5955-S2.E SBR FBR 24

Brief Description: Mitigating harm and improving equity in large port districts. Sponsors: Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Keiser, Hasegawa, Kauffman, Nguyen and Wilson, C.). Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs Senate Committee on Ways & Means House Committee on Local Government House Committee on Capital Budget Background: Noise abatement programs generally focus on reducing the noise produced by aircraft while on the ground, during takeoffs and landings, and during flights over populated areas. A port district that operates an airport serving more than 900 scheduled jet aircraft flights per day may undertake a program of aircraft noise abatement within impacted areas. Impacted areas are limited to: no more than ten miles beyond the paved north end of any runway;• no more than 13 miles beyond the south end paved end of any runway; or• no more than two miles from the centerline of any runway extending six miles north and 13 miles south from the paved end of such runway. • The port district may employ remedial programs for noise abatement. Among other items, the aircraft noise abatement program may include the purchasing of property, transaction assistance—assistance for selling a home, soundproofing structures, and mortgage insurance for private landowners who are unable to obtain mortgage insurance due to the noise impact. A port district may establish a fund for the purposes of the noise abatement program. The fund may be financed by the proceeds of any grants or loans made by…

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