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Committee Recommendations None 4. Report from Airport Noise Management Office in Response to Complaints of Jets Dumping Fuel over the San Leandro Marina Wayne Bryant provided an overview of the practice of fuel dumping and a handout explaining the practice. Essentially, fuel dumping is only done in emergency circumstances and only if the aircraft is equipped with dumping equipment. Most newer aircraft (approximately 80% of the fleet at OAK) are no longer mechanically able to dump fuel The last time fuel dumping occurred in the Bay Area was in 2005 at an altitude of 8,000'. What people may be seeing and confusing for fuel dumping is most likely condensation from the aircraft's wings. What they may be smelling is exhaust by-products from the aircraft's engines, not fuel. Public Comments Francois Gallo had a question regarding reporting fuel dumping incidents to air quality regulatory authorities. Committee Recommendations None 5. Discussion Regarding Runway Safety Area Project Kathy Ornelas gave a report regarding the enhancements the airport must do to their runways to be compliant with the federal regulations on Runway Safety Areas (RSA), which are the ends of the runways that will bring an aircraft safely to a stop should it overshoot the runway, and the shoulders of a runway that will sustain the weight of an aircraft should it drift off of the runway. OAK's RSA project will take approximately 2 years to plan and will include an Environmental Assessment. The actual construction project could take an additional 2 years. City staff has concerns regarding the impacts to San Leandro neighborhoods during the construction projects since use of the airport's runways will be limited at times. Diversion of flights may cause increases in noise disturbances. Staff will provide comments during the Scoping phase of the Environmental Assessment to recommend: • Construction occur 24-hours a day to shorten the project length and reduce noise impacts to the neighborhoods. • If aircraft are to be diverted to the North Field from the South Field, the second Instrument Landing System at the North Field should be installed before the RSA project begins.