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Some Things Do Not Change: Aviation Groups Object to Protecting Public Health Through Enforceable Noise Standards
Some things never change. The airport and airline groups lobbying Congress that a new, beautiful, noise-free future is “just around the corner” so there is no need for enforceable noise standards. http://bit.ly/2MuInpd In 1972 during the Senate debate on the … Continue reading
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Tagged FAA Reauthorization, noise, Noise Control Act
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D.C. Circuit Schedules Oral Argument in SoCal Metroplex Matter
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit scheduled oral argument for the Southern California Metroplex case (Donald Vaughn v. FAA, No. 16-1377 and consolidated cases) for October 18, 2018, at 9:30a at the E. Barrett Prettyman … Continue reading
Posted in Airport, Aviation, Environmental, FAA, Litigation
Tagged NextGen, SoCal Metroplex
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FAA Issues Final Environmental Assessment and FONSI/ROD for Cleveland/Detroit Metroplex
On April 30, 2018, the Federal Aviation Administration issued its Final Environmental Assessment (http://bit.ly/2syCyhF) and Finding of No Significant Impact/Record of Decision (FONSI/ROD http://bit.ly/2kHMkKZ ) for what it calls the “Cleveland/Detroit Metroplex.” In essence, as part of the FAA’s “Next … Continue reading
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Tagged CLE, Cleveland, Detroit, DTW, noise
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FAA Files Response Brief in SoCal Metroplex Aviation Noise Case
Yesterday, May 15, 2018, FAA filed its Response Brief in the Southern California Metroplex matter currently pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. http://bit.ly/2GrN8Mw In case you missed it, here is our Opening Brief http://bit.ly/2rIsmCO that … Continue reading
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Georgetown Residents File Motion for Rehearing En Banc in Their Fight Against Reagan National Aircraft Noise and Pollution
Georgetown residents file Motion for Rehearing En Banc in their fight against new departure routes from Reagan National Airport that bring aircraft lower and closer to Georgetown creating much more noise and pollution. The residents claim that the three judge … Continue reading
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D.C. Circuit Says No to Georgetown Residents
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decides that the Georgetown Neighborhood Associations did not file their Petition for Review within the 60-day limit mandated by 49 U.S.C. 46110. Therefore, their petition regarding the increase in noise over Georgetown … Continue reading
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Airport Noise Increases Risk of Heart Disease, New Study Shows
A new study recently published in Occupational & Environmental Medicine found that people living under flight routes and close to airports are at an increased risk of hypertension. http://bit.ly/2soF8Ze Specifically, the study concluded that “long-term exposure to aircraft noise, particularly … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft noise, aviation noise, HYENA, noise, public health
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Homeland Security Says No Ban on Carried-On Large Electronics from Europe – Yet
Yesterday, May 30, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security issued a statement (http://bit.ly/2sexo9A) after a conference call with European Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos and Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc to discuss aviation security. The statement concluded that the Department of Homeland … Continue reading
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Says FAA Drone Registration Rules Do Not Apply to “Model Aircraft”
On May 19, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its opinion in the case Taylor v. Huerta, Case No. 15-1495. The court concluded that the drone registration rules that the Federal Aviation Administration promulgated … Continue reading
Mercatus Center’s Noise Complaint Report Is Illogical and Unreasonable
The Mercatus Center of George Mason University published a report entitled “Airport Noise NIMBYism: An Empirical Investigation” (http://bit.ly/2eNayTd) that comes to the conclusion that a small but vocal minority is affecting aviation noise policy. They come to this conclusion based … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft noise, aviation noise, noise
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