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Bank Of America Investment Environmental groups warn that expansion plans for Atlantic City International Airport would be disastrous for birds and other animals that are already threatened by development.

Though they have criticized the bureau in the past over the delays, officials at the National Marine Fisheries Service and Fish and Wildlife declined to comment last week. Jeff McCracken, a Bureau of Reclamation spokesman, said his agency has worked cooperatively for years with wildlife biologists. Last year, planning was complicated by the drought, he said. year plan, which has been ripped by environmentalists.

Investment Opportunity They argue that construction could wipe out two protected species of birds that build their nests in the grasslands on the airport's sprawling property.

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Banc Of America Investment Other threatened or endangered wildlife would also lose critical habitat unless the expansion plan is reworked to reduce the impact on the environment, according to the New Jersey Audubon Society and the Pinelands Preservation Alliance.

(AXcess News) Houston, United Parcel Service ( UPS) announced a $1 billion expansion plan Wednesday in which the nation's No. 1 parcel shipper plans to add as many as 5, 000 jobs at its Worldport hub at Louisville International Airport, where UPS' facilities will undergo an 60 percent expansion in capacity. UPS said it would hire 1, time workers and 3, timers to staff the expanded hub which already employs 18, 000 people in Louisville.

Banking Investment "It's really going to be a radically different place that would not allow these species to survive," said Eric Stiles, vice president of conservation and stewardship for the New Jersey Audubon Society.

In the year 2005, 24.7 million passengers passed through Dubai while over 28 million are expected this year. According to forecasts, 60 million passengers are expected by the year 2010. To fill these airports, $9.7 billion for 42 777s. stop more than 17, 000 kilometres. Etihad Airways also plans to double its investment to $6.5 billion by 2010, by this time it plans to double its fleet size to 50 aircraft and at the same time increase its network from the current 30 destinations to 70.

Investment Solution Strategic Theodore J. Korth, program manager for law and policy for the Pinelands Preservation Alliance, said a delicate balance must be struck that would allow the expansion plan to go forward without harming wildlife.

If Mills is not selected by the Sports Authority, the Arlington, Va.-based real estate investment trust said it plans to press its campaign to develop the Empire Tract, a project opposed by environmentalists.

Investment Banking Services "We have no doubt that they can expand the airport and still accommodate the birds and other animals out there," he said.

Bank Investment In recent weeks, both groups sent lengthy letters to the Federal Aviation Administration that criticized the airport's preliminary environmental impact statement, or EIS. It is expected to take three to eight months before a final version of the EIS is approved, a necessary step for construction to begin.

Alternative Investment Airport officials are defending the plan, saying it would minimize harm to wildlife by protecting critical habitat from overdevelopment.

Online Investment Services "I don't know how they can say that it's flawed, honestly," said Thomas M. Rafter, airport director for the South Jersey Transportation Authority, the airport operator.

Accompany Essential Investment The 5,143-acre airport property is located within Egg Harbor, Galloway and Hamilton townships in the environmentally sensitive Pine Barrens. Development is planned for an 84-acre site that surrounds the passenger terminal and another 2,000 acres of surplus land leased by the transportation authority from the FAA.

Investment Company The airfield's expansive grasslands and wooded areas provide habitat for a variety of plant life and animals. But some grasslands would be destroyed to make way for development.

Investment Management Solution Among the animals that congregate at the airport are two protected species of birds - the upland sandpiper, classified as endangered, and the grasshopper sparrow, which is considered threatened. There have long been conflicts between the birds' nesting season and construction projects, forcing airport officials to devise protective measures.

Investment Management Services The New Jersey Audubon Society and the Pinelands Preservation Alliance questioned whether airport officials have complied with laws that safeguard the sandpipers and sparrows.

Guide Investment Stock "These are not the type of species that tolerate the level of fragmentation and development that the South Jersey Transportation Authority wants to enact," Stiles said.

Investment Manual Solution Rafter said the authority significantly scaled back its initial development plans to avoid harming the birds and it continues to protect wildlife. But he noted that in some cases, animals can pose dangers to aircraft, including bird strikes when planes are landing or taking off.

Investment Stock "I understand that we have to live in balance with the environment," Rafter said. "It's a challenge, but I think we do a good job."

Essential Investment Solution Stiles said construction could also irreversibly harm other threatened or endangered animal and plant life at the airport. He said the preliminary EIS either glosses over or completely ignores the potential impact to other wildlife.

Citicorp Investment Services Within the next few years, airport officials want to expand the terminal, enlarge the aircraft apron, relocate a taxiway and attract commercial development. Longer-range plans include extending the secondary runway to 8,000 feet, building a new access road to the terminal and construction of an airport hotel.

Fool Guide Investment Motley Stiles and Korth argued that airport officials really haven't justified an economic need for the expansion project. They said that a bigger airport wouldn't necessarily be a better one or allow Atlantic City to compete with the much larger airports in Philadelphia or Newark.

Fidelity Investment Services "In total, there seems to be no demonstrated need to expand, only a statement that expansion would likely be good," Korth wrote in an eight-page letter last month to the FAA.

Investment Management Originally, commercial development was to be concentrated in the airport's northwest quadrant north of the main 10,000-foot runway. Commercial development would include new hangars and other aviation-related industrial projects.

Francisco Investment San However, planners concluded that construction in the northwest quadrant would result in a significant loss of habitat for the upland sandpipers and grasshopper sparrows.

Mellon Investment Services To minimize disruptions, airport officials now want to concentrate commercial development in the southwest quadrant, on vacant property along Tilton Road. This plan would preserve the birds' primary nesting areas in the northwest quadrant and would be less harmful for other animals and plant life on airport property, they say.

Finance Investment By Donald Wittkowski
The Press of Atlantic City - 11/16/2002

Topic: Airplanes & Airports

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