For the second straight month, the airport dominated discussion by the Peninsula Community Planning Board (PCPB). Three separate airport matters highlighted the board’s lightly attended Dec. 16 meeting at the Hervey/Point Loma Branch Library. San Diego County Regional Airport Authority officials returned for the second straight meeting, where representatives presented Lindbergh Field’s air quality management plan. The plan outlines measures the airport can take to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The plan identifies 14 different steps the airport plans to enact to limit its air pollution. The document also explains what elements the airport has the ability to control, which is primarily ground movement of flights. The Airport Authority created the plan in March in response to a memorandum from the state Attorney General’s Office. The air quality plan is online at http://tinyurl.com/Airport-AQMP. Later in the meeting, PCPB Airport Subcommittee co-chair Suhail Khalil presented the board’s comments in response to the airport’s draft supplemental environmental impact report (EIR) that was presented at the November PCPB meeting. After reviewing the response, the board decided to change it to specifically address the EIR and bring the document back for consideration at next month’s meeting. The public comment period on the report remains open until Jan. 4. The report is available online at www.san.org/sdcraa/airport_initiatives/environmental/ceqa.aspx. Comments can be mailed, e-mailed, faxed or delivered in person to the Airport Authority offices. The Airport Authority’s physical address is on the third floor of the commuter terminal, located at 3225 N. Harbor Drive. The mailing address is: San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, P.O. Box 82776, San Diego, 92138-2776. Khalil also reported that state Sen. Christine Kehoe is reviewing the board’s request for a state audit of Lindbergh Field and its flight operations. The PCPB submitted a formal request letter to Kehoe last month, and Kehoe is expected to bring the request before the state Audit Committee. The next PCPB meeting takes place at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at the Hervey/Point Loma Branch Library, 3701 Voltaire St. For more information, visit www.-pcpb.net.








