le

vel a

s wel

l as o

ffic

ials

from

Sch

ool D

istri

ct 8

7 du

e to

the

fligh

t pat

tern

, whi

ch s

eem

s to

fly

over

the

two

scho

ols

(Sun

nysi

de S

choo

l and

Mac

Arth

ur

Mid

dle

Scho

ol) i

n ou

r tow

n.

Mic

hael

A.

Espo

sito

(V

illag

e Pr

esid

ent,

Vill

age

of

Ber

kele

y)

p. V

II-27

1

F-31

Th

e pr

opos

ed c

hang

es s

how

run

way

s 9L

-27R

arr

ival

and

9L-

27R

dep

artu

re a

s w

ell a

s N

orth

9-2

7 po

inte

d in

suc

h a

way

to

incr

ease

the

nois

e an

d po

llutio

n in

my

area

.

John

Ew

ald

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-37

1

F-32

It

is im

poss

ible

to ig

nore

the

nois

e of

the

plan

es.

If y

ou a

dd

mor

e ru

nway

s it

not o

nly

will

incr

ease

our

taxe

s, bu

t the

noi

se

will

be

unbe

arab

le.

The

onl

y on

e w

ho w

ill p

rofit

by

this

expa

nsio

n w

ill b

e M

ayor

Dal

ey a

nd th

e ci

ty o

f Chi

cago

. Pl

ease

do

wha

teve

r you

can

to n

egat

e th

is e

xpan

sion

.

Lind

a Fa

rrel

l (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

73

F-33

A

nd w

hat

abou

t no

ise?

D

o w

e ha

ve t

he r

ight

to

enjo

y ou

r pa

tios a

nd b

acky

ards

?

Mr.

& M

rs. P

atric

k J.

Ferr

eri (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-84

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

12

2

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-34

Th

e no

ise

that

is m

ost n

oxio

us is

fro

m th

e ni

ght c

argo

flig

hts.

A

re t

he c

argo

pla

nes

held

to

the

sam

e no

ise

regu

latio

ns t

he

pass

enge

r flig

hts m

eet?

Ann

Fin

ney

p. V

II-28

8

F-35

N

oise

leve

ls a

lread

y to

o hi

gh.

Bar

b Fi

tzpa

trick

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

360

F-36

I

defin

itely

opp

osed

it f

or m

any

reas

ons.

Alre

ady

the

nois

e is

too

high

. N

oise

pol

lutio

n, a

ir po

llutio

n, d

umpi

ng o

f je

t fue

l is

alre

ady

horr

endo

us.

It’s

for

heal

th r

easo

ns a

nd s

afet

y re

ason

s w

e do

not

nee

d th

is e

xpan

sion

.

Bar

b Fi

tzpa

trick

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

05

F-37

U

nder

the

mod

erni

zatio

n pr

ogra

m, f

light

del

ays

will

be

redu

ced

by 9

5 pe

rcen

t in

bad

wea

ther

and

79

perc

ent o

vera

ll.

This

in

turn

will

redu

ce th

e nu

mbe

r of h

omes

in th

e 65

DN

L or

hig

her

area

by

34 p

erce

nt a

s w

ell a

s em

issi

ons

beca

use

airc

raft

won

’t ha

ve t

o sp

end

the

time

idlin

g at

the

gate

s an

d on

the

gro

und.

A

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal i

nitia

tives

in p

lace

at O

’Har

e ha

ve a

lread

y re

duce

d em

issi

ons b

y m

ore

than

a th

ird si

nce

1990

.

Her

bert

E. G

ardn

er (L

aGra

nge

Park

) p.

VI-1

23

F-38

Th

e ai

r po

llutio

n an

d no

ise

is s

o ba

d no

w th

at I

hat

e to

thin

k w

hat i

t wou

ld b

e lik

e if

the

airp

ort w

as e

xpan

ded.

Li

llian

Gar

dner

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

29

F-39

C

ontin

uing

in

crea

ses

in

fligh

t op

erat

ions

ca

n on

ly

mea

n re

duce

d qu

ality

of l

ife a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal h

ealth

due

to a

ircra

ft ex

haus

t and

noi

se.

Rec

onfig

urat

ion

with

six

par

alle

l eas

t-wes

t ru

nway

s w

ill n

egat

ivel

y im

pact

the

qual

ity o

f life

in E

lk G

rove

V

illag

e de

spite

the

im

prov

emen

ts i

n no

ise

leve

l fo

r ne

wer

ai

rcra

ft.

Cha

rles E

. Glo

msk

i (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

86

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

12

3

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-40

W

e ex

perie

nce

a lo

t of n

oise

, som

e of

it la

te a

t nig

ht w

hen

we

are

tryin

g to

sle

ep a

nd s

ome

whi

le w

e ar

e ea

ting

dinn

er.

You

ca

n’t

carr

y on

a c

onve

rsat

ion

with

out

stop

ping

in

the

mid

dle

and

wai

ting

for a

n ai

rpla

ne o

verh

ead

to p

ass.

As

soon

as

one

is go

ne, 3

0 se

cond

s lat

er th

ere

is a

noth

er o

ne.

Hum

berto

Gra

maj

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

84, 2

85

F-41

W

e di

dn’t

know

that

it w

as g

oing

to e

xpan

d so

muc

h an

d be

so

nois

y th

at w

e ca

n’t

even

hav

e co

nver

satio

ns o

utsi

de w

ith o

ur

neig

hbor

s. It

’s n

ot a

ll th

e tim

e, b

ut w

hen

the

fligh

t pat

tern

s go

ov

er o

ur h

ouse

, you

can

’t he

ar, y

ou c

an’t

talk

on

the

phon

e -

you

can’

t he

ar a

nyth

ing.

A

nd t

he c

hild

ren

som

etim

es g

et

frig

hten

ed b

ecau

se t

he v

ibra

tion

on t

he p

atio

cov

er,

whi

ch i

s m

etal

, sca

res

them

and

they

com

e ru

nnin

g in

the

hous

e be

caus

e th

ey’r

e fr

ight

ened

bec

ause

of t

he n

oise

.

Gai

l Hal

l (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-1

76

F-42

So

met

imes

dur

ing

the

nigh

t, es

peci

ally

in th

e su

mm

er w

hen

we

like

to h

ave

the

win

dow

s op

en,

the

airp

lane

s w

ake

us u

p at

ni

ght.

Gai

l Hal

l (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-1

76

F-43

A

whi

le b

ack

plan

es c

ame

so c

lose

to o

ur h

ome

that

I h

ad to

cl

ose

the

win

dow

s to

hea

r th

e TV

. W

e ho

pe t

his

will

not

ha

ppen

aga

in, o

f w

hich

ther

e is

a b

ette

r ch

ance

with

so

man

y ru

nway

s in

our d

irect

ion.

Pegg

y H

all (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-29

0

F-44

Su

pple

men

tal n

oise

mat

rix m

ust b

e do

ne to

get

the

full

impa

ct

of n

oise

pol

lutio

n.

Spec

ific

stud

ies

mus

t be

com

plet

ed o

n th

e im

pact

of c

urre

nt p

ollu

tion

and

proj

ecte

d un

der t

he n

ew p

lan.

Ken

Hal

ler (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-57

F-45

A

lthou

gh w

e en

joye

d th

e ea

se o

f driv

ing

only

thirt

y m

inut

es to

th

e ai

rpor

t, an

d I’

m c

erta

in t

he c

lose

pro

xim

ity o

f O

’Har

e br

ough

t mor

e bu

sine

ss to

Elk

Gro

ve, w

e al

so h

ad to

end

ure

the

neve

r-en

ding

noi

se o

f pl

anes

trav

elin

g ov

erhe

ad.

Man

y tim

es

the

soun

d is

dea

feni

ng.

Pam

ela

Har

tzel

l (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

301

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

12

4

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-46

It

is n

ot u

nusu

al to

wak

e up

at 2

:00

a.m

. to

noise

loud

er th

an

any

we

hear

dur

ing

the

day.

My

Chi

na ra

ttles

and

I ha

ve c

rack

s in

the

ceili

ng.

Kat

hy H

icks

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-36

2

F-47

B

ecau

se o

f th

e di

stric

t’s c

lose

pro

xim

ity t

o O

’Har

e, n

ine

Dis

trict

59

scho

ols

have

bee

n el

igib

le f

or s

ound

aba

tem

ent

fund

ing

from

eith

er t

he F

AA

or

City

of

Chi

cago

, and

a t

enth

sc

hool

is

curr

ently

in

the

desi

gn p

hase

for

sou

nd a

bate

men

t im

prov

emen

ts.

Rob

ert

T.

How

ard

(Sup

erin

tend

ent,

Elk

Gro

ve

Tow

nshi

p Sc

hool

s)

p. V

II-76

F-48

H

ow w

ill a

ir an

d no

ise

pollu

tion

dire

ctly

attr

ibut

ed t

o ai

r pa

ssen

ger

trave

l be

furth

er e

xace

rbat

ed b

y a

dram

atic

incr

ease

in

the

num

ber o

f flig

hts i

n an

d ou

t of O

’Har

e?

Rob

ert

T.

How

ard

(Sup

erin

tend

ent,

Elk

Gro

ve

Tow

nshi

p Sc

hool

s)

p. V

II-76

F-

49

We

just

thin

k w

ith a

dditi

onal

air

traffi

c, w

e ha

ve to

wor

ry a

bout

m

ore

pollu

tion,

we

have

to w

orry

abo

ut m

ore

noise

pol

lutio

n.

Just

the

qual

ity o

f life

will

real

ly b

e ba

d.

Kei

th Je

nsen

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-306

F-50

O

ver

the

year

s, w

e’ve

put

up

with

an

incr

ease

d nu

mbe

r of

fli

ghts

, the

incr

ease

of n

oise

, and

the

incr

ease

of p

ollu

tion.

The

in

crea

se in

flig

hts

to 1

.6 m

illio

n ca

n on

ly m

ean

mor

e no

ise

and

mor

e po

llutio

n. T

he C

ity s

ays t

o so

undp

roof

. W

ell,

that

’s o

kay

if yo

u st

ay i

n.

How

ever

, st

ep o

utsi

de t

o en

joy

your

yar

d or

yo

ur p

ark

or s

impl

y op

en t

he w

indo

ws

and

so m

uch

for

soun

dpro

ofin

g.

Patri

cia

John

son

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

02

F-51

EI

S/M

aste

r Pl

an

noise

im

pact

an

alys

is

shou

ld

incl

ude

disc

ussi

on o

f ot

her

noise

met

rics,

data

and

bas

is f

or th

e D

NL

(24

hr)

met

ric a

nd th

e 36

5 da

y av

erag

e D

NL

for

deci

ding

are

a of

impa

ct, a

look

at n

oise

und

er d

iffer

ent e

xist

ing

and

proj

ecte

d op

erat

ing

cond

ition

s, in

clud

ing

wha

t ha

ppen

s if

the

proj

ect

stop

s sho

rt of

all

the

new

runw

ays.

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is

(Cou

nsel

to

Su

burb

an

O’H

are

Com

mis

sion

) p.

VII-

199

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

12

5

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-55

Th

e ai

rpla

ne n

oise

is

unbe

arab

le a

t tim

es.

You

can

’t ha

ve

phon

e co

nver

satio

ns.

It in

terf

eres

with

tele

visi

on.

Nan

cy L

. Kla

us (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-72

F-

56

The

volu

ntar

y fly

qui

et p

rogr

am s

eem

ed to

wor

k, a

s w

e w

ould

ra

rely

hav

e di

stur

banc

es d

urin

g th

e sl

eepi

ng h

ours

. Si

x ye

ars

late

r, it

is s

o di

ffere

nt -

we

have

pla

nes

mos

t day

s of

the

wee

k w

ith n

o br

eaks

. I

t is

lik

e be

ing

unde

r si

ege.

So

met

hing

ch

ange

d si

nce

six

year

s ag

o to

o, i

n th

at t

hey

are

now

fly

ing

muc

h lo

wer

tha

n th

ey u

se t

o.

Plan

es a

re f

lyin

g ve

ry l

ow, 3

0 se

cond

s ap

art a

nd th

is g

oes

on m

ost d

ays

abou

t 16

hour

s ea

ch

day.

Man

y tim

es to

o w

e no

w h

ave

plan

es th

roug

hout

the

nigh

t, w

akin

g us

at v

ario

us h

ours

dur

ing

the

mid

dle

of th

e ni

ght.

Geo

rgia

nn K

line

(Med

inah

) p.

VII-

167,

168

F-57

W

e ha

ve o

pen

fore

st p

rese

rves

, the

Lak

e St

. Ind

ustri

al C

orrid

or,

right

by

us a

nd t

hey

coul

d fly

tow

ards

O’H

are

with

slig

htly

di

ffere

nt a

ppro

ache

s on

take

-off

patte

rns

and

dist

urb

a lo

t les

s pe

ople

.

Geo

rgia

nn K

line

(Med

inah

) p.

VII-

168

F-58

O

’Har

e is

unb

eara

ble

on c

erta

in d

ays.

You

wea

r ou

t fro

m th

e co

nsta

nt b

omba

rdm

ent a

nd th

eir

cons

iste

ncy

and

nois

e.

Can

’t ha

ve th

e w

indo

ws o

pen,

har

d to

enj

oy o

ur y

ard

and

deck

s. T

his

is n

ot o

ptim

um q

ualit

y of

life

.

Geo

rgia

nn K

line

(Med

inah

) p.

VII-

169,

170

F-59

W

e ca

nnot

slee

p at

nig

ht b

ecau

se o

f the

pla

nes.

Arli

ne K

litzk

e (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-1

68

F-60

W

hen

the

new

qui

et je

ts p

ass

over

our

hou

se, w

e ar

e un

able

to

spea

k to

eac

h ot

her,

unab

le to

hea

r a T

V o

r rad

io p

rogr

am.

Dav

id P

. and

Mar

y A

nn K

rebs

p.

VII-

2

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

12

6

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-61

M

y on

ly c

ompl

aint

is th

e he

ight

of

the

airc

raft

whe

re th

ey f

ly

over

my

hom

e.

The

27 th

ree

engi

nes

and

two

engi

ne a

ircra

ft ar

e th

e w

orst

to s

top

conv

ersa

tion

on th

e pa

tio, o

r eat

ing

on th

e pa

tio.

The

y’re

too

low

, it’

s m

iser

able

and

it

last

s fo

r th

ree

quar

ters

of

a m

inut

e to

a m

inut

e, a

min

ute

and

a ha

lf be

caus

e yo

u he

ar it

com

ing

over

you

r hea

d. A

solu

tion

wou

ld b

e to

take

lig

hter

airc

raft,

use

the

star

t of t

he r

unw

ay a

nd le

t the

m g

et u

p in

the

air

as c

lose

as

poss

ible

fro

m t

he s

pot

they

lef

t an

d be

cl

imbi

ng s

o th

at t

hey’

re w

ay u

p in

the

air

whe

re i

t’s m

ore

tole

rabl

e.

Ever

ett K

uehl

man

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-326

F-62

I a

m c

once

rned

abo

ut th

e en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

cts.

I am

alre

ady

subj

ecte

d to

the

nois

e an

d po

llutio

n cr

eate

d by

a s

tead

y st

ream

of

airp

lane

s fly

ing

over

my

prop

erty

. In

crea

sing

the

num

ber o

f fli

ghts

will

onl

y cr

eate

hig

her n

oise

and

pol

lutio

n le

vels

, with

a

nega

tive

impa

ct o

n th

e he

alth

, saf

ety,

and

gen

eral

wel

l bei

ng o

f ar

ea re

side

nts.

Ann

Kuf

fel (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-17

3 Su

san

Kuf

fel (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-17

5

F-63

Th

is p

lan

is to

o co

mpl

ex a

nd it

wou

ld a

dd to

the

dela

ys r

athe

r th

an f

ixin

g th

e pr

oble

ms.

By

the

time

the

reco

nfig

urat

ion

is co

mpl

ete,

the

airp

ort

wou

ld n

ot s

atis

fy t

he n

umbe

r of

flig

hts

proj

ecte

d fo

r th

e ai

rpor

t an

d re

gion

. S

o w

hat

has

been

ac

com

plis

hed?

M

ore

nois

e, m

ore

pollu

tion

and

mor

e ris

k (s

afet

y is

sue)

.

Mar

ian

Kur

zeja

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

54

F-64

H

ow c

an m

ore

fligh

ts/c

apac

ity i

mpr

ove

our

qual

ity o

f lif

e?

Logi

c sa

ys t

hat

we

will

hav

e si

gnifi

cant

ly m

ore

nois

e, m

ore

pollu

tion

and

mor

e ris

k to

thos

e liv

ing

in c

lose

pro

xim

ity.

Wal

ter K

urze

ja (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-36

9

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

12

7

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-65

Th

e ai

rline

s fly

thos

e ju

mbo

jets

at l

ow e

leva

tions

ove

r he

avy

popu

late

d ar

eas.

The

ir je

t eng

ines

stra

inin

g fo

r alti

tude

as

they

tu

rn in

thei

r des

tinat

ion

dire

ctio

n. T

he v

ibra

tion

is a

s bad

as t

he

nois

e.

Phili

p M

. Lac

ivita

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

138

F-66

It

is g

oing

to

adve

rsel

y af

fect

my

peac

e an

d qu

iet

alon

g w

ith

my

prop

erty

val

ues.

Emer

son

Ladd

p.

VII-

10

F-67

Lo

w fl

ying

airp

lane

s ar

e ov

erhe

ad 2

4,7.

The

re a

re h

ours

upo

n ho

urs

whe

n ai

rpla

nes

com

er o

verh

ead

ever

y 1

to 3

min

utes

. To

o of

ten

the

airp

lane

s ob

viou

sly

viol

ate

nois

e an

d he

ight

re

stric

tions

.

Paul

and

Ter

esa

Lato

urne

y (R

osel

le)

p. V

II-27

4

F-68

M

y fa

ther

is a

pilo

t and

I do

n’t l

ike

the

soun

d of

pla

nes o

ver m

y he

ad w

hen

I am

tryi

ng to

slee

p.

Mik

e B

. Lea

rk (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

136

F-69

W

here

my

mom

and

I l

ive

wou

ld b

e in

the

pat

h fo

r ne

w

runw

ays a

nd I

don’

t wan

t the

m b

ecau

se it

’s a

lread

y to

o no

isy.

M

ike

B. L

eark

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-13

6 F-

70

I urg

e th

e FA

A to

exa

min

e th

e im

pact

the

Prog

ram

will

hav

e on

ai

rcra

ft no

ise

leve

ls

and

air

qual

ity

in

the

com

mun

ities

su

rrou

ndin

g O

’Har

e.

Early

stu

dies

sho

w t

he P

rogr

am w

ill

allo

w O

’Har

e to

ope

rate

mor

e ef

ficie

ntly

and

pot

entia

lly h

ave

a po

sitiv

e im

pact

on

air q

ualit

y an

d ai

rcra

ft no

ise.

Shirl

anne

Le

mm

(P

resi

dent

, G

reat

er

O’H

are

Ass

ocia

tion)

p.

VII-

182

F-71

M

ore

nois

e,

it w

ill

be

doub

le.

M

ore

insu

latin

g ho

mes

, w

indo

ws,

etc.

C

harle

s & A

lice

Louk

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

20

F-72

Le

t’s se

para

te th

e tra

ffic,

noi

se, e

tc. i

nto

smal

ler a

reas

. C

harle

s & A

lice

Louk

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

20

F-73

Th

ere

will

be

incr

ease

d po

llutio

n bo

th in

the

air,

nois

e, a

nd a

gr

eate

r im

pact

on

all t

he s

choo

l chi

ldre

n in

all

the

surr

ound

ing

com

mun

ities

.

Dor

rie M

adon

na (W

ood

Dal

e)

p. V

I-225

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

12

8

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-74

I

wan

t th

e FA

A

to

look

se

rious

ly

at

the

amou

nt

of

trans

porta

tion

prob

lem

s, en

viro

nmen

tal

pollu

tion

that

’s g

oing

to

exi

st a

nd th

e no

ise

pollu

tion

that

cur

rent

ly e

xist

s.

Dr.

Ral

ph M

adon

na (W

ood

Dal

e)

p. V

I-319

F-75

Pl

anes

go

over

our

hom

es e

very

30

seco

nds,

day

and

nigh

t.

The

nois

e is

terr

ible

. M

rs. T

eres

a M

aior

iello

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-58

F-

76

Doe

s th

e 65

and

75

DN

L ai

rpla

ne n

oise

crit

eria

app

ly to

oth

er

indu

strie

s?

If no

t, w

hy n

ot?

How

is

the

DN

L no

ise

leve

l ar

rived

at?

Is

it b

ecau

se o

f ai

rpla

ne n

oise

lim

itatio

ns o

r no

ise

impa

ct a

ffect

s on

the

peop

le?

Stan

Mal

inow

ski (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-48

F-77

A

ir po

llutio

n, n

oise

and

traf

fic c

onge

stio

n w

ill a

ll in

crea

se.

Julie

Mal

on (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

315

F-78

I h

ave

been

put

ting

up w

ith th

e no

ise

and

dirt

gene

rate

d by

the

airp

lane

s, bu

t I a

m s

erio

usly

con

cern

ed a

bout

this

exp

ansi

on.

I am

aga

inst

this

exp

ansi

on, w

hich

will

cau

se m

ore

nois

e, m

ore

pollu

tion,

mor

e ta

xes,

and

a gr

eate

r da

nger

to r

esid

ents

in o

ur

subu

rb.

Lilli

an M

ayer

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-66

F-79

W

e ne

ed le

ss n

ot m

ore

plan

es.

We

do n

ot w

ant m

ore

air

and

nois

e po

llutio

n.

At

times

we

find

a fil

m o

n th

e w

ater

of

our

bird

bath

and

dog

’s b

owl.

We

have

to s

top

talk

ing

till a

pla

ne

flies

ove

r and

we

have

lost

5 d

ogs t

o ca

ncer

ove

r the

last

twen

ty

year

s.

Mr.

& M

rs. M

icha

els (

Ros

elle

) p.

VII-

13

F-80

C

an’t

have

com

pany

ove

r w

heth

er in

side

or o

utsi

de b

ecau

se o

f lo

ud n

oise

from

pla

nes.

The

hou

se v

ibra

tes.

Emily

Mly

nars

ki (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-18

5 F-

81

The

soun

dpro

ofin

g of

the

hom

es s

tarte

d ni

ne h

ouse

s so

uth

of

ours

! Te

d M

oneg

ato

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-5

F-82

Th

e hu

ndre

ds o

f pla

nes

that

fly

over

our

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d no

w a

re

mor

e th

an e

noug

h, a

s the

noi

se is

dea

feni

ng a

t tim

es.

Mr.

and

Mrs

. Rob

ert R

. Muf

f (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

298

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

12

9

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-83

Th

e C

omm

issi

on’s

com

men

ts in

clud

e a

requ

est t

o an

alyz

e th

e no

ise

impa

cts

of th

e pr

opos

ed ru

nway

con

figur

atio

ns a

t cur

rent

, an

ticip

ated

and

max

imum

lev

els

of f

light

ope

ratio

ns.

The

C

omm

issi

on

is

also

as

king

th

e FA

A

to

eval

uate

th

e ef

fect

iven

ess

of t

he F

ly Q

uiet

Pro

gram

in

rela

tion

to t

he

prop

osed

rec

onfig

urat

ion

of O

’Har

e’s

runw

ays

and

iden

tify

poss

ible

alte

rnat

ive

prog

ram

s.

Arle

ne M

ulde

r (M

ayor

, V

illag

e of

Arli

ngto

n H

eigh

ts

and

Cha

irper

son,

O

’Har

e N

oise

C

ompa

tibili

ty

Com

mis

sion

) p.

VII-

147

F-84

Th

e O

’Har

e N

oise

Com

patib

ility

Com

mis

sion

urg

ed th

e m

ayor

an

d go

vern

or to

con

side

r th

e po

tent

ial e

ffect

s of

airc

raft

nois

e an

d po

ssib

le

miti

gatio

n ef

forts

du

ring

the

disc

ussi

on

and

deci

sion

mak

ing

phas

es th

e O

’Har

e M

oder

niza

tion

Prog

ram

.

Arle

ne

Mul

der

(Cha

irper

son,

O

’Har

e N

oise

C

ompa

tibili

ty C

omm

issi

on)

p. V

II-15

2

F-85

Th

e no

ise a

naly

sis

shou

ld b

e co

nduc

ted

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

FAA

Ord

er 1

050.

1D, P

olic

ies

and

Proc

edur

es f

or C

onsi

derin

g En

viro

nmen

tal

Impa

cts,

and

FAA

Ord

er 5

050.

4A,

Airp

ort

Envi

ronm

enta

l Han

dboo

k

Arle

ne

Mul

der

(Cha

irper

son,

O

’Har

e N

oise

C

ompa

tibili

ty C

omm

issi

on)

p. V

II-15

3

F-86

Th

e O

MP

EIS

shou

ld u

se t

he D

NL

met

ric a

naly

sis

for

the

curr

ent

stat

e of

con

ditio

ns a

t O

’Har

e an

d fo

r th

e an

ticip

ated

de

man

d of

the

run

way

sys

tem

bas

ed o

n fu

ll bu

ild o

f th

e fu

ll al

tern

ativ

e.

Arle

ne

Mul

der

(Cha

irper

son,

O

’Har

e N

oise

C

ompa

tibili

ty C

omm

issi

on)

p. V

II-15

3

F-87

Th

e O

MP

shou

ld lo

ok a

t sup

plem

enta

l noi

se m

etric

s (i.

e. L

eq,

SEL,

Lm

ax a

nd T

ime-

Abo

ve) i

n ar

eas

that

sho

w a

n in

crea

se o

f 1.

5 D

NL

or m

ore

with

in t

he 6

5 D

NL

cont

our.

The

noi

se

met

rics

shou

ld re

flect

cha

nges

bet

wee

n N

o A

ctio

n an

d th

e fu

lly

prop

osed

alte

rnat

ive.

Arle

ne

Mul

der

(Cha

irper

son,

O

’Har

e N

oise

C

ompa

tibili

ty C

omm

issi

on)

p. V

II-15

3

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

13

0

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-88

Th

e FA

A s

houl

d ev

alua

te t

he e

ffect

iven

ess

of t

he F

ly Q

uiet

Pr

ogra

m i

n re

latio

n to

the

pre

ferr

ed a

ltern

ativ

e an

d id

entif

y a

new

or

diffe

rent

for

m o

f th

e vo

lunt

ary

nigh

ttim

e pr

ogra

m th

at

wou

ld b

enef

it th

e co

mm

uniti

es a

roun

d O

’Har

e.

The

FAA

sh

ould

re

view

op

portu

nitie

s to

ut

ilize

R

NA

V

depa

rture

pr

oced

ures

to

ensu

re a

ccur

ate

and

repe

atab

le o

pera

tion

of

prop

osed

Fly

Qui

et p

roce

dure

s su

ch a

s th

ose

offe

red

by t

he

curr

ent A

dvan

ced

Flig

ht T

rack

Pro

cedu

res (

AFT

Pro)

pro

gram

.

Arle

ne

Mul

der

(Cha

irper

son,

O

’Har

e N

oise

C

ompa

tibili

ty C

omm

issi

on)

p. V

II-15

3

F-89

Th

e O

MP

EIS

shou

ld c

ondu

ct a

com

paris

on b

etw

een

No

Act

ion

traffi

c flo

ws

and

how

they

cou

ld o

r m

ight

cha

nge

with

th

e Pr

opos

ed A

ltern

ativ

e.

New

tra

ffic

flo

w c

hang

es c

ould

ca

use

unw

arra

nted

noi

se o

ver

com

mun

ities

or

resi

dent

ial a

reas

th

at m

ay n

ot e

xper

ienc

e th

e sa

me

freq

uenc

y or

typ

e un

der

curr

ent c

ondi

tions

.

Arle

ne

Mul

der

(Cha

irper

son,

O

’Har

e N

oise

C

ompa

tibili

ty C

omm

issi

on)

p. V

II-15

3

F-90

In

the

OM

P EI

S pr

oces

s, it

wou

ld b

e m

ost b

enef

icia

l to

have

a

re-e

xam

inat

ion

of h

ow t

he a

irspa

ce a

roun

d O

’Har

e is

util

ized

fo

r arr

ival

and

dep

artu

re tr

affic

.

Arle

ne

Mul

der

(Cha

irper

son,

O

’Har

e N

oise

C

ompa

tibili

ty C

omm

issi

on)

p. V

II-15

4 F-

91

The

OM

P EI

S do

cum

ent

shou

ld c

lear

ly e

xpla

in t

he f

ollo

win

g el

emen

ts fo

r eac

h pr

opos

ed ru

nway

reco

nfig

urat

ion

alte

rnat

ive:

pr

opos

ed f

light

pat

hs, p

ropo

sed

air

traffi

c pr

oced

ural

cha

nges

, ho

w a

nd w

hen

each

pro

pose

d fli

ght

path

and

/or

proc

edur

al

chan

ge w

ill b

e im

plem

ente

d.

Arle

ne

Mul

der

(Cha

irper

son,

O

’Har

e N

oise

C

ompa

tibili

ty C

omm

issi

on)

p. V

II-15

4

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

13

1

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-92

Th

e O

MP

EIS

shou

ld a

naly

ze n

oise

im

pact

s of

the

pro

pose

d ru

nway

rec

onfig

urat

ions

und

er c

urre

nt,

antic

ipat

ed a

nd f

utur

e de

man

d.

For

each

pro

pose

d ru

nway

con

figur

atio

n, t

he E

IS

shou

ld s

epar

atel

y an

alyz

e an

d re

port

noise

im

pact

s as

sum

ing

curr

ent

freq

uenc

y of

fli

ght

oper

atio

ns

and

nois

e im

pact

s as

sum

ing

incr

ease

s in

freq

uenc

y of

flig

ht o

pera

tions

ena

bled

by

the

conf

igur

atio

n.

The

EIS

nois

e an

alys

is s

houl

d cl

early

do

cum

ent

the

num

ber

of

addi

tiona

l ta

keof

fs

and

land

ing

assu

med

and

how

they

wer

e as

sign

ed to

exi

stin

g an

d/or

fut

ure

fligh

t pat

hs.

Arle

ne

Mul

der

(Cha

irper

son,

O

’Har

e N

oise

C

ompa

tibili

ty C

omm

issi

on)

p. V

II-15

4

F-93

Th

e EI

S sh

ould

look

at t

he im

pact

s of

noi

se m

itiga

tion

grou

nd

proc

edur

es t

hat

may

be

affe

cted

by

any

runw

ay a

dditi

on o

r re

conf

igur

atio

n or

mat

eria

l alte

rnat

ions

to th

e ai

rfie

ld.

Arle

ne

Mul

der

(Cha

irper

son,

O

’Har

e N

oise

C

ompa

tibili

ty C

omm

issi

on)

p. V

II-15

4 F-

94

The

EIS

shou

ld in

clud

e a

runw

ay d

esig

n pl

an, c

onsi

sten

t with

th

e pe

ndin

g fe

dera

l leg

isla

tion

(H.R

. 347

9 an

d S.

B. 2

039)

, tha

t sh

ows

that

the

airc

raft

nois

e im

pact

s of

airc

raft

oper

atio

ns i

n th

e ca

lend

ar y

ear

imm

edia

tely

fol

low

ing

the

year

in w

hich

the

first

run

way

is f

irst u

sed,

and

in e

ach

cale

ndar

yea

r th

erea

fter,

will

be

less

that

the

nois

e im

pact

in y

ear 2

000.

Arle

ne

Mul

der

(Cha

irper

son,

O

’Har

e N

oise

C

ompa

tibili

ty C

omm

issi

on)

p. V

II-15

4

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

13

2

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-94

.1

Con

sist

ent

with

the

ON

CC

’s m

issi

on i

n fo

cusi

ng o

n re

duci

ng

airc

raft

nois

e at

the

sou

rce

and

poin

ts o

f im

pact

, th

e O

NC

C

belie

ves

the

FAA

sho

uld

wor

k w

ith a

ll pa

rties

and

sta

keho

lder

s to

sup

port

a ba

lanc

ed n

oise

con

trol

plan

as

refle

cted

in

the

follo

win

g m

easu

res:

mai

ntai

n st

rong

fina

ncia

l com

mitm

ent a

nd

earm

ark

addi

tiona

l fu

ndin

g fo

r re

side

ntia

l an

d sc

hool

sou

nd

insu

latio

n pr

ogra

ms;

sup

port

incr

ease

d fu

ndin

g fo

r NA

SA q

uiet

ai

rcra

ft te

chno

logy

pro

gram

s; s

ecur

e ad

ditio

nal f

undi

ng fo

r th

e de

velo

pmen

t an

d im

plem

enta

tion

of

adva

nced

fli

ght

man

agem

ent

syst

em t

echn

olog

y, i

nclu

ding

equ

ippe

d gl

obal

po

sitio

ning

sy

stem

so

ftwar

e in

al

l pl

ane;

en

sure

gr

eate

r co

mpl

ianc

e by

ca

rrie

rs

usin

g th

e ni

ghtti

me

fligh

t tra

ck

proc

edur

es,

incl

udin

g “f

ly q

uiet

” gu

idel

ines

and

eva

luat

e th

e ne

ed fo

r con

trols

on

nigh

ttim

e fli

ghts

.

Arle

ne M

ulde

r (M

ayor

, V

illag

e of

Arli

ngto

n H

eigh

ts

and

Cha

irper

son,

O

’Har

e N

oise

C

ompa

tibili

ty

Com

mis

sion

) p.

VII-

154,

155

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

13

3

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-95

In

form

atio

n re

gard

ing

the

prop

osed

mod

elin

g an

d da

ta s

houl

d be

mad

e av

aila

ble

early

in th

e pr

oces

s for

revi

ew a

nd c

omm

ent.

Th

e di

scus

sion

sho

uld

incl

ude

an a

naly

sis

of 1

4 C

FR P

arts

36,

91

, 15

0, a

nd 1

61,

the

Inte

grat

ed N

oise

Mod

el V

ersi

on 6

.0c,

N

oise

Impa

ct R

outin

g Sy

stem

. B

oth

in-f

light

noi

se a

nd g

roun

d no

ise

shou

ld

be

anal

yzed

, in

clud

ing

docu

men

ting

exis

ting

cond

ition

s. S

easo

nal

and

wee

kly

varia

tions

fro

m t

he a

nnua

l av

erag

es o

f tra

ffic

and

airp

ort u

se a

nd im

pact

s on

sch

ools

and

ch

ildre

n sh

ould

be

asse

ssed

. T

he D

EIS

shou

ld i

nclu

de t

he

hist

ory

of lo

cal p

ublic

com

men

t by

citiz

ens

and

gove

rnm

ent o

n O

’Har

e’s

nois

e hi

stor

y.

FAA

or

spon

sor

shou

ld p

rovi

de a

de

scrip

tion

of t

he p

ropo

sed

met

hodo

logy

for

est

imat

ing

the

popu

latio

n af

fect

ed b

y va

rious

noi

se l

evel

s. A

naly

sis

shou

ld

incl

ude

time

abov

e th

resh

old.

N

oise

con

tour

s sh

ould

be

deve

lope

d fo

r int

erim

con

stru

ctio

n im

pact

s.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

218,

219

F-96

Po

tent

ial

land

use

im

pact

s as

soci

ated

with

cha

nges

in

nois

e le

vels

with

in s

urro

undi

ng c

omm

uniti

es s

houl

d be

cal

cula

ted

for

the

55-6

0dB

, 60

-65d

B,

65-7

0dB

, 70

-75d

B,

and

grea

ter

than

75

dB

for

the

OM

P an

d al

l al

tern

ativ

es.

Th

e ef

fect

s of

m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s sho

uld

also

be

mod

eled

.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

219

F-97

N

oise

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

in t

he n

ewly

im

pact

ed a

reas

and

bu

sine

ss re

loca

tion

from

thes

e ar

eas

will

mos

t lik

ely

cost

mor

e th

an t

he b

enef

its f

rom

noi

se r

educ

tion

in t

he a

reas

tha

t ha

d pr

evio

usly

exp

erie

nced

noi

se i

mpa

cts

and

had

inst

alle

d no

ise

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

220

F-98

Th

e FA

A i

s re

quire

d to

ins

ure

that

avi

atio

n fa

cilit

ies

be

cons

truct

ed a

nd o

pera

ted

to m

inim

ize

curr

ent

proj

ecte

d no

ise

impa

ct o

n ne

arby

com

mun

ities

.

Sand

y M

urdo

ck (

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, E

lk G

rove

V

illag

e, a

nd th

e C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-9

0

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

13

4

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-99

C

ome

to D

es P

lain

es a

nd h

ear

the

nois

e.

Take

car

e of

the

pe

ople

rega

rdin

g th

e no

ise

and

pollu

tion.

Jo

seph

ine

Nae

my

(Des

Pla

ines

) p.

VII-

45

F-10

0 Th

ey’r

e pr

omis

ing

soun

dpro

ofin

g, b

ut o

ur n

eigh

borh

ood,

whi

ch

is o

nly

two

mile

s no

rth o

f the

pro

pose

d no

rther

n ru

nway

, is

not

elig

ible

bec

ause

we’

re n

ot a

t the

end

of t

he ru

nway

.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-127

F-10

1 W

hy d

o w

e ha

ve to

pro

ve th

e ex

iste

nce

of th

e pr

esen

t har

mfu

l no

ise,

tox

ic a

ir, a

nd w

ater

pol

lutio

n, a

nd t

heir

effe

cts

on o

ur

lives

and

our

chi

ldre

n? A

nd if

we

cann

ot p

rove

it, w

e ha

ve n

o m

ore

reco

urse

but

to e

ndur

e m

ore,

twic

e as

muc

h.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-128

F-10

2 I c

halle

nge

the

FAA

to v

isit

the

neig

hbor

hood

on

bad

days

and

ni

ghts

to d

o th

eir o

wn

inde

pend

ent s

tudy

with

mea

sure

men

ts o

f th

e no

ise

and

toxi

c fu

mes

, not

this

24-

hour

div

ide

by 2

4 m

ess a

t th

e en

d of

the

runw

ay.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-128

F-10

3 I’

ve s

at o

n La

ke O

peka

and

wat

ched

with

my

wat

ch a

s th

e pl

anes

wen

t ov

er u

nder

a t

hous

and

feet

eve

ry s

ingl

e m

inut

e.

That

will

be

dow

n to

30

seco

nds

whe

n w

e ge

t all

the

runw

ays.

Th

ey d

on’t

go in

a s

traig

ht li

ne b

ecau

se th

ey’r

e try

ing

to c

urb

the

nois

e, th

ey ta

ke o

ff st

eep

pitc

hed

and

bank

ove

r th

e ho

mes

an

d la

kes i

n a

very

trea

cher

ous m

anne

r. S

ome

day

we’

re g

oing

to

hav

e a

big

cras

h.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-129

F-10

4 N

obod

y m

easu

res

the

nois

e an

d po

llutio

n fr

om th

e je

t run

-ups

at

nig

ht.

I’m

sup

pose

d to

sle

ep q

uiet

ly a

t ni

ght

and

let

the

grou

nd r

un-u

p po

ison

my

lung

s. T

here

is

a gi

gant

ic g

roun

d ru

mbl

ing

and

shak

ing.

It

has

wok

en m

e up

fro

m s

ound

sle

ep

and

it sc

ares

you

. So

how

do

you

get r

ealis

tic r

eadi

ngs

on th

e no

ise

deci

bels?

Fin

d a

way

to re

gist

er th

e to

xic

fum

es a

t nig

ht

from

the

run-

up.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-129

, 130

, 134

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

13

5

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-10

5 Th

e FA

A i

s go

ing

to h

ave

to e

nfor

ce a

lar

ge e

nviro

nmen

tal

safe

ty b

uffe

r and

soun

dpro

ofin

g fo

r eve

ryon

e.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-134

F-

106

We

live

in B

ense

nvill

e tw

o bl

ocks

aw

ay f

rom

Yor

k R

oad,

w

hich

the

City

is p

ropo

sing

to ta

ke fo

r ex

pans

ion.

We

will

be

getti

ng a

ll th

e po

llutio

n an

d no

ise.

Ner

y (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-68

F-10

7 If

you

sou

ndpr

oof s

choo

ls, c

hurc

hes

acro

ss th

e st

reet

from

me,

w

hy c

an’t

you

soun

dpro

of m

y co

ndo?

K

en N

iven

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-19

1 F-

108

It’s

a w

aste

of

our

taxp

ayer

s m

oney

and

har

min

g m

illio

ns o

f pe

ople

’s sl

eep

and

wel

l-bei

ng.

No

Nam

e 1

p. V

II-35

2 F-

109

Just

the

noi

se f

rom

tw

ice

the

num

ber

of p

lane

s w

ill b

ecom

e im

poss

ible

to li

ve h

ere.

N

o N

ame

3 p.

VII-

354

F-11

0 M

ore

fligh

ts, m

ore

noise

, pol

lutio

n, m

ore

asth

ma,

hyp

erte

nsio

n,

lung

car

cino

ma.

N

o N

ame

5 p.

VII-

316

F-11

1 W

orld

Bus

ines

s C

hica

go b

elie

ves

that

con

stru

ctio

n of

the

OM

P as

pro

pose

d w

ill r

esul

t in

red

uced

noi

se l

evel

s; d

ram

atic

ally

re

duce

d fli

ght

dela

ys (

and

hund

reds

of

mill

ions

in

econ

omic

co

sts

they

inc

ur),

and

we

belie

ve t

hat

posi

tive

bene

fits

in

empl

oym

ent a

nd ta

x ba

se g

row

th a

nd w

ell a

s ge

nera

l eco

nom

ic

stim

ulat

ion

will

be

prof

ound

.

Paul

O’C

onno

r (E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, W

orld

Bus

ines

s C

hica

go)

p. V

II-10

7

F-11

2 W

hen

will

FA

A D

OA

sup

plem

ent

nois

e m

etric

for

all

area

s af

fect

ed?

Will

the

FA

A g

et i

nvol

ved

durin

g th

e pr

oces

s to

m

ake

sure

all

plan

s hav

e m

et th

e cr

iteria

for s

afet

y an

d no

ise?

Jose

ph O

livet

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

314

F-11

3 W

e’ll

be a

ffec

ted

by a

ll th

e no

ise

and

pollu

tion

from

the

ai

rcra

ft.

Mar

ina

C. O

raci

on (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-70

F-

114

Whe

n th

e pl

anes

fly

over

the

hous

e tre

mbl

es a

nd a

lso y

ou c

an’t

hear

eve

ryth

ing.

Jo

e O

skin

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-24

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

13

6

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-11

4.1

Mr.

Arm

an d

iscu

ssed

that

the

impa

cted

are

a w

ill s

hrin

k ov

eral

l in

ter

ms

of n

oise

and

may

be p

ollu

tion;

but

we

are

very

co

ncer

ned

that

our

impa

cted

are

a ov

er in

DuP

age

Cou

nty

will

in

crea

se b

y ab

out

50 p

erce

nt w

hat

it is

now

, an

d w

e ar

e co

ncer

ned

with

pos

sibl

e he

alth

haz

ards

, ai

r po

llutio

n, a

nd w

e ar

e co

ncer

ned

also

with

the

noi

se i

mpa

ct.

It

is a

ver

y, v

ery

cruc

ial

issu

e fo

r us

, an

d w

e ex

pect

tha

t th

e EI

S w

ill d

o a

thor

ough

ana

lysi

s on

bot

h of

thos

e ite

ms,

both

the

nois

e an

d th

e po

llutio

n, th

e ai

r pol

lutio

n. I

n te

rms o

f noi

se im

pact

, we

expe

ct

a m

ore

com

preh

ensi

ve n

oise

sou

ndpr

oofin

g pr

ogra

m.

We

expe

ct th

at a

t lea

st 6

5 D

NL

trans

port

will

be

used

in th

e fu

ture

, an

d al

so a

ll ho

mes

and

all

busi

ness

es r

egar

dles

s of

ow

ners

hip

shou

ld b

e so

undp

roof

ed.

Nic

k Pa

ppas

(D

uPag

e C

ount

y D

epar

tmen

t of

D

evel

opm

ent a

nd E

nviro

nmen

tal C

once

rns)

p.

VI-1

08

F-11

5 Th

e en

viro

nmen

tal

impa

ct o

n ou

r co

mm

unity

nee

ds t

o be

ad

dres

sed

by th

e FA

A in

clud

ing

nois

e, a

ir po

llutio

n, a

nd tr

affic

im

pact

s fr

om th

e in

crea

se in

the

num

ber o

f flig

hts

and

phys

ical

ch

ange

s to

the

airp

ort c

onfig

urat

ion.

Gar

y an

d B

arba

ra P

arrin

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-35

6

F-11

6 It

wou

ld in

conv

enie

nce

thos

e pe

ople

who

alre

ady

live

here

in

term

s of t

he a

mou

nt o

f tra

ffic

and

noi

se th

at w

ould

hap

pen.

St

eve

Partm

an (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

67, 2

68

F-11

7 C

once

rned

tha

t no

ise l

evel

and

air

qual

ity w

ill b

e in

tole

rabl

e.

Noi

se d

ecib

el t

oler

ance

s sh

ould

not

onl

y be

add

ress

ed b

y de

cibe

ls b

ut a

lso

by fr

eque

ncy.

Tol

erab

le d

ecib

el le

vels

sho

uld

be re

duce

d be

low

the

65 le

vel.

John

Pas

sare

lli (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

310,

311

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

13

7

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-11

8 U

nder

the

new

con

figur

atio

n, f

ive

of t

he e

ight

run

way

s w

ill

dire

ctly

im

pact

Par

k R

idge

, w

hich

will

lea

d to

a c

ontin

uous

le

vel

of a

ircra

ft no

ise

for

both

arr

ivin

g an

d de

parti

ng a

ircra

ft.

Doe

s th

is m

ean

that

Par

k R

idge

can

look

forw

ard

to g

ettin

g 63

pe

rcen

t of O

’Har

e’s

air a

nd n

oise

pol

lutio

n in

the

futu

re?

With

5/

8ths

of

the

runw

ays

dire

ctly

im

pact

ing

Park

Rid

ge i

t is

ap

pare

nt t

hat

som

e pa

rt of

our

city

will

alw

ays

be s

ubje

ct t

o ni

ghtti

me

nois

e an

d ai

r po

llutio

n.

Wha

t ro

utin

g of

airc

raft

coul

d be

put

int

o pl

ace

to m

inim

ize

the

nois

e du

ring

norm

al

slee

ping

hou

rs?

With

all

this

add

ition

al c

apac

ity c

an la

te n

ight

an

d ea

rly m

orni

ng f

light

s be

ban

ned

at O

’Har

e as

is

done

at

Bos

ton

and

John

Way

ne i

n O

rang

e C

ount

y?

Man

y of

the

ai

rline

s ha

ve b

een

requ

ired

to u

se th

e qu

iete

r Sta

ge 3

airc

raft

at

O’H

are

– bu

t not

all

user

s of

O’H

are.

Who

are

the

exce

ptio

ns

and

why

are

they

get

ting

a pa

ss?

Nor

man

J. P

ater

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

79

F-11

9 Th

e lo

wer

the

pla

ne,

the

high

er t

he n

oise

lev

el.

Are

the

re

regu

latio

ns a

t O’H

are

as to

the

min

imum

hei

ght a

n ai

rcra

ft m

ay

fly o

ver

resi

dent

ial

area

s w

hen

in a

lan

ding

or

taki

ng o

ff

patte

rn?

Wha

t’s th

e pe

nalty

, if a

ny, f

or v

iola

tions

?

Nor

man

J. P

ater

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

79

F-12

0 W

e ge

t 747

s at

tim

es.

They

just

bar

ely

mak

e, c

lear

the

trees

an

d w

hen

we’

re ta

lkin

g, it

’s h

ard

to r

eally

eve

n lis

ten

to w

hat

we’

re s

ayin

g to

eac

h ot

her.

With

the

expa

nsio

n, it

’s g

oing

to

mak

e it

diffi

cult.

W

e ha

ve tw

o ch

ildre

n an

d w

e w

ould

like

to

real

ly k

eep

our

fam

ilies

as

a w

hole

. W

e w

ould

lik

e to

see

–

have

the

neig

hbor

s as

any

of

us w

ould

like

to s

ee B

ense

nvill

e st

ay a

s a w

hole

com

mun

ity b

ecau

se it

’s a

gre

at c

omm

unity

.

Oro

nzo

and

Con

cetta

Pec

onio

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-3

09, 3

10

F-12

1 W

e ha

ve

been

im

pact

ed

by

nois

e,

pollu

tion,

an

d oi

l on

w

indo

ws,

poor

qua

lity

of li

fe w

hen

outd

oors

. A

rlene

Pet

ers (

Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

319

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

13

8

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-12

1.1

May

be M

ayor

Dal

ey m

ay b

enef

it, o

r po

ssib

ly p

eopl

e in

the

go

vern

or’s

of

fice,

bu

t I

don’

t th

ink

anyo

ne

who

re

ally

ex

perie

nces

th

e da

y-to

-day

pr

oble

m

of

liste

ning

to

no

ise,

ha

ving

you

r win

dow

s cra

ckin

g, a

nd o

il al

l ove

r and

nev

er b

eing

ab

le to

cle

an y

our w

indo

ws

or a

ny p

art o

f you

r pro

perty

, nev

er

bein

g ab

le to

go

outs

ide

and

sit d

own

and

enjo

y yo

ur g

arde

n or

yo

ur fl

ower

s or a

nyth

ing

beca

use

of e

xtre

me

loud

noi

se.

Arle

ne P

eter

s (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-276

F-12

2 I l

ive

at D

evon

and

83.

If t

hey

wer

e go

ing

stra

ight

thro

ugh

on

the

runw

ay,

they

wou

ld n

ot b

e co

min

g ov

er m

y ho

use.

B

ut

whe

n th

ey v

eer

off

real

sha

rply

com

ing

off

that

long

run

way

s, th

ey a

re c

omin

g ov

er a

nd m

akin

g al

l ki

nds

of n

oise

in

the

mid

dle

of th

e ni

ght.

Thi

s bi

g pl

ane

cam

e rig

ht o

ver

the

hous

e an

d it

coul

d ha

ve s

hook

the

who

le h

ouse

that

’s h

ow lo

w it

was

w

hen

it ca

me

over

.

Pete

Pet

ers (

Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-3

13

F-12

3 N

oise

regu

latio

n an

d co

ntro

l is n

onex

iste

nt.

Dol

ores

C. P

ino

(Mor

ton

Gro

ve)

p. V

II—18

9 F-

124

My

conc

ern

is th

at th

e ex

pans

ion

will

cre

ate

mor

e ai

r and

noi

se

pollu

tion.

H

enry

Pra

ngl (

Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

38

F-12

5 M

annh

eim

Roa

d’s

role

as

a st

rate

gic

arte

rial

mov

ing

loca

l O

’Har

e an

d re

gion

al t

raffi

c th

roug

h Fr

ankl

in P

ark.

Sp

ecifi

c is

sues

rel

ativ

e to

the

expa

nsio

n in

clud

e in

crea

se tr

affic

, tru

cks,

cars

and

bus

es,

resu

lting

in

incr

ease

d co

nges

tion,

noi

se/a

ir po

llutio

n an

d de

lay

to a

rea

and

regi

onal

mot

oris

ts.

Dan

iel P

ritch

ett (

Vill

age

Pres

iden

t, Fr

ankl

in P

ark)

p.

VI-3

63

F-12

6 A

irpla

ne o

pera

tions

and

thei

r no

ise

impa

cts

on F

rank

lin P

ark.

W

hile

m

any

prop

ertie

s ha

ve

rece

ived

so

undp

roof

ing

impr

ovem

ents

, we

wou

ld r

eque

st a

n ad

ditio

nal i

ncre

ase

in th

at

initi

ativ

e.

Dan

iel P

ritch

ett (

Vill

age

Pres

iden

t, Fr

ankl

in P

ark)

p.

VI-3

64

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

13

9

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-12

7 N

oise

I ca

n liv

e w

ith b

ut p

ollu

tion

mus

t be

reco

gniz

ed.

Tony

Pul

cian

i (B

ense

nvill

e) –

July

25,

200

2 p.

VII-

16

Tony

Pul

cian

i (B

ense

nvill

e) –

Aug

ust 2

2, 2

002

p. V

II-17

F-

128

We

are

talk

ing

abou

t the

sou

nd p

ollu

tion

whi

ch is

alre

ady

at a

ve

ry p

oor l

evel

but

to in

crea

se it

; I’m

afr

aid

not f

or ju

st fo

r my

little

boy

’s o

r m

y un

born

chi

ld’s

hea

ring

but f

or th

e th

ousa

nds

of o

ther

chi

ldre

n’s

hear

ing

in t

his

and

surr

ound

ing

tow

ns a

s w

ell.

Cla

udin

e Q

ueve

do

p. V

II-18

4

F-12

9 I’

m a

gain

st th

e ex

pans

ion

for n

oise

pol

lutio

n, a

ir po

llutio

n, a

nd

the

fact

it’s

goi

ng to

take

tax

dolla

rs a

way

fro

m m

y to

wn

and

rais

e th

e ta

xes

so h

igh

to w

here

nob

ody

is g

oing

to li

ve th

ere.

W

ho’s

goi

ng t

o pa

y th

e ex

cess

tax

es f

rom

the

bus

ines

s w

e’re

go

ing

to lo

se?

In

orde

r to

hea

r th

e TV

, we

have

to h

ave

it al

l th

e w

ay u

p.

In o

rder

to

hear

the

rad

io,

we

have

to

have

it

cran

ked

up.

If

we’

re t

alki

ng o

n th

e ph

one,

we

have

to

stop

ta

lkin

g on

the

phon

e ev

ery

time

a pl

ane

goes

ove

r. A

nd if

they

re

conf

igur

e th

e ru

nway

s as

they

’re

doin

g it,

they

’re

goin

g to

be

goin

g ea

st-w

est a

nd it

’s g

oing

to b

e w

orse

.

Gre

g Q

ueve

do (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-1

70, 1

71

F-13

0 H

ow w

ill th

is in

crea

se ta

xes

due

to le

ss in

dustr

ial?

I

know

it

will

bec

ome

loud

er d

irtie

r and

mor

e ex

pens

ive

for m

e.

Lesl

ie M

. Que

vedo

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-13

7 F-

131

The

real

con

cern

s ar

e th

ose

of n

oise

and

pol

lute

d ai

r du

e to

fu

el,

etc.

O

n an

y gi

ven

day

I ha

ve c

ount

ed o

n av

erag

e 50

(c

lose

ove

r hea

d) b

etw

een

6:00

-10:

00 a

nd 1

900-

2200

.

Lesl

ie M

. Que

vedo

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-13

7

F-13

2 El

k G

rove

is

goin

g to

be

affe

cted

by

nois

e po

llutio

n, a

ir po

llutio

n, a

nd c

onge

stio

n, b

ut B

ense

nvill

e is

goi

ng to

lose

600

ho

mes

and

doz

ens o

f bus

ines

ses.

Har

old

Ree

d (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

81

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

14

0

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-13

3 W

e ha

ve c

once

rns a

bout

noi

se.

Mik

e R

oger

s (I

llino

is En

viro

nmen

tal

Prot

ectio

n A

genc

y, A

ir Q

ualit

y Pl

anni

ng)

p. V

I-138

F-13

4 Th

ose

with

who

m I

live

in th

e af

fect

ed a

rea

are

muc

h yo

unge

r th

an m

y ag

e of

65

and

are

mos

t con

cern

ed a

bout

air

pollu

tion,

no

ise

pollu

tion,

he

alth

, pr

oper

ty

valu

es,

dese

crat

ion

of

ance

stor’

s ce

met

erie

s, re

loca

tion,

lo

ss

of

inco

me,

an

d ps

ycho

logi

cal

dam

age.

It

is t

hese

peo

ple

abou

t w

hom

I a

m

conc

erne

d an

d w

illin

g to

figh

t, ei

ther

to m

aint

ain

the

stat

us q

uo

or p

reve

nt a

ny e

xpan

sion

.

Leon

ard

Rog

us (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-60

F-13

5 Th

e ai

rline

s an

d th

e C

hica

go D

epar

tmen

t of

Avi

atio

n ha

ve

alre

ady

mad

e tre

men

dous

stri

des

in a

ddre

ssin

g ai

rcra

ft no

ise

and

air

emis

sion

s at

the

airp

ort.

Mod

erni

zing

O’H

are

will

in

crea

se e

ffici

ency

, whi

ch c

an h

elp

redu

ce e

mis

sion

s fur

ther

.

Ger

ald

J. R

oper

(P

resi

dent

and

C

EO,

Chi

cago

land

C

ham

ber o

f Com

mer

ce)

p. V

II-44

F-13

6 Th

e no

ise

is a

lread

y to

o m

uch,

as

is th

e tra

ffic

in th

e ar

ea.

My

win

dow

s vi

brat

e.

I am

una

ble

to h

ear

peop

le o

ver

the

phon

e w

hen

plan

es g

o di

rect

ly o

verh

ead.

Shei

la R

udde

n-Sh

oney

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-49

F-13

7 La

rge

incr

ease

s in

noi

se p

ollu

tion,

so

loud

in s

ome

case

s as

to

caus

e re

loca

tions

. Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e)

p. V

II-23

8 F-

138

Def

ine

the

tota

l pot

entia

lly a

ffec

ted

envi

ronm

ent,

both

nat

ural

an

d m

an-m

ade.

Ide

ntify

the

base

lines

of a

ll ai

r, w

ater

, gro

und

and

nois

e po

llutio

n to

thes

e en

viro

nmen

ts n

ow g

ener

ated

by

all

O’H

are

and

rela

ted

oper

atio

ns, b

oth

on a

nd o

ff ai

rpor

t gro

unds

.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

239

F-13

9 Th

e FA

A’s

te

chni

cal

peop

le

ackn

owle

dge

that

th

e no

ise

cont

ours

will

inc

reas

e as

we

get

mor

e ai

rcra

ft an

d la

rger

Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

14

1

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

airc

raft.

Id

entif

y th

e no

ise

cont

ribut

ions

fro

m a

ll ai

rcra

ft,

stat

iona

ry fa

cilit

ies,

grou

nd tr

affic

, etc

., bo

th o

n an

d of

f airp

ort

grou

nds.

p. V

II-24

2

F-14

0 W

hat a

re th

e re

alis

tic p

roje

ctio

ns o

f the

noi

se c

onto

ur?

A m

ore

real

istic

mea

sure

tha

n th

e D

ay-N

ight

Lev

el (

DN

L) m

etric

is

need

ed to

det

erm

ine

the

effe

cts

of n

oise

on

the

popu

lace

. Th

e C

NEL

sho

uld

be ta

ken

into

acc

ount

for

ear

lier

even

ing

hour

s.

The

FAA

sho

uld

use

55 d

B C

NEL

. In

corp

orat

e Si

ngle

Eve

nt

Noi

se E

xpos

ure

Leve

l (S

ENEL

). T

ake

into

acc

ount

45d

b.

Take

int

o co

nsid

erat

ion

perc

eive

d le

vel,

spik

es,

time

of y

ear,

open

ed o

r cl

osed

win

dow

s, du

ratio

n an

d fr

eque

ncy

of n

oise

ev

ent,

met

eoro

logi

cal e

vent

s, et

c.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

242

F-14

1 Si

nce

inau

dibl

e lo

w a

nd h

igh

freq

uenc

y so

und

wav

es e

mitt

ed

from

airc

raft

caus

e re

al a

nd s

erio

us d

amag

e to

hum

an h

ealth

an

d st

ruct

ures

: wha

t are

the

phys

ical

and

psy

chol

ogic

al im

pact

s to

hum

an h

ealth

cau

sed

by e

xitin

g co

nditi

ons?

W

hat

can

be

antic

ipat

ed b

y th

e ch

ange

(s)?

W

hat i

s th

e ex

istin

g im

pact

on

stru

ctur

es?

Wha

t can

be

antic

ipat

ed b

y th

e ch

ange

s(s)

? H

ow

far

away

fro

m a

irpor

t ar

e st

ruct

ures

affe

cted

? W

hat

are

the

exis

ting

cost

s of

dam

age

to s

truct

ures

? W

hat

will

be

the

proj

ecte

d da

mag

es a

nd th

eir c

osts?

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

243

F-14

2 W

hat

are

all

the

impa

cts

of

airc

raft

nois

e (s

ound

w

aves

/vib

ratio

n) o

n hu

man

phy

sica

l an

d ps

ycho

logi

cal

heal

th

and

our c

hild

ren’

s he

alth

, mot

ivat

ion

and

educ

atio

n? W

hat a

re

the

effe

cts

on

a ch

ild

stud

ying

in

a

hom

e w

ithou

t so

undp

roof

ing?

W

hat a

re e

ffect

s on

pre

gnan

t wom

en?

Wha

t ca

n be

ant

icip

ated

by

the

chan

ge(s

)?

Wha

t are

and

/or

will

be

the

cost

s to

wor

k-re

late

d pe

rfor

man

ce a

nd p

rodu

ctiv

ity?

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

243

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

14

2

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-14

3 W

hat d

amag

e do

es th

e co

mpr

essi

on o

f the

soun

d w

ave

caus

e on

hu

man

and

ani

mal

org

ans?

W

hat

are

the

resu

lting

eff

ects

to

hum

an h

ealth

? W

hat

are

the

asso

ciat

ed c

osts

? W

hat

is t

he

hosp

italiz

atio

n ra

te d

ue to

airc

raft

nois

e?

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

243

F-14

4 Sh

ow e

ffec

ts o

f sl

eep

dist

urba

nces

cau

sed

by a

irpor

t an

d ai

rcra

ft op

erat

ions

(in

clud

ing

grou

nd

run-

up,

and

surf

ace

nois

e).

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

243

F-14

5 D

o no

t use

the

INM

mod

el w

ithou

t ind

epen

dent

val

idat

ion

of

all m

odel

inpu

t. C

ompa

re/s

how

ava

ilabl

e m

onito

ring

data

. Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e)

p. V

II-24

3 F-

146

Airp

orts

ran

k am

ong

the

top

ten

indu

stria

l em

issi

ons

sour

ces,

and

yet

they

are

virt

ually

unr

egul

ated

. W

e ar

e ex

trem

ely

conc

erne

d ab

out

the

serio

us h

ealth

env

ironm

ent,

nois

e an

d ot

her

qual

ity

of

life

prob

lem

s th

at

are

rela

ted

to

air

trans

porta

tion.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

43, p

. VII-

89

F-14

7 A

long

with

the

noi

se,

O’H

are

airc

raft

oper

atio

ns p

rodu

ce

mas

sive

and

unu

sual

typ

es o

f ai

r, w

ater

, no

ise

and

grou

nd

pollu

tion,

all

of w

hich

are

hea

lth h

azar

dous

and

pot

entia

lly

dead

ly.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

43, p

. VII-

89

F-14

8 Th

e im

plic

atio

n th

at l

engt

heni

ng r

unw

ays

is b

eing

don

e to

ac

com

mod

ate

the

new

, sup

er h

uge

AirB

us 3

80.

We

expe

ct th

e FA

A t

o fu

lly e

valu

ate

the

envi

ronm

ent,

envi

ronm

enta

l sa

fety

, no

ise,

and

pol

lutio

n as

pect

s of

ope

ratin

g su

ch b

ehem

oths

ove

r ou

r hea

ds o

f the

loca

l res

iden

ts.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

46p.

VII

-90

F-14

9 A

s pl

anes

are

get

ting

larg

er in

the

futu

re a

nd la

rge

new

pla

nes

are

just

as

nois

y or

noi

sier

tha

n sm

alle

r, ol

der

plan

es, a

irpor

t m

oder

niza

tion

to a

ccom

mod

ate

thes

e la

rger

pla

nes

is d

estin

ed

to

incr

ease

no

ise

incl

udin

g ni

ghtti

me

noise

fr

om

huge

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

46, 1

47, p

. VII-

90

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

14

3

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

frei

ghte

rs.

O’H

are

shou

ld b

e re

stric

ted

to o

nly

Stag

e IV

co

mpl

iant

airc

raft

for a

ny fo

ur-e

ngin

e ai

rcra

ft.

F-15

0 C

onst

ruct

ing

new

runw

ays o

r rec

onfig

urin

g th

e ex

istin

g O

’Har

e w

ill s

igni

fican

tly h

arm

com

mun

ities

inc

ludi

ng n

eigh

borh

oods

, sc

hool

s, bu

sine

sses

and

hom

es b

ecau

se o

f th

e ai

rpor

t an

d ai

rcra

fts’

extra

ordi

nary

am

ount

s an

d ty

pes

of n

oise

, w

ater

, gr

ound

pol

lutio

n an

d to

xic

air

pollu

tion,

pro

perty

tak

ings

, tax

ba

se lo

sses

and

oth

er q

ualit

y of

life

issu

es.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

49, p

. VII-

91

F-15

1 Li

st

how

ai

rpor

t/airc

raft

nois

e af

fect

s co

mm

unic

atio

n in

re

latio

nshi

ps.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

244

F-15

2 Th

e cu

rren

t le

vel

of

nois

e is

ne

arly

un

bear

able

as

it is

. Es

peci

ally

the

fligh

ts a

t 2 a

.m.-4

a.m

., w

hich

sou

nd lo

w e

noug

h to

bru

sh th

e ro

of o

f the

hou

se.

Susa

n L.

Sch

ell (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-67

F-15

3 Th

e en

d of

this

new

runw

ay w

ill b

e le

ss th

an tw

o m

iles

dire

ctly

ea

st o

f Fen

ton

Hig

h Sc

hool

. H

ow c

an w

e ha

ndle

twic

e as

muc

h no

ise

and

air p

ollu

tion

than

we

alre

ady

have

?

Her

man

n Sc

hmid

t (W

ood

Dal

e)

p. V

II-28

1

F-15

4 W

e m

oved

her

e be

caus

e it

was

clo

se to

wor

k, a

nic

e pl

ace

to

live

too,

and

we

enjo

y it

very

muc

h.

And

we

sure

wou

ldn’

t en

joy

mor

e no

ise

over

head

by

the

airp

lane

s.

Don

Sco

tt (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-3

02

F-15

5 Th

e no

ise

is

over

whe

lmin

g no

w,

so

obvi

ousl

y it

wou

ld

incr

ease

. Pa

trici

a Sc

ott (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-64

F-

156

It w

ould

be

nois

y an

d ki

nd o

f da

nger

ous.

The

re w

ould

be

too

muc

h no

ise

and

it w

ould

be

diffi

cult

to g

et u

sed

to.

Edw

ard

and

Mar

iann

e Sh

ad (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-279

F-

157

I tea

ch p

iano

and

org

an, a

nd th

at w

ould

be

kind

of d

istu

rbin

g to

m

ysel

f and

my

stud

ents

. I t

hink

that

’s o

ne o

f the

mai

n th

ings

, po

llutio

n an

d no

ise.

Edw

ard

and

Mar

iann

e Sh

ad (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-279

F-15

8 En

gine

s re

v, v

ery

obno

xiou

s w

hini

ng a

nd a

t so

me

poin

t th

ey

F. D

oyle

She

a (M

edin

ah)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

14

4

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

com

e ev

ery

30 s

econ

ds.

May

be f

or 3

-4 d

ays

non-

stop

. W

ith

the

expa

nsio

n al

l but

1 r

unw

ay w

ill g

o ea

st a

nd w

est.

At t

hat

poin

t w

e w

ill h

ave

no c

hanc

e.

Nev

er a

bre

ak,

neve

r a

full

nigh

ts s

leep

. I

will

hav

e to

mov

e.

Of

cour

se m

any

of m

y ne

ighb

ors w

ill to

o, so

ther

e go

es th

e pr

oper

ty v

alue

s.

p. V

II-16

4, 1

65

F-15

8.1

If y

ou w

ould

like

a lo

catio

n to

mea

sure

air

and

nois

e im

pact

s m

y ba

ckya

rd is

per

fect

to se

t up.

F.

Doy

le S

hea

(Med

inah

) p.

VII-

166

F-15

9 I h

ave

no p

robl

em w

ith th

e no

ise

(I e

xpec

ted

that

), ho

wev

er, n

o pe

rson

or e

ntity

sho

uld

be a

llow

ed to

pol

lute

this

hea

vy in

suc

h a

dens

ely

popu

late

d ar

ea.

Den

nis S

hean

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

9

F-16

0 Th

e da

ta u

sed

to d

efin

e no

ise

(DN

L) c

onto

urs

for

exis

ting

cond

ition

s as

wel

l as

fore

cast

s ba

sed

on th

e pr

opos

ed n

ew a

nd

or r

equi

red

runw

ay c

onfig

urat

ion

mus

t be

read

ily a

cces

sibl

e to

al

l in

tere

sted

pa

rties

.

The

publ

ic

shou

ld

be

give

n an

op

portu

nity

to p

artic

ipat

e in

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd re

view

of t

he

mod

els

and

data

use

d ge

nera

te t

he n

oise

con

tour

s an

d th

e pr

ojec

ted

nois

e im

pact

are

a.

Rob

ert J

. Sch

iller

stro

m (D

uPag

e C

ount

y En

viro

nmen

tal

Com

mitt

ee, D

evel

opm

ent &

Env

ironm

enta

l Con

cern

s)

p. V

II-23

2, 2

33

F-16

1 A

s a

resu

lt of

the

prog

ram

, the

noi

se-im

pact

ed a

rea

insi

de th

e 65

DN

L co

ntou

r in

DuP

age

Cou

nty

is e

xpec

ted

to in

crea

se b

y at

le

ast

48

perc

ent.

To

ad

dres

s th

is

impa

ct,

the

futu

re

expa

nsio

n pr

ogra

m

mus

t in

clud

e a

com

preh

ensi

ve

nois

e co

mpa

tibili

ty p

rogr

am.

We

reco

mm

end

that

the

fol

low

ing

chan

ges

mus

t be

part

of th

e ne

w s

ound

pro

ofin

g pr

ogra

m: m

ust

be b

ased

on

the

FAA

’s 6

5 D

NL

thre

shol

d fo

r so

undp

roof

ing

(and

not

the

70

DN

L us

ed b

y th

e C

ity o

f C

hica

go u

p to

the

pr

esen

t), a

ll ho

mes

, inc

ludi

ng m

ultip

le f

amily

and

ren

tal u

nits

, as

w

ell

as

all

busi

ness

es,

shou

ld

be

incl

uded

in

th

e so

undp

roof

ing

prog

ram

, al

l st

akeh

olde

r an

d im

pact

ed

Rob

ert J

. Sch

iller

stro

m (D

uPag

e C

ount

y En

viro

nmen

tal

Com

mitt

ee, D

evel

opm

ent &

Env

ironm

enta

l Con

cern

s)

p. V

II-23

3

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

14

5

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

com

mun

ities

shou

ld b

e in

volv

ed in

the

desi

gn o

f the

pro

gram

. F-

162

The

EIS

mus

t ad

dres

s th

e is

sue

of e

nviro

nmen

tal

impa

cts

resu

lting

from

the

cons

truct

ion-

gene

rate

d tra

ffic

cong

estio

n, a

ir po

llutio

n an

d no

ise

on th

e su

rrou

ndin

g co

mm

uniti

es.

Rob

ert J

. Sch

iller

stro

m (D

uPag

e C

ount

y En

viro

nmen

tal

Com

mitt

ee, D

evel

opm

ent &

Env

ironm

enta

l Con

cern

s)

p. V

II-23

4 F-

163

The

plan

for

run

way

rea

lignm

ent

will

pro

vide

a 5

0 pe

rcen

t re

duct

ion

in th

e nu

mbe

r of h

omes

sub

ject

ed to

airc

raft

nois

e of

65

dec

ibel

s or

gre

ater

in a

ll co

mm

uniti

es s

urro

undi

ng O

’Har

e.

It w

ill r

esul

t in

a 10

0 pe

rcen

t red

uctio

n of

hom

es s

ubje

cted

to

airc

raft

nois

e of

65

deci

bels

or g

reat

er in

the

City

of N

orth

lake

.

Jeffr

ey

T.

Sher

win

, M

ayor

, C

ity

of

Nor

thla

ke

(Res

olut

ion

No.

R-1

6-20

01)

p. V

II-33

6

F-16

4 A

ccor

ding

to

the

1997

Noi

se C

onto

ur,

the

City

of

Nor

thla

ke

had

the

mos

t sin

gle-

fam

ily h

omes

impa

cted

by

nois

e le

vels

of

70

deci

bels

or

hi

gher

ou

t of

an

y m

unic

ipal

ity

(exc

ept

unin

corp

orat

ed C

ook

Cou

nty)

. Th

e 20

00 N

oise

Con

tour

sho

ws

that

the

City

of N

orth

lake

stil

l hav

e ov

er 2

,800

hom

es a

ffect

ed

by n

oise

lev

els

of 6

5 de

cibe

ls o

r hi

gher

, whi

ch r

epre

sent

s 87

pe

rcen

t of

the

hom

es i

n N

orth

lake

. T

he r

elie

f fr

om a

ircra

ft no

ise,

whi

ch w

ill b

e re

aliz

ed f

rom

the

im

plem

enta

tion

of t

he

plan

, w

ill n

ot b

e re

aliz

ed f

or 1

5 ye

ars,

and

resi

dent

s w

ill

cont

inue

to

be s

ubje

cted

to

airc

raft

nois

e of

65

deci

bels

or

high

er i

n th

e in

terim

. I

f th

e ru

nway

con

figur

atio

n is

not

im

plem

ente

d, re

side

nts

will

con

tinue

to b

e su

bjec

ted

to a

ircra

ft no

ise

of 6

5 de

cibe

ls o

r hi

gher

on

a pe

rman

ent b

asis

. Th

e C

ity

of N

orth

lake

her

eby

calls

upo

n th

e C

ity o

f C

hica

go to

ext

end

fund

ing

for

the

resi

dent

ial s

ound

insu

latio

n pr

ogra

m to

incl

ude

hom

es su

bjec

ted

to a

ircra

ft no

ise

of 6

5 de

cibe

ls o

r hig

her.

Jeffr

ey

T.

Sher

win

, M

ayor

, C

ity

of

Nor

thla

ke

(Res

olut

ion

No.

R-1

7-20

01)

p. V

II-34

0, 3

41

F-16

5 N

oise

all

over

the

city

. M

ore

nois

e –

we

do n

ot n

eed

that

. M

ay S

pizz

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

65

F-16

6 N

oise

, po

llutio

n, a

nd d

evas

tatio

n of

Ben

senv

ille

and

othe

r Pa

tti S

teffe

nsen

(Ben

senv

ille)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

14

6

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

tow

ns a

re so

me

real

con

cern

s. p.

VII

-27

F-16

7 A

ir tra

ffic

is h

eavy

som

e da

ys th

at I

cann

ot h

ear w

hat t

he o

ther

pe

rson

is sa

ying

, unt

il th

e pl

ane

has c

lear

ed th

e ar

ea.

Loui

s Tan

ner (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-36

F-

168

I w

ill s

um u

p m

y co

mm

ents

reg

ardi

ng n

oise

, po

llutio

n an

d tra

ffic

in th

is w

ay: I

mad

e a

cons

ciou

s de

cisi

on a

lmos

t 9 y

ears

ag

o to

mov

e to

Ben

senv

ille.

Th

e to

wn

is n

ear

an a

irpor

t. I

t m

ight

be

a lit

tle n

oisy

and

con

gest

ed a

t tim

es, b

ut I

live

near

an

airp

ort.

Tim

othy

A. T

aylo

r (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-74

F-16

9 M

y bi

g co

mpl

aint

is th

e ai

rpla

nes

that

con

stant

ly f

ly o

ver

my

hous

e fr

om a

ll ho

urs

of th

e ni

ght.

You

can

’t ke

ep th

e w

indo

ws

open

. Y

ou c

an’t

have

a c

onve

rsat

ion

outs

ide.

You

hav

e to

sit

insi

de to

mak

e a

phon

e ca

ll.

Plan

es a

re c

onst

antly

roa

ring.

I

don’

t th

ink

the

airp

ort

has

done

nea

rly e

noug

h to

kee

p th

e pl

anes

qui

et a

nd n

ow th

e ex

pans

ion

is g

oing

to m

ake

it w

orse

.

Ron

Tuo

zzo

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-320

F-16

9.1

I als

o be

lieve

that

we

are

not g

ettin

g th

e fu

ll st

ory

rega

rdin

g th

e ci

rcle

hi

ghw

ay,

wes

t en

tranc

e,

pollu

tion,

no

ise,

or

en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

ct.

Stev

e U

nger

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-32

F-17

0 I

cann

ot l

ive

with

3 t

o 4

hour

s of

sle

ep s

ome

nigh

ts b

ecau

se

plan

es a

re ta

king

off

and

land

ing

at a

ll ho

urs

of th

e ni

ght.

I do

no

t hav

e th

e lib

erty

to h

ave

a co

ok o

ut in

my

back

yard

bec

ause

pl

anes

are

lan

ding

eve

ry 3

0 se

cond

s. I

hav

e to

run

my

air

cond

ition

ing

all

sum

mer

rat

her

than

ope

ning

my

win

dow

s in

m

y ho

me

beca

use

of a

ir tra

ffic

nois

e.

Nor

ene

Vac

ura

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

287

F-17

1 I a

lso

deal

with

the

nois

e of

pla

nes

taki

ng o

ff a

nd la

ndin

g ov

er

my

hom

e. T

here

are

tim

es m

y w

indo

ws

do ra

ttle.

I d

o ne

ed to

st

op m

id-c

onve

rsat

ion

whe

n so

me

plan

es ta

ke o

ff.

Bar

bara

L. W

arrin

gton

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-81

F-17

2 W

e fe

el t

here

is

alre

ady

enou

gh a

irpor

t no

ise a

nd p

ollu

tion

alre

ady.

R

osal

een

and

Tony

Wat

ers (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-51

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

14

7

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

F-17

3 N

oise

, air

pollu

tion,

tax

base

and

saf

ety

conc

erns

sho

uld

not b

e fo

rced

on

thos

e re

side

nts

and

com

mun

ities

who

pla

nned

bas

ed

on th

e cu

rren

t airp

ort c

onfig

urat

ion.

A d

oubl

ing

of a

ir ca

paci

ty

will

als

o in

crea

se g

roun

d tra

nspo

rtatio

n pr

oble

ms.

Rob

in W

eave

r (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

291

F-17

4 Th

e no

ise

will

be

doub

le o

n th

ose

of u

s w

ho li

ve in

the

path

of

the

airw

ays.

Mar

ian

Wer

ner (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-14

1 F-

175

The

envi

ronm

enta

l cha

ract

er a

nd f

utur

e fis

cal v

iabi

lity

of P

ark

Rid

ge is

thre

aten

ed b

y W

orld

Gat

eway

as

wel

l as

the

expa

nsio

n pl

an.

Air

qual

ity a

s af

fect

ed b

y ai

rpla

nes,

the

airp

ort

traffi

c,

and

traffi

c as

soci

ated

with

the

airp

ort i

s a

maj

or c

once

rn o

f my

citiz

ens w

ho b

ear t

he b

urde

ns o

f noi

se a

nd a

ir po

llutio

n.

Ron

ald

W. W

iete

cha

(May

or, C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-2

89, p

. VII-

130

F-17

5.1

May

or D

aley

’s a

nsw

er t

o al

l th

is n

oise

and

pol

lutio

n is

to

furth

er e

xpan

d th

e ai

rpor

t an

d to

sile

nce

a to

ken

num

ber

of

affe

cted

nei

ghbo

rs t

hat

cann

ot v

ote

in t

he C

ity o

f C

hica

go

elec

tion.

He

is

tryin

g to

si

lenc

e th

ese

neig

hbor

s w

ith

soun

dpro

ofin

g m

oney

.

Ron

ald

W. W

iete

cha

(May

or, C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-2

92, p

. VII-

132

F-17

6 O

’Har

e w

ill d

evas

tate

Par

k R

idge

. It

will

resu

lt in

an

incr

ease

of

noi

se o

f ov

er 5

,000

per

cent

in

the

65 d

ecib

el l

evel

s ov

er

resi

dent

ial p

rope

rties

. Th

is le

vel o

f noi

se is

una

ccep

tabl

e un

der

curr

ent F

AA

and

EPA

gui

delin

es.

Ron

ald

W. W

iete

cha

(May

or, C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-2

92, p

. VII-

132

F-17

7 In

198

0 yo

u st

arte

d th

e fa

nnin

g on

take

-offs

. Th

is in

crea

sed

the

nois

e im

pact

ed a

rea

mor

e th

an 2

00 p

erce

nt.

Eve

ry y

ear

the

num

ber o

f flig

hts

has

incr

ease

d an

d no

ise a

nd a

ir po

llutio

n go

t w

orse

.

Ric

hard

Wils

on (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

II-17

1

F-17

8 Th

e O

’Har

e no

ise

and

air p

ollu

tion

fight

has

bee

n go

ing

on fo

r m

any

year

s an

d I

have

nev

er h

eard

or

read

any

thin

g th

at

indi

cate

s th

at t

he F

AA

has

sho

wn

any

conc

ern

or h

as a

ny

expe

rtise

on

envi

ronm

enta

l is

sues

. Y

ou s

houl

d w

ork

clos

ely

Ric

hard

Wils

on (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

II-17

1

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

14

8

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

with

the

EPA

on

this

issu

e.

F-17

9 So

undp

roof

ing

publ

ic b

uild

ings

and

som

e ho

mes

und

er t

he

runw

ays

is im

porta

nt, b

ut w

e m

oved

her

e be

caus

e w

e w

ant t

o en

joy

subu

rban

liv

ing,

whi

ch i

nclu

des

our

yard

s, ga

rden

s, st

reet

s, pa

rks a

nd tr

aile

rs.

Ric

hard

Wils

on (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

II-17

1

G.

Safe

ty/S

ecur

ity

G-1

I’

m c

once

rned

bec

ause

of

the

safe

ty f

acto

r w

ith m

any

mor

e pl

anes

flyi

ng o

ut u

nder

the

new

pro

pose

d pl

an.

Ken

And

erso

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-3

20

G-3

A

irlin

es s

houl

d be

enc

oura

ged

to r

etire

old

er,

dirti

er,

nois

ier

airc

raft.

Airc

raft

man

ufac

ture

rs

shou

ld

be

enco

urag

ed

to

adva

nce

nois

e an

d ai

r po

llutio

n re

duct

ion

and

adva

nce

elec

troni

cs fo

r mor

e sa

fety

.

Cha

rles S

. Bal

dacc

hino

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

12

G-4

Th

e no

rther

nmos

t ru

nway

will

put

dire

ct f

light

s ov

er t

wo

scho

ols

in th

e ar

ea, w

here

it w

ould

put

a p

lane

app

roxi

mat

ely

150

to 2

00 f

eet

abov

e th

e sc

hool

. W

hat

has

been

cal

led

the

impa

ct z

one

wou

ld e

ntai

l, it

wou

ld e

ntai

l abo

ut 2

00 h

ome

and

two

scho

ols.

Tom

Bec

ker (

Des

Pla

ines

) p.

VI-1

36

G-5

Th

e no

rther

nmos

t ru

nway

w

ould

pu

t a

dire

ct

fligh

t ov

er

Orc

hard

Pla

ce S

choo

l in

Des

Pla

ines

, and

I ju

st d

on’t

feel

that

th

at w

ould

be

a go

od e

nviro

nmen

t for

the

kids

goi

ng to

sch

ool

and

grow

ing

up w

hen

they

are

hav

ing

a pl

ane

appr

oxim

atel

y 15

0 fe

et o

ver t

heir

head

s num

erou

s tim

es o

ver t

he d

ay, l

et a

lone

th

e sa

fety

issu

e.

Tom

Bec

ker (

Des

Pla

ines

) p.

VI-1

36

G-6

Th

e bu

ildin

g of

a la

rger

com

mer

cial

airp

ort c

reat

es a

bul

ls-e

ye

targ

et f

or in

crea

sed

terr

oris

t atta

cks.

We

do n

ot w

ant o

ur a

rea

to b

e a

targ

et.

Rob

ert B

ense

n (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-136

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

14

9

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

G-7

W

e ne

ed O

’Har

e to

ope

rate

in

top

form

, un

der

the

high

est

leve

ls o

f saf

ety

and

effic

ienc

y.

Al

Bor

gman

(D

irect

or o

f A

ir Fr

eigh

t O

pera

tions

, AIP

Tr

ucki

ng, I

nc.)

p. V

II-40

1 G

-8

We

live

right

nea

r M

aine

Sou

th.

We’

re a

t the

end

of

a cr

ash

zone

. W

hen

I ta

lked

to s

ome

of th

e pe

ople

in th

e ot

her

room

, th

ey s

aid,

“C

rash

zon

e? W

e ne

ver h

eard

of a

cra

sh z

one.

” A

nd

I sa

id, “

Perh

aps

you

have

hea

rd o

f N

ew Y

ork

whe

re a

ll th

ose

hom

es w

ere

anni

hila

ted

at th

e en

d of

a c

rash

zon

e.”

“W

e ha

ve

no c

rash

zon

e.”

Thi

s so

unds

real

ly s

trang

e fr

om a

per

son

who

w

orks

for t

he C

ity o

f Chi

cago

.

Virg

inia

S. B

rauw

eile

r (Pa

rk R

idge

) p.

VI-1

61

G-9

M

y ho

me

is

loca

ted

in

the

cras

h zo

ne

and

will

no

t be

pu

rcha

sed.

V

aler

ie &

Law

renc

e B

rixy

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

14

G-1

0 I’

m c

once

rned

abo

ut a

ir sa

fety

with

incr

ease

d nu

mbe

r of f

light

s si

nce

we

live

in t

he p

atte

rn o

f R

unw

ay 2

7L,

and

also

on

the

basi

s of o

ur d

aily

qua

lity

of li

fe.

Hen

ry B

rona

rs (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-197

G-1

1 C

hica

go is

fear

ful o

f airb

orne

terr

oris

t atta

cks.

The

y ar

e as

king

th

e N

TSB

for a

cha

nge

to th

e no

-fly

zon

e ov

er C

hica

go.

Peop

le

in t

he s

ubur

bs a

lso

fear

ter

roris

t at

tack

s. T

he t

hird

airp

ort

wou

ld re

duce

O’H

are’

s val

ue a

s a p

rime

targ

et fo

r ter

roris

ts.

Tom

Cal

laha

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p. V

I-26

4,

p. V

II-13

3 N

o N

ame

7 p.

VII-

112

G-1

2 M

ultip

le a

irpor

ts w

ork

in o

ther

citi

es a

nd o

ne t

erro

rist

atta

ck

won

’t cr

ippl

e th

ose

citie

s th

e w

ay o

ur o

ne la

rge

airp

ort w

ould

be

dev

asta

ted

by a

n at

tack

.

Car

ol C

icho

rski

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-36

4

G-1

3 O

’Har

e ca

lls f

or a

siz

able

inc

reas

e in

airc

raft.

Th

is i

s no

t ac

cept

able

and

can

not

be s

afe.

W

e fe

ar a

ter

rible

acc

iden

t is

w

aitin

g to

hap

pen.

June

M. C

irone

(Elm

hurs

t) p.

VII-

159

G-1

4 B

uild

ano

ther

airp

ort

take

som

e of

thi

s no

ise

pollu

tion

away

fr

om t

his

area

. W

e ne

ed t

o fe

el s

afe

agai

n.

We

need

im

prov

emen

t in

the

qual

ity o

f our

live

s.

June

M. C

irone

(Elm

hurs

t) p.

VII-

159

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

15

0

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

G-1

5 W

hen

are

the

safe

ty is

sues

goi

ng to

be

addr

esse

d? H

ow d

o th

e pi

lots

feel

abo

ut th

e sa

fety

issu

es in

volv

ed in

twic

e th

e am

ount

of

flig

hts?

Dav

id C

ompi

tello

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-21

G-1

6 Th

e ru

nway

is

goin

g to

be

poin

ting

right

ove

r Fe

nton

Hig

h Sc

hool

, a c

onst

ant b

ack

and

for

the

over

the

high

sch

ool.

If

a pl

ane

ever

wen

t dow

n, th

e fa

mili

es th

at it

wou

ld r

uin,

it’s

too

man

y.

Jan

Cro

we

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

37

G-1

7 If

a re

gula

r pla

ne e

ver g

oes

dow

n, w

e ar

e go

ing

to h

ave

a fir

e.

It co

uld

spre

ad o

ver

thre

e, f

our,

five

bloc

ks.

It’s

goin

g to

be

mul

ti-to

wns

com

ing

in to

fig

ht th

e fir

es.

If th

e bi

gges

t fre

ight

ai

rpla

ne e

xper

ienc

es p

robl

ems,

goes

dow

n, y

ou a

re g

oing

to s

ee

deva

stat

ion

in a

res

iden

tial

com

mun

ity t

hat

has

neve

r ex

iste

d an

ywhe

re.

Tom

Cro

we

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

46, 2

47

G-1

8 I

have

a c

once

rn w

ith t

he c

ontro

l to

wer

. Th

e FA

A s

ays

that

th

ey a

re n

ot g

oing

to b

e –

ther

e’s

goin

g to

be

mar

gins

of e

rror

or

mar

gins

of

safe

ty t

hat

caus

e th

em s

ome

real

con

cern

s.

Run

way

s to

o cl

ose

toge

ther

, sp

acin

g, b

eing

abl

e to

see

fro

m

one,

the

term

inal

to th

e ou

tsid

e ar

eas.

Arr

ival

s an

d de

partu

res

com

ing

at e

ach

othe

r.

Tom

Cro

we

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

48

G-1

9 Th

is h

uge

airp

ort

is g

oing

to

be a

tar

get

of e

very

nut

case

or

terr

oris

t in

the

wor

ld b

ecau

se i

f th

ey c

an s

top

O’H

are,

the

y cl

ose

dow

n th

e w

hole

avi

atio

n in

dust

ry.

Tom

Cro

we

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

48

G-2

0 I’

m c

once

rned

abo

ut th

e re

posi

tioni

ng o

f the

se ru

nway

s, th

at h

e sa

fety

fact

or h

as b

een

take

n in

to c

onsi

dera

tion.

N

ancy

Cza

rnik

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-234

G

-21

I’m

not

aga

inst

safe

exp

ansi

on, t

he n

orth

and

sout

h ru

nway

s are

ve

ry u

nsaf

e (e

ven

the

cont

rolle

rs a

ssoc

iatio

n ag

ree

to th

is)

and

do n

ot a

llow

eno

ugh

clea

ranc

e fo

r si

mul

tane

ous

land

ing

and

take

offs

. A

lso

one

cann

ot s

afel

y in

crea

se t

he n

umbe

r of

Elsi

e L.

Doe

ring

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-14

5

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

15

1

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

land

ing

and

take

s-of

fs.

Als

o, i

n ba

d w

eath

er i

t w

ould

be

a ca

tast

roph

e ha

ving

mor

e pl

anes

in

the

air,

wai

ting

to l

and.

I

hope

you

do

wha

t yo

u ca

n to

sto

p th

e un

safe

exp

ansi

on o

f O

’Har

e.

G-2

2 W

hat a

bout

sec

urity

? H

ow s

afe

from

terr

oris

t act

ivity

will

we

all b

e if

O’H

are

beco

mes

eve

n la

rger

and

bus

ier?

D

oes

mor

e te

rror

ist a

ctiv

ity h

ave

to o

ccur

in w

hich

pla

nes e

xplo

de o

ver o

ur

head

s, be

fore

som

eone

fina

lly fi

gure

s ou

t tha

t wha

t we

need

is

not e

xpan

sion

, but

bet

ter s

ecur

ity?

Mr.

& M

rs. P

atric

k J.

Ferr

eri (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-84

G-2

2.1

I’m

not

so

muc

h co

ncer

ned

abou

t the

gro

und

area

that

they

’re

goin

g to

be

taki

ng u

p, I’

m c

once

rned

abo

ut w

hat’s

goi

ng u

p in

th

e ai

r be

caus

e I

have

see

n so

man

y cl

ose

calls

with

airp

lane

s go

ing

over

my

hous

e th

at, I

mea

n, i

t re

ally

sca

res

you.

A

nd

bein

g th

at I

wou

ld b

e liv

ing

so c

lose

to th

e ar

ea w

here

they

’re

goin

g to

ex

pand

, th

ose

plan

es

aren

’t go

ing

to

mak

e it,

es

peci

ally

w

hen

they

’re

cris

scro

ssin

g ea

ch

othe

r an

d ev

eryt

hing

. I t

hink

it’s

ver

y da

nger

ous.

Shirl

ey F

ilip

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-1

81, 1

82

G-2

3 W

ith t

he e

ast/w

est

runw

ays

prev

ailin

g in

the

pla

n, i

s th

ere

adeq

uate

pro

visi

on f

or n

orth

wes

t, so

uthw

est,

north

east,

etc

. w

inds

? O

r are

we

redu

cing

safe

ty st

anda

rds t

o en

able

act

ivity

?

Ann

Fin

ney

p. V

II-29

6

G-2

4 I

defin

itely

opp

osed

it f

or m

any

reas

ons.

Alre

ady

the

nois

e is

too

high

. N

oise

pol

lutio

n, a

ir po

llutio

n, d

umpi

ng o

f je

t fue

l is

alre

ady

horr

endo

us.

It’s

for

heal

th r

easo

ns a

nd s

afet

y re

ason

s w

e do

not

nee

d th

is e

xpan

sion

.

Bar

b Fi

tzpa

trick

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

05

G-2

5 M

y co

ncer

ns

are

in

thre

e m

ain

area

s:

safe

ty,

envi

ronm

ent/q

ualit

y of

life

and

eco

nom

ics.

Cha

rles E

. Glo

msk

i (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

86

G-2

6 I

have

ser

ious

con

cern

s ab

out

the

safe

ty o

f co

ntin

uing

to

incr

ease

the

num

ber

of f

light

s bo

th in

to a

nd o

ut o

f th

e pr

esen

t C

harle

s E. G

lom

ski (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-86

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

15

2

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

phys

ical

spa

ce a

t O’H

are.

M

ore

fligh

ts w

ill o

nly

incr

ease

the

oppo

rtuni

ty f

or a

ircra

ft ac

cide

nts

due

to c

ollis

ion

or f

ailu

re o

f fli

ght s

afet

y or

mai

nten

ance

pro

cedu

res a

nd m

echa

nica

l fai

lure

. G

-27

O’H

are

is to

o sm

all.

It

take

s co

nsid

erab

ly m

ore

area

to d

o it

safe

. Th

e ru

nway

s ar

e sq

ueez

ed s

o cl

osel

y to

geth

er, y

ou k

now

, as

to

gene

rate

dan

ger

in l

andi

ng a

nd t

akeo

ff.

You

tak

e an

ai

rpor

t, an

d fir

st o

f al

l, yo

u ne

ed m

uch

room

. Se

cond

ly, w

hy

build

the

term

inal

s on

top?

Y

ou s

ee, i

n ad

ditio

n to

the

safe

ty

issu

e, w

hich

it’s

qui

te d

istin

ct f

rom

sec

urity

, the

sec

urity

issu

e is

suc

h th

at it

will

requ

ire a

tota

lly d

iffer

ent d

esig

n. S

o pu

t the

te

rmin

al u

nder

grou

nd.

And

Chi

cago

, yo

u kn

ow,

the

big

dig

ther

e or

the

big

hole

that

they

for

m, i

t is

not a

pro

blem

. Ev

en

it’s

econ

omic

ally

qui

te p

ract

ical

. W

hen

you

take

tha

t, ra

ther

th

an h

aulin

g it

long

dis

tanc

es,

build

a d

oubl

e ra

mpa

rt, y

ou

know

, an

ear

ther

n w

all

arou

nd t

he e

ntire

airp

ort

that

wou

ld

prov

ide

secu

rity,

num

ber o

ne, f

or p

lane

s. It

will

con

tain

gro

und

nois

e aw

ay f

rom

sur

roun

ding

are

as.

And

you

can

now

hav

e pa

rkin

g in

bet

wee

n.

You

kno

w,

car

bom

bs a

re u

sed

rath

er

freq

uent

ly in

the

Mid

-Eas

t and

eve

ryw

here

to c

ause

gre

at d

eals

of

des

truct

ion.

Th

eref

ore,

a d

oubl

e ra

mpa

rt w

ould

giv

e yo

u a

safe

hav

e an

und

ergr

ound

tunn

el w

ith a

peo

ple-

mov

er a

nd y

ou

can

mov

e pe

ople

aro

und.

Hel

mut

K. G

oerli

ng (P

ark

Rid

ge)

VI-1

53

G-2

8 Th

e ai

rpor

t is

so w

idel

y sp

read

out

you

can

not p

ossi

bly

secu

re

it.

Boe

ing

told

me

it ta

kes

12 v

ehic

les

to s

ervi

ce a

sin

gle

airp

lane

. Th

at is

an

open

invi

tatio

n to

hav

ing

very

dan

gero

us

cont

act.

Hel

mut

K. G

oerli

ng (P

ark

Rid

ge)

p. V

I-154

G-2

9 W

e do

n’t h

ave

a ba

ck-u

p pl

an.

If s

omet

hing

hap

pene

d to

that

ai

rpor

t, it

wou

ld i

mpa

ct f

inan

cial

ly,

econ

omic

ally

the

who

le

Sally

Gra

ce (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-316

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

15

3

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

Mid

wes

t, C

ity o

f C

hica

go, a

nd e

ven

crip

ple

the

entir

e U

nite

d St

ates

. G

-30

The

safe

ty z

ones

mus

t no

t be

com

prom

ised

. T

he O

’Har

e fo

otpr

int

is t

oo s

mal

l to

pro

vide

saf

e tra

nspo

rtatio

n fo

r fu

ture

gr

owth

.

Ken

Hal

ler (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-57

G-3

1 Po

tent

ial a

ccid

ents

with

add

ition

al fl

ight

s. K

eith

Jens

en (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-3

07

G-3

1.1

The

prop

osed

re

conf

igur

atio

n of

O

’Har

e’s

runw

ays

will

pr

ovid

e m

uch

safe

r op

erat

ions

, m

ore

effic

ient

util

izat

ion

and

capa

city

for s

ubst

antia

l gro

wth

.

Har

vey

I. K

ahle

r (C

hica

go)

p. V

II-32

2

G-3

1.2

Indi

rect

acc

ess

is m

ore

cons

iste

nt w

ith a

stra

tegy

for

mov

ing

secu

rity

away

fro

m t

he t

erm

inal

are

a.

Airp

ort

secu

rity

was

ad

dres

sed

only

sup

erfic

ially

in

the

Fina

l A

sses

smen

t w

ith n

o al

tern

ativ

e pl

ans.

Bot

h di

rect

and

ind

irect

alte

rnat

ives

and

po

tent

ial s

iting

var

iant

s en

tail

trade

offs

in c

onve

nien

ce a

nd c

ost

that

nee

d to

be

wei

ghed

.

Har

vey

I. K

ahle

r (C

hica

go)

p. V

II-32

4

G-3

2 So

met

imes

the

airp

lane

s ar

e so

low

tha

t yo

u ha

ve a

fea

r th

at

they

’re

goin

g to

cra

sh in

to y

our h

ouse

. N

ancy

L. K

laus

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

72

G-3

3 I b

elie

ve it

’s ti

me

to e

xpan

d ai

r tra

ffic

in th

e C

hica

gola

nd a

rea

by

build

ing

a ne

w

airp

ort

gear

ed

tow

ards

fu

ture

ne

eds

else

whe

re, s

uch

as P

eoto

ne.

Als

o ex

pans

ion

of o

ther

reg

iona

l ai

rpor

ts s

houl

d oc

cur.

Thi

s w

ould

spr

ead

out

the

air

traffi

c,

whi

ch a

lread

y ex

trem

ely

cram

ped

arou

nd O

’Har

e, m

akin

g it

safe

r (I a

ssum

e) a

nd m

ore

livab

le fo

r eve

ryon

e.

Geo

rgia

nn K

line

(Med

inah

) p.

VII-

168,

169

G-3

4 Th

e da

nger

s rig

ht n

ow o

f bu

ildin

g an

ythi

ng o

nto

the

airp

ort i

s as

king

terr

oris

ts to

com

e in

. A

rline

Klit

zke

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-168

G

-35

Safe

ty c

onsi

dera

tions

, pla

ne to

pla

ne a

nd p

aral

lel r

unw

ays.

Will

iam

C. K

litzk

e (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

309

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

15

4

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

G-3

6 Sa

fety

con

side

ratio

ns b

ased

on

prac

tical

, no

t th

eore

tical

or

idea

lized

imag

es s

houl

d be

inve

stig

ated

thor

ough

ly b

efor

e an

y pr

ocee

ding

s are

mad

e.

Will

iam

C. K

litzk

e (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

50

G-3

7 W

e be

lieve

O’H

are

is p

rese

ntly

stre

tche

d to

its

limit

and

furth

er

expa

nsio

n w

ould

be

unsa

fe.

We

unde

rsta

nd th

at th

e FA

A A

ir C

ontro

llers

adm

it th

e pa

ralle

l run

way

rea

rran

gem

ent w

ould

be

dang

erou

s in

mar

gina

l wea

ther

con

ditio

ns.

Dav

id P

. and

Mar

y A

nn K

rebs

p.

VII-

2

G-3

8 I a

m c

once

rned

abo

ut th

e en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

cts.

I am

alre

ady

subj

ecte

d to

the

nois

e an

d po

llutio

n cr

eate

d by

a s

tead

y st

ream

of

airp

lane

s fly

ing

over

my

prop

erty

. In

crea

sing

the

num

ber o

f fli

ghts

will

onl

y cr

eate

hig

her n

oise

and

pol

lutio

n le

vels

, with

a

nega

tive

impa

ct o

n th

e he

alth

, saf

ety,

and

gen

eral

wel

l bei

ng o

f ar

ea re

side

nts.

Ann

Kuf

fel (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-17

4 Su

san

Kuf

fel (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-17

6

G-3

9 Th

is p

lan

is to

o co

mpl

ex a

nd it

wou

ld a

dd to

the

dela

ys r

athe

r th

an f

ixin

g th

e pr

oble

ms.

By

the

time

the

reco

nfig

urat

ion

is co

mpl

ete,

the

airp

ort

wou

ld n

ot s

atis

fy t

he n

umbe

r of

flig

hts

proj

ecte

d fo

r th

e ai

rpor

t an

d re

gion

. S

o w

hat

has

been

ac

com

plis

hed?

M

ore

nois

e, m

ore

pollu

tion

and

mor

e ris

k (s

afet

y is

sue)

.

Mar

ian

Kur

zeja

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

54

G-4

0 H

ow c

an m

ore

fligh

ts/c

apac

ity i

mpr

ove

our

qual

ity o

f lif

e?

Logi

c sa

ys t

hat

we

will

hav

e si

gnifi

cant

ly m

ore

nois

e, m

ore

pollu

tion

and

mor

e ris

k to

thos

e liv

ing

in c

lose

pro

xim

ity.

Wal

ter K

urze

ja (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-36

9

G-4

1 Th

e FA

A r

efer

s pa

ssen

ger

safe

ty c

once

rns

to a

n ai

rline

’s

atte

ntio

ns.

The

airli

nes

resp

onse

is to

min

imiz

e sa

id c

once

rns

as to

o ex

pens

ive

to im

plem

ent a

nd u

npro

fitab

le.

Phili

p M

. Lac

ivita

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

138

G-4

2 In

an

envi

ronm

ent w

here

terr

oris

m is

a r

eal t

hrea

t, I

thin

k it

is no

t on

ly

impo

ssib

le

but

also

irr

espo

nsib

le

to

atte

mpt

to

re

conf

igur

e O

’Har

e.

Kat

hy A

. Lan

e (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-261

, 262

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

15

5

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

G-4

3 M

ore

chan

ces o

f a m

ajor

acc

iden

t with

pla

nes.

Cha

rles &

Alic

e Lo

uko

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-20

G

-44

My

taxe

s w

ill g

o up

and

we

are

seni

or c

itize

ns o

n a

fixed

in

com

e,

whi

ch

will

be

a

finan

cial

bu

rden

as

w

ell

as

enda

nger

ing

our h

ome.

I h

ave

been

on

plan

es th

at h

ad a

clo

se

call

whe

n la

ndin

g at

O’H

are.

H

ow m

uch

grea

ter

will

the

risk

be?

I am

aga

inst

this

expa

nsio

n, w

hich

will

cau

se m

ore

nois

e,

mor

e po

llutio

n, m

ore

taxe

s, an

d a

grea

ter d

ange

r to

resi

dent

s in

ou

r sub

urb.

Lilli

an M

ayer

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-66

G-4

5 A

ddre

ss sa

fety

. K

evin

McL

aury

(Fed

eral

Hig

hway

Adm

inis

tratio

n)

p. V

I-36

G-4

6 W

e ca

me

clos

e, o

nce,

to a

rea

l di

sast

er w

hen

the

DC

10 w

ent

dow

n. O

nce

is e

noug

h!

Ted

Mon

egat

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

5 G

-47

Kee

p ou

r cou

ntry

, our

are

a, a

nd o

ur h

omes

safe

and

hea

lthy.

R

uth

Mon

tele

one

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

63

G-4

8 W

hen

they

com

plet

e th

e pl

an a

nd t

he p

lane

s st

art

land

ing

on

thos

e pa

ralle

l run

way

s an

d th

ere’

s a

wea

ther

fro

nt th

at c

omes

th

roug

h, it

cou

ld c

ause

som

e ca

tast

roph

ic c

ollis

ions

and

dea

ths.

So

at t

hat t

ime

they

’ll ta

lk a

bout

cha

ngin

g it

back

to w

here

it is

no

w fo

r $16

bill

ion

mor

e - $

32 b

illio

n to

get

bac

k w

here

we

are

now

?

Bill

Mor

rison

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-1

58, 1

59

G-4

9 If

the

re a

re e

ven

mor

e pl

anes

, is

n’t

the

chan

ce o

f ho

rrib

le

acci

dent

s eve

n m

ore

likel

y?

Mr.

and

Mrs

. Rob

ert R

. Muf

f (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

298

G-5

0 A

for

mal

rev

iew

of

the

curr

ent

airp

ort

secu

rity

plan

and

a

form

al th

ird p

arty

sec

urity

vul

nera

bilit

y as

sess

men

t are

nee

ded

to d

eter

min

e th

e ex

tent

of

the

secu

rity

risk

and

to i

dent

ify

addi

tiona

l se

curit

y m

easu

res

that

are

nee

ded

durin

g an

d af

ter

cons

truct

ion.

A s

igni

fican

t inc

reas

e in

the

num

ber o

f per

imet

er

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

225

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

15

6

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

acce

ss p

oint

s w

ill b

e re

quire

d du

ring

cons

truct

ion

whi

ch i

n tu

rn,

will

req

uire

inc

reas

ed s

cree

ning

, se

arch

es,

etc.

Th

e re

loca

tion

of c

ater

ing

and

carg

o fa

cilit

ies

may

res

ult i

n lo

nger

tra

nsfe

r tim

es fo

r ca

terin

g su

pplie

s an

d ca

rgo.

It

is n

ot k

now

n w

heth

er t

he t

rans

fer

rout

e w

ill b

e w

ithin

the

sec

ured

are

a or

w

heth

er v

ehic

les

and

thei

r co

nten

ts w

ill r

equi

re a

dditi

onal

sc

reen

ing

at a

per

imet

er a

cces

s po

ints

. B

ecau

se th

e lo

catio

n of

rin

g ro

ad i

s un

defin

ed i

t is

diff

icul

t to

ant

icip

ate

its p

oten

tial

secu

rity

impa

cts.

The

pro

pose

d w

est t

erm

inal

mus

t be

desi

gned

to

mee

t TS

A r

equi

rem

ents

for

fac

ility

sec

urity

for

acc

ess

cont

rol

syst

ems

as w

ell

as r

oadw

ay a

nd p

arki

ng s

ecur

ity

rest

rictio

ns.

G-5

1 Th

e FA

A h

asn’

t eve

n fin

ishe

d its

ass

essm

ent o

f th

e pe

rimet

er

secu

rity

of T

SA, h

asn’

t fin

ishe

d th

e as

sess

men

t of T

SA; a

nd w

e th

ink

this

is

goin

g to

hav

e to

be

a m

ajor

sec

tion

of t

he

envi

ronm

enta

l re

view

bec

ause

the

y w

ill h

ave

envi

ronm

enta

l co

nseq

uenc

es.

That

man

y tru

cks

sitti

ng o

n th

e pe

riphe

ry o

f an

airp

ort

with

the

ir en

gine

s id

ling

wai

ting

to b

e ex

amin

ed i

s go

ing

to h

ave

an i

mpa

ct o

n th

e w

ay w

e’ve

nev

er t

houg

ht o

f be

fore

; an

d I

thin

k it’

s ve

ry i

mpo

rtant

tha

t w

e do

so.

Th

e in

terp

lay

betw

een

the

cons

truct

ion

and

secu

rity

need

s to

be

care

fully

exa

min

ed,

secu

rity

on t

he t

ruck

s an

d in

divi

dual

s co

min

g in

to a

nd o

ut.

Sand

y M

urdo

ck (

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, E

lk G

rove

V

illag

e, a

nd th

e C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-9

6

G-5

2 W

ho i

s th

e go

vern

ing

body

, w

hich

dec

ides

the

saf

ety

of t

he

runw

ays?

Wha

t abo

ut M

ary

Schi

ova’

s co

mm

ents

rega

rdin

g th

e sa

fety

fact

or?

M. N

elso

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

368

G-5

3 I’

ve s

at o

n La

ke O

peka

and

wat

ched

with

my

wat

ch a

s th

e pl

anes

wen

t ov

er u

nder

a t

hous

and

feet

eve

ry s

ingl

e m

inut

e.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-129

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

15

7

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

That

will

be

dow

n to

30

seco

nds

whe

n w

e ge

t all

the

runw

ays.

Th

ey d

on’t

go in

a s

traig

ht li

ne b

ecau

se th

ey’r

e try

ing

to c

urb

the

nois

e, th

ey ta

ke o

ff st

eep

pitc

hed

and

bank

ove

r th

e ho

mes

an

d la

kes i

n a

very

trea

cher

ous m

anne

r. S

ome

day

we’

re g

oing

to

hav

e a

big

cras

h.

G-5

4 Th

e Pi

lots

Ass

ocia

tion

has

alre

ady

said

that

they

fee

l tha

t the

pa

ralle

l run

way

s are

goi

ng to

be

way

too

clos

e to

geth

er.

This

is

envi

ronm

enta

lly d

ange

rous

bec

ause

we

are

goin

g to

hav

e fu

ture

cr

ashe

s.

I ha

ve

man

y fr

iend

s w

ho

are

also

pi

lots

, no

t co

mm

erci

al p

ilots

, bu

t pr

ivat

e pi

lots

, an

d th

ey t

oo s

ay t

his

com

ing

and

goin

g on

thes

e ea

st a

nd w

est p

aral

lels

are

way

too

clos

e.

We’

re s

till g

oing

to h

ave

cros

sove

r ru

nway

s. A

nd th

is st

op s

hort

as y

ou la

nd to

let a

noth

er p

lane

go

is a

lso

goin

g to

ca

use

cras

hes

on th

e gr

ound

at t

he a

irpor

t bet

wee

n pl

anes

. W

e ar

e in

a v

ery

haza

rdou

s si

tuat

ion.

Th

e ru

nnin

g jo

ke i

n D

es

Plai

nes

is t

hat

the

safe

ty a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal

buff

er f

or t

he

runw

ays a

re o

ur n

eigh

borh

oods

.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-133

G-5

5 Th

e FA

A i

s go

ing

to h

ave

to e

nfor

ce a

lar

ge e

nviro

nmen

tal

safe

ty b

uffe

r and

soun

dpro

ofin

g fo

r eve

ryon

e.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-134

G

-56

Yea

rs b

ack

the

FAA

rep

orte

d th

at th

e ai

r ar

ound

O’H

are

was

da

nger

ous a

nd o

ver c

row

ded.

N

o N

ame

3 p.

VII-

354

G-5

6.1

Pote

ntia

l acc

iden

ts a

re li

kely

to o

ccur

with

incr

ease

d tra

ffic.

N

o N

ame

4 p.

VII-

355

G-5

7 I

am a

skin

g yo

u to

ens

ure

a fu

ll an

d co

mpr

ehen

sive

stu

dy i

s co

nduc

ted

with

the

resi

dent

s in

min

d an

d th

at th

is st

udy

take

a

clea

r lo

ok a

the

dan

gers

to

publ

ic h

ealth

, qu

ality

of

life

and

safe

ty is

sues

that

an

expa

nsio

n of

O’H

are

wou

ld s

ubje

ct u

s to

. I

belie

ve it

’s lo

gica

l tha

t thi

s is

thre

aten

ed b

y bo

th a

n in

crea

se

Jack

ie O

’Con

nor (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-27

3

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

15

8

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

in

pollu

tion

to

neig

hbor

hood

s an

d a

high

er

likel

ihoo

d of

ai

rpla

ne re

late

d ac

cide

nts d

ue to

hig

her v

olum

e of

traf

fic.

G-5

8 W

ill th

e FA

A g

et in

volv

ed d

urin

g th

e pr

oces

s to

mak

e su

re a

ll pl

ans h

ave

met

the

crite

ria fo

r saf

ety

and

nois

e?

Jose

ph O

livet

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

314

G-5

9 If

the

y ge

t le

gisl

ativ

e ap

prov

al a

nd t

hen

the

FAA

say

s th

ey

need

mor

e sa

fety

zon

es C

hica

go w

ill j

ust

knoc

k do

wn

mor

e ar

eas.

Jose

ph O

livet

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

314

G-6

0 Th

ere

are

man

y sa

fety

con

cern

s th

at I

hav

e w

ith th

e pl

an a

nd

wou

ld l

ike

furth

er r

evie

w b

y th

e FA

A.

The

mos

t im

porta

nt

issu

e is

the

dis

tanc

e be

twee

n th

e ru

nway

s. I

’d a

lso

like

the

FAA

rev

iew

the

saf

ety

of t

he i

ncre

ased

am

ount

of

traff

ic t

he

prop

osed

exp

ansi

on w

ould

hav

e on

env

ironm

ent

over

all,

as

wel

l the

incr

ease

d ch

ance

of a

cra

sh h

appe

ning

in a

res

iden

tial

neig

hbor

hood

. I s

ince

rely

hop

e th

at th

e FA

A s

erio

usly

revi

ews

the

safe

ty a

nd t

he e

nviro

nmen

tal

impa

ct o

f th

e pr

opos

ed

expa

nsio

n on

the

surr

ound

ing

com

mun

ities

. A

s th

ere

are

man

y ot

her

issu

es

outs

ide

the

FAA

’s

real

m

of

resp

onsi

bilit

y,

I si

ncer

ely

hope

that

the

FAA

ser

ious

ly re

view

the

safe

ty a

nd th

e en

viro

nmen

tal

impa

ct

of

the

prop

osed

ex

pans

ion

on

the

surr

ound

ing

com

mun

ities

and

mak

e th

e rig

ht d

ecis

ion

in i

t’s

appr

oval

/dis

appr

oval

ba

sed

on

soun

d re

view

vs

. po

litic

al

adva

ncem

ent a

nd m

onet

ary

kick

-bac

ks.

Cat

hy O

lson

(Elk

Gro

ve)

p. V

II-6

G-6

1 W

ith a

dditi

onal

runw

ays

we

will

hav

e m

ore

fligh

ts c

omin

g in

to

O’H

are.

W

e al

read

y ha

ve h

ad s

ome

near

mis

ses.

Are

we

look

ing

for a

maj

or d

isas

ter w

ith m

any

lives

lost

?

Emily

Osk

in (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

25

G-6

2 I h

ave

serio

us e

nviro

nmen

tal a

nd sa

fety

con

cern

s. N

orm

an J.

Pat

er (P

ark

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-78

G

-63

The

depa

rture

and

arr

ival

runw

ays f

or ru

nway

s 9L-

27R

and

9R

-N

orm

an J.

Pat

er (P

ark

Rid

ge)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

15

9

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

27L

are

only

abo

ut 1

,300

fee

t ap

art.

Is

this

saf

e pa

rticu

larly

du

ring

incl

emen

t wea

ther

and

at n

ight

? T

he D

aley

/Rya

n pl

an is

be

ing

push

ed to

elim

inat

e de

lays

due

to b

ad w

eath

er.

Will

this

very

clo

se a

lignm

ent o

f ru

nway

s al

low

them

to b

e sa

fely

use

d du

ring

bad

wea

ther

? W

ith a

ll th

ese

runw

ays

and

taxi

way

s be

ing

jam

med

into

abo

ut 8

,000

acr

es h

ow m

uch

of th

e gr

ound

ai

r tra

ffic

will

be

forc

ed to

cro

ss li

ve ru

nway

s to

go to

and

from

th

e te

rmin

als?

Is

8,00

0 ac

res

adeq

uate

from

a s

afet

y st

andp

oint

to

han

dle

1.6

fligh

ts a

nnua

lly?

p. V

II-79

G-6

4 A

n is

sue

of t

his

mag

nitu

de n

eeds

to

be p

rope

rly d

ocum

ente

d an

d ai

red

so th

at a

ll af

fect

ed p

artie

s ca

n ha

ve a

ll va

lid p

oint

s of

vi

ew re

cogn

ized

and

com

pris

ed in

the

final

dec

isio

n.

Nor

man

J. P

ater

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

80

G-6

5 O

ne th

ing

real

ly tr

oubl

es m

e is

the

spac

e al

lotte

d to

the

pilo

ts in

ca

se o

f a p

robl

em w

ith a

ircra

ft or

a c

rash

, a q

uarte

r, a

half

mile

aw

ay fr

om F

ento

n H

igh

Scho

ol.

Arle

ne P

eter

s (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-277

G-6

6 Th

e ru

nway

des

ign

viol

ates

FA

A d

esig

n sa

fety

reg

ulat

ions

, st

anda

rds a

nd p

olic

ies.

Dol

ores

C. P

ino

(Mor

ton

Gro

ve)

p. V

II-18

9 G

-67

We’

re t

ryin

g to

do

maj

or c

onst

ruct

ion

at O

’Har

e an

d m

odify

te

rmin

als

or

build

ne

w

term

inal

s w

here

fr

om

a te

rror

ist

stan

dpoi

nt it

cou

ld b

e do

ne v

ery

sim

ply

by a

new

airp

ort s

uch

as P

eoto

ne.

Joe

Ponk

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-3

08

G-6

8 I’

m p

rimar

ily c

once

rned

with

saf

ety

for

wha

t the

y pr

opos

e fo

r do

ublin

g th

e am

ount

of t

raffi

c at

O’H

are.

I’m

sur

e th

at w

ould

ca

use

som

e ki

nd o

f pr

oble

ms

in t

he f

utur

e, n

ot o

nly

on t

he

grou

nd b

ut a

lso

in th

e ai

r.

Mic

hael

Pro

copi

o (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-265

, 266

G-6

9 M

ore

plan

es a

nd ru

nway

s inc

reas

e th

e ris

k as

far a

s saf

ety.

R

oy &

Mar

y A

nn P

rove

nza

p. V

II-13

9 G

-70

The

safe

ty c

ushi

on is

all

the

indu

stria

l par

k.

So h

ow m

uch

of

Gre

g Q

ueve

do (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

16

0

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

that

is g

oing

to b

e go

ne a

nd h

ow m

uch

of o

ur ta

x do

llars

? p.

VI-

173

G-7

1 M

y co

mm

ent

is t

hat

it’s

too

cost

ly a

nd p

roje

cted

to

be v

ery

dang

erou

s an

d m

ake

too

muc

h of

an

impa

ct o

n th

e V

illag

e w

hile

the

taxe

s go

, and

the

peop

le th

at w

ill s

tay

behi

nd w

ill b

e bu

rden

ed w

ith t

oo m

any

taxe

s. W

ith a

ll th

e ta

x m

oney

los

t th

ere

will

be

no m

ore

scho

ol sy

stem

, pro

babl

y no

libr

ary

and

no

othe

r ben

efits

or p

rogr

ams.

Bob

Rac

kou

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-3

05

G-7

2 A

red

uctio

n in

env

ironm

enta

l saf

ety

due

to n

ot o

nly

the

huge

in

crea

ses

in o

verh

ead

airc

raft

traffi

c, b

ut a

lso

due

to r

unw

ay

expa

nsio

ns to

allo

w n

ewer

beh

emot

h ai

rcra

ft, su

ch a

s the

A38

0,

whi

ch c

arry

mor

e th

an 8

0,00

0 ga

llons

of h

ighl

y fla

mm

able

fuel

. Th

e co

ncep

t of

usin

g ex

trem

ely

clos

e-sp

aced

run

way

s to

sho

e ho

rn i

n m

ore

traffi

c w

ill a

lso

incr

ease

the

dan

ger

due

to

colli

sion

s.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

239

G-7

3 W

hat

is t

he p

rese

nt n

umbe

r of

run

way

inc

ursi

ons

and

othe

r sn

afus

? W

hat i

s th

e pr

edic

ted

failu

re r

ates

of

exis

ting

cont

rol

or o

ther

rel

evan

t sy

stem

s?

How

man

y la

rge

item

s fa

ll fr

om

airc

raft

a ye

ar?

How

are

thes

e ex

pect

ed to

cha

nge?

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

254

G-7

4 Th

e im

plic

atio

n th

at l

engt

heni

ng r

unw

ays

is b

eing

don

e to

ac

com

mod

ate

the

new

, sup

er h

uge

Air

Bus

380

. W

e ex

pect

the

FAA

to

fully

eva

luat

e th

e en

viro

nmen

t, en

viro

nmen

tal

safe

ty,

nois

e, a

nd p

ollu

tion

aspe

cts

of o

pera

ting

such

beh

emot

hs o

ver

our h

eads

of t

he lo

cal r

esid

ents

.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

46, p

. VII-

90

G-7

5 Th

e pr

opos

ed r

unw

ay s

paci

ngs

are

too

clos

e fo

r sa

fety

, and

if

oper

ated

by

spec

ial

wai

ver,

any

capa

city

inc

reas

es w

ill b

e fic

titio

us.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

46, p

. VII-

90

G-7

8 Th

e EI

S sh

ould

ana

lyze

wha

t if

any

impa

ct t

he p

ropo

sed

O’H

are

expa

nsio

n pl

an m

ight

hav

e on

safe

ty in

the

area

. R

ober

t J. S

chill

erst

rom

(DuP

age

Cou

nty

Envi

ronm

enta

l C

omm

ittee

, Dev

elop

men

t & E

nviro

nmen

tal C

once

rns)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

16

1

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

p. V

II-23

2 G

-79

The

EIS

mus

t ana

lyze

in d

etai

l and

eva

luat

e th

e ne

ed fo

r the

8th

runw

ay, a

nd th

e im

pact

that

it w

ould

hav

e on

saf

ety

and

on th

e ov

eral

l red

uctio

n of

flig

ht d

elay

s at

O’H

are.

The

n th

e fin

ding

s of

tha

t an

alys

is m

ust

be w

eigh

ed a

gain

st t

he e

nviro

nmen

tal,

econ

omic

, and

soc

ial

impa

cts

that

wou

ld r

esul

t fr

om b

uild

ing

the

prop

osed

8th

runw

ay a

t O’H

are.

Rob

ert J

. Sch

iller

stro

m (D

uPag

e C

ount

y En

viro

nmen

tal

Com

mitt

ee, D

evel

opm

ent &

Env

ironm

enta

l Con

cern

s)

p. V

II-23

3

G-8

0 Is

it

even

saf

e fo

r th

e sk

y ab

ove

us t

o be

so

cong

este

d w

ith

airp

lane

s? W

here

will

the

safe

buf

fer z

one

be?

H

erm

ann

Schm

idt (

Woo

d D

ale)

p.

VII-

281

G-8

1 Th

e ex

pans

ion

of

O’H

are

wou

ld

caus

e a

haza

rd

to

the

busi

ness

es a

nd r

esid

ence

s di

rect

ly w

est

of t

he a

irpor

t. I

f a

plan

e ha

s an

y pr

oble

m u

pon

take

-off,

it

will

fal

l on

to t

he

busi

ness

es o

r res

iden

ces.

Patri

cia

Scot

t (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

135

G-8

2 Th

e sa

fety

iss

ue t

hat

I am

con

cern

ed a

bout

is

in t

he u

pper

m

iddl

e w

est,

in t

he w

inte

rtim

e w

e ha

ve t

errib

ly s

trong

win

ds

and

gust

y w

inds

out

of t

he n

orth

, in

whi

ch a

hea

vily

load

ed 7

47

com

ing

in f

or a

lan

ding

, the

pilo

t is

goi

ng t

o be

tax

ed t

o hi

s ut

mos

t and

per

haps

bey

ond

in o

rder

to la

nd th

at a

irpla

ne sa

fely

. I

am c

once

rned

abo

ut th

e de

sign

of

havi

ng a

ll of

the

runw

ays

go e

ast a

nd w

est m

ay p

reve

nt th

e pi

lot f

rom

usi

ng a

pre

ferr

ed

met

hod

of la

ndin

g. I

thin

k th

e de

sign

is te

rrib

ly la

ckin

g fr

om a

sa

fety

stan

dpoi

nt a

nd n

eeds

to b

e ad

dres

sed.

Rob

ert L

. Sev

erso

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

51-2

53

G-8

3 It

wou

ld b

e no

isy

and

kind

of

dang

erou

s. T

here

wou

ld b

e to

o m

uch

nois

e an

d it

wou

ld b

e di

fficu

lt to

get

use

d to

. Ed

war

d an

d M

aria

nne

Shad

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

79

G-8

4 Th

e th

ough

t of

6 pa

ralle

l run

way

s is

ver

y sc

ary.

To

day

ther

e ar

e tw

o E-

W ru

nway

s and

at t

imes

thos

e pl

anes

seem

ver

y cl

ose

toge

ther

. I

do

not

see

how

any

air

traff

ic c

ontro

l te

am c

an

safe

ly k

eep

6 ru

nway

s op

erat

ing

whe

n ev

eryo

ne is

runn

ing

side

F. D

oyle

She

a (M

edin

ah)

p. V

II-16

5

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

16

2

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

by s

ide.

The

n w

hen

you

land

you

will

nee

d to

cro

ss a

t lea

st 2

runw

ays t

o ge

t to

a te

rmin

al.

G-8

5 A

s it

stan

ds to

day,

as

the

wor

ld’s

bus

iest

on

the

smal

l lan

d ba

se

it ha

s, it

is a

n ac

cide

nt w

aitin

g to

hap

pen.

F.

Doy

le S

hea

(Med

inah

) p.

VII-

166

G-8

6 I h

ear t

hose

pla

nes

goin

g rig

ht o

ver m

y ro

of a

nd, b

oy d

oes

that

w

orry

me.

I a

m s

o fe

arfu

l abo

ut a

pla

ne d

rivin

g in

to o

ne o

f my

room

s or s

omet

hing

.

Mar

y Sp

iezi

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

61

G-8

7 I

live

in a

bui

ldin

g on

the

thi

rd f

loor

. I

am

so

fear

ful

any

acci

dent

cou

ld h

appe

n.

Too

man

y pl

anes

will

be

flyin

g ov

er

my

build

ing.

I a

m so

afr

aid.

May

Spi

zzo

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-65

G-8

8 Le

t’s n

ot f

orge

t th

e sa

fety

iss

ues

with

the

inc

reas

es o

f fli

ghts

ov

er a

pop

ulat

ed a

rea

and

the

inte

rsec

tion

betw

een

the

runw

ays.

Stev

e U

nger

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-32

G

-89

The

trage

dy o

f 9/

11 h

as im

pact

ed a

ll A

mer

ican

s an

d w

e kn

ow

the

pote

ntia

l of

add

ition

al a

ttack

s ar

e po

ssib

le.

Why

wou

ld

anyo

ne e

ven

cons

ider

exp

andi

ng O

’Har

e fu

rther

.

Nor

ene

Vac

ura

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

287

G-9

0 A

ny r

econ

figur

atio

n to

the

run

way

s w

ill e

limin

ate

any

safe

ty

buff

ers b

uilt

into

our

com

mun

ities

. B

arba

ra L

. War

ringt

on (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

81

G-9

1 Pe

riodi

cally

, the

pre

ss w

ill r

epor

t tha

t the

air

traffi

c co

ntro

llers

or

som

e ot

her

offic

ial

invo

lved

with

the

FA

A a

re o

ppos

ed t

o th

e ex

pans

ion

for

safe

ty r

easo

ns?

Why

can

’t th

ese

peop

le

opin

ions

cou

nt?

Bar

bara

L. W

arrin

gton

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-82

G-9

1.1

Noi

se, a

ir po

llutio

n, ta

x ba

se a

nd s

afet

y co

ncer

ns s

houl

d no

t be

forc

ed o

n th

ose

resi

dent

s an

d co

mm

uniti

es w

ho p

lann

ed b

ased

on

the

curr

ent a

irpor

t con

figur

atio

n. A

dou

blin

g of

air

capa

city

w

ill a

lso

incr

ease

gro

und

trans

porta

tion

prob

lem

s.

Rob

in W

eave

r (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

V

II-29

1

G-9

2 Th

e m

ain

conc

ern

is s

afet

y.

The

chan

ges

and

expa

nsio

n pr

opos

ed f

or t

he s

pace

ava

ilabl

e is

not

fea

sibl

e ac

cord

ing

to

expe

rts, i

t is a

n ac

cide

nt w

aitin

g to

hap

pen.

Mar

ian

Wer

ner (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-14

1

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

16

3

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

G-9

3 Si

x di

ffere

nt r

unw

ays

will

be

poin

ted

at P

ark

Rid

ge a

nd m

ore

of P

ark

Rid

ge w

ill b

e de

sign

ated

as

a cr

ash

zone

inc

ludi

ng

Mai

ne S

outh

Hig

h Sc

hool

with

ove

r 2,

000

stud

ents

at t

he e

nd

of th

e ne

w n

orth

ern

runw

ay.

Fede

ral l

aw re

quire

s m

ore

land

as

a bu

ffer t

o in

sure

the

safe

ty a

nd q

ualit

y of

life

for n

eigh

bors

of

new

airp

orts

.

Ron

ald

W. W

iete

cha

(May

or, C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-2

92, 2

93, p

. VII-

132

G-9

4 Ex

pans

ion

wou

ld m

ean

inad

equa

te e

nviro

nmen

tal

buff

ers

and

redu

ced

FAA

safe

ty z

ones

and

is n

ot a

ccep

tabl

e.

Ric

hard

Wils

on (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

II-17

2 G

-95

You

don

’t w

ant t

o bu

ild m

ega

anyt

hing

(pos

sibl

e te

rror

ism

). B

ill W

into

n (H

arw

ood

Hei

ghts

) p.

VII-

30

G-9

6 Pr

opon

ents

of a

noth

er n

ew d

own

stat

e ai

rpor

t arg

ue th

at a

new

ai

rpor

t wou

ld b

e le

ss c

ostly

and

mor

e ef

ficie

nt to

bui

ld th

an th

e pr

opos

ed r

edes

ign

of O

’Har

e.

The

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

of

a ne

w a

irpor

t wou

ld b

e m

ore

man

agea

ble.

It m

akes

sens

e to

hav

e a

back

-up

that

wou

ld c

ompl

emen

t O

’Har

e in

the

cas

e of

an

emer

genc

y. F

urth

erm

ore,

bui

ldin

g a

new

airp

ort e

ffec

tivel

y re

-di

strib

utes

ec

onom

ic

grow

th

to

othe

r pa

rts

of

the

stat

e.

Inva

riabl

y co

mpe

titio

n be

twee

n th

e tw

o ai

rpor

ts w

ill b

ring

abou

t low

er c

osts

and

impr

oved

serv

ice.

Rob

ert Y

ee

p. V

II-30

2

G-9

7 O

’Har

e is

all

eggs

in

one

bask

et,

a pe

rfec

t pr

ize

targ

et f

or

terr

oris

ts.

Thin

k tw

ice

for o

ur sa

fety

. A

ndy

Zum

er (P

ark

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-99

, 100

G

-98

We

mus

t st

art

Peot

one

Airp

ort

for

heal

th,

safe

ty,

and

the

wel

fare

of a

ll hu

man

s liv

ing

arou

nd th

e “a

ll eg

gs in

one

bas

ket

O’H

are.

” B

uild

ing

Peot

one

is h

omel

and

secu

rity.

And

y Zu

mer

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

101,

102

H.

Soci

oeco

nom

ic

H-1

M

any

of t

he H

ispa

nics

wor

k rig

ht i

n B

ense

nvill

e, E

lk G

rove

, K

en A

nder

son

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

16

4

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

and

Woo

d D

ale

and

if th

ey m

ove

out t

o ar

eas

that

they

cou

ld

affo

rd, t

hey

wou

ld b

e fa

r rem

oved

from

thei

r pla

ce o

f bus

ines

s.

The

expe

nse

of tr

ansp

orta

tion

wou

ld b

e ve

ry h

igh

to th

em.

We

alre

ady

have

so m

any

cars

trav

elin

g lo

ng d

ista

nces

that

it w

ould

ha

ve a

n im

pact

in te

rms o

f the

hig

hway

s.

p. V

I-228

, 229

H-1

.1

This

His

pani

c m

inor

ity p

opul

atio

n co

mpr

ises

a h

igh

perc

enta

ge

of th

e po

pula

tion

of th

e ar

ea th

at w

ould

be

impa

cted

by

O’H

are

expa

nsio

n. T

here

is a

lso

a gr

owin

g In

dian

pop

ulat

ion.

Whe

n a

repr

esen

tativ

e fr

om th

e ci

ty o

f Chi

cago

cam

e ou

t to

Ben

senv

ille

Bib

le C

hurc

h, h

e in

dica

ted

that

ther

e w

as a

Fed

eral

law

sta

ting

that

His

pani

cs w

ould

be

com

pens

ated

for

the

los

s of

the

ir pr

oper

ty.

Ken

And

erso

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

28

H-2

Pe

ople

ar

e fe

arfu

l ab

out

the

tax,

in

crea

sed

taxe

s th

at

Ben

senv

ille

wou

ld h

ave

to h

ave

in o

rder

to m

aint

ain

the

pres

ent

leve

l of

ser

vice

s, w

hich

they

hav

e so

the

ir ta

x ba

se w

ould

be

grea

tly d

imin

ishe

d, a

nd i

t w

ould

put

an

undu

e bu

rden

, ta

x bu

rden

upo

n th

e re

side

nts.

The

com

mun

ity w

ould

not

be

as

desi

rabl

e to

live

in.

Ken

And

erso

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

29

H-3

I’

m c

once

rned

if

expa

nsio

n w

ere

to t

ake

over

som

e of

the

in

dust

rial p

rope

rty o

f El

k G

rove

that

it w

ould

hav

e a

nega

tive

impa

ct in

term

s of

the

tax

base

of E

lk G

rove

. R

esid

ents

wou

ld

be fo

rced

to p

ay m

uch

high

er ta

xes.

Als

o co

ncer

ned

abou

t the

va

lue

of m

y pr

oper

ty b

ecau

se a

s ta

xes

rise

and

mor

e ai

rpla

nes

are

flyin

g ov

er m

y ho

use

my

prop

erty

val

ue w

ould

pro

babl

y de

crea

se.

Ken

And

erso

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

30, 2

31

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

16

5

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

H-4

Ta

x ba

se -

los

s of

com

mer

cial

pro

perty

in

Elk

Gro

ve w

ill

dram

atic

ally

im

pact

our

Sch

ool

Dis

trict

#59

, H

igh

Scho

ol

Dis

trict

#21

4, p

ark

dist

rict

and

libra

ry b

y re

duci

ng t

he t

ax

supp

ort f

rom

the

busi

ness

lost

in E

lk G

rove

.

Mar

y A

nn A

ndre

ws (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-71

H-5

A

goo

d po

rtion

of

Elk

Gro

ve’s

indu

stria

l par

k co

uld

be ta

ken

over

to b

uild

a r

ing

road

it w

ould

hav

e a

very

dire

impa

ct o

n ou

r ta

x ba

se.

The

scho

ol d

istri

cts

are

exce

llent

, and

if w

e lo

se

that

ta

x su

ppor

t fo

r th

e sc

hool

s, it

wou

ld

have

a

very

de

trim

enta

l effe

ct o

n al

l the

resi

dent

s.

Mar

y A

nn A

ndre

ws (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-180

H-6

I

am o

ppos

ed t

o C

ity o

f C

hica

go a

cqui

ring

deve

lope

d re

al

esta

te

in

Elk

Gro

ve

and

othe

r co

mm

uniti

es,

as

this

w

ill

deci

mat

e th

e ex

istin

g ta

x ba

se.

The

pro

gram

thr

eate

ns t

o in

crea

se m

y pr

oper

ty ta

xes

or o

ther

wis

e hu

rt th

e fu

ndin

g of

our

sc

hool

s, pa

rks,

etc.

Geo

rge

And

riano

poul

os (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-1

74, p

. VII-

175

H-7

I

don’

t wan

t to

see

O’H

are

expa

nsio

n fo

r va

rious

rea

sons

, one

of

them

bei

ng th

at b

eing

ret

ired

now

I c

anno

t affo

rd to

mov

e an

d bu

y an

othe

r hom

e.

Will

iam

Bai

rd (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-211

H-7

.1

Abo

ut tw

o, th

ree

year

s ag

o, th

ey s

aid

ther

e w

ould

be

a hu

ndre

d th

ousa

nd n

ew jo

bs c

reat

ed a

t O’H

are.

The

n it

wen

t to

150,

000.

N

ow it

’s b

etw

een

185

and

200,

000

new

jobs

. A

nd I

wou

ld li

ke

to k

now

whe

re th

ese

jobs

are

com

ing

from

. A

ll of

thes

e jo

bs

that

peo

ple

are

look

ing

for

in s

ome

case

s do

n’t

exis

t, an

d I

wou

ld s

till

like

to k

now

whe

re t

his

185,

000

jobs

is

com

ing

from

.

Will

iam

Bai

rd (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-214

H-7

.2

We

wen

t to

a m

eetin

g th

e ot

her

wee

k th

ere

and

the

May

or o

f C

hica

go s

aid

that

they

wou

ld g

ive

us u

p to

25

perc

ent m

ore

on

our

hous

e th

at i

t w

as v

alue

d at

and

he

wou

ld g

ive

us u

p to

$2

2,00

0 of

mov

ing

expe

nses

whi

ch w

ould

incl

ude

may

be if

you

Will

iam

Bai

rd (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-217

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

16

6

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

foun

d a

plac

e a

new

roo

f, a

new

fur

nace

, ai

r co

nditi

onin

g,

wha

teve

r. I

t sou

nds

good

, but

, aga

in, I

wou

ld n

eed

a hu

ndre

d th

ousa

nd m

ore

than

wha

t I w

ould

get

fro

m th

e C

ity to

fin

d a

com

para

ble

resi

denc

e. A

nd M

ayor

Gei

ls in

Ben

senv

ille,

he

has

offe

red

5,00

0 m

ore

than

the

City

but

, aga

in, t

hat d

oesn

’t w

ork.

H

-8

They

are

tak

ing

up t

o 50

0 ho

mes

. T

he t

ax b

ase

wou

ld b

e in

crea

sed

for

the

peop

le w

ho a

re le

ft in

the

Vill

age.

It

wou

ld

basi

cally

des

troy

it be

caus

e pe

ople

can

’t af

ford

to

have

the

ta

xes d

oubl

e on

thei

r hom

es.

Will

iam

Bai

rd (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-218

H-8

.1

I was

won

derin

g w

hen

the

grea

t sta

te o

f Illi

nois

turn

ed in

to th

e gr

eat s

tate

of

O’H

are

or th

e gr

eat s

tate

of

Chi

cago

whe

re M

r. D

aley

just

thin

ks th

at h

e ca

n co

me

in, b

ulld

oze

the

hous

es a

nd

spen

d al

l tha

t mon

ey b

ulld

ozin

g, p

ayin

g al

l tha

t mon

ey to

thos

e pe

ople

for

the

ir ho

mes

and

the

n re

loca

ting

peop

le –

the

re’s

m

oney

for t

hat I

bel

ieve

– a

nd th

en g

oing

to b

uild

his

big

fanc

y ai

rpor

t.

Kar

en B

axte

r (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-314

, 315

H-9

A

s a h

omeo

wne

r in

Elk

Gro

ve, w

e ar

e ve

ry c

once

rned

abo

ut th

e st

udy

bein

g do

ne th

at w

ill a

sses

s my

prop

erty

val

ue.

Patri

cia

Bea

udoi

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

23

H-1

0 W

hy s

houl

d m

y fa

mily

be

aske

d to

mak

e sa

crifi

ces,

whi

ch w

ill

have

no

posi

tive

effe

cts

on o

ur s

ocia

l, ec

onom

ical

and

per

sona

l lif

esty

les.

Patri

cia

Bea

udoi

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

23

H-1

1 W

hy s

houl

d M

ayor

Dal

ey w

reck

our

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e.

Tear

ing

up o

ur v

illag

e, ta

king

mill

ions

of t

ax b

ase

dolla

rs w

ay

is g

oing

to in

crea

se m

y ta

xes.

Don

ald,

Nan

cy, P

amel

a B

ekel

eski

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-30

7

H-1

2 Th

e fin

anci

al

impa

ct

of

this

ex

pans

ion

is

goin

g to

be

st

agge

ring.

U

nite

d an

d A

mer

ican

can

not

even

aff

ord

ther

e da

ily o

pera

tions

.

Rob

ert B

ense

n (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-27

9

H-1

3 Pa

rt of

the

Ass

ocia

tion’

s ef

forts

is

to f

ocus

on

prom

otin

g th

e K

imbe

rly

A.

Ble

ss

(Pre

side

nt,

Nor

thw

est

&

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

16

7

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

econ

omic

hea

lth o

f the

Nor

thw

est C

hica

go s

ubur

ban

area

whi

le

enha

ncin

g th

e en

viro

nmen

t for

bus

ines

ses a

nd th

e qu

ality

of l

ife

for r

esid

ents

. O

’Har

e pl

ays

a cr

ucia

l rol

e in

our

eff

orts

. W

hile

ou

r m

issi

on is

to im

prov

e th

e bu

sine

ss e

nviro

nmen

t, qu

ality

of

life

is e

qual

ly im

porta

nt.

Scha

umbu

rg A

ssoc

iatio

n of

Com

mer

ce a

nd In

dust

ry)

p. V

II-19

H-1

4 W

ho i

s go

ing

to p

ay f

or t

his

expa

nsio

n?

The

taxp

ayer

s of

Ill

inoi

s do

not

wan

t thi

s pr

ojec

t. T

he C

ity o

f C

hica

go c

anno

t af

ford

it.

The

airli

nes c

an’t

pay

for i

t.

Jeffr

ey a

nd M

arga

ret B

lick

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

277

H-1

5 C

once

rned

abo

ut th

e im

pact

it w

ill h

ave

on o

ur q

ualit

y of

life

, ou

r pr

oper

ty v

alue

s, th

e no

ise,

the

pol

lutio

n, t

he i

ncre

ased

tra

ffic,

and

eve

ryth

ing

else

tha

t w

ill g

o al

ong

with

exp

andi

ng

the

airp

ort.

Kar

yn B

ock

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-275

H-1

6 W

e ha

ve a

gre

at o

ppor

tuni

ty t

o gr

ow a

nd d

evel

op t

he e

ntire

re

gion

, im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

of

lif

e an

d re

aliz

e pr

ofita

ble

busi

ness

es t

hat

prov

ide

the

high

est

leve

l of

ser

vice

to

thei

r cu

stom

ers.

I a

m s

ure

we

can

dot

it, i

f w

e m

ake

the

right

ch

oice

s.

Gar

y B

ottje

(Ros

elle

) p.

VII-

183

H-1

7 Th

e nu

mbe

r of

hom

es a

nd jo

bs lo

st to

this

exp

ansi

on in

crea

se

the

tax

burd

en

to

the

rem

aini

ng

busi

ness

ow

ners

an

d ho

meo

wne

rs.

Lesl

ie A

. Bra

ce (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

297

H-1

7.1

My

hom

e is

lo

cate

d in

th

e cr

ash

zone

an

d w

ill

not

be

purc

hase

d.

Val

erie

& L

awre

nce

Brix

y (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-14

H

-18

As

resi

dent

s of

Ben

senv

ille

for

the

past

48

year

s, w

e ar

e op

pose

d to

the

fur

ther

exp

ansi

on o

f O

’Har

e be

caus

e of

the

im

pact

upo

n us

and

all

othe

r res

iden

ts o

f our

com

mun

ity.

The

tax

base

for

our

Vill

age,

sch

ool

dist

ricts

, lib

rary

and

par

k di

stric

ts w

ould

be

redu

ced

and

proh

ibit

all t

hese

taxi

ng b

odie

s to

con

tinue

to p

rovi

de e

ssen

tial s

ervi

ces.

Hen

ry B

rona

rs (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-37

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

16

8

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

H-1

9 Th

e ex

pans

ion

wou

ld a

lso

affe

ct th

e ta

x ba

se o

f our

Vill

age.

It

wou

ld a

ffect

sch

ool

dist

ricts

, pa

rt di

stric

t, an

d ou

r lib

rary

di

stric

t. It

wou

ld re

duce

the

amou

nt o

f inc

ome

they

wou

ld h

ave

by lo

sing

all

thos

e ho

mes

and

bus

ines

ses t

o th

e ex

pans

ion.

Hen

ry B

rona

rs (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-198

H-2

0 Si

nce

O’H

are

is l

ocat

ed i

n th

e su

burb

s, it’

s th

e su

burb

s th

at

actu

ally

end

up

payi

ng t

he c

ost

of t

raffi

c, n

oise

, an

d ai

r po

llutio

n.

And

the

sub

urbs

sta

nd t

o lo

se l

ong-

term

rev

enue

ge

nera

ting

busi

ness

es, h

omes

, and

land

.

Tom

Cal

laha

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p. V

I-26

4,

p. V

II-13

3 N

o N

ame

7 p.

VII-

112

H-2

1 If

the

econ

omic

al g

row

th o

f th

e ar

ea w

as g

oing

to in

crea

se s

o m

uch,

then

why

wou

ldn’

t the

May

or w

ant t

o ke

ep th

at g

row

th

with

in C

hica

go b

y ex

pand

ing

Mid

way

?

Rob

ert C

at (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-99

H-2

1.1

The

part

of B

ense

nvill

e th

at w

ill b

e de

stro

yed

is a

par

t th

at

prov

ides

ou

r to

wn

with

its

va

lued

di

vers

ity.

Is

it

only

co

inci

denc

e th

at th

is is

whe

re m

any

min

oriti

es re

side

?

Che

ryl C

hatro

op (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-59

H-2

2 Th

e pl

an is

too

cost

ly a

nd s

ever

ely

crip

ples

the

econ

omic

s of

su

burb

an c

omm

uniti

es.

Byr

on C

hum

ley

p. V

II-30

3 H

-23

Elk

Gro

ve s

tand

s to

loos

e th

e bu

sine

sses

that

pay

taxe

s w

hile

ga

inin

g th

e no

ise

and

extra

tra

ffic.

It’s

alre

ady

terr

ibly

co

nges

ted.

Car

ol C

icho

rski

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-36

4

H-2

4 H

ow a

bout

put

ting

the

airp

ort w

here

the

loca

l peo

ple

wan

t the

jo

bs a

nd t

hey

can

driv

e to

it

easil

y w

ithou

t ad

ding

to

our

cong

estio

n.

Car

ol C

icho

rski

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-36

4

H-2

4.1

The

Prog

ram

sho

uld

cont

inue

to e

stab

lish

jobs

for

the

coun

cil

of N

orth

wes

t Illi

nois

Dis

trict

Cou

ncil

of C

arpe

nter

s an

d al

so to

ex

pand

the

hor

izon

of

the

Fede

ral

Avi

atio

n A

dmin

istra

tion’

s at

tem

pts t

o cr

eate

a g

reat

er a

irpor

t fac

ility

.

Ian

K. C

lark

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

11

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

16

9

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

H-2

4.2

If th

e op

posi

tion

only

kne

w th

e tru

e fin

anci

al im

pact

the

airp

ort

has

on t

he e

cono

my

of t

he a

rea,

and

mor

e im

porta

ntly

, th

e fu

ture

eco

nom

y of

the

area

. W

e m

ust l

ook

out w

hat i

s be

st fo

r th

e w

hole

, not

the

voca

l few

.

And

rew

J. C

osta

nza

p. V

II-30

4

H-2

5 W

e w

orke

d ve

ry h

ard

to g

et a

sch

ool r

efer

endu

m p

asse

d, a

nd

now

the

City

wan

ts to

com

e in

and

take

som

e of

thos

e ho

mes

, an

d w

e’re

goi

ng t

o lo

se o

ur t

axin

g bo

dy a

nd w

e’ll

be b

ack

whe

re w

e w

ere.

Jan

Cro

we

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

36

H-2

5.1

For

any

gove

rnm

ent

to s

teal

pro

perty

out

side

the

ir co

unty

to

acco

mpl

ish

thei

r nee

ds fo

r mon

ey, f

or th

eir p

erso

nal p

atro

nage

to

his

cro

nies

and

bus

ines

s cr

onie

s, jo

bs o

r w

hate

ver,

is de

plor

able

.

Tom

Cro

we

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

45, 2

46

H-2

5.2

I’m

con

cern

ed th

e so

uthe

rn s

ubur

bs n

eed

an in

cent

ive,

then

the

Peot

one

airp

ort,

just

as

the

north

wes

t ha

d th

e ab

ility

to

grow

fr

om O

’Har

e, t

he s

outh

ern

subu

rbs

shou

ld h

ave

the

sam

e si

tuat

ion

beca

use

north

wes

t su

burb

an

Coo

k C

ount

y is

un

derw

ritin

g a

lot o

f the

taxe

s th

at g

o fo

r the

sou

ther

n su

burb

s.

And

if th

ey h

ad th

e im

petu

s of

jobs

and

abi

lity

for

grow

th, i

t w

ould

eve

n its

elf

out,

and

perh

aps

our

taxe

s w

ould

n’t

go a

s hi

gh, a

lso.

Nan

cy C

zarn

ik (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-

234,

235

H-2

6 D

aley

say

s it

wou

ld p

rovi

de m

ore

jobs

with

the

exp

ansi

on –

th

ese

are

tem

pora

ry jo

bs u

ntil

build

ing

is c

ompl

ete.

How

ever

, he

doe

sn’t

min

d te

arin

g up

bus

ines

ses

and

hom

e of

man

y w

ho

depe

nd o

n th

ose

jobs

and

hav

e ha

d th

em fo

r yea

rs –

per

man

ent

jobs

. W

here

will

the

se p

eopl

e go

to

wor

k an

d fin

d su

itabl

e ho

usin

g?

Dal

ey,

Rya

n, a

nd D

urbi

n do

n’t

real

ly c

are.

Th

ey

don’

t m

ind

sacr

ifici

ng o

ther

peo

ple

just

to

get

cont

rol

– an

d th

ey sh

ould

n’t b

e al

low

ed to

con

trol t

he su

burb

s.

Elsi

e L.

Doe

ring

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-14

5

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

17

0

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

H-2

7 W

e do

n’t

wan

t ou

r ta

x ba

se c

ompr

omis

ed.

We

have

bui

lt a

won

derf

ul to

wn,

do

not d

estro

y it.

K

athl

een

Drw

ila

p. V

II-28

H

-28

We

need

the

runw

ays t

o be

abl

e to

kee

p ou

r pro

perty

val

ue u

p.

And

rew

Duf

fy (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

35

H-2

9 If

the

two

maj

or h

ubs c

an’t

affo

rd to

giv

e th

eir p

ortio

n, h

ow c

an

you

expa

nd O

’Har

e?

Mar

k H

. Eva

ns (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

57

H-3

0 If

you

add

mor

e ru

nway

s it

not o

nly

will

incr

ease

our

taxe

s, bu

t th

e no

ise w

ill b

e un

bear

able

. Li

nda

Farr

ell (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-73

H

-31

Wha

t abo

ut o

ur e

cono

my?

Wha

t abo

ut th

e va

lue

of o

ur h

omes

?

The

show

on

A

ugus

t 21

, at

th

e Fo

unta

in

Blu

e w

as

a di

sapp

oint

men

t. E

very

FA

A s

poke

sman

to

who

m w

e sp

oke

wax

ed o

n an

d on

onl

y ab

out t

he “

posi

tive

econ

omic

impa

ct th

at

the

expa

nded

airp

ort w

ould

hav

e on

the

city

of C

hica

go.”

One

FA

A s

poke

sman

eve

n sa

id t

hat

“the

exp

ansi

on i

s go

ing

to

happ

en.

Ther

e’s

noth

ing

you

or I

can

do a

bout

it, a

nd it

will

be

good

for t

he m

ajor

ity.”

Mr.

& M

rs. P

atric

k J.

Ferr

eri (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-84

H-3

2 I d

on’t

thin

k w

e sh

ould

do

this

O’H

are

expa

nsio

n be

caus

e th

ese

new

run

way

s ar

e go

ing

to b

e po

intin

g rig

ht o

ver

my

hous

e.

And

in 1

0, 1

5 ye

ars

from

now

, am

I g

oing

to h

ave

a pr

oble

m

tryin

g to

sel

l m

y ho

use

that

’s g

oing

to

be w

orth

pra

ctic

ally

no

thin

g an

d w

here

am

I go

ing

to g

o bu

y a

hous

e?

Thom

as E

. Fig

arel

li (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

236

H-3

2.1

If a

irlin

es c

omm

it to

sup

porti

ng n

ew g

ates

and

the

n se

ek

bank

rupt

cy p

rote

ctio

n, w

ho f

oots

for

new

gat

es a

gree

d to

by

bank

rupt

-pro

tect

ed a

irlin

es?

How

can

airl

ines

ope

ratin

g on

thin

of

neg

ativ

e m

argi

ns p

ay f

or c

osts

ass

ocia

ted

with

a t

hird

ai

rpor

t?

Ann

Fin

ney

p. V

II-29

6

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

17

1

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

H-3

3 M

ayor

Dal

ey k

now

s it

won

’t fix

the

prob

lem

– h

e ju

st w

ants

to

give

“en

orm

ous”

con

stru

ctio

n co

ntra

cts

to b

ig c

onst

ruct

ion

com

pani

es a

nd d

raft

the

proj

ect o

ut f

or y

ears

. O

ur n

eigh

bors

ar

e pl

anni

ng a

cla

ss-a

ctio

n la

wsu

it no

w b

ecau

se w

e ca

n’t

sell

our h

omes

now

or l

ater

eve

n if

you

don’

t tak

e ou

r pro

perty

for

the

expa

nsio

n.

Our

hom

es a

vera

ged

$300

,000

in

Moh

awk

Terr

ace

Subd

ivis

ion

now

the

y av

erag

e $0

bec

ause

of

the

prop

osed

O’H

are

expa

nsio

n.

Bar

b Fi

tzpa

trick

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

360,

361

H-3

4 M

ayor

Dal

ey k

now

s th

at i

t w

on’t

help

the

pro

blem

s. M

ayor

D

aley

w

ants

to

gi

ve

big

cons

truct

ion

cont

ract

s to

bi

g co

nstru

ctio

n co

mpa

nies

, an

d th

at’s

all

he c

ares

abo

ut.

He

does

n’t c

are

abou

t the

del

ays

at O

’Har

e. H

e do

esn’

t car

e ab

out

the

subu

rbs

and

losi

ng o

ur h

omes

; or

if

you

don’

t lo

se y

our

hom

e, y

ou w

ill h

ave

no v

alue

as

it st

ands

toda

y. O

ur h

omes

in

our

subd

ivis

ions

ran

ge a

nyw

here

fro

m 3

00,0

00,

$400

,000

, is

the

aver

age

hom

e in

the

Moh

awk

Terr

ace

Subd

ivis

ion.

R

ight

no

w th

ey’r

e av

erag

ed a

t not

hing

. O

ver

ten

hom

es w

ent u

p fo

r sa

le a

nd n

o on

e w

ill e

ven

look

at t

hem

, buy

them

. W

e do

n’t

know

whe

n an

d if

we’

ll ev

er c

an se

ll ho

mes

.

Bar

b Fi

tzpa

trick

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

05, 2

06

H-3

4.1

Unf

ortu

nate

ly t

he a

gend

a of

May

or D

aley

is

to c

ontro

l th

e w

hole

show

and

the

jobs

and

bus

ines

ses t

hat g

o al

ong

with

it.

G

ary

Gar

dner

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

55

H-3

4.2

It ju

st is

n’t r

ight

for

peo

ple

to h

ave

to s

ell t

heir

hom

es s

o th

e ci

ty c

an ta

ke o

ver t

heir

prop

erty

. Th

at’s

not

Am

eric

a to

me.

Li

llian

Gar

dner

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

29

H-3

5 Th

e pr

opos

ed e

xpan

sion

is n

eces

sary

to m

aint

ain

the

airp

ort a

s th

e pr

emie

r air

trans

porta

tion

cent

er in

the

coun

try.

This

pub

lic

wor

ks p

roje

ct w

ill p

rovi

de th

e jo

bs a

nd e

cono

mic

sta

bilit

y th

at

prom

ote

a hi

gh s

tand

ard

of li

ving

for

the

citiz

ens

of N

orth

east

Ill

inoi

s.

Pete

r R. G

ennu

so (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

142

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

17

2

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

H-3

6 Th

e ai

rpor

t ex

pans

ion,

co

mbi

ned

with

pr

opos

ed

road

way

im

prov

emen

ts,

will

cre

ate

the

oppo

rtuni

ty t

o m

oder

nize

the

in

dust

rial

and

com

mer

cial

dev

elop

men

ts t

hat

surr

ound

the

ai

rpor

t. A

s su

ch, i

t ca

n pr

omot

e pr

oper

ty t

ax s

tabi

lity

to t

he

com

mun

ities

in w

hich

thos

e de

velo

pmen

ts li

e.

Pete

r R. G

ennu

so (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

142

H-3

6.1

Like

man

y pu

blic

wor

ks p

roje

cts,

it re

quire

s th

e ac

quis

ition

of

com

mer

cial

an

d re

side

ntia

l pr

oper

ties.

Th

e pr

oces

s of

ac

quiri

ng la

nd a

nd re

loca

ting

fam

ilies

and

bus

ines

ses

shou

ld b

e do

ne i

n a

fash

ion

that

pro

vide

s fa

ir co

mpe

nsat

ion

to t

he

affe

cted

par

ties

and

min

imiz

es t

he n

egat

ive

impa

ct s

uch

a ch

ange

impa

rts o

n th

eir l

ives

.

Pete

r R. G

ennu

so (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

142

H-3

7 I b

elie

ve th

e pl

an p

rovi

des m

any

bene

fits

for l

ocal

com

mun

ities

an

d ou

r reg

ion

and

it sh

ould

mov

e fo

rwar

d.

Pete

r R. G

ennu

so (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

142

H-3

8 M

y co

ncer

ns

are

in

thre

e m

ain

area

s:

safe

ty,

envi

ronm

ent/q

ualit

y of

life

and

eco

nom

ics.

Cha

rles E

. Glo

msk

i (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

86

H-3

9 I

am o

ppos

ed t

o th

e ne

gativ

e ec

onom

ic i

mpa

ct,

whi

ch w

ill

com

e th

roug

h re

duct

ion

in th

e ta

x ba

se f

or E

lk G

rove

Vill

age,

B

ense

nvill

e, a

nd o

ther

mun

icip

aliti

es w

ho w

ill h

ave

to c

ede

acre

age

curr

ently

with

in th

eir

limits

to th

e C

ity o

f C

hica

go a

s w

ell a

s dis

plac

emen

t of e

xist

ing

busi

ness

es.

Cha

rles E

. Glo

msk

i (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

86

H-4

0 I’

m c

once

rned

abo

ut h

avin

g m

ore

runw

ays,

and

also

I’m

co

ncer

ned

abou

t the

tax

reve

nue

that

we’

re g

oing

to b

e lo

sing

fo

r our

scho

ols.

Gai

l Hal

l (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-1

77

H-4

1 U

nder

the

plan

, the

airp

ort w

ould

be

push

ed w

est,

imm

edia

tely

in

to t

he e

xist

ing

indu

stria

l an

d re

side

ntia

l ar

eas,

resu

lting

in

huge

los

ses

of j

obs

and

tax

reve

nues

, ad

vers

ely

impa

ctin

g ec

onom

ic d

evel

opm

ent,

scho

ols,

and

resi

dent

ial q

ualit

y of

life

.

Ken

and

Rut

h H

alle

r (Pa

rk R

idge

) p.

VII-

282

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

17

3

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

H-4

2 A

lthou

gh w

e en

joye

d th

e ea

se o

f driv

ing

only

thirt

y m

inut

es to

th

e ai

rpor

t, an

d I’

m c

erta

in t

he c

lose

pro

xim

ity o

f O

’Har

e br

ough

t mor

e bu

sine

ss to

Elk

Gro

ve, w

e al

so h

ad to

end

ure

the

neve

r-en

ding

noi

se o

f pl

anes

trav

elin

g ov

erhe

ad.

Man

y tim

es

the

soun

d is

dea

feni

ng.

Pam

ela

Har

tzel

l (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

301

H-4

3 O

ppos

e ex

pans

ion

- the

big

gest

reas

on is

the

mon

ey th

at w

ill b

e sp

ent o

n th

is p

roje

ct.

The

loss

of j

obs a

nd b

usin

esse

s in

the

Elk

Gro

ve i

ndus

trial

are

a w

ill l

ead

to h

ighe

r ta

xes

for

Elk

Gro

ve

resi

dent

s. I

do n

ot w

an to

pay

hig

her t

axes

for a

big

ger O

’Har

e.

Chr

istin

e H

ertz

berg

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-28

4

H-4

4 H

ow d

o w

e su

rviv

e w

ith a

red

uctio

n in

our

vill

age

tax

base

as

wel

l as a

redu

ctio

n in

our

hom

es v

alue

? K

athy

Hic

ks (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

362,

363

H

-45

Wha

t w

ill

be

the

econ

omic

im

pact

ca

used

by

bo

th

the

mod

erni

zatio

n an

d en

viro

nmen

tal c

hang

es r

elat

ed to

cre

atin

g a

wes

tern

acc

ess r

oad

to O

’Har

e?

Rob

ert

T.

How

ard

(Sup

erin

tend

ent,

Elk

Gro

ve

Tow

nshi

p Sc

hool

s)

p. V

II-76

H

-46

I’ve

live

d in

Ben

senv

ille

for o

ver 2

0 ye

ars

and

if th

e ex

pans

ion

plan

goe

s th

roug

h, th

at w

ill b

e th

e en

d of

Ben

senv

ille.

Mar

ket

valu

es w

ill d

rop

subs

tant

ially

and

I w

as h

opin

g to

ret

ire w

ith

part

of th

e pr

ocee

ds f

rom

the

sale

of

my

hom

e.

This

doe

s no

t ta

ke in

to c

onsi

dera

tion

wha

t my

real

est

ate

taxe

s w

ill d

o, w

hich

is

to in

crea

se su

bsta

ntia

lly.

Bob

Imie

lski

p.

VII-

31

H-4

7 If

I h

ave

to s

ell m

y ho

me

at r

educ

ed m

arke

t pric

es w

here

do

I go

with

the

mon

ey?

I w

on’t

be a

ble

to a

fford

any

thin

g lik

e I’

ve

been

acc

usto

med

to.

Bob

Imie

lski

p.

VII-

31

H-4

8 I’

m w

orrie

d ab

out

prop

erty

val

ues.

I t

hink

the

exp

ansi

on i

s go

ing

to h

urt t

he V

illag

e.

Kei

th Je

nsen

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-306

, 307

H

-49

It’s

just

not

the

fai

rnes

s of

tak

ing

away

fro

m E

lk G

rove

and

B

ense

nvill

e an

d ye

t we

get n

ot o

ne p

enny

out

of t

he a

irpor

t. It

al

l goe

s in

to C

hica

go a

nd, y

ou k

now

, it j

ust d

oesn

’t se

em f

air.

Kei

th Je

nsen

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-307

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

17

4

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

The

mon

ey i

ssue

. I’

m w

orrie

d th

at i

f th

ey r

un i

nto

finan

cial

pr

oble

ms,

the

fede

ral g

over

nmen

t will

hav

e to

bai

l it o

ut, a

nd

that

’s n

ot fa

ir to

the

taxp

ayer

s. H

-50

My

hous

e w

ould

not

be

acqu

ired

by th

e ai

rpor

t. O

ur c

once

rns

are

our t

ax b

ase

bein

g de

cim

ated

. W

e st

and

to lo

se n

ot o

nly

our

hom

e, b

ut a

lso

our b

usin

ess

due

to m

akin

g up

of

the

tax

base

s th

at w

ould

be

lost

in th

e co

mm

unity

.

Patri

cia

John

son

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

03, 2

04

H-5

0.1

I’d

like

to m

ake

a po

int

on r

ecor

d to

o th

at b

eing

a b

usin

ess

owne

r in

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e, h

ow t

hat

is g

oing

to

dras

tical

ly

affe

ct o

ur b

usin

ess

com

mun

ity; a

nd I

mea

n w

e ha

ve h

undr

eds

of s

mal

l bu

sine

sses

em

ploy

ing

thou

sand

s of

peo

ple

payi

ng

mill

ions

in ta

xes,

and

the

ring

road

and

this

pro

ject

wou

ld ju

st

seve

rely

ham

per o

ur b

usin

ess p

artn

er.

Ric

h Jo

hnso

n (B

ense

nvill

e Pa

rk D

istri

ct)

p. V

I-372

H-5

1 Th

e re

side

nts

that

can

not f

ight

bec

ause

they

live

in lo

w in

com

e ho

use

of $

85,0

00, w

here

are

they

goi

ng to

pur

chas

e ho

mes

for

that

pric

e in

DuP

age

Cou

nty?

Tyro

ne K

alog

eres

is (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-272

H-5

2 Th

e M

aste

r Pla

n/EI

S pr

oces

s sh

ould

incl

ude

all c

ost e

stim

atio

n da

ta a

nd e

cono

mic

ben

efit

estim

atio

n da

ta a

nd t

he p

ublic

sh

ould

be

give

n ac

cess

to th

is in

form

atio

n.

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is

(Cou

nsel

to

Su

burb

an

O’H

are

Com

mis

sion

) p.

VII-

199

H-5

3 C

once

rned

with

the

im

pact

on

com

petit

ive

airf

ares

and

how

al

tern

ativ

es t

o O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion

mig

ht e

nhan

ce c

ompe

titio

n.

Hig

her

fare

pen

altie

s in

flict

ed b

ecau

se o

f th

e cu

rren

t la

ck o

f co

mpe

titio

n sh

ould

be

incl

uded

in a

ny c

ost-b

enef

it an

alys

is.

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is

(Cou

nsel

to

Su

burb

an

O’H

are

Com

mis

sion

) p.

VII-

199

H-5

5 R

ight

now

all

the

airli

nes

are

cutti

ng b

ack,

whi

ch m

eans

ther

e ar

e no

t goi

ng to

be

as m

any

plan

es g

oing

out

, and

yet

they

’re

taki

ng o

ur ta

x do

llars

, whi

ch it

’s g

oing

to b

e ta

king

aw

ay o

ur

busi

ness

es i

n ou

r to

wn.

If

they

tak

e aw

ay t

hese

bus

ines

ses,

we’

re lo

sing

mill

ions

of d

olla

rs in

tax

mon

ey, w

hich

mea

ns a

ll

Arli

ne K

litzk

e (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-1

68

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

17

5

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

our t

axes

will

go

up.

H-5

5.1

This

is n

ot a

pla

n it

is a

con

cept

with

out a

fea

sibi

lity

stud

y, a

co

st e

stim

ate,

a p

relim

inar

y la

yout

and

tim

e sc

hedu

le.

It is

a

polit

ical

ly

activ

ated

sc

hem

e to

ac

quire

su

burb

an

prop

erty

w

ithou

t due

pro

cess

.

Will

iam

C. K

litzk

e (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

308

H-5

6 Th

e ta

x ba

ses

of D

es P

lain

es, E

lk G

rove

and

Ben

senv

ille

are

seve

rely

impa

cted

by

illeg

al a

cqui

sitio

n.

Will

iam

C. K

litzk

e (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

308

H-5

7 Th

e st

ate

and

Chi

cago

are

alre

ady

in fi

nanc

ial d

iffic

ulty

, as

are

the

parti

cipa

ting

airli

nes.

Whe

re is

the

mon

ey g

oing

to c

ome

from

, tax

paye

rs?

The

airl

ines

are

stud

ying

thei

r hub

phi

loso

phy

and

revi

sing

the

ir id

eas.

Airc

raft

can

be n

ear

capa

city

if

the

airli

nes

coop

erat

ed w

ith e

ach

othe

r. A

irlin

e pa

rtici

patio

n is

im

pera

tive

to a

ccom

plis

h th

e en

tire

cons

truct

ion

proc

ess.

Unt

il th

at’s

ava

ilabl

e, th

ere

is n

o re

ason

to p

ursu

e th

is fa

rce.

Will

iam

C. K

litzk

e (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

50, 2

51

H-5

8 W

e be

lieve

tha

t th

e gr

ab o

f la

nd b

y C

hica

go i

n ne

ighb

orin

g co

mm

uniti

es is

impr

oper

unn

eigh

borly

and

unn

eces

sary

. It

is

unfa

ir to

sac

rific

e El

k G

rove

Vill

age,

Ben

senv

ille

and

othe

r co

mm

uniti

es t

o be

nefit

Chi

cago

’s g

reed

. C

hica

go s

houl

d no

t de

cim

ate

our t

ax b

ase

and

sens

e of

com

mun

ity to

impr

ove

thei

r ci

ty.

Dav

id P

. and

Mar

y A

nn K

rebs

p.

VII-

2

H-5

9 A

s a

resi

dent

of

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e, I

am

con

cern

ed a

bout

the

impa

ct o

n m

y co

mm

unity

and

sur

roun

ding

com

mun

ities

. Th

e ex

pans

ion

prop

osal

will

allo

w th

e C

ity o

f Chi

cago

to a

nnex

300

ac

res

of d

evel

oped

rea

l esta

te.

This

will

res

ult i

n a

sign

ifica

nt

loss

of

tax

reve

nue

that

ben

efits

our

sch

ools

, par

ks a

nd f

ores

t pr

eser

ves.

Als

o m

any

long

-tim

e B

ense

nvill

e re

side

nts

will

be

forc

ed to

sell

thei

r hom

es.

Ann

Kuf

fel (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-17

3 Su

san

Kuf

fel (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-17

5

H-6

0 Th

e FA

A m

ust c

ompl

ete

a co

mpr

ehen

sive

stu

dy a

naly

zing

the

Ann

Kuf

fel (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

17

6

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

econ

omic

and

env

ironm

enta

l im

pact

s. p.

VII

-173

Su

san

Kuf

fel (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-17

5 H

-61

This

may

mak

e se

nse

econ

omic

ally

for

the

city

but

it’s

a

disa

ster

fin

anci

ally

and

env

ironm

enta

lly f

or t

he s

urro

undi

ng

com

mun

ities

.

Mar

ian

Kur

zeja

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

54

H-6

1.1

Why

is

th

e ci

ty

acqu

iring

la

nd

whe

n th

e en

viro

nmen

tal

stud

y/im

pact

has

not

bee

n co

mpl

eted

? S

eem

s lik

e th

e pr

oces

s is

bac

kwar

ds a

nd i

s si

gnifi

cant

ly s

tress

ing

the

peop

le a

nd

com

mun

ities

bei

ng im

pact

ed.

Wal

ter K

urze

ja (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-36

9

H-6

2 It

is g

oing

to

adve

rsel

y af

fect

my

peac

e an

d qu

iet

alon

g w

ith

my

prop

erty

val

ues.

Emer

son

Ladd

p.

VII-

10

H-6

2.1

This

pla

n ca

n’t w

ork.

It c

an’t

I kno

w it

, my

neig

hbor

s kn

ow it

, m

y le

ader

s kn

ow i

t. A

nd U

nite

d an

d A

mer

ican

kno

w t

hey

aren

’t go

ing

to p

ay f

or it

. So

it’s

tim

e fo

r ev

eryo

ne to

rea

lize

that

the

atte

mpt

to

put

this

pro

ject

thr

ough

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es

Con

gres

s is

an

atte

mpt

to

hook

the

Am

eric

an t

axpa

yers

for

m

oney

for a

pro

ject

that

is a

dog

.

Kat

hy A

. Lan

e (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-262

H-6

3 W

hen

the

two

bigg

est

airli

nes

in t

he w

orld

are

hav

ing

huge

fin

anci

al p

robl

ems,

I wou

ld li

ke to

kno

w h

ow th

is e

xpan

sion

is

goin

g to

be

paid

for

. It

is m

y op

inio

n th

at th

e m

oney

use

d to

ex

pand

wou

ld b

e be

tter

suite

d fo

r th

e ho

mel

ess

and

less

fo

rtuna

te p

eopl

e.

Fred

Lar

son

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-29

5

H-6

4 O

’Har

e A

irpor

t is

no

diff

eren

t th

an a

ny o

ther

bus

ines

s. I

t co

mpe

tes

with

oth

er a

irpor

ts a

nd it

mus

t con

tinua

lly c

hang

e to

m

eet

the

dem

ands

of

thei

r cl

ient

s, in

thi

s ca

se t

he t

rave

ling

publ

ic, t

he a

irlin

es a

nd th

e bu

sine

sses

that

dep

end

on th

e ai

rpor

t fo

r the

ir liv

elih

oods

.

Shirl

anne

Le

mm

(P

resi

dent

, G

reat

er

O’H

are

Ass

ocia

tion)

p.

VII-

182

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

17

7

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

H-6

5 Th

roug

hout

th

e re

view

pr

oces

s, I

enco

urag

e th

e FA

A

to

exam

ine

the

long

-term

eco

nom

ic b

enef

its a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith t

he

Prog

ram

. P

relim

inar

y st

udie

s by

the

Chi

cago

Dep

artm

ent

of

Avi

atio

n sh

ow t

he P

rogr

am w

ill b

ring

an a

dditi

onal

195

,000

jo

bs t

o th

e re

gion

and

$18

bill

ion

in e

cono

mic

act

ivity

eac

h ye

ar.

Shirl

anne

Le

mm

(P

resi

dent

, G

reat

er

O’H

are

Ass

ocia

tion)

p.

VII-

182

H-6

6 I

oppo

se th

e C

ity o

f C

hica

go ta

king

my

hom

e w

hen

I ha

ve n

o w

ish

to m

ove

or s

ell.

I’m

con

cern

ed a

bout

eco

nom

ics

of m

y pr

oper

ty.

I’m

con

cern

ed a

bout

the

infr

inge

men

t upo

n m

y rig

hts

as a

pro

perty

ow

ner a

nd a

s a c

itize

n.

Dan

iel J

. Lyo

ns (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-175

H-6

7 It

is g

oing

to c

hang

e m

y lif

e fo

r the

rest

of m

y lif

e. I

f we

have

to

mov

e w

e w

ill b

e at

lea

st d

oubl

ing

our

hous

e pa

ymen

t.

Rat

her

than

sav

ings

for

ret

irem

ent,

I w

ill b

e pa

ying

a d

oubl

e ho

use

paym

ent.

Car

la M

. Lyo

ns (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-207

H-6

7.1

I liv

e in

a n

eigh

borh

ood

whe

re th

ey’ r

e a

lot o

f peo

ple

who

are

H

ispa

nic.

So

peop

le

of

have

w

orke

d th

eir

way

up

to

B

ense

nvill

e ar

e go

ing

to b

e se

nt r

ight

bac

k do

wn

the

food

ch

ain.

I

feel

they

are

goi

ng to

be

vict

imiz

ed.

I fe

el th

e sa

me

way

abo

ut th

e el

derly

peo

ple

in o

ur a

rea.

It’s

goi

ng to

be

very

di

fficu

lt fo

r the

m to

mak

e th

is ki

nd o

f mov

e. I

feel

that

a lo

t of

this

is so

met

hing

that

’s a

gain

st p

eopl

e w

ho a

re o

f les

ser m

eans

.

Car

la M

. Lyo

ns (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-208

-210

H-6

8 I

cann

ot i

mag

ine

bein

g tre

ated

fai

rly b

y th

e C

ity o

f C

hica

go

com

ing

out a

nd a

sses

sing

the

valu

e of

my

hom

e. I

thin

k it’

s a

com

plet

e co

nflic

t of

inte

rest

. A

nd b

eing

an

activ

e m

embe

r of

th

e co

mm

unity

, I

also

kn

ow

of

othe

r pe

ople

in

ot

her

com

mun

ities

who

hav

e be

en s

ubje

ct to

em

inen

t dom

ain.

A

nd

thes

e pe

ople

– a

wom

an I

kno

w i

n Ita

sca

had

her

hom

e w

as

goin

g to

be

clai

med

by

emin

ent

dom

ain.

Th

ey g

ot a

val

ue

Car

la M

. Lyo

ns (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-220

, 221

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

17

8

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

appr

aise

d at

act

ually

hal

f the

ir va

lue

of th

e ho

me.

The

wom

an

cam

to

our

grou

p m

eetin

g at

the

DuP

age

– th

e A

ddis

on

Tow

nshi

p D

emoc

rats

whe

re I’

m a

mem

ber a

nd c

ried

and

crie

d.

You

can

not i

mag

ine

if yo

u pu

t you

rsel

f in

the

shoe

s of

peo

ple

who

se h

ouse

s ar

e be

ing

take

n w

hat i

t’s li

ke to

hav

e a

stra

nger

co

me

and

tell

you

that

you

’re

getti

ng 5

0 ce

nts

on th

e do

llar f

or

your

hom

e, so

that

is ju

st so

met

hing

that

is n

ot g

oing

to w

ork.

H

-69

Ther

e ha

s no

t bee

n a

grea

t dea

l of

open

ness

as

to e

xact

ly h

ow

man

y ho

mes

they

will

nee

d to

take

with

the

runw

ays

that

they

ha

ve p

lann

ed o

n ex

pand

ing,

wha

t kin

d of

a b

uffe

r zon

e ar

e th

ey

goin

g to

be

prov

idin

g, a

nd h

ow m

any

addi

tiona

l hom

es w

ill b

e ne

eded

to ta

ke c

are

of p

rovi

ding

that

buf

fer z

one

and

that

safe

ty

area

. Th

ey a

re a

lso

taki

ng b

usin

esse

s. Y

our a

re ta

king

the

tax

base

of c

omm

uniti

es th

at la

rgel

y de

pend

on

thes

e.

Dor

rie M

adon

na (W

ood

Dal

e)

p. V

I-223

, 224

H-7

0 Th

e C

ity o

f C

hica

go g

ets

all

the

reve

nue

from

the

exp

ansi

on

and

it is

not

shar

ed w

ith a

ny o

f the

surr

ound

ing

com

mun

ities

. D

orrie

Mad

onna

(Woo

d D

ale)

p.

VI-2

26

H-7

1 I

thin

k th

at i

t’s a

bout

tim

e th

at t

he p

eopl

e in

the

sou

ther

n co

mm

uniti

es d

o ha

ve s

ome

of t

he b

enef

it, t

hat

ther

e ar

e jo

b op

portu

nitie

s fo

r the

m d

urin

g co

nstru

ctio

n an

d af

ter t

he a

irpor

t ha

s bee

n co

mpl

eted

.

Dor

rie M

adon

na (W

ood

Dal

e)

p. V

I-226

H-7

2 Th

e pr

oble

ms

that

the

airl

ines

are

hav

ing

they

will

not

be

cont

ribut

ing

to th

e co

st.

We

will

eith

er b

e pa

ying

for i

t with

an

incr

ease

in o

ur ta

xes,

an in

crea

se in

ser

vice

s th

at m

ay h

ave

to

be c

ut b

ecau

se th

e m

oney

has

gon

e to

war

ds th

is, o

r an

incr

ease

to

the

cost

of o

ur a

irlin

e tic

kets

.

Dor

rie M

adon

na (W

ood

Dal

e)

p. V

I-227

H-7

3 I b

elie

ve th

at th

is w

ould

gre

atly

redu

ce th

e va

lue

of m

y ho

me.

D

r. R

alph

Mad

onna

(Woo

d D

ale)

p.

VI-3

18

H-7

3.1

Why

sho

uld

Elk

Gro

ve lo

se b

usin

ess

and

tax

dolla

rs to

ben

efit

Mrs

. Ter

esa

Mai

orie

llo (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

17

9

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

Chi

cago

? T

he a

irpor

t is s

urro

unde

d by

vill

ages

not

by

Chi

cago

. W

e sh

ould

hav

e ou

r say

in th

is.

p. V

II-58

H-7

4 O

ur ta

x ba

se w

ill b

e pu

t in

jeop

ardy

. Ju

lie M

alon

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-31

5 H

-75

In a

s m

uch

as th

ey w

ant t

o en

hanc

e re

venu

e fo

r Chi

cago

, it w

ill

impa

ct a

ll th

e w

este

rn su

burb

s as f

ar a

s tra

nspo

rtatio

n, b

usin

ess,

and

relo

catio

n of

hom

es, t

axes

, sew

age

and

wat

er.

Art

Mar

kow

ski (

Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

81

H-7

6 W

hat

are

the

busi

ness

es g

oing

to

do w

hen

thos

e pe

ople

who

dr

ive

past

thei

r fr

ont d

oor

on a

dai

ly b

asis

are

no

long

er th

ere

and

all t

he p

eopl

e th

at w

ork

in th

e B

ense

nvill

e an

d El

k G

rove

in

dust

rial p

arks

now

hav

e to

find

new

jobs

?

Art

Mar

kow

ski (

Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

83

H-7

7 M

y ta

xes

will

go

up a

nd w

e ar

e se

nior

citi

zens

on

a fix

ed

inco

me,

w

hich

w

ill

be

a fin

anci

al

burd

en

as

wel

l as

en

dang

erin

g ou

r hom

e. I

am

aga

inst

this

exp

ansi

on, w

hich

will

ca

use

mor

e no

ise,

mor

e po

llutio

n, m

ore

taxe

s, an

d a

grea

ter

dang

er to

resi

dent

s in

our s

ubur

b.

Lilli

an M

ayer

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-66

H-7

8 I

can

see

it br

ingi

ng in

mor

e jo

bs a

nd o

ppor

tuni

ties

as lo

ng a

s th

e ec

onom

y co

ntin

ues

they

way

it

is.

I’m

con

cern

ed o

ver

peop

le th

at it

will

affe

ct, t

he b

usin

esse

s an

d vi

llage

s th

at it

will

af

fect

.

Luci

e M

cDan

iel (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-324

H-7

8.1

I re

ally

fee

l th

at y

ou c

an’t

real

ly a

nnex

ano

ther

tow

n ju

st b

y pu

rcha

sing

land

. I t

hink

that

was

the

wro

ng w

ay o

f goi

ng a

bout

th

is.

I’m

not

sur

e th

at I

sai

d th

at I

inte

nded

for

thos

e pa

rties

th

at th

ey n

eed

to b

e co

mpe

nsat

ed a

ppro

pria

tely

. I j

ust w

ant t

o sa

y I’

m c

once

rned

they

’re

actu

ally

take

n ca

re o

f pr

oper

ly a

nd

not j

ust r

ailro

aded

.

Luci

e M

cDan

iel (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-324

, 325

H-7

9 Th

e ta

x re

venu

e fr

om t

he c

once

ssio

n an

d th

e co

nces

sion

th

emse

lves

cou

ld b

e tu

rned

ove

r to

the

ring

subu

rbs

by th

e C

ity

Mar

tin M

cGow

an (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

286

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

18

0

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

of C

hica

go a

s a

gest

ure

of t

he c

ity’s

rea

l in

tere

st i

n th

e ec

onom

ic p

rosp

erity

of t

he a

rea,

not

just

Chi

cago

. H

-80

May

or

Dal

ey

wan

ts

to

dest

roy

Elk

Gro

ve’s

ta

x ba

se

(bus

ines

ses)

, rai

se m

y ta

xes,

and

prob

ably

redu

ce p

rogr

ams

for

my

child

ren.

Will

iam

Mei

tzlo

r (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

108

H-8

1 M

y in

-law

s liv

e in

Ben

senv

ille.

Th

ere

is a

50/

50 c

hanc

e m

y ki

ds w

ill s

ee th

eir g

rand

pare

nt’s

hou

se b

ulld

ozed

. W

ill O

’Har

e ta

ke c

are

of th

em?

Will

iam

Mei

tzlo

r (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

109

H-8

2 A

irlin

es a

re c

ryin

g fo

r tax

paye

r’s

mon

ey to

bai

l the

m o

ut.

We

feel

we

are

bein

g fo

rced

to p

ay fo

r the

poi

son

that

is k

illin

g us

. M

r. &

Mrs

. Mic

hael

s (R

osel

le)

p. V

II-13

H

-83

Will

our

pro

perty

val

ues

rem

ain

the

sam

e? A

re w

e ex

pect

ed to

pa

y in

crea

sed

taxe

s to

mak

e up

for

the

los

t re

venu

e fr

om t

he

indu

stria

l par

k?

Ted

Mon

egat

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

5

H-8

4 O

’Har

e pl

ays

an

impo

rtant

ro

le

both

as

a

natio

nal

and

inte

rnat

iona

l tra

nspo

rtatio

n fa

cilit

y an

d a

regi

onal

eco

nom

ic

engi

ne.

A

s w

ith

any

airp

ort,

O’H

are

perio

dica

lly

need

s m

oder

niza

tion,

how

ever

the

ant

icip

ated

ben

efits

of

such

a

prop

osal

shou

ld o

utw

eigh

its o

vera

ll co

sts.

Will

iam

J.

Mue

ller

(Pre

side

nt,

DuP

age

May

ors

and

Man

ager

s Con

fere

nce)

p.

VII-

202

H-8

5 O

ur h

ome

is p

aid

for

and

man

y up

grad

es m

ade

to i

t, th

roug

h th

e ha

rd w

ork

my

husb

and

has

done

, and

if

we

had

to m

ove

now

, we

don’

t fee

l we

coul

d po

ssib

ly s

tart

over

, esp

ecia

lly a

t to

day’

s cos

ts.

Whe

re w

ould

we

go?

Mr.

and

Mrs

. Rob

ert R

. Muf

f (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

298

H-8

6 Th

e su

rfac

e tra

nspo

rtatio

n is

sues

w

ill

prod

uce

soci

al

and

econ

omic

impa

cts.

A w

este

rn a

cces

s to

O’H

are

that

is o

ff th

e ai

rpor

t pr

oper

ty

will

ca

use

the

disl

ocat

ion

of

com

mer

cial

es

tabl

ishm

ents

in th

e ne

ighb

orin

g co

mm

unity

. M

any

of th

ese

com

pani

es a

re f

reig

ht f

orw

arde

rs a

nd tr

ucki

ng c

ompa

nies

that

ha

ve a

just

ifiab

le n

eed

to b

e lo

cate

d ne

ar a

n ai

rpor

t.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

220

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

18

1

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

H-8

7 B

usin

ess

out-m

igra

tion

will

cau

se th

e lo

ss o

f jo

bs, t

he lo

ss o

f in

com

e in

the

affe

cted

com

mun

ities

, and

the

loss

of t

ax re

venu

e to

the

com

mun

ities

.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

220

H-8

8 I w

ould

like

to k

now

how

they

are

goi

ng to

han

dle

this

as

far a

s re

plac

ing

wha

t w

e’re

goi

ng t

o lo

se i

n th

e ta

ke o

ver

of o

ur

prop

erty

. A

re th

ey g

oing

to g

ive

us e

noug

h m

oney

and

relo

cate

us

in a

n ar

ea w

here

we

are

still

clo

se, s

omep

lace

that

the

hous

es

will

be

com

para

ble?

I’

m 7

0 ye

ars

old.

I

don’

t ne

ed t

o be

lo

okin

g fo

r rel

ocat

ion

and

endi

ng u

p w

ith a

mor

tgag

e.

Will

iam

Muz

yka

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

59, 2

60

H-8

9 Th

e va

lue

of o

ur h

ome

will

pro

babl

y go

dow

n. W

e do

n’t k

now

if

we

can

still

sell

our h

ouse

. Th

e pe

ople

who

are

will

ing

to se

ll th

eir h

ouse

will

hav

e a

prob

lem

late

r on

beca

use

they

cou

ld n

ot

buy

any

hom

es f

rom

wha

t th

e C

ity o

f C

hica

go i

s of

ferin

g.

Prob

ably

all

thes

e pe

ople

will

use

the

mon

ey f

rom

the

sale

of

the

hous

e an

d th

an th

ey w

ill b

e ro

amin

g in

the

stre

et s

ince

they

do

n’t h

ave

a pl

ace

to li

ve.

May

or D

aley

and

the

othe

rs w

ill p

ut

all t

he p

eopl

e in

Ben

senv

ille

in th

e st

reet

.

Ner

y (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-68

H-9

0 W

ho is

goi

ng to

mak

e up

the

taxe

s w

e lo

se?

Wha

t abo

ut a

ll th

e jo

bs w

e lo

se?

Ken

Niv

en (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

191

H-9

1 It’

s a

was

te o

f ou

r ta

xpay

ers

mon

ey a

nd h

arm

ing

mill

ions

of

peop

le’s

slee

p an

d w

ell-b

eing

. N

o N

ame

1 p.

VII-

352

H-9

2 B

ecau

se o

f th

is e

xpan

sion

, I w

ant t

o se

ll m

y ho

use

and

I w

ant

to re

cove

r the

pro

perty

vol

ume

lost

from

the

City

of C

hica

go.

No

Nam

e 2

p. V

II-35

3 H

-93

Wha

t rig

ht d

oes

the

may

or h

ave

conf

isca

ting

priv

ate

prop

erty

an

d no

t pa

ying

eno

ugh

mon

ey t

o bu

y an

othe

r an

d de

stro

ying

th

e ec

onom

ic w

orth

of a

ny su

burb

?

No

Nam

e 4

p. V

II-35

5

H-9

4 Y

ou

wan

t to

bu

y pr

oper

ties

for

expa

nsio

n,

purc

hase

al

l N

o N

ame

6

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

18

2

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

prop

ertie

s in

Elk

Gro

ve,

Ben

senv

ille

and

so o

n.

Or

don’

t pu

rcha

se a

t all.

p.

VII-

317

H-9

5 W

orld

B

usin

ess

Chi

cago

sp

ecifi

cally

re

ques

ts

the

EIS

to

esta

blis

h th

e pr

edic

tabl

e jo

b cr

eatio

n an

d re

tent

ion

outc

omes

of

the

OM

P, it

s ge

nera

l eco

nom

ic im

pact

s bo

th a

nnua

lly a

nd f

or

som

e ye

ars

follo

win

g th

e co

mpl

etio

n of

th

e Pr

ogra

m

as

prop

osed

, and

how

the

Prog

ram

may

impa

ct th

e m

unic

ipal

tax

base

of

the

com

mun

ities

with

in a

n an

alyt

ical

ly m

anag

eabl

e ra

dius

of

O’H

are.

Tw

o se

para

te s

tudi

es h

ave

repo

rted

a pr

ojec

ted

empl

oym

ent

incr

ease

of

19

5,00

0 ne

w

jobs

an

d 18

5,00

0 ne

w j

obs,

and

we

sugg

est

that

the

EIS

ana

lyze

the

m

etho

dolo

gies

and

fin

ding

s of

bot

h, i

n or

der

to e

stab

lish

its

own

figur

e.

Paul

O’C

onno

r (E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, W

orld

Bus

ines

s C

hica

go)

p. V

II-10

6

H-9

6 W

e ur

ge

that

th

e EI

S th

orou

ghly

an

alyz

e th

e ec

onom

ic

impl

icat

ion

both

in O

’Har

e’s

met

ropo

litan

ser

vice

are

a no

rth o

f a

line

from

dow

ntow

n C

hica

go (I

-290

) to

the

wes

tern

bor

der o

f D

uPag

e C

ount

y at

I-88

and

on

the

natio

nal e

cono

my

of “

doin

g no

thin

g” a

t O’H

are.

Paul

O’C

onno

r (E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, W

orld

Bus

ines

s C

hica

go)

p. V

II-10

6

H-9

7 W

hile

w

e be

lieve

th

at

the

OM

P sh

ould

be

vi

ewed

in

depe

nden

tly a

nd b

e as

sess

ed o

n its

ow

n, w

e st

rong

ly r

eque

st

that

the

FA

A a

sses

s al

l pr

edic

tabl

e ec

onom

ic i

mpl

icat

ions

on

O’H

are

of t

he a

ltern

ativ

e ai

rpor

t pr

opos

ed b

y m

any

of t

he

oppo

nent

s of

the

OM

P, s

houl

d th

at a

ltern

ativ

e in

any

way

fal

l w

ithin

the

purv

iew

of t

he E

IS o

n th

e O

MP.

Paul

O’C

onno

r (E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, W

orld

Bus

ines

s C

hica

go)

p. V

II-10

7

H-9

8 W

orld

Bus

ines

s C

hica

go b

elie

ves

that

con

stru

ctio

n of

the

OM

P as

pro

pose

d w

ill r

esul

t in

red

uced

noi

se l

evel

s; d

ram

atic

ally

re

duce

d fli

ght

dela

ys (

and

hund

reds

of

mill

ions

in

econ

omic

co

sts

they

inc

ur),

and

we

belie

ve t

hat

posi

tive

bene

fits

in

Paul

O’C

onno

r (E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, W

orld

Bus

ines

s C

hica

go)

p. V

II-10

7

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

18

3

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

empl

oym

ent a

nd ta

x ba

se g

row

th a

nd w

ell a

s ge

nera

l eco

nom

ic

stim

ulat

ion

will

be

prof

ound

. H

-99

Ther

e w

ill b

e 40

,000

job

s el

imin

ated

in

Elk

Gro

ve.

Six

ty

perc

ent o

f our

indu

stria

l par

k. O

ur ta

x ba

se w

ill b

e de

vast

ated

to

the

tune

of $

500,

000,

000,

and

muc

h th

at h

as m

ade

Elk

Gro

ve

wha

t it i

s will

be

dest

roye

d.

John

O’K

eefe

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-322

H-1

00

The

valu

e of

my

prop

erty

will

not

be

as m

uch

of t

he m

arke

t va

lue

like

othe

r com

mun

ities

. I i

nves

ted

lots

of m

oney

alm

ost

all o

ur s

avin

gs to

reha

bilit

ate

my

hous

e ho

ping

that

som

eday

it

will

be

mar

keta

ble

and

incr

ease

in v

alue

.

Mar

ina

C. O

raci

on (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-70

H-1

00.1

It

will

resu

lt in

the

anne

xatio

n of

alm

ost 3

00 a

cres

, Ben

senv

ille,

an

d ov

er 5

30 h

omes

. 22

0 of

thos

e ho

mes

are

affo

rdab

le h

omes

, an

d it

will

be

very

diff

icul

t for

thos

e pe

ople

to b

e re

loca

ted

in

othe

r par

ts o

f the

regi

on g

iven

the

mar

ket c

ondi

tions

. A

nd a

lso

DuP

age

Cou

nty,

by

the

way

, ha

s in

vest

ed o

ver

$4 m

illio

n in

fe

dera

l and

sta

te f

unds

in

impr

ovin

g th

ose

affo

rdab

le h

ousin

g un

its.

Nic

k Pa

ppas

(D

uPag

e C

ount

y D

epar

tmen

t of

D

evel

opm

ent a

nd E

nviro

nmen

tal C

once

rns)

p.

VI-1

09

H-1

01

The

econ

omic

and

fin

anci

al i

mpa

ct o

n El

k G

rove

Vill

age,

in

clud

ing

the

impa

ct o

n th

e ta

x ba

se o

f ou

r co

mm

unity

sch

ool

dist

ricts

, par

k di

stric

t and

libr

ary

need

s to

be st

udie

d no

w.

Gar

y an

d B

arba

ra P

arrin

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-35

6

H-1

02

It w

ould

forc

e El

k G

rove

to g

ive

up a

cer

tain

num

ber o

f hou

ses

and

a ce

rtain

am

ount

of b

usin

esse

s an

d th

e re

venu

e fr

om th

ose,

lo

wer

ing

Elk

Gro

ve’s

tax

base

.

Stev

e Pa

rtman

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-267

H-1

03

We

don’

t kn

ow w

hat

the

cost

of

the

airp

ort

expa

nsio

n w

ould

be

, no

r do

es i

t se

em t

o m

ake

sens

e ba

sed

on t

he p

lan

that

C

hica

go h

as o

utlin

ed.

Stev

e Pa

rtman

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-268

H-1

04

Con

cern

ed a

bout

the

sin

king

tax

bas

e, t

hus

high

er l

ocal

rea

l es

tate

taxe

s, th

us lo

wer

or s

tagn

atin

g pr

oper

ty v

alue

s. Jo

hn P

assa

relli

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-31

0

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

18

4

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

H-1

05

How

the

run

way

s w

ill b

e ha

ndle

d, w

here

the

run

way

s be

gin

and

end,

how

the

wes

tern

ter

min

al i

s de

velo

ped

– th

ose

are

impo

rtant

com

pone

nts

that

nee

d to

be

cons

ider

ed a

s pa

rt of

this

pl

anni

ng s

tudy

in th

e de

sign

and

the

eval

uatio

n of

wha

t tho

se

soci

oeco

nom

ic im

pact

s may

or m

ay n

ot b

e.

Pat

Pech

nick

(Ill

inoi

s D

epar

tmen

t of

Tra

nspo

rtatio

n,

Div

isio

n of

Hig

hway

s)

p. V

I-85

H-1

05.1

I c

anno

t be

at th

e m

eetin

g on

the

22nd

to e

xpre

ss m

y an

ger a

nd

outra

ge.

If C

hica

go w

ants

to d

emol

ish

who

le n

eigh

borh

oods

, th

ey h

ave

plen

ty o

f the

ir ow

n to

tear

dow

n.

Cly

de P

enic

nak

p. V

II-30

5

H-1

05.2

I t

hink

it’s

goi

ng to

cos

t muc

h, m

uch

mor

e m

oney

than

they

are

ev

en th

inki

ng a

bout

rig

ht n

ow, a

nd I

am

ver

y op

pose

d to

it.

I th

ink

that

we

need

to s

it do

wn

– w

e ne

ed O

’Har

e. I

t isn

’t th

at

we

don’

t, be

caus

e w

e ne

ed to

hav

e so

me

bette

r in

put f

rom

the

resi

dent

s ar

ound

in

the

com

mun

ity t

hat

may

los

e th

eir

hom

es

and

tax

dolla

rs, e

tc.

Arle

ne P

eter

s (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-277

, 278

H-1

05.3

I t

alke

d to

peo

ple

out f

ront

just

now

in g

reen

shi

rts, t

hat I

find

th

ere’

s be

en a

n in

junc

tion

on th

e re

side

nts

of B

ense

nvill

e th

at

they

can

not s

ell t

heir

hom

es.

Now

thes

e pe

ople

are

goi

ng to

be

held

up

for h

ow lo

ng u

ntil

this

hol

e m

ess i

s set

tled?

Joe

Polk

a (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

41

H-1

06

My

conc

erns

are

the

loss

of r

even

ue b

y de

stro

ying

cer

tain

are

as

espe

cial

ly in

Elk

Gro

ve a

nd B

ense

nvill

e, in

crea

sing

our

taxe

s. Jo

e Po

nko

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-308

H

-107

Th

e fin

anci

al i

mpa

ct c

once

rns

us.

Our

vill

age

relie

s ve

ry

heav

ily o

n th

e ta

x re

venu

e fr

om t

he i

ndus

trial

par

k.

Our

sc

hool

s in

Dis

trict

59

and

214

wou

ld su

ffer

trem

endo

usly

if th

at

reve

nue

wer

e lo

st.

If

the

indu

stria

l pa

rk i

s de

mol

ishe

d fo

r O

’Har

e ho

w m

any

of u

s w

ill n

ot b

e ab

le to

affo

rd o

ur h

omes

if

the

taxe

s sk

yroc

ket?

W

hat a

bout

the

man

y se

nior

s w

ho h

ave

lived

her

e si

nce

the

begi

nnin

g so

me

40 y

ears

ago

, whe

re w

ill

they

go

whe

n th

ey c

an’t

affo

rd t

heir

hom

es a

nym

ore?

If

the

Cla

udin

e Q

ueve

do

p. V

II-18

4

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

18

5

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

expa

nsio

n ha

ppen

s al

ong

with

the

wes

tern

acc

ess

rout

e an

d ne

edin

g 30

0 ac

res

or m

ore

whe

re w

ould

Elk

Gro

ve it

self

go?

Th

ere

mig

ht n

ot b

e en

ough

land

for a

tow

n at

all.

Why

wou

ld

anyo

ne w

ant t

o de

stro

y a

thriv

ing

tow

n in

that

way

? H

-108

C

hica

go w

ants

the

extra

reve

nue

then

find

a w

ay to

do

it on

city

pr

oper

ty n

ot o

urs.

Wha

t giv

es M

ayor

Dal

ey th

e rig

ht to

take

ou

r ho

mes

and

bus

ines

ses

away

fro

m u

s?

Mod

erni

ze n

ot

expa

nd O

’Har

e an

d bu

ild t

he t

hird

airp

ort

dow

n in

Peo

tone

. G

ive

peop

le d

own

in th

at e

cono

mic

ally

dep

ress

ed a

rea

jobs

and

ec

onom

ic g

row

th.

Cla

udin

e Q

ueve

do

p. V

II-18

4

H-1

09

How

will

this

incr

ease

taxe

s du

e to

less

indu

stria

l?

I kn

ow it

w

ill b

ecom

e lo

uder

dirt

ier a

nd m

ore

expe

nsiv

e fo

r me.

Le

slie

M. Q

ueve

do (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

137

H-1

10

My

com

men

t is

tha

t it’

s to

o co

stly

and

pro

ject

ed t

o be

ver

y da

nger

ous

and

mak

e to

o m

uch

of a

n im

pact

on

the

Vill

age

whi

le th

e ta

xes

go, a

nd th

e pe

ople

that

will

sta

y be

hind

will

be

burd

ened

with

too

man

y ta

xes.

With

all

the

tax

mon

ey l

ost

ther

e w

ill b

e no

mor

e sc

hool

syst

em, p

roba

bly

no li

brar

y an

d no

ot

her b

enef

its o

r pro

gram

s.

Bob

Rac

kou

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-3

05

H-1

11

Elk

Gro

ve i

s go

ing

to b

e af

fect

ed b

y no

ise

pollu

tion,

air

pollu

tion,

and

con

gest

ion,

but

Ben

senv

ille

is g

oing

to lo

se 6

00

hom

es a

nd d

ozen

s of b

usin

esse

s.

Har

old

Ree

d (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

81

H-1

12

Elk

Gro

ve sh

ould

be

fully

pai

d fo

r thi

s lan

d.

Jim

Rob

erts

(Elk

Gro

ve)

p. V

II-8

H-1

13

We’

re g

oing

to d

o w

hat w

e ha

ve to

sel

l our

hom

es to

Chi

cago

, no

t Ben

senv

ille.

W

e ha

ve r

ight

s as

Am

eric

ans.

I th

ough

t we

lived

in A

mer

ica

and

this

was

the

land

of t

he fr

ee.

We

feel

like

th

is is

a T

hird

Wor

ld c

ount

ry w

here

we

don’

t hav

e an

y rig

hts.

W

e do

n’t h

ave

the

right

to ta

lk to

any

body

in re

gard

s to

sel

ling

Ros

a R

odrig

uez

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

140,

141

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

18

6

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

our

prop

ertie

s. O

n th

e ho

me

mar

ket,

the

hous

es a

re n

ot g

oing

to

sel

l. S

o th

e on

ly p

eopl

e th

at a

re g

oing

to b

e ab

le to

acq

uire

ou

r hom

es a

re C

hica

go.

H-1

14

Thos

e w

ith w

hom

I liv

e in

the

affe

cted

are

a ar

e m

uch

youn

ger

than

my

age

of 6

5 an

d ar

e m

ost c

once

rned

abo

ut a

ir po

llutio

n,

nois

e po

llutio

n,

heal

th,

prop

erty

va

lues

, de

secr

atio

n of

an

cesto

r’s

cem

eter

ies,

relo

catio

n,

loss

of

in

com

e,

and

psyc

holo

gica

l da

mag

e.

It is

the

se p

eopl

e ab

out

who

m I

am

co

ncer

ned

and

will

ing

to fi

ght,

eith

er to

mai

ntai

n th

e st

atus

quo

or

pre

vent

any

exp

ansi

on.

Leon

ard

Rog

us (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-60

H-1

15

The

Cha

mbe

r st

rong

ly s

uppo

rts t

he p

rogr

am b

ecau

se o

f its

ec

onom

ic im

porta

nce

to th

is r

egio

n, I

llino

is a

nd th

e na

tion.

It

alon

e co

ntrib

utes

$38

bill

ion

in e

cono

mic

act

ivity

and

pro

duce

s 45

0,00

0 fo

r thi

s reg

ion.

We

stan

d to

gai

n an

add

ition

al 1

95,0

00

jobs

and

$18

bill

ion

in e

cono

mic

act

ivity

eve

ry y

ear.

Ger

ald

J. R

oper

(P

resi

dent

and

C

EO,

Chi

cago

land

C

ham

ber o

f Com

mer

ce)

p. V

II-44

H-1

16

As

rece

nt s

tudi

es h

ave

poin

ted

out,

this

issu

e af

fect

s th

e he

alth

of

mill

ions

of

Chi

cago

are

a re

side

nts,

as w

ell a

s th

e tra

velin

g pu

blic

, air

trans

port

empl

oyee

s and

our

loca

l eco

nom

y.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e, In

c.)

p. V

II-14

3 H

-117

D

estru

ctio

n of

re

side

nces

, bu

sine

sses

, sc

hool

s, ce

met

erie

s, ra

ilroa

ds a

nd o

ther

exi

sting

sub

urba

n in

fras

truct

ure.

G

ener

al

dest

ruct

ion

of

Ben

senv

ille,

El

k G

rove

an

d ge

nera

l an

d/or

in

dire

ct d

estru

ctio

n of

Sch

iller

Par

k, D

es P

lain

es a

nd o

ther

ci

ties w

ithin

mile

s of t

he a

irpor

t

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

238

H-1

18

List

the

eff

ects

on

com

mun

ities

’ re

side

ntia

l pr

oper

ty v

alue

s.

Wha

t is

the

tota

l res

iden

tial p

rope

rty v

alue

loss

by

com

mun

ity,

and

tota

l pe

rcen

tage

los

s by

com

mun

ity?

Wha

t is

the

gra

nd

tota

l?

Wha

t is

the

tax

los

s?

Iden

tify

and

quan

tify

expe

cted

ch

ange

s in

land

val

ues,

land

use

s, ho

me

owne

rshi

p te

nure

, loc

al

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

243,

244

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

18

7

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

gove

rnm

ent r

even

ue a

nd s

ocia

l ser

vice

nee

ds.

Wha

t will

be

the

antic

ipat

ed c

hang

es(s

)?

Wha

t ar

e th

e im

pact

s of

flig

ht t

rack

s on

av

erag

e pr

oper

ty

valu

es,

on

resi

dent

ial

prop

erty

ta

x re

venu

es?

Ide

ntify

any

and

all

prop

ertie

s th

at w

ould

or

coul

d be

incl

uded

in re

vers

e-co

ndem

natio

n.

H-1

19

Iden

tify

and

calc

ulat

e in

duce

d so

cioe

cono

mic

impa

cts:

the

cost

, be

nefit

, and

irre

duci

bles

of

the

prop

osal

. Li

st a

nd q

ualif

y an

d qu

antif

y ef

fect

s of

flig

ht tr

acks

on

dem

ogra

phic

, eco

nom

ic, a

nd

psyc

holo

gica

l fa

ctor

s. A

lso

list

and

qual

ify t

he n

eed

for

addi

tiona

l co

mm

unity

ser

vice

s an

d/or

fac

ilitie

s. L

ist,

qual

ify,

and

quan

tify

all t

he im

pact

s on

all s

urro

undi

ng sc

hool

s.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

244

H-1

20

List

and

qua

ntify

red

uced

loca

l gov

ernm

ent r

even

ues:

cha

nges

to

com

mun

ity c

ultu

ral,

soci

al,

educ

atio

nal,

heal

th,

and

publ

ic

safe

ty se

rvic

es.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

245

H-1

21

Con

stru

ctin

g ne

w ru

nway

s or r

econ

figur

ing

the

exis

ting

O’H

are

will

sig

nific

antly

har

m c

omm

uniti

es i

nclu

ding

nei

ghbo

rhoo

ds,

scho

ols,

busi

ness

es a

nd h

omes

bec

ause

of

the

airp

ort

and

airc

rafts

’ ex

traor

dina

ry a

mou

nts

and

type

s of

noi

se,

wat

er,

grou

nd p

ollu

tion

and

toxi

c ai

r po

llutio

n, p

rope

rty t

akin

gs, t

ax

base

loss

es a

nd o

ther

qua

lity

of li

fe is

sues

.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

49, p

. VII-

91

H-1

22

We

do n

ot w

ant

our

tax

base

to

chan

ge.

I u

nder

stan

d th

at

wou

ld h

appe

n w

ith t

his

expa

nsio

n, s

ince

we

lose

par

t of

our

in

dust

rial p

ark.

Don

na S

berto

li (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

272

H-1

23

I do

n’t

see

whe

re C

hica

go h

as t

he r

ight

to

conf

isca

te o

ur t

ax

base

, for

cing

our

tax

to d

ram

atic

ally

rise

. Su

san

L. S

chel

l (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

67

H-1

24

Expa

nsio

n of

O

’Har

e w

ould

ha

ve

trem

endo

us

detri

men

tal

effe

ct o

n ou

r hom

es a

nd b

usin

esse

s. R

icha

rd S

chie

rhor

n (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-50

H

-125

Th

e EI

S m

ust a

naly

ze in

det

ail a

nd e

valu

ate

the

need

for t

he 8

th

Rob

ert J

. Sch

iller

stro

m (D

uPag

e C

ount

y En

viro

nmen

tal

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

18

8

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

runw

ay, a

nd th

e im

pact

that

it w

ould

hav

e on

saf

ety

and

on th

e ov

eral

l red

uctio

n of

flig

ht d

elay

s at

O’H

are.

The

n th

e fin

ding

s of

tha

t an

alys

is m

ust

be w

eigh

ed a

gain

st t

he e

nviro

nmen

tal,

econ

omic

, and

soc

ial

impa

cts

that

wou

ld r

esul

t fr

om b

uild

ing

the

prop

osed

8th

runw

ay a

t O’H

are.

Com

mitt

ee, D

evel

opm

ent &

Env

ironm

enta

l Con

cern

s)

p. V

II-23

3

H-1

26

Dec

isio

ns

on

the

com

pens

atio

n an

d/or

re

plac

emen

t an

d re

loca

tion

of h

omes

and

bus

ines

ses

that

mig

ht b

e re

mov

ed

beca

use

of th

e ai

rpor

t exp

ansi

on m

ust

be a

rriv

ed a

t onl

y w

ith

the

dire

ct

invo

lvem

ent

of

the

affe

cted

co

mm

uniti

es

and

citiz

ens.

Rob

ert J

. Sch

iller

stro

m (D

uPag

e C

ount

y En

viro

nmen

tal

Com

mitt

ee, D

evel

opm

ent &

Env

ironm

enta

l Con

cern

s)

p. V

II-23

3

H-1

27

We

reco

mm

end

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

Pay

men

ts i

n Li

eu o

f Ta

xes

(PIL

T) p

rogr

am,

to a

nnua

lly c

ompe

nsat

e th

e im

pact

ed

loca

l tax

ing

dist

ricts

for

any

ero

sion

in th

eir

tax

base

that

they

m

ight

suff

er d

ue to

the

plan

.

Rob

ert J

. Sch

iller

stro

m (D

uPag

e C

ount

y En

viro

nmen

tal

Com

mitt

ee, D

evel

opm

ent &

Env

ironm

enta

l Con

cern

s)

p. V

II-23

3

H-1

28

How

can

the

maj

or d

estru

ctio

n of

Ben

senv

ille

and

Elk

Gro

ve

Vill

age

be ju

stifi

ed?

Eve

n th

ough

that

I liv

e in

Woo

d D

ale,

my

hom

e is

in th

e ta

xing

dis

trict

of

the

Ben

senv

ille

scho

ols,

park

di

stric

t, an

d lib

rary

. W

ill o

ur re

al e

state

taxe

s do

uble

to p

ay fo

r C

hica

go’s

airp

ort?

Her

man

n Sc

hmid

t (W

ood

Dal

e)

p. V

II-28

1

H-1

29

The

spac

e to

be

take

n fr

om E

lk G

rove

is

whe

re m

any

new

bu

sine

sses

beg

in.

If

you

dest

roy

the

incu

bato

r, w

here

will

gr

owth

com

e fr

om?

Don

Sco

tt (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

26

H-1

29.1

A

muc

h m

ore

prac

tical

sol

utio

n is

a n

ew a

irpor

t in

Peo

tone

w

here

th

ere

is

room

w

ithou

t up

root

ing

busi

ness

es

and

resi

denc

es.

Patri

cia

Scot

t (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

135

H-1

30

The

Chi

cago

regi

on w

ould

not

be

the

cent

er o

f ind

ustry

it is

if it

w

eren

’t fo

r th

e jo

bs a

nd r

even

ue O

’Har

e br

ings

in

on a

dai

ly

basi

s. B

ut, a

ny fu

ture

eco

nom

ic g

row

th is

thre

aten

ed u

nles

s the

Mon

te S

elle

rs (A

rling

ton

Sign

s & B

anne

rs)

p. V

II-18

1

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

18

9

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

runw

ay

syst

em

at

O’H

are

is

mod

erni

zed

and

dela

ys

are

redu

ced.

H

-131

En

gine

s re

v, v

ery

obno

xiou

s w

hini

ng a

nd a

t so

me

poin

t th

ey

com

e ev

ery

30 s

econ

ds.

May

be f

or 3

-4 d

ays

non-

stop

. W

ith

the

expa

nsio

n al

l but

1 r

unw

ay w

ill g

o ea

st a

nd w

est.

At t

hat

poin

t w

e w

ill h

ave

no c

hanc

e.

Nev

er a

bre

ak,

neve

r a

full

nigh

ts s

leep

. I

will

hav

e to

mov

e.

Of

cour

se m

any

of m

y ne

ighb

ors w

ill to

, so

ther

e go

es th

e pr

oper

ty v

alue

s.

F. D

oyle

She

a (M

edin

ah)

p. V

II-16

4, 1

65

H-1

31.1

A

ll of

the

infr

astru

ctur

e –

road

s, ra

il, m

ass

trans

it, d

istri

butio

n fa

cilit

ies

are

in p

lace

at

O’H

are

– w

hy w

ould

you

dup

licat

e th

ese

faci

litie

s som

ewhe

re e

lse?

Jeffr

ey T

. She

rwin

(May

or, C

ity o

f Nor

thla

ke)

p. V

II-33

3

H-1

32

O’H

are

is th

e gr

eate

st ec

onom

ic e

ngin

e in

the

stat

e of

Illi

nois

and

it’s

cont

inue

d vi

talit

y is

ess

entia

l to

the

econ

omic

hea

lth o

f th

e co

mm

uniti

es s

urro

undi

ng th

e A

irpor

t, in

clud

ing

the

City

of

Nor

thla

ke.

It is

ess

entia

l tha

t the

City

of N

orth

lake

con

tinue

s to

rece

ive

the

econ

omic

ben

efits

rea

lized

by

its p

roxi

mity

to

the

Airp

ort.

Jeffr

ey

T.

Sher

win

, M

ayor

, C

ity

of

Nor

thla

ke

(Res

olut

ion

No.

R-1

6-20

01)

p. V

II-33

6

H-1

33

I be

lieve

tha

t lo

cal

com

mun

ities

onl

y st

and

to g

ain.

Th

e ec

onom

ic b

enef

its a

lone

, $1

8 bi

llion

in

annu

al r

even

ue a

nd

195,

000

jobs

.

Bob

Sny

der

(Del

ta-W

ye E

lect

rical

Con

tract

ors,

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-18

8 H

-134

W

ithou

t th

ese

impr

ovem

ents

, O

’Har

e w

ill f

all

behi

nd.

We

can’

t affo

rd to

let t

hat h

appe

n. W

e ne

ed to

con

tinue

to in

vest

in

a pr

oven

eco

nom

ic e

ngin

e.

Bob

Sny

der

(Del

ta-W

ye E

lect

rical

Con

tract

ors,

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-18

8 H

-135

I w

ould

like

to s

ell m

y ho

use

to C

hica

go b

ecau

se I

had

a he

art

atta

ck la

st y

ear.

We

can’

t sel

l our

pro

perty

to a

nybo

dy, a

nd o

ur

may

or h

as s

topp

ed u

s fr

om s

ellin

g to

any

body

reg

ardl

ess

of

who

it is

.

Ric

hard

Sol

ine

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-1

65

H-1

36

Con

cern

ed a

bout

the

tax

es.

Wha

t ha

ppen

s to

the

tax

es?

M

ary

Spie

zio

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

19

0

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

They

’re

goin

g to

go

sky

high

. p.

VI-

261

H-1

37

Shou

ld th

e ex

pans

ion

occu

r, B

ense

nvill

e w

ould

be

finan

cial

ly

crip

pled

. P

leas

e he

lp u

s sa

ve o

ur c

omm

unity

, a

com

mun

ity

whe

re 4

gen

erat

ions

hav

e liv

ed.

Patti

Ste

ffens

en (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-27

H-1

38

This

is

deva

stat

ing.

I’

m c

once

rned

abo

ut t

he $

120,

000,

000

taxe

s lo

st fr

om o

ur in

dust

rial p

ark

and

the

effe

ct o

n ou

r vill

age

life.

Ray

mon

d J.

Stre

lau

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-36

7

H-1

39

The

area

eco

nom

y, a

s w

ell

as t

he s

tate

eco

nom

y ca

n be

nefit

fr

om O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion.

Th

e ar

ea w

ould

exp

erie

nce

incr

ease

em

ploy

men

t fo

r co

nstru

ctio

n w

orke

rs,

mor

e bu

sine

ss

for

trans

porta

tion

com

pani

es, m

ore

airli

ne a

nd a

irpor

t em

ploy

ees,

area

bus

ines

ses

coul

d ex

pand

tra

ffic

impr

ovem

ents

wou

ld b

e un

derw

ay.

If

you

ask

any

ques

tions

of

the

folk

s gi

ving

te

stim

ony,

mys

elf

incl

uded

, you

mig

ht w

ant t

o as

k: W

here

in

Ben

senv

ille

do th

ey li

ve?

How

muc

h of

thei

r ta

x do

llars

wen

t in

to th

e pr

oduc

tion

of th

ose

red

shirt

s?; W

hat’s

the

cost

of

the

“Tha

nk y

ou, F

itzge

rald

” si

gns

that

wer

e pl

aced

on

the

law

ns b

y V

illag

e w

orke

rs?;

How

muc

h of

thei

r tax

dol

lars

stil

l goe

s in

to

the

Subu

rban

O

’Har

e C

omm

issi

on?;

H

ow

muc

h ar

e th

e co

ntin

uing

law

yer(

s) fe

es?;

How

muc

h of

thei

r tax

dol

lars

goe

s in

to th

e ne

w S

ubur

ban

Airp

ort C

omm

ittee

(fo

r Pe

oton

e)?;

and

si

nce

you’

re a

skin

g so

man

y qu

estio

ns,

anyw

ay…

why

don

’t yo

u as

k th

em h

ow t

hose

tax

dol

lars

cou

ld h

ave

help

ed t

he

faili

ng

Ben

senv

ille

scho

ol

syst

em

and

muc

h ne

eded

ro

ad

impr

ovem

ents?

Tim

othy

A. T

aylo

r (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-75

H-1

40

As a

hom

eow

ner w

hose

fam

ily h

as o

utgr

own

thei

r hou

se, I

look

fo

rwar

d to

the

opp

ortu

nity

to

sell

my

hom

e to

the

City

of

Chi

cago

. I f

eel t

hat t

he C

ity w

ould

aff

ord

me

the

best

pos

sibl

e

Tim

othy

A. T

aylo

r (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-75

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

19

1

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

mon

etar

y so

lutio

n to

my

hous

ing

need

s. I

t’s a

sha

me

that

I

can’

t sel

l to

who

mev

er I

wan

t. H

-140

.1

I do

n’t

live

in B

ense

nvill

e or

Peo

tone

, bu

t I

hate

, ab

solu

tely

ha

te to

see

gov

ernm

ent t

ake

away

peo

ple’

s ho

me

or fa

rms,

kick

th

em o

ut, t

ear t

hen

dow

n. S

o I w

ould

like

to s

ee w

hate

ver c

an

be d

one

that

thes

e w

ill n

ot h

appe

n.

Gre

gory

Tho

rson

(Boa

rd o

f Dire

ctor

, Illi

nois

Rai

l) p.

VI-2

95

H-1

41

The

cost

of

payi

ng f

or t

he i

mpr

ovem

ent

is n

ot g

oing

to

be a

us

er fe

e ba

se.

I bel

ieve

the

loss

of m

y co

mm

unity

tax

base

and

th

e ris

ing

taxe

s to

cove

r the

road

s is a

s pro

blem

.

Stev

e U

nger

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-32

H-1

42

The

expa

nsio

n an

d th

e re

sulti

ng t

ax i

mpl

icat

ions

and

the

po

tent

ial

stal

l in

pro

perty

val

ues

that

are

cer

tain

to

follo

w

thre

aten

my

abili

ty to

con

tinue

to li

ve a

nd th

rive

in m

y ho

me

tow

n.

Gw

en V

acca

rino

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-29

3

H-1

43

The

sign

ing

of th

e O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion

bill

by th

e Pr

esid

ent w

ill

caus

e a

thef

t ye

ar,

afte

r ye

ar,

afte

r ye

ar t

o th

e th

ousa

nds

of

rem

aini

ng r

eal e

stat

e ta

xpay

ers

in E

lk G

rove

and

Ben

senv

ille.

If

th

e go

vern

men

t al

low

s D

aley

to

de

mol

ish

hom

es

and

busi

ness

es th

at h

ad p

revi

ousl

y pa

id $

3.0

mill

ion

year

ly in

rea

l es

tate

tax

es,

then

Dal

ey w

ith g

over

nmen

t ap

prov

al w

ill b

e st

ealin

g fr

om t

he r

emai

ning

tax

pay

ers

$3.0

mill

ion

I th

e 1st

, 2nd

, 3rd

an

d ev

ery

year

af

ter

the

sign

ing

of

the

O’H

are

expa

nsio

n bi

ll.

At

the

end

of e

very

10-

year

per

iod

ther

eafte

r w

e w

ill s

how

a d

ecim

ated

tax

base

of

$36.

5 m

illio

n.

Soun

ds

like

a cr

ime

grea

ter t

han

the

Enro

n C

orpo

ratio

n C

rime.

Mar

io A

. Val

ente

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

140

H-1

44

I fe

el B

ense

nvill

e ha

s th

reat

ened

us.

The

y’ve

mad

e th

ings

so

toug

h fo

r us

in th

e vi

llage

that

we

can’

t go

on w

ith o

ur li

ves.

Th

ey’v

e de

grad

ed o

ur p

rope

rty v

alue

s- t

hey

calle

d us

low

-in

com

e pe

ople

. I t

hink

the

law

yers

nee

d to

look

at w

hat’s

bes

t

Ant

hony

J. V

ecch

iollo

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-1

38

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

19

2

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

for t

he p

eopl

e an

d no

t wha

t’s b

est f

or th

eir p

ocke

t boo

ks.

H-1

45

I hop

e yo

u w

ould

als

o co

nsid

er th

e fin

anci

al im

pact

it w

ill h

ave

on t

his

area

. T

he e

xpan

sion

wou

ld t

ake

away

par

t of

my

com

mun

ity’s

tax

base

, whi

ch w

ill u

ltim

atel

y im

pact

the

qual

ity

of s

choo

ls a

nd q

ualit

y of

life

in

Elk

Gro

ve.

The

pro

pose

d re

venu

e ge

nera

ted

from

the

airp

ort

will

go

to t

he c

ity o

f C

hica

go, n

ot to

the

com

mun

ities

who

are

losi

ng th

e la

nd.

Bar

bara

L. W

arrin

gton

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-82

H-1

46

Furth

er e

xpan

sion

wou

ld o

nly

redu

ce o

ur q

ualit

y of

life

and

re

duce

pro

perty

val

ues.

Ros

alee

n an

d To

ny W

ater

s (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

51

H-1

47

Who

will

end

up

payi

ng fo

r it?

R

osal

een

and

Tony

Wat

ers (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-51

H

-148

N

oise

, air

pollu

tion,

tax

base

and

saf

ety

conc

erns

sho

uld

not b

e fo

rced

on

thos

e re

side

nts

and

com

mun

ities

who

pla

nned

bas

ed

on th

e cu

rren

t airp

ort c

onfig

urat

ion.

A d

oubl

ing

of a

ir ca

paci

ty

will

als

o in

crea

se g

roun

d tra

nspo

rtatio

n pr

oble

ms.

Rob

in W

eave

r (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

291

H-1

48.1

M

ost

of u

s liv

ing

in P

ark

Rid

ge h

ave

been

in

our

tow

n fo

r ge

nera

tions

, hom

es p

asse

d fr

om o

ne g

ener

atio

n to

ano

ther

ove

r th

e de

cade

s. C

urre

ntly

our

pop

ulat

ion

is 3

7,77

5 pe

ople

. W

e ar

e pr

imar

ily r

esid

entia

l. W

e ha

ve n

o bu

sine

sses

, we

have

no

indu

stry

in o

ur c

omm

unity

. A

nd, a

gain

, whe

n pe

ople

talk

abo

ut

bene

fits

from

the

airp

ort

and

the

airp

ort

bein

g an

eco

nom

ic

engi

ne, t

hat’s

sim

ply

not t

rue.

Ron

ald

W. W

iete

cha

(May

or, C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-2

88

H-1

48.2

Th

e en

viro

nmen

tal c

hara

cter

and

fut

ure

fisca

l via

bilit

y of

Par

k R

idge

is th

reat

ened

by

Chi

cago

’s W

orld

Gat

eway

Pro

gram

as

wel

l as t

he D

aley

-Rya

n ex

pans

ion

plan

.

Ron

ald

W. W

iete

cha

(May

or, C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-2

89, p

. VII-

130

H-1

49

It w

ill c

reat

e th

ousa

nds

of j

obs

and

secu

re t

he f

utur

e of

the

ai

rpor

t bei

ng a

n ec

onom

ic e

ngin

e to

the

Chi

cago

are

a in

clud

ing

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e.

John

A. W

illia

ms (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-30

0

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

19

3

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

H-1

49.1

Ex

pans

ion

will

driv

e m

y fa

mily

and

man

y m

ore

peop

le o

ut o

f ou

r hom

etow

n. T

his

awfu

l exp

ansi

on is

ruin

ing

my

chan

ces

of

stay

ing

here

. A

lread

y on

e of

my

best

frie

nds

has

mov

ed a

way

be

caus

e of

this

trag

ic a

nd ir

resp

onsi

ble

act o

f May

or D

aley

.

Kat

rina

Win

ogra

dzki

p.

VII-

52

H-1

50

I ha

ve a

maj

or c

once

rn a

bout

the

soc

ioec

onom

ic i

mpa

ct t

he

expa

nsio

n w

ill h

ave.

El

k G

rove

Vill

age

has

high

pro

perty

va

lue

and

is a

des

irabl

e pl

ace

to l

ive.

If

the

exp

ansi

on g

oes

thro

ugh

this

may

aff

ect

the

valu

e of

our

hom

es i

n a

nega

tive

way

.

Bre

nda

Woj

cek

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-39

H-1

51

Som

e of

my

conc

erns

are

our

mor

tgag

e is

pai

d fo

r an

d I

don’

t w

ant t

o st

art o

ver w

ith a

noth

er m

ortg

age.

Will

we

be re

ceiv

ing

a re

plac

emen

t val

ue, w

ill it

be

with

in a

rea

sona

ble

dist

ance

to

whe

re w

e w

ork

and

how

will

they

go

abou

t try

ing

to fi

nd u

s the

sa

me

type

of p

rope

rty w

hen

ours

is p

retty

uni

que?

Del

ores

Woj

cik

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

97

H-1

52

Prop

onen

ts o

f ano

ther

new

dow

n st

ate

airp

ort a

rgue

that

a n

ew

airp

ort w

ould

be

less

cos

tly a

nd m

ore

effic

ient

to b

uild

than

the

prop

osed

red

esig

n of

O’H

are.

Th

e en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

ct o

f a

new

airp

ort w

ould

be

mor

e m

anag

eabl

e. I

t mak

es se

nse

to h

ave

a ba

ck-u

p th

at w

ould

com

plem

ent

O’H

are

in t

he c

ase

of a

n em

erge

ncy.

Fur

ther

mor

e, b

uild

ing

a ne

w a

irpor

t eff

ectiv

ely

re-

dist

ribut

es

econ

omic

gr

owth

to

ot

her

parts

of

th

est

ate.

In

varia

bly

com

petit

ion

betw

een

the

two

airp

orts

will

brin

g ab

out l

ower

cos

ts a

nd im

prov

ed se

rvic

e.

Rob

ert Y

ee

p. V

II-30

2

I. O

ther

Env

iron

men

tal I

ssue

s I-

1 Th

e H

ispa

nic

min

ority

pop

ulat

ion

com

pris

es a

hig

h pe

rcen

tage

of

the

popu

latio

n of

the

area

that

wou

ld b

e im

pact

ed b

y O

’Har

e K

en A

nder

son

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-228

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

19

4

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

expa

nsio

n. T

here

is a

lso

a gr

owin

g In

dian

pop

ulat

ion.

I-

3 Th

e im

pact

to w

ildlif

e in

the

area

, it h

as b

een

affe

cted

as

wel

l.

Bird

s in

my

neig

hbor

hood

are

fly

ing

into

win

dow

s at

a m

uch

high

er ra

te th

an p

revi

ousl

y ex

perie

nced

.

Rob

ert B

ense

n (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-27

8

I-3.

1 So

ciol

ogic

ally

and

spi

ritua

lly t

he a

irpor

t is

pro

posi

ng m

ovin

g tw

o ce

met

erie

s th

at w

ere

ther

e w

ell

befo

re t

he a

irpor

t w

as i

n ex

iste

nce.

How

ever

, co

nven

ient

ly,

the

land

cu

rren

tly

deve

lope

d by

the

city

will

not

be

serio

usly

impa

cted

. M

aybe

th

is sh

ould

be

look

ed a

t a li

ttle

clos

er.

Rob

ert B

ense

n (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-27

8, 2

79

I-4

The

part

of B

ense

nvill

e th

at w

ill b

e de

stro

yed

is p

art

that

pr

ovid

es

our

tow

n w

ith

its

valu

ed

dive

rsity

.

Is

it on

ly

coin

cide

nce

that

this

is w

here

man

y m

inor

ities

resi

de?

Che

ryl C

hatro

op (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-59

I-5

The

Illin

ois

EPA

is

ve

ry

inte

rest

ed

in

the

proj

ecte

d en

viro

nmen

tal

impa

cts

from

th

e co

nstru

ctio

n an

d im

plem

enta

tion

of t

he O

’Har

e M

oder

niza

tion

Prog

ram

. Ea

ch

of th

e el

emen

ts h

as th

e po

tent

ial t

o im

pact

land

, wat

ers,

and

air

in th

e re

gion

.

Ren

ee A

. C

ipria

no (

Dire

ctor

, Ill

inoi

s En

viro

nmen

tal

Prot

ectio

n A

genc

y)

p. V

II-20

3

I-6

The

plan

sho

uld

disc

uss

how

exi

stin

g in

fras

truct

ure

wou

ld b

e re

mov

ed o

r pl

ugge

d to

pre

vent

cre

atin

g a

pote

ntia

l pat

hway

of

pollu

tion

mig

ratio

n.

Run

off

cont

rol

from

new

and

ext

ende

d ru

nway

s in

add

ition

to o

ther

term

inal

are

a ex

pans

ion

shou

ld b

e th

orou

ghly

dis

cuss

ed in

clud

ing

cons

truct

ion

site

act

iviti

es a

nd

oper

atio

nal

activ

ities

.

In

addi

tion,

th

e do

cum

ent

shou

ld

desc

ribe

the

prop

osed

tim

ing

and

man

ner

of c

onst

ruct

ion

of

new

and

relo

cate

d se

wer

s ta

king

into

con

side

ratio

n th

e ne

ed fo

r co

ntin

ued

serv

ice

to e

xist

ing

sew

er d

isch

arge

rs.

Ren

ee A

. C

ipria

no (

Dire

ctor

, Ill

inoi

s En

viro

nmen

tal

Prot

ectio

n A

genc

y)

p. V

II-20

4

I-7

Plan

es a

re s

o lo

w a

t nig

ht.

Whi

le w

e’re

in b

ed, w

e ca

n se

e th

e lig

hts o

n th

e w

all i

n ou

r bed

room

. Ja

n C

row

e (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-267

, 237

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

19

5

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

I-9

I am

con

fiden

t tha

t the

FA

A a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal a

genc

ies,

as th

e pr

ojec

t pr

ocee

ds,

will

ens

ure

that

the

Pro

gram

com

plie

s w

ith

safe

ty st

anda

rds f

or c

lean

air

and

wat

er.

Pete

r R. G

ennu

so (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

142

I-10

In

crea

sing

O

’Har

e pr

oper

ty

incr

ease

s ce

men

t an

d re

duce

s na

ture

’s n

atur

al a

bsor

bent

. W

hat

plan

s do

es a

nyon

e ha

ve t

o re

duce

the

incr

ease

of f

lood

ing

in th

e su

rrou

ndin

g ar

eas?

Kat

hy H

icks

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-36

3

I-11

Th

e EI

S/M

aste

r Pl

an s

houl

d an

alyz

e an

d di

scus

s th

e ba

selin

e flo

odin

g co

nditi

ons a

nd h

ow th

e pr

opos

ed p

roje

ct w

ill in

fluen

ce

flood

issu

es a

nd im

pact

s.

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is

(Cou

nsel

to

Su

burb

an

O’H

are

Com

mis

sion

) p.

VII-

199

I-12

B

y im

plem

entin

g m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s at

ex

istin

g O

’Har

e bu

ildin

gs

in

addi

tion

to

the

new

co

nstru

ctio

n un

der

mod

erni

zatio

n, g

reat

er m

itiga

tion

of t

he w

ater

qua

lity

and

quan

tity

impa

cts

can

be a

chie

ved.

M

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s th

at

shou

ld b

e fu

lly c

onsi

dere

d in

the

EIS

incl

ude:

com

mitm

ent t

o a

set

perc

enta

ge o

f w

ater

sav

ings

; w

ater

-effi

cien

t fix

ture

s an

d ap

plia

nces

; wat

er re

clam

atio

n an

d re

use;

sto

rmw

ater

reus

e; a

nd

land

scap

ing

with

nat

ive

plan

ts, x

eris

capi

ng.

How

ard

Lear

ner

(Exe

cutiv

e D

irect

or,

Envi

ronm

enta

l La

w &

Pol

icy

Cen

ter)

p.

VII-

195,

196

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

19

6

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

I-13

H

uge

quan

titie

s of

con

stru

ctio

n m

ater

ials

will

be

used

in

the

mod

erni

zatio

n th

at c

ould

resu

lt in

hug

e am

ount

s of

sol

id w

aste

. Th

e ch

oice

of

build

ing

mat

eria

ls a

nd p

rodu

cts

need

ed f

or

build

ing

mai

nten

ance

can

als

o ha

ve a

dver

se a

ir qu

ality

impa

cts,

pred

omin

antly

fr

om

mat

eria

ls

that

em

it vo

latil

e or

gani

c co

mpo

unds

(V

OC

s).

The

se m

ust

be d

iscus

sed

in t

he E

IS.

Miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

that

sho

uld

be fu

lly c

onsi

dere

d in

the

EIS

incl

ude:

rec

yclin

g a

set

perc

enta

ge o

f co

nstru

ctio

n de

bris

by

wei

ght –

con

side

r 40-

50 p

erce

nt ra

nge

or g

reat

er; s

ettin

g a

goal

of

25

perc

ent o

f bui

ldin

g m

ater

ials

con

tain

ing

a m

inim

um o

f 20

perc

ent

post

-con

sum

er r

ecyc

led

cont

ent

or 4

0 pe

rcen

t po

st-in

dust

rial

recy

cled

co

nten

t; an

d sp

ecify

ing

conc

rete

w

ith

recy

cled

co

nten

t or

fly

as

h,

recy

cled

-con

tent

la

ndsc

ape

mat

eria

ls, c

eilin

g til

e, c

arpe

t, sh

eath

ing

and

gyps

um b

oard

with

re

cycl

ed c

onte

nt,

dura

ble

build

ing

mat

eria

ls,

adhe

sive

s an

d se

alan

ts t

hat

mee

t C

alifo

rnia

lim

its,

pain

ts a

nd c

oatin

gs t

hat

mee

t G

reen

Sea

l V

OC

lim

its,

carp

ets

that

com

ply

with

CR

I G

reen

Lab

el IA

Q T

est P

rogr

am, c

ompo

site

woo

d pr

oduc

ts w

ith

no a

dded

ure

a fo

rmal

dehy

de re

sins

, ind

ustri

al c

lean

ing

prod

ucts

an

d de

grea

sers

that

mee

t Gre

en S

eal V

OC

lim

its.

How

ard

Lear

ner

(Exe

cutiv

e D

irect

or,

Envi

ronm

enta

l La

w &

Pol

icy

Cen

ter)

p.

VII-

196

I-14

I l

ive

in a

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d w

here

they

’re

a lo

t of p

eopl

e w

ho a

re

His

pani

c.

So

pe

ople

of

ha

ve

wor

ked

thei

r w

ay

up

to

Ben

senv

ille

are

goin

g to

be

sent

rig

ht b

ack

dow

n th

e fo

od

chai

n.

I fe

el th

ey a

re g

oing

to b

e vi

ctim

ized

. I

feel

the

sam

e w

ay a

bout

the

elde

rly p

eopl

e in

our

are

a. I

t’s g

oing

to b

e ve

ry

diffi

cult

for t

hem

to m

ake

this

kind

of m

ove.

I fe

el th

at a

lot o

f th

is is

som

ethi

ng th

at’s

aga

inst

peo

ple

who

are

of l

esse

r mea

ns.

Car

la M

. Lyo

ns (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-208

-210

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

19

7

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

I-14

.1

Jose

Her

rera

bou

ght h

is h

ouse

by

the

skin

of

his

teet

h.

They

co

uld

bare

ly a

ffor

d to

buy

it.

And

now

you

wan

t to

take

the

hous

e aw

ay f

rom

him

, an

d ho

w i

n th

e w

orld

is

he g

oing

to

affo

rd a

pla

ce o

f gre

ater

val

ue?

We

real

ly n

eed

to th

ink

abou

t th

e lit

tle g

uy, t

hey

have

rig

hts

too

and

thos

e re

ally

hav

e to

be

cons

ider

ed.

Car

la M

. Lyo

ns (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-221

-223

I-15

In

asm

uch

as th

ey w

ant t

o en

hanc

e re

venu

e fo

r C

hica

go, i

t will

im

pact

all

the

wes

tern

subu

rbs a

s far

as t

rans

porta

tion,

bus

ines

s, an

d re

loca

tion

of h

omes

, tax

es, s

ewag

e an

d w

ater

.

Art

Mar

kow

ski (

Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

81

I-16

B

y ex

pand

ing

O’H

are,

it u

pset

s the

wat

er a

nd se

wag

e.

Art

Mar

kow

ski (

Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

81, 2

82

I-16

.1

Con

cern

ed a

bout

the

env

ironm

ent,

the

fum

es f

rom

the

pla

nes

expe

l oil

on m

y w

indo

ws.

The

oil

smea

rs a

nd th

ey c

anno

t be

clea

ned.

The

pat

io h

as to

be

was

hed

at le

ast t

hree

tim

es in

the

sum

mer

due

to th

e ex

haus

t and

oil

rele

ased

from

the

plan

es.

Sylv

ia M

atez

ak (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-62

I-16

.2

The

EIS

shou

ld c

onsi

der E

nviro

nmen

tal J

ustic

e is

sues

for

both

th

e O

MP

and

each

of

the

alte

rnat

ives

exa

min

ed o

n bo

th a

m

unic

ipal

bas

is a

nd a

met

ropo

litan

-are

a ba

sis.

Acc

ordi

ng t

o Ex

ecut

ive

Ord

er

1289

8,

the

proc

ess

shou

ld

info

rm

loca

l go

vern

men

t offi

cial

s of

the

impa

cts

of th

e pr

opos

ed a

ctio

n on

th

e el

derly

, lo

w-in

com

e,

min

ority

, an

d di

sabl

ed

citiz

en

popu

latio

ns in

thei

r res

pect

ive

com

mun

ities

.

Will

iam

J.

Mue

ller

(Pre

side

nt,

DuP

age

May

ors

and

Man

ager

s Con

fere

nce)

p.

VII-

202

I-17

En

viro

nmen

tal

Just

ice

met

hodo

logy

ne

eds

to

be

care

fully

de

fined

with

par

ticul

ar e

mph

asis

pla

ced

upon

the

soci

al ju

stic

e im

pact

s of

land

use

cha

nges

, noi

se im

pact

s, ai

r qua

lity

impa

cts,

and

chan

ges

to s

urfa

ce t

rans

porta

tion

usag

e bo

th d

urin

g an

d af

ter

cons

truct

ion.

So

cial

impa

cts

shou

ld id

entif

y th

e ch

ange

s in

sur

face

tran

spor

tatio

n an

d id

entif

y m

easu

res

take

n to

avo

id

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

220,

221

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

19

8

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

disr

uptio

n.

So

cial

im

pact

s sh

ould

do

cum

ent

com

mun

ity

disr

uptio

n.

Th

e so

cioe

cono

mic

im

pact

s an

alys

is

shou

ld

iden

tify

the

deta

ils o

f co

st d

evel

opm

ent o

f di

rect

, ind

irect

, and

in

duce

d im

pact

s. T

he r

egio

nal e

cono

mic

impa

cts

of th

e O

MP

and

its a

ltern

ativ

es s

houl

d be

dis

cuss

ed.

The

soci

al im

pact

s of

ce

met

ery

relo

catio

n sh

ould

be

an

alyz

ed

thor

ough

ly.

Th

e ge

ogra

phic

dis

tribu

tion

by r

ace,

eth

nici

ty,

inco

me,

and

trib

al

land

s sh

ould

be

prop

osed

and

acc

epte

d by

the

pub

lic.

The

D

EIS/

FEIS

sho

uld

be p

ublis

hed

in l

angu

ages

in

addi

tion

to

Engl

ish.

I-1

8 Po

tent

ial

impa

cts

on s

urfa

ce w

ater

and

gro

undw

ater

qua

lity

mus

t be

addr

esse

d. T

he m

etho

dolo

gy to

be

used

for e

xam

inin

g w

ater

qua

lity

mus

t be

inc

orpo

rate

d in

the

stu

dy.

Non

-poi

nt

sour

ce p

ollu

tion

mus

t be

acco

unte

d fo

r in

the

anal

yses

.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

223

I-19

Th

e po

tent

ial i

mpa

cts

on S

ectio

n 30

3 (c

) pr

oper

ties

or S

ectio

n 4(

f) la

nd m

ust b

e de

scrib

ed.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

223

I-20

Th

e im

pact

on

hist

oric

al, a

rchi

tect

ural

, and

arc

haeo

logi

cal m

ust

be id

entif

ied.

For

kno

w N

ativ

e A

mer

ican

gra

vesi

tes,

the

FAA

an

d th

e sp

onso

r m

ust

use

all

avai

labl

e m

eans

to

iden

tify

the

corr

ect c

omm

unity

repr

esen

tativ

es to

add

ress

thes

e is

sues

.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

223

I-21

A

ll af

fect

ed b

iotic

com

mun

ities

mus

t be

iden

tifie

d.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

223

I-22

A

ny th

reat

ened

, end

ange

red,

pro

pose

d, o

r can

dida

te sp

ecie

s and

an

y cr

itica

l hab

itat,

in th

e pr

ojec

t are

a m

ust b

e id

entif

ied.

J.E

. M

urdo

ck I

II, E

sq.,

Rob

ert

E. C

ohn,

Esq

., Jo

seph

K

arag

anis

, Es

q. (

Shaw

Pittm

an L

LP a

nd K

arag

anis

&

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

19

9

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

Whi

te L

td.)

p. V

II-22

4 I-

23

All

affe

cted

wet

land

and

wat

ers o

f the

US

mus

t be

iden

tifie

d.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

224

I-24

A

ny im

pact

to f

lood

plai

ns in

or

near

the

proj

ect a

rea

mus

t be

iden

tifie

d an

d di

scus

sed.

J.E

. M

urdo

ck I

II, E

sq.,

Rob

ert

E. C

ohn,

Esq

., Jo

seph

K

arag

anis

, Es

q. (

Shaw

Pittm

an L

LP a

nd K

arag

anis

&

Whi

te L

td.)

p. V

II-22

4 I-

25

Pote

ntia

l im

pact

s on

en

ergy

su

pply

an

d na

tura

l re

sour

ces

shou

ld b

e ad

dres

sed.

J.E

. M

urdo

ck I

II, E

sq.,

Rob

ert

E. C

ohn,

Esq

., Jo

seph

K

arag

anis

, Es

q. (

Shaw

Pittm

an L

LP a

nd K

arag

anis

&

Whi

te L

td.)

p. V

II-22

4 I-

26

With

the

new

app

roac

h lig

htin

g sy

stem

s in

nei

ghbo

rhoo

ds, t

he

light

em

issi

on im

pact

s mus

t be

care

fully

ass

esse

d.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

224

I-27

Th

e so

lid w

aste

im

pact

s m

ust

be a

ddre

ssed

. T

he n

atur

e an

d vo

lum

e of

haz

ardo

us m

ater

ials

gen

erat

ed,

treat

ed,

stor

ed,

and

disp

osed

of i

n th

e af

fect

ed a

rea

mus

t be

disc

usse

d.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

224

I-27

.1

The

prop

osed

pro

ject

is li

kely

to la

st fo

r ove

r ten

yea

rs a

nd w

ill

have

sub

stan

tial e

nviro

nmen

tal a

nd o

pera

tiona

l im

pact

s du

ring

the

perio

d of

con

stru

ctio

n.

Con

sequ

ently

, si

mul

atio

n an

d m

odel

ing

effo

rts n

eed

to s

how

the

air

traffi

c/ai

rspa

ce i

mpa

cts

for a

ll ph

ases

of t

he c

onst

ruct

ion

proj

ect.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

226

I-27

.2

Our

pla

nts

and

vege

tabl

es h

ave

stop

ped

grow

ing

beca

use

of th

e Jo

seph

ine

Nae

my

(Des

Pla

ines

)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

20

0

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

pollu

tion

and

the

smel

l of

the

fum

es is

unb

eara

ble.

Ta

ke c

are

of th

e pe

ople

rega

rdin

g no

ise

and

pollu

tion.

p.

VII-

45

I-28

W

hy d

o w

e ha

ve to

pro

ve th

e ex

iste

nce

of th

e pr

esen

t har

mfu

l no

ise,

tox

ic a

ir, a

nd w

ater

pol

lutio

n, a

nd t

heir

effe

cts

on o

ur

lives

and

our

chi

ldre

n? A

nd if

we

cann

ot p

rove

it, w

e ha

ve n

o m

ore

reco

urse

but

to e

ndur

e m

ore,

twic

e as

muc

h.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-128

I-28

.1

Chi

cago

’s D

eep

Tunn

el t

rack

rec

ord

info

rmat

ion

out

toda

y sh

ows a

fter 2

bill

ion

dolla

rs, i

ts 3

0 ye

ars o

ld w

ith a

n es

timat

e of

10

to 1

5 ye

ars

left

to g

o. I

t onl

y ha

ndle

d 1.

5 bi

llion

gal

lons

, ½

of to

day’

s ra

in fl

ow.

The

rest

ove

rflo

wed

with

sew

age

into

the

lake

clo

sing

bea

ches

and

pol

lutin

g th

e la

ke.

Estim

ates

are

that

it

is ru

nnin

g ou

t of m

oney

.

No

Nam

e 7

p. V

II-11

2

I-29

Th

ere

are

exis

ting

faci

litie

s at

the

airp

ort t

hat h

ave

com

e a

long

w

ay i

n im

prov

ing

the

qual

ity o

f st

orm

wat

er d

isch

arge

s fr

om

the

airp

ort,

and

addi

tiona

l fa

cilit

ies

may

nee

d to

be

prov

ided

w

hen

expa

nsio

n oc

curs

. Th

e fa

cilit

ies

have

a c

erta

in c

apac

ity

and

expa

nsio

n co

uld

over

whe

lm th

ese

capa

citie

s. T

his

shou

ld

be a

ddre

ssed

.

Ric

k Pe

ttigi

ll (I

llino

is En

viro

nmen

tal

Prot

ectio

n A

genc

y, D

ivis

ion

of W

ater

Pol

lutio

n C

ontro

l) p.

VI-3

9

I-30

Th

e 43

3 ac

res o

f lan

d is

goi

ng to

requ

ire e

xist

ing

infr

astru

ctur

e,

sew

ers,

wat

er li

nes,

and

thin

gs o

f tha

t nat

ure.

Sew

ers

can

serv

e as

a c

ondu

it fo

r po

lluta

nt m

igra

tion

away

fro

m f

acili

ties

and

cont

amin

ate

othe

r ar

eas.

Tho

se t

hing

s ne

ed t

o be

add

ress

ed.

Run

off s

houl

d be

a c

once

rn.

Ric

k Pe

ttigi

ll (I

llino

is En

viro

nmen

tal

Prot

ectio

n A

genc

y, D

ivis

ion

of W

ater

Pol

lutio

n C

ontro

l) p.

VI-3

9

I-31

W

hen

you

utili

ze t

he d

ust

proc

ess

as p

art

of c

onst

ruct

ion

activ

ity t

hat

will

im

pact

run

off.

Tho

se a

reas

nee

d to

be

cons

ider

ed.

Ric

k Pe

ttigi

ll (I

llino

is En

viro

nmen

tal

Prot

ectio

n A

genc

y, D

ivis

ion

of W

ater

Pol

lutio

n C

ontro

l) p.

VI-3

9, 4

0 I-

32

Wha

t w

ould

th

e im

pact

of

ge

tting

rid

of

re

side

nces

an

d bu

sine

sses

affe

ct ru

noff

and

wat

er su

pply

issu

es.

Mik

e R

oger

s (I

llino

is En

viro

nmen

tal

Prot

ectio

n A

genc

y, A

ir Q

ualit

y Pl

anni

ng)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

20

1

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

p. V

I-39

I-33

Th

e re

lativ

e va

lue

of th

ese

area

s to

nat

ural

reso

urce

s sh

ould

be

part

of t

he d

ecis

ion

mak

ing

proc

ess.

The

rel

ativ

e va

lue

of

near

by n

atur

al r

esou

rces

, w

hich

may

be

indi

rect

ly a

ffect

ed

shou

ld a

lso

be p

art o

f the

dec

isio

n m

akin

g pr

oces

s.

John

D

. R

ogne

r (F

ield

Su

perv

isor

, U

nite

d St

ates

D

epar

tmen

t of I

nter

ior,

Fish

and

Wild

life

Serv

ice)

p.

VII-

261

I-34

Th

e D

EIS

shou

ld fu

lly d

escr

ibe

impa

cts

to w

etla

nds a

nd s

houl

d de

scrib

e m

itiga

tion

for

the

wet

land

loss

es.

If s

tudi

es in

dica

te

that

the

wet

land

s at

tract

wild

life

to h

azar

dous

situ

atio

ns, i

t may

be

app

ropr

iate

to

fill

the

wet

land

s on

site

. I

f th

is c

ours

e of

ac

tion

occu

rs,

we

reco

mm

end

that

the

wet

land

s on

site

are

ad

equa

tely

repl

aced

thro

ugh

offs

ite m

itiga

tion

(pur

chas

ing

land

at

an

offs

ite l

ocat

ion,

obt

aini

ng m

itiga

tion

cred

its f

rom

a

miti

gatio

n ba

nk, e

tc.).

John

D

. R

ogne

r (F

ield

Su

perv

isor

, U

nite

d St

ates

D

epar

tmen

t of I

nter

ior,

Fish

and

Wild

life

Serv

ice)

p.

VII-

261,

262

I-35

W

e re

com

men

d th

at

a de

taile

d an

alys

is

be

cond

ucte

d to

as

certa

in if

the

wet

land

s on

site

are

in fa

ct a

ttrac

ting

wild

life

to

haza

rdou

s situ

atio

ns.

Stud

ies s

houl

d be

con

duct

ed to

find

out

if

bird

s, w

hich

inha

bit t

he w

etla

nds

at th

e ai

rpor

t are

like

ly to

be

invo

lved

in

colli

sion

s w

ith a

irpla

nes

thro

ugh

bird

sur

veys

de

sign

ed t

o in

dica

te t

empo

ral

and

spat

ial

dist

ribut

ions

; an

ex

amin

atio

n of

bird

stri

ke a

nd in

cide

nt re

ports

, etc

. Th

e D

EIS

shou

ld

atte

mpt

to

pr

edic

t th

e fu

ture

ris

k of

ai

rpla

ne/b

ird

colli

sion

s.

John

D

. R

ogne

r (F

ield

Su

perv

isor

, U

nite

d St

ates

D

epar

tmen

t of I

nter

ior,

Fish

and

Wild

life

Serv

ice)

p.

VII-

262

I-36

B

ased

on

the

info

rmat

ion

prov

ided

and

a re

view

of o

ur re

cord

s, w

e do

not

bel

ieve

that

any

fed

eral

ly e

ndan

gere

d or

thre

aten

ed

spec

ies

occu

r in

the

vic

inity

of

the

site

. B

ased

on

the

info

rmat

ion

prov

ided

, it

does

not

app

ear

that

the

pro

ject

is

likel

y to

ad

vers

ely

affe

ct

any

fede

rally

th

reat

ened

or

en

dang

ered

spe

cies

adv

erse

ly m

odify

crit

ical

hab

itat

of s

uch

John

D

. R

ogne

r (F

ield

Su

perv

isor

, U

nite

d St

ates

D

epar

tmen

t of I

nter

ior,

Fish

and

Wild

life

Serv

ice)

p.

VII-

262

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

20

2

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

spec

ies.

I-37

La

ke M

ichi

gan

wat

er q

ualit

y de

grad

atio

n du

e to

sub

stan

tially

in

crea

sed

depo

sitio

ns o

f po

lluta

nts,

incl

udin

g hy

droc

arbo

ns,

acid

s an

d m

etal

s su

ch a

s le

ad a

nd m

ercu

ry.

Soil,

stre

am a

nd

wel

l w

ater

pol

lutio

n du

e to

hug

e in

crea

ses

in u

se o

f de

icin

g flu

ids,

as w

ell a

s due

to je

t fue

l spi

lls a

nd ta

nk le

akag

e.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

238

I-38

A

ReC

O d

isag

rees

with

the

scop

ing

docu

men

t pos

ition

VI.2

that

co

asta

l zon

e m

anag

emen

t is

not e

xpec

ted

to b

e af

fect

ed.

The

Lake

Mic

higa

n co

ast l

ies

gene

rally

abo

ut 1

3 m

iles

to th

e ea

st

and

is e

xpec

ted

to b

e su

bsta

ntia

lly a

ffec

ted

by la

rge

pollu

tion

incr

ease

s, bo

th b

y w

ind

trans

porta

tion

from

the

airp

ort e

nviro

ns

and

airc

raft

appr

oach

/dep

artu

res

to th

e w

est o

f th

e ai

rpor

t and

fr

om d

irect

and

hea

vy c

oast

al o

verf

light

s du

e to

the

prim

arily

ea

st-w

est r

unw

ays p

ropo

sed.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

239

I-39

A

ReC

O d

isag

rees

with

the

sco

ping

doc

umen

t se

ctio

n V

I.3 i

n ex

clud

ing

cons

truct

ion,

cu

mul

ativ

e im

pact

s an

d hi

stor

ic

reso

urce

s as

ant

icip

ated

key

env

ironm

enta

l iss

ues.

Cum

ulat

ive

and

cons

truct

ion

impa

cts

are

expe

cted

to

be s

ubst

antia

l an

d hi

stor

ic is

sues

incl

ude

at le

ast t

he v

ery

old

cem

eter

y lo

cate

d to

th

e so

uthw

est.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

239

I-40

D

efin

e th

e to

tal p

oten

tially

aff

ecte

d en

viro

nmen

t, bo

th n

atur

al

and

man

-mad

e. I

dent

ify th

e ba

selin

es o

f all

air,

wat

er, g

roun

d an

d no

ise

pollu

tion

to th

ese

envi

ronm

ents

now

gen

erat

ed b

y al

l O

’Har

e an

d re

late

d op

erat

ions

, bot

h on

and

off

airp

ort g

roun

ds.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

242

I-41

Id

entif

y al

l hi

stor

ic s

ight

s an

d st

ruct

ures

. Id

entif

y al

l va

rious

af

fect

ed a

genc

ies a

nd g

roup

s. Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e)

p. V

II-24

5 I-

42

Iden

tify

all

othe

r po

tent

ial

airp

ort/a

ircra

ft po

tent

ial

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

20

3

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

envi

ronm

enta

l pro

blem

s (fl

ora,

fau

na, a

cid

rain

, etc

.).

Prov

ide

all q

uant

itativ

e re

fere

nces

use

d in

est

ablis

hing

pot

entia

l hea

lth

prob

lem

s res

ultin

g fr

om a

irpor

t/airc

raft

emis

sion

s.

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

246

I-43

Id

entif

y an

d co

nsid

er a

ll gr

ound

wat

er c

onta

min

ated

site

s an

d th

e ne

ed fo

r re

med

iatio

n, m

odel

ing

of tr

ansp

ort a

nd m

igra

tion,

fu

el s

pills

, tre

atm

ent,

runo

ff, a

ll co

ntam

inan

ts, b

oth

know

n an

d un

know

n, w

here

aqu

ifers

and

rech

arge

are

as a

re, m

ight

, will

be

affe

cted

.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

252

I-44

Li

st a

nd q

uant

ify w

ater

use

, inc

ludi

ng c

ater

ing

and

engi

neer

ing

oper

atio

ns.

Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e)

p. V

II-25

3 I-

45

Iden

tify

and

quan

tify,

pu

blic

ly

and

priv

atel

y ow

ned

unde

rgro

und

fuel

tank

leak

age,

bot

h on

and

off

airp

ort p

rope

rty.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

253

I-46

Id

entif

y al

l haz

ardo

us a

nd to

xic

com

poun

ds in

the

grou

nd a

nd

thei

r con

cent

ratio

ns.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

253

I-47

Id

entif

y an

d qu

antif

y ef

fect

s on

Wild

and

Sce

nic

Riv

ers.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

253

I-48

Id

entif

y an

d qu

antif

y ef

fect

s on

Floo

dpla

ins.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

254

I-49

Id

entif

y an

d qu

antif

y al

l sol

id a

nd h

azar

dous

was

te.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

254

I-50

Id

entif

y al

l wat

er fi

ltrat

ion

plan

ts u

sed.

Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

20

4

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

p. V

II-25

4 I-

51

Iden

tify

road

s, dr

aina

ge, w

ater

sup

ply,

sew

erag

e tre

atm

ent a

nd

was

te d

ispo

sal.

Will

exi

stin

g sy

stem

s be

suf

ficie

nt t

o ha

ndle

an

ticip

ated

cha

nges

?

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

255

I-52

En

viro

nmen

tal J

ustic

e - i

dent

ify a

nd q

uant

ify a

ll th

ose

who

are

af

fect

ed a

nd th

ose

that

will

be

affe

cted

Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e)

p. V

II-25

6 I-

53

List

and

qua

ntify

NPD

ES p

erm

its.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

256

I-54

C

onst

ruct

ing

new

runw

ays o

r rec

onfig

urin

g th

e ex

istin

g O

’Har

e w

ill s

igni

fican

tly h

arm

com

mun

ities

inc

ludi

ng n

eigh

borh

oods

, sc

hool

s, bu

sine

sses

and

hom

es b

ecau

se o

f th

e ai

rpor

t an

d ai

rcra

fts’

extra

ordi

nary

am

ount

s an

d ty

pes

of n

oise

, w

ater

, gr

ound

pol

lutio

n an

d to

xic

air

pollu

tion,

pro

perty

tak

ings

, tax

ba

se lo

sses

and

oth

er q

ualit

y of

life

issu

es.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

49, V

II-9

1

I-55

W

e se

e im

pact

s as

bei

ng o

n th

e flo

odpl

ain.

We

have

to lo

ok a

t th

ose,

ho

w

they

’re

goin

g to

af

fect

th

e pr

esen

t re

tent

ion

rese

rvoi

rs a

nd a

ny f

utur

e re

tent

ion

rese

rvoi

rs t

hat

wou

ld b

e ne

eded

; im

pact

s on

the

sew

er in

terc

epto

rs a

nd se

wag

e tre

atm

ent

plan

ts.

Joe

Schu

essl

er

(Met

ropo

litan

W

ater

R

ecla

mat

ion

Dis

trict

of G

reat

er C

hica

go)

p. V

I-110

, 111

I-56

O

ur c

once

rn i

s w

ith A

ddis

on C

reek

, w

hich

cur

rent

ly s

tart

in

Ben

senv

ille;

and

if

the

airp

ort

is e

xpan

ded,

to

take

so

man

y ac

res

in B

ense

nvill

e, w

e’re

con

cern

ed w

ith t

he r

unof

f, th

e po

llutio

n an

d so

for

th t

hat

wou

ld a

ffect

Add

ison

Cre

ek s

ince

th

e he

ad w

ater

are

righ

t the

re in

Ben

senv

ille.

Jeffr

ey S

herw

in (M

ayor

, City

of N

orth

lake

) p.

VI-3

70, 3

71

I-57

W

e w

ill n

eed

a cl

ear d

escr

iptio

n of

the

amou

nt, t

ype,

func

tion,

an

d qu

ality

of

wet

land

s in

the

are

a.

Add

ition

ally

, w

e w

ould

K

enne

th A

. W

estla

ke (

Chi

ef,

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pl

anni

ng

and

Eval

uatio

n B

ranc

h, U

S En

viro

nmen

tal

Prot

ectio

n

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

20

5

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

expe

ct th

at F

AA

wou

ld d

ocum

ent e

fforts

to a

void

and

min

imiz

e w

etla

nd lo

sses

, and

incl

ude

conc

eptu

al p

lans

for h

ow th

ey p

lan

to m

itiga

te f

or u

navo

idab

le l

osse

s to

wet

land

im

pact

s in

the

EI

S.

Age

ncy)

p.

VII-

269

I-58

D

eici

ng a

nd s

now

rem

oval

pra

ctic

es h

ave

the

pote

ntia

l to

caus

e si

gnifi

cant

impa

cts

to r

ecei

ving

wat

er b

odie

s. T

he E

IS s

houl

d de

scrib

e bo

th th

e cu

rren

t pra

ctic

es a

nd w

hat i

s be

ing

prop

osed

th

roug

h th

is p

roje

ct.

Ken

neth

A.

Wes

tlake

(C

hief

, En

viro

nmen

tal

Plan

ning

an

d Ev

alua

tion

Bra

nch,

US

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pr

otec

tion

Age

ncy)

p.

VII-

269

J.

Surf

ace

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

J-1

Inte

rest

ed i

n se

eing

tha

t th

e en

viro

nmen

tal

impa

ct f

rom

the

ro

adw

ay p

roje

cts

asso

ciat

ed w

ith th

is d

evel

opm

ent a

re in

clud

ed

in th

e do

cum

ent.

And

bef

ore

we

look

forw

ard

to w

orki

ng w

ith

you,

an

indi

vidu

al n

eeds

to se

e th

at o

ur re

quire

men

ts a

re m

et.

Kat

hy A

mes

(Ill

inoi

s D

epar

tmen

t of

Tra

nspo

rtatio

n,

Bur

eau

of D

esig

n an

d En

viro

nmen

t) p.

VI-4

1

J-2

Man

y of

the

His

pani

cs w

ork

right

in

Ben

senv

ille,

Elk

Gro

ve,

and

Woo

d D

ale

and

if th

ey m

ove

out t

o ar

eas

that

they

cou

ld

affo

rd, t

hey

wou

ld b

e fa

r rem

oved

from

thei

r pla

ce o

f bus

ines

s.

The

expe

nse

of tr

ansp

orta

tion

wou

ld b

e ve

ry h

igh

to th

em.

We

alre

ady

have

so m

any

cars

trav

elin

g lo

ng d

ista

nces

that

it w

ould

ha

ve a

n im

pact

in te

rms o

f the

hig

hway

s.

Ken

And

erso

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

28, 2

29

J-3

They

cou

ld d

oubl

e-de

ck t

he i

nter

stat

e an

d th

e tra

ffic

flow

in

both

dire

ctio

ns w

ith d

oubl

e-de

cked

roa

ds w

ould

dou

ble

the

flow

of

traffi

c to

and

fro

m R

ockf

ord

and

O’H

are,

min

imum

de

lays

.

Will

iam

Bai

rd (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-213

J-4

They

sai

d th

ere

wou

ld b

e a

hund

red

thou

sand

new

jobs

cre

ated

at

O’H

are.

W

here

are

they

all

goin

g to

driv

e an

d pa

rk, w

hich

w

ould

mea

n ad

ditio

nal

acce

ss r

oads

whi

ch w

ould

wip

e ou

t

Will

iam

Bai

rd (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-214

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

20

6

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

som

e m

ore

of E

lk G

rove

. J-

5 W

e do

n’t n

eed

any

mor

e po

llutio

n, n

oise

or r

oad

grid

lock

.

Mik

e B

aran

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-31

8 J-

6 Th

e ai

rpor

t is

a c

ause

of

serio

us p

ollu

tion

and

incr

easin

g th

e si

ze w

ithou

t ad

dres

sing

the

flo

w o

f tra

ffic

will

be

a se

rious

ra

mifi

catio

n.

Whe

n co

nges

tion

occu

rs, t

he p

ollu

tion

incr

ease

s ex

pone

ntia

lly.

Inc

reas

ing

the

size

of

the

airp

ort

will

onl

y in

crea

se th

e vo

lum

e of

traf

fic.

Rob

ert B

ense

n (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-27

8

J-7

I am

int

eres

ted

in g

ettin

g a

trans

porta

tion

polic

y th

at w

ould

co

ordi

nate

rai

l, su

rfac

e tra

nspo

rtatio

n an

d ai

r tra

nspo

rtatio

n.

I fe

el t

hat

we

need

to

rese

rve

the

slot

s an

d bu

sy r

unw

ays

at

O’H

are

for l

ong-

haul

flig

hts

and

shou

ld fe

ed th

ose

fligh

ts w

ith

wha

t I c

all a

trai

n–to

-the-

plan

e po

licy.

G

ettin

g A

mtra

k to

the

airp

ort

wou

ld b

e ea

sy b

ecau

se t

hey

have

a t

rack

fro

m U

nion

St

atio

n.

Unf

ortu

nate

ly th

e pe

ople

mov

er d

oesn

’t co

me

to th

e M

etra

sta

tion

at th

e ai

rpor

t, bu

t it c

ould

eas

ily b

e ex

tend

ed, a

t fa

r le

ss c

ost t

han

tryin

g to

hav

e a

slot

for

eve

ry a

irpla

ne.

We

can

thin

k in

term

s of

a s

eam

less

tran

spor

tatio

n sy

stem

that

use

s th

e hi

ghw

ays

and

the

railw

ays

and

the

airli

nes

in t

heir

best

po

ssib

le s

treng

th,

whi

ch w

ould

be

to g

o lo

ng h

aul

by a

ir.

It w

ould

sav

e an

aw

ful

lot

of m

oney

in

new

gat

es a

nd n

ew

runw

ays.

Ron

ald

P. B

oard

man

, Jr.

(Inte

r City

Rai

l) p.

VI-1

94-1

96

J-8

Con

cern

ed a

bout

the

impa

ct it

will

hav

e on

our

qua

lity

of li

fe,

our

prop

erty

val

ues,

the

nois

e, t

he p

ollu

tion,

the

inc

reas

ed

traffi

c, a

nd e

very

thin

g el

se t

hat

will

go

alon

g w

ith e

xpan

ding

th

e ai

rpor

t.

Kar

yn B

ock

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-275

J-8.

1 I

thin

k th

e bi

gges

t pr

oble

ms

are

dive

rsifi

catio

n of

fli

ght

patte

rns,

on-ti

me

fligh

ts,

nois

e re

duct

ion,

and

red

uctio

n of

C

hery

l Bot

tje (R

osel

le)

p. V

I-201

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

20

7

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

traffi

c co

nges

tion

both

on

the

grou

nd a

nd in

the

air.

It r

eally

de

grad

es th

e qu

ality

of o

ur li

fe.

J-8.

2 W

e ne

ed t

o de

velo

p hi

gh-s

peed

, hi

ghly

eff

icie

nt l

and-

base

d tra

nspo

rt ne

twor

k fe

edin

g, a

nd c

onne

ctin

g th

ese

airp

orts

so

the

air

carr

ier’

s bu

rden

of

mul

tiple

loc

atio

ns i

s m

itiga

ted

and

prof

itabi

lity

is a

ttain

ed.

All

this

can

onl

y be

atta

ined

with

a

spiri

t of

coo

pera

tion

betw

een

all

regi

onal

aut

horit

ies

and

the

citiz

ens o

f the

are

a.

Gar

y B

ottje

(Ros

elle

) p.

VII-

183

J-9

Sinc

e O

’Har

e is

loc

ated

in

the

subu

rbs,

it’s

the

subu

rbs

that

ac

tual

ly e

nd u

p pa

ying

the

cos

t of

tra

ffic,

noi

se,

and

air

pollu

tion.

A

nd t

he s

ubur

bs s

tand

to

lose

lon

g-te

rm r

even

ue

gene

ratin

g bu

sine

sses

, hom

es, a

nd la

nd.

Tom

Cal

laha

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p. V

I-26

4,

p. V

II-13

3 N

o N

ame

7 p.

VII-

112

J-10

H

ow a

bout

put

ting

the

airp

ort w

here

the

loca

l peo

ple

wan

t the

jo

bs a

nd t

hey

can

driv

e to

it

easil

y w

ithou

t ad

ding

to

our

cong

estio

n.

Elk

Gro

ve s

tand

s to

loos

e th

e bu

sine

sses

that

pay

ta

xes

whi

le g

aini

ng t

he n

oise

and

ext

ra t

raffi

c.

It’s

alre

ady

terr

ibly

con

gest

ed.

Car

ol C

icho

rski

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-36

4

J-11

B

uild

Peo

tone

alo

ng w

ith m

inor

cha

nges

at O

’Har

e. W

hy s

tick

mor

e ex

pans

ion,

mor

e co

nges

tion

in a

n ar

ea th

at’s

to th

e m

ax

now

whe

n w

e ca

n im

prov

e O

’Har

e, w

este

rn a

cces

s, an

d bu

ild

Peot

one

and

real

ly so

lve

som

e se

rious

futu

re a

viat

ion

need

s?

Tom

Cro

we

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

48, 2

49

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

20

8

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

J-12

W

e ha

ve a

num

ber

of p

oten

tial

alig

nmen

ts t

hat

our

serv

ice

boar

ds C

TA, M

etra

, Pac

e m

ay p

ropo

se w

hich

may

be

dire

ctly

im

pact

ed b

y th

e ne

w b

ound

ary

lines

. It

wou

ld b

e us

eful

to s

ee

old

boun

dary

line

s ve

rsus

new

bou

ndar

y lin

es d

epic

ted

on y

our

grap

hs,

also

im

prov

emen

ts r

egar

ding

off

-site

not

with

in t

he

airp

ort f

ootp

rint t

hat c

ould

hav

e a

pote

ntia

l im

pact

. I’

m a

war

e th

ere’

s a

num

ber

of a

irpor

t-typ

e fa

cilit

ies

that

may

not

be

depi

cted

in th

e bo

unda

ry li

ne th

at c

ould

be

in c

lose

pro

xim

ity,

whi

ch m

ight

als

o be

impa

cted

.

John

DeL

aure

ntiis

(Reg

iona

l Tra

nspo

rtatio

n A

utho

rity)

p.

VI-1

13

J-12

.1

Cre

ate

fast

er a

nd e

ffici

ent m

eans

of t

rans

porta

tion

to a

nd fr

om

each

of t

he a

irpor

ts, i

nste

ad o

f try

ing

to c

ram

all

of th

e bu

sine

ss

into

one

alre

ady

over

-stu

ffed

airp

ort.

Mr.

& M

rs. P

atric

k J.

Ferr

eri (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-85

J-13

Th

e ro

ads n

ear m

y ho

me

are

cong

este

d en

ough

. Li

llian

Gar

dner

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

29

J-14

I d

on’t

see

any

reas

on fo

r mor

e ex

pans

ion

at O

’Har

e ot

her t

han

impr

ovin

g on

the

road

s to

get

in a

nd o

ut m

ore

effic

ient

ly a

nd

fast

er, e

limin

atin

g m

ore

dela

ys a

t O’H

are

by im

prov

ing

road

s in

stea

d of

sitti

ng in

traf

fic ja

ms.

Hum

berto

Gra

maj

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

85

J-15

Th

e po

llutio

n an

d tra

ffic

incr

ease

s w

on’t

be p

leas

ant

in t

his

area

. Pe

ggy

Hal

l (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

290

J-16

I a

sk th

at y

ou s

uppo

rt th

e or

igin

al w

este

rn a

cces

s pr

opos

al in

to

O’H

are.

Pa

mel

a H

artz

ell (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-30

1 J-

17

Add

ing

new

traf

fic to

the

alre

ady

cong

este

d ac

cess

roa

ds w

ill

burd

en s

urro

undi

ng c

omm

uniti

es w

ith in

crea

sed

emis

sion

s an

d ot

her c

onge

stio

n re

late

d im

pact

s.

Ric

hard

Har

nish

(Ex

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

, M

idw

est

Hig

h Sp

eed

Rai

l Coa

litio

n)

p. V

II-26

3 J-

18

Wha

t w

ill

be

the

econ

omic

im

pact

ca

used

by

bo

th

the

mod

erni

zatio

n an

d en

viro

nmen

tal c

hang

es r

elat

ed to

cre

atin

g a

wes

tern

acc

ess r

oad

to O

’Har

e?

Rob

ert

T.

How

ard

(Sup

erin

tend

ent,

Elk

Gro

ve

Tow

nshi

p Sc

hool

s)

p. V

II-76

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

20

9

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

J-19

Th

ere

is a

gla

ring

lack

of

info

rmat

ion

abou

t th

e ne

cess

ary

term

inal

and

roa

dway

ele

men

ts o

f th

e pl

an –

par

ticul

arly

as

to

loca

tion,

cos

t, an

d im

pact

of

thes

e te

rmin

al a

nd r

oadw

ay

elem

ents

.

Jam

es J

ohns

on (

Ben

senv

ille,

Int

erim

Vill

age

Man

ager

, Sp

eaki

ng o

n B

ehal

f of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VI-

183,

Cra

ig B

. Joh

nson

(May

or, E

lk G

rove

Vill

age

–Su

bmitt

ed S

tate

men

t of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VII

-126

, Jo

hn G

eils

(M

ayor

, B

ense

nvill

e –

Subm

itted

St

atem

ent o

f Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p. V

II-9

5 J-

20

Wha

t te

rmin

als

and

acce

ss

road

way

s ar

e ne

eded

to

ac

com

mod

ate

76 m

illio

n bo

ardi

ng p

asse

nger

s tha

t Chi

cago

says

th

e ru

nway

pla

n ca

n ac

com

mod

ate?

W

hat

are

the

cost

s an

d en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

cts o

f the

se n

eces

sary

ele

men

ts?

Jam

es J

ohns

on (

Ben

senv

ille,

Int

erim

Vill

age

Man

ager

, Sp

eaki

ng o

n B

ehal

f of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VI-

184,

Cra

ig B

. Joh

nson

(May

or, E

lk G

rove

Vill

age

–Su

bmitt

ed S

tate

men

t of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VII

-126

, Jo

hn G

eils

(M

ayor

, B

ense

nvill

e –

Subm

itted

St

atem

ent o

f Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p. V

II-9

5 J-

21

The

incr

ease

in tr

affic

with

wes

tern

acc

ess,

the

poss

ibili

ty o

f a

ring

road

con

nect

ion,

wou

ld b

ring

a lo

t m

ore

traffi

c in

to

Ben

senv

ille,

cau

se f

or w

iden

ing

of Y

ork

Roa

d, w

hich

wou

ld

mea

n ev

en m

ore

pollu

tion

in th

e ar

ea.

Patri

cia

John

son

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

03

J-22

D

id y

ou to

uch

on th

e rin

g ro

ad?

Is th

at g

oing

to b

e pa

rt of

you

r pr

oces

s to

inco

rpor

ate

that

? T

hat i

s go

ing

to d

rast

ical

ly a

ffec

t ou

r bu

sine

ss c

omm

unity

; an

d w

e ha

ve h

undr

eds

of s

mal

l bu

sine

sses

em

ploy

ing

thou

sand

s of

peo

ple

payi

ng m

illio

ns i

n ta

xes,

and

the

ring

road

and

thi

s pr

ojec

t w

ould

jus

t se

vere

ly

ham

per o

ur b

usin

ess p

artn

er.

Ric

h Jo

hnso

n (B

ense

nvill

e Pa

rk D

istri

ct)

p. V

I-371

, 372

J-23

Th

e nu

mbe

r of

tra

vele

rs a

nd w

orke

rs a

t bo

th t

he a

irpor

t an

d su

rrou

ndin

g de

velo

pmen

t w

ould

be

nefit

fr

om

expa

nded

re

gion

al r

ail

serv

ices

tha

t co

uld

attra

ct a

div

ersi

on o

f ro

ad

traffi

c.

R

osem

ont

area

em

ploy

men

t an

d bu

sine

ss

trave

l vo

lum

es a

ppro

ach

that

of

dow

ntow

n an

d se

vere

ly t

axes

roa

d ca

paci

ty a

roun

d O

’Har

e.

Har

vey

I. K

ahle

r (C

hica

go)

p. V

II-32

1

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

21

0

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

J-23

.1

Rai

l pa

ssen

ger

serv

ices

co

nsum

e le

ss

ener

gy,

emit

less

po

lluta

nts,

expl

oit

exis

ting

infr

astru

ctur

e an

d m

itiga

te

cong

estio

n of

road

and

air

faci

litie

s. E

xpan

ding

rail

serv

ices

to

O’H

are

can

be b

enef

icia

l to

the

tra

vele

r in

a n

umbe

r of

rol

es

and

dese

rve

acco

mm

odat

ion

rega

rdle

ss o

f cu

rren

t in

stitu

tiona

l pr

oble

ms.

The

y ar

e fa

st,

affo

rdab

le,

acce

ssib

le,

wor

ry-f

ree,

co

mfo

rtabl

e, a

nd sa

fe.

Har

vey

I. K

ahle

r (C

hica

go)

p. V

II-32

2, 3

23

J-24

B

ringi

ng

new

ra

il se

rvic

es

to

O’H

are

rais

es

the

ques

tion

whe

ther

acc

ess

will

be

dire

ct w

ith s

tatio

n at

the

exi

stin

g an

d pr

opos

ed t

erm

inal

s or

ind

irect

to

sate

llite

ter

min

als

with

a

shut

tle s

ervi

ce t

o th

e te

rmin

als.

Dire

ct s

ubur

ban

or i

nter

city

tra

in

acce

ss

to

O’H

are

pose

s a

num

ber

of

arch

itect

ural

, en

gine

erin

g an

d op

erat

iona

l pr

oble

ms

that

ne

ed

to

be

coor

dina

ted

with

term

inal

pla

nnin

g an

d ro

ute

impr

ovem

ents

.

Har

vey

I. K

ahle

r (C

hica

go)

p. V

II-32

3, 3

24

J-25

ID

OT

has

sugg

este

d th

e I-

190

expa

nsio

n on

the

east

side

of t

he

airp

ort

does

n’t

carr

y th

e da

y an

d on

e th

ing

that

is

appa

rent

ly

mis

sing

in th

e O

MP

anal

ysis

is I

DO

T re

flect

ed th

ere

had

been

an

ea

rlier

pr

opos

al t

o bu

ild a

w

este

rn

bypa

ss

acro

ss

the

sout

hern

end

of t

he a

irpor

t. T

he o

rigin

al to

ll w

ay d

esig

n w

as to

ta

ke o

ver t

he s

outh

ern

end

of th

e ai

rpor

t. T

hat’s

one

alte

rnat

ive

that

cer

tain

ly o

ut to

be

cons

ider

ed.

The

othe

r al

tern

ativ

e is

to

mov

e w

est,

whi

ch h

as tr

emen

dous

des

truct

ive

impa

cts.

Jose

ph K

arag

anis

(V

illag

e of

Ben

senv

ille,

Par

k R

idge

, an

d El

k G

rove

and

for S

enat

e Pr

esid

ent P

ate

Phili

p)

p. V

I-102

J-26

D

oes

Thor

ndal

e R

oad

now

bec

ome

Rou

te 1

9?

Why

cha

nge

Elm

hurs

t R

oad

whe

n w

e al

read

y ha

ve T

horn

dale

? W

hat

happ

ens t

o Ir

ving

Par

k R

oad

and

Touh

y A

venu

e?

Jam

es L

. Klo

cek

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-22

J-27

Th

e im

pact

s on

su

rfac

e tra

nspo

rtatio

n,

parti

cula

rly

road

co

nges

tion

and

air

qual

ity, m

ust b

e fu

lly c

onsi

dere

d in

the

EIS

alon

g w

ith

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

incl

udin

g:

dire

ct

O’H

are

How

ard

Lear

ner

(Exe

cutiv

e D

irect

or,

Envi

ronm

enta

l La

w &

Pol

icy

Cen

ter)

p.

VII-

194

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

21

1

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

conn

ects

to

the

plan

ned

Mid

wes

t hi

gh s

peed

rai

l sy

stem

; N

orth

wes

t Cor

ridor

ext

ensi

on th

roug

h an

d be

yond

O’H

are,

as

bein

g st

udie

d by

the

Reg

iona

l Tr

ansp

orta

tion

Aut

horit

y; a

nd

incr

ease

pub

lic tr

ansi

t ser

vice

. J-

28

The

EIS

mus

t ful

ly c

onsi

der

wha

t tra

ffic

the

prop

osed

wes

tern

ac

cess

is

inte

nded

to

relie

ve a

nd w

heth

er i

t w

ill e

ncou

rage

ai

rpor

t vis

itors

to d

rive

whe

n th

ey o

ther

wis

e w

ould

not

. Tr

affic

st

udie

s sh

ould

be

cond

ucte

d.

Miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

shou

ld b

e in

clud

ed in

the

EIS

to r

educ

e an

y ad

vers

e im

pact

s of

wes

tern

ac

cess

.

How

ard

Lear

ner

(Exe

cutiv

e D

irect

or,

Envi

ronm

enta

l La

w &

Pol

icy

Cen

ter)

p.

VII-

194,

195

J-29

O

ther

gro

und

trans

porta

tion

activ

ity w

ill i

ncre

ase

at O

’Har

e du

ring

mod

erni

zatio

n as

a r

esul

t of

inc

reas

ed c

apac

ity a

nd

utili

zatio

n.

This

inc

reas

ed g

roun

d tra

nspo

rtatio

n ac

tivity

will

ha

ve

air

qual

ity

and

ener

gy

supp

ly

impa

cts.

M

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s th

at s

houl

d be

ful

ly c

onsi

dere

d in

the

EIS

inc

lude

: co

nver

ting

rem

aind

er

of

exis

ting

GSE

fle

et

to

elec

trici

ty,

com

pres

sed

natu

ral

gas

or o

ther

alte

rnat

ive

fuel

s an

d w

hen

purc

hasi

ng

new

G

SE,

rest

rictin

g th

em

to

thos

e fu

els;

co

nsol

idat

ing

rem

aini

ng

shut

tle

oper

atio

ns;

esta

blis

hing

em

ploy

ee c

arpo

ols

and

vanp

ools

; pu

blic

izin

g an

d m

arke

ting

publ

ic t

rans

it av

aila

bilit

y m

ore

wid

ely;

con

verti

ng n

on-G

SE

vehi

cles

to p

ropa

ne a

nd n

atur

al g

as; o

peni

ng u

p th

e na

tura

l gas

fu

elin

g st

atio

n to

a b

road

er r

ange

of

vehi

cles

; co

nstru

ctin

g a

new

mul

ti-m

odal

fac

ility

nea

r Pa

rkin

g Lo

t F,

whi

ch w

ould

se

rve

an e

xten

ded

ATS

, Mid

wes

t hig

h-sp

eed

rail

train

s, C

TA,

Met

ra, P

AC

E bu

ses,

and

rent

al c

ar fa

cilit

ies.

How

ard

Lear

ner

(Exe

cutiv

e D

irect

or,

Envi

ronm

enta

l La

w &

Pol

icy

Cen

ter)

p.

VII-

195

J-30

Th

ere

seem

s to

be

no s

igni

fican

t pl

ans

for

expa

ndin

g th

e K

enne

dy.

And

eve

n if

you

expa

nd th

e K

enne

dy, c

an a

ny r

oad

Dor

rie M

adon

na (W

ood

Dal

e)

p. V

I-224

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

21

2

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

in a

ny a

rea

hand

le t

he a

mou

nt o

f tra

ffic

tha

t do

ublin

g th

e am

ount

of f

light

s will

nec

essi

tate

? J-

31

I’m

opp

osed

to th

e pl

an b

ecau

se o

f the

traf

fic o

n th

e K

enne

dy,

if an

ybod

y ha

s tri

ed to

com

e ou

t to

the

wes

tern

sub

urbs

on

a Su

nday

afte

rnoo

n th

ey k

now

wha

t th

e co

nditi

on i

s. A

nd

alth

ough

they

are

talk

ing

abou

t wes

tern

acc

ess,

that

rea

lly is

–

the

cost

see

ms

to b

e m

ostly

pro

hibi

tive

at $

6.6

billi

on t

hat

they

’re

talk

ing

abou

t.

Dr.

Ral

ph M

adon

na (W

ood

Dal

e)

p. V

I-317

, 318

J-32

A

ir po

llutio

n, n

oise

and

traf

fic c

onge

stio

n w

ill a

ll in

crea

se.

Julie

Mal

on (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

315

J-33

In

as

muc

h as

they

wan

t to

enha

nce

reve

nue

for C

hica

go, i

t will

im

pact

all

the

wes

tern

subu

rbs a

s far

as t

rans

porta

tion,

bus

ines

s, an

d re

loca

tion

of h

omes

, tax

es, s

ewag

e an

d w

ater

.

Art

Mar

kow

ski (

Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

81

J-34

H

ow a

re a

ll th

ese

peop

le f

rom

the

City

of

Chi

cago

who

co

mm

ute

to th

e w

este

rn s

ubur

bs g

oing

to g

o by

whe

n th

ey a

re

goin

g to

clo

se d

own

and

relo

cate

Irvi

ng P

ark

Roa

d?

Art

Mar

kow

ski (

Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

82

J-35

N

o on

e fr

om ID

OT

has

mad

e an

y co

mm

ent a

s to

how

to h

andl

e th

e in

and

out

tra

ffic

flow

fro

m t

he C

ity o

f C

hica

go t

o th

e w

este

rn s

ubur

bs o

r th

e im

pact

that

it w

ill h

ave

on th

e w

este

rn

subu

rbs w

hen

peop

le c

an’t

get t

here

.

Art

Mar

kow

ski (

Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

83

J-36

If

it

will

tak

e 15

yea

rs t

o co

mpl

ete

this

pro

ject

, how

will

the

tra

ffic

situ

atio

n be

han

dled

? Sy

lvia

Mat

ezak

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

62

J-37

Th

e su

burb

s co

uld

anne

x H

iggi

ns R

oad,

whi

ch is

the

only

way

C

hica

go is

con

nect

ed to

O’H

are.

M

artin

McG

owan

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-28

6 J-

38

As

mod

erni

zatio

n of

O

’Har

e m

oves

fo

rwar

d th

roug

h th

e en

viro

nmen

tal p

roce

ss, t

he ro

adw

ays

and

the

regi

onal

road

way

sy

stem

is

a co

ncer

n to

us,

and

wha

t th

e po

tent

ial

seco

ndar

y cu

mul

ativ

e im

pact

s fo

r th

e ro

adw

ay a

re g

oing

to

be.

An

Kev

in M

cLau

ry (F

eder

al H

ighw

ay A

dmin

istra

tion)

p.

VI-3

6

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

21

3

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

emph

asis

on

cong

estio

n an

d co

nges

tion

miti

gatio

n.

J-39

M

ulti-

hold

are

as, h

ow w

ill w

e m

ove

vehi

cles

and

the

veh

icle

m

ix –

wan

ting

to b

ring

mor

e ai

rcra

ft in

to th

e ar

ea, w

hich

wou

ld

pote

ntia

lly b

ring

mor

e su

pplie

s and

mov

emen

t of v

ehic

les.

Kev

in M

cLau

ry (F

eder

al H

ighw

ay A

dmin

istra

tion)

p.

VI-3

6

J-40

A

roun

d O

’Har

e th

e ro

ads

are

alre

ady

alw

ays

full.

R

oute

90

is bu

sy 2

4-7.

W

e ha

ve g

ridlo

ck a

lread

y.

Whe

n w

ill w

e bu

ild 3

le

vel r

oads

?

Will

iam

Mei

tzlo

r (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

108

J-41

Th

e sc

ope

of th

e EI

S sh

ould

incl

ude

a fu

ll ex

amin

atio

n of

the

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

s of

the

OM

P on

all

surr

ound

ing

road

s, bo

th

with

an

d w

ithou

t th

e fo

llow

ing

plan

ned

land

side

im

prov

emen

ts:

the

relo

catio

n of

fre

ight

rai

l lin

es a

nd I

rvin

g Pa

rk

Roa

d,

wes

tern

O

’Har

e by

pass

(r

ing

road

) an

d th

e ex

tens

ion

of

Elgi

n-O

’Har

e Ex

pres

sway

pr

ovid

ing

wes

tern

ac

cess

to O

’Har

e (p

er th

e 20

20 R

egio

nal T

rans

porta

tion

Plan

), an

d th

e pl

anne

d bu

s ra

pid

trans

it co

rrid

or l

inki

ng O

’Har

e to

O

ak B

rook

, Nap

ervi

lle a

nd S

chau

mbu

rg (

per

the

DuP

age

Are

a Tr

ansi

t Pla

n).

Will

iam

J.

Mue

ller

(Pre

side

nt,

DuP

age

May

ors

and

Man

ager

s Con

fere

nce)

p.

VII-

202

J-42

H

ow c

an th

e su

rfac

e tra

ffic

be

acco

mm

odat

ed in

the

prop

osed

O

MP?

The

EIS

need

s to

ex

plic

itly

addr

ess

peop

le

and

vehi

cula

r (b

oth

auto

s an

d tru

cks)

mov

emen

t bot

h in

to a

nd o

ut

of O

’Har

e an

d th

e co

st o

f acc

omm

odat

ing

such

mov

emen

t.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

220

J-43

Th

e su

rfac

e tra

nspo

rtatio

n is

sues

w

ill

prod

uce

soci

al

and

econ

omic

impa

cts.

A w

este

rn a

cces

s to

O’H

are

that

is o

ff th

e ai

rpor

t pr

oper

ty

will

ca

use

the

disl

ocat

ion

of

com

mer

cial

es

tabl

ishm

ents

in th

e ne

ighb

orin

g co

mm

unity

. M

any

of th

ese

com

pani

es a

re f

reig

ht f

orw

arde

rs a

nd tr

ucki

ng c

ompa

nies

that

ha

ve a

just

ifiab

le n

eed

to b

e lo

cate

d ne

ar a

n ai

rpor

t.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

220

J-44

I b

elie

ve w

e ha

ve m

ore

traff

ic in

this

are

a th

an w

e ca

n ha

ndle

. M

. Nel

son

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

21

4

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

p. V

II-36

8 J-

45

Con

com

itant

with

all

this

, the

y w

ant t

o en

larg

e al

l the

se r

oads

an

d to

llboo

ths

and

give

us

auto

em

issi

ons

to b

reat

he, i

ncre

ased

au

to e

mis

sion

s. T

he r

ing

road

s. T

he to

llboo

th b

ack

ups.

We

have

hug

e ba

ck u

ps a

nd a

uto

emis

sion

s. I

f w

e w

iden

a r

ing

road

, we

are

goin

g to

put

thou

sand

s an

d th

ousa

nd m

ore

peop

le

ridin

g al

one

in t

heir

cars

, gi

ving

us

auto

em

issi

ons

that

are

ul

timat

ely

goin

g to

land

in o

ur n

eigh

borh

ood

and

our l

ungs

and

ou

r bod

ies.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-131

J-46

Th

e en

viro

nmen

tal

impa

ct o

n ou

r co

mm

unity

nee

ds t

o be

ad

dres

sed

by th

e FA

A in

clud

ing

nois

e, a

ir po

llutio

n, a

nd tr

affic

im

pact

s fr

om th

e in

crea

se in

the

num

ber o

f flig

hts

and

phys

ical

ch

ange

s to

the

airp

ort c

onfig

urat

ion.

Gar

y an

d B

arba

ra P

arrin

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-35

6

J-47

It

wou

ld in

conv

enie

nce

thos

e pe

ople

who

alre

ady

live

here

in

term

s of t

he a

mou

nt o

f tra

ffic

and

noi

se th

at w

ould

hap

pen.

St

eve

Partm

an (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

67

J-47

.1

One

dire

ctio

n th

at th

ey d

o go

out

is n

orth

tow

ards

Milw

auke

e,

and

that

is th

e ra

il lin

e th

at h

as to

be

real

igne

d. W

e ha

ve b

een

cont

acte

d by

the

City

’s c

onsu

ltant

. I h

ave

no d

oubt

that

we

will

be

abl

e to

wor

k ou

t an

alig

nmen

t with

them

; but

as

of th

is d

ate,

w

e ha

ven’

t sat

dow

n an

d w

orke

d ou

t all

the

deta

ils.

Mic

hael

W. P

ayet

te (U

nion

Pac

ific

Rai

lroad

) p.

VI-1

12

J-48

Th

e I-

190

that

has

sta

yed

in t

he c

ity h

as a

lread

y co

mm

itted

$2

75 m

illio

n to

upg

rade

to p

rovi

de b

ette

r ac

cess

in a

nd o

ut o

f O

’Har

e.

That

won

’t su

ffice

with

the

addi

tiona

l enp

lane

men

ts.

So th

e w

este

rn a

cces

s is

som

ethi

ng th

at w

e’re

con

cern

ed w

ith,

and

in th

e re

alm

of

it ca

n’t b

e do

ne w

ith a

traf

fic s

igna

l off

of

Yor

k R

oad.

It ne

eds

to

be

a m

ajor

ex

pres

sway

-type

in

terc

hang

e se

tup

sim

ilar

to I

-190

. If

you

look

at t

he r

egio

nal

2020

pla

n, th

ere’

s a

wes

tern

O’H

are

bypa

ss in

par

t of t

hat p

lan.

Pat

Pech

nick

(Ill

inoi

s D

epar

tmen

t of

Tra

nspo

rtatio

n,

Div

isio

n of

Hig

hway

s)

p. V

I-84,

85

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

21

5

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

Ther

e’s

also

the

Elgi

n-O

’Har

e ex

tens

ion.

All

of th

ose

proj

ects

aren

’t pa

rt of

thi

s pl

anni

ng p

roce

ss.

The

y ar

e pr

ojec

ts t

hat

inde

ed w

e pl

an o

n m

ovin

g fo

rwar

d w

ith, a

nd t

hey

will

lik

ely

beco

me

part

of t

he 2

030

regi

onal

tra

nspo

rtatio

n pl

an t

hat’s

un

der d

evel

opm

ent.

J-49

C

once

rned

that

the

airp

ort l

ayou

t pla

n is

n’t d

one

in a

vac

uum

; th

at i

t in

clud

es o

r ac

know

ledg

es t

hose

hig

hway

pro

ject

s th

at

will

som

e da

y go

into

pla

ce.

Pat

Pech

nick

(Ill

inoi

s D

epar

tmen

t of

Tra

nspo

rtatio

n,

Div

isio

n of

Hig

hway

s)

p. V

I-85

J-50

M

annh

eim

Roa

d’s

role

as

a st

rate

gic

arte

rial

mov

ing

loca

l O

’Har

e an

d re

gion

al t

raffi

c th

roug

h Fr

ankl

in P

ark.

Sp

ecifi

c is

sues

rel

ativ

e to

the

expa

nsio

n in

clud

e in

crea

se tr

affic

, tru

cks,

cars

and

bus

es,

resu

lting

in

incr

ease

d co

nges

tion,

noi

se/a

ir po

llutio

n an

d de

lay

to a

rea

and

regi

onal

mot

oris

ts.

Dan

iel P

ritch

ett (

Vill

age

Pres

iden

t, Fr

ankl

in P

ark)

p.

VI-3

63

J-51

El

k G

rove

is

goin

g to

be

affe

cted

by

nois

e po

llutio

n, a

ir po

llutio

n, a

nd c

onge

stio

n, b

ut B

ense

nvill

e is

goi

ng to

lose

600

ho

mes

and

doz

ens o

f bus

ines

ses.

Har

old

Ree

d (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

81

J-52

Th

e no

ise

is a

lread

y to

o m

uch,

as

is th

e tra

ffic

in th

e ar

ea.

This

area

is a

lread

y co

nges

ted

and

pollu

ted

enou

gh.

Shei

la R

udde

n-Sh

oney

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-49

J-

53

Iden

tify

and

quan

tify

all

cong

estio

n on

th

e gr

ound

fr

om

trans

port

mov

emen

ts b

y pa

ssen

gers

, sup

port

activ

ities

and

sta

ff

and

impa

cts

on n

on-a

irpor

t re

late

d tra

ffic

and

resu

lting

soc

ial

prob

lem

s fro

m th

is c

onge

stion

.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

245

J-54

H

ow m

any

vehi

cles

(sup

port

and

grou

nd v

ehic

les)

com

e in

and

ou

t of t

he a

irpor

t dai

ly?

Qua

ntify

all

pollu

tion

cont

ribut

ions

. Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e)

p. V

II-25

3 J-

55

Iden

tify

road

s, dr

aina

ge, w

ater

sup

ply,

sew

erag

e tre

atm

ent a

nd

was

te d

ispo

sal.

Will

exi

stin

g sy

stem

s be

suf

ficie

nt t

o ha

ndle

an

ticip

ated

cha

nges

?

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

255

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

21

6

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

J-56

Th

e EI

S m

ust

addr

ess

the

issu

e of

env

ironm

enta

l im

pact

s re

sulti

ng fr

om th

e co

nstru

ctio

n-ge

nera

ted

traffi

c co

nges

tion,

air

pollu

tion

and

nois

e on

the

surr

ound

ing

com

mun

ities

.

Rob

ert J

. Sch

iller

stro

m (D

uPag

e C

ount

y En

viro

nmen

tal

Com

mitt

ee, D

evel

opm

ent &

Env

ironm

enta

l Con

cern

s)

p. V

II-23

4 J-

57

Wha

t abo

ut th

e rin

g ro

ad?

Will

it b

e bu

ilt o

n O

’Har

e pr

oper

ty?

H

erm

ann

Schm

idt (

Woo

d D

ale)

p.

VII-

281

J-58

W

e ha

ve b

een

cont

acte

d by

the

City

’s c

onsu

ltant

. I

have

no

doub

t tha

t we

will

be

able

to w

ork

out a

real

ignm

ent w

ith th

em.

A m

ajor

lin

e to

the

nor

th w

ill h

ave

to b

e re

alig

ned

so i

t is

som

ethi

ng th

at w

ill h

ave

to b

e ad

dres

sed.

Joe

Schu

essl

er

(Met

ropo

litan

W

ater

R

ecla

mat

ion

Dis

trict

of G

reat

er C

hica

go)

p. V

I-112

J-58

.1

Any

fut

ure

econ

omic

gro

wth

is

thre

aten

ed u

nles

s th

e ru

nway

sy

stem

at O

’Har

e is

mod

erni

zed

and

dela

ys a

re re

duce

d. F

ewer

de

lays

will

als

o m

ean

redu

ced

fuel

em

issi

ons.

Airc

raft

will

sp

end

less

tim

e id

ling

at t

he g

ate,

sitt

ing

on t

he r

unw

ay o

r ci

rclin

g in

the

air.

Als

o, th

e pr

opos

ed w

este

rn a

cces

s an

d ot

her

road

way

im

prov

emen

ts a

roun

d th

e ai

rpor

t w

ill r

elie

ve a

gre

at

deal

of c

onge

stio

n on

the

road

s, es

peci

ally

hel

ping

truc

ks g

et in

an

d ou

t of t

he a

irpor

t mor

e ef

ficie

ntly

. I i

mag

ine

all o

f thi

s will

ha

ve a

ver

y po

sitiv

e im

pact

on

air q

ualit

y in

the

area

.

Mon

te S

elle

rs (A

rling

ton

Sign

s & B

anne

rs)

p. V

II-18

1

J-59

W

hat’s

goi

ng to

hap

pen

to th

e ex

pres

sway

, if t

hey

are

goin

g to

bu

ild a

run

way

the

re?

Whe

re a

re y

ou g

oing

to

put

the

expr

essw

ay?

Edw

ard

and

Mar

iann

e Sh

ad (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-279

J-60

I

will

sum

up

my

com

men

ts r

egar

ding

noi

se,

pollu

tion

and

traffi

c in

this

way

: I m

ade

a co

nsci

ous

deci

sion

alm

ost 9

yea

rs

ago

to m

ove

to B

ense

nvill

e.

The

tow

n is

nea

r an

airp

ort.

It

mig

ht b

e a

little

noi

sy a

nd c

onge

sted

at t

imes

, but

I liv

e ne

ar a

n ai

rpor

t.

Tim

othy

A. T

aylo

r (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-74

J-61

M

y m

ain

inte

rest

is

to b

alan

ce o

ur t

rans

porta

tion

and

have

sp

endi

ng o

n ra

ilroa

ds,

on p

asse

nger

tra

ins

in t

his

coun

try.

I

Gre

gory

Tho

rson

(Boa

rd o

f Dire

ctor

, Illi

nois

Rai

l) p.

VI-2

94-2

96

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

21

7

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

have

a s

ugge

stio

n, a

nd t

hat

is w

ith t

he f

ocus

on

the

airp

ort,

O’H

are

Airp

ort,

reco

gniz

ing

that

the

mos

t use

ful w

ay to

use

a

plan

e is

to tr

avel

long

dis

tanc

es fl

y to

Eur

ope,

fly

to C

alifo

rnia

, bu

t the

n w

hen

trave

lers

land

at O

’Har

e, m

ake

sure

to h

ave

the

inve

stm

ent

in

this

pr

ogra

m,

now

, to

gi

ve

trave

lers

th

e op

portu

nity

to,

for

exa

mpl

e, r

ide

a fa

st p

asse

nger

tra

in t

o B

loom

ingt

on,

to I

ndia

napo

lis,

to M

ilwau

kee

the

citie

s an

d to

wns

in th

e M

idw

est r

elat

ivel

y cl

ose

by, a

cou

ple

hour

s tra

vel

time

rath

er t

han

was

te v

alua

ble

airs

pace

and

get

int

o a

smal

l ai

rpla

ne a

nd c

hang

e to

the

airp

lane

, ch

ange

to

this

oth

er

airp

lane

and

take

off

for

a fli

ght a

sho

rt di

stan

ce a

way

whi

ch

coul

d ju

st a

s ea

sily

be

hand

led

by r

ail i

n m

any

case

s. N

ot a

ll ca

ses,

but m

any.

I

wou

ld li

ke to

see

the

cons

ider

atio

n of

the

Uni

on P

acifi

c R

ailro

ad l

ine

relo

catio

n to

the

wes

t an

d th

e C

anad

ian

Paci

fic,

the

exis

ting

Met

ra l

ine

to t

he e

ast

of t

he

airp

ort

be t

horo

ughl

y st

udie

d so

tha

t M

etra

pas

seng

er t

rain

se

rvic

e an

d A

mtra

k in

ter

city

pas

seng

er tr

ain

serv

ice

coul

d be

us

ed o

n th

ese

lines

whe

reve

r m

ost

feas

ible

dire

ctly

to

a ne

w

wes

tern

acc

ess

term

inal

or

to a

ter

min

al o

n th

e ea

st s

ide

of

O’H

are,

whe

reve

r the

bes

t. J-

61.1

I

urge

tha

t pr

ovis

ions

for

int

er-m

odal

con

nect

ions

with

the

pr

opos

ed M

id-W

est

Hig

h Sp

eed

Rai

l In

itiat

ive

be in

clud

ed in

fin

al p

lans

.

John

C. T

one

(Den

ver,

CO

) p.

VII-

3

J-62

I a

lso

belie

ve th

at w

e ar

e no

t get

ting

the

full

stor

y re

gard

ing

the

circ

le

high

way

, w

est

entra

nce,

po

llutio

n,

nois

e,

or

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

.

Stev

e U

nger

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-32

J-63

N

oise

, air

pollu

tion,

tax

base

and

saf

ety

conc

erns

sho

uld

not b

e fo

rced

on

thos

e re

side

nts

and

com

mun

ities

who

pla

nned

bas

ed

Rob

in W

eave

r (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

291

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

21

8

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

on th

e cu

rren

t airp

ort c

onfig

urat

ion.

A d

oubl

ing

of a

ir ca

paci

ty

will

als

o in

crea

se g

roun

d tra

nspo

rtatio

n pr

oble

ms.

J-64

Th

e w

este

rn a

cces

s to

thi

s fa

cilit

y is

goi

ng t

o re

quire

som

e ra

ther

lar

ge h

ighw

ay f

acili

ties

in o

rder

to

serv

e it.

So

me

of

them

are

goi

ng t

o be

wel

l of

f th

e si

te, s

ome

of t

hem

may

be

eith

er a

djac

ent

or e

ven

on t

he s

ite, a

nd I

’m j

ust

curio

us a

s to

ho

w th

at’s

gon

g to

be

addr

esse

d in

this

act

ivity

.

Mik

e W

illia

mso

n p.

VI-4

1

J-65

Y

ou d

on’t

have

the

inte

rnal

hig

hway

s to

sup

port

traffi

c to

the

new

O’H

are.

B

ill W

into

n (H

arw

ood

Hei

ghts

) p.

VII-

30

K.

Qua

lity

of L

ife/H

ealth

Eff

ects

K

-1

We

are

conc

erne

d ab

out q

ualit

y of

life

, air

pollu

tion,

and

noi

se

pollu

tion.

M

ary

Ann

And

rew

s (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

71

K-2

I’

m q

uite

con

cern

ed a

bout

the

qual

ity o

f life

for m

y fa

mily

. M

ary

Ann

And

rew

s (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-1

79

K-3

A

lot o

f chi

ldre

n ar

e su

fferin

g fr

om a

sthm

as th

ese

days

. M

ary

Ann

And

rew

s (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-1

80

K-4

I

have

on

occa

sion

s co

me

out

of m

y ho

use

and

smel

led

kero

sene

in th

e ai

r w

hen

it’s

a lit

tle b

it da

mp.

Th

at it

self

is a

he

alth

iss

ue.

It’s

caus

ed s

omet

imes

by

plan

es u

nloa

ding

fue

l be

fore

they

land

bec

ause

of v

ario

us s

afet

y re

ason

s an

d th

ey s

ay

they

dum

p th

e fu

el in

the

lake

. W

ell,

that

’s n

ot a

lway

s tru

e.

Will

iam

Bai

rd (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-212

K-4

.1

I ha

ve a

dau

ghte

r w

ho is

12

and

she

likes

whe

re s

he li

ves

and

my

wife

like

s whe

re sh

e liv

es, t

oo.

We’

re c

lose

to o

ur fr

iend

s. W

illia

m B

aird

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

12

K-5

W

hy s

houl

d m

y fa

mily

be

aske

d to

mak

e sa

crifi

ces,

whi

ch w

ill

have

no

posi

tive

effe

cts

on o

ur s

ocia

l, ec

onom

ical

and

per

sona

l lif

e st

yles

.

Patri

cia

Bea

udoi

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

23

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

21

9

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

K-6

Th

e no

rther

nmos

t ru

nway

w

ould

pu

t a

dire

ct

fligh

t ov

er

Orc

hard

Pla

ce S

choo

l in

Des

Pla

ines

, and

I ju

st d

on’t

feel

that

th

at w

ould

be

a go

od e

nviro

nmen

t for

the

kids

goi

ng to

sch

ool

and

grow

ing

up w

hen

they

are

hav

ing

a pl

ane

appr

oxim

atel

y 15

0 fe

et o

ver t

heir

head

s num

erou

s tim

es o

ver t

he d

ay, l

et a

lone

th

e sa

fety

issu

e.

Tom

Bec

ker (

Des

Pla

ines

) p.

VI-1

36

K-7

Th

e ai

rpor

t al

so h

as i

ncre

ased

the

tru

ck t

raffi

c.

Rec

ently

po

llutio

n fr

om D

iese

l has

bee

n di

rect

ly li

nked

to lu

ng c

ance

r. R

ober

t Ben

sen

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

278

K-7

.1

The

com

mun

ities

in a

nd a

roun

d th

e ar

ea w

here

O’H

are

Airp

ort

is lo

cate

d ha

s a

maj

ority

of r

esid

ents

that

hav

e gr

own

up th

ere,

an

d ha

ve e

ven

mov

ed b

ack

to l

ive

in t

his

area

. Th

is i

s th

eir

hom

e.

The

expa

nsio

n of

O’H

are

wou

ld b

e de

vast

atin

g to

the

com

mun

ities

in a

nd a

roun

d th

e ai

rpor

t and

the

fam

ilies

that

will

be

affe

cted

. Pl

ease

look

at a

ll of

the

impa

cts o

f thi

s exp

ansi

on.

Rob

ert B

ense

n (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-27

8

K-8

Pa

rt of

the

Ass

ocia

tion’

s ef

forts

is

to f

ocus

on

prom

otin

g th

e ec

onom

ic h

ealth

of t

he N

orth

wes

t Chi

cago

sub

urba

n ar

ea w

hile

en

hanc

ing

the

envi

ronm

ent f

or b

usin

esse

s and

the

qual

ity o

f life

fo

r res

iden

ts.

O’H

are

play

s a

cruc

ial r

ole

in o

ur e

ffor

ts.

Whi

le

our

mis

sion

is to

impr

ove

the

busi

ness

env

ironm

ent,

qual

ity o

f lif

e is

equ

ally

impo

rtant

.

Kim

berly

A

. B

less

(P

resi

dent

, N

orth

wes

t &

Sc

haum

burg

Ass

ocia

tion

of C

omm

erce

and

Indu

stry

) p.

VII-

19

K-9

C

once

rned

abo

ut th

e im

pact

it w

ill h

ave

on o

ur q

ualit

y of

life

, ou

r pr

oper

ty v

alue

s, th

e no

ise,

the

pol

lutio

n, t

he i

ncre

ased

tra

ffic,

and

eve

ryth

ing

else

tha

t w

ill g

o al

ong

with

exp

andi

ng

the

airp

ort.

I h

ear

all

the

fact

s, an

d it’

s am

azin

g to

me

that

M

ayor

Dal

ey s

pend

s so

muc

h tim

e be

autif

ying

the

city

and

m

akin

g th

e ci

ty a

bet

ter p

lace

for t

he re

side

nts

to li

ve.

And

he

does

n’t

even

wan

t sm

all

plan

es f

lyin

g ov

er t

he c

ity.

So,

I

mea

n, h

e w

ants

to

be s

ure

that

the

res

iden

ts o

f C

hica

go a

re

Kar

yn B

ock

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-275

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

22

0

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

wel

l-car

ed f

or a

nd th

at th

ey li

ve in

a b

eaut

iful p

lace

, but

he’

s w

illin

g to

com

e ou

t he

re a

nd d

estro

y w

hat

we’

ve g

ot a

nd

dest

roy

our q

ualit

y of

life

. K

-10

I th

ink

the

bigg

est

prob

lem

s ar

e di

vers

ifica

tion

of

fligh

t pa

ttern

s, on

-tim

e fli

ghts

, no

ise

redu

ctio

n, a

nd r

educ

tion

of

traffi

c co

nges

tion

both

on

the

grou

nd a

nd in

the

air.

It r

eally

de

grad

es th

e qu

ality

of o

ur li

fe.

Che

ryl B

ottje

(Ros

elle

) p.

VI-2

01

K-1

1 It

shou

ld b

e th

e ta

sk o

f the

pla

nner

s an

d en

gine

ers,

to im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

of

life

and

the

envi

ronm

ent

of t

he O

’Har

e ar

ea,

fost

erin

g a

sens

e of

prid

e an

d su

ppor

t fo

r th

e ai

rpor

t. T

he

qual

ity o

f life

nee

ds o

f the

regi

on’s

citi

zens

mus

t be

adeq

uate

ly

addr

esse

d or

airp

orts

will

wal

low

in a

crim

ony

and

unre

st, f

elt

by a

ll th

e tra

vele

rs u

sing

our

airp

orts

.

Gar

y B

ottje

(Ros

elle

) p.

VII-

183

K-1

2 W

e ha

ve a

gre

at o

ppor

tuni

ty t

o gr

ow a

nd d

evel

op t

he e

ntire

re

gion

, im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

of

lif

e an

d re

aliz

e pr

ofita

ble

busi

ness

es t

hat

prov

ide

the

high

est

leve

l of

ser

vice

to

thei

r cu

stom

ers.

I a

m s

ure

we

can

do i

t, if

we

mak

e th

e rig

ht

choi

ces.

Gar

y B

ottje

(Ros

elle

) p.

VII-

183

K-1

3 Th

e en

viro

nmen

tal c

onse

quen

ces

of th

is a

irpor

t exp

ansi

on w

ill

decr

ease

the

qual

ity o

f life

in m

y co

mm

unity

. Le

slie

A. B

race

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-29

7 K

-13.

1 Th

e no

ise

and

fum

es a

re a

lread

y a

heal

th h

azar

d, a

nd in

crea

sing

th

e nu

mbe

r of

flig

hts

will

hav

e a

deva

stat

ing

impa

ct o

n ou

r co

mm

unity

.

Car

l Bra

uwei

ler (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-43

K-1

4 I

have

see

n w

here

they

had

cap

s on

flig

hts

and

then

they

took

th

e ca

ps o

ff, a

nd n

ow th

is e

ntire

mes

s af

fect

ing

the

qual

ity o

f lif

e, a

nd n

ow t

hey

are

real

ly t

akin

g th

e ca

ps o

ff f

light

s by

al

low

ing

all t

hese

runw

ays.

Virg

inia

S. B

rauw

eile

r (Pa

rk R

idge

) p.

VI-1

60

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

22

1

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

K-1

5 I p

artic

ipat

ed in

a s

tudy

by

brin

ging

my

child

ren’

s te

eth

in ja

rs

to th

e de

ntis

t, th

ere

was

def

inite

ly a

gre

ater

am

ount

of

lead

in

thei

r tee

th th

at in

the

child

ren

of o

ther

are

as.

Virg

inia

S. B

rauw

eile

r (Pa

rk R

idge

) p.

VI-1

61, 1

62

K-1

6 N

oise

and

fum

es a

re a

lread

y a

heal

th h

azar

d an

d in

crea

sing

the

num

ber o

f flig

hts w

ill h

ave

a de

vast

atin

g ef

fect

. V

irgin

ia S

. Bra

uwei

ler (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

I-164

K

-17

We

know

the

air q

ualit

y is

affe

cted

, the

re is

noi

se p

ollu

tion

and

the

prop

osed

exp

ansi

on w

ould

furth

er a

ffect

the

qual

ity o

f life

. H

enry

Bro

nars

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

37

K-1

8 I’

m c

once

rned

abo

ut a

ir sa

fety

with

incr

ease

d nu

mbe

r of f

light

s si

nce

we

live

in t

he p

atte

rn o

f R

unw

ay 2

7L,

and

also

on

the

basi

s of o

ur d

aily

qua

lity

of li

fe.

Hen

ry B

rona

rs (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-197

K-1

9 I

unde

rsta

nd t

hat

ther

e is

a st

udy

bein

g do

ne a

t an

airb

ase

in

Ariz

ona

– it

has

to d

o w

ith t

he f

act

that

the

inc

iden

ce o

f le

ukem

ia is

thre

e tim

es th

at o

f the

nor

m in

chi

ldre

n. H

ave

you

hear

d of

the

stud

y?

Al C

anch

ola

(Ros

elle

) p.

VII-

53

K-2

0 B

uild

ano

ther

airp

ort

take

som

e of

thi

s no

ise

pollu

tion

away

fr

om t

his

area

. W

e ne

ed t

o fe

el s

afe

agai

n.

We

need

im

prov

emen

t in

the

qual

ity o

f our

live

s.

June

M. C

irone

(Elm

hurs

t) p.

VII-

159

K-2

1 Th

e so

uthe

rn r

unw

ay is

goi

ng to

be

putti

ng a

fre

ight

term

inal

, fr

eigh

t ai

rpla

nes,

and

pass

enge

r pl

anes

tre

etop

lev

el o

ver

my

hous

e an

d Fe

nton

Hig

h Sc

hool

. Th

at’s

goi

ng to

mea

n th

ere’

s no

mor

e ou

tsid

e sp

orts

act

iviti

es, f

ootb

all g

ames

, soc

cer g

ames

, ba

nd, a

nd b

and

prac

tice.

Tom

Cro

we

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

44

K-2

2 H

undr

eds

of

thou

sand

s of

ci

tizen

s w

ill

have

th

eir

lives

de

stro

yed

for n

o go

od re

ason

. C

harle

s F. D

rake

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

69

K-2

3 Th

e en

viro

nmen

tal

impa

ct o

f th

e ar

ea, t

he c

ance

r ra

te a

roun

d O

’Har

e is

eig

ht ti

mes

mor

e th

an a

nyw

here

in Il

linoi

s. M

ark

H. E

vans

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-255

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

22

2

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

K-2

3.1

The

sam

e fil

th t

hat

hits

and

stic

ks t

o ou

r w

indo

wpa

nes

goes

in

to, a

nd s

tays

, in

our

lung

s. I

t esp

ecia

lly im

pact

s he

avily

on

the

heal

th o

f bab

ies

and

old

folk

s. O

ne d

oes

not n

eed

the

help

of

a t

eam

of

scie

ntis

ts an

d ph

ysic

ians

to

dedu

ce t

hat

the

inha

latio

n of

har

mfu

l va

pors

and

car

cino

geni

c m

ater

ials

is

detri

men

tal t

o on

e’s

heal

th.

Pure

ly a

nd s

impl

y, m

ore

runw

ays

mea

n m

ore

fligh

ts,

and

mor

e fli

ghts

mea

n m

ore

carc

inog

enic

m

ater

ial i

n th

e lu

ngs o

f all

thos

e w

ho li

ve n

ear O

’Har

e.

Mr.

& M

rs. P

atric

k J.

Ferr

eri (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-83

, 84

K-2

3.2

We,

of c

ours

e, d

o no

t wan

t to

see

mor

e te

rror

ist a

ttack

s, ju

st s

o th

at w

e m

ay e

njoy

the

hea

lthy

envi

ronm

ent

that

les

s fli

ghts

w

ould

brin

g. W

e w

ould

how

ever

like

to s

ee le

ss fl

ight

s as

the

resu

lt of

inte

llige

nt c

onsi

dera

tion

of th

e en

viro

nmen

t – a

nd th

e qu

ality

of l

ife o

f all

conc

erne

d.

Mr.

& M

rs. P

atric

k J.

Ferr

eri (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-84

K-2

4 I

defin

itely

opp

osed

it f

or m

any

reas

ons.

Alre

ady

the

nois

e is

too

high

. N

oise

pol

lutio

n, a

ir po

llutio

n, d

umpi

ng o

f je

t fue

l is

alre

ady

horr

endo

us.

It’s

for

heal

th r

easo

ns a

nd s

afet

y re

ason

s w

e do

not

nee

d th

is e

xpan

sion

.

Bar

b Fi

tzpa

trick

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

05

K-2

5 M

y co

ncer

ns

are

in

thre

e m

ain

area

s:

safe

ty,

envi

ronm

ent/q

ualit

y of

life

and

eco

nom

ics.

Cha

rles E

. Glo

msk

i (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

86

K-2

6 C

ontin

uing

in

crea

ses

in

fligh

t op

erat

ions

ca

n on

ly

mea

n re

duce

d qu

ality

of l

ife a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal h

ealth

due

to a

ircra

ft ex

haus

t and

noi

se.

Rec

onfig

urat

ion

with

six

par

alle

l eas

t-wes

t ru

nway

s w

ill n

egat

ivel

y im

pact

the

qual

ity o

f life

in E

lk G

rove

V

illag

e de

spite

the

im

prov

emen

ts i

n no

ise

leve

l fo

r ne

wer

ai

rcra

ft.

Cha

rles E

. Glo

msk

i (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

86

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

22

3

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

K-2

7 Fi

ve y

ears

afte

r I

mov

ed i

n, I

dev

elop

ed a

sthm

a th

at M

ayo

clin

ic h

as d

efin

ed a

s th

e w

orst

cas

e th

ey h

ad e

ver

see.

N

o na

tura

l al

lerg

ies.

All

min

e ar

e ch

emic

al.

It’s

phe

nol

- it’

s fo

rmal

dehy

de.

It is

the

type

of t

hing

that

is in

airc

raft

exha

ust

fum

es.

Ever

y fli

ght t

hat t

akes

off

from

O’H

are,

you

kno

w, i

t’s

like

a cr

op-d

uste

r put

ting

pollu

tant

s on

the

grou

nd.

It’s

mild

ly

cum

ulat

ive,

you

kno

w, i

f the

y co

me

in v

ery

quic

k su

cces

sion

.

Hel

mut

K. G

oerli

ng (P

ark

Rid

ge)

p. V

I-152

K-2

8 I a

m c

once

rned

abo

ut th

e qu

ality

of l

ife w

e w

ill h

ave

if O

’Har

e w

ould

be

expa

nded

. H

umbe

rto G

ram

ajo

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-284

K

-29

Ope

n a

third

airp

ort

to i

mpr

ove

the

qual

ity o

f lif

e an

d jo

b si

tuat

ion

for o

ther

peo

ple

besi

des E

lk G

rove

. H

umbe

rto G

ram

ajo

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-285

K

-29.

1 A

nd I

wou

ld li

ke to

than

k M

ayor

Dal

ey.

And

I’m

sure

he

love

s hi

s fam

ily a

nd e

very

body

els

e th

at h

e kn

ows.

He

seem

s to

have

fo

rgot

ten

that

the

re i

s fa

mili

es a

ll th

e w

ay a

roun

d, a

nd b

y in

crea

sing

– b

y do

ublin

g th

e am

ount

of p

lane

s at

O’H

are

Fiel

d w

ill d

oubl

e th

e st

ress

and

the

prob

lem

s in

our

hom

es.

And

we

invi

te M

ayor

Dal

ey to

com

e ou

t, an

d he

can

sta

y at

my

hous

e if

he l

ikes

it,

so h

e ca

n se

e th

e ki

nd o

f pr

oble

ms

we

are

faci

ng

right

now

.

Hum

berto

Gra

maj

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

86

K-3

0 I’

m v

ery

conc

erne

d.

I am

an

asth

mat

ic.

I’m

ver

y co

ncer

ned

abou

t ast

hma

and

that

this

is n

ot h

elpi

ng to

hav

e cl

ean

air h

ere

with

hav

ing

the

airp

lane

s fly

ing

over

so lo

w.

Gai

l Hal

l (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-1

76, 1

77

K-3

1 U

nder

the

plan

, the

airp

ort w

ould

be

push

ed w

est,

imm

edia

tely

in

to t

he e

xist

ing

indu

stria

l an

d re

side

ntia

l ar

eas,

resu

lting

in

huge

los

ses

of j

obs

and

tax

reve

nues

, ad

vers

ely

impa

ctin

g ec

onom

ic d

evel

opm

ent,

scho

ols,

and

resi

dent

ial q

ualit

y of

life

.

Ken

and

Rut

h H

alle

r (Pa

rk R

idge

) p.

VII-

282

K-3

2 H

e do

es n

ot h

ave

a rig

ht to

alte

r th

e qu

ality

of

life

to a

tow

n w

here

he

does

not

live

and

whe

re h

e w

ill n

ot b

e af

fect

ed.

Pam

ela

Har

tzel

l (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

301

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

22

4

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

K-3

3 W

e ju

st th

ink

with

add

ition

al a

ir tra

ffic,

we

have

to w

orry

abo

ut

mor

e po

llutio

n, w

e ha

ve to

wor

ry a

bout

mor

e no

ise p

ollu

tion.

Ju

st th

e qu

ality

of l

ife w

ill re

ally

be

bad.

Kei

th Je

nsen

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-306

K-3

5 I b

elie

ve it

’s ti

me

to e

xpan

d ai

r tra

ffic

in th

e C

hica

gola

nd a

rea

by

build

ing

a ne

w

airp

ort

gear

ed

tow

ards

fu

ture

ne

eds

else

whe

re, s

uch

as P

eoto

ne.

Als

o ex

pans

ion

of o

ther

reg

iona

l ai

rpor

ts s

houl

d oc

cur.

Thi

s w

ould

spr

ead

out

the

air

traffi

c,

whi

ch a

lread

y ex

trem

ely

cram

ped

arou

nd O

’Har

e, m

akin

g it

safe

r (I a

ssum

e) a

nd m

ore

livab

le fo

r eve

ryon

e.

Geo

rgia

nn K

line

(Med

inah

) p.

VII-

168,

169

K-3

6 Fo

r ea

ch a

irpor

t, en

viro

nmen

tal a

s w

ell a

s he

alth

impa

ct n

eeds

to

be

fully

stu

died

and

the

very

bes

t lay

out a

nd a

ir tra

ffic

path

s ne

ed to

be

deci

ded

base

d on

thes

e fa

ctor

s.

Geo

rgia

nn K

line

(Med

inah

) p.

VII-

169

K-3

7 O

’Har

e is

unb

eara

ble

on c

erta

in d

ays.

You

wea

r ou

t fro

m th

e co

nsta

nt b

omba

rdm

ent o

f th

e pl

anes

and

thei

r co

nsis

tenc

y an

d no

ise.

C

an’t

have

the

win

dow

s op

en, h

ard

to e

njoy

our

yar

d an

d de

cks.

Thi

s is n

ot o

ptim

um q

ualit

y of

life

.

Geo

rgia

nn K

line

(Med

inah

) p.

VII-

169,

170

K-3

8 Y

our

supp

ort

in m

akin

g ce

rtain

our

wel

fare

, an

d th

e rig

ht t

o liv

e pe

acef

ully

in

our

hom

e w

ould

be

grea

tly a

nd s

ince

rely

ap

prec

iate

d.

Geo

rgia

nn K

line

(Med

inah

) p.

VII-

170

K-3

9 I a

m c

once

rned

abo

ut th

e en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

cts.

I am

alre

ady

subj

ecte

d to

the

nois

e an

d po

llutio

n cr

eate

d by

a s

tead

y st

ream

of

airp

lane

s fly

ing

over

my

prop

erty

. In

crea

sing

the

num

ber o

f fli

ghts

will

onl

y cr

eate

hig

her n

oise

and

pol

lutio

n le

vels

, with

a

nega

tive

impa

ct o

n th

e he

alth

, saf

ety,

and

gen

eral

wel

l bei

ng o

f ar

ea re

side

nts.

Ann

Kuf

fel (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-17

3 Su

san

Kuf

fel (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-17

5

K-4

0 H

ow c

an m

ore

fligh

ts/c

apac

ity i

mpr

ove

our

qual

ity o

f lif

e?

Logi

c sa

ys t

hat

we

will

hav

e si

gnifi

cant

ly m

ore

nois

e, m

ore

pollu

tion

and

mor

e ris

k to

thos

e liv

ing

in c

lose

pro

xim

ity.

Wal

ter K

urze

ja (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-36

9

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

22

5

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

K-4

1 Q

ualit

y of

life

issu

es c

anno

t be

over

look

ed.

Shirl

anne

Le

mm

(P

resi

dent

, G

reat

er

O’H

are

Ass

ocia

tion)

p.

VII-

182

K-4

2 It

is g

oing

to c

hang

e m

y lif

e fo

r the

rest

of m

y lif

e. I

f we

have

to

mov

e w

e w

ill b

e at

lea

st d

oubl

ing

our

hous

e pa

ymen

t.

Rat

her

than

sav

ings

for

ret

irem

ent,

I w

ill b

e pa

ying

a d

oubl

e ho

use

paym

ent.

Car

la M

. Lyo

ns (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-207

K-4

3 Y

ou a

re d

oing

a w

hole

sale

des

truct

ion

of n

eigh

borh

oods

, of

pe

ople

’s h

omes

, and

peo

ple’

s liv

es.

Dor

rie M

adon

na (W

ood

Dal

e)

p. V

I-224

K

-44

I th

ink

ther

e’s

a w

hole

sale

des

truct

ion

of n

eigh

borh

oods

of

peop

le th

at a

re h

avin

g to

read

just

thei

r liv

es.

Dr.

Ral

ph M

adon

na (W

ood

Dal

e)

p. V

I-318

K

-45

We

see

a lo

t of c

ance

r in

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e. I

hav

e to

won

der

how

muc

h is

cau

sed

by t

he p

ollu

ted

air

we

are

forc

ed t

o br

eath

e.

Mrs

. Ter

esa

Mai

orie

llo (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

58

K-4

6 Pl

ease

do

not e

xpan

d th

e ai

rpor

t run

way

s. It

’s n

ot n

eede

d - l

ess

peop

le f

ly t

oday

sin

ce 9

/11.

A

long

with

hur

ting

my

life,

my

hom

e, m

y ne

ighb

ors,

this

is a

hug

e w

aste

of m

oney

.

Mrs

. Ter

esa

Mai

orie

llo (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

58

K-4

7 R

ight

now

I am

hap

py w

ith th

e qu

ality

of l

ife in

the

villa

ge.

I fe

ar th

at a

ccor

ding

to th

e pl

an, t

he q

ualit

y of

life

will

be

muc

h w

orse

. I d

o no

t wan

t to

mov

e ou

t of a

won

derf

ul v

illag

e th

at I

have

inve

sted

ove

r tw

enty

yea

rs o

f my

life.

Julie

Mal

on (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

315

K-4

8 Th

is e

xpan

sion

is

bad

for

me,

my

imm

edia

te f

amily

, an

d m

y ex

tend

ed fa

mily

. W

illia

m M

eitz

lor (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-11

0 K

-49

We

have

to st

op ta

lkin

g til

l a p

lane

flie

s ove

r and

we

have

lost

5

dogs

to c

ance

r ov

er th

e la

st tw

enty

yea

rs.

We

have

tree

s an

d sh

rubs

die

for n

o ap

pare

nt re

ason

. W

e fe

el w

e ar

e be

ing

forc

ed

to p

ay fo

r the

poi

son

that

is k

illin

g us

. O

ur c

rook

ed p

oliti

cian

s sh

ould

find

ano

ther

way

to li

ne th

eir p

ocke

ts.

Mr.

& M

rs. M

icha

els (

Ros

elle

) p.

VII-

13

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

22

6

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

K-5

0 Th

ink

abou

t the

long

-term

effe

ct o

n ou

r ch

ildre

n –

our

futu

re,

thei

r hea

lth, t

hey

will

som

eday

be

our f

utur

e. H

ealth

sho

uld

be

the

one

thin

g w

e al

l loo

k up

to.

Rut

h M

onte

leon

e (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-63

K-5

1 K

eep

our c

ount

ry, o

ur a

rea,

and

our

hom

es sa

fe a

nd h

ealth

y.

Rut

h M

onte

leon

e (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-63

K

-52

The

bigg

est

prob

lem

is

the

jet

plan

e to

xic

haza

rd e

mis

sion

ex

haus

t, an

d w

hile

it w

on’t

both

er th

e ad

ults

too

muc

h, th

e ki

ds

will

be

getti

ng c

ance

r. A

nd t

hey’

re t

alki

ng a

bout

dou

ble

the

num

ber o

f flig

hts –

a fa

ster

kill

ing

of c

hild

ren.

Bill

Mor

rison

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-1

59, 1

60

K-5

3 O

ne o

f th

e C

omm

issi

on’s

mai

n go

als

is to

mak

e su

re th

at th

e de

cisi

on m

aker

s, w

heth

er th

ey a

re a

t the

loca

l, st

ate

or f

eder

al

leve

ls,

addr

ess

qual

ity o

f lif

e is

sues

for

all

resi

dent

s ar

ound

O

’Har

e.

Arle

ne M

ulde

r (M

ayor

, V

illag

e of

Arli

ngto

n H

eigh

ts

and

Cha

irper

son,

O

’Har

e N

oise

C

ompa

tibili

ty

Com

mis

sion

) p.

VII-

147

K-5

4 A

he

alth

st

udy

rela

ted

to

emis

sion

s fr

om

O’H

are

on

surr

ound

ing

resi

dent

s and

com

mun

ities

is n

eede

d.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

222

K-5

5 Th

ere

is a

n ex

trem

ely

abno

rmal

hig

h in

cide

nce

of d

eath

s fr

om

canc

er in

my

neig

hbor

hood

. Th

ere

are

at le

ast a

doz

en p

eopl

e w

ho c

urre

ntly

hav

e ca

ncer

or h

ave

died

of c

ance

r on

this

blo

ck.

The

only

com

mon

thre

ad w

e ha

ve is

livi

ng n

ear t

he a

irpor

t.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-132

K-5

6 I’

m a

war

e of

the

hig

h in

cide

nce

of a

sthm

a in

chi

ldre

n.

Air

pollu

tion,

airp

lane

s an

d au

tos

prov

ided

tho

se a

sthm

a-in

duci

ng

agen

ts in

our

chi

ldre

n.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-132

K-5

7 I’

m w

orrie

d ab

out

the

child

ren,

eld

erly

and

my

neig

hbor

s ge

tting

can

cer

or s

tress

-rel

ated

hea

rt at

tack

s fr

om th

is c

onst

ant

nois

e an

d fu

mes

.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-134

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

22

7

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

K-5

8 O

ur k

ids’

liv

es d

eser

ve t

o ta

ke p

rece

denc

e ov

er t

he C

ity o

f C

hica

go a

nd c

orpo

rate

gre

ed a

nd c

onst

ruct

ion

jobs

. W

e ne

ed

som

eone

on

our

side

to

accu

rate

ly l

ook

at t

his

prob

lem

and

re

aliz

e th

e da

nger

s to

the

hund

reds

of t

hous

ands

of p

eopl

e th

at

live

arou

nd th

is a

irpor

t.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-135

K-5

9 It’

s a

was

te o

f ou

r ta

xpay

ers

mon

ey a

nd h

arm

ing

mill

ions

of

peop

le’s

slee

p an

d w

ell-b

eing

. N

o N

ame

1 p.

VII-

352

K-6

0 I

wan

t the

m to

pay

for

my

med

ical

bill

s if

I ge

t ast

hma,

lung

ca

ncer

, dia

bete

s, or

hig

h bl

ood

pres

sure

.

No

Nam

e 2

p. V

II-35

3 K

-61

It is

a h

ealth

haz

ard

for

hum

ans,

bird

s, fis

h, a

nd a

nim

als

arou

nd.

Do

not d

estro

y th

is.

No

Nam

e 2

p. V

II-35

3 K

-62

Mor

e fli

ghts

, mor

e no

ise, p

ollu

tion,

mor

e as

thm

a, h

yper

tens

ion,

lu

ng c

arci

nom

a.

No

Nam

e 5

p. V

II-31

6 K

-62.

1 O

’Har

e ai

rpor

t is s

acrif

icin

g th

ese

peop

le’s

hea

lth.

No

Nam

e 6

p. V

II-31

7 K

-63

I am

ask

ing

you

to e

nsur

e a

full

and

com

preh

ensi

ve s

tudy

is

cond

ucte

d w

ith th

e re

side

nts

in m

ind

and

that

this

stud

y ta

ke a

cl

ear

look

a t

he d

ange

rs t

o pu

blic

hea

lth,

qual

ity o

f lif

e an

d sa

fety

issu

es th

at a

n ex

pans

ion

of O

’Har

e w

ould

sub

ject

us

to.

I be

lieve

it’s

logi

cal t

hat t

his

is th

reat

ened

by

both

an

incr

ease

in

po

llutio

n to

ne

ighb

orho

ods

and

a hi

gher

lik

elih

ood

of

airp

lane

rela

ted

acci

dent

s due

to h

ighe

r vol

ume

of tr

affic

.

Jack

ie O

’Con

nor (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-27

3

K-6

3.1

As

my

fam

ily c

ontin

ues

to g

row

and

our

hap

pine

ss in

our

hom

e an

d by

liv

ing

in E

lk G

rove

is

para

mou

nt,

I do

n’t

feel

tha

t I

shou

ld j

eopa

rdiz

e m

y fa

mily

’s j

oy b

y ha

ving

to

mov

e fr

om a

co

mm

unity

whe

re w

e ha

ve e

stab

lishe

d ou

rsel

ves

due

to a

n un

safe

and

poo

rly re

view

ed a

irpor

t exp

ansi

on p

lan.

Cat

hy O

lson

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-6

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

22

8

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

K-6

3.2

Livi

ng in

her

e is

not

goi

ng to

be

norm

al a

nd e

njoy

able

. M

arin

a C

. Ora

cion

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

70

K-6

4 Th

e qu

ality

of

life

for

Chi

cago

and

sur

roun

ding

are

as i

s de

terio

ratin

g be

caus

e of

the

pollu

tion

from

the

plan

es.

Emily

Osk

in (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

25

K-6

4.1

I am

aga

inst

the

O’H

are

expa

nsio

n be

caus

e of

the

impa

ct it

is

havi

ng o

n ou

r liv

es.

Joe

Osk

in (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

24

K-6

4.2

Mr.

Arm

an d

iscu

ssed

that

the

impa

cted

are

a w

ill s

hrin

k ov

eral

l in

ter

ms

of n

oise

and

may

be p

ollu

tion;

but

we

are

very

co

ncer

ned

that

our

impa

cted

are

a ov

er in

DuP

age

Cou

nty

will

in

crea

se b

y ab

out

50 p

erce

nt w

hat

it is

now

, an

d w

e ar

e co

ncer

ned

with

pos

sibl

e he

alth

haz

ards

, ai

r po

llutio

n, a

nd w

e ar

e co

ncer

ned

also

with

the

noi

se i

mpa

ct.

It

is a

ver

y, v

ery

cruc

ial i

ssue

for

us,

and

we

expe

ct th

e EI

S w

ill d

o a

thor

ough

an

alys

is

on

both

of

th

ose

item

s, bo

th t

he

nois

e an

d th

e po

llutio

n, th

e ai

r pol

lutio

n.

Nic

k Pa

ppas

(D

uPag

e C

ount

y D

epar

tmen

t of

D

evel

opm

ent a

nd E

nviro

nmen

tal C

once

rns)

p.

VI-1

08

K-6

5 Th

e im

pact

of b

reat

hing

and

the

livin

g co

nditi

ons

will

bec

ome

atro

ciou

s bec

ause

of t

he fu

mes

and

all

the

gas.

Oro

nzo

and

Con

cetta

Pec

onio

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-3

10

K-6

6 I

know

the

im

pact

the

airp

ort

has

on m

y qu

ality

of

life.

I

belie

ve th

at th

e pr

opos

ed e

xpan

sion

will

impa

ct m

e m

ore

and

will

impa

ct o

ther

are

as in

way

s th

at w

e ca

nnot

pre

dict

at t

his

poin

t. I

t will

be

nega

tive.

It

is im

poss

ible

to e

xpan

d w

ithou

t di

srup

ting

mor

e pe

ople

and

mor

e co

mm

uniti

es.

Gar

y Pe

lz (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

56

K-6

7 W

e ha

ve

been

im

pact

ed

by

nois

e,

pollu

tion,

an

d oi

l on

w

indo

ws,

poor

qua

lity

of li

fe w

hen

outd

oors

. A

rlene

Pet

ers (

Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

319

K-6

7.1

Jet e

mis

sion

s con

tain

mas

sive

am

ount

s of c

arci

noge

ns.

Dol

ores

C. P

ino

(Mor

ton

Gro

ve)

p. V

II-18

9

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

22

9

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

K-6

8 If

you

ope

n yo

ur w

indo

w a

nd tr

y to

take

a b

reat

h of

fre

sh a

ir,

you

smel

l a

lot

of b

urnt

fue

l in

the

air.

I

am a

frai

d th

at

expa

ndin

g O

’Har

e w

ould

mak

e th

at a

lot w

orse

. I t

hink

that

’s a

he

alth

con

cern

for t

he p

eopl

e in

and

aro

und

the

area

.

Mic

hael

Pro

copi

o (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-266

K-6

8.1

Ever

yone

in

ou

r ne

ighb

orho

od

(Nor

ridge

an

d H

arw

ood

Hei

ghts

) is

opp

osed

to O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion.

Th

e pr

esen

t siz

e of

O

’Har

e al

read

y ca

uses

ser

ious

hea

lth p

robl

ems.

I’ve

hea

rd th

at

zip

code

s ar

ound

O’H

are

have

muc

h m

uch

high

er p

erce

nts

of

canc

er.

To e

xpan

d th

e ai

rpor

t, th

us a

llow

ing

even

mor

e fli

ghts

to ta

ke o

ff an

d la

nd (c

ausi

ng m

ore

air p

ollu

tion)

doe

s no

t mak

e an

y se

nse

to p

eopl

e w

ho w

an to

sta

y he

alth

y.

Plea

se r

efer

to

Park

Rid

ge’s

repo

rt on

this

issu

e of

pol

lutio

n an

d he

alth

dan

ger.

Roy

and

Mar

y A

nn P

rove

nza

(Nor

ridge

) p.

VII-

139

K-6

9 W

e, a

s hu

man

s w

ho r

esid

e ne

ar O

’Har

e ar

e br

eath

ing

this

cont

amin

ated

vap

or a

nd a

re su

bjec

ted

to c

ance

r. To

ny P

ulci

ani (

Ben

senv

ille)

– Ju

ly 2

5, 2

002

p. V

II-16

To

ny P

ulci

ani (

Ben

senv

ille)

– A

ugus

t 22,

200

2 p.

VII-

17

K-7

0 A

s fa

r as

the

tax

dolla

rs, a

ll th

at m

oney

from

the

indu

stria

l par

k go

es to

pay

for t

he sc

hool

s. If

scho

ols a

re su

fferin

g, th

at m

eans

m

y ki

ds a

re g

oing

to su

ffer

.

Gre

g Q

ueve

do (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-1

72

K-7

1 Th

e V

illag

e of

Sch

aum

burg

wan

ts to

ens

ure

that

the

qual

ity o

f lif

e an

d sa

fety

of o

ur re

side

nts a

nd b

usin

esse

s is m

aint

aine

d.

Lean

ne R

edde

n (D

irect

or o

f Tr

ansp

orta

tion,

Vill

age

of

Scha

umbu

rg)

p. V

II-4

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

23

0

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

K-7

2 W

e’re

goi

ng to

do

wha

t we

have

to s

ell o

ur h

omes

to C

hica

go,

not B

ense

nvill

e.

We

have

rig

hts

as A

mer

ican

s. I

thou

ght w

e liv

ed in

Am

eric

a an

d th

is w

as th

e la

nd o

f the

free

. W

e fe

el li

ke

this

is a

Thi

rd W

orld

cou

ntry

whe

re w

e do

n’t h

ave

any

right

s.

We

don’

t hav

e th

e rig

ht to

talk

to a

nybo

dy in

rega

rds

to s

ellin

g ou

r pr

oper

ties.

On

the

hom

e m

arke

t, th

e ho

uses

are

not

goi

ng

to s

ell.

So

the

only

peo

ple

that

are

goi

ng to

be

able

to a

cqui

re

our h

omes

are

Chi

cago

.

Ros

a R

odrig

uez

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-1

39, 1

40

K-7

3 Th

ose

with

who

m I

live

in th

e af

fect

ed a

rea

are

muc

h yo

unge

r th

an m

y ag

e of

65

and

are

mos

t con

cern

ed a

bout

air

pollu

tion,

no

ise

pollu

tion,

he

alth

, pr

oper

ty

valu

es,

dese

crat

ion

of

ance

stor’

s ce

met

erie

s, re

loca

tion,

lo

ss

of

inco

me,

an

d ps

ycho

logi

cal

dam

age.

It

is t

hese

peo

ple

abou

t w

hom

I a

m

conc

erne

d an

d w

illin

g to

figh

t, ei

ther

to m

aint

ain

the

stat

us q

uo

or p

reve

nt a

ny e

xpan

sion

.

Leon

ard

Rog

us (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-60

K-7

4 Th

e ba

sis

for m

y op

posi

tion

is c

reat

ing

mor

e po

llutio

n, b

oth

in

the

air a

nd o

n th

e gr

ound

, whi

ch w

ill a

ffect

the

ozon

e la

yer a

nd

this

in tu

rn je

opar

dize

s the

hea

lth o

f the

you

nger

gen

erat

ion.

Leon

ard

Rog

us (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-61

K-7

5 W

hat’s

hap

peni

ng t

o th

e oz

one

laye

r w

ill a

ffect

the

you

nger

ge

nera

tions

. W

e kn

ow a

lread

y th

at m

y ge

nera

tion

in th

is a

rea,

th

ere

are

man

y w

ith c

ance

r, an

d w

e ho

pe t

hat

the

youn

ger

gene

ratio

n w

ill n

ot b

e m

ore

affe

cted

by

the

nega

tive

effe

cts

crea

ted

by

the

air

pollu

tion.

I ho

pe

that

Se

nato

r Pe

ter

Fitz

gera

ld a

nd C

ongr

essm

an J

esse

Jac

kson

, Jr

. w

ho r

epre

sent

th

e yo

unge

r gen

erat

ion

are

take

n se

rious

ly s

ince

I do

thin

k th

at

they

are

– th

ey’r

e gi

ving

the

opin

ion

of th

e yo

unge

r gen

erat

ion.

N

ow, o

ur g

ener

atio

n, H

enry

Hyd

e ha

s do

ne a

mar

velo

us jo

b on

he

lpin

g as

muc

h as

he

can,

but

at

the

age

of 7

8 I

thin

k th

at

Leon

ard

Rog

us (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-298

-300

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

23

1

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

man

y of

the

peop

le w

ho a

re in

fluen

tial p

ositi

ons

don’

t car

e to

lis

ten

to h

im.

I’m

qui

te s

hock

ed th

at M

ayor

Dal

ey w

ho is

of a

yo

unge

r ge

nera

tion

does

n’t t

ake

som

e of

thes

e th

ings

to h

eart,

pa

rticu

larly

lis

teni

ng t

o th

e vo

ices

of

the

youn

ger

gene

ratio

n w

hose

hea

lth is

a d

efin

ite is

sue,

and

inst

ead

of b

eing

gre

edy,

to

take

the

finan

cial

and

go

ahea

d w

ith th

is ty

pe o

f a

proj

ect,

it’s

sad.

K

-76

As

rece

nt s

tudi

es h

ave

poin

ted

out,

this

issu

e af

fect

s th

e he

alth

of

mill

ions

of

Chi

cago

are

a re

side

nts,

as w

ell a

s th

e tra

velin

g pu

blic

, air

trans

port

empl

oyee

s and

our

loca

l eco

nom

y.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e, In

c.)

p. V

II-14

3 K

-77

We

need

a H

ealth

Impa

ct S

tate

men

t. Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e)

p. V

II-23

9 K

-78

Iden

tify

all

publ

ic h

ealth

pro

blem

s th

at c

ould

occ

ur t

o th

e po

pula

tion

due

to p

ollu

tant

em

issi

ons.

Pro

vide

all

quan

titat

ive

refe

renc

es

used

in

es

tabl

ishi

ng

pote

ntia

l he

alth

pr

oble

ms

resu

lting

from

airp

ort/a

ircra

ft em

issi

ons.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

246

K-7

9 Id

entif

y an

d qu

antif

y ge

nera

l hea

lth c

hang

es.

Wha

t are

the

risk

anal

ysis

, mor

talit

y an

d m

orbi

dity

rate

s?

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

255

K-8

0 In

al

l an

alys

is,

risk

anal

ysis

sh

ould

be

co

nduc

ted

by

an

inde

pend

ent

agen

cy

to

dete

rmin

e re

lativ

e in

crea

ses

over

th

resh

old

allo

wan

ces

for

indi

vidu

al r

esid

ents

, se

nsiti

ve l

and

uses

and

nea

rby

com

mun

ities

, et

c.,

in o

rder

to

adeq

uate

ly

prot

ect h

ealth

and

our

env

ironm

ent.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

260

K-8

1 Th

ese

unhe

alth

y an

d de

adly

im

pact

s w

arra

nt

a fu

ll en

viro

nmen

tal a

nd p

ublic

hea

lth s

tudy

and

ade

quat

e m

itiga

tion

in o

rder

to p

rote

ct h

uman

hea

lth a

nd o

ur h

uman

env

ironm

ent.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

260

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

23

2

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

K-8

2 A

irpor

ts r

ank

amon

g th

e to

p te

n in

dust

rial

emis

sion

s so

urce

s, an

d ye

t th

ey a

re v

irtua

lly u

nreg

ulat

ed.

We

are

extre

mel

y co

ncer

ned

abou

t th

e se

rious

hea

lth e

nviro

nmen

t, no

ise

and

othe

r qu

ality

of

lif

e pr

oble

ms

that

ar

e re

late

d to

ai

r tra

nspo

rtatio

n.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

43, p

. VII-

89

K-8

3 A

long

with

the

noi

se,

O’H

are

airc

raft

oper

atio

ns p

rodu

ce

mas

sive

and

unu

sual

typ

es o

f ai

r, w

ater

, no

ise

and

grou

nd

pollu

tion,

all

of w

hich

are

hea

lth h

azar

dous

and

pot

entia

lly

dead

ly.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

44, p

. VII-

89

K-8

4 U

S En

viro

nmen

tal P

rote

ctio

n A

genc

y 10

-Mile

Vic

inity

Can

cer

Stud

y of

C

hica

go’s

M

idw

ay

Airp

ort

show

s th

at

in

1990

M

idw

ay c

ontri

bute

d up

to 9

9 pe

rcen

t of t

he to

tal c

ance

r ca

ses.

St

udie

s al

read

y sh

ow s

trong

cor

rela

tion

that

O’H

are

and

its

airc

raft

kill

hund

reds

of p

eopl

e a

year

from

can

cer a

lone

.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

44, 1

45, p

. VII-

89

K-8

5 I a

m c

once

rned

abo

ut th

e he

alth

of t

hose

livi

ng w

ithin

a c

erta

in

radi

us o

f th

e ai

rpor

t. H

ave

any

heal

th s

tudi

es b

een

done

re

gard

ing

this?

Don

na S

berto

li (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

272

K-8

6 Th

e EI

S m

ust c

ondu

ct a

thor

ough

eva

luat

ion

of th

e po

tent

ial a

ir po

llutio

n re

late

d he

alth

ris

ks

that

m

ight

re

sult

from

th

e in

crea

sed

num

ber o

f flig

hts a

nd th

e re

conf

igur

ed ru

nway

s.

Rob

ert J

. Sch

iller

stro

m (D

uPag

e C

ount

y En

viro

nmen

tal

Com

mitt

ee, D

evel

opm

ent &

Env

ironm

enta

l Con

cern

s)

p. V

II-23

2 K

-87

The

prop

osed

sou

th r

unw

ays

will

des

troy

the

qual

ity o

f lif

e in

th

e so

uth

sect

ions

of W

ood

Dal

e an

d Ita

sca.

H

erm

ann

Schm

idt (

Woo

d D

ale)

p.

VII-

281

K-8

8 Th

ere

wou

ld b

e to

o m

uch

pollu

tion,

whi

ch is

ver

y ba

d fo

r you

r he

alth

. Ed

war

d an

d M

aria

nne

Shad

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

79

K-8

9 Th

e pr

ogra

m a

lso

mea

ns g

ood

new

s fo

r our

qua

lity

of li

fe.

By

relie

ving

flig

ht d

elay

s an

d gr

idlo

ck o

n th

e ro

ads

arou

nd t

he

airp

ort,

the

prog

ram

will

hel

p re

duce

em

issi

ons.

Bob

Sny

der

(Del

ta-W

ye E

lect

rical

Con

tract

ors,

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-18

8 K

-90

I fe

el l

ike

it’s

goin

g to

aff

ect

the

qual

ity o

f m

y lif

e an

d m

y M

ary

Spie

zio

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

23

3

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

fam

ily.

p. V

I-26

0 K

-91

Life

styl

e w

ill

chan

ge

for

my

daug

hter

an

d he

r ch

ildre

n.

Pollu

tion

will

be

invo

lved

. M

ay S

pizz

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

65

K-9

1.1

I am

84

year

s ol

d an

d a

very

civ

ic-m

inde

d pe

rson

. I

lov

e pe

ople

and

hat

e to

see

our c

omm

unity

go

dow

n th

e tu

bes.

Loui

s Tan

ner (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-36

K

-92

Elk

Gro

ve w

as v

oted

as

the

2nd b

est a

rea

in th

e na

tion

to r

aise

ch

ildre

n.

Plea

se k

eep

this

are

a in

tact

and

as

a be

autif

ul h

aven

fo

r chi

ldre

n.

Mrs

. Ter

raci

na (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

292

K-9

3 El

k G

rove

is

a fa

mily

. P

leas

e co

nsid

er t

he c

onse

quen

ces

of

dest

royi

ng m

y El

k G

rove

fam

ily.

Gw

en V

acca

rino

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-29

3 K

-94

I hav

e lo

st th

ree

neig

hbor

s to

canc

er, c

oinc

iden

ce.

Nor

ene

Vac

ura

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

287

K-9

5 I

feel

Ben

senv

ille

has

thre

aten

ed u

s. T

hey’

ve m

ade

thin

gs s

o to

ugh

for

us in

the

villa

ge th

at w

e ca

n’t g

o on

with

our

live

s.

They

’ve

degr

aded

our

pro

perty

val

ues-

the

y ca

lled

us l

ow-

inco

me

peop

le.

I thi

nk th

e la

wye

rs n

eed

to lo

ok a

t wha

t’s b

est

for t

he p

eopl

e an

d no

t wha

t’s b

est f

or th

eir p

ocke

t boo

ks.

Ant

hony

J. V

ecch

iollo

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-1

38

K-9

6 Th

e ex

pans

ion

wou

ld t

ake

away

par

t of

my

com

mun

ity’s

tax

ba

se, w

hich

will

ulti

mat

ely

impa

ct t

he q

ualit

y of

sch

ools

and

qu

ality

of l

ife in

Elk

Gro

ve.

Bar

bara

L. W

arrin

gton

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-82

K-9

7 Fu

rther

exp

ansi

on w

ould

onl

y re

duce

our

qua

lity

of l

ife a

nd

redu

ce p

rope

rty v

alue

s. R

osal

een

and

Tony

Wat

ers (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-51

K

-98

In A

ugus

t 20

00, a

stu

dy e

ntitl

ed “

The

Prel

imin

ary

Stud

y an

d A

naly

sis

of

Toxi

c A

ir Po

lluta

nt

Emis

sion

fr

om

O’H

are

Inte

rnat

iona

l Airp

ort a

nd th

e R

esul

ting

Hea

lth R

isks

Cre

ated

by

Thes

e To

xic

Emis

sion

in

Su

rrou

ndin

g R

esid

entia

l C

omm

uniti

es”,

rai

sed

serio

us i

ssue

s ab

out

O’H

are

as a

maj

or

sour

ce o

f tox

ic e

mis

sion

s pos

ing

a he

alth

risk

to th

e re

side

nts o

f

Ron

ald

W. W

iete

cha

(May

or, C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-2

90, V

II-1

31

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

23

4

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

98 C

hica

go a

rea

com

mun

ities

. O

’Har

e ta

rget

ed a

s th

e nu

mbe

r on

e co

mm

erci

al p

ollu

ter

in t

he s

tate

and

fou

nd t

hat

toxi

c em

issi

on fr

om O

’Har

e al

one

crea

te a

dow

nwin

d ca

ncer

risk

at a

hi

gh le

vel,

high

er le

vels

than

pub

lishe

d in

the

EPA

hea

lth ri

sks

thre

shol

d re

ports

. T

he s

erio

usne

ss o

f th

ese

findi

ngs

requ

ire

atte

ntio

n be

fore

any

per

mit

is is

sued

to C

hica

go th

at w

ill re

sult

in i

ncre

ased

airp

ort c

apac

ity, i

ncre

ased

pol

lutio

n, a

nd d

amag

e to

the

envi

ronm

ent.

K-9

9 In

Mar

ch 2

002,

a r

epor

t ent

itled

, “In

vest

igat

ion

of th

e C

ance

r In

cide

nce

Rat

es in

the

Vic

inity

of O

’Har

e A

irpor

t”, s

how

ed th

e in

cide

nce

rate

s to

be

sign

ifica

ntly

hig

her

in a

nd c

orre

late

d to

th

e O

’Har

e do

wnw

ind

area

to

the

north

east

. O

ur c

omm

unity

sh

ould

not

be

subj

ecte

d to

add

ition

al to

xic

emis

sion

s tha

t wou

ld

com

e fr

om a

ny g

row

th a

t O’H

are.

Ron

ald

W. W

iete

cha

(May

or, C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-2

91, V

II-1

31, 1

32

K-1

00

Soun

dpro

ofin

g m

oney

can

not

prot

ect

my

citiz

ens

from

tox

ic

emis

sion

s. R

onal

d W

. Wie

tech

a (M

ayor

, City

of P

ark

Rid

ge)

p. V

I-292

, VII

-132

K

-101

U

SEPA

and

Illin

ois

EPA

sho

w th

at O

’Har

e is

the

stat

e’s

wor

st

pollu

ter.

Can

cer,

asth

ma

and

emph

ysem

a ca

ses

are

on th

e ris

e an

d w

ill g

et w

orse

if a

ny O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion

take

s pl

ace.

Th

e pr

opos

ed e

ast-w

est r

unw

ay th

at w

ould

par

alle

l Tou

hy A

venu

e w

ould

de

vast

ate

the

sout

h si

de

of

Des

Pl

aine

s.

Add

ing

thou

sand

s of

flig

hts

per

year

wou

ld m

ake

an a

rea

unliv

able

for

fam

ilies

.

Ric

hard

Wils

on (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

II-17

1

K-1

02

Mill

ions

of

child

ren

will

die

an

early

dea

th l

ike

Dal

ey’s

wife

w

ill w

ith b

reas

t can

cer.

But

the

mon

ey h

ungr

y sn

ake

does

n’t

care

abo

ut y

our

child

ren’

s he

alth

. B

y hi

s ac

tions

Dal

ey h

ates

yo

ur c

hild

ren.

Th

ey a

re j

ust

thor

ns i

n hi

s m

oney

mak

ing

sche

mes

for m

ore

of h

is sn

akey

frie

nds.

And

y Zu

mer

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

101

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

23

5

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

L.

Cum

ulat

ive

Impa

cts

L-1

FAA

mus

t co

nsid

er t

he e

nviro

nmen

tal

impa

ct r

esul

ting

from

ph

ysic

al

chan

ges,

incr

ease

in

th

e nu

mbe

r of

fli

ghts

, a

com

bina

tion

of

both

co

nditi

ons

base

d up

on

extra

neou

s va

riabl

es su

ch a

s a m

ajor

cha

nge

to p

rope

rty a

djac

ent t

o O

’Har

e th

at i

s se

cure

d fo

r a

wes

tern

acc

ess

road

to

the

airp

ort.

C

onsi

der

all

dire

ct

and

indi

rect

va

riabl

es

rela

ted

to

the

mod

erni

zatio

n.

Rob

ert

T.

How

ard

(Sup

erin

tend

ent,

Elk

Gro

ve

Tow

nshi

p Sc

hool

s)

p. V

II-76

, 77

L-2

Som

e as

pect

s of

Wor

ld G

atew

ay, e

spec

ially

Ter

min

al s

ix, n

ow

appe

ar t

o be

on

hold

and

cou

ld g

et w

rapp

ed i

nto

O’H

are

mod

erni

zatio

n.

The

cum

ulat

ive

impa

cts

of th

ese

two

proj

ects

mus

t the

refo

re b

e ad

dres

sed.

How

ard

A. L

earn

er (E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, Env

ironm

enta

l La

w &

Pol

icy

Cen

ter)

p.

VII-

192,

193

L-3

One

mea

ns o

f m

itiga

ting

cum

ulat

ive

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

s is

by a

cqui

ring

the

high

est

poss

ible

Lea

ders

hip

in E

nerg

y &

En

viro

nmen

tal

Des

ign

(LEE

D)

Cer

tific

atio

n.

Th

e sy

stem

ex

amin

es b

uild

ings

in

the

area

s of

sus

tain

able

site

s, w

ater

ef

ficie

ncy

and

atm

osph

ere,

mat

eria

ls,

and

reso

urce

s, in

door

en

viro

nmen

tal q

ualit

y, a

nd in

nova

tion

and

desi

gn p

roce

ss.

The

feas

ibili

ty a

nd a

pplic

abili

ty o

f LEE

D fo

r O’H

are

Mod

erni

zatio

n is

dem

onst

rate

d by

the

fac

t th

at L

EED

cer

tific

atio

n is

bei

ng

soug

ht f

or T

erm

inal

Six

. I

n fa

ct,

the

LEED

crit

eria

pro

vide

so

me

of t

he p

oten

tial

miti

gatio

n m

easu

res

for

ener

gy s

uppl

y im

pact

s fr

om O

’Har

e M

oder

niza

tion.

In

sum

, the

EIS

sho

uld

disc

uss

cum

ulat

ive

impa

cts

and

LEED

cer

tific

atio

n –

idea

lly a

t th

e Si

lver

leve

l – a

s a m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

.

How

ard

A. L

earn

er (E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, Env

ironm

enta

l La

w &

Pol

icy

Cen

ter)

p.

VII-

193

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

23

6

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

L-4

As

mod

erni

zatio

n of

O

’Har

e m

oves

fo

rwar

d th

roug

h th

e en

viro

nmen

tal

proc

ess,

obvi

ousl

y th

e ro

adw

ays

and

the

regi

onal

roa

dway

sys

tem

is

a co

ncer

n to

us

and

wha

t th

e po

tent

ial

seco

ndar

y cu

mul

ativ

e im

pact

s fo

r th

e ro

adw

ay a

re

goin

g to

be.

Tha

t wou

ld b

e on

e of

the

thin

gs, o

ne o

f our

age

ncy

area

s of

em

phas

is t

hat

we

have

, is

con

gest

ion,

con

gest

ion

miti

gatio

n, w

hich

wou

ld fa

ll in

to th

at a

rea.

Kev

in M

cLau

ry (F

eder

al H

ighw

ay A

dmin

istra

tion)

p.

VI-3

6

L-5

The

FAA

mus

t inc

lude

an

anal

ysis

of

the

OM

P an

d th

e W

orld

G

atew

ay P

rogr

am in

the

sam

e EI

S. W

e be

lieve

the

two

actio

ns

are

conn

ecte

d ac

tions

re

quiri

ng

com

bine

d N

EPA

re

view

be

caus

e th

e pr

opos

ed t

erm

inal

exp

ansi

on h

as n

o in

depe

nden

t ju

stifi

catio

n an

d w

ould

no

t pr

ocee

d w

ithou

t ru

nway

co

nstru

ctio

n.

W

e be

lieve

th

e O

MP

and

WG

P ar

e al

so

cum

ulat

ive

actio

ns.

The

y ar

e si

mila

r ac

tions

mea

ning

the

y ha

ve s

imila

ritie

s th

at p

rovi

de a

bas

is f

or e

valu

atin

g th

eir

envi

ronm

enta

l co

nseq

uenc

es.

C

umul

ativ

e im

pact

s sh

ould

ad

dres

s al

l as

pect

s of

the

pro

pose

d de

velo

pmen

t at

O’H

are,

in

clud

ing

land

side

, ai

rsid

e,

park

ing,

ac

cess

an

d ro

adw

ay

impr

ovem

ents

, th

e W

GP,

and

the

int

erac

tions

of

each

of

the

elem

ents

on

a sy

stem

atic

bas

is.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

215,

216

L-6

I wan

t to

emph

asiz

e th

at w

e ar

e co

ncer

ned

abou

t the

cum

ulat

ive

impa

cts

of c

onst

ruct

ion,

of

havi

ng t

hose

tw

o hu

ge p

roje

cts

goin

g on

at t

he s

ame

time

in te

rms

of n

oise

impa

cts

agai

n, a

lso

cong

estio

n, p

ollu

tion,

and

so fo

rth.

Nic

k Pa

ppas

(D

uPag

e C

ount

y D

epar

tmen

t of

D

evel

opm

ent a

nd E

nviro

nmen

tal C

once

rns)

p.

VI-1

09

L-7

The

pres

ent

size

of

O’H

are

alre

ady

caus

es s

erio

us h

ealth

pr

oble

ms.

I’ve

hea

rd th

at z

ip c

odes

aro

und

O’H

are

have

muc

h hi

gher

per

cent

s of c

ance

r.

Roy

& M

ary

Ann

Pro

venz

a p.

VII-

139

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

23

7

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

L-8

To e

xpan

d th

e ai

rpor

t, th

us a

llow

ing

even

mor

e fli

ghts

to ta

ke

off

and

land

cau

sing

mor

e ai

r po

llutio

n do

es n

ot m

ake

any

sens

e to

peo

ple

who

wan

t to

stay

hea

lthy.

Roy

& M

ary

Ann

Pro

venz

a p.

VII-

139

L-9

Wha

t are

the

over

all c

umul

ativ

e im

pact

s of

the

prop

osed

act

ion

and

the

cons

eque

nces

of t

he su

bseq

uent

rela

ted

actio

ns?

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

255

L-10

A

ReC

O d

isag

rees

with

the

sco

ping

doc

umen

t se

ctio

n V

I.3 i

n ex

clud

ing

cons

truct

ion,

cu

mul

ativ

e im

pact

s an

d hi

stor

ic

reso

urce

s as

ant

icip

ated

key

env

ironm

enta

l iss

ues.

Cum

ulat

ive

and

cons

truct

ion

impa

cts

are

expe

cted

to

be s

ubst

antia

l an

d hi

stor

ic is

sues

incl

ude

at le

ast t

he v

ery

old

cem

eter

y lo

cate

d to

th

e so

uthw

est.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

239

L-11

A

ddre

ss t

he c

umul

ativ

e im

pact

s -

the

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

s, bo

th n

egat

ive

and

posi

tive,

of a

ll as

pect

s of

the

expa

nsio

n pl

an,

incl

udin

g ru

nway

s, ne

w

term

inal

s, an

d re

late

d su

rfac

e tra

nspo

rtatio

n.

Rob

ert J

. Sch

iller

stro

m (D

uPag

e C

ount

y En

viro

nmen

tal

Com

mitt

ee, D

evel

opm

ent &

Env

ironm

enta

l Con

cern

s)

p. V

II-23

2

L-12

W

e be

lieve

that

FA

A w

ill n

eed

to e

xpla

in w

hat t

he re

latio

nshi

p be

twee

n th

is O

MP

EIS

and

the

Tier

IIE

IS F

or S

SA w

ill b

e.

Cla

rific

atio

n is

nee

ded

from

FA

A r

egar

ding

whe

ther

the

plan

s fo

r th

e O

MP

have

cha

nged

the

scop

e of

a p

ossi

ble

Tier

II

EIS

for S

SA.

Ken

neth

A.

Wes

tlake

(C

hief

, En

viro

nmen

tal

Plan

ning

an

d Ev

alua

tion

Bra

nch,

US

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pr

otec

tion

Age

ncy)

p.

VII-

267

L-13

W

e be

lieve

that

the

FAA

nee

ds to

cla

rify

wha

t ter

min

al c

hang

es

will

be

ne

cess

ary

to

acco

mm

odat

e th

e ad

ditio

nal

fligh

ts as

soci

ated

with

the

O’H

are

mod

erni

zatio

n pr

ojec

t. W

e be

lieve

th

at

term

inal

m

odifi

catio

ns

may

be

co

nsid

ered

re

ason

able

fo

rese

eabl

e ac

tions

tha

t w

ould

con

tribu

te t

o a

cum

ulat

ive

impa

ct to

var

ious

reso

urce

s.

Ken

neth

A.

Wes

tlake

(C

hief

, En

viro

nmen

tal

Plan

ning

an

d Ev

alua

tion

Bra

nch,

US

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pr

otec

tion

Age

ncy)

p.

VII-

268

L-14

W

e ar

e co

ncer

ned

that

FA

A i

nclu

de o

ther

rea

sona

ble

and

Ken

neth

A.

Wes

tlake

(C

hief

, En

viro

nmen

tal

Plan

ning

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

23

8

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

fore

seea

ble

proj

ects

that

are

rela

ted

to th

e O

MP

in a

cum

ulat

ive

impa

ct a

naly

sis.

Bey

ond

term

inal

mod

ifica

tions

, we

antic

ipat

e ot

her

likel

y pr

ojec

ts w

ill b

e ne

eded

in

orde

r to

acc

omm

odat

e th

e ad

ditio

nal c

apac

ity th

at th

is p

roje

ct p

ropo

ses.

For

exa

mpl

e,

addi

tiona

l roa

dway

, fre

ight

, and

com

mut

er ra

il ch

ange

s m

ay b

e ne

eded

. I

t is

n’t

clea

r if

addi

tiona

l co

mm

erci

al a

nd a

irpor

t re

late

d op

erat

ions

wou

ld n

eed

to b

e ex

pand

ed to

acc

omm

odat

e th

e ad

ditio

nal p

eopl

e an

d fli

ghts

that

this

pro

ject

con

tem

plat

es.

and

Eval

uatio

n B

ranc

h, U

S En

viro

nmen

tal

Prot

ectio

n A

genc

y)

p. V

II-27

0

M.

Age

ncy

and

Publ

ic C

oord

inat

ion

M-1

W

hen

does

the

EPA

ent

er th

is p

roce

ss?

Paul

Adl

af (P

ark

Rid

ge)

p. V

I-369

M

-2

Plea

se k

eep

this

hou

seho

ld a

war

e of

any

cha

nges

, whi

ch s

houl

d oc

cur i

n ou

r fut

ure.

Pa

trici

a B

eaud

oin

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-23

M

-3

Add

ition

al s

tudi

es n

eed

to b

e lo

oked

at

and

this

exp

ansi

on

need

s to

be

tabl

ed u

ntil

afte

r thi

s is

com

plet

ed.

Als

o it

need

s to

be

don

e in

depe

nden

tly fr

om th

e ai

rline

s or

the

City

of C

hica

go.

If th

e FA

A is

goi

ng to

be

runn

ing

this

, the

y ne

ed to

do

this

in

the

open

with

the

publ

ic fu

lly a

war

e of

the

actio

ns p

roce

dure

s. O

pen

hear

ings

and

stud

ies m

ade

publ

ic a

long

with

the

deta

ils o

r th

e st

udie

s, no

t jus

t sum

mar

ies a

nd P

ower

poin

t pre

sent

atio

ns.

Rob

ert B

ense

n (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-27

8

M-4

I

won

der

if th

is s

tudy

has

atte

mpt

ed to

gen

erat

e no

ise

cont

our

map

s fo

r the

larg

er a

irpor

t. If

so,

suc

h m

aps

coul

d be

use

ful i

n ou

r at

tem

pt t

o pr

edic

t th

e pr

oper

ty

valu

e im

pact

s of

the

ex

pans

ion.

I’d

be

grat

eful

for a

ny h

elp

you

coul

d pr

ovid

e.

Jan

Bru

eckn

er (

Prof

esso

r of

Eco

nom

ics,

Uni

vers

ity o

f Ill

inoi

s at U

rban

a-C

ham

paig

n)

p. V

II-28

9

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

23

9

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

M-5

Fu

ll di

sclo

sure

sho

uld

be m

anda

ted

imm

edia

tely

so

that

ful

l im

pact

of

said

pla

n m

ay b

e m

ade

publ

ic a

nd a

ppro

pria

te a

nd

accu

rate

dec

isio

ns re

ache

d.

Byr

on C

hum

ley

p. V

II-30

3

M-6

Th

ey’r

e no

t giv

ing

us th

e fu

ll pi

ctur

e of

all

the

reco

nfig

urat

ions

, th

e sa

fety

fact

ors,

the

ring

road

, doi

ng it

as

a fu

ll pi

ctur

e, n

ot a

pi

ecem

eal,

situ

atio

n.

Wha

t I’m

und

erst

andi

ng a

nd h

earin

g is

th

at e

ach

one

is sa

ying

, “W

ell,

that

’s n

ot o

urs.

IDO

T ta

kes c

are

of t

he r

ing

road

. T

hey’

ll te

ll us

wha

t to

do.

” W

ell,

then

I

sugg

est t

hat –

is th

at a

ny k

ind

of a

bui

lder

get

s tog

ethe

r with

the

who

le t

hing

and

pre

sent

s a

com

plet

e pi

ctur

e so

tha

t al

l th

e al

tern

ativ

es a

re ta

ken

into

con

side

ratio

n at

the

sam

e tim

e.

Nan

cy C

zarn

ik (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

34

M-7

H

ow lo

ng d

o yo

u th

ink

that

this

pro

cess

will

take

? W

hat a

ffec

t if

any

wou

ld a

fina

l rul

ing

upho

ldin

g Ju

stic

e W

ebst

er’s

dec

isio

n in

DuP

age

Cou

nty,

if th

at w

ere

som

ehow

to h

appe

n, w

hat e

ffect

th

at w

ould

hav

e on

you

pro

cess

eve

n th

ough

t you

’re

a fe

dera

l bo

dy a

nd th

at’s

a st

ate

cour

t?

Mar

k D

amis

ch (P

resi

dent

, Vill

age

of N

orth

broo

k)

p. V

I-365

M-8

W

hat i

s th

e st

anda

rd th

at th

e FA

A h

as to

follo

w b

efor

e th

ey a

re

will

ing

to is

sue

a po

sitiv

e EI

S?

Wha

t’s th

e st

anda

rd th

at th

ey

use

that

it’s

mor

e pr

obab

ly t

han

not

that

thi

s w

ill n

ot h

ave

undu

e ad

vers

e im

pact

s on

the

env

ironm

ent?

It’

s w

ithin

the

ir di

scre

tion

to e

ither

add

mor

e w

eigh

t to

the

EIS

stat

emen

t or a

dd

mor

e w

eigh

t to

fact

s no

t with

an

EIS

stat

emen

t? F

or e

xam

ple,

if

an F

AA

boa

rd m

embe

r dec

ides

that

the

EIS

stat

emen

t is m

ore

impo

rtant

, the

EIS

fac

ts m

aybe

sho

w a

neg

ativ

e im

pact

on

the

com

mun

ity, i

t’s w

ithin

the

boar

d m

embe

r’s

disc

retio

n in

term

s of

wei

ghin

g th

e di

ffere

nt fa

ctor

s tha

t are

giv

en to

him

eco

nom

ic

and

envi

ronm

enta

l?

Mar

k D

amis

ch (P

resi

dent

, Vill

age

of N

orth

broo

k)

p. V

I-373

, 375

, 376

M-9

W

e ar

e re

ques

ting

that

the

FAA

coo

rdin

ate

deve

lopm

ent o

f its

Jo

hn

DeL

aure

ntiis

(D

eput

y Ex

ecut

ive

Dire

ctor

,

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

24

0

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

EIS

for

the

O’H

are

Mod

erni

zatio

n Pr

ogra

m w

ith t

he R

TA’s

A

ltern

ativ

es A

naly

sis f

or th

e N

orth

wes

t Cor

ridor

. Pl

anni

ng, R

egio

nal T

rans

porta

tion

Aut

horit

y)

p. V

II-17

8 M

-10

We

are

seek

ing

reac

tion

from

fede

ral,

stat

e, a

nd lo

cal a

genc

ies

incl

udin

g th

e FA

A o

n th

e m

odal

alte

rnat

ives

bei

ng d

evel

oped

fo

r the

Nor

thw

est C

orrid

or.

John

D

eLau

rent

iis

(Dep

uty

Exec

utiv

e D

irect

or,

Plan

ning

, Reg

iona

l Tra

nspo

rtatio

n A

utho

rity)

p.

VII-

178

M-1

1 U

rge

you

to p

ublis

h a

list

of n

ames

and

con

tact

s of

pro

ject

m

anag

ers f

or a

ll el

emen

ts o

f you

r pro

ject

. Jo

hn D

eLau

rent

iis (R

egio

nal T

rans

porta

tion

Aut

horit

y)

p. V

I-113

M

-12

Ther

e’s

a rip

ple

effe

ct o

n ot

her

pote

ntia

l pr

ojec

ts.

I’m

sur

e w

ith th

e pr

oces

s th

at’s

bee

n es

tabl

ishe

d w

e w

ill b

e ab

le to

get

th

e ty

pe o

f in

form

atio

n to

coo

rdin

ate

the

pote

ntia

l fo

r ou

r pr

ojec

ts.

John

DeL

aure

ntiis

(Reg

iona

l Tra

nspo

rtatio

n A

utho

rity)

p.

VI-1

14

M-1

2.1

It is

diff

icul

t to

giv

e vi

ews

on e

nviro

nmen

tal

impa

ct w

ithou

t st

atis

tics.

Rob

ert D

oher

ty (P

ark

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-36

6 M

-13

At

the

pres

ent t

ime,

we

have

eve

ry r

easo

n to

bel

ieve

that

our

ex

istin

g fa

cilit

ies

are

adeq

uate

to

mee

t th

e ex

pans

ion

plan

s.

How

ever

, w

e re

ques

t th

at y

ou i

nclu

ded

us i

n th

e re

view

pr

oces

s. W

e w

ould

like

to e

xam

ine

engi

neer

ing

plan

s as

they

be

com

e av

aila

ble

to e

nsur

e co

ordi

natio

n of

the

wor

k w

ith o

ur

faci

litie

s.

John

C. F

arna

n (G

ener

al S

uper

inte

nden

t, M

etro

polit

an

Wat

er R

ecla

mat

ion

Dis

trict

of G

reat

er C

hica

go)

p. V

II-14

4

M-1

3.1

It is

my

posi

tion

that

the

FAA

mus

t con

side

r th

e fo

llow

ing

as

part

of

an

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

st

udy

rela

ted

to

the

mod

erni

zatio

n of

O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal

Airp

ort:

the

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

res

ultin

g fr

om p

hysi

cal

chan

ges

to t

he

airp

ort,

the

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

resu

lting

from

an

incr

ease

in

the

num

ber o

f flig

hts

utili

zing

the

airp

ort,

and

a co

mbi

natio

n of

bo

th c

ondi

tions

bas

ed u

pon

extra

neou

s va

riabl

es s

uch

as a

m

ajor

cha

nge

to p

rope

rty a

djac

ent t

o O

’Har

e th

at is

sec

ured

for

a w

este

rn a

cces

s roa

d to

the

airp

ort.

Rob

ert

T. H

owar

d (S

uper

inte

nden

t of

Sch

ools

, El

k G

rove

Tow

nshi

p Sc

hool

s)

p. V

II-76

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

24

1

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

M-1

4 C

hica

go a

nd th

e FA

A a

re a

skin

g fo

r sc

opin

g co

mm

ents

on

the

EIS

with

out

any

publ

ic d

iscl

osur

e of

the

con

tent

, tim

ing,

re

ports

, an

d pu

blic

in

put

mec

hani

sms

for

the

com

bine

d,

inte

grat

ed M

aste

r Pla

n/EI

S pr

oces

s. I

am r

eque

stin

g th

at F

AA

de

fer

the

dead

line

for

prov

idin

g sc

opin

g co

mm

ents

on th

e EI

S un

til t

he F

AA

and

Chi

cago

pro

vide

pub

lic d

etai

ls o

n th

e el

emen

ts o

f the

mas

ter

plan

and

the

coor

dina

tion

of th

e m

aste

r pl

anni

ng p

roce

ss a

nd g

ive

the

publ

ic a

nd a

ffect

ed c

omm

uniti

es

an o

ppor

tuni

ty t

o m

ake

inte

llige

nt i

nput

in

to t

he c

ombi

ned

mas

ter/p

lan

proc

ess.

Jam

es J

ohns

on (

Ben

senv

ille,

Int

erim

Vill

age

Man

ager

, Sp

eaki

ng o

n B

ehal

f of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VI-

186,

Cra

ig B

. Joh

nson

(May

or, E

lk G

rove

Vill

age

–Su

bmitt

ed S

tate

men

t of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VII

-127

, Jo

hn G

eils

(M

ayor

, B

ense

nvill

e –

Subm

itted

St

atem

ent o

f Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p. V

II-9

6

M-1

5 I a

m r

eque

stin

g th

at F

AA

and

the

City

of C

hica

go p

rovi

de m

y of

fice

and

my

repr

esen

tativ

es w

ith a

cces

s to

all

docu

men

ts re

latin

g to

the

pro

pose

d O

’Har

e M

oder

niza

tion

Prog

ram

, al

l do

cum

ents

rela

ting

to th

e EI

S an

d th

e M

aste

r Pla

n fo

r O’H

are,

an

d al

l do

cum

ents

rel

atin

g to

the

Wor

ld G

atew

ay P

rogr

am.

Onl

y by

suc

h ac

cess

can

we

inte

llige

ntly

com

men

t on

the

scop

e of

the

prop

osed

EIS

.

Jam

es J

ohns

on (

Ben

senv

ille,

Int

erim

Vill

age

Man

ager

, Sp

eaki

ng o

n B

ehal

f of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VI-

186,

187

, C

raig

B.

John

son

(May

or,

Elk

Gro

ve

Vill

age

–Sub

mitt

ed S

tate

men

t of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry

Hyd

e) p

. VII

-127

, 128

, Joh

n G

eils

(May

or, B

ense

nvill

e –

Subm

itted

Sta

tem

ent o

f Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VII-

96, 9

7 M

-16

I am

ask

ing

FAA

for

acc

ess

to a

ll do

cum

ents

rel

atin

g to

the

pr

opos

ed

Term

inal

A

rea

Fore

cast

fo

r O

’Har

e as

w

ell

as

docu

men

ts r

elat

ing

to a

ny o

ther

for

ecas

ts f

or O

’Har

e an

d th

e re

gion

.

Jam

es J

ohns

on (

Ben

senv

ille,

Int

erim

Vill

age

Man

ager

, Sp

eaki

ng o

n B

ehal

f of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VI-

188,

Cra

ig B

. Joh

nson

(May

or, E

lk G

rove

Vill

age

–Su

bmitt

ed S

tate

men

t of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VII

-128

, Jo

hn G

eils

(M

ayor

, B

ense

nvill

e –

Subm

itted

St

atem

ent o

f Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p. V

II-9

7 M

-17

It is

crit

ical

ly im

porta

nt th

at w

e ha

ve a

spi

rit o

f fu

ll fin

anci

al

disc

losu

re.

I a

m r

eque

sting

tha

t th

e FA

A a

nd t

he C

ity o

f C

hica

go m

ake

avai

labl

e to

my

staf

f an

d re

pres

enta

tives

– a

nd

the

publ

ic –

all

docu

men

ts re

latin

g to

the

cost

and

fina

ncin

g of

th

e O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion

prop

osal

in

clud

ing

all

runw

ays,

Jam

es J

ohns

on (

Ben

senv

ille,

Int

erim

Vill

age

Man

ager

, Sp

eaki

ng o

n B

ehal

f of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VI-

189,

Cra

ig B

. Joh

nson

(May

or, E

lk G

rove

Vill

age

–Su

bmitt

ed S

tate

men

t of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VII

-129

, Jo

hn G

eils

(M

ayor

, B

ense

nvill

e –

Subm

itted

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

24

2

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

term

inal

s, an

d as

soci

ated

road

way

s of

bot

h th

e W

orld

Gat

eway

Pr

ogra

m a

nd O

’Har

e M

oder

niza

tion

Prog

ram

. St

atem

ent o

f Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p. V

II-9

8

M-1

8 Th

e ne

ed fo

r a

trans

pare

nt p

roce

ss.

Ther

efor

e I a

m r

eque

stin

g th

at F

AA

pos

t al

l w

ritte

n an

d el

ectro

nic

corr

espo

nden

ce a

nd

mem

oran

da r

efle

ctin

g m

eetin

gs a

s w

ell

as d

ata

on a

FA

A

web

site

for

this

pro

ject

. Si

mila

rly a

ll co

mpu

ter

prog

ram

s an

d in

put

data

and

ana

lyse

s us

ed i

n pr

ojec

t ev

alua

tion

shou

ld b

e av

aila

ble

on th

e w

ebsi

te.

Jam

es J

ohns

on (

Ben

senv

ille,

Int

erim

Vill

age

Man

ager

, Sp

eaki

ng o

n B

ehal

f of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VI-

189,

190

, C

raig

B.

John

son

(May

or,

Elk

Gro

ve

Vill

age

–Sub

mitt

ed S

tate

men

t of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry

Hyd

e) p

. V

II-1

29,

John

Gei

ls (

May

or,

Ben

senv

ille

– Su

bmitt

ed S

tate

men

t of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VII-

98

M-1

9 Th

e EI

S sh

ould

ide

ntify

and

des

crib

e th

e co

sts,

impa

cts,

and

alte

rnat

ives

of

an in

tegr

ated

pla

n th

at id

entif

ies

all t

he r

elat

ed

elem

ents

, inc

ludi

ng ru

nway

s, te

rmin

als a

nd ro

adw

ays n

eces

sary

to

ac

hiev

e th

e 76

m

illio

n en

plan

ed

pass

enge

r ca

paci

ty

prop

osed

.

Jam

es J

ohns

on (

Ben

senv

ille,

Int

erim

Vill

age

Man

ager

, Sp

eaki

ng o

n B

ehal

f of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VI-

185,

Cra

ig B

. Joh

nson

(May

or, E

lk G

rove

Vill

age

–Su

bmitt

ed S

tate

men

t of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VII

-127

, Jo

hn G

eils

(M

ayor

, B

ense

nvill

e –

Subm

itted

St

atem

ent o

f Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p. V

II-9

6 M

-20

Req

uest

for c

itize

n gr

oups

and

rail

advo

cate

s in

par

ticul

ar to

be

incl

uded

in a

pub

lic p

artic

ipat

ion

and

deci

sion

-mak

ing

proc

ess

for

O’H

are

Airp

ort

plan

ning

.

Req

uest

fo

r su

burb

an

and

inte

rcity

rail

serv

ice

coor

dina

tion

to b

e in

clud

ed in

the

scop

e of

O

’Har

e A

irpor

t pla

nnin

g.

Har

vey

I. K

ahle

r (C

hica

go)

p. V

II-32

0

M-2

0.1

I ha

d re

ques

ted

mor

e de

tails

re

gard

ing

airp

ort

plan

s, pa

rticu

larly

fo

r th

e pr

opos

ed

runw

ay

reco

nfig

urat

ion

and

wes

tern

acc

ess

term

inal

. Th

e om

issi

ons,

or s

epar

atio

ns, o

f th

e pr

opos

ed r

unw

ays

and

wes

tern

ter

min

al i

n th

e as

sess

men

t is

perp

lexi

ng in

as

muc

h as

thes

e w

ere

anno

unce

d w

ell b

efor

e th

e pu

blic

hea

ring

and

gene

rate

d m

uch

disc

ours

e.

Har

vey

I. K

ahle

r (C

hica

go)

p. V

II-32

0

M-2

1 O

’Har

e se

ems

to b

e re

gard

ed c

hief

ly a

s a

city

func

tion

muc

h as

it

is its

big

gest

pro

prie

tary

cas

h co

w.

The

City

has

def

ende

d H

arve

y I.

Kah

ler (

Chi

cago

) p.

VII-

321

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

24

3

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

itsel

f fr

om

any

dilu

tion

of

reve

nue

and

from

sh

arin

g in

de

cisi

on-m

akin

g th

at w

ould

the

prec

eden

t. I

t hin

ders

reg

iona

l pl

anni

ng a

nd a

ny a

ttem

pt b

y ci

tizen

s an

d pu

blic

inte

rest

gro

ups

to a

ir th

eir c

once

rns.

M-2

2 O

ur p

ublic

voi

ces

need

to

be h

eard

in

deve

lopi

ng p

lans

for

O

’Har

e w

hose

impa

cts

exte

nd w

ell b

eyon

d th

e ai

rpor

t, th

e C

ity

of C

hica

go, a

nd th

e st

ate

of Il

linoi

s.

Har

vey

I. K

ahle

r (C

hica

go)

p. V

II-32

2

M-2

3 W

e re

ques

t im

med

iate

par

ticip

atio

n in

wha

t sho

uld

be a

pub

lic

Mas

ter

Plan

pr

oces

s fo

r O

’Har

e.

W

e w

ant

imm

edia

te

info

rmat

ion

as t

o: t

he e

lem

ents

of

the

Mas

ter

Plan

, th

e tim

e sc

hedu

le o

f the

se e

lem

ents

, the

out

puts

of t

he M

aste

r Pla

n, a

nd

the

requ

irem

ents

and

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

r pu

blic

par

ticip

atio

n in

th

e M

aste

r Pla

n pr

oces

s.

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is

(Cou

nsel

to

Su

burb

an

O’H

are

Com

mis

sion

) p.

VII-

198

M-2

4 W

e re

ques

t im

med

iate

pa

rtici

patio

n in

th

e fo

reca

stin

g of

de

man

d fo

r the

Mas

ter P

lan

and

the

EIS.

Jo

seph

K

arag

anis

(C

ouns

el

to

Subu

rban

O

’Har

e C

omm

issi

on)

p. V

II-19

8 M

-25

The

Mas

ter

Plan

pro

cess

and

the

EIS

pro

cess

sho

uld

be

inte

grat

ed a

s to

bot

h de

velo

pmen

t of

the

pro

cess

doc

umen

ts (e

.g.,

inve

ntor

y,

capa

city

an

alys

is,

dem

and

fore

cast

) an

d op

portu

nitie

s for

pub

lic p

artic

ipat

ion.

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is

(Cou

nsel

to

Su

burb

an

O’H

are

Com

mis

sion

) p.

VII-

198

M-2

6 W

e re

ques

t com

plet

e di

sclo

sure

of

all d

ata,

mod

els,

mat

eria

ls,

and

com

mun

icat

ion

on re

al-ti

me

basi

s th

roug

h a

dock

et s

yste

m

cove

ring

both

M

aste

r Pl

an,

OM

P EI

S an

d ot

her

rela

ted

activ

ities

. Pu

blic

acc

ess

shou

ld in

clud

e A

dobe

Acr

obat

cop

ies

and

com

pute

r dat

a an

d m

odel

s.

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is

(Cou

nsel

to

Su

burb

an

O’H

are

Com

mis

sion

) p.

VII-

199

M-2

7 W

e w

ould

like

to p

artic

ipat

e in

goi

ng th

roug

h yo

ur a

ppro

ach

to

fore

cast

ing,

wha

t are

the

cons

eque

nces

of

pick

ing

appr

oach

A

vers

us a

ppro

ach

B s

o th

at w

e ca

n ha

ve a

for

ecas

t tha

t peo

ple

Jose

ph K

arag

anis

(V

illag

e of

Ben

senv

ille,

Par

k R

idge

, an

d El

k G

rove

and

for S

enat

e Pr

esid

ent P

ate

Phili

p)

p. V

I-99,

100

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

24

4

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

can

rely

upo

n.

To s

ay th

at w

e ar

e go

ing

to s

elec

t the

dem

and

fore

cast

whe

n no

ne o

f us

hav

e se

en w

hat

the

optio

ns a

re o

r w

hat

the

deba

te i

s ab

out

real

ly f

orec

lose

s ef

fect

ive

publ

ic

parti

cipa

tion.

M

-28

Are

the

sam

e fo

reca

sts

bein

g us

ed fo

r th

e EI

S an

d m

aste

r pl

an

for

O’H

are?

Is

the

re a

mas

ter

plan

for

the

sou

th s

ubur

ban

airp

ort?

We

have

not

had

acc

ess t

o th

ese.

Jose

ph K

arag

anis

(V

illag

e of

Ben

senv

ille,

Par

k R

idge

, an

d El

k G

rove

and

for S

enat

e Pr

esid

ent P

ate

Phili

p)

p. V

I-100

M

-29

The

publ

ic

does

no

t ha

ve

acce

ss

to

unde

rlyin

g da

ta,

calc

ulat

ions

, ass

umpt

ions

, com

mun

icat

ions

, and

pro

gram

s. W

e re

com

men

d th

at F

AA

dev

elop

a w

eb d

ocke

t th

at h

as a

ll th

is in

form

atio

n av

aila

ble.

Jose

ph K

arag

anis

(V

illag

e of

Ben

senv

ille,

Par

k R

idge

, an

d El

k G

rove

and

for S

enat

e Pr

esid

ent P

ate

Phili

p)

p. V

I-100

M-3

0 N

one

of u

s ha

ve s

een

the

mas

ter p

lan

prop

osal

, doc

umen

ts, a

nd

the

timel

ine

we’

re in

hibi

ted

in p

rovi

ding

pro

duct

ive

com

men

ts

on th

e EI

S sc

opin

g pr

oces

s w

ithou

t hav

ing

that

info

rmat

ion

out

publ

icly

. Is

the

mas

ter

plan

sch

edul

e an

d el

emen

ts, a

re th

ose

goin

g to

be

rele

ased

prio

r to

the

Sept

embe

r 13th

dea

dlin

e so

that

w

e ca

n try

and

inte

grat

e ou

r com

men

ts?

Jose

ph K

arag

anis

(V

illag

e of

Ben

senv

ille,

Par

k R

idge

, an

d El

k G

rove

and

for S

enat

e Pr

esid

ent P

ate

Phili

p)

p. V

I-101

M-3

1 Th

e te

rmin

al

desi

gn

of

the

OM

P ap

pear

s to

be

hi

ghly

co

ntra

dict

ory

and

in c

onfli

ct w

ith th

e te

rmin

al a

ssum

ptio

ns o

f th

e W

GP.

W

ho is

goi

ng to

use

the

wes

tern

term

inal

? H

ow is

th

e ga

te a

cces

s an

d in

terc

hang

e be

twee

n th

e w

este

rn t

erm

inal

an

d ad

ditio

nal

term

inal

s go

ing

to g

o w

ith W

GP?

A

gain

no

info

rmat

ion

has b

een

prov

ided

.

Jose

ph K

arag

anis

(V

illag

e of

Ben

senv

ille,

Par

k R

idge

, an

d El

k G

rove

and

for S

enat

e Pr

esid

ent P

ate

Phili

p)

p. V

I-104

M-3

2 W

e’re

ask

ing

that

FA

A p

rovi

de i

mm

edia

te a

cces

s to

ong

oing

do

cum

ents

so

that

we

can

adeq

uate

ly p

repa

re o

ur s

copi

ng

com

men

ts.

Jose

ph K

arag

anis

(V

illag

e of

Ben

senv

ille,

Par

k R

idge

, an

d El

k G

rove

and

for S

enat

e Pr

esid

ent P

ate

Phili

p)

p. V

I-106

M

-33

Wha

t is

the

rela

tions

hip

with

CM

T an

d FA

A a

nd th

eir

vario

us

sub

cons

ulta

nts?

Wha

t is t

heir

task

? Jo

seph

Kar

agan

is (

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, P

ark

Rid

ge,

and

Elk

Gro

ve a

nd fo

r Sen

ate

Pres

iden

t Pat

e Ph

ilip)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

24

5

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

p. V

I-106

M

-34

Can

the

FAA

con

side

r pu

tting

the

trans

crip

ts o

f th

ese

vario

us

mee

ting

and

any

othe

r m

ater

ials

that

hav

e be

en r

eque

sted

on

a w

eb p

age?

Jose

ph K

arag

anis

(V

illag

e of

Ben

senv

ille,

Par

k R

idge

, an

d El

k G

rove

and

for S

enat

e Pr

esid

ent P

ate

Phili

p)

p. V

I-117

M

-34.

1 W

hy n

ot s

how

peo

ple

wha

t the

“pl

ans”

are

inst

ead

of g

ivin

g it

to th

em p

iece

by

piec

e?

Jam

es L

. Klo

cek

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-22

M

-34.

2 Th

e En

viro

nmen

tal I

mpa

ct S

tate

men

t sho

uld

iden

tify,

con

side

r an

d re

com

men

d m

itiga

tion

stra

tegi

es

that

ad

opt

best

envi

ronm

enta

l pra

ctic

es, b

uild

upo

n pa

st a

ccom

plis

hmen

t, an

d im

prov

e th

e co

mpr

ehen

sive

env

ironm

enta

l per

form

ance

of

the

airp

ort.

How

ard

A. L

earn

er (E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, Env

ironm

enta

l La

w &

Pol

icy

Cen

ter)

p.

VII-

192

M-3

4.3

The

EIS

mus

t in

clud

e a

com

preh

ensi

ve

anal

ysis

of

th

e en

viro

nmen

tal

issu

es o

f su

rfac

e tra

nspo

rtatio

n, a

ir qu

ality

, w

ater

qua

lity,

ene

rgy

supp

ly a

nd u

se, s

olid

was

te, c

onst

ruct

ion,

an

d cu

mul

ativ

e im

pact

s. W

ell-c

rafte

d m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s in

th

ese

area

s ar

e en

viro

nmen

tally

sen

sibl

e an

d ec

onom

ical

ly

feas

ible

. Th

ey c

an h

elp

cont

ribut

e to

mak

ing

O’H

are

Airp

ort

achi

eve

the

reas

onab

le a

nd d

esira

ble

goal

of

beco

min

g th

e gr

eene

st a

irpor

t in

the

natio

n.

How

ard

A. L

earn

er (E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, Env

ironm

enta

l La

w &

Pol

icy

Cen

ter)

p.

VII-

197

M-3

5 Th

is w

hole

thin

g ha

s be

en c

loak

ed in

a g

reat

dea

l of

secr

ecy.

Th

ere

has

not b

een

a gr

eat d

eal o

f op

enne

ss a

s to

exa

ctly

how

m

any

hom

es t

hey

will

nee

d to

tak

e ex

actly

with

the

run

way

s th

at t

hey

have

pla

nned

on

expa

ndin

g, w

hat

kind

of

a bu

ffer

zo

ne a

re th

ey g

oing

to b

e pr

ovid

ing,

and

how

man

y ad

ditio

nal

hom

es w

ill b

e ne

eded

to

take

pro

vidi

ng t

hat

buff

er z

one

and

that

safe

ty a

rea.

Dor

rie M

adon

na (W

ood

Dal

e)

p. V

I-223

M-3

6 I w

ould

like

to h

ave

it pu

blic

ly a

nnou

nced

whe

n th

ey a

re g

oing

to

app

rove

or d

isap

prov

e an

y of

this

. A

rt M

arko

wsk

i (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-281

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

24

6

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

M-3

7 It

soun

ds li

ke w

e’re

talk

ing

thre

e or

four

yea

rs b

efor

e w

e kn

ow

whe

ther

it’s

goi

ng t

o be

a c

ondu

cive

pro

posa

l or

not

. S

o th

ey’v

e st

irred

up

a lo

t of

em

otio

ns,

a lo

t of

peo

ple

way

too

so

on.

Luci

e M

cDan

iel (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-324

M-3

7.1

Pollu

tion

- Will

the

EPA

real

ly d

o th

eir j

ob o

r will

they

look

the

othe

r way

afte

r the

y w

rite

a fe

w le

tters

? Te

d M

oneg

ato

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-5

M-3

8 Th

e pr

opos

ed p

roje

ct, t

he a

ltern

ativ

es to

be

eval

uate

d an

d th

e en

viro

nmen

tal

issu

es

to

be

incl

uded

in

th

e EI

S m

ust

be

com

preh

ensi

vely

sco

ped

in o

rder

to

fully

eva

luat

e th

e ty

pe,

mag

nitu

de,

and

dist

ribut

ion

of e

nviro

nmen

tal

impa

cts

of t

he

prop

osed

OM

P.

Will

iam

J.

Mue

ller

(Pre

side

nt,

DuP

age

May

ors

and

Man

ager

s Con

fere

nce)

p.

VII-

201

M-3

9 G

iven

the

inv

estm

ent

of p

ublic

and

priv

ate

dolla

rs a

t st

ake,

w

hate

ver a

ir tra

ffic

fore

cast

s ar

e re

com

men

ded

to s

erve

, as

the

basi

s fo

r ev

alua

tion

shou

ld b

e av

aila

ble

for

publ

ic r

evie

w a

nd

cons

ider

atio

n pr

ior t

o de

velo

ping

the

EIS.

Will

iam

J.

Mue

ller

(Pre

side

nt,

DuP

age

May

ors

and

Man

ager

s Con

fere

nce)

p.

VII-

202

M-3

9.1

We

appr

ecia

te th

e FA

A f

or it

s de

cisi

on to

invo

lve

the

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, E

lk G

rove

Vill

age,

and

the

City

of

Park

Rid

ge

as c

oope

ratin

g ag

enci

es in

the

NEP

A p

roce

ss.

As

neig

hbor

ing

com

mun

ities

mos

t af

fect

ed b

y th

e pr

opos

ed O

MP,

we

have

ju

risdi

ctio

nal o

vers

ight

ove

r asp

ects

of t

he p

ropo

sed

proj

ect a

nd

uniq

ue

pers

pect

ives

an

d ex

perti

se,

whi

ch

the

FAA

m

ust

cons

ider

in th

is c

ompl

ex a

nd p

oten

tially

con

trove

rsia

l pro

cess

.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

208

M-4

0 Th

e sp

onso

r has

onl

y pr

ovid

ed m

inim

al in

form

atio

n co

ncer

ning

its

vie

w o

f the

pro

ject

, its

scop

e, a

nd it

s ju

stifi

catio

n. W

ithou

t is

suan

ce o

f an

Airp

ort

Layo

ut P

lan

(ALP

) or

and

Airp

ort

Mas

ter

Plan

(A

MP)

, th

e ph

ysic

al s

cope

of

OM

P is

lar

gely

un

know

n, m

akin

g it

impo

ssib

le f

or c

oope

ratin

g ag

enci

es a

nd

othe

r in

tere

sted

par

ties

to c

omm

ent a

dequ

atel

y on

EIS

sco

ping

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

209

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

24

7

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

issu

es.

M-4

1 Th

e sc

opin

g pr

oces

s m

ust b

e re

open

ed (i

f alre

ady

clos

ed) a

fter

the

AM

P an

d A

LP b

ecom

e av

aila

ble.

Th

e is

suan

ce o

f th

ese

plan

s w

ill

prov

ide

subs

tant

ial

and

prev

ious

ly

unav

aila

ble

info

rmat

ion

that

will

affe

ct th

e sc

opin

g of

the

OM

P D

EIS.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

210

M-4

2 Su

bmis

sion

s an

d in

form

atio

n, i

nclu

ding

not

lim

ited

to d

raft

docu

men

ts,

mod

els

utili

zed

for

anal

yses

, as

sum

ptio

ns

in

fore

cast

ing

proc

ess,

and

data

in

puts

to

IN

M,

and

othe

r si

gnifi

cant

fac

tors

that

con

tribu

te to

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f m

ajor

de

term

inat

ions

in th

e EI

S pr

oces

s gi

ven

to F

AA

with

resp

ect t

o ea

ch e

lem

ent o

f the

EIS

are

con

tem

pora

neou

sly

mad

e av

aila

ble

to c

oope

ratin

g ag

enci

es f

or th

eir

revi

ew a

nd in

put.

The

FA

A

and

City

of

Chi

cago

sho

uld

prov

ide

sect

ions

of

the

docu

men

ts as

th

ey

are

com

plet

ed

to

allo

w

parti

es

to

acco

mpl

ish

sim

ulta

neou

s an

alys

is a

nd re

view

and

sho

uld

not w

ait u

ntil

the

final

doc

umen

t is

com

plet

ed to

rel

ease

it to

the

publ

ic.

Early

op

portu

nity

to re

view

and

com

men

t on

such

doc

umen

ts s

houl

d fa

cilit

ate

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

impa

rtial

bal

ance

d re

cord

that

N

EPA

requ

ires.

The

re m

ust b

e ea

rly p

artic

ipat

ion

by in

tere

sted

pa

rties

at a

ll st

ages

. W

e al

so u

rge

that

ele

ctro

nic

docu

men

ts o

f al

l pro

ject

del

iver

able

s be

pro

duce

d an

d pu

blic

ly a

vaila

ble

(i.e.

D

EIS

in

CD

fo

rmat

or

do

wnl

oada

ble

from

C

hica

go

EIS

web

site

).

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

210,

211

M-4

3 FA

A s

houl

d es

tabl

ish

an a

genc

y re

view

com

mitt

ee w

hose

re

spon

sibi

litie

s in

clud

e re

view

ing

all

scop

ing

com

men

ts re

ceiv

ed b

y th

e FA

A; p

repa

ring

a po

st-r

evie

w re

port

iden

tifyi

ng

the

issu

es t

o be

inc

lude

d in

the

DEI

S an

d in

wha

t de

tail;

cr

eatin

g a

sche

dule

for

acco

mpl

ishi

ng s

igni

fican

t mile

ston

es in

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

211

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

24

8

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

the

NEP

A p

roce

ss;

and

assi

gnin

g re

spon

sibi

litie

s am

ong

the

spon

sor,

lead

, and

coo

pera

ting

agen

cies

for d

evel

opm

ent o

f the

D

EIS.

The

revi

ew c

omm

ittee

sho

uld

incl

ude

repr

esen

tativ

es o

f th

e C

ity o

f C

hica

go,

FAA

, th

e V

illag

e of

Ben

senv

ille,

Elk

G

rove

V

illag

e,

the

City

of

Pa

rk

Rid

ge,

and

any

othe

r co

oper

atin

g ag

enci

es w

ho w

ish

to a

ssis

t in

this

pro

cess

. M

-44

The

FAA

sho

uld

solic

it co

mm

ents

fro

m c

oope

ratin

g ag

enci

es

and

the

publ

ic a

nd t

hen

dist

ribut

e a

draf

t pu

rpos

e an

d ne

ed

stat

emen

t w

hen

the

FAA

and

its

con

sulta

nt h

ave

com

plet

ed

thei

r re

view

. A

t a m

inim

um, t

he s

pons

or a

nd th

e FA

A s

houl

d re

leas

e th

e do

cum

ents

that

are

bei

ng u

sed

to d

efin

e an

d ju

stify

th

e pu

rpos

e an

d ne

ed o

f the

OM

P.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

212

M-4

5 In

con

cert

with

the

doc

ket-l

ike

proc

ess,

coop

erat

ing

agen

cies

sh

ould

be

gi

ven

early

an

d m

eani

ngfu

l ac

cess

to

m

odel

s, da

tase

ts, d

raft

assu

mpt

ions

, and

dra

ft an

alys

es g

ener

ated

by

the

spon

sor,

its c

onsu

ltant

s, or

the

FAA

for r

evie

w a

nd c

omm

ent.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

212

M-4

6 B

ecau

se th

e V

illag

e of

Ben

senv

ille,

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e, a

nd th

e C

ity o

f Pa

rk R

idge

hav

e lo

cal

know

ledg

e an

d sp

ecia

lized

ex

perti

se r

elev

ant

to m

any

of t

he s

igni

fican

t is

sues

to

be

addr

esse

d in

the

DEI

S, th

e m

unic

ipal

ities

sho

uld

be a

ssig

ned

to

draf

t th

ose

porti

ons

of t

he D

EIS

perta

inin

g to

pot

entia

l so

cial

im

pact

s, po

tent

ial

soci

oeco

nom

ic i

mpa

cts,

pote

ntia

l lig

ht a

nd

nois

e im

pact

s, gr

ound

and

air

safe

ty i

ssue

s, po

tent

ial

Sect

ion

4(f)

iss

ues,

expe

cted

cum

ulat

ive

impa

cts,

othe

r po

tent

ially

ap

plic

able

sta

te a

nd l

ocal

law

s an

d or

dina

nces

, an

d po

tent

ial

impa

cts

on t

he c

oope

ratin

g co

mm

uniti

es a

nd t

heir

oper

atin

g bu

dget

s, in

clud

ing

but

not

limite

d to

im

pact

s on

pol

ice,

fire

, an

d em

erge

ncy

med

ical

serv

ices

.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

212,

213

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

24

9

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

M-4

7 W

e ur

ge t

he F

AA

to

rem

ain

open

to

the

need

to

cons

ider

ad

ditio

nal i

ssue

s an

d to

futu

re re

com

men

datio

ns a

nd c

omm

ents

on h

ow to

impr

ove

the

scop

ing

and

NEP

A p

roce

ss.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

213

M-4

8 It

is a

lso

impo

rtant

for t

he F

AA

and

the

spon

sor t

o es

tabl

ish

an

hist

oric

al o

verv

iew

of O

’Har

e’s

deve

lopm

ent.

Pas

t act

ions

and

st

atem

ents

by

the

FAA

and

the

spo

nsor

as

to t

he r

egio

n’s

avia

tion

capa

city

nee

ds a

nd t

he r

oles

to

by p

laye

d by

eac

h cu

rren

t or f

utur

e ai

rpor

t mus

t be

docu

men

ted.

Ear

lier s

tudi

es o

f O

’Har

e’s

capa

city

, pro

duce

d by

the

City

of

Chi

cago

, FA

A, o

r ot

hers

shou

ld b

e in

clud

ed in

the

reco

rd o

f the

DEI

S.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

214

M-4

9 Th

e B

enef

it-C

ost A

naly

sis p

roce

ss sh

ould

be

inte

grat

ed in

to th

e D

EIS

prep

arat

ion

proc

ess

and

mad

e pa

rt of

the

doc

ket

for

revi

ew b

y co

oper

atin

g ag

enci

es.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

228

M-5

0 Th

is m

ust b

e a

fair,

ope

n, tr

ansp

aren

t and

obj

ectiv

e re

view

of

the

issu

es.

Thi

s is

goi

ng t

o be

one

of

the

mor

e co

mpl

ex

proc

esse

s we’

ve se

en.

Sche

dule

s, de

adlin

es, t

hing

s lik

e th

at a

re

goin

g to

be

diffi

cult

to m

eet

with

the

res

ourc

es t

hat

our

com

mun

ities

hav

e, a

nd it

’s v

ery

impo

rtant

for

us

to b

e ab

le to

co

mm

ent

in a

n in

telli

gent

and

fai

r w

ay;

and

we’

re s

omew

hat

drea

ding

the

not

ion

of a

mas

sive

set

of

docu

men

ts s

udde

nly

appe

arin

g on

ou

r do

orste

p an

d be

ing

expe

cted

to

re

turn

co

mm

ents

in a

fairl

y sh

ort p

erio

d.

Sand

y M

urdo

ck (

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, E

lk G

rove

V

illag

e, a

nd th

e C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-8

8

M-5

1 W

e’d

like

to s

it do

wn

and

expl

ore

alte

rnat

ives

and

see

if th

ere

are

way

s in

whi

ch w

e ca

n m

ake

our

com

men

ts m

ore

usef

ul to

th

e pr

oces

s and

try

to a

dvan

ce th

e pr

oces

s.

Sand

y M

urdo

ck (

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, E

lk G

rove

V

illag

e, a

nd th

e C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-8

8, 8

9 M

-52

I fe

el t

hat

our

gove

rnm

ent

is o

blig

ated

to

stud

y fu

lly t

he

Jack

ie O

’Con

nor (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

25

0

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

impa

cts

to r

esid

entia

l are

as w

hen

cons

ider

ing

such

sig

nific

ant

incr

ease

s in

pol

lutio

n du

e to

the

vol

umes

of

air

traffi

c an

d su

bseq

uent

out

linin

g so

urce

s of p

ollu

tion.

p. V

II-27

3

M-5

3 I

am a

skin

g yo

u to

ens

ure

a fu

ll an

d co

mpr

ehen

sive

stu

dy i

s co

nduc

ted

with

the

resi

dent

s in

min

d an

d th

at th

is st

udy

take

a

clea

r lo

ok a

the

dan

gers

to

publ

ic h

ealth

, qu

ality

of

life

and

safe

ty is

sues

that

an

expa

nsio

n of

O’H

are

wou

ld s

ubje

ct u

s to

. I

belie

ve it

’s lo

gica

l tha

t thi

s is

thre

aten

ed b

y bo

th a

n in

crea

se

in

pollu

tion

to

neig

hbor

hood

s an

d a

high

er

likel

ihoo

d of

ai

rpla

ne re

late

d ac

cide

nts d

ue to

hig

her v

olum

e of

traf

fic.

Jack

ie O

’Con

nor (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-27

3

M-5

4 Th

e ID

OT

proj

ect t

hat

is go

ing

to s

o he

avily

impa

ct u

s w

hen

they

try

to p

ut in

wes

tern

acc

ess

is n

ot e

ven

bein

g tre

ated

with

th

e pr

ojec

t th

at h

as a

ctua

l –

is a

ctua

lly b

eing

pro

pose

d to

the

U

.S. C

ongr

ess.

I c

onsi

der

one

sym

ptom

of

this

sha

m th

e fa

ct

that

ID

OT

is n

ot h

ere.

Th

ey h

eld

thei

r pu

blic

hea

ring

in

Sprin

gfie

ld w

here

no

one

is a

ffec

ted.

The

y di

d no

t com

e he

re.

John

O’K

eefe

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-322

M-5

4.1

They

are

not

telli

ng u

s exa

ctly

how

muc

h ar

ea w

ill b

e af

fect

ed.

Jose

ph O

livet

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

314

M-5

5 Th

ere

need

s to

be

the

rele

ase

of in

form

atio

n th

at p

rovi

des

the

publ

ic w

ith d

etai

led

info

rmat

ion,

the

cost

for a

ll im

prov

emen

ts in

clud

ing

road

way

s, la

nd a

cqui

sitio

n, a

nd th

e co

ndem

natio

n of

pr

oper

ties a

nd th

e FA

A sh

ould

insi

st th

at it

be

done

now

.

Gar

y an

d B

arba

ra P

arrin

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-35

6

M-5

6 Th

e FA

A s

houl

d pe

rfor

m o

r rel

ease

it’s

pre

view

of t

he C

hica

go

plan

incl

udin

g an

y is

sues

that

nee

d to

be

addr

esse

d by

Chi

cago

to

com

ply

with

FA

A r

equi

rem

ents

suc

h as

run

way

len

gths

, ex

tent

of

dr

op

zone

s, en

viro

nmen

tal

impa

cts,

surf

ace

trans

porta

tion

acce

ss to

the

proj

ect,

nois

e co

ntou

rs, i

mpa

ct o

n pr

oper

ty v

alue

s in

com

mun

ities

adj

acen

t to

the

airp

ort,

and

Gar

y an

d B

arba

ra P

arrin

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-35

6

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

25

1

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

fore

cast

ing

of

capi

tal,

oper

atin

g co

sts,

reve

nues

an

d de

bt

serv

ice

M-5

7 A

ll is

sues

nee

d to

be

rele

ased

to

the

publ

ic b

efor

e C

hica

go

acqu

ires

land

, m

oves

any

dirt

, kn

ocks

dow

n bu

sine

sses

, an

d st

arts

to d

ecim

ate

the

tax

base

of o

ur c

omm

unity

.

Gar

y an

d B

arba

ra P

arrin

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-35

7

M-5

8 I

and

othe

r ar

e co

ncer

ned

the

plan

is

bein

g pu

shed

thr

ough

C

ongr

ess

by S

enat

or D

urbi

n in

an

effo

rt to

forc

e su

ch a

genc

ies

as th

e FA

A a

nd th

e En

viro

nmen

tal P

rote

ctio

n A

genc

y to

cav

e in

and

rub

ber

stam

p a

plan

that

has

not

bee

n su

bjec

t to

prop

er

scru

tiny

from

an

envi

ronm

enta

l and

safe

ty st

andp

oint

.

Nor

man

J. P

ater

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

79, 8

0

M-5

9 A

n is

sue

of t

his

mag

nitu

de n

eeds

to

be p

rope

rly d

ocum

ente

d an

d ai

red

so th

at a

ll af

fect

ed p

artie

s ca

n ha

ve a

ll va

lid p

oint

s of

vi

ew re

cogn

ized

and

com

prom

ised

in th

e fin

al d

ecis

ion.

Nor

man

J. P

ater

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

79, 8

0

M-5

9.1

Rep

rese

ntat

ives

of

the

City

of

Chi

cago

and

UR

S C

orpo

ratio

n,

the

City

’s c

onsu

ltant

on

the

railr

oad

aspe

ct o

f th

e O

’Har

e M

oder

niza

tion

Prog

ram

, met

with

Uni

on P

acifi

c R

ailro

ad a

nd

Can

adia

n Pa

cific

Rai

lway

on

Sept

embe

r 4, 2

002.

Bas

ed o

n th

e co

ncep

t pl

an s

how

n to

Uni

on P

acifi

c on

Sep

tem

ber

4, U

nion

Pa

cific

is

of t

he o

pini

on t

hat

UP’

s lin

e ca

n be

rel

ocat

ed a

nd

UP’

s ra

il fr

eigh

t op

erat

ions

will

not

be

adve

rsel

y im

pact

ed.

Add

ition

al m

eetin

gs h

ave

been

sch

edul

ed w

ith U

P to

wor

k ou

t th

e de

tails

of t

he c

once

pt p

lan.

Mic

hael

W

. Pa

yette

(A

ssis

tant

V

ice

Pres

iden

t, G

over

nmen

t A

ffairs

-Cen

tral

Reg

ion,

U

nion

Pa

cific

R

ailro

ad C

ompa

ny)

p. V

II-18

7

M-5

9.2

We

have

bee

n co

ntac

ted

by t

he C

ity’s

con

sulta

nt.

I ha

ve n

o do

ubt t

hat w

e w

ill b

e ab

le to

wor

k ou

t a re

alig

nmen

t with

them

; bu

t as

of th

is d

ate,

we

have

n’t s

at d

own

and

wor

ked

out a

ll th

e de

tails

. U

nion

Pac

ific

has

an e

xcel

lent

rel

atio

nshi

p w

ith t

he

City

of

C

hica

go,

espe

cial

ly

thro

ugh

the

com

mis

sion

er

of

CD

OT,

and

so

we

are

on a

spe

akin

g ba

sis

wee

kly

so w

e do

n’t

Mic

hael

W. P

ayet

te (U

nion

Pac

ific

Rai

lroad

) p.

VI-1

12

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

25

2

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

have

any

con

cern

s. B

ut a

s I s

aid,

a m

ajor

rail

line

to th

e no

rth

will

hav

e to

be

real

igne

d so

it is

som

ethi

ng th

at w

ill h

ave

to b

e ad

dres

sed.

M

-60

This

is

an u

nrea

sona

ble

plan

and

the

res

iden

ts h

ave

had

not

oppo

rtuni

ty to

exp

ress

thei

r in

put n

o ha

ve o

ur v

illag

e le

ader

s.

Plea

se g

ive

us a

n op

portu

nity

to si

t dow

n an

d gi

ve o

ur th

ough

ts.

Arle

ne P

eter

s (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-31

9

M-6

1 W

e ne

ed to

hav

e so

me

bette

r inp

ut fr

om th

e re

side

nts

arou

nd in

th

e co

mm

unity

that

may

lose

thei

r hom

es a

nd ta

x do

llars

. A

rlene

Pet

ers (

Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-2

77

M-6

2 Th

ey’r

e go

ing

to s

ell

them

a p

acka

ge t

hat

they

can

not

give

th

em p

lans

on,

they

can

not g

ive

them

spe

cific

s on

, the

y ca

nnot

ev

en g

ive

them

a p

rice

tag

on, b

ut th

e on

ly th

ing

they

can

giv

e th

em is

the

assu

ranc

e th

at y

ou a

re g

oing

to b

uy it

and

you

r are

go

ing

to p

ay fo

r it a

s a ta

xpay

er ir

rega

rdle

ss.

Joe

Polk

a (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

38

M-6

3 M

y ad

min

istra

tion

and

my

staf

f ar

e av

aila

ble

to w

ork

with

the

FAA

and

oth

ers

if ne

cess

ary

to m

ove

the

Mod

erni

zatio

n Pr

ogra

m fo

rwar

d.

Dan

iel P

ritch

ett (

Vill

age

Pres

iden

t, Fr

ankl

in P

ark)

p.

VI-3

64

M-6

4 A

han

dsha

ke d

eal,

ther

e w

as n

o pl

an e

ven

invo

lved

and

we

wer

e ne

ver

told

abo

ut a

nyth

ing.

Ev

eryt

hing

was

a b

ack-

alle

y de

al b

ehin

d cl

osed

doo

rs.

Nob

ody

was

exp

lain

ed h

ow it

was

go

ing

to a

ffec

t us.

Gre

g Q

ueve

do (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-1

72

M-6

5 I

hear

d M

ayor

Dal

ey s

eem

s to

be

the

head

of

O’H

are

Airp

ort;

whe

reas

, in

othe

r maj

or c

ities

, New

Yor

k, D

alla

s, D

enve

r, Lo

s A

ngel

es,

regi

onal

aut

horit

ies

cont

rol

the

airp

orts

. W

hy c

an’t

O’H

are

have

the

inpu

t of t

hose

of u

s w

ho a

re in

this

imm

edia

te

area

and

not

hav

e de

cisi

ons m

ade

stric

tly b

y on

e m

an?

Leon

ard

Rog

us (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-301

M-6

6 I

had

requ

este

d a

copy

of

the

O’H

are

Scop

ing

Doc

umen

t.

Cou

ld y

ou e

-mai

l it i

n ac

roba

t – p

df, o

r MS

Wor

d.

Ros

s Rut

henb

erg

p. V

II-30

6 M

-67

We

are

requ

estin

g a

120-

day

exte

nsio

n of

the

publ

ic c

omm

ent

Jack

Sa

porit

o (E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, A

llian

ce

of

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

25

3

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

perio

d.

With

a 1

20-d

ay e

xten

sion,

we

belie

ve th

at w

e w

ill b

e ab

le to

inco

rpor

ate

all o

ur c

once

rns.

Res

iden

ts C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e, In

c.)

p. V

II-14

3 M

-68

The

Alli

ance

of

Res

iden

ts C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e ha

s a

vita

l in

tere

st in

ass

urin

g th

at th

e EI

S do

cum

ent f

ully

com

plie

s w

ith

full

disc

losu

re, a

ll en

viro

nmen

tal l

aws

and

regu

latio

ns a

nd a

ll ot

her

aspe

cts

that

will

pro

tect

our

citi

zens

’ he

alth

, saf

ety,

our

en

viro

nmen

t and

oth

er q

ualit

y of

life

issu

es.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e, In

c.)

p. V

II-14

3

M-6

9 Th

e is

sue

is e

xtre

mel

y co

mpl

ex a

nd t

echn

ical

and

it

is v

ery

impo

rtant

that

we

all r

espo

nd to

it in

dep

th.

The

time

need

ed,

in o

rder

to d

o a

suffi

cien

t job

of r

evie

win

g an

d co

mm

entin

g, is

12

0 da

ys.

How

ever

, we

mus

t hav

e at

leas

t a 9

0-da

y ex

tens

ion.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e, In

c.)

p. V

II-14

3

M-7

0 R

eque

stin

g a

90-1

20 d

ay e

xten

sion

of

time

to s

ubm

it sc

opin

g co

mm

ents

. Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e)

p. V

II-27

5 M

-71

Hav

e yo

u m

ade

a de

cisi

on re

gard

ing

the

exte

nsio

n re

ques

t?

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

280

M-7

2 A

ReC

O h

as a

vita

l int

eres

t in

assu

ring

that

the

EIS

docu

men

t fu

lly c

ompl

ies

with

ful

l dis

clos

ure,

all

envi

ronm

enta

l law

s an

d re

gula

tions

and

all

othe

r as

pect

s th

at w

ill p

rote

ct o

ur c

itize

ns’

heal

th, s

afet

y, o

ur e

nviro

nmen

t and

oth

er q

ualit

y of

life

issu

es.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

2367

M-7

3 A

ReC

O h

as r

eque

sted

an

exte

nsio

n to

the

Sept

embe

r 13

fili

ng

dead

line,

the

time

allo

wed

is w

holly

inad

equa

te to

do

a fo

od jo

b of

pro

vidi

ng r

eque

sted

sco

ping

inf

orm

atio

n.

It is

in

the

best

publ

ic i

nter

est

that

the

FA

A o

ffic

ially

acc

ept,

cons

ider

and

m

ake

part

of th

e re

cord

any

info

rmat

iona

l doc

umen

ts fr

om th

e pu

blic

dur

ing

the

entir

e EI

S pr

oces

s per

iod.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

238

M-7

4 A

ReC

O b

elie

ves

that

it is

vita

l for

the

EIS

to a

ddre

ss a

ll of

our

Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

25

4

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

writ

ten

conc

erns

alo

ng w

ith th

e co

ncer

ns p

rese

nted

in o

ur o

ral

com

men

ts.

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

239

M-7

5 Th

e EI

S m

ust

have

ade

quat

e pr

esen

tatio

n to

mak

e th

e da

ta

unde

rsta

ndab

le t

o th

e or

dina

ry p

erso

n.

It sh

ould

inc

lude

the

or

dina

ry a

nd n

orm

al e

dito

rial

appa

ratu

s fo

und

in g

over

nmen

t do

cum

ents

. A

ll m

aps,

char

ts, t

able

s, an

d di

agra

ms

shou

ld b

e da

ted

and

capt

ione

d in

dica

ting

the

sour

ce, a

utho

r, an

d sp

ecifi

c ag

ency

from

whi

ch it

is d

eriv

ed.

Cita

tions

mus

t be

give

n fo

r all

stud

ies

or o

ther

doc

umen

ts r

efer

red

to in

the

text

. In

all

case

s w

here

ana

lytic

al s

tudi

es a

re i

nclu

ded

or r

efer

ence

d, t

he t

itle,

da

te,

and

orig

inat

or o

f th

e st

udie

s, co

rrec

tly c

ited,

sho

uld

be

prov

ided

and

cop

ies

not c

onta

ined

with

in th

e co

vers

of t

he E

IS

mad

e av

aila

ble

free

of c

hare

for

inde

pend

ent e

valu

atio

n by

the

publ

ic.

Supp

ortin

g do

cum

ents

sho

uld

also

be

mad

e av

aila

ble

on t

he i

nter

net,

pref

erab

ly i

n A

dobe

Acr

obat

(PD

F) f

orm

at.

One

term

of

art i

n pa

rticu

lar

mus

t be

defin

ed in

this

doc

umen

t an

d us

ed c

onsi

sten

tly w

ith th

e sa

me

defin

ition

, and

that

is th

e w

ord

“reg

ion.

” A

ll pr

ojec

tions

and

mod

els

shou

ld i

nclu

de a

cl

ear

stat

emen

t of

the

met

hodo

logy

cho

sen,

with

the

ratio

nale

fo

r ch

oosi

ng it

pro

vide

d.

All

actio

ns o

r m

itiga

tions

exa

min

ed

that

affe

ct t

he o

rgan

izat

ion,

pol

icie

s, bu

dget

s or

rev

enue

s of

st

ate,

cou

nty

and

mun

icip

al g

over

nmen

ts, s

peci

al d

istri

cts

and

fede

ral

and

stat

e ag

enci

es o

ther

tha

t th

e FA

A s

houl

d be

di

scus

sed

in d

etai

l. B

ecau

se i

t is

im

poss

ible

to

eval

uate

or

com

men

t upo

n av

erag

e, p

erce

ntag

e an

d ra

tes

with

out k

now

ing

the

base

dat

a up

on w

hich

the

ave

rage

, pe

rcen

tage

or

rate

is

base

d an

d th

e m

etho

d of

cal

cula

tion,

this

info

rmat

ion

shou

ld b

e in

clud

ed w

hen

aver

age,

per

cent

ages

or r

ates

are

giv

en.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

258,

259

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

25

5

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

M-7

6 In

al

l an

alys

is,

risk

anal

ysis

sh

ould

be

co

nduc

ted

by

an

inde

pend

ent

agen

cy

to

dete

rmin

e re

lativ

e in

crea

ses

over

th

resh

old

allo

wan

ces

for

indi

vidu

al r

esid

ents

, se

nsiti

ve l

and

uses

and

nea

rby

com

mun

ities

, et

c.,

in o

rder

to

adeq

uate

ly

prot

ect h

ealth

and

our

env

ironm

ent.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

260

M-7

7 B

ecau

se c

omm

erci

al j

et a

ircra

ft ar

e a

maj

or c

ause

of

clim

ate

chan

ge

and

O’H

are

oper

atio

ns

grea

tly

cont

ribut

es

to

the

prob

lem

, the

re sh

ould

be

a gl

obal

EIS

don

e.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

48, 1

49, p

. VII-

91

M-7

8 W

e ha

ve a

vita

l in

tere

st i

n as

surin

g th

at a

ny m

odifi

catio

ns o

f th

e ai

rpor

t com

ply

with

all

exis

ting

law

s and

regu

latio

ns.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

51, p

. VII-

91

M-7

9 In

res

earc

hing

the

env

ironm

ent i

ssue

, I u

nder

stan

d th

e ai

rpor

t do

es n

ot h

ave

to m

eet e

nviro

nmen

tal s

tand

ards

. D

onna

Sbe

rtoli

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-27

2 M

-80

The

data

use

d to

def

ine

nois

e (D

NL)

con

tour

s fo

r ex

istin

g co

nditi

ons

as w

ell

as f

orec

asts

bas

ed o

n th

e pr

opos

ed n

ew

and/

or

requ

ired

runw

ay

conf

igur

atio

n m

ust

be

read

ily

acce

ssib

le to

all

inte

rest

ed p

artie

s. T

he p

ublic

sho

uld

be g

iven

an

opp

ortu

nity

to p

artic

ipat

e in

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd r

evie

w o

f th

e m

odel

s an

d da

ta u

sed

to g

ener

ate

the

nois

e co

ntou

rs a

nd th

e pr

ojec

ted

nois

e im

pact

are

a.

Rob

ert J

. Sch

iller

stro

m (D

uPag

e C

ount

y En

viro

nmen

tal

Com

mitt

ee, D

evel

opm

ent &

Env

ironm

enta

l Con

cern

s)

p. V

II-23

2, 2

33

M-8

1 W

hy c

an’t

all

of t

he s

ides

tha

t ha

ve d

evel

oped

thi

s ca

se s

it do

wn

and

reas

on t

his

thin

g ou

t?

Why

doe

s it

have

to

be m

y pl

an o

r no

plan

?

Bill

Sha

nnon

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-303

M-8

1.1

I’m

ver

y gl

ad t

hese

hea

rings

are

her

e.

Of

cour

se,

I’m

mos

t co

ncer

ned

that

the

auth

oriti

es w

ill re

ally

list

en to

the

peop

le a

nd

will

real

ly d

o w

hat t

he p

eopl

e w

ould

wan

t.

Gre

gory

Tho

rson

(Boa

rd o

f Dire

ctor

, Illi

nois

Rai

l) p.

VI-2

94

M-8

1.2

I w

ante

d to

urg

e th

at th

e EI

S be

con

duct

ed o

n an

exp

edite

d or

st

ream

lined

bas

is.

John

C. T

one

(Den

ver,

CO

) p.

VII-

3

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

25

6

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

M-8

2 I w

ould

like

the

trans

porta

tion

issu

e to

be

an o

pen

foru

m.

Stev

e U

nger

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-32

M

-83

I tak

e is

sue

with

the

way

this

who

le e

xpan

sion

pro

ject

is b

eing

pr

esen

ted.

My

feel

ing

is th

at n

ot e

very

thin

g is

bei

ng p

rese

nted

in

a f

orth

right

man

ner.

I d

on’t

unde

rsta

nd h

ow a

n ed

ucat

ed

deci

sion

will

be

mad

e if

the

fact

s are

not

bei

ng b

roug

ht fo

rth.

Bar

bara

L. W

arrin

gton

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-82

M-8

4 A

s th

is p

roje

ct p

rogr

esse

s an

d pl

anni

ng b

ecom

es m

ore

refin

ed

and

spec

ific,

we

wou

ld a

ppre

ciat

e th

e op

portu

nity

to w

ork

with

th

e FA

A o

n pr

ovid

ing

addi

tiona

l, m

ore

spec

ific

guid

ance

as

it re

late

s to

this

pro

ject

.

Ken

neth

A.

Wes

tlake

(C

hief

, En

viro

nmen

tal

Plan

ning

an

d Ev

alua

tion

Bra

nch,

US

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pr

otec

tion

Age

ncy)

p.

VII-

266

M-8

5 In

ord

er to

ens

ure

that

ther

e is

am

ple

time

for

our

agen

cies

to

disc

uss

rele

vant

env

ironm

enta

l iss

ues

befo

re th

e EI

S is

issu

ed,

we

reco

mm

end

that

the

FA

A o

utlin

e to

us

wha

t pr

oces

s th

e FA

A w

ill u

se to

eng

age

and

coor

dina

te w

ith re

sour

ce a

genc

ies.

Ken

neth

A.

Wes

tlake

(C

hief

, En

viro

nmen

tal

Plan

ning

an

d Ev

alua

tion

Bra

nch,

US

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pr

otec

tion

Age

ncy)

p.

VII-

270

M-8

6 I’

d lik

e to

obj

ect t

o th

is fo

rmat

bec

ause

I th

ink

this

is a

way

of

avoi

ding

co

nfro

ntat

ion

and/

or

dire

ct

inte

ract

ion

with

th

e re

side

nts

as w

ell

as t

heir

elec

ted

offic

ials

, an

d I

thin

k us

ing

cour

t rep

orte

rs d

oes

a di

sser

vice

to th

e en

tire

proc

ess.

If t

hese

ar

e su

ppos

ed to

be

open

hea

rings

, the

y’re

cer

tain

ly n

ot o

pen

to

anyo

ne a

nd t

here

is

no g

uara

ntee

tha

t an

y of

the

rem

arks

re

cord

ed b

y m

e or

any

one

else

will

eve

r be

revi

ewed

, let

alo

ne

take

n in

to c

onsi

dera

tion.

I

thin

k th

is s

trate

gy i

s a

met

hod

to

avoi

d de

alin

g w

ith t

he r

ealit

y an

d th

e re

al p

robl

ems

and

conc

erns

of t

he p

eopl

e.

Ron

ald

W. W

iete

cha

(May

or, C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-2

87

M-8

7 I w

ould

like

to b

e fu

lly in

form

ed w

ith a

ny in

form

atio

n pr

ior t

o a

vote

to g

o ah

ead

with

the

expa

nsio

n.

Bre

nda

Woj

cek

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-39

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

25

7

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N.

Oth

er

N-1

Is

ther

e a

stat

utor

y de

finiti

on o

f im

pact

are

a in

this

con

text

? Is

a

certa

in p

lann

ed a

rea

desi

gned

as

part

of t

he i

mpa

ct a

rea?

W

ho d

efin

es th

e im

pact

are

a?

Paul

Adl

af (P

ark

Rid

ge)

VI-3

68

N-2

A

nd th

en th

ey w

ant t

o ta

ke o

ver

– an

d th

ey’r

e no

t goi

ng to

be

satis

fied

with

jus

t ta

king

ove

r w

hat

they

wan

t no

w.

In

the

futu

re t

hey’

re g

oing

to

wan

t m

ore

and

mor

e an

d m

ore.

A

nd

I’m

opp

osed

to th

at.

Virg

inia

Alle

n (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-312

N-3

O

ppos

e ex

pans

ion

of th

e A

irpor

t and

the

O’H

are

Mod

erni

zatio

n Pr

ogra

m.

Virg

inia

Alle

n (B

ense

nvill

e) p

. VI-

312,

Will

iam

Bai

rd

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

V

I-21

1,

Mik

e B

aran

(E

lk

Gro

ve

Vill

age)

p.

V

II-31

8,

Pam

ela

Bek

eles

ki

(Elk

G

rove

V

illag

e) p

. VII-

307,

Jef

frey

and

Mar

gare

t B

lick

(Par

k R

idge

) p. V

II-2

76, L

eslie

A. B

race

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-29

7, C

arl

Bra

uwei

ler

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII

-43,

V

aler

ie &

Law

renc

e B

rixy

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII

-14,

H

enry

Bro

nars

(Ben

senv

ille)

p. V

I-19

7, p

. VII-

37, B

art

K. D

ill (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p. V

I-19

1, E

lsie

L. D

oerin

g (E

lk G

rove

) p. V

II-14

5, T

hom

as E

. Fig

arel

li (E

lk G

rove

V

illag

e) p

. V

I-23

5, B

arb

Fitz

patri

ck (

Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-

205,

p.

V

II-3

60,

Kat

hlee

n H

ayes

(E

lk

Gro

ve

Vill

age)

p.

VI-

156,

Chr

istin

e H

ertz

berg

(El

k G

rove

V

illag

e) p

. VII-

284,

Bob

Im

iels

ki p

. VII-

31, N

ancy

L.

Kla

us (

Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII

-72,

Arli

ne K

litzk

e (E

lk

Gro

ve V

illag

e) p

. V

I-16

8, D

avid

P.

and

May

Ann

K

rebs

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e) p

. VII

-2, E

mer

son

Ladd

(Elk

G

rove

Vill

age)

p. V

II-10

, Kat

hy A

. Lan

e (B

ense

nvill

e)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

25

8

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

p. V

I-26

1, C

harle

s Lo

uko

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e) p

. V

I-27

1, L

illia

n M

ayer

(El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p. V

II-66

, M.

Nel

son

(Elk

G

rove

V

illag

e)

p.

VII-

368,

N

ery

(Ben

senv

ille)

p. V

II-6

8, N

o N

ame

4 p.

VII

-355

, Jo

hn

O’K

eefe

(El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-

321,

Mar

ina

C.

Ora

cion

(B

ense

nvill

e) p

. VII

-69,

Joe

Osk

in (

Elk

Gro

ve

Vill

age)

p. V

II-24

, Ste

ve P

artm

an (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-26

6,26

7, J

ohn

Pass

arel

li (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII

-310

, C

lyde

Pe

nicn

ak

p.V

II-30

5,

Arle

ne

Pete

rs

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-

277,

p.

VII

-319

, G

reg

Que

vedo

(E

lk

Gro

ve

Vill

age)

p.

V

I-17

0,

Leon

ard

Rog

us

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-

299,

p.

VII

-61,

She

ila R

udde

n-Sh

oney

(El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII

-49,

Jac

k Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce o

f Res

iden

ts C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e, In

c.) p

. VI-

143,

Pat

ricia

Sco

tt (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII

-135

, Ed

war

d an

d M

aria

nne

Shad

(B

ense

nvill

e)

p.

VI-

278,

279,

F. D

oyle

She

a (M

edin

ah) p

. VII-

164,

Bar

bara

L.

War

ringt

on (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p. V

II-81

, Ros

alee

n an

d To

ny

Wat

ers

(Elk

G

rove

V

illag

e)

p.

VII-

51,

Don

ald,

Nan

cy,

And

y Zu

mer

(Pa

rk R

idge

) p.

VII

-99-

104

N-4

I t

hink

that

som

e of

the

gate

s w

hich

are

not

bei

ng u

sed

or b

eing

us

ed i

n a

very

lim

ited

man

ner

at t

he p

rese

nt t

ime,

esp

ecia

lly

Uni

ted

and

prob

ably

Am

eric

an,

that

Uni

ted

and

Am

eric

an

shou

ld r

ent

out

thes

e ga

tes

to t

he o

ther

airl

ines

tha

t ca

n fin

d pr

ospe

ctiv

e fli

ers

in o

rder

to

supp

lem

ent

thei

r in

com

e a

bit.

A

nd I

thin

k th

at it

is a

n at

roci

ty th

at in

the

orig

inal

pla

nnin

g of

th

e ai

rpor

t at O

’Har

e th

at U

nite

d an

d A

mer

ican

hav

e ha

d su

ch

Ken

And

erso

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

31, 2

32

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

25

9

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

high

dom

inan

ce c

once

rnin

g th

e nu

mbe

r of

gat

es w

hich

the

y ha

ve.

And

I b

elie

ve th

at it

cer

tain

ly a

dds

to th

e hi

gh p

rice

of

ticke

ts.

N-5

Su

gges

t tha

t the

airl

ines

wor

k ou

t an

agre

emen

t tha

t whe

n th

ey

are

flyin

g at

the

sam

e tim

e to

a si

mila

r loc

atio

n th

at if

one

pla

ne

is q

uite

em

pty

that

one

airl

ine

wou

ld f

ly t

he p

asse

nger

s fr

om

two

or th

ree

airli

nes

and

give

due

cre

dit t

o ea

ch fo

r the

num

ber

of p

asse

nger

s tha

t the

y ha

ve o

n th

at fl

ight

.

Ken

And

erso

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

32, 2

33

N-6

W

e ha

ve n

o pr

oble

m w

ith im

prov

emen

ts at

O’H

are

as lo

ng a

s th

ey re

mai

n w

ithin

the

curr

ent a

irpor

t pro

perty

. M

ary

Ann

And

rew

s (El

k G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

71

N-6

.1

I ha

ve n

o pr

oble

ms

with

the

fac

t th

at t

he m

ayor

of

Chi

cago

w

ould

like

to e

nhan

ce O

’Har

e Fi

eld,

rem

odel

, wha

teve

r, as

long

as

he

does

it w

ithin

the

conf

ines

of t

he p

rope

rty th

at th

e C

ity o

f C

hica

go n

ow c

ontro

ls.

I th

ink

it’s

kind

of

Naz

i-ish

to g

o in

to

anot

her

tow

n or

city

and

jus

t ta

ke o

ver

prop

erty

to

fulfi

ll th

e pe

rson

al –

or

the

need

s of

the

City

of

Chi

cago

, ce

rtain

ly n

ot

pers

onal

as f

ar a

s the

may

or is

con

cern

ed.

Mar

y A

nn A

ndre

ws (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-180

N-7

Su

ppor

t mod

erni

zatio

n of

the

Airp

ort,

but o

ppos

e ex

pans

ion.

M

ary

Ann

And

rew

s (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII

-71,

K

aryn

B

ock

(Elk

G

rove

V

illag

e)

p.

VI-

275,

27

6,

Virg

inia

S.

Bra

uwei

ler

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-

161,

Tom

C

row

e (B

ense

nvill

e) p

. V

I-24

8, 2

49,

Ken

and

Rut

h H

alle

r (P

ark

Rid

ge)

p.

VII

-282

, G

eorg

iann

K

line

(Med

inah

) p. V

II-16

7, F

red

Lars

on (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII

-295

, D

r. R

alph

Mad

onna

(W

ood

Dal

e) p

. V

I-31

7, W

illia

m M

eitz

lor

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e) p

. VII

-111

, O

ronz

o an

d C

once

tta P

econ

io (

Ben

senv

ille)

p. V

I-30

9,

Leon

ard

Rog

us

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

V

II-61

0,

Don

na

Sber

toli

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e) p

. VII

-272

, F. D

oyle

She

a

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

26

0

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

(Med

inah

) p.

VII-

166,

Ray

mon

d J.

Stre

lau

(Elk

Gro

ve

Vill

age)

p. V

II-3

67, L

ouis

Tan

ner

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p.

VI-

179,

p.

V

II-36

, R

obin

W

eave

r (E

lk

Gro

ve

Vill

age)

p. V

II-29

1 N

-8

I urg

e th

e FA

A to

do

ever

ythi

ng in

thei

r pow

er to

min

imiz

e th

e im

pact

of t

he p

ropo

sed

plan

. G

eorg

e A

ndria

nopo

ulos

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-31

2 N

-9

I do

not

sup

port

expa

nsio

n at

O’H

are

or b

uild

ing

of t

he n

ew

third

airp

ort i

n Pe

oton

e as

they

will

bot

h pr

omot

e gr

idlo

ck a

nd

spra

wl.

Reg

inal

d A

rkel

l (Pa

los P

ark)

p.

VII-

7

N-1

0 Su

ppor

t the

O’H

are

Mod

erni

zatio

n Pr

ogra

m.

Kim

berly

A

. B

less

(P

resi

dent

, N

orth

wes

t &

Sc

haum

burg

Ass

ocia

tion

of C

omm

erce

and

Indu

stry

) p.

VII

-19,

And

rew

J. C

osta

nza

p. V

II-30

4, L

illia

n G

ardn

er

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

V

II-29

, R

aym

ond

J. G

ibbo

ns

(Pre

side

nt,

Nat

iona

l A

ir Tr

affic

C

ontro

llers

A

ssoc

iatio

n,

Loca

l C

90)

p.

VII

-163

, C

harle

s E.

G

lom

ski (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e) p

. VII

-86,

Dan

iel P

ritch

ett

(Vill

age

Pres

iden

t, Fr

ankl

in P

ark)

p.

VI-

362,

Ros

a R

odrig

uez

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-

139,

Ger

ald

J. R

oper

(P

resi

dent

an

d C

EO,

Chi

cago

land

C

ham

ber

of

Com

mer

ce) p

. VII-

44, J

effr

ey T

. She

rwin

(May

or, C

ity

of N

orth

lake

) p. V

I-370

, p. V

II-33

3, J

effr

ey T

. She

rwin

(M

ayor

, City

of N

orth

lake

- R

esol

utio

n N

o. R

-16-

2001

) p.

V

II-3

36,

Bob

Sn

yder

(D

elta

-Wye

El

ectri

cal

Con

tract

ors,

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e) p

. VII-

188,

Ant

hony

J.

Vec

chio

llo (

Ben

senv

ille)

p. V

I-13

7, J

ohn

A. W

illia

ms

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e) p

. V

II-3

00,

Larr

y an

d C

arol

e Ze

rwas

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e) p

. VII-

285

N-1

1 Fo

r th

e pa

st 2

0 +

year

s th

e pe

ople

of

Illin

ois

have

ele

cted

Je

ffrey

and

Mar

gare

t Blic

k (P

ark

Rid

ge)

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

26

1

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

Gov

erno

rs th

at h

ave

been

aga

inst

O’H

are

expa

nsio

n, in

clud

ing

the

curr

ent

Gov

erno

r G

eorg

e R

yan.

Fo

r w

hate

ver

reas

on h

e ch

ange

d hi

s m

ind,

with

out c

onsu

lting

the

peop

le o

f Ill

inoi

s, to

su

ppor

t the

O’H

are

expa

nsio

n.

p. V

II-27

6

N-1

3 Th

e Pr

ogra

m s

houl

d co

ntin

ue to

est

ablis

h jo

bs f

or th

e co

unci

l of

Nor

thw

est I

llino

is D

istri

ct C

ounc

il of

Car

pent

ers

and

also

to

expa

nd t

he h

oriz

on o

f th

e Fe

dera

l A

viat

ion

Adm

inis

tratio

n’s

atte

mpt

s to

crea

te a

gre

ater

airp

ort f

acili

ty.

Ian

K. C

lark

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VII-

11

N-1

3.1

I do

n’t

like

the

fact

tha

t go

vern

men

t, ei

ther

city

, st

ate,

or

Fede

ral c

an c

onde

mn

hom

es to

satis

fy th

eir n

eeds

. Jo

yce

Dec

ker (

Elm

hurs

t) p.

VII-

190

N-1

3.2

The

plan

s th

at w

e ha

ve a

re i

ncom

plet

e.

But

non

ethe

less

, if

that

’s a

ll w

e’ve

got

, thi

s is

why

we’

re d

oing

wha

t we’

re d

oing

to

try

to

get

impr

ovem

ents

, bu

t w

e’re

not

goi

ng t

o af

fect

the

co

mm

unity

as m

uch

as w

hat w

e kn

ow.

Bar

t K. D

ill (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-1

91

N-1

4 Pl

ease

do

wha

teve

r to

min

imiz

e th

e im

pact

on

our

com

mun

ity

and

our s

urro

undi

ng si

ster

city

com

mun

ity.

Bar

t K. D

ill (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-1

91, 1

92

N-1

5 FA

A h

as s

ided

with

Chi

cago

. M

oder

niza

tion

is a

n ed

itoria

l w

ord.

W

ho c

ould

be

agai

nst i

t? T

his

is a

n O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion

prog

ram

.

Rob

ert D

oher

ty (P

ark

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-36

6

N-1

7 W

e ne

ed a

n O

’Har

e A

irpor

t Aut

horit

y to

ope

rate

the

Airp

ort.

Rob

ert D

oher

ty (P

ark

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-36

6 N

-18

We

need

a b

ette

r ra

il sy

stem

. D

epar

tmen

t of

Tra

nspo

rtatio

n sh

ould

wor

k on

it.

Rob

ert D

oher

ty (P

ark

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-36

6 N

-19

Ther

e ar

e to

o m

any

min

uses

to

sugg

est

this

exp

ansi

on g

o fo

rwar

d.

Thes

e pr

ojec

ted

runw

ay a

dditi

ons

will

take

10

year

s at

leas

t, ca

usin

g m

ore

airli

ne d

elay

s, un

happ

y pa

ssen

gers

, and

us

ing

fede

ral a

nd st

ate

mon

ey n

eede

d el

sew

here

.

Car

ol E

liner

t (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

II-18

0

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

26

2

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-2

0 I

feel

the

airp

ort s

houl

d no

t be

expa

nded

, may

be im

prov

ed b

y on

e ru

nway

, bec

ause

the

econ

omy

at th

is p

oint

can

not s

uppo

rt it.

D

epre

ssio

ns l

ast

betw

een

10 a

nd 1

5 ye

ars.

We’

ve j

ust

ente

red

a de

pres

sion

, whi

ch is

10

to 1

5 ye

ars

in th

e fu

ture

. A

ll R

icha

rd D

aley

’s p

roje

cts

doub

le t

he a

mou

nt o

f m

oney

for

w

hich

he

fore

cast

s. T

his e

cono

my

is in

terr

ible

trou

ble

beca

use

of c

orpo

ratio

ns a

nd th

e go

vern

men

t. It

’s in

the

wor

st s

hape

in

the

hist

ory

of th

e un

ion.

It i

s lud

icro

us to

spen

d th

is m

oney

.

Mar

k H

. Eva

ns (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-

254

N-2

1 Th

e co

mpu

ter s

yste

ms

that

ope

rate

at O

’Har

e pr

esen

tly, A

ugus

t 20

02, a

re s

till n

ot th

e be

st in

the

wor

ld.

They

eas

ily c

ould

be

mod

erni

zed

and

help

air

trave

l at

lea

st 2

0 pe

rcen

t, if

all

tech

nolo

gy w

as im

plem

ente

d. T

he g

roun

d fa

cilit

ies

of O

’Har

e co

uld

be m

oder

nize

d at

pre

sent

sta

te,

coul

d be

inc

reas

ed,

mod

erni

zed,

to b

e ef

ficie

nt, m

ore

effic

ient

, 20

perc

ent.

Tha

t’s a

40

per

cent

incr

ease

. B

ut b

otto

m li

ne, o

ther

airp

orts

cau

se th

e tro

uble

at

this

airp

ort.

On

a 10

0 pe

rcen

t sc

ale

of w

hat

is th

e pr

oble

m w

ith O

’Har

e, 4

0 pe

rcen

t is

oth

er a

irpor

ts i

n tro

uble

de

liver

ing

airp

lane

s he

re, 2

0 pe

rcen

t is

O’H

are,

and

the

oth

er

40 i

s w

eath

er i

n th

e vi

cini

ty.

Als

o pa

rt of

tha

t 40

per

cent

is

inef

ficie

ncie

s with

the

com

mun

icat

ions

/tran

spor

tatio

n sy

stem

.

Mar

k H

. Eva

ns (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-

257,

258

N-2

2 O

’Har

e ne

eds

to

be

dere

gula

ted,

m

ore

effic

ient

, sm

alle

r ai

rpla

nes

flyin

g ar

ound

the

wor

ld.

You

don

’t ne

ed h

alf-

load

ed

airc

raft

and

fligh

ts ru

nnin

g ev

ery

day.

Der

egul

atio

n of

O’H

are

will

mod

erni

ze th

e ai

rline

indu

stry

.

Mar

k H

. Eva

ns (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-

258

N-2

3 Pl

ease

con

side

r the

impa

ct o

n th

e su

rrou

ndin

g su

burb

s. Jo

hn E

wal

d (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

371

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

26

3

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-2

4 Th

e FA

A p

eopl

e at

the

mee

ting

said

the

big

com

mer

cial

pla

nes

are

not d

epen

dent

on

talk

ing

off

and

land

ing

into

the

win

d.

If th

at is

so,

why

not

rot

ate

the

desi

gn s

o th

ose

long

run

way

s go

no

rth a

nd so

uth,

with

oth

er a

ppro

pria

te a

djus

tmen

ts.

Ann

Fin

ney

p. V

II-28

8

N-2

5 O

ur n

eigh

bors

are

pla

nnin

g a

clas

s-ac

tion

law

suit

now

bec

ause

w

e ca

n’t s

ell o

ur h

omes

now

or l

ater

eve

n if

you

don’

t tak

e ou

r pr

oper

ty fo

r the

exp

ansi

on.

Bar

b Fi

tzpa

trick

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

361

N-2

6 It

wou

ld b

e a

trave

sty

if pa

roch

ial i

nter

ests

dic

tate

the

fate

of

the

O’H

are

Mod

erni

zatio

n Pr

ogra

m.

Pol

itica

lly c

onne

cted

m

ayor

s in

the

north

wes

t sub

urbs

hav

e be

en d

oing

eve

ryth

ing

in

thei

r po

wer

to

stym

ie e

cono

mic

pro

gres

s. I

urg

e th

e FA

A t

o lo

ok p

ast t

hese

act

ions

and

car

eful

ly re

view

the

prog

ram

on

its

own

mer

its.

Her

bert

E. G

ardn

er (L

aGra

nge

Park

) p.

VI-1

21, 1

23

N-2

7 W

ithou

t ad

equa

te c

ontro

ller

reso

urce

s at

Chi

cago

TR

AC

ON

, th

e in

tend

ed b

enef

its (

dela

y re

duct

ion,

cos

t sa

ving

s, in

crea

sed

effic

ienc

y),

of t

his

or a

ny O

’Har

e m

oder

niza

tion

plan

are

un

atta

inab

le.

In o

rder

to u

tiliz

e th

e ad

ditio

nal t

ools

prov

ided

in

the

mod

erni

zatio

n pl

an w

e ne

ed to

ade

quat

ely

staf

f thi

s fa

cilit

y an

d w

e ne

ed to

star

t now

.

Ray

mon

d J.

Gib

bons

(Pr

esid

ent,

Nat

iona

l A

ir Tr

affic

C

ontro

llers

Ass

ocia

tion,

Loc

al C

90)

p. V

II-17

N-2

8 W

e ge

t all

the

nega

tive

impa

ct o

f it a

nd n

o be

nefit

s Sa

lly G

race

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-3

16

N-2

9 I

love

liv

ing

clos

e to

the

airp

ort,

but

I do

n’t

wan

t th

e ai

rpor

t liv

ing

in m

y ba

ck y

ard.

G

ail H

all (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-177

N

-30

I’m

ver

y co

ncer

ned

abou

t th

e co

ntin

ued

mon

opol

y at

O’H

are

by U

nite

d an

d A

mer

ican

. T

his

is r

aisi

ng f

ares

and

hur

ting

com

petit

ion

parti

cula

rly fo

r Nor

thw

est a

nd o

ther

s.

Ken

and

Rut

h H

alle

r (Pa

rk R

idge

) p.

VII-

283

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

26

4

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-3

0.1

My

conc

ern

is th

e fa

ct th

at th

e ex

pans

ion

is u

nnec

essa

ry.

The

indu

stry

is

cont

ract

ing,

as

ever

ybod

y se

es.

If

expa

nsio

n is

nece

ssar

y, w

hy n

ot t

ry a

fie

ld t

hat

is n

ot a

s la

ndlo

cked

as

O’H

are.

Kat

hlee

n H

ayes

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-156

N-3

1 W

orld

Gat

eway

and

pro

pose

d ru

nway

exp

ansi

on h

ave

give

n pr

ojec

ted

time

fram

es o

f th

e ye

ar 2

005

for

cons

truct

ion

to

begi

n, y

et c

onst

ruct

ion

bega

n th

ree

mon

ths a

go a

t the

nor

thw

est

corn

er o

f M

ount

Pro

spec

t Roa

d an

d To

uhy.

C

onst

ruct

ion

has

begu

n, a

nd a

nyon

e w

ho d

oesn

’t th

ink

it ha

s is

a f

ool.

My

ques

tion

is w

here

are

the

fund

s co

min

g fr

om, a

nd a

ren’

t the

y in

vi

olat

ion

of m

any

cour

t ord

ers?

Kat

hlee

n H

ayes

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-157

, 158

N-3

2 Th

e ch

ildre

n an

d st

aff o

f Sch

ool D

istri

ct 5

9 ar

e im

pact

ed d

aily

by

en

viro

nmen

tal

cond

ition

s re

late

d to

th

e op

erat

ions

of

O

’Har

e.

Rob

ert

T.

How

ard

(Sup

erin

tend

ent,

Elk

Gro

ve

Tow

nshi

p Sc

hool

s)

VII-

76

N-3

3 It

is d

iffic

ult

to f

ind

clea

r an

swer

s to

que

stio

ns r

elat

ed t

o th

e pr

opos

ed e

xpan

sion

of O

’Har

e. W

hat w

ill b

e th

e im

pact

on

the

envi

ronm

ent a

s a re

sult

of th

e m

oder

niza

tion?

Rob

ert

T.

How

ard

(Sup

erin

tend

ent,

Elk

Gro

ve

Tow

nshi

p Sc

hool

s)

p. V

II-76

N

-34

FAA

mus

t co

nsid

er t

he e

nviro

nmen

tal

impa

ct r

esul

ting

from

ph

ysic

al

chan

ges,

incr

ease

in

th

e nu

mbe

r of

fli

ghts

, a

com

bina

tion

of

both

co

nditi

ons

base

d up

on

extra

neou

s va

riabl

es su

ch a

s a m

ajor

cha

nge

to p

rope

rty a

djac

ent t

o O

’Har

e th

at is

secu

red

for a

wes

tern

acc

ess r

oad

to th

e ai

rpor

t.

Rob

ert

T.

How

ard

(Sup

erin

tend

ent,

Elk

Gro

ve

Tow

nshi

p Sc

hool

s)

p. V

II-76

N-3

5 W

here

is th

e O

’Har

e M

aste

r Pla

n an

d w

here

is th

e co

ordi

natio

n be

twee

n th

e O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion

EIS

and

the

O’H

are

Mas

ter

Plan

?

Jam

es J

ohns

on (

Ben

senv

ille,

Int

erim

Vill

age

Man

ager

, Sp

eaki

ng o

n B

ehal

f of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VI-

185,

Cra

ig B

. Joh

nson

(May

or, E

lk G

rove

Vill

age

–Su

bmitt

ed S

tate

men

t of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VII

-127

, Jo

hn G

eils

(M

ayor

, B

ense

nvill

e –

Subm

itted

St

atem

ent o

f Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p. V

II-9

6

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

26

5

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-3

6 Th

ere

is

a qu

estio

nabl

e fin

anci

al

basi

s fo

r th

e O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion

prop

osal

. Fi

nanc

ial

feas

ibili

ty g

oes

to t

he h

eart

of

the

EIS/

Mas

ter P

lan

proc

ess.

Jam

es J

ohns

on (

Ben

senv

ille,

Int

erim

Vill

age

Man

ager

, Sp

eaki

ng o

n B

ehal

f of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VI-

188,

189

, C

raig

B.

John

son

(May

or,

Elk

Gro

ve

Vill

age

–Sub

mitt

ed S

tate

men

t of

Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry

Hyd

e) p

. VII

-128

, 129

, Joh

n G

eils

(May

or, B

ense

nvill

e –

Subm

itted

Sta

tem

ent o

f Con

gres

sman

Hen

ry H

yde)

p.

VII-

97, 9

8 N

-38

Who

le t

owns

and

chu

rche

s an

d sc

hool

s ha

ve b

een

take

n fo

r ai

rpor

t exp

ansi

on?

Ric

h Jo

hnso

n (B

ense

nvill

e Pa

rk D

istri

ct)

p. V

I-371

N

-39

The

pote

ntia

l co

nven

ienc

e an

d ec

onom

y of

a

sing

le,

coor

dina

ted

mul

ti-m

odal

tran

spor

tatio

n ce

nter

for

the

regi

on is

th

e ch

ief

reas

on f

or m

y su

ppor

t fo

r ex

pand

ing

air

trave

l ca

paci

ty a

t O’H

are.

U

nlik

e Pe

oton

e, O

’Har

e is

sur

roun

ded

by

rail

lines

that

ext

end

acro

ss th

e re

gion

in a

ll di

rect

ions

.

Har

vey

I. K

ahle

r (C

hica

go)

p. V

II-32

0

N-3

9.1

The

airli

nes

at O

’Har

e ar

e a

big

mon

opol

y, a

nd w

ith th

eir f

ares

be

ing

very

hig

h co

mpa

red

to a

irlin

es t

hat

fly o

ut o

f M

idw

ay,

whi

ch a

re a

lmos

t a q

uarte

r to

half

the

cost

flyi

ng o

ut o

f O’H

are.

Tyro

ne K

alog

eres

is (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-273

N-3

9.2

I th

ink

that

the

pla

n th

at G

over

nor

Rya

n an

d M

ayor

Dal

ey

prop

osed

was

ver

y po

litic

ally

mot

ivat

ed.

Bas

ical

ly th

ey w

ere

look

ing

forw

ard

just

for

thei

r ow

n po

cket

s an

d th

e pr

otec

tions

of

thei

r uni

on c

roni

es o

n bo

th si

des,

Rep

ublic

an a

nd D

emoc

rat.

Tyro

ne K

alog

eres

is (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-273

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

26

6

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-4

0 Th

ere

is no

dea

l wha

tsoe

ver i

f it’s

not

writ

ten

on p

aper

. If

I’m

no

t m

ista

ken,

the

re i

s a

stat

e la

w t

hat

says

any

kin

d of

dea

l be

twee

n tw

o pa

rties

mus

t be

writ

ten

and

info

rmed

. Th

e pr

oces

s th

ey a

re g

oing

thr

ough

in

Con

gres

s is

an

illeg

al a

ttem

pt t

o su

rrep

t (si

c) th

e po

wer

s of

the

gove

rnor

and

the

stat

e le

gisl

atur

e an

d to

tak

e aw

ay t

he r

ight

s th

at b

elon

g fo

r th

e ai

rpor

t he

re.

And

wha

t the

Con

gres

s of

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es is

tryi

ng to

do

is

surr

ept (

sic)

that

pow

er a

nd ta

ke it

aw

ay f

rom

the

stat

e.

That

la

w h

opef

ully

will

be

prov

en u

ncon

stitu

tiona

l by

the

Supr

eme

Cou

rt of

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es.

Tyro

ne K

alog

eres

is (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-273

, 274

N-4

1 Is

the

re a

tim

elin

e?

You

’ve

indi

cate

d a

proc

ess

or a

lin

e of

m

ilest

ones

with

reg

ard

to t

he E

IS-r

elat

ed d

ocum

ents

. W

e’re

w

onde

ring

if th

ere’

s a

sim

ilar

set o

f m

ilest

ones

with

reg

ard

to

mas

ter

plan

ning

doc

umen

ts a

nd h

ow t

hey

will

be

inte

grat

ed

into

the

EIS

pro

cess

? T

here

’s n

ot a

flo

w c

hart

show

ing

the

rela

tions

hip

betw

een

the

EIS

docu

men

ts

and

the

mas

ter

plan

ning

doc

umen

ts? D

o yo

u ha

ve a

ny k

ind

of in

dica

tion

as to

ho

w th

ey w

ould

inte

rrel

ate?

Jose

ph K

arag

anis

(V

illag

e of

Ben

senv

ille,

Par

k R

idge

, an

d El

k G

rove

and

for S

enat

e Pr

esid

ent P

ate

Phili

p)

p. V

I-77,

78

N-4

2 Th

e O

MP

and

WG

P in

volv

e he

avy

com

pone

nts

of a

irlin

e fu

ndin

g, w

here

is th

e fu

ndin

g go

ing

to c

ome

from

? Jo

seph

Kar

agan

is (

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, P

ark

Rid

ge,

and

Elk

Gro

ve a

nd fo

r Sen

ate

Pres

iden

t Pat

e Ph

ilip)

p.

VI-1

03

N-4

3 W

hat i

s th

e ba

selin

e pr

ojec

t we’

re w

orki

ng f

or?

Is

the

WG

P th

e ba

selin

e?

Jose

ph K

arag

anis

(V

illag

e of

Ben

senv

ille,

Par

k R

idge

, an

d El

k G

rove

and

for S

enat

e Pr

esid

ent P

ate

Phili

p)

p. V

I-103

N

-44

A n

eed

for

a co

mpr

ehen

sive

pla

n. M

idw

ay g

row

th is

like

ly to

ex

haus

t the

cap

acity

of t

hat a

irpor

t with

in th

e tim

efra

me

of th

e EI

S of

this

doc

umen

t let

alo

ne th

e co

nstru

ctio

n of

this

pro

ject

. W

here

doe

s the

exc

ess M

idw

ay tr

affic

go?

Jose

ph K

arag

anis

(V

illag

e of

Ben

senv

ille,

Par

k R

idge

, an

d El

k G

rove

and

for S

enat

e Pr

esid

ent P

ate

Phili

p)

p. V

I-104

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

26

7

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

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ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-4

5 A

re w

e bu

ildin

g ca

paci

ty f

or U

nite

d or

wha

teve

r su

cces

sor

corp

orat

ion

pick

ups

Uni

ted,

or a

re w

e bu

ildin

g ca

paci

ty fo

r the

re

gion

?

Jose

ph K

arag

anis

(V

illag

e of

Ben

senv

ille,

Par

k R

idge

, an

d El

k G

rove

and

for S

enat

e Pr

esid

ent P

ate

Phili

p)

p. V

I-105

N

-46

The

hist

oric

al c

ompe

titio

n pr

oble

ms

that

hav

e ex

iste

d an

d th

e op

portu

nitie

s fo

r ne

w

com

petit

ion

do

not

appe

ar

to

be

addr

esse

d.

Jose

ph K

arag

anis

(V

illag

e of

Ben

senv

ille,

Par

k R

idge

, an

d El

k G

rove

and

for S

enat

e Pr

esid

ent P

ate

Phili

p)

p. V

I-105

N

-47

Wha

t are

the

term

s of t

he h

isto

ric a

gree

men

t?

Jose

ph K

arag

anis

(V

illag

e of

Ben

senv

ille,

Par

k R

idge

, an

d El

k G

rove

and

for S

enat

e Pr

esid

ent P

ate

Phili

p)

p. V

I-106

N

-50

For

each

airp

ort,

envi

ronm

enta

l as

wel

l as

heal

th im

pact

nee

ds

to b

e fu

lly s

tudi

ed a

nd th

e ve

ry b

est l

ayou

t and

air

traffi

c pa

ths

need

to b

e de

cide

d ba

sed

on th

ese

fact

ors a

nd n

ot so

lely

on

how

m

any

airp

lane

s can

we

fit in

to a

sing

le a

irpor

t.

Geo

rgia

nn K

line

(Med

inah

) p.

VII-

169

N-5

1 O

’Har

e im

pact

s m

any

othe

r pe

ople

and

tow

ns,

it sh

ould

no

long

er b

e ru

n by

Chi

cago

and

its

may

or.

O’H

are

need

s to

be

com

e a

regi

onal

airp

ort

with

reg

iona

l tra

nspo

rtatio

n, b

efor

e an

ythi

ng e

lse

abou

t it i

s dec

ided

.

Geo

rgia

nn K

line

(Med

inah

) p.

VII-

170

N-5

2 W

hy s

houl

d C

hica

go b

e al

low

ed to

dic

tate

that

we

have

to n

ot

slee

p at

nig

ht, t

hat w

e ca

n’t h

ave

our h

omes

, and

that

we

cann

ot

have

bus

ines

ses?

Why

are

we

unde

r a d

icta

tors

hip?

Arli

ne K

litzk

e (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-1

69

N-5

3 Th

is is

not

a p

lan

it is

a c

once

pt w

ithou

t a f

easi

bilit

y st

udy,

a

cost

est

imat

e, a

pre

limin

ary

layo

ut a

nd ti

me

sche

dule

. It

is a

po

litic

ally

ac

tivat

ed

sche

me

to

acqu

ire

subu

rban

pr

oper

ty

with

out d

ue p

roce

ss.

How

can

Chi

cago

take

pro

perti

es in

Des

Pl

aine

s, El

k G

rove

and

Ben

senv

ille

with

out d

ue p

roce

ss?

Will

iam

C. K

litzk

e (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

308

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

26

8

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

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ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-5

4 W

here

is

the

mon

ey c

omin

g fr

om?

The

airl

ines

bec

ause

of

thei

r fin

ance

s ar

e re

cant

ing

thei

r co

mm

itmen

t to

pro

vidi

ng

finan

cial

aid

. Th

e ta

xpay

ers

will

then

bea

r the

bru

nt o

f the

cos

t (w

hen

we

find

out w

hat i

t is)

.

Will

iam

C. K

litzk

e (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

308

N-5

5 W

hy

is

the

City

ac

quiri

ng

land

w

hen

the

envi

ronm

enta

l st

udy/

impa

ct h

as n

ot b

een

com

plet

ed?

Wal

ter K

urze

ja (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-36

9 N

-57

Why

don

’t w

e ha

ve k

now

ledg

e of

the

ful

l pl

an?

Doi

ng t

his

piec

e ju

st a

dds s

tress

, con

fusi

on a

nd n

egat

ive

feel

ings

. W

alte

r Kur

zeja

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

369

N-5

8 Th

e FA

A is

not

rea

lly c

once

rned

with

neg

ativ

e im

pact

s on

the

soci

al o

r na

tura

l env

ironm

ent a

nd th

e ef

fect

if h

as o

n pe

ople

s liv

es.

Phili

p M

. Lac

ivita

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

138

N-5

8.1

I su

ppor

t m

oder

niza

tion

of O

’Har

e bu

t no

t at

the

pric

e of

re

mov

ing

fam

ilies

fro

m h

ouse

s. L

et’s

all

rem

embe

r w

hat t

he

true

Am

eric

an D

ream

is, o

wni

ng y

our o

wn

hom

e. I

t’s e

asy

for

peop

le w

ho h

ave

the

finan

cial

sup

port

and

do n

ot li

ve i

n El

k G

rove

, B

ense

nvill

e or

Des

Pla

ines

to

mak

e de

cisi

ons

that

do

not a

ffect

them

.

Fred

Lar

son

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-29

5

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

26

9

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

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ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-5

9 Th

e m

oder

niza

tion

of O

’Har

e A

irpor

t is

a po

sitiv

e st

ep f

or th

e C

hica

go

met

ropo

litan

re

gion

be

caus

e it

prov

ides

va

luab

le

oppo

rtuni

ties

to

mak

e O

’Har

e m

ore

effic

ient

, co

nven

ient

, ec

onom

ical

, and

aes

thet

ical

ly p

leas

ing.

Th

ere

is a

lso

anot

her

oppo

rtuni

ty h

ere:

to

mak

e O

’Har

e a

mod

el “

gree

n ai

rpor

t”

cons

iste

nt w

ith M

ayor

Dal

ey’s

eff

ort

to m

ake

Chi

cago

the

“g

reen

est c

ity in

the

natio

n.”

The

re a

re s

ever

al a

reas

that

are

lik

ely

to

be

the

mos

t he

avily

im

pact

ed

by

O’H

are

mod

erni

zatio

n an

d pr

ovid

e th

e gr

eate

st

oppo

rtuni

ty

for

impr

oved

en

viro

nmen

tal

perf

orm

ance

th

roug

h m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s, w

hich

w

arra

nt

parti

cula

r at

tent

ion

in

the

EIS,

in

clud

ing:

soc

ial

impa

cts

– su

rfac

e tra

nspo

rtatio

n, a

ir qu

ality

, w

ater

qua

lity,

ene

rgy

supp

ly, c

umul

ativ

e im

pact

s, co

nstru

ctio

n im

pact

s, an

d so

lid w

aste

impa

cts.

How

ard

A. L

earn

er (E

xecu

tive

Dire

ctor

, Env

ironm

enta

l La

w &

Pol

icy

Cen

ter)

p.

VII-

192

N-6

0 Th

ere

is n

o ex

tra la

nd to

use

for

bui

ldin

g he

re.

Nev

er s

houl

d w

e m

ove

cem

eter

ies,

mov

e fa

ctor

ies,

go t

o va

cant

lan

ds t

o ex

pand

.

Cha

rles &

Alic

e Lo

uko

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-20

N-6

1 Le

t us v

ote

who

live

in th

e co

mm

unity

. C

harle

s & A

lice

Louk

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

20

N-6

2 I

oppo

se th

e C

ity o

f C

hica

go ta

king

my

hom

e w

hen

I ha

ve n

o w

ish

to m

ove

or s

ell.

I’m

con

cern

ed a

bout

eco

nom

ics

of m

y pr

oper

ty.

I’m

con

cern

ed a

bout

the

infr

inge

men

t upo

n m

y rig

hts

as a

pro

perty

ow

ner a

nd a

s a c

itize

n.

Dan

iel J

. Lyo

ns (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

I-175

N-6

3 Th

e O

’Har

e tra

ffic

cont

rol

com

pute

r in

Aur

ora

died

abo

ut 2

ye

ars a

go.

Has

it b

een

repl

aced

? W

illia

m M

eitz

lor (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-10

8 N

-64

Uni

ted

is

brok

e.

H

ow

can

they

pa

y fo

r th

is

gran

dios

e ex

pans

ion?

W

illia

m M

eitz

lor (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-10

9

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

27

0

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-6

4.1

We

real

ized

we

wer

e go

ing

to r

aise

our

fam

ily a

nd p

lant

s ou

r de

ep

deep

fa

mily

ro

ots

in

Ben

senv

ille.

We

also

w

ere

com

plet

ely

awar

e of

the

fact

that

the

airp

ort w

as ju

st s

outh

of

us.

This

situ

atio

n no

w is

we

feel

that

is a

n un

derh

ande

d sn

eaky

sh

ot a

t man

y of

the

surr

ound

ing

villa

ges.

Luci

a M

eltz

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

34

N-6

5 W

hen

they

com

plet

e th

e pl

an a

nd t

he p

lane

s st

art

land

ing

on

thos

e pa

ralle

l run

way

s an

d th

ere’

s a

wea

ther

fro

nt th

at c

omes

th

roug

h, it

cou

ld c

ause

som

e ca

tast

roph

ic c

ollis

ions

and

dea

ths.

So

at t

hat t

ime

they

’ll ta

lk a

bout

cha

ngin

g it

back

to w

here

it is

no

w fo

r $16

bill

ion

mor

e - $

32 b

illio

n to

get

bac

k w

here

we

are

now

?

Bill

Mor

rison

(Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-1

58, 1

59

N-6

6 O

’Har

e pl

ays

an

impo

rtant

ro

le

both

as

a

natio

nal

and

inte

rnat

iona

l tra

nspo

rtatio

n fa

cilit

y an

d a

regi

onal

eco

nom

ic

engi

ne.

A

s w

ith

any

airp

ort,

O’H

are

perio

dica

lly

need

s m

oder

niza

tion,

how

ever

the

ant

icip

ated

ben

efits

of

such

a

prop

osal

shou

ld o

utw

eigh

its o

vera

ll co

sts.

Will

iam

J.

Mue

ller

(Pre

side

nt,

DuP

age

May

ors

and

Man

ager

s Con

fere

nce)

p.

VII-

202

N-6

7 W

e di

sagr

ee w

ith th

e FA

A’s

det

erm

inat

ion

that

WG

P is

not

a

segm

ent o

f the

OM

P. T

he s

pons

or s

till a

sser

ts th

at th

e W

GP

is

part

of th

e C

ity o

f Chi

cago

’s im

med

iate

pla

ns; u

nles

s an

d un

til

the

WG

P is

with

draw

n, it

mus

t be

treat

ed a

s a p

ropo

sed

proj

ect.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

214,

215

N

-68

We

urge

the

FA

A t

o in

clud

e W

GP

and

OM

P in

the

pro

ject

ov

ervi

ew,

in

the

impa

ct

anal

ysis

, in

its

co

nsid

erat

ion

of

alte

rnat

ives

, and

par

ticul

arly

in

the

cum

ulat

ive

impa

ct s

ectio

n of

the

DEI

S.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

216

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

27

1

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-6

9 B

ecau

se o

f th

e pi

vota

l im

porta

nce

of O

’Har

e to

the

Nat

iona

l A

irspa

ce S

yste

m (N

AS)

, all

aspe

cts

of th

e pr

opos

ed O

MP

mus

t be

exa

min

ed f

rom

a l

ocal

, re

gion

al, a

nd n

atio

nal

pers

pect

ive.

C

ompu

ter

sim

ulat

ion

and

mod

elin

g m

ust

be c

ondu

cted

to

dete

rmin

e ad

vers

e im

pact

s on

the

NA

S fo

r th

e O

MP

and

each

of

the

alte

rnat

ives

exa

min

ed.

The

ana

lysi

s sh

ould

inc

lude

si

mul

atio

n an

d m

odel

ing

of t

he e

ffect

on

traffi

c de

lays

of

the

loss

of

the

two

curr

ent

north

wes

t-sou

thea

st r

unw

ays

and

a di

scus

sion

of

the

new

eas

t-wes

t run

way

traf

fic f

low

eff

ects

on

Chi

cago

are

a ai

rpor

ts a

nd p

oten

tial

depa

rture

del

ays

at o

ther

ai

rpor

ts w

ith fl

ight

s des

tined

for O

’Har

e or

ove

r-fly

ing

Chi

cago

ai

rspa

ce.

Ther

e sh

ould

be

case

stud

ies p

repa

red

and

mod

eled

to

show

ai

r tra

ffic

airs

pace

im

pact

s pa

rticu

larly

co

ncer

ning

pe

riods

of s

ever

e w

eath

er.

Ther

e ne

eds

to b

e de

taile

d an

alys

is

to d

eter

min

e if

the

real

igne

d ru

nway

s w

ill c

ause

cro

ssw

ind-

com

pone

nt p

robl

ems

for

the

type

and

cla

ss o

f ai

rcra

ft us

ing

O’H

are.

Run

way

In

curs

ion

Red

uctio

n Pl

ans

shou

ld

be

prep

ared

. T

here

mus

t be

car

eful

sim

ulat

ion

and

mod

elin

g of

ou

t-to-

off

times

for

tax

iing

airc

raft.

Th

ere

shou

ld b

e Pa

rt 77

ob

stru

ctio

n an

alys

is.

The

DEI

S m

ust

disc

uss

the

impa

cts

on

cont

rolle

r an

d fli

ght

crew

hum

an f

acto

rs d

urin

g th

e lo

ng a

nd

com

plex

con

stru

ctio

n. T

he a

naly

sis

mus

t inc

lude

a d

escr

iptio

n of

the

FA

A p

lan

and

timel

ine

for

air

traffi

c st

affin

g, t

rain

ing,

an

d eq

uipm

ent

inst

alla

tion,

in

stru

men

t ap

proa

ch

proc

edur

e de

velo

pmen

t, an

d co

ordi

natio

n w

ith a

ir tra

ffic

and

airw

ay

faci

litie

s uni

ons.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

216-

218

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

27

2

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-7

0 Th

e re

cord

sho

uld

incl

ude:

a d

iscus

sion

of

OM

P co

nsis

tenc

y w

ith l

ocal

pla

ns a

nd o

rdin

ance

s; a

n ex

plan

atio

n of

wha

t le

gal

mea

ns

will

be

us

ed

to

acqu

ire

the

prop

erty

ne

eded

fo

r ex

pans

ion;

qua

ntifi

ed e

cono

mic

ana

lyse

s of

O’H

are’

s im

pact

on

lan

d va

lues

, ta

x ba

se,

and

the

abili

ty o

f th

e ne

ighb

orin

g co

mm

uniti

es

to

prov

ide

publ

ic

serv

ices

; an

d im

pact

s on

co

mm

unity

par

ks, c

omm

unity

cen

ters

, his

toric

al b

uild

ings

and

st

ruct

ures

, ce

met

erie

s an

d ot

her

land

use

s w

ith s

ensi

tivity

to

nois

e.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

219,

220

N-7

1 Th

e an

alys

is o

f po

tent

ial

cons

truct

ion

impa

cts

will

req

uire

en

hanc

ed sc

rutin

y.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

225

N-7

2 Em

erge

ncy

resp

onse

cap

abili

ty w

ill b

e af

fect

ed b

y co

nstru

ctio

n an

d fin

al o

pera

tion.

J.E

. M

urdo

ck I

II, E

sq.,

Rob

ert

E. C

ohn,

Esq

., Jo

seph

K

arag

anis

, Es

q. (

Shaw

Pittm

anLL

P an

d K

arag

anis

&

Whi

te L

td.)

p. V

II-22

6

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

27

3

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-7

3 Th

e po

tent

ial i

mpa

cts

durin

g co

nstru

ctio

n w

ill in

fluen

ce e

very

as

pect

of

O’H

are’

s op

erat

ion

and

effic

ienc

y an

d w

ill c

ause

si

gnifi

cant

im

pact

s to

the

Nat

iona

l A

irspa

ce S

yste

m.

The

co

nstru

ctio

n an

alys

is

mus

t ad

dres

s co

nfor

man

ce

with

ap

plic

able

reg

ulat

ion,

sta

ndar

ds f

or s

peci

fyin

g co

nstru

ctio

n of

ai

rpor

ts, p

erm

its/c

ertif

icat

ions

, noi

se a

nd v

ibra

tion,

air

qual

ity,

wat

er

qual

ity,

solid

w

aste

/haz

ardo

us

mat

eria

ls,

wet

land

s, w

ildlif

e, c

ultu

ral

reso

urce

s, so

cial

and

soc

ioec

onom

ic i

mpa

cts

durin

g co

nstru

ctio

n. T

he a

naly

sis

mus

t inc

lude

a d

escr

iptio

n of

w

hat

chan

ges

will

be

mad

e to

air

traffi

c pa

ttern

s an

d ro

utes

du

ring

and

afte

r co

nstru

ctio

n.

The

anal

ysis

mus

t in

clud

e a

desc

riptio

n of

the

prov

isio

ns b

eing

mad

e fo

r the

intro

duct

ion

of

new

larg

e ai

rcra

ft.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

226

N-7

4 FA

A s

houl

d id

entif

y al

l pe

rmits

, ce

rtific

ates

and

oth

er l

ocal

, st

ate,

and

fede

ral g

over

nmen

t app

rova

ls th

at a

re e

xpec

ted

to b

e re

quire

d fo

r the

OM

P.

J.E.

Mur

dock

III,

Esq

., R

ober

t E.

Coh

n, E

sq.,

Jose

ph

Kar

agan

is,

Esq.

(Sh

awPi

ttman

LLP

and

Kar

agan

is &

W

hite

Ltd

.) p.

VII-

227

N-7

5 W

e th

ink

the

stat

utor

y la

ngua

ge n

eeds

to lo

ok a

t a b

road

er te

rm

impa

ct a

nd ti

me

and

muc

h m

ore

geog

raph

ical

ly d

iver

se, a

muc

h m

ore

regi

onal

app

roac

h.

Sand

y M

urdo

ck (

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, E

lk G

rove

V

illag

e, a

nd th

e C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-9

0 N

-76

Wha

teve

r ac

tion

mus

t be

cont

empl

ated

mus

t min

imiz

e cu

rren

t an

d pr

ojec

ted

impa

cts.

Sand

y M

urdo

ck (

Vill

age

of B

ense

nvill

e, E

lk G

rove

V

illag

e, a

nd th

e C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-9

7 N

-77

I do

n’t

belie

ve

the

prop

osed

C

hica

go

plan

is

sa

fe

envi

ronm

enta

lly.

M. N

elso

n (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

368

N-7

8 I’

m

aski

ng

the

FAA

to

ta

ke

a se

rious

in

depe

nden

t an

d un

hurr

ied

look

at

the

envi

ronm

enta

l ha

voc

that

the

exp

ansi

on

will

hav

e on

the

surr

ound

ing

subu

rbs.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-124

, 125

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

27

4

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-7

9 W

e ca

n’t e

ven

cons

ider

the

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

bec

ause

the

May

or w

on’t

mod

ify t

he p

lan.

Th

e ai

rline

s do

n’t

wan

t th

e G

atew

ay p

lan.

W

here

are

they

goi

ng to

get

the

mon

ey?

The

pl

an n

eeds

sca

ling

dow

n.

It ne

eds

a se

rious

rea

lity

chec

k, a

nd

the

FAA

is

the

only

one

tha

t ca

n do

tha

t vi

s-à-

vis

this

envi

ronm

enta

l pla

n.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-125

, 126

N-8

0 Th

e bi

ome

arou

nd O

’Har

e is

in s

erio

us tr

oubl

e, a

nd w

e ar

e th

e en

dang

ered

spec

ies,

the

peop

le th

at li

ve a

roun

d he

re.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-127

N

-81

Con

sulta

nts

brin

g in

lar

ge m

aps

of s

uppo

sed

impr

ovem

ents

th

ey n

icel

y cr

op o

ff th

e no

rth e

nd o

f the

map

so th

at y

ou c

anno

t se

e th

e di

rect

gre

en s

pace

and

hou

sing

pop

ulat

ion

and

scho

ols

and

chur

ches

that

are

less

than

a m

ile n

orth

of T

ouhy

Ave

nue.

Patri

cia

A. N

elso

n (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

I-131

N-8

2 Sc

hool

, fir

e, p

olic

e ar

e 3

stro

ng p

oint

s to

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e.

We

will

lose

that

trus

t, sa

fety

, and

sm

artn

ess

whe

n w

e ha

ve to

cu

t the

m b

ack.

Ken

Niv

en (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

191

N-8

3 I f

eel i

t is

a sh

am to

spl

it th

ese

thin

gs a

s if

they

wer

e in

divi

dual

pr

ojec

ts.

John

O’K

eefe

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-321

, 322

N

-85

Plea

se th

ink

of w

hat i

s go

ing

to b

e th

e re

sult

befo

re d

ecid

ing

on

beha

lf of

man

y co

ncer

ned

resi

dent

s. M

arin

a C

. Ora

cion

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

70

N-8

6 A

full

FAA

cos

t/ben

efit

and

cost

/nee

d an

alys

is s

houl

d be

don

e on

the

Chi

cago

pro

posa

l in

clud

ing

feas

ibili

ty s

tudy

and

the

n co

mpa

re th

at in

form

atio

n to

the

Sout

h Su

burb

an A

irpor

t pla

ns.

Gar

y an

d B

arba

ra P

arrin

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-35

6

N-8

7 Th

e FA

A s

houl

d re

late

the

cos

t fo

r th

e C

hica

go p

lan

to t

he

cost

s th

at w

ill b

e im

pose

d on

the

pass

enge

rs u

sing

O’H

are

and

then

com

pare

thos

e co

sts t

o ot

her a

irpor

ts.

Gar

y an

d B

arba

ra P

arrin

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-35

7

N-8

8 Th

e FA

A sh

ould

det

erm

ine

the

mos

t cos

t-effe

ctiv

e w

ay to

bui

ld

capa

city

in th

e re

gion

as

part

of it

s re

view

of t

he C

hica

go p

lan

to g

et th

e be

st re

turn

on

the

expe

nditu

re o

f pub

lic fu

nds.

Gar

y an

d B

arba

ra P

arrin

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-35

7

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

27

5

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-8

8.1

Chi

cago

’s in

tere

st in

exp

andi

ng th

e ai

rpor

t is

stric

tly f

inan

cial

. W

hen

they

had

the

oppo

rtuni

ty to

exp

and

it at

Lak

e C

alum

et,

they

wer

e m

ore

than

will

ing

to b

uild

an

airp

ort

on t

he S

outh

Si

de.

Whe

n th

at w

as tu

rned

dow

n by

I b

elie

ve th

e EP

A, t

hey

then

bec

ame

oppo

sed

to a

Sou

th S

ide

airp

ort a

nd d

ecid

ed th

at

the

best

way

to in

crea

se th

eir

earn

ings

was

to in

crea

se O

’Har

e A

irpor

t. I

t’s o

bvio

us t

hat

a ci

ty t

he s

ize

of C

hica

go n

eeds

an

othe

r airp

ort,

but i

t nee

ds it

in a

diff

eren

t par

t of t

own.

Stev

e Pa

rtman

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I- 26

7

N-8

9 A

t thi

s tim

e, w

e be

lieve

that

the

relo

catio

n of

our

rail

line,

mad

e ne

cess

ary

due

to th

e O

’Har

e m

oder

niza

tion

Prog

ram

, will

not

ad

vers

ely

impa

ct U

nion

Pac

ific

or U

P’s

frei

ght r

ail c

usto

mer

s, if

the

relo

catio

n is

pur

suan

t to

a co

ncep

t pla

n sh

own

to u

s by

th

e C

ity o

f C

hica

go a

nd U

RS

Cor

pora

tion

on S

epte

mbe

r 4,

20

02.

If th

e re

loca

tion

conc

ept p

lan

wer

e to

mat

eria

lly c

hang

e,

then

Uni

on P

acifi

c w

ould

hav

e to

reas

sess

its

posi

tion

as to

the

impa

ct.

Mic

hael

W

. Pa

yette

(A

ssis

tant

V

ice

Pres

iden

t, G

over

nmen

t A

ffairs

-Cen

tral

Reg

ion,

U

nion

Pa

cific

R

ailro

ad C

ompa

ny)

p. V

II-18

6, 1

87

N-8

9.1

I can

not b

e at

the

mee

ting

on th

e 22

nd to

exp

ress

my

ange

r and

ou

trage

. If

Chi

cago

wan

ts to

dem

olis

h w

hole

nei

ghbo

rhoo

ds,

they

hav

e pl

enty

of t

heir

own

to te

ar d

own.

Cly

de P

enic

nak

p. V

II-30

5

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

27

6

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-8

9.2

The

polit

ics

of i

t is

des

troyi

ng t

his

natio

n.

I do

n’t

mea

n to

so

und

like

a cr

ackp

ot o

r an

ythi

ng,

but

it re

ally

is.

I m

ean,

G

eorg

e R

yan

used

to b

e on

our

sid

e a

hund

red

perc

ent.

Wel

l, bo

y, th

e po

litic

ians

bro

ught

him

bac

k in

line

. H

e go

t a k

nife

in

his

back

the

siz

e of

a m

eat

clea

ver.

Min

d yo

u, i

t w

as m

eat

clea

ver.

But

the

savi

ngs

and

loan

deb

acle

, stra

nge

it ca

me

up

not t

oo lo

ng a

fter

he g

ot o

nto

our

side

. A

ll of

a s

udde

n, M

r. R

yan’

s in

dee

p tro

uble

. W

hat h

appe

ns?

He

gets

bac

k in

line

be

hind

Mr.

Dal

ey a

nd th

ey’r

e of

f an

d ru

nnin

g in

bed

toge

ther

an

d its

- i

ts g

oing

to

give

thi

s C

ity a

nd t

his

area

thi

s –

you

know

, mac

hine

pol

itics

. D

aley

pol

itics

as u

sual

.

Joe

Polk

a (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-2

38, 2

39

N-8

9.3

I w

ould

like

to e

xpre

ss m

y op

inio

n w

ith r

egar

d to

the

O’H

are

expa

nsio

n.

But

, fir

st o

f al

l, I

wou

ld l

ike

to p

ublic

ly t

hank

Se

nato

r Fi

tzge

rald

and

Con

gres

sman

Hyd

e fo

r be

ing

the

only

tw

o or

few

goo

d m

en th

at h

ave

tried

to h

elp

the

little

peo

ple

of

this

are

a.

Joe

Ponk

o (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VI-3

08

N-9

0 M

y fa

mily

and

I ar

e op

pose

d to

the

expa

nsio

n. T

he im

pact

on

this

are

a w

ould

be

deva

stat

ing.

W

hat g

ives

May

or D

aley

the

right

to

ta

ke

our

hom

es

and

busi

ness

es

away

fr

om

us?

M

oder

nize

not

exp

and

O’H

are

and

build

the

third

airp

ort d

own

in P

eoto

ne.

Giv

e pe

ople

dow

n in

that

eco

nom

ical

ly d

epre

ssed

ar

ea jo

bs a

nd e

cono

mic

gro

wth

.

Cla

udin

e Q

ueve

do

p. V

II-18

4

N-9

1 H

ow c

an w

e st

op t

he C

hica

go M

ayor

and

Gov

ernm

ent

from

co

min

g to

our

vill

age

and

telli

ng u

s w

hat

they

nee

d?

Is t

his

lega

l?

Lesl

ie M

. Que

vedo

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-13

7

N-9

2 W

e w

ant

to

ensu

re

that

an

y de

velo

pmen

t at

O

’Har

e in

corp

orat

es a

ppro

pria

te fl

ight

pat

tern

s th

at a

re c

ompa

tible

with

la

nd u

ses a

nd a

void

s res

iden

tial a

reas

.

Lean

ne R

edde

n (D

irect

or o

f Tr

ansp

orta

tion,

Vill

age

of

Scha

umbu

rg)

p. V

II-4

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

27

7

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-9

3 C

once

rned

abo

ut e

mis

sion

s fro

m th

e co

nstru

ctio

n an

d op

erat

ion

of t

he f

utur

e ai

rpor

t, in

clud

ing

oxid

es a

nd c

arbo

n m

onox

ide,

ot

her p

ollu

tant

s tha

t we

get f

rom

the

airc

raft,

from

the

road

way

, fr

om c

onst

ruct

ion,

and

the

tim

efra

me

so w

e kn

ow w

hat’s

ha

ppen

ing

in 2

010,

201

5, o

n ou

t int

o th

e fu

ture

. I’

m s

ure

you

will

ad

dres

s th

orou

ghly

co

ncer

ns

abou

t ca

rbon

m

onox

ide

emis

sion

s at l

ocal

inte

rsec

tions

that

will

be

redo

ne.

Mik

e R

oger

s (I

llino

is En

viro

nmen

tal

Prot

ectio

n A

genc

y, A

ir Q

ualit

y Pl

anni

ng)

p. V

I-38

N-9

4 Th

ose

with

who

m I

live

in th

e af

fect

ed a

rea

are

muc

h yo

unge

r th

an m

y ag

e of

65

and

are

mos

t con

cern

ed a

bout

air

pollu

tion,

no

ise

pollu

tion,

he

alth

, pr

oper

ty

valu

es,

dese

crat

ion

of

ance

stor’

s ce

met

erie

s, re

loca

tion,

lo

ss

of

inco

me,

an

d ps

ycho

logi

cal

dam

age.

It

is t

hese

peo

ple

abou

t w

hom

I a

m

conc

erne

d an

d w

illin

g to

figh

t, ei

ther

to m

aint

ain

the

stat

us q

uo

or p

reve

nt a

ny e

xpan

sion

.

Leon

ard

Rog

us (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-60

N-9

4.1

We

real

ly a

ppre

ciat

e al

l yo

u ha

ve d

one

to t

one

dow

n th

is O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion.

Pl

ease

con

tinue

the

goo

d w

ork,

as

it is

real

ly a

ppre

ciat

ed.

Ann

and

Bob

Ros

e (E

lk G

rove

Vill

age)

p.

VII-

294

N-9

4.2

I fe

el t

hat

it is

unf

air

to e

xpan

d th

e ai

rpor

t –

we

mov

ed h

ere

with

the

unde

rsta

ndin

g th

at O

’Har

e w

ould

rem

ain

as it

is.

This

is

real

ly a

nig

htm

are.

Shei

la R

udde

n-Sh

oney

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-49

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

27

8

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-9

5 W

e qu

estio

n ho

w a

ny d

ecis

ion

can

be m

ade

or h

ow t

his

envi

ronm

enta

l pr

oces

s ca

n ev

en b

egin

sin

ce t

he p

lans

for

the

O

MP

are

not c

ompl

ete.

The

re is

no

O’H

are

20-3

0 ye

ar p

lan,

no

Mas

ter o

r Dev

elop

men

t Pla

n an

d/or

Airp

ort L

ayou

t Pla

n; th

ere

is o

nly

a co

ncep

t. T

he F

AA

ther

efor

e is

rem

iss

by a

skin

g th

e pu

blic

to

prov

ide

scop

ing

inpu

ts t

o an

EIS

pro

cess

, w

ithou

t of

ficia

lly a

nd l

egal

ly p

rovi

ding

the

bas

is f

or t

hose

req

uest

ed

inpu

ts.

AR

eCO

bel

ieve

s th

at th

is a

ctio

n is

a s

ubve

rsio

n of

the

norm

al E

IS p

roce

ss a

nd v

iola

tes

the

Nat

iona

l En

viro

nmen

tal

Polic

y A

ct th

at g

over

ns th

is p

roce

ss.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

238

N-9

6 Th

e ai

rpor

t mod

erni

zatio

n co

ncep

t is o

f suc

h a

scal

e th

at, f

or a

ll pr

actic

al p

urpo

ses,

it s

a br

and

new

airp

ort.

We

expe

ct t

he

FAA

to f

ully

rev

alua

te th

is m

assi

ve e

nviro

nmen

tal d

estru

ctio

n as

due

to

a pr

opos

ed n

ew a

irpor

t, no

t a

mod

ifica

tion

of a

n ex

istin

g on

e.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

238

N-9

7 Th

e de

grad

atio

n w

ill n

ot o

nly

impa

ct th

ose

livin

g w

ithin

a 1

5 m

ile ra

dius

but

will

ext

end

to 3

0 m

iles

to in

clud

e ar

eas

such

as

Wau

kega

n, in

to W

isco

nsin

to M

ilwau

kee,

and

Lak

e M

ichi

gan

into

the

Stat

e of

Mic

higa

n, a

ffect

ing

the

coas

tal a

rea

exte

ndin

g fr

om th

e so

uthe

rn b

ound

ary

north

to L

udin

gton

and

incl

udin

g K

alam

azoo

and

Gra

nd R

apid

s.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

238

N-9

8 A

ReC

O d

isag

rees

with

the

sco

ping

doc

umen

t se

ctio

n V

I.3 i

n ex

clud

ing

cons

truct

ion,

cu

mul

ativ

e im

pact

s an

d hi

stor

ic

reso

urce

s as

ant

icip

ated

key

env

ironm

enta

l iss

ues.

Cum

ulat

ive

and

cons

truct

ion

impa

cts

are

expe

cted

to

be s

ubst

antia

l an

d hi

stor

ic is

sues

incl

uded

at l

east

the

very

old

cem

eter

y lo

cate

d to

th

e so

uthw

est.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

239

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

27

9

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-9

9 A

ReC

O o

ppos

es th

e us

e of

any

or a

ll-ca

tego

rical

exc

lusi

ons

as

they

will

min

imiz

e th

e ef

fect

s of

airp

ort a

nd a

ircra

ft op

erat

ions

an

d te

nd to

seg

men

tize

the

proj

ect(s

). A

ll A

irpor

t and

airc

raft

oper

atio

ns a

nd s

truct

ures

bot

h on

and

off

airp

ort p

rope

rty m

ust

be c

onsi

dere

d as

an

aggr

egat

e.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

239

N-1

00

Iden

tify

and

qual

ify

all

past

ag

reem

ents

in

af

fect

ing

any

com

mun

ity(s

) whe

ther

form

al o

r inf

orm

al.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

245

N-1

01

Iden

tify,

des

crib

e an

d qu

antif

y al

l Sup

erfu

nd s

ites

rela

ted

to a

ll op

erat

ions

bot

h on

and

off

airp

ort p

rope

rty in

clud

ing

priv

atel

y ow

ned.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

253

N-1

02

Iden

tify

thos

e an

imal

s af

fect

ed b

y ai

r an

d gr

ound

em

issi

ons

caus

ed b

y ai

rpor

t ope

ratio

ns?

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

253

N-1

03

Iden

tify

and

quan

tify

all

rela

ted

cons

truct

ion,

in

clud

ing

expa

nsio

n se

gmen

tatio

n, a

nd it

s im

pact

s. Q

uant

ify c

onst

ruct

ion

emis

sion

s and

effe

cts o

n th

e en

viro

nmen

t.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

254

N-1

04

Iden

tify

and

quan

tify

airc

raft

was

hing

. Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e)

p. V

II-25

6 N

-105

Id

entif

y an

d qu

antif

y ra

dioa

ctiv

e m

ater

ials

. Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e)

p. V

II-25

6 N

-106

Id

entif

y an

d qu

antif

y al

l ite

ms i

ncin

erat

ed.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

256

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

28

0

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-1

07

Iden

tify

and

quan

tify

all t

ouris

ts’ e

mis

sion

s. Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e)

p. V

II-25

6 N

-108

Id

entif

y an

d qu

antif

y co

nfor

mity

issu

es.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

256

N-1

09

Iden

tify

all e

xtra

ordi

nary

circ

umst

ance

s. Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e)

p. V

II-25

6 N

-110

Id

entif

y an

d qu

antif

y ai

rcra

ft pa

intin

g, g

roun

d ve

hicl

e pa

intin

g,

clea

ning

of

co

mpo

nent

s, fir

e su

ppre

ssio

n sy

stem

s, ai

r co

nditi

onin

g an

d re

frig

erat

ion

syst

ems,

elec

tric

vehi

cles

and

un

its.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are)

p.

VII-

257

N-1

11

At

leas

t se

vera

l hu

ndre

ds

of

thou

sand

s of

C

hica

go

area

re

side

nts o

ppos

e O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion.

Ja

ck

Sapo

rito

(Alli

ance

of

R

esid

ents

C

once

rnin

g O

’Har

e, In

c.)

p. V

I-141

, p. V

II-88

N

-112

Th

ere

is

no

O’H

are

20

to

30

year

pl

an,

no

mas

ter

or

deve

lopm

ent

plan

and

/or

no a

irpor

t la

yout

pla

n.

This

Dal

ey-

Rya

n de

al th

at is

not

writ

ten

dow

n is

onl

y a

conc

ept.

How

can

th

e FA

A a

sk t

he p

ublic

to

prov

ide

scop

ing

inpu

ts t

o an

EIS

pr

oces

s an

d ho

w c

an t

he E

IS p

roce

ss e

ven

proc

eed?

Th

is ex

erci

se v

iola

tes

the

Nat

iona

l Env

ironm

enta

l Pol

icy

Act

. Is

the

exer

cise

any

thin

g m

ore

than

a p

ublic

rela

tions

stu

nt fo

r Sen

ator

D

urbi

n’s e

xpan

sion

bill?

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

42, 1

43, p

. VII-

88

N-1

13

We

expe

ct t

he F

AA

to

revi

ew t

his

mas

sive

env

ironm

enta

l de

stru

ctio

n as

due

to a

pro

pose

d ne

w a

irpor

t, no

t a m

odifi

catio

n of

an

exis

ting

one.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

45, p

. VII-

89

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

28

1

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-1

13.1

Th

e O

’Har

e Ex

pans

ion

plan

pla

ces

repo

rted

back

-roo

m d

eals

ab

ove

our

heal

th a

nd t

hat

of o

ur c

hild

ren’

s he

alth

and

fut

ure.

Th

e po

litic

ally

co

nnec

ted

push

ing

O’H

are

Expa

nsio

n ar

e ac

utel

y aw

are

of th

e da

mag

e it

does

, and

that

is w

hy th

ey h

ave

intro

duce

d th

e R

yan-

Dal

ey d

eal

and

the

lang

uage

with

the

as

soci

ated

cas

e la

w th

at w

ill ta

ke a

way

the

mea

ger

prot

ectio

ns

that

do

exist

.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

49, 1

50, p

. VII-

91

N-1

14

Prot

ect

our

child

ren

from

airp

ort

child

abu

se,

prot

ect

our

com

mun

ities

, sa

fegu

ard

our

lives

and

fut

ure

and

defe

at t

he

O’H

are

Expa

nsio

n pl

an a

nd su

ppor

t bet

ter a

ltern

ativ

es.

Jack

Sa

porit

o (A

llian

ce

of

Res

iden

ts

Con

cern

ing

O’H

are,

Inc.

) p.

VI-1

51, p

. VII-

92

N-1

15

I do

not

und

erst

and

how

the

City

of

Chi

cago

can

con

dem

n pr

oper

ty o

utsi

de o

f th

e C

hica

go c

ity l

imits

. M

ost

of t

his

dest

ruct

ion

is in

DuP

age

Cou

nty.

How

can

they

com

e in

to o

ur

coun

ty

and

do

this?

How

ca

n C

ongr

ess

even

co

nsid

er

legi

slat

ion

that

“fe

dera

lizes

” a

loca

l pr

ojec

t fo

r on

e ai

rpor

t?

That

soun

ds u

ncon

stitu

tiona

l to

me.

Her

man

n Sc

hmid

t (W

ood

Dal

e)

p. V

II-28

1

N-1

16

Afte

r ye

ars

of w

atch

ing

othe

r ci

ties

impr

ove

thei

r ai

rpor

ts a

nd

reap

the

bene

fits,

I am

gla

d th

at O

’Har

e is

fin

ally

on

track

to

solid

ifyin

g its

pos

ition

as

the

natio

n’s

hub.

B

y im

prov

ing

O’H

are,

we

build

on

our

exis

ting

reso

urce

s. T

his

is th

e m

ost

effic

ient

, an

d I

thin

k en

viro

nmen

tally

sou

nd w

ay t

o im

prov

e ou

r tra

nspo

rtatio

n sy

stem

.

Mon

te S

elle

rs (A

rling

ton

Sign

s & B

anne

rs)

p. V

II-18

1

N-1

17

I w

ould

be

real

ly c

once

rned

or

inte

rest

ed i

n w

hat

the

curr

ent

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

at O

’Har

e al

read

y ha

s on

the

surr

ound

ing

com

mun

ities

.

Bill

Sha

nnon

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-304

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

28

2

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-1

18

The

entir

e ai

rpor

t so

lutio

n sh

ould

be

plac

ed u

nder

a r

egio

nal

cont

rol.

The

fact

that

the

May

or o

f Chi

cago

wan

ts to

exp

and

an

airp

ort h

e co

ntro

ls, b

y ta

king

sub

urba

n la

nd is

frus

tratin

g. N

ote

he h

as n

ot tr

ied

to e

xpan

d M

idw

ay.

If h

e tri

ed to

kno

ck d

own

row

s of

hom

es a

roun

d M

idw

ay h

e m

ay lo

se a

n el

ectio

n! T

hose

of

us

in t

he s

ubur

bs a

re f

acin

g a

clas

sic

“tax

atio

n w

ithou

t re

pres

enta

tion.

F. D

oyle

She

a (M

edin

ah)

p. V

II-16

5, 1

66

N-1

19

The

mod

erni

zatio

n of

O’H

are

is “

smar

t gr

owth

” at

its

bes

t –

upgr

adin

g an

exi

stin

g fa

cilit

y to

max

imiz

e its

ful

l po

tent

ial

rath

er

that

en

cour

agin

g m

ore

urba

n sp

raw

l w

ith

the

cons

truct

ion

of a

n ai

rpor

t on

farm

land

.

Jeffr

ey T

. She

rwin

(May

or, C

ity o

f Nor

thla

ke)

p. V

II-33

3

N-1

20

I ho

pe th

at C

hica

go w

ill g

et th

e ex

pans

ion

and

they

als

o w

ill

get t

o bu

y th

e ho

mes

, and

I’ll

be th

e fir

st o

ne in

line

to s

ell m

y ho

me.

I’

ll ev

en t

alk

my

neig

hbor

s in

to t

he p

lan.

I

wou

ld

appr

ecia

te i

t if

the

City

of

Chi

cago

wou

ld b

uy i

t as

qui

ck a

s po

ssib

le.

Ric

hard

Sol

ine

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VI-1

65, 1

66

N-1

21

Ther

e is

no

room

for e

xpan

sion

as

far a

s O

’Har

e go

es.

I thi

nk

that

we’

re p

erfe

ctly

sat

isfie

d th

e w

ay it

is.

I do

n’t l

ike

to s

ee

peop

le d

riven

out

of t

heir

hom

es.

Loui

s Tan

ner (

Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-178

N-1

22

I am

sta

ting

for

the

reco

rd th

at I

am

a h

omeo

wne

r w

ho is

for

O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion.

Ti

mot

hy A

. Tay

lor (

Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

74

N-1

23

I’m

not

aga

inst

Ben

senv

ille.

I’

m a

gain

st t

he s

tiflin

g of

my

fund

amen

tal

right

as

a ho

meo

wne

r to

sel

l m

y pr

oper

ty t

o w

hom

ever

I ch

ose.

Tim

othy

A. T

aylo

r (B

ense

nvill

e)

p. V

II-74

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

28

3

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-1

23.1

I

don’

t kn

ow w

hat

the

answ

er i

s, bu

t I

don’

t th

ink

the

polit

icia

ns a

re w

orki

ng h

ard

enou

gh t

o re

lieve

the

pro

blem

, es

peci

ally

in C

hica

go.

If D

aley

spe

nt a

s m

uch

time

repa

iring

th

e sc

hool

s as

he

is tr

ying

to p

ush

the

airp

ort,

they

’d h

ave

som

e be

autif

ul s

choo

ls.

But

I gu

ess

ther

e’s

no m

oney

to b

e m

ade

in

the

scho

ols,

so h

e’s w

orki

ng o

n th

e ai

rpor

t.

Ron

Tuo

zzo

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

I-321

N-1

24

May

or D

aley

say

s he

has

the

“Rig

ht o

f Em

inen

t Dom

ain.

” B

ut

my

right

s al

ong

with

eve

ry o

ther

citi

zen

have

our

con

stitu

tiona

l rig

hts.

By

way

of

our

citiz

ensh

ip, w

e ha

ve th

e rig

hts

of l

ife,

liber

ty a

nd p

ursu

it of

hap

pine

ss.

Nor

ene

Vac

ura

(Ben

senv

ille)

p.

VII-

287

N-1

25

I al

so h

ave

serio

us c

once

rns

rega

rdin

g ou

r le

gisl

ator

s pa

ssin

g bi

lls w

hen

they

lac

k th

e kn

owle

dge

to m

ake

an e

duca

ted

deci

sion

. Th

ese

men

hav

e no

idea

wha

t thi

s are

a is

like

, wha

t it

take

s to

mak

e an

airp

ort o

r airp

lane

saf

e. T

heir

only

con

cern

is

how

if

affe

cts

them

pe

rson

ally

or

in

th

e po

lls.

Th

e co

ngre

ssm

en s

houl

d no

t be

the

one

s m

akin

g th

e de

cisi

on o

n O

’Har

e ex

pans

ion.

If t

he re

cent

“fa

st tr

ack”

vot

e in

the

Hou

se

of

Rep

rese

ntat

ives

is

an

y in

dica

tion

of

the

amou

nt

of

cons

ider

atio

n in

volv

ed,

we

are

in s

erio

us t

roub

le.

Our

ski

es

won

’t be

safe

.

Bar

bara

L. W

arrin

gton

(Elk

Gro

ve V

illag

e)

p. V

II-81

, 82

N-1

26

We

enco

urag

e FA

A t

o th

orou

ghly

cha

ract

eriz

e th

e ex

istin

g si

tuat

ion

at O

’Har

e, i

nclu

ding

airp

ort

oper

atio

ns a

nd a

ircra

ft op

erat

ions

, as

wel

l as

the

natu

ral a

nd b

uilt

envi

ronm

ent.

Thi

s in

form

atio

n w

ill b

e im

porta

nt t

o se

e a

base

line

from

whi

ch

futu

re o

pera

tions

can

be

com

pare

d.

Ken

neth

A.

Wes

tlake

(C

hief

, En

viro

nmen

tal

Plan

ning

an

d Ev

alua

tion

Bra

nch,

US

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pr

otec

tion

Age

ncy)

p.

VII-

268

N-1

27

The

impa

ct o

n th

e en

viro

nmen

t will

obv

ious

ly b

e do

uble

wha

t it

is n

ow.

Mar

ian

Wer

ner (

Park

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-14

1

C

hica

go O

’Har

e In

tern

atio

nal A

irpo

rt

OM

P Sc

opin

g Su

mm

ary

D

ecem

ber,

2002

DR

AFT

28

4

TA

BL

E 1

0 C

OM

ME

NT

SU

MM

AR

Y

ID

C

OM

ME

NT

CO

MM

EN

TO

RS

N-1

28

I ag

ree

with

the

Sub

urba

n O

’Har

e’s

plan

to

mod

erni

ze t

he

Airp

ort’s

fa

cilit

ies

and

to

reas

onab

le

expa

nsio

n of

th

ose

faci

litie

s an

d m

oder

nizi

ng o

f th

e fa

cilit

ies.

Can

not a

gree

to a

pl

an,

whi

ch i

nten

ds t

o in

crea

se a

ir tra

ffic

from

the

cur

rent

nu

mbe

r of a

bout

930

,000

to 1

,600

,000

flig

hts a

yea

r.

Ron

ald

W. W

iete

cha

(May

or, C

ity o

f Par

k R

idge

) p.

VI-2

88, 2

89

N-1

29

Expa

nsio

n w

ould

mea

n in

adeq

uate

env

ironm

enta

l bu

ffer

s an

d re

duce

d FA

A sa

fety

zon

es a

nd is

not

acc

epta

ble.

R

icha

rd W

ilson

(Des

Pla

ines

) p.

VII-

172

N-1

30

Add

ing

thou

sand

s of

flig

hts

per

year

wou

ld m

ake

our

area

un

bear

able

for

fam

ilies

. A

ny e

xpan

sion

will

hav

e a

nega

tive

impa

ct o

n th

e su

rrou

ndin

g en

viro

nmen

t.

Ric

hard

Wils

on (D

es P

lain

es)

p. V

II-17

2

N-1

31

Ther

e is

litt

le d

oubt

tha

t O

’Har

e pl

ays

a m

ajor

rol

e in

the

th

roug

h flo

w o

f na

tiona

l ai

r tra

ffic.

Fo

r th

is r

easo

n al

one

O’H

are

mus

t be

cont

inua

lly u

pgra

ded

and

impr

oved

to e

nsur

e th

e ef

ficie

ncy

of o

vera

ll ai

r tra

ffic

flow

.

Rob

ert Y

ee

p. V

II-30

2

N-1

32

O’H

are

is fo

r th

e fin

anci

al p

rofit

of

the

Chi

cago

sna

kes

only

. Sn

akes

don

’t be

long

in th

e su

burb

s. A

ndy

Zum

er (P

ark

Rid

ge)

p. V

II-10

0