ANES 2021 Presentation

Chapter 2: Chronology of US Aircraft Noise Regulation Chapter 3: Aircraft Noise Effects on Individuals and Communities Chapter 4: Aircraft Noise Measurement and Modeling Chapter 5: Airport Vicinity Land Use Planning Chapter 6: Airport Noise Mitigation Chapter 7: Potential Changes to Regulatory Policy INTRODUCTION Current aircraft noise regulatory policies are the product of decades of FAA promotion of U.S. civil aviation, per its 1958 - 1996 charter A century of generous federal aid to civil aviation has provided subsidies intended to socialize the costs of commercial aviation while privatizing its profits Since civil aviation is no longer an infant industry requiring such fostering, Congress relieved FAA of responsibility for promoting civil aviation in 1996 A quarter of a century later, FAA has yet to make meaningful changes to its regulatory goals CHRONOLOGY OF US AIRCRAFT NOISE REGULATION Airlines operated in a highly regulated, price controlled, city-pair environment until de- regulation in 1978 Competition changed the face of aviation post- deregulation, converting city-pair routes to hub- and-spoke networks Deregulation provided little or no incentive to industry to reduce aircraft noise emissions CHRONOLOGY (CONT.) HUD was first federal agency to act (to protect values of home mortgages it backed) The 1972 Noise Control Act named EPA as the lead agency for noise control The Aviation Safety and Noise Act (ASNA) reassigned EPA’s primacy in aviation noise control to FAA later in the decade FAR Part 150 (the implementing regulation for ASNA) defined a DNL of 65 dB (corresponding to a CNR value…

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