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From: Charles Griffm (c_e_griffin@rnsn.com)
Sent: Tue 7/08/14 3:30 PM
To: DEIR617 @ocair.com (deir617 @ocair.com)
To whom it may concern,
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would like to submit the following comments regarding John Wayne Airport Draft Environmental
Impact Report 617:
1. Regarding emissions, DEIR 617 does not anticipate, prepare or plan for the pending next source
of energy from small local nuclear reactors fueled primarily by boron (ref: http: / /focusfusion.or�,Y).
Facilities on the ground using this power source would have essentially no emissions.
This would, for example, be much more energy efficient, and less environmentally impactful, than
the piston driven cogeneration plant described as "RE -13" in the table in Appendix A which burns
large amounts of oil.
2. DEIR 617 does not prepare or plan for the pending next generation of aircraft engines, such as
the Pratt & Whitney coaxial, geared compressor, that will be cleaner, quieter and more efficient.
3. To lessen all impacts, DEIR 617 should encourage a major revision to the airspace above and
around John Wayne Airport. This would require negotiation with the airlines and FAA, but would
allow a much less environmentally impactful takeoff pattern. For destinations to the north, east and
south, using satellite navigation and drone automatic control, departing aircraft can rotate vertically
to lift off, take off, raise the landing gear and start aright turn into the prevailing westerly winds, on
a path following the 73 freeway and then north along the 55 freeway. This would shorten the flight
path, save fuel costs and avoid flights over the billion dollar tax base of noise sensitive residential
beach areas and the nature preserve where bird strikes are likely. The FAA should be able to resolve
the technical factors necessary to devise such a path above approaching aircraft and below the path
of aircraft heading to other airports.
4. Section AF -05 suggests the existing runways could not be made longer. Making the runaway
longer on the north IS feasible and rather than allowing heavier planes, could be used to allow earlier
turns to avoid the sensitive areas to the south. At the south end of the runway, the localizer antenna
area is no longer necessary and could be paved as a safety buffer for use in the event of an engine
failure during takeoff or loss of braking on landing.
5. The very thick "Transportation Impact Analysis Report" spanning Appendix Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4
and 5 struck me as a lot of paper with no solution. A real solution would require creative thinking,
such as subways to the airport and local attractions powered by the pending boron electrical -power
source.
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