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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
Posted in Aviation, Congress, FAA, Regulatory
Tagged FAA Reauthorization, noise, Noise Control Act
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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
Posted in Congress, Environmental, FAA, noise
Tagged CLE, Cleveland, Detroit, DTW, noise
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Congress Rolls Out FAA Short Term Extension Bill
On Wednesday, July 6, 2016, Sen. John #Thune (R-SD) announced that the House and Senate negotiators had finally reached a deal for a short-term extension of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (#FAA) reauthorization. Although the bill itself has not yet been … Continue reading
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Tagged aviation safety, Drone, FAA Reauthorization
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Congress, in Passing the Noise Control Act of 1972, Wanted FAA to Develop Enforceable Standards and Airports to Develop Programs to Protect the Public Health and Welfare
The debates and legislative history of the Noise Control Act of 1972 evidence a desire on the part of Congress to set noise standards in the “airport environment” which must be met “in order to protect the public health and … Continue reading
Posted in Airport, Congress, FAA, Regulatory
Tagged clean air act, Muskie, noise, Noise Control Act, Tunney
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The FAA Has Failed to Live Up to Goals of Noise Control Act of 1972.
On October 18, 1972, in the Senate debate concerning the Noise Control Act of 1972, then-Senator John V. Tunney of California stated the purpose of the Noise Control Act: Both the Senate and the House were most concerned with the problem … Continue reading
Arizona Sens McCain and Flake Introduce Bill Establishing an Airspace Management Advisory Committee
Last Thursday, February 25, 2016, Arizona Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake introduced a bill (S.2585) that would establish an Airspace Management Advisory Committee. This Committee would review and provide comments on proposals that would change “regulations, policies, or guidance … Continue reading
Open Letter Regarding the Need for Enforceable Aviation Noise Standards in AIRR
February 23, 2016 Open Letter to: Members of the U.S. House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Members of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Members of the Quiet Skies Caucus Re: The Need for Enforceable Noise Standards to be Included in the … Continue reading
Drones Figure Prominently in New FAA Reauthorization Bill
The newly announced H.R. 4441, the “Aviation Innovation, Reform and Reauthroization Act of 2016” (#AIRR) contained a lengthy section relating to “unmanned aircraft systems,” or drones, as most people know them. Most of the legislation concerned codifying existing law. That … Continue reading
Drones in the News This Week
Regulation of drones by the FAA tops the coverage of drone activity this week. Appearing before the House Subcommittee on Aviation, FAA Deputy Administrator Michael Whittaker said that the FAA will finalize its small drone (under 55 lbs) rule sometime in … Continue reading
Debate on Privatizing Air traffic Control Rachets Up After DOT Inspector General Issues Report.
One of the U.S House leadership’s goals for the upcoming Federal Aviation Administration re-authorization is to privatize the nation’s Air Traffic Control system. http://bit.ly/1QroLOx Although this idea has been kicked around before (see Has The Time Come to Privatize Air Traffic Control?), … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Traffic Control, DOT IG, privatization, Reauthorization, Shuster
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