RCW 53.54

53.54.010 Programs for abatement of aircraft noise authorized. 53.54.020 Investigation and monitoring of noise impact—Programs to conform to needs—"Impacted areas." 53.54.030 Authorized programs—When property deemed within impacted area—Noise mitigation grant program. 53.54.040 Fund authorized—Sources. 53.54.900 Liberal construction—Powers additional. RCW 53.54.010 Programs for abatement of aircraft noise authorized. A port district operating an airport serving more than nine hundred scheduled jet aircraft flights per day may undertake any of the programs or combinations of such programs, as authorized by this chapter, for the purpose of alleviating and abating the impact of jet aircraft noise on areas surrounding such airport. [2020 c 105 s 1; 1974 ex.s. c 121 s 1.] RCW 53.54.020 Investigation and monitoring of noise impact— Programs to conform to needs—"Impacted areas." (1) Prior to initiating programs as authorized in this chapter, the port commission shall undertake the investigation and monitoring of aircraft noise impact to determine the nature and extent of the impact. The port commission shall adopt a program of noise impact abatement based upon the investigations and as amended periodically to conform to needs demonstrated by the monitoring programs. In no case may the port district undertake any of the programs prescribed in this chapter in an area that is: (a) More than 10 miles beyond the paved north end of any runway; (b) More than 13 miles beyond the paved south end of any runway; or (c) More than two miles from the centerline of any runway 10 miles north and 13 miles south from…

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