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B f FactorssEvaluatedfinfALUCPst 9.A. - Page 138 OthenFederahAirspaceProtectionZuidancev Additional guidelines regarding protection of airport airspace are set forth in other FAA documents. In general,these criteria specify that no use of land or water anywhere within the boundaries encompassed by FAR Part 77 should be allowed if it could endanger or interfere with the landing,take off, or maneuvering of an aircraft at an airport(FAA-1987). Specific characteristics to be avoided include: f • Creation of electrical interference with navigational signals or radio communication between the airport and aircraft; • Lighting which is difficult to distinguish from airport lighting; • Glare in the eyes of pilots using the airport; • Smoke or other impairments to visibility in the airport vicinity; and • Uses which attract birds and create bird strike hazards. Bird strike and other forms of wildlife hazard have become a major concern internationally. In the United States and Canada,reduction and management of wildlife hazards are of particular concern. With regard to bird strike hazards, the FAA specifically considers waste disposal sites (sanitary landfills)to be incompatible land uses if located within 10,000 feet of a runway used by turbine-powered aircraft or 5,000 feet of other runways.Any waste disposal site located within five statute miles of an airport is also deemed incompatible if it results in a hazardous movement of birds across a runway or aircraft approach and departure paths. Caution should be exercised with regard to certain other land uses—including golf courses and some agricultural crops—in these locations to ensure that wildlife hazards do not result(FAA-1997). (Additional guidance on the issue of hazardous wildlife can be found in the FAA's Advisory Circular 150/5200-33B, Hazardous Wildlife Attractants on or Near Airports.) Furthermore, federal statutes(49 U.S.C. §44718(d))now prohibit new"municipal solid waste landfills"within six miles of airports that: (1)receive FAA grants, and(2)primarily serve general aviation aircraft and scheduled air carrier operations using aircraft with less than 60 passenger seats. A landfill can only be built within six miles of this class of airports if the FAA concludes that it would have no adverse effect on aviation safety. StatewfvCal iforn imLaws,IReg u lations,xandvG u i del i nesv The State Aeronautics Act(PUC Section 21001 et seq.)provides for the right of flight over private property,unless conducted in a dangerous manner or at altitudes below those prescribed by federal authority(PUC Section 21403(a)).No use shall be made of the airspace above a property which would interfere with the right of flight, including established approaches to a runway(PUC Section 21402). The Act also authorizes Caltrans and local governments to protect the airspace defined by FAR Part 77. The Act prohibits any person from constructing any structure or permitting any natural growth of a height which would constitute a hazard to air navigation as defined in FAR Part 77 unless Caltrans first issues a permit(PUC Section 21659). The permit is not required if the FAA has determined that the structure or growth does not SanfCarlosfAirportV B-15 ESAfAirportsf/130753f ALUCPfWhitefPape/ Junef2014f