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5200.5A 1/31190' 6. ACTION. a. Waste disposal sites located or proposed to be located within the areas established for an airport by the guidelines set forth in paragraph 7a,b, and c of this older should not be allowed to operate. If a waste disposal site is incompatible with an airport in accordance with guidelines of paragraph 7 and cannot be closed within a reasona- ble time, it should be operated in accordance with the criteria and instructions issued by Federal agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services, and other such regulatory bodies that may have applicable requirements. The appropriate FAA airports office should advise airport owners, operators and waste disposal proponents against locating, permitting or concurring in the location of a landfill or similar facility on or in the vicinity of airports. (1) Additionally, any operator proposing a new or expanded waste disposal site within S miles of a runway. end should notify the airport and the appropriate FAA Airports office so as to provide an opportunity to review and comment on the site in accordance with guidance contained in this order.FAA field offices may wish to contact the appropriate State director of the United States Department of Agriculture to assist in this review. Also, any Air Traffic control tower manager or Flight Standards District Office manager and their staffs that become aware of a proposal to develop or expand a disposal site should notify the appropriate FAA Airports office. b. The operation of a disposal site located beyond the areas described in paragraph 7 must be properly super- vised to insure compatibility with the airport e. If at any time the disposal site, by virtue of its location or operation,presents a potential hazard to aircraft operations, the owner should take action to correct the situation or terminate optration of the facility. If the owner of the airport also owns or controls the disposal facility and is subject to Federal obligations to protect compatibility of land uses around the airport, failure to take corrective action could place the airport owner in noncompliance with its commitments to the Federal government The appropriate FAA office should immediately evaluate the situ- ation to determine compliance with federal agreements and take such action as may be warranted under the guide- lines as prescribed in Order 5190.6, Airports Compliance Requirements,current edition. (1) Airport owners should be encouraged to make periodic inspections of current operations of existing disposal sites near a federally obligated airport where potential bird hazard problems have been reported. d. This order is not intended to resolve all related problems, but is specifically directed toward eliminating waste disposal sites, landfills and similarly titled facilities in the proximity of airports, thus providing a safer envi- ronment for aircraft operations. e. At airports certificated under Federal Aviation Regulations Part 139, the airport certification manual/speci- fications should require disposal site inspections at appropriate intervals for those operations meeting the criteria of paragraph 7 that cannot be closed.These inspections are necessary to assure that bird populations are not increasing and that appropriate control procedures are being established and followed. The appropriate FAA Airports offices should develop working relationships with state aviation agencies and state agencies that have authority over waste disposal and landfills to stay abreast of proposed developments and expansions and apprise them of the hazards to aviation that these sites present f. When proposing a disposal site,operators should make their plans available to the appropriate state regula- tory agencies. Many states have criteria concerning siting requirements specific to their jurisdictions. g. Additional information on waste disposal,bird hazard and related problems may be obtained from the fol- lowing agencies: U.S.Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service 18th and C Streets,NW Washington,DC 20240 U.S.Department of Agriculture Animal Plant Health Inspection Service P.O.Box 96464 Animal Damage Control Program Room 1624 South Agriculture Building Washington,DC 20090-6464 2