At the regular Santa Clara County Board of Supervisor virtual meeting held on Tuesday, officials from Santa Clara County discussed the findings published in an airborne lead study report recently released regarding the environmental impact of the airport on the surrounding community.
Reid-Hillview Airport Battles Misconceptions
Key Takeaways:
- A Santa Clara County study linked leaded aviation fuel from Reid-Hillview Airport to elevated children's blood lead levels, fueling ongoing efforts to close the airport.
- However, the report also indicated that local blood lead levels were not higher than the regional average and failed to account for other prevalent lead sources in the area.
- Airport operators are proactively transitioning to unleaded aviation fuel (Swift 94UL), a move confirmed by the study's primary researcher as having the same lead reduction impact as closing the airport.
- Airport advocates see the lead issue as the latest tactic in a 30-year quest to close the airport for development, warning that a closure based on these claims could set a damaging national precedent for other general aviation airports.
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